I'm Not A Hero //Stiles Stilinski x Reader

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Y/n sat up in the bed looking over at Stiles who had just shot up looking around the room as he panted, probably having woken up from nightmares "You okay? Stiles?"

"Yeah, I was just dreaming." He looked back at the girl as she held onto his arm softly her chin resting on his shoulder "It was weird. It was like a dream within a dream."

"A nightmare?" She asked kissing his shoulder comfortingly, he looked back at her smiling

"Yeah." He looked forward then back at her "Wait a second, y/n,What are you doing here?" The door creaked open and he went to get out of the bed "Hang on."

"Stiles, where are you going?" She held onto his arm tighter

"I'm just gonna close the door." He looked at the door

"Just go back to sleep." She stated going to lay back down

"No, no, I should close it." He continued

"Don't worry about it." She stopped herself and sat up closer to him her hand resting on the back of his neck

"What if someone comes in?" He stood up walking to the door now

"Like who?"

No answer

"Just go back to sleep, Stiles." She begged

"No. But what if they get in?" Stiles whispered as he began walking

"What if who gets in?" Y/n asked again her voice becoming more panicked "Stiles, just leave it. Please." She frantically shook her head "Stiles. Stiles, come back to bed. Stiles." He reached for the door knob "Please. Don't, Stiles. Don't!" She yelled as he opened the door "Don't go in there, please, don't. Please, Stiles, don't!"

Stiles walked through the door and immediately bright lights shone around him, as he looked at the nematon "It's a dream. This is just a dream. It's just a dream, get it out of your head, Stiles. You're dreaming. All right? So, wake up, Stiles." He hit his head "Wake up, Stiles. Wake up!"

"Hey, time to get up, kiddo. Get your butt to school." Sheriff opened the door waking up his son from the dream he was having

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"And you couldn't wake up?" Scott asked Stiles about his dream

"Nope, and it was beyond terrifying." He shook his head "You ever hear of sleep paralysis?

"Uh, no, do I want to?" Scott looked at him as they walked down the steps of the school

"Have you ever had a dream where you feel like you're about to wake up but you can't move or talk?" Stiles counted the steps as he went

"Yeah. Yeah, I've had that."

"It happens because during REM sleep your body is basically paralyzed." Stiles exclaimed with his hands "It's called muscle atonia. That way if you start dreaming about running, you don't actually start running in your bed."

"That makes sense." Y/n nodded

"But sometimes your mind can wake up before your body does. So for this split second, you're actually aware that your body is paralyzed. And that's the terrifying part. It turns your dream into a nightmare." Stiles continued as they walked into the school "You can feel like you're falling, like you're being strangled, or, in my case, like you're at the center of a grove of magical trees where human sacrifices took place."

"You think it means something?"y/n asked

"What if what we did that night what if it's still affecting us?" Stiles looked at Scott as they walked into the classroom