drabble: Safe (willow/spike) Fandom: BTVS Title: Safe Author: Shannon Theme(s): 15. Nightmare Pairing/Characters: Willow/Spike Rating: PG Disclaimer/claimer: Not mine, they belong to Joss Whedon, ME, UPN, FOX, WB Summary: She felt safe with him. Notes: This is for [Bad username: ”velvetwhip”] who needs some non-Harry Potter posts.
She felt safe in his arms. Funny, she thought, she felt safe in the vampire’s arms, like she had never felt in Kennedy’s; in a slayer’s arms. But Spike never told her the nightmares weren’t real, or that she should ‘get over it’, he just held her until she went back to sleep. He held her until the fear went away, until she felt safe again. He held her until she remembered that the bad things were afraid of her now.
He held her when the nightmares came. He held her until they stopped, until she could sleep again. He wished he could tell her it wasn’t real, the monsters she was afraid of were in her head. He wanted to tell her that, but he couldn’t. They both knew the monsters were very real. These weren’t childhood dreams of imaginary creatures hiding under her bed. The monsters she dreamt of had tried to kill her too many times to for him to convince her they were just dreams. He wouldn’t lie to her so he just held her and hoped it was enough.