--= Mark's + POV =--

I woke up to the sounds of screeches and crying. My eyes snapped wide open and when I turned to look at Jack he was writhing around, his head tilted back and his mouth wide open as tears poured down his face. Green glowed from underneath his eyelids, and it went on like this for five minutes. Snapping to attention realising he must be having a bad dream I dove over to him and slapped my hands onto his shoulders. 

Shaking him roughly, I struggled trying to wake him up but he stayed asleep. The green beneath his eyelids only growing brighter he ended up shrieking at the top of his lungs and his eyes snapped open as he sucked in a breath. 

"FELIX!" Jack yelled. His eyes entirely green, my heart leapt into my throat as he shot straight up. His arms raised over his face as if he was trying to shield himself from something, he slowly lowered them to his sides as tears began to pour down his face.

"Thank god..." "Jack?" His head turning fearfully towards me, the green in his eyes faded and he hurriedly crawled over to me so he was kneeling like I was inches away. 

"I'm sorry I've been a terrible patient and pen pal, I really am sorry I'll do whatever you want!" Jack cried. Opening my mouth to say something, Jack continued his arms whipping themselves onto his sides to keep them in place and his chin tilted up so he could look at me in that fragile state I was nervous to see. 

"I'll make breakfast and cookies! I'll even b-be y-y-your sex sla-ave o-o-or le-let you beat me up. I-I-I am useful! I c-can do things if you l-let me! Just pl-please do-n't make m-m-me go back there Mark!" 

"Jack!"

 "PLEASE! PROMISE ME!" His tears rolled down his face, and the longer I looked at him the more I wanted to promise him so badly. But I couldn't. Bowing my head in disappointment of myself, I shook my head with tears of my own welling inside of my eyes.

"I can't." I whispered. My voice broke as soon as I said it, and the look of desperation on Jack and all the hope shattered away into defeat. He leaned himself so far back so that he was gazing at the ceiling with a sad expression on. My heart shattering, I lunged over to Jack and wrapped my arms tightly around him with a sigh.

"Why are you so damaged?..." I murmured. Resting my hand on the back of Jack's head, I felt him shuffle around a slight bit before burying himself deeper into the crook of my neck.

"Why are you so perfect?" Heat swarming my face, a tear finally fell from my eye and rolled down my face dripping off of my chin. Bowing my head, I readjusted my arms so they spread out across Jack's body as far as they could and wrapped myself around him making sure he felt safe.

"The only reason I'm perfect is because you complete me." Jack puffing out a small breath of laughter, I felt a sad smile twitch onto my lips as we sat there on the bed. Someone wrestled through the Kitchen downstairs, someone who I could only assume was Felix. I heard him and Jack speaking to one another last night.

And I think due to the exhaustion that it took from Jack that's one of the reasons why he had such a nightmare. My poor sweet baby....I don't ever want to bring him back to that forsaken asylum. Not after what they've done to him.

"Are you ready for the party tonight?" Jack's warm breaths suddenly coming to a halt, I pulled away for a quick second to check on him and grinned to realise he had stopped crying. His breathing still uneven, he raised his arms to his face and wiped away the tears that stuck to his cheeks.

"I assume so." Jack nodded. Flashing a grin at Jack, he smiled forcefully back at me with a warmth wrapped around it, and slumped his head onto my chest clearly not too happy about the idea of moving.

"I'm glad!...hey Jack...You wanna just...Stay like this for a while?" Tilting my head slightly to stare at his green hair, a smile beamed on my face when I could feel the presence of a smile on his face and in the tone of his voice once he finally ended up speaking.

"......Yes please."