noteasytobepink | Wheelsy AU ~ Bad nights

The scream was probably a little unsettling. Ringing out sudden and piercing in the night. The walls of the house and blankets over her head did little muffle it as she thrashed. Nightmares. She had them most nights but she usually managed to bite her tongue...

...today had been bad though. She'd started physical therapy for her arm, wore herself out, couldn't wake up as easily as she tended to. How she hated being broken and weak. It was bad for her mental state and brought on more nightmares.

"No NO NO NO NO NO!" Each word was accompanied by the thick thump of her fists on the bed as she worked to tear herself free from the past and finally ended up tossing herself straight off the bed with a firm 'thunk'. The jarring of her shoulder helped yank her free of sleep until finally, gasping, she was awake and shaking, nearly in shock.

Coffee. Caffeine. Something to keep her awake. She was NOT going back to sleep again after that.

That decided she stumbled down the hall to slump, shaking and exhausted, at the table. "Hell..." she muttered, thunking her forehead on the cool surface.

Bill jerked awake when he heard the scream; heart thudding against his chest as he tried to shake sleep and get his bearings.

He could hear the thumping, and jumped out of bed when he heard the loud thud. Shirtless and only in sweats, he stubbed his toe on the door opening it, "Sonuva--" and knocked his shoulder on the door frame exiting, "--bitch."

Moving down the hallway, he gave a quick look into Clarice's room and found it empty and the bed a mess, then headed on further, glancing into the living room, and finally finding her in the kitchen.

"Christ, Clarice, y'alright?"

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