"We'll go on an adventure, when we escape these prison walls!" (Closed)

((I'm so sorry I didn't get back to you earlier))

Apollo had woken up when she had started to stir. He noticed her discomfort, and acted out in his tired state. Slowly he pulled her closer, wrapping his arms around her. When she started to move more, burying her face in his chest, his brain started registering what he had done. But he didn't think much else of it. He dropped his head onto the pillow, letting her snuggle up against him. It was nice to cuddle right now, even if he could ruin the friendship they had. It was worth it right now. Quietly he rubbed her arm a little, still half asleep as he tried to comfort her.

Apollo was slowly waking up, instead of falling asleep. His face was growing flushed the longer he continued to hold her close. He chewed on his lower lip, still rubbing her arm a little. From what he could tell, Davina seemed to be calming down, so he really didn't want to stop. As long as it was keeping her calm, he would continue holding her close. He just really hoped she would speak up if she was uncomfortable. It would be awful if she didn't like it, and she didn't know.

((It's all good! That's perfectly valid, and you never need to apologize :3))

Hesitantly, he mustered up a little bit of voice, still holding her close to himself. "You… you alright?" Apollo asked softly, eyes glued to the roof of their tent. He was definitely tired sounding, but seemed pretty okay with the whole situation by the tone of his voice. Besides things making him a little flustered, he really truly was okay with it. He wasn't exactly uncomfortable. Quietly he rubbed her arm still, trying to soothe her still.

"No- no, it's okay." Apollo replied quickly, face flushing more as he insisted. "If… if you're comfortable, you don't have to move. I'm alright," He insisted, letting go of her if she wanted to scoot away. He wasn't forcing her to stay. With a soft look, he smiled weakly as he mindlessly reached to play with her hair, and tuck it out of her face. She really was super pretty, and he couldn't help but stare.

"I'm okay, don't worry about it…" Apollo whispered, still smiling softly as he played with her hair still. He was being as gentle as possible, fingers barely brushing over her skin as he brushed it out of her face. His heart skipped a beat in his chest as he studied her face, face still pretty flushed. But in the darkness of the fort he doubted she could see his flushed face. Which he was very grateful for, all things considered. "Are you sure you're alright? You can talk to me, if you need to. I'm here to listen."

(Hey, sorry for the wait. The past couple days have been,,, rough. I kinda lost motivation, and apologize again for the wait.)

Apollo gave a concerned look, hesitantly holding her face in his hand. Gently he ran his thumb over her cheek, being gentle as he did. "I'm still here to listen. If you want someone to talk to, I mean. I don't want to force you to talk to me, or anything." He rambled, his voice still pretty soft. Quietly he fiddled with one of her strands of hair, twisting it around his finger.

((Okay, I think I'm finally good… I feel bad that I had to wait so long, but I really just felt deprived of motivation.))

"Hey, it's not stupid. There's a strong reason behind those worries, and I don't blame you a bit. I have to admit, I've had my days where I wonder." Apollo whispered, trying to ignore the butterflies in his stomach. He smiled gently as she traced into his chest. "But we can't worry too much about the future. We're not going to get anywhere if we sit here in anxiety. I know that doesn't help the nightmares, but maybe it can soothe the fear?" He continued to whisper as his green eyes softened. A tender look settled on his face as he looked down at her, gently tipping her chin up to look at him. "We're gonna be okay."

((Thank you for being so understanding, it means a lot))

"I'm sure we will be. We've got good doctors." Apollo kept a tender smile, tucking her hair back out of her face. As they lay there, his head started to wander. It felt so nice to be close to someone again. Especially someone so stunningly gorgeous. Or, at least to him she was. "So pretty…" He whispered, his fond smile still there as she played with her hair. The words didn't register in his head when they were spoken, otherwise his face probably would have flushed. Yet again, he had always been good about giving compliments, why was this any different?

With the compliment his wispy thoughts started to come together. He steadily let the conversation play through his groggy mind, and realized what he had said. Though instead of blushing, he smiled softly. "Mm, thanks." He hummed softly, only snuggling up closer. Unexpected, of course, but not very uncharacteristic for him. It also didn't help he was half asleep as he held her. "You really are pretty, though… M'surprised you're not dating someone. You've got a lot of good qualities. You're funny, and nice, and really chill…"

Apollo had kept quiet, seeming to relax more as she ran her fingers through his hair. He hummed softly as she continued to talk. His face was glowing a little at the compliments, but he seemed genuinely happy about it. "Mm, I guess I might be too carefree… I've been told I come off as insensitive, though I try my best not to let that be true." He mumbled, yawning. Pulling her closer, he rubbed circles into her back with a soft sigh. He barely caught her last sentence, and figured he should keep it that way. If she had really wanted him to hear, she would have probably said it a little louder. "I think any guy would be lucky to have you. You can be excited at times, but I like that of you…"

"Mm, sure thing." He snickered, nuzzling up against her some. Apollo was hoping she was distracted from her intrusive dreams, and that he was doing enough. Surely she would tell him if she needed more. But then again, that may not be the case. She could be bothered by all of this and not tell him. Despite his worries, he kept rubbing her back tenderly. "It's sweet. I didn't mean it in a bad way by any means. It's definitely a positive feature. Some people can be so dull. A little excitement never hurt anyone."

Apollo chuckled, pulling her even closer. He snuggled up against her, chin on the top of her head. "It wouldn't be… we wouldn't want that, now would we?" He hummed as he held onto her a little tighter. Gentle he rubbed circles into her back still, smiling a little more at her thanks. "Of course… I'm glad it's helping some…" Whispering, he nuzzled against her with a slight sigh. He agreed that it felt nice— all of it, really. Being able to curl up with someone, and have them want it was a great feeling. He was plenty happy to protect her.

"Of course not. If you can sleep, go ahead and sleep." Apollo smiled gently as he curled up. He continued to nuzzle up against her as he himself began nodding off with her. He hummed softly, body relaxing as they lay on the floor. "I'm gonna be honest, I'm falling asleep too." After admitting that, he slowly started to drift off, letting her do as she pleased. His movements became slow, and less planned as he started to doze. "Mmm… just wake me up, if you need me…"

Apollo slipped off right after her, body going limp. He still managed to hold onto her, chin on her shoulder. For a little over two hours he slept, slowly starting to wake up as he heard people walking down the hall right by the door, talking pretty loudly. It could be someone with food for them. That thought was enough to get him to slowly pull back from her, and start sitting up with a yawn. Stretching, he rubbed his eyes and looked down at her. A small smile settled on his lips before he crawled out of the tent, taking the candy wrapper to throw away.

After a couple of minutes of mindlessly wandering the room, someone came in with food for the two. Apollo politely nodded as they left, ignoring the odd look they gave the tent. When they were gone, he crawled under, and gently started to shake her to wake her up. "Davina, food's here. You should probably get up." He whispered, being gentle with her.