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Kor had been... not sleeping but sleeping. Cat napping. Something to that effect, anyway. He took a deep breath and just turned over as he let his mind drift off. Really Kor didn't want to face reality today. That would be downright confusing, and yet he was expecting a certain teenager to come buy in a panicked huff.

Why? Well... he was fairly certain that wasn't a dream. Green eyes stared at his hands. No ring, no missing fingers. He just rubbed at his face a little more and pulled his comforter over his head and curled into an impressively small ball for the tall man. Even his toes curled in to try to make himself as small as physically possible, as if that would help the memories go away. They couldn't be real. Married? He'd just met Laine! How could he be married. Kids? No way.

That had to be a dream, and yet...

There was the rushed knock on the door. With a whine he uncurled himself and pulled on some low riding jeans before going to answer the door, shirtless, looking at a Laine in a state of anxiety he'd never seen with her before. That was because they'd only been dating a few short weeks. Not married. Without saying anything, he motioned her inside and just rubbed at his neck nervously.

Okay the sudden hug wasn't what he expected. A punch to the face maybe (Why? He didn't know, it just fit her) but he could deal with a hug. He wrapped his arms around her when she hugged him and just let out a shaky sort of sigh. He couldn't not want her here. He put his cheek on the top of her head and then blinked as she pulled away.

With a frown he just pulled her back to him and re-positioned his cheek on her head before talking. "I'm... fine. ..Tired. I had weird dreams."

That's what he was going to call them. Dreams.

Nothing seemed good. Doing nothing, that is. Kor nodded a little more and practically dragged her to his bed and just flopped down on it, pants and all because he was tired and the bed was soft and warm and he had Laine here now. Sighing quietly, Kor tucked the small woman against him and rested his chin on her head, stroking her back. She was real, she was here, and he wasn't hurt. There were no kids, no rings...

"Crazy dream I had... About the future.."

The man actually whined when Laine sat up and shut up once he realized what she was doing. His hands went to her hair automatically and he played with it, tangling his hair in it, giving a soft smile. Kor had his hang ups, and the stress of what he'd dreamed he needed something like this, something relaxing and soothing. His fingers worked that hair in small braids before undoing it.

"...I.. had missing fingers." That's where he'd start. "I don't.. know how exactly that happened but.. I had three fingers on one hand. My left hand." With a little noise he closed his eyes and curled up against her more firmly, a leg hooking over her own, tangling them together. "...Did you have the same dream...?"

He nodded at the words she said and just closed his eyes. Kor didn't want to get into this right now, but it seemed like he'd have to. He just stayed closer to her, tensing up a bit as he talked. "..We.. had kids? We were married. I wore my wedding band on my right hand because of what happened..." With senshi? He didn't know anything about senshi or the Negaverse or anything. He just knew that this was the most ******** up dream he's ever had and he wasn't even sure it was a dream.

Look, panicking was a thing Kor did really well when he was faced with the fact that he had what he wanted and it might not come true. Those could have just been some drug induced hypnosis or something weird like that that seemed to happen sometimes in the city. He rubbed a hand over his face and just looked to the ceiling, rolling on his back and threw an arm over his eyes.

"Yeah I guess we did.." He didn't have a curl to his lips as he spoke. "We haven't... I mean.." It was too soon to be thinking about these things. He pulled his arm up to look at her and just let his brows knit. He wanted that so badly. A wife, kids, a proper house to raise the family in. Family was his ultimate goal in life. Something he never had permanently. Permanence wasn't something Kor was used to so when it was shoved in his face like that and ripped away it left a hole in his heart and soul. "...Nothing."

Laine straddling him like this, talking to him like this, made his heart beat hard in his chest and his breath hitch. Swallowing at her words, and not able to meet her eyes, he just laid there, listening to her, tears stinging his eyes that he wouldn't shed. No, Kor wouldn't shed them, not now anyway. He took a deep breath and just leaned in and kissed her after she said I love you. He kissed her slowly and firmly before just sliding back down to the bed, watching her, his hands coming up and tugging her against him slowly.

".....Stop... stop being too good for me," he whispered, meaning it but trying to play it off as a joke. It was humorless, naturally, and he just fell completely flat. With a noise, he closed his eyes again and swallowed hard. "...I love you too." That was whispered as soft as he could and it still be audible. That wasn't easy for him to say, this wasn't easy for him. Nothing was easy for him. Damn it, he wanted this relationship to be easier, and it got muddled and complicated. "I love you, too." He held her against him, squeezing the girl tightly, pushing his face into her hair as his hands tangled in it again. "I want it. I want all of it.. The kids.. marriage.. Laine I.." His voice cut off and he swallowed hard. "Will you marry me?" They could have a long engagement if that's what she wanted but with what he saw, knowing she saw it too and still she came here, that meant something right? She wanted him too? God, sometimes Kor couldn't believe how vulnerable he made himself.

"Don't answer right away, but, think about it?"