Neither of them are strangers to nightmares. But it's been months since they've shared a bed, and while there's a sense of peace to it, it's still unfamiliar enough that the first stirrings of her nightmare wake him. And then it takes him a long moment to realize what woke him is the tense body on his arm beside him, and not some sound of potential threat.

Long enough for her to make that sound, and his heart just about breaks. "Layla," he says, muzzy but quietly determined.