[ Giveaway request from @bakuboombayah (previously obscuredsimplicity):
“I’d like Dabi, Kirishima, and Todoroki with a fem S/O who has really bad nightmares about something that happened in the past. Like, she wakes up screaming and crying and clings to him for dear life.” ]
Dabi
- It was like clockwork. Every night at 3 in the morning you’d wake up in cold sweat and screaming at the top of your lungs; your voice hoarse from how dry your mouth and throat felt.
- Before your hands even shot to your sides in search of the warm body next to yours, Dabi had already sat up and scooted closer to you, wrapping a slightly-warmer-than-usual arm around you.
- “Babe, you’re okay.” His hushed and tender voice automatically offered the safety you were craving.
- To others that might have seemed odd, but when the two of you were alone, Dabi showed his softer side. Just like you showed him your vulnerable side. It was broken due to a past that haunted you at night.
- During the day that daunting feeling didn’t make you feel like you would cave at any given moment, but at night, when the world was quiet, you could feel it creeping on you. It clung to your shoulders and dug itself deep in your stomach, making it churn in abhorrence.
- “What was it this time?”
- Pressing yourself into his body, you shook your head slightly.
- “Take your time.”
- Every time you had a nightmare, Dabi would listen as you told him what had happened in it. Sometimes it was the same nightmare over and over, making you relive your past every time, but other times it was different.
- This time it was different, but you couldn’t bring yourself to talk about it just yet.
- “Whenever you’re ready.” He began to rub small circles into the curve of your back to soothe you. It was a habit. It either got you talking, or it helped you go back to sleep. This time it seemed like you were still tired seeing as he heard your breathing become a steady rhythm. That was fine though, he’d hear you out in the morning.
Eijiro Kirishima
- Kirishima isn’t exactly a light sleeper, but when it comes to you having those reoccurring nightmares, he’s ready at the first sign of it.
- He’ll immediately pull you close to him, holding you as tight as possible without hurting you and whisper soothing things into your ear.
- One time you woke up crying and he had no idea what to do. He panicked seeing you in that state. All he could think of doing was grabbing the blanket and wrapping it around you.
- Covering your hold body, even your head, he held you in his arms as he rocked back and forth. He could feel your shaking frame and felt pathetic. How could he not do something to make you feel better when you felt this bad?
- After it happened a few more times, he knew what to do though. Whether you prefer warm milk, hot chocolate, coffee, tea, or just some water, he has it ready for you within seconds. Of course, some things take longer than others, but he doesn’t leave you alone for more than a few seconds while he prepares it and then brings it to you.
- Once you’ve got your drink in hand, he’ll pull you in between his legs, bring the blanket over to the both of you and will either play with your hair until you feel better or rub your shoulders.
- If you decide to share the nightmare with him, he’s all ears, ready to fight off the demons still lurking about in your head. But if you choose to just sit there in silence until you feel fine, or go back to sleep, he’s cool with that too.
- Sometimes, when you don’t feel like talking, he’ll tell you a stupid story that happened while he was hanging out with Kaminari, or share a lame joke. If you laugh he knows you’re feeling better and he starts to feel better too.
Shouto Todoroki
- The first time you clung onto him so desperately he was at a loss. First of all, he had no idea what was going on. Second of all, he had never had something like this happen to him before, so he had no idea how to respond in such circumstances.
- He did want to know what had caused such a reaction from you though and might have come off a little too hard on you when he asked you.
- You’d just woken up from a deep sleep in which you were crying and screaming for someone to help you, so him demanding to know what was wrong only added to your momentary fear. Instead of searching for reaching for him to comfort you, you pulled away curled into yourself.
- That’s when he realized his mistake. Slowly reaching out a hand, Todoroki scooted closer to you, keeping his outstretched hand on your shoulder to let you feel his presence. He figured you were still caught in that weird waking up phase where you’re not sure if you’re awake yet or still dreaming.
- “Y/N, it’s alright. It was just a nightmare. You’re fine. You’re with me.” He called out to you in the softest voice he could muster.
- When he felt your shoulder relax against his hand, he closed the gap between you two and brought you into his arms. He knew a thing or two about being caught up in memories of the past and feeling like you can’t escape them. Maybe he didn’t know how to make others feel better when going through something similar, because he was still struggling himself, but for you, he’d do anything.
- After you’d calmed down completely, he posed the question again. If the nightmare was related to something that happened to you in the past he wanted to know all about it so he could help you get past it.
- He knows it’ll take some time, but he’s willing to stick through it.