More of the dragon!Michael and mermaid!Jeremy AU. This time revolves around the Squip and Jeremy's nightmares.

Oh yeah Jeremy sleeps in a fish tank. And Michael has a fishtank in his room. Oh and Michael just curls up next to this rock bc it's really warm.

TW: emotional Boyfs, and swearing.

Michael woke up to the sound of splashing water and looked over to Jeremy's fishtank and seen him swimming around at the top slowly.

"Jeremy?" His soft voice got the merboy's attention and his heart broke seeing Jeremy's face. He looked absolutely heartbroken, tears mixed with his water filled blush mixed with the water from his tank that was dripping down his face...and all in the shallow blue light connected to his tank. "Jeremy what's wrong?" Michael stood up and made his way over to tbe brunette, who looked up at him slowly.

"M-Micha....I...I think it's trying to c-come back..." Jeremy whispered, his voice dry, ironically enough, from sobbing.

"Wait...Squip?" Jeremy nodded and Michael wrapped his wings around the small boy, letting it dip in the water slightly.

Any sound in the room was drowned out by Jeremy's sobs, and it hurt Michael to see him so broken.

"Jere, look at me." Michael whispered and Jeremy met Michael's fiery brown eyes with his cold and pained turquoise ones. "Tell me what it told you." He gently cupped Jeremy's cheek and the mermaid only sobbed harder.

"I-It told me t-that you didn't r-r-really l-love me...and t-that it w-was a-all outta p-pity...and it s-said that I d-deserve to die b-because I'ma f-failure. A-And-"

"That's enough Jeremy." Michael cooed, softly kissing his boyfriend's forehead and running his clawed fingers through the curly but wet brown hair.

Jeremy was shaking but Michael's touch calmed him down a bit.

"That's not true...I do love you, for real, no pity, just pure love and compassion. And you don't deserve to die, you deserve the freaking world because of how amazing you are. And you aren't a failure. We have two friends now, that two more than before, and you're just... you're amazing. I hope you realize I love you." Jeremy fell into Michael's warmth and smiled.

"I-I know you do...and I l-love you too...you know?"

"Yes Jerm, I do. Now go back to sleep alright." Michael gently kissed Jeremy, who gladly kissed back, enjoying the warm sensation Michael's fiery breath always left him with.

He watched his dragon boyfriend fly back over to his rock and lay down, curling into a ball and quickly falling asleep.

Jeremy swam back down into his little bed inside his tank, but couldn't sleep.

"Jeremy." He shut his eyes tightly and ignored the sound. "You can't ignore me."

"Go a-away." Jeremy mumbled and the voice laughed.

"No. You know I won't. You know I can't." Jeremy felt a cold hand brush his face and he refused to open his eyes. "Come on Jeremy, just look at me. I won't hurt you...this time."

"N-No, you'll hurt Michael..." Jeremy felt tentacles wrap around his tail and torso and finally let his eyes open and he stared in horror that his entire body was encaded in the electric black tentacles he was oh so horrified of.

"There's the fear. Just give in already, you know you don't want to live through this, so just give me your body and I can give you everything you ever wanted."

"N-No!" Jeremy whisper screamed and he watched as the thing he feared so much finally manifested it's face. "J-Just let me go Squip." Jeremy cried but the tentacles only wrapped around tighter, like ropes bounding somebody to a chair.

"I'll make you die before letting you go." Jeremy felt a second cold hand wrap around his neck and stared in horror at the Squip's bright blue eyes and menacing smile. "Now, you know what to do."

"N-No..." Jeremy whispered but the Squip wasn't having it.

"Repeat after me." Before it could continue, Jeremy heard footsteps and looked out of the tank to see Michael trying to crawl inside.

The Squip seen this and felt the grip on his neck tighten. Without the water he was gonna die. His breath began slowing as it tried to steady itself, and he gently reached a hand up to Michael in pain, and he felt everything begin to turn back before he felt a hand grab his.

"Don't think I'm letting you live that easily!!" The Squip sent a shock through Jeremy's veins, causing him to cry in pain. Michael felt it too and shook it off, grabbing Jeremy's hand again.

Jeremy looked up, but realized hiss vision was slowly starting to black out. He felt Michael's hand begin pulling him up, and the Squip was losing him.

"No you damn loser get your hands off of him!!" Michael didn't hear the Squip as he continued pulling on the mermaid boy.

Eventually Jeremy had gotten out of the Squips' grasp, and Michael gently carried him to the bathtub, laying him in and turning on the water so he wouldn't die.

He gently splashed some cold water on Jeremy's face and the smaller boy looked up and his eyes were full of tears.

"Jere, breath okay." Michael whispered gently but Jeremy's breath only got faster. Michael took Jeremy's hand in his and looked him in the eyes. "Jeremy, I want you to breath with my breathe okay?"

Jeremy nodded and Michael inhaled, and Jeremy did the same. Michael then exhaled, and Jeremy did as well.

They repeated the process until Jeremy's breath was normal.

"You okay now?"

"Y-Yeah...I think..." Jeremy mumbled and Michael kissed him.

"Good. Now I'm gonna stay right here okay. You can sleep now."

"M-Micha I almost d-died...I don't wanna go back to sleep ag-gain." Jeremy sobbed, and Michael got on his knees and wrapped arms around Jeremy calmly, kissing him and whispering sweet nothings in his ear.

Jeremy's eyes closed slowly and Michael help him close.

"I promise I won't let him hurt you Jeremy...I promise." Michael placed a warm kiss on Jeremy's forehead and the boy smiled at the touch. "Good night, my little mermaid..."