He held you close to him

Trying to distract you from your nightmare

It was actually kind of sweet to see him show such kindness

”Its okay my sweet serpent”

”You know…When I wrote you that poem about flowers?”

He asked softly peeling the thin white scarf off his mouth to hide that it was slit

he was trying to distract you from your horrifying night terrors

”I saw this beautiful…Flower field Snakey…I even thought about bringing you a few from it”

”Hush…”