Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-02 13:24:00

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Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Anya had been in the middle of a wonderful dream about a warm sandy beach, a naked Steve and lots of shopping. It was a nice dream and Anya had been enjoying it when pain spiked and woke her up. Steve was thrashing about and had grabbed her arm with his metal hand.

"Owwwwwww!" she winced and tried to pry his fingers off her arm. "Steve! Wake up!"

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	swashbuckler 2011-01-02 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Nice dreams must be a nice thing. Steve hadn't had many of those since he'd gotten back. This last one must have been particularly bad. It took a moment longer for Anya's words to penetrate his dream fog, and he sat bolt upright, as though under attack, eyes snapping to alertness as he let go, bringing his arm up to defend himself. "Wha...?!" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-02 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Anya had been half sitting when Steve woke and brought his arm up. It caught her along the chin and smacked her along side her face. Tears welled up in her eyes from the pain. "It's okay," she assured him. "You're having a nightmare." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-02 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	It took a minute for Steve to come fully back to reality. The sounds of weapons fires and the screams of the dying fading from his ears. "I..." he looked more away, not realizing he'd hurt her yet. "Sorry. You shouldn't have seen that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-02 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	Anya turned off the pain with her nanites and focused on Steve. Thankfully it would take some time for the bruises to form and he wouldn't have to know he hurt her. She put her hand on his chin to turn his face back to her. "It's okay. It was just a nightmare. You're bound to have them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-02 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	Steve frowned. Half-maimed, a nightmare plagued shell of the man he used to be? And the world had moved on without him. Where did he even begin to fit back into that? "Yeah..." he said, quietly, hesitatingly. No point in telling her that he hadn't had a night without them yet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2011-01-03 12:02 am UTC (link)

She gave him a light kiss. "You've been through a lot and it's going to take some time to get past it," she said speaking from experience. She went a year with nightmares from her trials with Temujin so she knows what he was going through. "I am here for you, my love. I will always be here for you."

She put a hand on his cheek and smiled a little when she felt the light stubble. "Would you like to talk about it?"

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	swashbuckler 2011-01-03 12:22 am UTC (link)
	He shook his head. There were so few people who could even begin to understand what he was going through. Uncle Steve, maybe. He'd look the good Captain up sooner, rather than later. "Just... a bad night. Guns and slaughter and all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-03 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry," she said. "I'm sorry you had to go through that." She wrapped her arms around him. "Will you tell me about your time there?" she asked softly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-03 12:34 am UTC (link)
	Steve frowned, wishing he had the sensitivity in his bionics to appreciate the arm he placed around her. "Don't be sorry," he said, "it wasn't your fault." He closed his eyes. "It was walking with death just about every day. Always worried that the aliens were going to find us and kill us all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2011-01-03 01:17 am UTC (link)

Anya wanted to sigh with frustration, but didn't. He wouldn't open up and she didn't expect him to. Not this soon, but she still had to ask. She had to let him know she was here for him.

"For a long time I blamed myself for your disappearance. If I would have used the Widow's Bite, you wouldn't have disappeared."

"You said us. Who were you with over there? Who did you fight alongside?"

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	swashbuckler 2011-01-03 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Not your fault," Steve repeated. "The rest of the Rebellion. Ken Hale, and countless others. Some of them were barely more than kids. But they were the bravest people I had ever known." And he'd gotten plenty of them killed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-03 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"I'm glad you weren't alone," she told him. "Will you do me a favor?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-05 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Steve stirred slowly, eyes fluttering open eventually. He usually snapped to attention on waking these days, but nightmareless sleep had been a bit deeper. "Hmmmph... morin'." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-05 01:04 am UTC (link)
	"Morning, my love," she said with a smile and headed for the closet. "How did you sleep?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-05 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"Pretty good," he admitted. He pulled himself into a sitting position and swung his legs over the side of the bed. "You get any more?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-05 01:12 am UTC (link)
	"A little," she admitted. She stayed awake as much as she could to keep watch over him like she said she would. She grabbed her outfit from the closet and put it on the foot of the bed. The towel she wore fell to the floor. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-05 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Mmmm. Now there was a nice sight. Except for the... "Oh..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-05 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"What?" she asked as she pulled on her pair of panties. "What's wrong?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-05 01:36 am UTC (link)
	"Your face..." Steve started, mind reeling. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-05 01:41 am UTC (link)
	"What about it? Did I grow a third eye or something?" she asked as she went back into the bathroom to look in the mirror. There was a large bruise along her left jaw. There was also a large bruise on her left upper arm from where he grabbed her. "Oh. It's not a big deal," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-05 01:54 am UTC (link)
	"I... I did that to you," he said, quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-05 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"You were in the middle of a nightmare," she said. "It's okay. I've had worse." She pulled on her bra and then joined him in the bed. She gave him a kiss. "It wasn't your fault. I don't want you beating yourself up over it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	swashbuckler 2011-01-05 02:19 am UTC (link)
	His heart wasn't much in the kiss. "Still my fault. God. What if I'd been more asleep? I could have taken your head off." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-01-07 12:02 am UTC (link)
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