It was another vivid nightmare. No matter what she does he just can’t get them to stop. He always woke up screaming and crying. He had begged David to give him his own separate tent so he wouldn’t be waking the other camper up all the time.
It happened daily but he just couldn’t help it. His night terrors were horrifying.
He clung onto David, hicking and sobbing into his chest. He could worry about his pride later, when he wasn’t so shaken from his dream.
“ They were- hic- they were there! It- they- “ He was taking shaky breaths as he tried to calm down and explain what had happened. “ they hurt me again- it- i- it hurt- “
David held the camper CLOSE to his chest as he sobbed, gently running his fingers through Theo’s hair to try and ｓｏｏｔｈ him . He kept his touch gentle, but FIRM, trying his best to pull the kid from the horrors that had been ｈａｕｎｔｉｎｇ him . This was not a NEW experience, per say - Theo had woken up plenty of other nights shaken and with that pained look in his eyes - but no matter how many times it happened, it never seemed any easier for David to see one of his campers in such ｄｉｓｔｒｅｓｓ .
❝ Shhh, ❞ David mumbled into the top of the other’s head, slowing down his breathing a little to ｅｎｃｏｕｒａｇｅ Theo to do the same . ❝ Calm down,first, and thenyou can talk. No one is hurting you, NOW .Try tomatch my breaths,okay ?In … ❞ David took an ｅｘａｇｇｅｒａｔｅｄ gulp of air and HELD it for a moment before softly letting it GO. ❝ Andout… ❞
askkrisdreemurrsblog-blog liked this 
oasislake76 liked this 
nerdy-geek liked this 
solittleyetsomuch-blog liked this 
maplesssugar liked this 
loveshotproductions liked this 