trying not to lose the fire // nightmares (tw)

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[color=#7E354D]BAI SHI
" my own illusion come to be "

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the dragon seemed to still after a continued while of their panicked thrashing. violent calmness slipped over them, their body falling quiet save for the thunderous racing of their heart, ready to leap out of their chest.

their eyes twitched under the lid before their eyes flew open and they inhaled sharply and suddenly, inspiring a coughing fit. their entire body shaking and trembling, drenched in a cold sweat, their eyes on their paws, panting hard and heavy. voice as shaken as they, bai shi stumbled over their words, "a-am i home? s-sephiroth. usagi-i." they mumbled, tears drying on their scales.

nightmares were becoming too much of a reoccurring thing for them to get enough decent sleep. they only could nap and even then, it was risky for waking nightmares. the only rest they seemed to get, was around sephiroth, and they couldn't very well sleep on the job, which increased stress for them. so very quietly they reached out their neck to touch their nose to his shoulder or paw, to make sure he was real and they were awake.