Spain x Reader .:Sweet Reassurance:.

    Feet slammed against hard ground, eye frantically searched. Shaky breaths filled the air with white clouds. In a moment, ___ found herself face to face with the ground. She could feel water seeping her clothing. Cold and sticking to her closely. Glancing over her shoulder she quickly got up, trying her best to not make a sound.

    Clearly running through the woods before, ___ suddenly found herself in a black room leading to a long hallway. At the end she could see a bright light, giving an ‘keep away’ feeling. (e/c) hues darted around the room finding nothing but black. For a moment ___ started to calm down, letting her shoulders relax.

    A cold breeze went down ___’s back causing her to tense. Slowly she turned her head to look behind her, meeting a pair of silver orbs staring back at her. A twisted smile crossed it’s face, looking at her in an observing manner. The figure itself was lanky and unproportional lacking detail everywhere but it’s sharp grin.

    ___’s wanted to scream, but it caught in her throat. She wanted to run, but she was a deer stuck in headlight. Her face twisted with terror and tears slowly surfaced. It was nearly impossible to breath. The figure moved closer to ___ sticking out a slender finger grabbing her (h/c) locks in a teasing manner. “P-please don’t,” ___ stuttered. It tilted its head slowly to the side, grin growing wider.

    A tear slide down ___’s cheek as she hiccuped for air. The light darted through her mind, giving ___ some hope. She forgot about it’s ominous glow as she took a few steps back. She forgot about the haunting feeling it gave her as she turned and made a dash for it.

    Leaving the room ___ felt the air change. All motivation left her, but her feet keep going. It was on her heels, she could feel it. The cold feeling it gave grabbed her every limb making it harder to run. She wanted nothing more than to collapse to the ground and scream, but she didn’t stop. It made whispered threats that echoed down the hall. Tears slid down ___’s cheeks with shaky breath following.

    Just as she was about to reach the light ___’s feet slipped out from underneath her. An icy air surrounded her feet slowly dragging her away from the light. “N-no,” ___ screamed. She began to kick her feet around, doing anything to get the figure off her. In one last attempt, ___ let out the loudest scream she could muster-

    Gasping for air ___ shot up in her bed. Heart beating rapidly, every inch of her shaking. Her blankets sprawled out on the floor. “Another nightmare,” ___ whispered shoulders slumping. “Just when I thought I was getting better,” ___ said shakily.

    Rain pounded ___’s roof and pelted her window not helping her calm down. “I should go sleep with my parents,” ___ whispered. Sliding her feet to the ground a shiver was sent up her spine. She could feel her body shaking, the figures face still in her mind. Laying her hand on the doorknob, ___ stood in place. “They went away on a business trip…”

    Everything seemed to quiet as ___ realized she was entirely alone. Even her closest neighbor lived 10 minutes away. A crack of thunder spread through ___’s room making her jump. She quickly jumped onto her bed curling up in a ball.

    “Alright… You can calm yourself down ___, you’ve done i-,” her words were cut off by a clap of thunder. A yelp left her lips as she gripped the bed sheets. “N-no problem, this isn’t a problem ___. Just sing a song to help yourself calm down,” she tried to convince herself. “You a-are my sunshine. M-my o-only sunshine…. Y-ou make me ha- ah-py when skies are grey…” Putting a pillow over her ears ___ pushed her knees closer to her chest in attempt to block out the noise.

    Fighting with herself ___ reached for her phone. She scrolled through her contacts stopping at the name ‘Antonio.’ As she stared at his name, she flinched every time thunder boomed through her house. “It’s too late to call him… I’d just be bothering him,” she thought.

    The air filled with a shotgun sound that shook ___’s room, making her hit call. She gripped the phone so tightly she could feel her fingers grow white. A few rings later a tired voice reached ___’s ears, “Chica?”

    “A-antonio,” ___ said in a surprise. “I-I just, uh…” She flinched as thunder rolled in the background. “I-I, uh,” she said her voice getting weaker. “I- You see,” ___ uttered. The figure face flashed back in her mind. It’s twisted grin appearing every time she blinked. Her feet grew cold making her tense. “I-I’m just, uh… I’m scared,” ___ said breathlessly.

    The other end was silent for a few moments. “___ just hold on. I’ll be there in five minutes.” Before ___ had the chance to argue he lived a 15 minutes away and he didn’t need to the line went dead.

    While ___ waited she felt as if there was something else in the room with her. Her back was directly against the wall, her knees tucked to her chest, and eyes pinned to the darkness around her. Her mind played dirty tricks on her making her think she saw a figure move around her room.

    Steps through ___’s hall reached her ears making her tense. Her (e/c) eyes were wide glued to her door. “It’s probably Antonio,” she whispered trying to calm herself down. The steps stopped at her door, only intensifying ___’s fear.

    “Chica,” a voice called through the door. ___ immediately relaxed, telling Antonio to come in. As he came into view ___ could see his brown locks sticking to his face with water dripping off. His clothes were dripping forming a small puddle underneath him.

    Setting the pillow aside ___ stood only to fall back in surprise when thunder ripped through her ears. “Y-you’re all w-wet,” ___ said. She was trying to keep the focus anywhere but the issue at hand.

    Antonio rubbed the back of his head in a sheepish manner explaining, “My car broke down on the way here… So I ran the rest of the way.” ___ looked at Antonio in mild shock before letting a giggle through. Mutter a come on ___ stood up and grabbed Antonio by the hand.

    All the while ___ was helping Antonio dry off he could tell ___ was shaking. When they went to get some of her fathers clothes ___ made sure Antonio was close by. When he changed in the bathroom ___ waited outside until he was done. Antonio decided to wait and see if ___ would tell him what happened. He knew she liked to come to terms with things on her own time.

    Unfortunately ___ didn’t want to seem to discuss what frightened her in the slightest. The only thing she seemed to want is to be as close to Antonio as she possibly could.

    Now that Antonio was all dry and his clothes were in the dryer they sat in the living room. ___ was practically sitting on his lap. Every time thunder rolled ___ flinched, she even grabbed ahold of his hand at one point. “___,” Antonio whispered, “do you want to tell me what this is all about?”

    Just as ___ opened her mouth to explain her house light up, a loud bang shattered the air, and the power shut off. Antonio could no longer see, but he could tell ___ was in his lap gripping his torso shaking. “S-sorry,” ___ muttered. “I-I just had another nightmare… This one really freaked me out is all…”

    Lighting flashes letting Antonio get a glimpse of ___’s face. Her eyes were wide open, mouth slightly ajar, and her eyebrows were creased together. In one word the look could be described as terrified and Antonio hated it. “How about this,” Antonio started, “we get some candles, all the blankets in your house, get something to snack on, and talk.”

    Lightly ___ nodded her head before standing. Antonio grabbed ahold of ___’s hand then stood himself. As they started walking ___ stepped closer to Antonio uttering a quiet thank you. Antonio lightly pecked the top of her head. “Right now you are safe, and I’ll make sure it stays that way.” Nodding ___ set her head on Antonio’s shoulder murmuring another thank you.