#cw nightmares

[coffeeghoulie]

nightmare

or: Aeon dreams of their time in the Pit in Swiss's bed

content warning for a panic attack, Aeon does go nonverbal and then uses sign, heavily implied autistic!Aeon, and there is some accidental self-injury (Aeon bites themself during the panic attack) and a little bit of quintessence magic as a sleep aid

they/them for Aeon

Swiss wakes up, warm and comfortable and not quite sure why he's awake, when he hears it. Aeon's curled up so tight it looks painful, the smaller ghoul whining like a kit, and he feels something in his heart pang. He pushes himself up on an elbow, leaning over them.

"Buggy, sweetheart," he whispers, pushing a lock of sweaty, bone white hair from their forehead with a gentle claw, accidentally brushing over one of their many scars. "Wake up, baby."

Aeon's eyes snap open, one iris swirling lilac with quintessence, the other milky and unfocused. They yelp, struggling out of Swiss's arms so violently their head smacks against the headboard. Swiss hisses through his teeth in sympathy, reaching out to comfort them.

Their eyes lock on his outstretched hand, the unglamoured claws, and Aeon snarls, a wave of quintessence shooting out from them. It feels like prickling static in his brain, a thousand blaring klaxons, and if he weren't a little bit quintessence himself, it would knock him on his ass. But as it stands, the quintessence just feels like a sudden migraine, and Swiss cups his hands over his ears.

"Buggy," he grits out. "Aeon, fuck, stop, hurts."

As suddenly as the mental assault starts, it stops. Aeon lets out a pained whine, eyes wide and glassy. Swiss shakes his head, willing the ringing in his ears to stop. "Buggy? What's wrong, sweetheart?"

Aeon doesn't stop staring at him, eyes wild, shining in the darkness of the room like a cat. They open their mouth to speak but no words come out.

"Okay," Swiss nods, glamours his claws away, holds his hands palms up, open, non-threatening. "Nightmare, sweetheart?"

Aeon chitters frantically, words far from their grasp, bringing their hand to their mouth and biting down hard on the meat of their palm. Swiss's eyes widen at the smell of iron, reaching behind him for the chew necklace on his nightstand.

"Hey, hey, don't bite yourself, buggy," Swiss says, switching into their ghoulish language, reaching as gently as he can and offering them the necklace. "Bite this, okay?"

Aeon sniffs at the necklace, tentatively taking it before chomping down on the silicone, gnawing it frantically. Their tail thrashes, hackles raised as they growl around the chew.

"You're safe, sweetheart," Swiss coos, tail swaying soothingly behind him. He keeps his distance, watching the younger ghoul carefully, hands still open where Aeon can see them.

It takes several painfully long minutes until Aeon calms down enough to sign, fingers still trembling, but Swiss knows what they're saying. "Bad dream. Woke up, you were over me. Touched my scars and I got scared."

Swiss's posture softens, reaching subconsciously for them before returning his hands to his sides. "I'm sorry, stickbug. I knew you were dreaming, I didn't mean to touch them, or scare you."

Aeon runs a frantic hand through their hair, pushing the sweaty strands out of their face. They squeeze their eyes shut, taking a deep breath. "I know. Just, in the dream you did."

Swiss can't hold back the keen that rips from his throat. "Buggy," he says, shifting closer to them. "It was just a dream, sweetheart."

Aeon's ears pin flat against the sides of their head, and they wrap their arms around themself. "I know," they croak out, voice rusty as they let Swiss's chew necklace fall from their lips, and they shake their head and start signing again. "But it felt real. Felt like it did in the Pit."

"You're safe," Swiss breathes, opening his arms. "You're Topside, with us, and no one is ever going to hurt you again. I swear on the Seven Hells, Aeon."

Aeon whines again, kit-like, and grabs the chew necklace, biting down hard on the silicone. "You mean it?" their fingers fly, and Swiss nods. He's never been so certain in his life.

At the confirmation, Aeon lunges forward, burying their face in the warm crook of Swiss's neck, knocking them both down so Swiss lays on his back. The breath leaves his lungs in a rush, and he laughs under his breath as Aeon nuzzles close to him.

"Watch the horns, buggy," Swiss says, gently pushing Aeon's sharp little horns away from his cheek. Aeon whines, but the way their tail plods against the mattress, Swiss can tell they're just trying to tease him. "You want the weighted blanket?"

Aeon doesn't emerge from Swiss's neck, just raises a hand curled into a fist near his face, making a motion like they're enthusiastically knocking. Swiss chuckles, running a hand up Aeon's spine.

"Alright, my darling ghoul," he says, grabbing the weighted blanket at the foot of the bed, struggling to evenly pull it over them. Aeon giggles as Swiss curses, the weighted lining sliding around inside the soft cover. "Oh, knock it off, Aeon," he teases.

Aeon chuffs happily, snuggling into Swiss's chest as he gets the blanket settled, sandwiched between his solid form and the weighted blanket.

Swiss smooths his fingers over Aeon's shaggy hair, playing with the white streak of his forelock. "I've got you, buggy. You want a little magick? No more bad dreams tonight?"

They hum, considering, and then nod, a slight little movement that Swiss feels more than sees.

"Can you sign it?" Swiss asks, whispering in their ear, pressing a kiss to the scarred part, where the chunk had been torn out long before Swiss had met them. "Need your consent, buggy."

Aeon grumbles, worming their arm out from the warmth under the blanket to sign yes again. Swiss takes his hand, chuckling softly as he kisses their knuckles. "Alright, stickbug," he hums, his other hand still smoothing over Aeon's hair. There's a swirl of violet energy, crackling softly like carbonation, and Aeon visibly relaxes in Swiss's hold as the magick hits him.

