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Oh god, now he's going to sleep, and he'd probably be very adorable.

Fuck. He could probably mix something tomorrow, right? Yeah!

"That's fine, I have time." He started petting his hair again, making himself comfortable with a couple of pillows behind his head.

2015-09-20 10:05:26

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"If you want to go, and want to come back after you've finished, there's a spare key on my desk somewhere. You can take that." He murmured, already relaxing over him again. He tilted his head into his hand, sighing softly as he was slowly, almost carefully eased into sleep by the sound of Dave's heart under his fin and his hand in his hair.

2015-09-20 10:13:19

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He nods, smiling to himself. "Alright, thanks for the info. Just sleep." His voice was gentle, something he had gotten used to recently, and he was pretty ready to just let him sleep, and maybe take a short nap himself.

2015-09-20 10:15:23

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He was asleep a few seconds after Dave had finished talking, which honestly had to be a new record for him. Usually it took minutes, sometimes hours before he could force or coax himself to sleep.

But this. This was safe. Dave was safe. And safe meant sleep free of terrors and unwanted thoughts.

2015-09-20 10:20:32

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He was a bit surprised, but there was definitely no mistake. His breathing slowed down considerably, he must be asleep.

His fingers moved gently in his hair, not wanting to wake him up.

2015-09-20 10:30:17

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His mouth was open slightly merely to breath as he slept, one arm around Dave's waist and the other curled up a little against his chest. His fins twitched a little in his sleep, and he clung tighter to Dave the longer they led there.

2015-09-20 10:33:30

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Dave wished he was heartless enough to push him aside to take a picture of him sleeping. Unfortunately he is not. He wont even dare to take one with his phone, Eridan looks too perfect, and he wants to enjoy this moment.

After a bit though, he does get his phone to do something while he's sleeping, occasionally glancing at the side to see his expression, and smiling wider each time he clings to him.

2015-09-20 10:35:24

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He probably wouldn't even have woken if Dave took a photo, maybe twitch a little and probably look a little grumpy but that'd be about it.

He nuzzled his shoulder in his sleep, clinging close and almost hiding into his chest. Useless or bad dreams were a common thing to him, but he wasn't the type to move around with them. Maybe twitch and frown, but that was it.

He didn't even move now, just sighed.

2015-09-20 10:38:27

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Dave looked at him once he started doing these little things like he was afraid of something. He combed his hair back, and placed the gentlest of kisses on his forehead, putting his phone down to wrap his arm around him, in hopes of calming him down.

2015-09-20 10:39:40

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It was Dave's arms tightening around him that would wake him up, and even then he still thought he was back in his dream. A rumbling snarl fell from his lips as he struggling, still sleep heavy and sluggish as he tried to twist enough to see his (apparent) attacker's face.

2015-09-20 10:41:45

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"Hey, hey calm down, it's me." He mutters, loosening his arm a little, and continuing to pet his hair. "You're alright, it's just me."

2015-09-20 10:47:20

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He bared his teeth, still struggling until he was sitting up. His eyes were clearly still lost in sleep, and his snarl wavered as he pressed his hands to Dave's shoulders, keeping him down.

The words took a bit to cut through the panic-defend-fight fog the dream left him in, and his lips slowly closed over his teeth again as he blinked, squinting. "Dawe?"

2015-09-20 11:02:27

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He couldn't really say he wasn't a little afraid when he pressed his hands to his shoulders, but he didn't resist or do anything else, his hands just dropping by his side. "Uh... yeah, that's me."

2015-09-20 11:03:31

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His frown deepened, and he slowly, carefully lifted his hands away. When Dave didn't move his fins flattened against his head and now he just look confused.

"... You're not gonna kill me?" His voice was quiet as he blinked repeatedly, trying to see who was really under him.

2015-09-20 11:06:29

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"Eridan, it was just a dream." He said calmly, still not moving. "You fell asleep on me, and you had a nightmare, you're alright."

2015-09-20 11:09:09

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"Someone was gonna kill me." He raised a hand to trace his fingers gently over Dave's face, a little shake appearing as his eyes cleared. He jerked back, landing on his ass on the covers as he shook his head hard. "Fuckin' /fuck/. Where... Dave. Dave. Are you okay?"

2015-09-20 11:10:38

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He rose a brow, sitting up and running a hand through his own hair to get it off his face. "I'm alright, are you okay?" He isn't sure if he should, but he reaches out to hold his hand either way.

2015-09-20 11:12:54

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"I can't fucking think." He tugged at one of his fins, his other hand jerking a little when Dave reached to hold it. He ended up clinging tightly to it anyway, curling up. "I hate sleep. I hate it. Did I hurt you? The dream. I hurt you, someone was killing me I think I hurt you. I don't know."

2015-09-20 11:14:41

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"Hey, Eridan you're okay. I swear, you're fine." He looks worried now, moving closer. "You didn't hurt me, we're both okay." His hand goes to his hair again, gently petting it.

2015-09-20 11:17:38

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"Swear it?" His heartrate was slowly calming down, and he looked around his room quickly to justify where he was. Desk with mess on top, check. Fish tank with worried little seahorse, check. Bed with Dave, check. Worried Dave, ah shit he worried Dave. "... Sorry."

2015-09-20 11:20:20

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"I swear it. May my turntables be thrown out the window if I'm lying." He tilted Eridan's face to the side a little to make him look Dave in the eye. "It's fine, just try to calm down love."

2015-09-20 11:22:28

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"Shouldn't swear important things on me." He whispered, almost desperately taking in his face to make sure he's okay. He raised his hands to clutch at Dave's, staring at him. "You... I could see you. You were bleeding and it was my fault. I knew it was my fault and then they were there and I could hear..." He shuddered, reaching for Dave for comfort.

2015-09-20 11:26:34

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Dave squeezes his hands after his shades were gone, lacing their fingers. "It's just a nightmare, nightmares happen." He said calmly, making sure to look him in the eye still. "I'm not bleeding, you can check." He heard that a reality check might help people calm down from nightmares, so it would be a start, but for now he just hugged him to his chest. "I wouldn't let anyone do that to you while I'm here."

2015-09-20 11:28:50

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His hands pressed to his chest, to where his heart was. He wasn't satisfied with the feeling of dry cloth under his hands, he pushed Dave's shirt up so that he could feel the steady beat of his heart against his palm. He almost sagged with relief, head dropping to his shoulder as he just clung tight to him and hid. "Please don't let them take me away again."

2015-09-20 11:37:22

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"They will never take you away. Ever." He muttered reassuringly, pressing a kiss to his head. "I'll be here for you, and I won't let that happen, okay?"

2015-09-20 11:39:03