alex's pov:

if i'm being honest, i've always been the weaker one in jack and i's relationship. of course i don't mind - i'm perfectly fine with it. but you know how it's weird to be in a relationship, and not see any sort of weakness in the other person? well, i felt like that for the last few months that jack and i have been dating. but the other night, jack and i were watching a movie on my couch, and he fell asleep on me. he must have been sleeping peacefully for about ten minutes or so, when his grip tightened a bit on my waist. it was a very sudden movement, and it made me jump. when i looked at his face, his eyebrows were knitted together, and he had this scared expression on his face. 

he started jumping every few seconds, and no attempt to wake him up seemed to work. i don't know why. it just didn't. within a few minutes, he was crying and mumbling. i couldn't make out anything he was saying. i hated seeing my boyfriend like this. he looked a wreck. and i couldn't do anything about it. he just wouldn't wake up, however much i kept on trying. it was horrible. i'd never had to deal with this type of thing before - i was always the one having the nightmares, and it was always my mum who had come in and comforted me.

in the end, i decided that i'd just rub circles into jack's back, hoping to calm him down just a little, even though he didn't know what was going on behind the nightmare. i kissed his forehead every minute or so, and ran my fingers through his hair. he still wouldn't wake up. and although that scared me, i really was doing the best i could. 

it was about half an hour later that jack woke up, crying into my shoulder, repetitively whispering 'it was just a dream, it was just a dream', while i pulled him onto my lap and told him that every thing was going to be okay, and i'd be here for him whenever he needed me to be.

"you mean that?" he asked in between sobs, looking up at me.

"of course i do." i replied, cupping his cheeks and kissing him lightly.

"thank you." the tears running down his cheeks were slowing down slightly. "so much."

"there's nothing to thank me for." i whispered softly. "go back to sleep. you need to rest."

and within the next fifteen minutes, jack's eyes were closed again. this time, it was a peaceful sleep. i stayed awake for an hour or so, until i was too tired to keep my eyes open any longer. i knew that if jack even started to move in his sleep, i would wake up, and i'd be there for him - just like i promised him i would be.

it was strange - it's almost like jack had an entire different persona when he was asleep, and it kind of scared me. i'd never seen the vunerable side of him, but now i had, i just wanted to hug him and never let go. 

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a/n - i wrote the beginning and ending for this in like,, august. but i could never be bothered to finish it. but yeah, i realised that i hadn't published something in just over a month, so yeah, thought i'd just finish this one off quickly.

13 days until i see all time low! :)