AmaNyl

Amaru fears sleep. He wants to be awake for as long as he can, but he is tired almost all the time. His sloth sin is making him face his fear every day.

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The demon stands still in a dark room, and he looks around. He's surrounded by darkness, he can't hear or see anything. His breathing is soft, but he feels nothing. He doesn't know what direction he's facing. Upside down, laying flat, standing, he has no clue.

He suddenly feel something press up against his back, and he gasps softly. The snake attempts to say something but he is silenced, and notices a soft yellow glow coming from his neck. He feels something warm cover his eyes, it's comforting, yet it's a distant feeling for him.

"Do you remember, Amaru..?" A female voice whisper into his ear, and sudden images appear in front of him...

A snake biting it's tail.
A person with stitches.
A smirk in the shadows, with piercing orange eyes.
Then the last image... Nyl, covered with purple and a metallic-green.
She looked hurt.

It all goes black, and the demon's breathing get heavier and tears slide down his cheeks behind whatever is covering his eyes.
The voice giggle and whisper again into his ear, and he lets out a sad cry.

"Your love's hurt...  She's in pain, all because of you...
It's the harsh truth, my little doll..."

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Amaru wakes up quickly, sitting up and letting out a distressed "No!" as he does so.
He looks around the dark room with a horrified look, breathing heavily and tears streaming down his face. Where is she? Where is Nyl? Is she safe?

A noise is heard from the other side of the bed, Nyl had woken up of her boyfriend's sudden noise. The tall demon glances sleepily up at Amaru. "Ama..?" she mumbles, still half asleep. The smaller man looks towards her in surprise, then he wipes the tears away from his face quickly while choked whimpers came out of him, rather than an actual reply. The snake demon has too much pride to let his emotions show, even around her in some cases like these.

Nyl slowly turns towards him and pulls him down to her, holding his head close to her chest and kissing it softly, letting her free hand rub her partner's back slowly to help him calm down. "Shh, it's ok... It was only a nightmare... Nothing in it was real..."

Amaru can't stop whimpering, and rests the side of his head against Nyl's chest.
Ba-dum... Ba-dum... Ba-dum...
Her heart is slow. Amaru closes his eyes, and tears are now streaming over his scales and down his chin. He pays more attention to the rhythm of Nyl's heartbeat to get his mind off what he just saw.
Ba-dum... Ba-dum..
He's happy, hearing her heart, knowing she's safe. She's here with him.
The small demon takes slow breaths, breathing in of one heartbeat and then breathing out in the next.
Ba-dum... Ba-dum... Ba-dum... Ba-dum...
In... and out.... In... and out...

After a while of staying like this, Amaru takes a deep breath and looks up at Nyl. She was asleep again. He smiles softly and leans up, pecking her lips gently. "Thank you.." He mumbles, and then nuzzles into her shoulder. He pulls the cover over them, curling up in the warmth of it along with the comfort of being against Nyl.

He feels safe, especially in her arms..
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He fears sleep. Not because he doesn't like it. He fears it for what it can contain.
However, Nyl helps him forget. She helps him fall asleep.
She's the reason he's willing to rest, even if it's for a moment.

(A/N: angst? Fluff? You can decide tbh. But hey, lore!!!)