"There we go, darling," he coos, eyes growing heavy himself. "Love you, bug."

Aeon chuffs again, taking their hand from Swiss's, making one more sign in front of his face before sleep takes him, thumb, pointer and pinky extended. Love you too.

#i need to brush up on my asl #i almost very confidently described aeon signing no when i meant for them to sign yes #dot's writing #swiss ghoul #aeon ghoul #phantom ghoul #the band ghost #the band ghost fanfiction #cw self harm #cw nightmares

[devilart2199-aibi]

The Redstone dream 💭🟥💤

#Etho #ethoslab fanart #ethoslab #hermitcraft season 9 #hermitcraft fanart #cw nightmares #tw nightmares #cw eyes #tw eyes #cw horror #tw horror #i love Etho's redstone ramblings it just shows how passionate he is and proud of his creation and that's never boring

[an-idyllic-novelist]

dark schenider with shinobu!reader headcanons

Warnings: ooc, violence, KNY manga spoilers, Bastard!! anime season two spoilers, mentions of night-terrors and PTSD.

If you are not comfortable reading this type of story, please push the back button and read something more pleasant.

Hey guys, welcome to the fluffier version of the yandere headcanons, featuring the handsome, arrogant wizard Dark Schneider of the Netflix's anime series Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy and the character!reader who is Shinobi Kocho from the beloved world of Demon Slayer aka Kimetsu no Yaiba! The link to them will be here.

Special thanks to @anniespostssworld for helping me bounce back ideas and scenarios that would work best for these headcanons, so this dedicated to them and to all of the other fellow Bastard!! fans.

If you haven't seen either of these shows, I highly recommend them as to me, they are well worth watching and give me a good laugh after a particularly long day at work. Please bear in mind that Bastard!! might not be suited for everyone and does have some moments that may not be ideal for photosensitive viewers.

So with that being said, sit back, relax, and enjoy this ride of heavy metal, magic, and blossoming romance :)

PART TWO

Yoko was starting to worry about you. These last two years hiding in A-Ian-Maide haven’t been easy. Between training and helping the samurai fight back against the Dark Rebel Army, the high priestess barely had time to herself but she did care about you. You and Lucien, that is. If she was lucky, she would see you in the compound’s dining hall or holed up in the medical wing treating patients with that small, patient smile of yours. 

Still….she couldn’t help thinking you were actively avoiding her too. 

Could it be…that you still carried the guilt of what happened in Meta-llicana in your heart? Is that also why you have been training too? Trying to hone your swordsmanship and expand medical knowledge to the point where Joshua has carried you in his arms, collapsed from utter exhaustion? 

How could you even think like that when the downfall of the kingdom wasn’t even your fault? Is that why you looked like you haven’t been sleeping well? 

You were being suffocated again. The flowery cologne was the only thing you could smell, tinged with the coppery undertone of your own blood as strong, cold arms held you close to a man whom you despised with your entire being. Douma. Douma, the cult leader who had devoured his followers as a way of showing them true enlightenment even when he didn’t believe in the gods or the afterlife. Douma, the monster who murdered Kanae and drove you to the point of twisting your body’s organs with high concentrations of wisteria poison for an entire year. Douma…the person who had embraced you in your final moments, your ninichrin blade sticking through his chest as he absorbed you, declaring that you were his strongest opponent and his love for you under the same disgusting breath. 

Go to hell! 

That was the last thing you said to that rotten bastard before you lost consciousness. You would soon be found by the High Priest Geo Noto Soto in a sea of blood and blade fragments….and the rest, as they say, is history. And then the fall of Meta-llicana. Your current, precarious situation.

But why are you here again, trapped in Douma’s arms and listening to the same words, feeling the pain from your battle with him as if the gods took delight in seeing this macabre play rehearsed over and over? Is this truly someone’s idea of a joke? Or….is it a reminder that no matter how hard you tried….you cannot save everyone? That the hours you had dedicated to nurse warriors back to health, to reading medical texts until late hours of the night and getting stronger….it will never be enough?

You wiggled in the demon’s arms, snarling and writhing as you felt yourself being sucked into his body. No. Your mind was racing, heart pounding against your ribcage No, you are still alive. You’re alive, and so was Yoko, and Lucien! You tried to help them! You tried to help the knights evaluate the citizens of Meta-llicana before rushing to help the others fight against Abigail! 

“Who said you could be forgiven?” An icy hiss ticked your ear. “Who said you could live when others had died that day? If anything, you deserved to die, not them. You have and always will be the weakest Hashira of them all.”

Frustrated tears began to swell in the back of your eyes as a sob lodged in your throat but damn it all you refused to let it crawl up and be released into the air for this bastard to see your moment of weakness, even if this is all an illusion. 

You are the Insect Hashira, and you will always be ready to lay your life on the line for the people you cherished, past and present. Just as these words echoed in your mind, you felt someone else’s arms coil around your hips. With a hard yank, you were pulled away from Douma’s body and then…you were free. Weightless, boundless, floating in a bright white space that you no longer recognize as part of the Infinity Castle’s lotus pier. 

That was when you felt warm fingers lightly caress the top of your head, calloused pads brushing against your clammy skin. The hand did not belong to someone you knew; it was gentle, cautious, and  even a little scared. It’s as if the person was trying to comfort you, but was afraid of your reaction. 

