potg: Shinji and Kippei

Shinji woke in a cold sweat, eyes wide but unseeing as he jerked into a sitting position, wrenching himself free from Kippei's hold and gasping at the air, convinced he was dying. He could hear the blood thundering in his ears and had no idea where he was. He felt around madly, searching and finally finding warm skin, grabbing hold and forcing himself to calm down. He knew that skin, knew the scent in the air, knew the easy pattern of breathing. Kippei. He was at home, with Kippei, in bed. Just a dream...a bad dream and that was all. Fuck.

Kippei reached out automatically and wrapped himself around Shinji before he was even awake, though he came awake quickly as he was used to, puzzled and reaching up to touch Shinji's cheek reassuringly. "Hey, hey, you're okay, I've got you," he murmured, hands searching briefly to make sure Shinji was not hurt in any way.

"What's wrong?" Apparently a nightmare, which was disturbing, moreso to him than his own. He didn't want Shinji to have bad dreams.

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