I Love You Prompts - part 3
Pietro had spent so long fearing the night time. Not because of the dark; what point was there in being scared of the monsters under his bed when the monsters in his head were so much bigger. For too long he'd dreaded those moments before sleep overcame him, when he fell prey to the nightmares.
Reliving the deaths of his parents, the tortures of HYDRA, were the easier ones to deal with. The ones that made Pietro really afraid were the ones in which none of that had happened, the ones in which he had a normal, happy life. Those were always the hardest ones to shake.
Clint changed all that.
Clint chased away the darkness and the monsters and, with strong arms wrapped around him and warm breath tickling his skin, Pietro wasn't afraid of the night time anymore.
He cuddles in close, smiling sleepily as Clint grumbles something about cold feet and stupid kids.
"I love you," he sighs, blissfully as he welcomes sleep, eyes drifting shut.
"Love you too."