You immediately thought of Kanae, and that was when the dam in your mind broke. The tears easily spill out of your closed eyes, followed by an anguished wail that causes more tears to slide down your face. Finally….finally you can let everything out, to be weak for just a moment. In this moment of vulnerability, the hand became two, then stretched to muscular arms that enclosed your body in a warm embrace. 

“It’s okay. It’s okay. I’m here now, nothing bad will happen to you as long as I’m around.” 

Dark Schneider is the greatest wizard in the entire universe with a limitless arsenal of magic at his command. He hadn’t expected, however, that he had nearly depleted his magical reserves in the fight against Abigail. What little remained after the Helloween spell was used to perform two spells at the same time: resurrection of the fallen ones, and teleportation. In his case, he had made sure Yoko and [First Name] had gotten as far away from the kingdom as possible before it was destroyed, and he regressed back into the recesses of Lucien’s mind. 

Two years. It took him this long to restore the magic he had lost into his body as he had no other choice but to let his weaker half take control. Last year, about six months after Meta-llicana’s destruction, he finally woke up…and saw the world through Lucien’s eyes. Sleeping for that long left him drowsy, so hearing Yoko’s voice after being surrounded by silence for so long should have been a blessing. And it was, though the dark wizard wasn’t exactly glad to be on the receiving end of her abrasive attitude, again. Granted she did take care of him as Lucien for as long as he could remember; fed him, made sure he ate and did his fair share of the chores, and so on. 

Is it really necessary to always hit him as soon as she thought he was being a disgusting pervert as the handsome, bad-ass Dark Schneider or sighed in exasperation, wishing that he would grow more of a backbone as Lucien? 

Quite frankly, he’s surprised himself for being so patient with her, and this is only the second season of the anime. He really thought she was his woman, the one who was worthy of bearing his children in the far, distant future once he had conquered the world. But now that he’s had all the time in the world to think…he doesn’t feel that way anymore. If anything, his feelings for Yoko had simmered to the affection towards an annoying older sibling who thinks they know you better than everyone or can boss you around just because they ‘raised you’.

And he never went past first base with Sean Ari or Kai Harn, so far as he’s concerned, he’s been a saintly hero in this show. 

Even thinking about the women at this base, all who were actually quite attractive in their own way, felt wrong when the image of [First Name]’s pinched smile flashed across his vision. And it’s been like that for a while now. 

[First Name] may not possess the powers of a cleric, a highborn status or trained rigorously under Kai in the art of the Hariken Slashing Implosion swordsmanship, she did treat others with respect and kindness as Yoko did, and a bit more. She even provided medical aid to people who had once been an enemy. 

But above being a good-hearted apothecary and an exceptional swordswoman, the Insect Hashira adored Lucien. She loved his weaker self, and respected Dark Schneider. She never tried to control either of them, instead giving them attention and praising them for doing a good job. She never raised her voice at him, and occasionally snuck some candy to him behind Yoko’s back. 

[First Name] Kocho loved Yoko Tia Noto too, in her own way…though she had almost attacked the high priestess in the middle of a night-terror just a few nights ago. Yoko naively went to check on the apothecary when she heard screams coming from [First Name]’s room and instead got pinned to the bed with a knife to her throat. 

Yoko forgave [First Name], but [First Name] could not forgive herself. She threw herself more into her work; spending hours in the medical wing’s laboratories to create a poison strong enough to destroy three different types of demi-humans, including a paralyzing agent that would require just a small dose to knock down an ogre, or sparring with the samurai until late at night. Skipping meals periodically became a habit, and now rumor has it that she hasn’t slept in her own room since the supply runners had come back grievously injured after an encounter with one of the Shogun Sorcerers. 

Scowling in Lucien’s form, Dark Schneider snuck out of his room and headed towards the medical ward. He had a silent agreement with his weaker self: under the condition that his intentions are only to ensure [First Name] did not keel over from overexhaustion when Yoko was too busy with being on the frontlines with the samurai, the wizard would take control but he still needed to use Lucien’s quirks so the cleric didn’t get suspicious of them. 

It did not take him that long to arrive there, stealthy evading the samurai stationed for night-time patrol in the hideout. Dark Schenider quickly found his woman thrashing on one of the empty beds, eyes closed and hands clawing at the sheets, tears running down her face. 

He gritted his teeth. Damn it. He cautiously approached the side of the bed just as [First Name] suddenly curled into a small ball, clutching the sides of her head. He might’ve raised Arshes and Kall-Su, but they never came to him when they had nightmares, nor did he ever really care unless Arshes wouldn’t leave his room until he allowed her to sleep in his bed for the night. That was then, this is now. 

Would just holding her even make a difference, when he had no idea why she was having night-terrors and she never breathed a word about it? How’s she supposed to take care of anyone when she can’t even take care of herself? Idiot. He thought. Still, he had to try something. He brought a pillow and blanket with him, so Yoko wouldn’t think twice if she sees him, Lucien, curled up with [First Name] because it’s happened before in the past. 

Sucking in a deep breath, Dark Schneider removed his shoes and climbed fully into the mattress, laying the pillow down first before covering himself and [First Name] with the blanket. 

The reincarnated wizard then began to stroke the top of her head with his hand, softly whispering words into her ear before a choked sob left her mouth, followed by more tears that he wiped away with his thumb. When he saw her breath begin to slow and deepen, he daringly lowered his down to her side, alternately between patting and rubbing the Hashira’s trembling frame until she relaxed under his touch. 

Her frown soon morphed into a tiny, content smile as she sighed softly. Dark Schneider was about to leave and let his woman get the sleep she needed until she leaned forward, placing her head on his small chest, an arm loosely wrapped around his waist. 

