New Nightmares

Walk | Talk | Think

Her body shook as she held perfectly still in place, trying desperately to calm herself. It was always hard to return to normal after seeing the demon. Even years after she had left him, years since she had last seen him, his vision still haunted her, sneaking in to ruin any sense of complacency that she started to build up. It was all part of her curse, how it strangely but innately knew when to strike and cause the most damage. Surely it must have known she was pregnant? That this time she was determined to do right by the lives she carried? It's just a nightmare, she tried to reason with herself, clenching her eyes shut and willing her body to still its shaking though it did no good. Nightmare or not, the fear was real, and by now it was deeply ingrained, as much a part of her as her blue eyes.

Those same blue eyes flashed open as she felt a tongue softly lick her chin, and she flinched before realizing again that it was only Jakart. Even so, she did not feel recovered enough to be near him, desiring instead a bit of space so that she could gather herself and return to a sense of normalcy, but he only moved in closer. Calli tensed with a strained expression, just refraining from pushing him away and distancing herself from him as he nuzzled her and wrapped his forelegs around her to pull her in against him. "Jak," she weakly protested, but let herself be drawn toward him nonetheless.

He held here there against him, trying in his own way to comfort her. Again Callisto closed her eyes and breathed in deeply, letting her keen nose pick out the scents of their den, their intermingled scent that was distinctly their own. The soothing smells calmed and helped to ground her, drawing her the rest of the way out of the nightmarish dream she had been a part of just a moment before. With a heavy exhale, she began to relax and ducked her head to press it against Jak as he held onto her. Her nose burrowed into his pale fur as his presence eased her anxiety, doing what she assumed he had intended from the start. She sighed again, shuddering just slightly as she shifted to rest more comfortably against him. "It's just a dream," she murmured in a whisper, nuzzling against him as she used his presence to chase away the last remnants of the demon that haunted her mind.