Tiny TW for a traffic accident

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Alex POV
I was running through the streets. Someone was following me. I ran faster and faster until I saw Jack in the distance. He was running too, directly towards the train tracks. I saw a train coming towards him to the left, very fast. I tried to scream to him but he didn’t notice. I tried running faster, the air burning in my lungs, but it didn’t work. My limbs felt like lead and I couldn’t seem to move on. I screamed for one last time before he was hit.

Everything got white and prickly, as always. I was awake and it took me a second to realize what was real and what was a dream but then I started crying. I noticed Jack being besides me and tapped him lightly. At first, I only wanted to see if he was alive but then he moved around and looked at me, eyes tiny from sleep.

“Lexy? You okay?” he mumbled, voice raspy. I was shaking badly by now but his voice calmed me down a bit. Sobs escaped my mouth although I tried to keep them back. Jack scrambled to hug me and embraced me softly while playing with my hair. “Bad dreams?” he asked quietly. I nodded, still crying. I was so scared of him dying, this dream had shown me. I could never lose him.

“Jack, I love you. Please don’t die,” I begged - voice shaky and my face wet with tears. I was incredibly scared, still not able to fully believe that the person holding me was Jack.

“Shh, lil’ mushroom. I love you too. It’s okay. I’m here. I won’t die,” he replied soothingly, rocking me carefully. I continued to cry but my sobs were gradually subsiding. “Want me to make some light and get you a hot chocolate?” he offered.

“No, I want you to stay here with me,” I whined, scared of him leaving.

“Then I’ll stay with you. No worries.” I smiled, just one corner of my mouth going up for the tiniest bit. Jack was here. It had only been a dream.

The rest of the night I tried desperately to not fall asleep, simply too scared of nightmares. Jack went back to sleep quickly, letting me snuggle into his chest and nuzzle my nose into his neck. Like this, I had time to think about the dream.

I was obviously scared to lose Jack. But I was attached to him in a way I had never been attached to anyone else all my life; he was special to me in so many ways. I knew that if I lost him, a part of me would get lost too. We had only been together for a bit more than two months but I felt like I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. Marriage? I was no-one to propose, I was way too shy for it. But I was going to wait for Jack until the end of my life if I had to.

I realized I was feeling a bit cold so I cuddled closer to him and he murmured something that sounded a lot like “Aw Lex, I love you.” I broke out into a big smile and lightly kissed his nose. He smiled in his sleep, the smile that would always calm me down. And with the help of said smile, I was able to fall asleep.

Notes

Happy New Year everyone! How did you spend the night? :)

Look, I wrote a fluffy, New-Year-themed Jalex oneshot! Read it here and please, please tell me what you think! c:

-Laura