No, his face was not burning and no, his heart wasn’t pounding against his ribs. The great Dark Schneider isn’t some innocent maiden in love! He’s just here for [First Name] because it’s been decided that she will become his future queen in a world he’ll one day conquer…and the only woman who is worthy enough to bear his children. 

Against his better judgment Dark Schneider leaned forward, pressing his lips against the crown of [First Name]’s head before hugging her close to his smaller body. That was the last thing he remembered when sleep claimed his drowsy mind. 

[Part Two, anyone? 😉]

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[hymemena]

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[mx-julien]

after Lloyd aged up where'd he get his clothes? I assume everyone lent him different clothes of theirs until they could get some from a store, but even then who took him? they would've had to get new underclothes, jackets, socks- everything

the first year was probably Lloyd not paying attention and just throwing on what he had, but by Rebooted he's grown into his own more. does he miss the days when everyone lent him clothes? when people are about to donate a shirt does he take it? does he put it in a drawer that just has his teammate's clothes? did that drawer become his lifeline after Zane died? after everyone left? did he ever get to take something from his dad? from his uncle?

do you think he still has that skeleton hoodie? does he wake up from dreams where it still fit and then pull it out only to sob when he's reminded of the scale. when do you think was the last time Lloyd actually grew out of something? or can he only remember a before and an after? only small then big. dad turned fateful enemy. villain then hero.

he wakes up in a sweat one night. it was just a dream. but in it, time had turned forward too far. alive then dead.

#ninjago #lego ninjago #lloyd montgomery garmadon #lloyd garmadon #cw nightmares #tw nightmares #ninjago headcanons #kid lloyd

[yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt]

It's 8:22am on a workday which means it's time for me to share my Goldenheart nightmare headcanons (movie and comic bc you know I love all 4 of my traumatized men)

So all these bitches have nightmares. Let's just. Get that out of the way first, especially post-canon

M! Ambrosius:

Ever since the ceremony, he had nightmares about finding Bal's dead body. Up until finding out Ballister was alive, they happened practically every night, but they continued to pop up occasionally long after the two reconciled. He'd have nightmares about finding Ballister dead either after the arm chopping, or after Todd beat him up. The dreams are varying levels of abstract and graphic. Sometimes Ballister is awake and crying for him, but can't see him as he slowly dies. Sometimes he's angry at him and keeps telling him it's all his fault, sometimes he's halfway rotted.

Before the events of canon (as well as during and after), he would have a recurring nightmare where he would do something marginally wrong and the entire kingdom would collapse, like they were all depending on him. He's had this nightmare in some variant since he was little. It's actually similar to the dream the Director described, except instead of cracks appearing and letting the monsters in, it's Ambrosius fucking something up. He continues to have this nightmare occasionally even knowing there are no monsters outside.

Ambrosius was trained from a young age to be pretty stoic so he doesn't usually cry out in his sleep, but Ballister is a feather light sleeper (Ambrosius sleeps like the dead, even when he wants to wake up) and can tell from his mumbling and tossing and turning when he's having a nightmare, and will wake him up to console him and let him know that no, he's okay, he forgives him, he loves him, he doesn't have to be scared. They often have sex the next morning (if not right after) especially after a "Bal is dead" dream because it's therapeutic for them to share forgiveness and vitality

M! Ballister:

Oof. Yeah so, I can imagine that spending a prolonged period of time in extreme danger, wounded, with LITERALLY everyone out to get you would do wonders for a person's mental health.

A lot of Bal's nightmares are just resurfaced memories of him barely alive trying to survive all alone in the ruins he was holed up in. He blocked out most of that experience, so it comes back in dreams. These are obviously extremely upsetting memories.

In addition to memories, he also frequently has that nightmare where you're trying to escape some danger, and there are people all around but nobody can see or hear you ask for help. He has dreams where he gets executed, he has dreams where he sees Valerin and she's crying and asking why he did what he did, how could he do this to her, she loved him, she trusted him, and sometimes Ambrosius, Nimona, and the Director are all also there and calling him a monster. Sometimes they beat him up, sometimes Todd is there. He has nightmares that he didn't make it in time to save Nimona and the whole kingdom gets obliterated by the canon, and then he's all alone. Ambrosius and Nimona are dead.

He usually wakes up from these nightmares pretty quickly because as I said, light sleeper. Unfortunately Ambrosius is not a light sleeper and often doesn't wake up when he's having a nightmare. He does whatever he can to remedy this, though, which is one of the reasons he's always cuddling Bal. It's easier to detect movement and distress that way. After years of being in a relationship, and a lot of insistence from Ambrosius, Ballister is comfortable waking him up if he needs reassurance. When Ambrosius wakes up, he holds him, talks through his dreams with him, and massages his residual limb (phantom pain in his sleep often triggers the nightmares). Again, they will usually have sex the next morning. Slow, affectionate, weepy sex.

C! Ambrosius

This one has a variety of nightmares. More often than not, they're flashbacks to his fight with Nimona, sometimes with minor altered details. After adjusting to his disability, that started being present in the dream, which just made it even more terrifying. Sometimes Ballister is there watching him get killed while he screams for help. Sometimes Ballister is dead, he either got burned to death by Nimona or shocked to death by the other soldiers.

