•3rd POV•
Stephen woke to the sound of someone whimpering.
He was still half asleep at the moment, and muttered, "yes, it's alright just calm down," tiredly.
When the whimpering didn't stop, Stephen opened his eyes to see Loki turned towards him in the fetal position, shaking and whimpering. Loki's pillow had a wet spot right by his face, as well as tears streaming out of his eyes, and he was shaking extremely violently.
Stephen blinked. "L-Loki? What-why are you crying?"

Loki answered, but not in the way that Stephen expected.
"N-no! S-strange come back! P-please I'm s-Sorry! It's all my fault!"

Stephen's eyes completely opened.
Loki's eye was shut, but he was still mumbling incoherently.
"Loki? Loki, wake up!"
Stephen grabbed Loki's shoulders and lightly shook him.
Loki didn't wake up. He started to yell, "no! No no you can't! Stop, STOP! NO!"

Stephen put his hands on the side of Loki's face, and said, "Loki wake up! Please, can you hear me?"

Loki continued to yell.
Stephen yelled loudly, "LOKI WAKE UP!"

Loki's eye opened wide, as he huffed and swallowed like he had been sprinting for an hour.
"Loki can you hear me?"

"Stephen?" Loki huffed. "You're- you're-"

Strange cupped Loki's head in his hands, pressed their foreheads together and softly whispered, "shhh, breath. It's okay I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you. It's okay."

Loki slowly started to calm down, his heavy breathing getting lighter and starting to shake less and less.

Strange pulled Loki into a hug, his hands holding the back of Loki's head and lightly massaging his scalp.
He felt Loki's tense body start to relax. Strange could hear Loki's whimpers next to his ear.
Strange just wanted Loki to be okay.

"Are you alright?" Stephen asked.

Loki swallowed. "Y-yes I just h-had a nightmare."

Stephen pulled back and starred into Loki's eye, there was a hidden trace of fear still lingering in him.
Loki's eye lightly closed, and Stephen lightly kissed Loki's forehead.
Loki lightly smiled as his head sunk back into the pillow, laying chest-down with his head facing Stephen.
Stephen laid his arm on Loki's back and lightly rubbed Loki's neck.

Strange closed his eyes and smiled.