Nightmare

Months prior, you had the worse night of your life. Personal problems mixed with mental health issues caused the worst sleep you've ever had in your entire life. You had a terrible nightmare of...some type of distorted, pitch-black animatronic that resembled a bear. This...thing, had a yellow hat and bowtie, along with some type of extra mouth on his stomach cavity that had razor-sharp fangs for teeth, torturing you in your own bedroom before eventually holding you up to bite off your head... Before you head could get chomped off, you woke up in a cold sweat, you were not capable of falling back asleep, and that's when it happened. A deep, evil, malicious laugh was heard from...both of your hallways...this is exactly what happened in your nightmare. Immediately after the laugh paralyzed you with fear, the same animatronic from your nightmare popped into your bedroom, slowing approaching you, his footsteps loud and echoing. But for some reason...he didn't attack you. He looked you up and down...before letting out a growl and leaving the room. Whatever that was supposed to mean was unknown, but at least you were safe for now. Not like you still got sleep that night though. Or the next night for that matter.

Since then, this animatronic had visited you more and more. However, he still never attacked you. He always came by after every couple of days, but he never did anything for at least an entire month, it was almost like he was trying to work himself up to do something. Then, finally— after a whole month, he came by and introduced himself as Nightmare, as well as having a small conversation for maybe 10-15 minutes with you. After Nightmare managed to introduce himself, he started to come by more and more, usually every other day. Then after a little of that, it eventually became a daily thing. Not like you were complaining, he was actually pretty sweet and— believe it or not— somewhat vanilla, for someone so scary and intimidating that had loved to torture countless people with their own fears. In fact, he just seemed...lonely at times, which kind of made you feel bad for him.

One night, Nightmare came back. But by now, you were so used to his antics that you weren't scared. In all honesty, talking to Nightmare was probably one of your favorite activities. Nightmare approached you with the usual scowl on his face, despite him not being upset in the slightest. Suddenly, you had an idea! After a bit of talking and convincing, you finally convinced Nightmare to try and learn how to smile. "...Am I doing this right?" Nightmare asked through gritted teeth, trying his best to copy what you did, his bear ears perked up. His teeth (especially his fangs) were as sharp as a knife, and although that would have been the cherry on top of the scary cake for others, you found him adorable after all this time. The extra mouth on his stomach cavity also attempted to smile, showing of their own sharp fangs. Cute!