He has nightmares that he killed Ballister during the joust, those had been happening ever since the joust occurred. He has nightmares about Ballister chopping his arm off as revenge. His least favorite though, even more than the terrifying flashbacks, are the ones that feel real. In some, he's just going about his regular day and Ballister very casually mentions in conversation something to the effect of "What? Of course I don't love you. Why would I? Find you attractive? Have you seen yourself? Haha no thanks" and this is, of course, extremely upsetting. His most hated nightmares, though, are the ones where he "wakes up" and he's back at the Institution. He and Ballister never made up and he's expected to get up and go about his day and sign autographs and do whatever the Director wants and just exist in the hellish, loveless background radiation he'd spent fifteen years of his life in.

He's also more prone to night terrors, which he can never remember. He often speaks, walks, or screams in his sleep. One upside of the incomplete paraplegia is it keeps his sleepwalking under control, because he'll wake up from pain or falling.

Unlike Boldheart, Blackheart prefers not to wake him and to instead try to console him in his sleep whenever possible. This is because he's less likely to remember the nightmare at all if he doesn't wake up, and he truthfully doesn't like talking about nightmares because they're often upsetting to him as well. He'll hug him and whisper to him and rub his back or stroke his hair. This will usually work, but when it doesn't, he'll wake him up and offer reassurances. If Ambs was having one of those nightmares that feel like real life, he needs to be woken up.

C! Ballister

He has a lot of nightmares regarding betrayal, from either Ambrosius or Nimona or the Institution or his henchman or his father or all of the above (he has been backstabbed and abandoned MANY times). He has a lot of nightmares where he remembers the joust, but sometimes it's Nimona instead of Ambrosius, or sometimes Ambrosius is laughing when it happens, sometimes he has nightmares about the current Ambrosius harming or maiming him in some way in a fit of anger. Alternatively, he has nightmares where Nimona shows up at his house and at first he's so happy to get his friend back until he sees Ambrosius's bloody corpse behind her. He has nightmares about everyone hating him, like Boldheart does. Nimona calls him a traitor, Ambrosius calls him a villain, Blitzmeyer calls him a swindler and a lonely, pathetic man. He has nightmares about being too late to save Ambrosius from Nimona, or about her monster form killing him in front of him.

Ambrosius (a barnacle) always notices when he has nightmares and wakes him up stroking his hair and patting his chest. Unlike the other three characters on this list, he wakes up angry at Ambrosius at least some of the time. He will usually ask for some space so as to not take it out on his well-intentioned partner. He can't sleep on his right side to face away from him (it's the metal side and it's uncomfortable) so he'll flip onto his stomach so that the metal side is closer to Ambrosius, that way he can't really feel him there as much. Ambrosius will usually ask permission to hold his metal hand, which Ballister usually gives as he can't feel it much and it prevents his partner's abandonment issues from activating. Plus he thinks it's cute when he wakes up in the morning, no longer angry, to Ambrosius asleep holding tightly to it, with red marks on his cheek and wrists from effectively cuddling a hunk of metal all night.

#Goldenheart #nimona #ballister x ambrosius #ballister blackheart #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister boldheart #nimona graphic novel #nimona 2023 #cw referenced sex #cw nightmares #cw night terrors #cw trauma

[happy-tree-huggers]

Idk if this counts as acceptable by rules, but Ok sooo.... Hear me out, Flippy with an gn! s/o who has horrid nightmares and always wakes up all anxious and tear eyed?

(just like, fluff things)

(IK ITS ODD HELP-😭)

Flippy - S/O Reader With Terrible Nightmares

Note: Oh, it's not odd at all!! Here you go! ♡ Word Count: 0.3k Warnings: Mentions of nightmares

♡ When the two of you officially got together and you had moved into his home, you thought that your nightmares would finally stop—that it might have just been the loneliness and stress that caused them. The first few nights that you fell asleep next to him were worriless, dreamless sleeps, which you were grateful for. You thought your sleepless nights had finally ended.

♡ Until one night, when those nightmares had returned. You had awoken and sat up in the bed, tears springing to your eyes involuntarily and trying not to make a sound next to Flippy, who was still asleep. You unfortunately couldn't control your tears, and you started to cry quietly.

♡ Though, as a previous soldier, Flippy was somewhat of a light sleeper; and he woke to find you sniffling and hiccupping silently next to him. With a frown of worry he asked if you were okay, and after some stammering you simply brushed it off as a nightmare—such as it was, but you truly didn't want to worry him.

♡ But he noticed how genuinely distraught you looked, how the tears just wouldn't seem to stop rolling down your cheeks, and he hugged you softly while rubbing your back comfortingly.

♡ When you told him you didn't want to go back to sleep that night, he understood and offered to stay up with you. Perhaps then the two of you watched a few movies together on the sofa, or watched him knit, or helped him bake late night cookies—he would do anything to help take your mind off of it.

♡ Some nights you were afraid to sleep because of the possible nightmares you would have, and Flippy would hold you in bed as you closed your eyes, until you fell asleep.

♡ Other times when you did inevitably wake up from those nightmares, he would either comfort you and help you back to sleep, or stay up with you again if you were too afraid. He tells you that you shouldn't ever worry about being a "burden" to him because of this, because some nights he has terrible nightmares of his own about the war he took part in.

#happy tree friends #htf #happy tree friends x reader #flippy #flippy x reader #imagines #headcanons #cw nightmares #🌳 written request

[the-bar-sinister]

Imagine waking up from a nightmare, shaking and frightened, but your F/O is there for you.

They put their arms around you, and hold you softly, whispering soothingly, and reassuring you that they are there for you, and they will not let anything bad happen to you.

They will do anything you need to help you feel better. They'll lay with you in bed while you fall back asleep as they hold you, or they'll get up and do a quiet activity with you, or get you a drink.

