Tuesday, December the 17th
Capaldi
After the December festival, and hufe snow fall.
Capaldi.... Winter has finally hit Capaldi.. All the red glory melts away into white..
In winter, Capaldi is a wonderland..
But life still goes on, as busier as it was before the snow. People walk or drive to work, families going to shopping or aday out. Nothing has changed much in Capaldi.
Since that night beyond the walls, Dylan feel a lot more easier to let it all go, his passions before and he replace them with others.
As the last conversation with the voice back then, Dylan didn't bought up that topic. After that night, Dylan has observed that after the December festival, Lena has had some strange dreams twice. But he remembers that Lena would always have some strange dreams.
He was drinking hot coffee, when Lena came down and sits besides him. He gaze at her sleepy face as Lena lays down. Dylan smiles as she adjusted her head on his lap.
Who could say that this is same Lena who didn't sleep all night after handling in the war ground and still get to work timely refreshed.
and yet that Lena was the one he had Once always knows before it all drawn to him; the secrets, shattering his whole world that he had work hard to keep.
"Don't disturb me, I'm sleeping. " Lena whispers as Dylan pull blanket over her body.
"Didn't you sleep well last night? " Dylan asked worried.
"Just a sleep less night" Lena yawned.
" Why don't you come to me? You should have woke me to stay with you until you fell asleep. " Now he feel hurt.. It hurts him deeply that his Lena has fought for sleep but alone.
"When I thought of waking you up, I fell asleep. " Lena honestly replies.
"okay, sleep now, I will guard you. " Dylan place a soft kiss on her forehead and whispers.
He knows the exact reason that she couldn't sleep. Perhaps the post traumatic stress still haunts her sometimes. Trauma of that incident still lingers there. Deep down he feel sorry for Lord of Heisenberg. He slowly moves his hand, all over her arms. After some time Lena fell asleep like a child. Dylan lowers to her and whispers something of assurance to her, messaging her back in small movement.
" How many Autumn has had came and are gone with winds since that peach blossom. "
A voice said in lingering sadness. Dylan do think that it hits him harder this time and he felt it as for that fear to come true like a train passing over him, Ruining him; destroying the life that he has built.
'Dylan....' a small sob gets him out of his thoughts. Lena was shivering a bit and the temperature of room has fallen to quite afew degrees. Dylan quickly adjusted the temperature back to warm.
"I'm here" whispering that it's okay.
And Lena relaxes in her sleep.
With much difficulty, Dylan take out the volume one of history of ancient record; a book about all the creature of world and begins to read it. He made sure to check on her sleeping soundly.
***
Lena woke up suddenly, startling Dylan who was now watching her. She looks into his eyes and as Lena remember that strange place, she turn to other side, hiding her face into him, adjusting her emotions. She could not let Dylan finds out that she had seen what happens in that abandoned building and in a dream on that.
"Lena.." Dylan whispers her name realizing something is wrong with her as Lena encircled her arms around him.
"what's wrong? " when she heard his worried voice, it all begins to comeback in bits and pieces, the pictures of him all injured but holding her and Gibbs before collapsing on them.
"just a nightmare or should I say daymare? "
perhaps he realized that Lena had had abad dream, he whispers, earning a smile.
Lena inhales the icey scent that belongs to him deep inside her and it did calm her. She lays there comfortly in his arms.
"Lena.. " Dylan says and she froze up.
"it's all over. You are safe now. " He continued to whisper in her ear, till she turned around and face him. Her hand instinctively reached out to his chest, right above his heart. Feeling the strong beating of his heart.
How can he hides it all from me that he was seriously hurt and was in life and death situation. And I..... I showed him such a bad temper.
Lena fights with her tears, but it didn't escape from Dylan who was silently watching her. He quickly bents and take her into his arms.
"Dylan... You big idiotic person... Why you didn't tell me that you were in life and death situation in that night. " Lena cried out her hand rolled into fists and hitting him on his back.
"When? " confused as Dylan was, he asked, as there are many such situations like this and upon that all are hidden from her. "
"Back in November." Lena says, Almost cries.
Dylan froze up.
"Ohhhh"
A small hopeless sound escape him and he hold Lena in his arms.
"Hey Lena... There.. There.... Lena... It's all over " Dylan whispers assurance to her as Lena cried.
"Don't shut me out Dylan. "
"You are doing it again... And.... Again. "
Lena complains in between her sobs..
Looking at him...
"I won't ever again. " Dylan whispers, removing traces of tears from her face as he promised Lena to never again he will hide such things from her..
And Lena hides her face again in his chest.
Dylan hold her tightly against him. They stays like that for time being.
When Lena pulls back to see his face, Dylan felt his heart hurts as if something very sharp ganks on it...
He cups her face all red and swollen, his thumbs soothing her skin as he whispers..
"Don't you have any sympathy for me Lens, look what have you done to your face... Don't cry ever again.. "
and place soft kisses on her eyes.
***
By lunch time, Lena gets to know that what actually happened in that old building and she transferred all information to Gibbs secretly as Dylan was busy preparing late brunch for both of them.
When Lena came back, fresh from bath and dressed in her favorite dress. Dylan was waiting for her in lounge to join him.
The house was completely in silence as all the robots hides in their retorts. The little sound of spoon and sipping coffee occasionally fills the house.
It was complete serene.