If I Lay Here...
SURPRISE EVERYONE I WROTE A DISVENTURE CAMP FICLET!
Anyway...I had a pretty rough day. And to help take my mind off it, I decided to write myself a little comforting Ellabby fluff because they rule my brain right now and I think they need a little more content.
I HC that Gabby tends to suffer from nightmares pretty often, and tbh I've had quite a lot of nightmares lately myself...should I be concerned about that? Idk man. But whatever. So here's a little hurt-comfort ficlet where Ellie comforts Gabby after one of her nightmares post-DC.
Remained pretty ambiguous about the setting because well I have like no ideas lol and I'm bad with describing settings anyway lmao
Also finding a good song for this (songs always help a lot when I write) was tough but I definitely picture Chasing Cars as an Ellabby anthem. Plus I also HC that Ellie is an amazing singer and she sings to Gabby regularly.
But this preamble is getting lengthy, so...here we go!
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For a moment, Ellie flinched a little as the sound got her attention. She was a light sleeper, and it didn’t take much to rouse her from her slumbers.
As Ellie got up, wondering what the sound was, she looked around the room…and her eyes fell upon her brown-haired girlfriend, sleeping not-so-soundly next to her. The workaholic felt her heart start to ache as she realized what was happening.
Gabby had mentioned to her in passing before that she was prone to nightmares, but given they had only recently started spending their nights together, it took until now for Ellie to witness this happening in person…and it was a sobering sight indeed.
Whatever was happening in Gabby’s dream was clearly tormenting her. The brunette was tightly clenching her own arms, whimpering in fright and pain as tears bubbled out of her eyes and trickled down her face. She was also clearly thrashing around a little, tossing and turning as if trying in vain to shake the nightmare’s grip off of her.
Well, Ellie wasn’t about to just stand by and let her girlfriend suffer alone…
At once, the Minimum Wage Worker put her hands upon the Polish girl’s shoulders and began softly rubbing them, and quietly, called out to her.
“Hey, Gabby?” the American girl spoke, “Are you alright?”
Hearing the gentle voice of her freckled girlfriend and feeling her soft touch on her shoulders, Gabby gently opened her eyes. In that moment, her mind groggily took in her surroundings. The bedsheets above her body, the ceiling staring down at her…and her skin bathed in a cold sweat. She could still feel her heart pounding, and her breath still felt hitched.
“Oh, dear,” whimpered the Tree Hugger, “I’m sorry to wake you, darling. I must’ve had one of those stupid nightmares again.”
“Hey, don’t worry, honey,” Ellie comforted her nature-loving girlfriend, “You can’t help it. You told me yourself that you deal with nightmares pretty frequently.”
“Oh, yeah,” the brunette spoke in realization. She recalled every dreadful moment of that damn nightmare. The harsh words of her father ringing in her head. The cruel insults from Grett echoing in her mind. The murderous look in Jensen’s eyes and the crazed grin on his face as he rose up that knife and-
In that moment, the memories grew too much for Gabby, and she abruptly thrust herself forward and clung to Ellie’s chest tightly, tears streaming down her face anew as her body shivered in fear and heartbreak.
Forgetting any questions she wanted to ask, Ellie put one of her arms around her tearful girlfriend’s back, and started gently stroking her hair with her free hand. Even in a moment like this, the redhead still found her partner to be astoundingly beautiful. Her soft hair, her smooth skin, her squeaky voice, her bubbly personality…all she wanted now was to see a smile lighting up her face again.
So, gently, the pale-skinned American girl put one hand upon her lover’s chin, gently stroking it with her thumb. There was a brief pause, and then, Gabby let her eyes open and gazed into the blue eyes of her beloved.
Ellie took a moment to admire the brown eyes of her partner, then, taking a deep breath, she began singing a soft tune to her.
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that’s bursting into life
Slowly, the brunette felt her heart stop pounding as Ellie’s voice soothed her mind and soul. The memories of that terrible dream slowly faded from her mind. Wiping some final tears from her eyes with one of her hands, Gabby let her other hand join with one of Ellie’s. Their fingers intertwined as they kept gazing at each other. And, to her own surprise, Gabby found herself singing along with her girlfriend…her one and only soulmate.
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they’re all I can see
I don’t know when
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
Sensing her partner was put at ease at last, Ellie put both of her arms around the brunette and gave her a gentle kiss on her cheek. The moment Ellie pulled back, Gabby, as if to return the favor, gave her a soft kiss on the tip of her nose, and whispered in gratitude, “I love you, Ellie.”
Then, the Polish girl returned the embrace Ellie was giving her, and, cuddled up in her arms, fell into a peaceful sleep once more.
The workaholic watched in joy, her heart warming as her beloved nature-lover slumbered quietly within her arms. The, she gently pressed her forehead against that of her partner’s, and replied quietly, “I love you too, Gabby.”
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
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