They're there for you no matter what, and will chase away the nightmares.

#self ship #selfship #self shipping #fictional other #f/o imagine #self ship imagine #imagine your self ship #imagine your f/o #cw nightmares

[monsieur-neuvillette]

[There's a knock on the door.]

Neuvi? - Wrio

[Theres a moment before the door creaks open, the room within darkened]

“You did not have to make the trip…”

[Neuvillette murmured, poking out from behind the door, eyes laced with tears as he scanned Wriothesley from head to toe, worry lacing his eyes]

#interactions #wriothesley #content warning #cw nightmares #tw nightmares

[laurzzz]

What if the nightmare was something terrible happening to the three and Y/N was afraid to not only be alone but to lose those they cared about as they’re clinging to them as if they’ll disappear if Y/N lets go?

Aw the poor Highness... Well, the answer to that is simple: Lots of reassurance!

Words of affirmation here, caring actions and services there, some comforting touches and food too. The three deadly boys would do everything they can to remind you that they're not going anywhere and if they do then it's just to go out and kill people who deserve it. Even then, they'd still tag you along because of course! You're as skilled as they are at this point and they know the Princess loves freely running through the night and catching targets like it's their only business 💜

#food #majestic oppositions #cw nightmares

[coffeeghoulie]

Eternal Heatstroke

chapter 3: struggling to exist with you (and without you)

Tensions come to a boiling point.

Contains long discussions of child abuse and neglect, nightmares, and mild blood and injury.

(this chapter has one of the two scenes i wrote this entire fic around. please enjoy.)

Running, always running, until their legs give out from under them and they tumble into the brimstone, the howls of angry, starving ghouls descending on them. The portal is always just out of reach, always flickering out. They never make it through.

Aeon wakes from every nightmare exhausted, bruises under their eyes, lips and tongue and tail bitten bloody as they hold in their cries. They pull together the broken pieces of themself before they have to face the pack, Papa, the roaring of the crowds just about every night.

They collapse into their bunk, or onto a too soft hotel mattress, and pass out just to do it again.

Read the rest on ao3, or start from the beginning.

#happy valentines day enjoy some angst #man. this one got me #you ever accidentally hit one of your own nerves /real/ good while you're writing? #i really went “lets write an allegory for the thing you've spent your entire adult life in therapy for” #and thought it would be fine #monica you're a real one #softness from here on out though :) #dot's writing #swiss ghoul #aeon ghoul #the band ghost #the band ghost fanfiction #eternal heatstroke #cw child abuse #cw nightmares

[heiressofdoodles]

Trigger Warning for for Eyes, Staring, Horror and Nightmares

"And why are you so afraid, Your Highness...? Because last time I checked, there was nothing to fear. There is no such thing as the Boogeyman, Hopea..."

"So go back to sleep."

The Doctor, Lucid and Crowny belongs to @lostsoulau-ask

Fylass belongs to @george228732

Hopea and Maisie Knight belongs to me

Dedede belongs to HAL Laboratory

#Hopea #DoctorLS!AU #kirby oc #kirby series #lostsoul au #mutual fanart #tw staring #tw eyes #tw horror #tw nightmares #cw eyes #cw staring #cw horror #cw nightmares #heiressofdoodles

[homeofhousechickens]

I was talking about hallucinations and night terrors with my friends and anyway i was wondering if any of yall experience The Hat Man or Hair Woman and if not what do you experience? (only if its nontriggering to talk about)

#hat man is like a normal shadow person but he has a hat #hair woman is like wispy and the hair is everywhere and she has staring eyes #cw nightmares #night terrors

[angrelysimpping]

Mmmmm, Nightmares

Alex

They have a Nightmare

Alex is a dead sleeper to the point they won't wake up if they have nightmares. They don't even really need someone to wake them up, just to smooth down their hair and be a calming presence. Usually likes a warm drink once they wake.

PC has a Nightmare

Alex is such a dead sleeper that they won't wake if you have a nightmare unless you kick or punch them in your sleep. Will try to wake you. Makes you some tea and lets you talk about it, if you want.

Nightmare about Them

Absolutely heartbroken if you had a nightmare featuring them. Maybe you should sleep in a different room? Would that help?

Avery

They have a Nightmare

Avery doesn't really have nightmares. They don't remember most of their dreams, just faint and fleeting feelings upon waking. Twitches in their sleep when they are having nightmares. Wakes in a sour mood.

PC has a Nightmare

Avery wakes you up. They need their sleep and you tossing and turning, crying in your sleep, makes sleeping impossible. They will tell you this. What they don't tell you is how they find it adorable if you calm down upon seeing them.

Nightmare about Them

Whimper Avery's name in your sleep? They're the staring role in your nightmare? A bit bitter about it, but gives them one hell of a power rush if you still cling to them regardless.

Bailey

They have a Nightmare

Bailey doesn't have nightmares often but when they do they're vivid as hell. Wakes up and can't go back to sleep. Foul mood. Don't get near them for a few hours. Or, at least, don't annoy them.

PC has a Nightmare

Bailey's fucking pissed they have to deal with this. Shakes you awake because you were screaming so loud they thought someone was trying to murder you. Might force sleeping pills down your throat. Good luck if you seek Bailey out after a nightmare. Stares at you like you've lost your mind before snapping at you to fuck off.

Nightmare about Them

Nightmares about your caretaker? Fucking good. Maybe you won't bother them and pay on time if they're the cause of your nightmares.

Darryl

They have a Nightmare

Darryl frequently has nightmares. They're all surreal and blended together and they have a hard time waking up from them.

