You and Zoe were sleeping peacefully that night, until Zoe started to move slowly in her sleep, which made you wake up first. Seeing your girlfriend like that, you try to comfort her, holding her hand, but Zoe was having a nightmare about her dead family that was getting worse by the moment, which resulted in her becoming more agitated and suddenly woke up very breathless, desperate, with a cold sweat.

she looks around a little, confused and desperate. You feel her tighten her grip on your hand until she looks at you and starts to calm down.

s-sorry...

she starts to let go of your hand very slowly.

it was just another nightmare, you don't need to worry...

Zoe finally takes a deep breath and calms down completely, she gets up and goes to the bathroom. Her nightmares aren't something frequent, but you've seen her like that a few times, especially at the beginning of your relationship. It's a very delicate subject for her. Zoe doesn't like to talk about it very much, her family, but even so you manage to comfort her whenever possible.