113.6 - Rain

[miss_bliss]

Every freezing rain drop that pounded against her window sounded like a gunshot. Rationality tried to tell her that it was just rain but her anxiety kept her paralyzed. For hours she forced herself awake, jumping at every shadow. It had never been this bad before. She hadn't let it. A steady diet of alcohol and pills kept the paranoia at a manageable level but day drinking meant she passed out early. Rather than waking up mid-morning, Nikki came to around 1am. Just when the storm began. She reached for her vodka, whiskey, anything but it was all gone. Even the pills. And her attempt to leave the apartment led to her almost shooting her neighbor who came stumbling out of the elevator after a night of celebrating herself.

Nikki hurried back inside and bolted the door. She paced in the living room, hid in bed, but it was in the closet where Matt found her.

Her freak out woke him from a dead sleep. Though he'd been expecting it for weeks. She was a good actress but it was useless lying to telepath. He knew it and so did she but he pretended for her. She needed to feel like she could control something.

She heard the soft click of the front door opening and her hand tightened it's grip on the Browning Hi-Power. She didn't have her powers but she had the element of surprise. Only as soon as she heard the soft footsteps reach the bedroom door, a wave of ease fell over her. She was too relaxed to even raise the gun when the closet door opened.

To his credit, Matt didn't say a word of chastise. In fact, he didn't say anything at all. He just picked her up and carried her back to her bed.

((OOC: Matt Callahan was used with love but not permission <3))