PC has a Nightmare

Darryl knows what it's like to have nightmares. Gently wakes you if you can't wake up. Offers to make you a hot drink. Will offer cuddles.

Nightmare about Them

They were in your nightmare? They were the nightmare? Oh...are you...are you sure you want Darryl to stay? They can go sleep on the sofa if you want?

Eden

They have a Nightmare

Eden doesn't have nightmares often so when they do have a nightmare they tend to be extra unsettled. First instinct upon waking is to roll over on top of their spouse. It's a way of re-exerting control, in a way.

PC has a Nightmare

Eden is...not great, to be honest. At high love, they might straddle you, intent on helping you by fucking you better. Gets grumpy if you decline. Loves if you cling to them after a nightmare.

Nightmare about Them

God help you if the nightmare involved Eden in any way. They don't care if they just brought you home, just let you out of the cage, just held you down and fucked you within an inch of your life. Flinching back from Eden after waking up from a nightmare will end with you dragged back to them.

Great Hawk

They have a Nightmare

Great Hawk wakes up the whole moor if they have a nightmare. If their spouse isn't home to help calm them down, they'll fly until their wings ache in order to burn off the panicked energy.

PC has a Nightmare

Tucks a wing over you and nuzzles into your neck while asking questions. Is spouse okay? Does spouse need food? More pretty clothes? What can they do for you?

Nightmare about Them

What??? Is it from when they first found you? All that change? How do they make it up to spouse?

Harper

They have a Nightmare

Harper doesn't often have nightmares but psychoanalyzes the hell out of them when they do.

PC has a Nightmare

Harper wants you to tell them all about your nightmares, maybe even gives you their phone number so you can call them if you wake in the middle of the night. It's not until you're in the asylum that they take things further. Has you sit in their lap while you describe your nightmares, dismissing any nightmares of being attacked and assaulted.

Nightmare about Them

Oh dear, maybe they should up how many times they see you for therapy? Adjust your meds? It's troubling that you're having nightmares about them, Harper is here to help you, after all.

Kylar

They have a Nightmare

Poor Kylar. Prone to violent nightmares that leave them too stressed to sleep. Kylar ends up seeking out their darling, wandering the streets if you can't be found.

PC has a Nightmare

Kylar near cries when they wake to you having a nightmare. Wakes you as gently as they can, even though their hands are shaking. Wraps themself around you as best they can, asking if there's anything you need. Just say the word, Kylar will do it.

Nightmare about Them

W-what?! What do you mean Kylar is the reason you had a nightmare?! They didn't, they couldn't do something that would give you nightmares! They love you! They love you so much! Here, let them prove it! Let them take your mind off your nightmare by tucking their head between your legs.

Leighton

They have a Nightmare

Leighton has the odd nightmare, doesn't everyone? Nothing in particular, nothing that can affect them now. If they wake up in the middle of the night, they'll read. Occasionally fiddles with developing film, but sometimes their hands shake and they hate the physical reminder of the nightmare. So, reading it is. Unless they have a current toy on speed dial.

PC has a Nightmare

Aw, poor dear, had a nightmare and need your headteacher? What a needy teacher's pet you are. Don't worry, Leighton is sure to think of some way to take your mind off it.

Nightmare about Them

Oh, a nightmare about them? Why don't you tell them about it? What were they doing? Were they toying with you? Maybe they can show you how you'd enjoy the real thing.

Remy

They have a Nightmare

Remy's another one who doesn't really remember their dreams, even nightmares. They just wake up groggy and bitter. If they can, they take a ride around the estate to soothe them a little. Occasionally stops in at the barn to make sure everything is running smoothly, pops in on their farmhands and other workers to make sure everything is alright. Likes seeing the spark of surprise and fear in their subordinate's eyes at their sudden appearance. Makes them feel a bit better after waking in the middle of the night.

PC has a Nightmare

Riding school student that had to spend the night for whatever reason? Probably lets you handle it yourself. Even if you're trying to get into their pants, even if you've succeeded, Remy's not likely to help. They don't want you to get the wrong idea about them. On the farm? They're likely to let their farmhands deal with it. You end up waking all the other cattle? At first, Remy thinks you're trying to cause trouble. It's only when they see the wild panic in your eyes that they realize you're only half awake, still stuck in a nightmare. Tries to calm you, stroking your hair and cooing about how you're safe. If you still fight them, they'll cover your mouth and nose with a cloth doused in something Harper gave them. If they're gentle or rough with you while knocking you out depends on how obedient you are.

Nightmare about Them

Takes a sick satisfaction in it if you're close to Alex or disobedient cattle. A little disappointed if they considered you obedient, a true member of the herd. You should fear them, to a degree, but they don't want you to have nightmares. You need to feel safe with them, after all. Fearing them to the point of nightmares will cause stress, it might spoil your milk. They'll work on fixing that.

Robin

They have a Nightmare

Robin's nightmares are violent. They only have them when heavily traumatized, their brain trying to process everything. Will crawl into your bed or press against you if you're sleeping in their room. Sometimes they just want to be held. Sometimes they want you to make love to them. Either press them into the mattress or let them climb on top of you. Help them forget? Please?

PC has a Nightmare

Wakes you up if they're in bed with you or if they can hear you from their room. Allows you into their bed if you slip into their room, mumbling about bad dreams. Lots of soft touches and gentle words. If you want them to do more, they will, just tell them what you need.

Nightmare about Them

You...had a nightmare about them? Them? Like, they were the cause? The thing that was making you scream? Oh...oh they're, they're sorry. They don't...they're not sure what they did, how this happened, but they're sorry. Is there any way they can make it up to you?

