"Eliza?.." Said Nyx, walking into the living room and standing behind him. He quickly turned around looking surprised. "Oh! You're awake.." She smiled at them. "Could you not sleep? Do you want some warm milk or anything?" Nyx just frowned at him and said, "You left. Why did you leave?" Eliza hugged them. "I'm sorry, I just needed to walk around a bit because I wasn't tired yet." Nyx's face eased and they nodded in understanding. "Well come back to bed soon, it's lonely." Eliza responded by following them back to their room and climbing back into bed next to them. "I won't leave again, I promise." They smiled and Eliza kissed the top of their head. Nyx fell back asleep almost immediately but Eliza spent some more time thinking about this and that, though she eventually fell asleep too. The next morning the two of them woke up to Nyx's alarm which they had forgotten to unplug the night before. Nyx groaned and Eliza sat up and rubbed his eyes. They looked at each other and smiled before getting up and walking to the kitchen. Eliza got a glass of water for each of them and Nyx went to retrieve their shirt, putting it on without buttoning it before walking to the kitchen and chugging their glass of water. They heard Eliza laughing and asked her what was up. Her laughter died down and she pointed at their bedhead and called it cute, which made Nyx blush in embarrassment. "Shut up...I'm not cute, I'm fucking hot." Eliza walked over and pulled the shirt halfway off their shoulders. "Don't I know it." He gave them a peck on the lips then turned around to sip on his water. Nyx smiled at the compliment and proceeded to walk closer and hug her from behind then softly kiss his neck. "You're not so bad yourself you know." Eliza blushed and turned back around. "Why thank you." She cupped their cheek and gave them another kiss. "Adorableness is rewarded by the way, so is sexiness. And you my dear Nyx, are both of those things." Nyx smiled again and hugged him. "Not being lonely is so nice. I woke up to you wrapped around me and felt something I haven't felt in a long time." Eliza squeezed them tightly and wondered if maybe this could finally be what she was looking for. Someone she truly wanted around. Someone to be with him forever. So naturally, like any normal person, she planned his proposal to someone she had only known for a few days. It wasn't until they heard Nyx asking him what he was thinking about that he realized he had zoned out. "Just...thinking about stuff." She smiled and squeezed them one more time before pulling away and going to the fridge to find something to cook for breakfast. After some thinking and some help from Nyx they decided on pancakes and smoothies. Eliza was on pancake duty and Nyx was on smoothie duty. When they finished, Eliza cleaned up and did the dishes then sat down with them to start eating. They ate, talked, and laughed together. When they were both done they went to the couch to cuddle and watch some TV. After some argument they settled on Criminal Minds and Nyx leaned on Eliza after putting a blanket over them both. They stayed like that for about 7 episodes, then decided to get up and stretch their legs by going on a walk together. It was only around 11:45 AM so they figured it would be pretty quiet in Nyx's neighborhood. They were wearing the same clothes from the day before and holding hands as they walked to a park near Nyx's apartment complex. It was a beautiful day out so when they got to the park they simply sat on the swings, holding hands and basking in the sun and each other's company. It was so nice that of course, something had to ruin it. Just a few minutes after they got there someone walked by the park, and who else could it be but the one person Nyx never wanted to see again, their (abusive) ex-boyfriend Liam. Just seeing him made them want to cry, and when Eliza looked over at them and saw them staring angrily in another direction she decided to look over. "Who's that?" She said with a look of concern, snapping Nyx out of their trance. "Um- No one. But can we please go? I want to go home." Eliza nodded and they got up and started walking back, but that's when Liam saw them and yelled out. "Hey there Nyxi baby! How you been?" In an antagonistic tone. Nyx ignored him and started walking faster and faster but he started to walk after them, continuously calling out to Nyx. "Where are you going boo? It's just me!" He was practically jogging after the two of them at that point and smiling. Nyx was starting to tear up and let go of Eliza's hand, running away towards their apartment. Liam stopped chasing them as Eliza started to. "Nyx. Nyx!" They eventually caught up to them and saw they were crying. "Nyx! What's wrong? Who was that?" He hugged them comfortingly and rubbed their back. "It's ok now. Whoever that was is gone. You don't have to cry." But Nyx continued to cry, eventually breaking out into a sob in Eliza's arms. They let go eventually without stopping their crying and walked with Eliza into their apartment. They sat her down on the couch and looked at her, proceeding to tell her everything. Starting from who that was and how they met to what happened with them. "His name is Liam and..we used to date. But it was such an unhealthy relationship. We met in highschool, we were both in the same elective so we talked and saw each other a lot. One day I started liking him so I asked him out and he said yes. It started off so great, but when I came out as non-binary he didn't like it. He started to hurt me emotionally and physically. He would beat me and manipulate me and force me to do things I didn't want to, I wanted to leave him but I had started to develop codependent tendencies. So as time went on it got harder and harder to try. Eventually I found out he had been cheating on me with a cheerleader and he left me. But what he did to me never left. That has stayed with me ever since and I don't think it will ever leave, so that's why when I saw him I wanted to leave, because it brought up so many bad memories for me. I'm sorry we had to leave when we were having such a nice time, it's all my fault." Eliza listened quietly in horror and disgust. He had such an urge to run back out, find Liam, and kick him in his tiny balls. But he didn't and instead leaned forward and hugged Nyx. "It's ok now. I'm here for you and I'll make sure he never goes near you again. And if he tries to I'll hit him so hard he'll forget who he is." She cupped Nyx's cheek with her hand and kissed the other. They smiled and wiped their eyes, they felt a little bit better now that they had talked about it, and even better knowing that they were with someone so kind and caring. Eliza got up and grabbed her purse from the table, pulling out a pack of M&M's and some microwave popcorn. Nyx smiled and got a bowl for each then sat back down next to Eliza, once again under the blanket, and began to watch criminal minds again. They could tell this was the start of an amazing relationship.