Plot
Petunia has been exhibiting some terrifying nightmares the last few days until one night the horrific dreams become too much to bare so when she wakes up, she is comforted by a certain Soft Shell.

Petunia (The Oc) belongs to stargirlshooter

TRIGGERS
•Mentions of Abuse
•Death of a Parent

It was a quiet night in the lair and the turtle brothers were all fast asleep but Mikey had invited a friend over for a sleepover, her name was Petunia, she had taken quite the liking to the four despite some hesitancy.

She was currently fast asleep on the couch but she started to tiredly move in her sleep, a small whine or two slipped past the honey blonde haired girl's lips. Petunia gave a small pant and cry as she kept moving in her sleep frantically as if she was trying to get away from someone, not aware that her noises would attract attention.

Petunia's Dream/Nightmare

"M-Mom..! Stop it! Please!" Petunia cried, she gave a cry and was smacked in the face, sending her to the cold floor as she tried to get onto her feet again but her whole body was practically screaming in pain, she gave a yelp as her mother grabbed her by the hair, forcing Petunia back onto her feet.

"Get up you little brat, I'm not done with you yet! Why do you have to be such a pathetic waste?!" Her mother screamed, she then threw Petunia at the wall and it knocked the wind out of the girl for a moment as Petunia looked at her mom with fear and terror in her eyes.

"You ruined my life! Get over here!" Her mother grabbed Petunia by the arm and dragged her out of the ratty looking apartment as Petunia struggled to break free of her mother's hold.

"No..! Let me go! You're hurting me!" Petunia whimpered, out of defense she pushed her mother away but this had unfortunately caused her mother to be shoved down the steps. "YOU LITTLE-!"

Petunia covered her head with her hands as if she would get hit but heard a few thuds and a sickening snap, Petunia uncovered her head but she walked to the steps and her eyes widened when she saw that her mother wasn't moving at the bottom of the steps.

"No. No no no no NO NO! What did I do?!" Petunia exclaimed in fear and she backed away until the wall behind her broke and she screamed, falling into the darkness until she started to hear a voice.

Pen..

Pen... nia..

Wake up..!

Wake up Petunia!

Petunia gasped and woke up in a cold sweat as she didn't notice it but tear streaks were visible on her cheeks as she panted, her vision cleared up as she saw that Donnie had woken her up.

The soft shell's face was laced with worry and concern which was abnormally rare to see since he never showed any emotions. "D-Don Don..?" Petunia said.

"Petunia, you were crying in your sleep.. practically screaming. You had a nightmare about the incident, didn't you?" Donnie asked, he sat down next to Petunia and she sat up a bit but gave a nod in response as she wiped the tear streaks away from her face.

"You know you're safe here, right? We'd never let anything that horrible ever happen." Donnie said, he then jolted in surprise when Petunia hugged him without warning as he was about to protest about the hug since he didn't care too much for physical affection but he knew that Petunia needed the comfort more than ever now.

Donnie gave a soft sigh but he softly wrapped his arms around Petunia, resting his head on top of her head gently while he rubbed small circles on her back as he felt her gentle tremors her body gave off from the fear after the terrifying nightmare the honey blonde girl had.

"I-I can't stop thinking about what I did.." Petunia said, she hid her face in Donnie's plastron and wept softly as Donnie felt his heartstrings being pulled at and he then let Petunia go from the hug for a moment and he held Petunia's face in his hands for a moment, brushing her tears away from her cheeks with his thumbs delicately as if Petunia was made of fragile glass that could shatter at any moment.

"Penny, listen to me. It wasn't your fault, none of it ever was. You were defending yourself from the abuse, you're not ever going to be hurt by your mother ever again. I won't ever let that happen." Donnie said, he looked into her teary amber colored eyes and he was being very sincere and honest with her.

Petunia felt her cheeks heating up softly as she then leaned into Donnie's touch and she gave a gentle hum, feeling a lot better as she was held and Donnie kept comforting Petunia until he decided to take a leap out of his comfort zone.

"You want me to stay with you until you fall asleep?" Donnie asked, earning a nod from Petunia and Donnie picked up Petunia for a moment which made her yelp but she allowed it as Donnie placed her in his lap.

He pulled the blankets over both of them as he kept an arm securely around Petunia's waist so she didn't fall off his lap. "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere anytime soon." Donnie said.

"Thanks Don Bon.." Petunia said, she then slowly drifted off to sleep and seemed to be more in content now with Donnie's presence around as she rested her head on his plastron gently.

Donnie blushed a bit himself at the contact but he let Petunia have this, he felt his heart thumping around in his chest but he placed a soft kiss to Petunia's forehead while she rested up and he pulled away before he laid back a bit and begun to fall asleep as well, protecting Petunia from any further night terrors.