All characters are over 18.
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Eva sleeps fitfully as the moon casts a cool glow on the surfaces of her bedroom. She's dreaming, likely of unpleasant things, and the creature in the darkest corner takes great delight in it. Anticipation sends a delightful shiver down his spine. A few more moments, and then he would strike.
The woman lightly groans and shifts to a new position in her bed as he begins walking over.
"Eva..." he whispers. "Eva..."
He caresses her face softly, the touch lighter than a feather. Eva's eyebrows furrow. A smirk flashes across his face and then he presses his index finger to her temple. Within seconds, he's in her dream with her, and finds that she's dreaming of her bedroom and the dark presence in it.
She's sitting at the head of her bed against the wall, blearily looking from the window to the dark corners of her room. The moon no longer shines- instead, it is replaced by a red aura. The air is damp and humid. Eva shifts under the thin sheet to lie down. Alarm causes shallow, quick breaths to heave from her chest and she scans the room with wide eyes.
"Hello?" Eva whispers, voice dripping with hesitation.
The creature smiles.
"Hello, dear Eva," he says in a deep voice, laced with honey.
She gasps and sits up. Her eyes land where he is sitting in the corner, but she can't quite discern his appearance.
"Who's there!" She demands, "What do you want?"
Eva reaches for her night stand and grabs out a taser, wielding it toward his corner of the room.
He laughs darkly, "You definitely won't be needing that, my dear."
"And why would that be?" her tone is defiant.
"Because," he purrs as he takes a few slow steps into the light, "I'm here to help."
She takes a few quick breaths, "What- what do you mean?"
"This-" gesturing to the red aura in the room, "is a very dismal dream you are having here. I'd love to make it a pleasant one."
"I'm dreaming?"
"Yes, dear."
"How are you going to make it pleasant?"
He steps to the end of her bed and leans over it, "I see you before you go to sleep sometimes, you know. I watch as you combust beneath your own touch and then immediately pray for forgiveness- reddening those pretty knees of yours just to be washed of any shame."
Eva gapes in slight horror. He had watched her? How many times? The presence this... man gives off is unsettling. She notices he's shirtless, but has jeans on. Instincts tell her she needs to run, now. More instincts tell her that she doesn't stand a chance if she runs. He'll catch her.
The person at the end of her bed quickly glances at the wooden cross above her bed, and if she hadn't been paying such close attention, she would've missed it.
"I'm going to please you, Eva. I'm going to help you relieve some tension- don't you want to sleep well?" He crawls onto her bed languidly.
Panic sends her scuttling closer to the wall, the man chuckles as she draws her sheet closer.
"That," he yanks the thin sheet from her hands, "won't help you much now, dear."
She whimpers and turns her head away from him as he nears, hovering inches from her face. His hands lightly fall upon her thighs.
"Dear Eva," he whispers as he nuzzles her neck, breathing in her scent.
"Please," Eva says.
"Please what?" he asks beneath dark, heavy eyelashes.
She realizes she's still holding the taser, and in a flash, she slams it against his ribcage and presses the button.
Nothing.
"Remember, dear Eva? This is just a dream. Nothing can hurt you, nothing can hurt me. Just a dream. Let me please you." he purrs.
Eva takes a deep breath and then looks at his face as the taser falls from her now limp hand. Freckles line his cheeks. A sharp nose sits above a beautifully pink mouth, and long blonde hair that remains dark a few inches from his roots cascades around his broad shoulders.
"Isn't it... a sin?"
"Is it?" he chuckles. "Just a dream, Eva. Just a dream."
As he quietly repeats that phrase, he nuzzles his lips along her jawline and trails a hand up to her waist. Her head falls to the side, slightly aware of the danger she feels from him, but more aware of the way her skin heats to his touch. Shouldn't she be more afraid? She doesn't know him... but then again, if this is just a dream, what harm could it be- especially with the way his touch makes her legs feel like jell-o.
"That's right, Eva, just a dream," he says as if he read her mind. Did he?
She startles, and begins to push him from her, but he's quite tall and quite strong. He leans farther into her, kisses the spot between her neck and her shoulder. It sends electricity coursing through her. She begins to feel breathless and a little dizzy.