Sydney

They have a Nightmare

Sydney doesn't often have nightmares. As a kid, they used to go to Sirris for comfort. Now, they pray. Even though most of their nightmares feature the temple in some way, they still pray. They spend a lot of time at the temple, so it makes sense, right? They like to think so.

PC has a Nightmare

Another one who gently wakes you, trying to calm you as best they can. Will offer to pray with you when pure. When corrupt, they'll place a hand on your thigh and asks if there's any way you'd like them to take your mind off the nightmare.

Nightmare about Them

Very confused if you flinch away from them, if you say they were the cause of the nightmare. And hurt. Tries to reassure you but is at a loss on what to do.

Whitney

They have a Nightmare

Whitney is yet another one who doesn't often dream, let alone have nightmares. Well, not that they remember, anyway, and that's all that counts, isn't it? Already something of a light sleeper so they jerk awake in a foul mood. Will take it out on you if you're around. Sometimes has trouble waking up, don't mention how you had to run a hand through their hair to calm them down. If they wake up and can't go back to sleep? Shoots off a quick text to their friends to see if any of them want to go cause trouble.

PC has a Nightmare

Wakes you up, grumbling about shutting up or staying still so they can get some sleep themself. Finds it kinda cute if you cling to them but might ruin the moment by grinding against you. May or may not be blushing if you find comfort by resting your head on their chest and listing to their heartbeat to fall back asleep.

Nightmare about Them

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Whitney is very scary. The boogyman or whatever. Shut up and let them go back to sleep or they'll give you are reason to have nightmares. Definitely not a little upset at high love that you had a nightmare featuring them.

Wren

They have a Nightmare

Wren gives me the vibes that they once heard someone say "jerk off to the things you're afraid of so it's not scary anymore" and it still affects them to this day. Wakes up from nightmares with a confusing mix of fear and arousal and usually had to rub one out before they can fall back asleep. Gets restless. Won't just stay in their room.

PC has a Nightmare

Wants you to tell them what the nightmare was about so they can pick it apart as a way of reassuring you. Stuff like 'they'd beat up the evil clown for you so you don't have to worry' or 'you're way too clever to get into that situation and even if you did, you'd find a way to get out.' Absolutely more than willing to help you take your mind off your nightmare if you don't want to talk about it. Want to play some cards? Or do you just want to cut to the part where Wren has you gasping their name? You're the one who had the bad dream, they'll let you pick.

Nightmare about Them

Tell them what they did in the nightmare so they can explicitly tell you how they wouldn't do that to you. Wants to get you off as a way of apologizing for whatever they did that made your subconscious cast them as a villain. Doesn't even matter if it was all just random, Wren feels bad. Let them make it up to you either by making you moan or making you laugh. They prefer the former but they don't mind the latter.

#alex the farmhand #avery the businessperson #eden the hunter #kylar the loner #robin the orphan #sydney the faithful #whitney the bully #bailey the caretaker #great hawk the terror #leighton the headteacher #remy the farmer #wren the smuggler #darryl the club owner #harper the doctor #tw nightmares #cw nightmares

[mactiir]

Lucid dreaming is actually that bad? I tried getting into it once but training the reality checks was too much for my adhd and I just dropped it. Guess I dodged a bullet.

i mean, anecdotally. I don’t know that there have been enough studies on it to establish whether it's helpful or harmful in general, and I can't really find evidence either way. I am seeing some studies that claim it's helpful for PTSD, and others that claim it causes heightened symptoms that are in line with OCD, psychosis, dissociative disorders, and depression.

For me, the amount of metacognition induced by regular reality checks (constantly asking yourself "is this real??? how do i know??" every 30 minutes feels uh. very disordered), combined with the memory fuckery of having REM hallucinations in your working memory alongside waking memories (when i regularly lucid dreamed, my brain wasn't very good at telling the difference between "actually happened" and "was a dream" even when the dreams were positively buckwild surrealism trips, because the memories "feel" exactly the same), and the well-documented mood effects of having chronically disordered sleep (lucid dreaming sleep is uh. Not restful. You always wake up feeling like you haven't slept, dwelling on your dreams, asking yourself "am i really awake this time or... or... or...?"), the net effect of regular lucid dreaming was to make me feel like I was going literally insane. I was a wreck, I was paranoid, my anxiety and depression were extremely heightened, I couldn't tell what was real, I had hella nightmares, I had sleep paralysis every time I woke up for months, I was both terrified to sleep and chronically exhausted, my memory was shot, and I constantly obsessed over whether I was awake or not. It's taken me years to get back to a baseline level of restful sleep and waking existence that doesn't feel ominously like it could devolve into a nightmare at any second.

Is that going to be everyone's experience? Probably not -- I do have a family history of some fairly serious mental illnesses, including OCD and psychotic depression, but it's worth noting I don't have any of these disorders myself. Regardless, if you ever struggle with dissociation or discerning reality AT ALL, I really don't recommend trying to learn lucid dreaming.

#lucid dreaming #mental illness #cw psychosis #cw dissociation #cw nightmares #sleep paralysis #dreaming #Sleep

[faraway-monsters]

Can Basil and Hero transform into their monster forms even while asleep?

Basil can't, his transformation hurts too much for him to stay asleep while turning.

Hero, however....

...can and does, more than he'd like to admit.

#faraway monsters blog #monstermori #art #omori #omori au #digital art #omori hero #omori kel #cw blood #cw unsettling #cw nightmares