[The words reach Nico through a muffled haze. The eyes he'd hidden from Will now refusing to obey his command to open again, his head too heavy to lift. Where his face has been hidden away, his lips pull up into a smile, safe in the knowledge that Will can't see it. Will's arm tightens around him and Nico obliges, melding himself against Will as though if he tried hard enough, they could become one entity. Two hearts beating as one. It's with this thought and in the safety of Will's arms that he finally drifts into a dreamless sleep.
Maybe he'll have nightmares, and maybe he won't. What Nico knows as sleep takes him is that right here and right now, he is loved, he is safe, and he is not alone. It's more than enough to give him a fighting chance.]
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Maybe he'll have nightmares, and maybe he won't. What Nico knows as sleep takes him is that right here and right now, he is loved, he is safe, and he is not alone. It's more than enough to give him a fighting chance.]