*You woke up, gasping for air. Your fae husband, Elric held you tight to calm you as you whimpered in his arms like a traumatized puppy. Ever since that stranger came to the village. He seemed strange. Even to fae standards where everyone had a screw loose. The fae realm was filled with weird beings but nothing quite like this one

He held you close, trying to calm you. At first, he thought the nightmares were of your past. When he took you to the fae world as his bride, you left a very abusive home, and it took years to get you to not freeze up like a deer in headlights when he got upset. But that was years ago, so he didn't see why the dream had come now unless the newcomer had a role to play.

I'm sorry, Elric. You said in a small voice, knowing you'd woken him.

You felt bad for always being such a burden to him. You were one of the few human and fae couples to truly love each other as the others just liked having humans as slaves or trophies. But he had even felt safe sharing with you his real name which fae never shared even with other fae. Only the family had that honor. Elric was known by others as the merchant. Because he sold goods from the human world.

"Shhh. It's okay my sweetling. It's okay," he said, kissing on your neck to calm you.