Stay Awake (Hamilton Nightmare AU)

chapter 2

"What do you mean, they're real? Alexander, what are you talking about sweety?" Eliza was confused by what her husband had just said. What the heck is he talking about? She thought to herself.

"I- I mean t-that what happens to me in my dreams... It h-happens.. but like in reality."

"Alexander, you're scaring me."

"This is bad. This is really, really bad."

"Are you sure that's what happened?"

"Eliza.." Alex started. "I'm sure that's what going on. Because before I went to sleep, there was nothing there, right?" Eliza nodded. "And when I w-w-woke up, it was s-suddenly there, on the exact same place I-I got hurt in the nightmare."

Tears started running down his face again, and Eliza quickly pulled him back into a hug. She kissed the top of his head and started playing with his hair, while he was sobbing onto her shoulder.

"Tell me about your nightmare's, Alex. Please.." her voice was just a quiet whisper when she spoke those words. "I know you never want to tell me what happens exactly, but please, tell me."

Alexander decided to finally tell her what they were about. The darkness, the endless building, the bloodstained walls, the corpses, the feeling of never being alone there. He told her about everything, except for one thing, one person; the person that said they decided that Alexander was there because they wanted him to be. Because he was scared that if Eliza knew that someone was making him go there in his sleep, that person might force his wife to go to that place as well. And he couldn't let that happen.

While Alex was talking, tears started filling Eliza's big brown eyes. She felt so bad for him. She didn't wanted him to have to deal with this all on his own.

"So you say that what happens there, happens here as well..?" She asked him, her voice shaking. "Yes" Alex mumbled as a reply to her. "And you saw people die..?" "Y-yes" she held him even closer to her now. She believed what he was saying, every word of it, and she was terrified. Terrified of what might happen to Alexander if those "dreams" wouldn't stop.

"And Alex.. Did you ever walk into people there- people that we know?" She tried to sound calm, but that didn't really work. He didn't answer. "Did you..?"

"Did you?" He asked Alex. "Oh course I locked the door, I am not an idiot!" He sat down on the floor and looked up at Thomas, who was taller than him already anyway. "Unlike others." Alex added mumbling, just hard enough for Thomas to hear, and he smiled inocently at him. Thomas rolled his eyes and looked around him.

"Really, Hamilton? Is right now a good time for joking? Because I think not." He crossed his arms, still looking around as if he was looking for something.

"Oh just shut up Jeffershit."

"Make me." Thomas replied, looking back at Alexander.

"N-no, I didn't." He lied to her. He didn't wanted to lie to her, but he also didn't wanted to scare her more than she already was.

Alex got up again and stared Thomas right in the eyes for a few seconds, before Thomas turned his head away again. There was a little more silence before Thomas spoke again. "Damn it Hamilton. Just help me look for a way out of here."

 Alex sighed and looked around. "Whatever you want." He said and turned away from him.

"That's a good thing then I guess.." She kissed the top of his head again. "Do you want me to get you something to eat? Or some coffee maybe?"

Alex shook his head. "Just go back to sleep, I'll be fine." He tried to make his voice sound as calm as possible. It surprised him that it actually worked.

A few little while later she was asleep again, and Alex sat on the bed next to her. She looked peacefull when she was sleeping, curled up, hugging Alex' pillow.

Alex burried his head in his hands and sighed.

"Don't drift off too far Hamilton, I don't want to be alone in here. Even if that means I have to spend time with you." Thomas spoke, and Alex could hear that he sounded scared. He didn't expect that Thomas would be someone who gets scared easily.

"Aww, is little Jeffershit scared?" He laughed in a sarcastic way. He knew he sounded like an asshole, but his bad sense of humor was the only thing that kept him from breaking down in tears. It was his way of dealing with this all.

"Oh shut up." Jefferson said, his southern accent was very clear when he spoke.

Alex laughed softly and walked around in the room a little. It was actually bigger than he thought it would be.

Suddenly the little source of light that was coming from the only lamp that still seemed to work disappeared. "Fuck." He heard Thomas say.

"What did you do, Jeffershit?" Alex said, trying to find his way to the nearby wall. "Nothi-" there was a loud bang. "Jefferson?"

The lights turned back on, all of them this time. Alexander was blinded by the sudden brightness. When he could finally see clear again, he looked around him, hoping to see Jefferson somewhere. But he didn't. What he did see was how the door was broken, as if some creature had broken through it. And before it, a puddle of blood.

"THOMAS?" Alexander screamed out his name. "STOP PLAYING GAMES! THIS IS NOT FUNNY." he yelled. He was hoping to see Thomas walk back into the room laughing at how he had scared him. But it didn't happen. Alex fell down to his knees, realizing what just happened. The blood on the floor was certainly Thomas' blood. He felt like throwing up. This didn't just happen. "Thomas.. I'm- I'm s-sorry.."

"I'm so fucking sorry.." he sobbed, his hands still covering his face. He hadn't spoken to Thomas since the dream. Thomas didn't reply to his texts, and he was never home. At first Alex didn't think anything of it, but now that he knew the dreams were real, he couldn't keep himself together anymore.

"It shouldn't have ended like this. I-I'm s-so so s-sorry Th-Thomas.." he completely broke down, and everything went blurry.

(A/N) ah yes that happened. What do you think exactly happened to Thomas? Did he actually die? Did he survive? Who knows ;)

Ok I do but I won't tell you. Because that would ruin it.