can't sleep.

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It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they? i n s t r u c t i o n s • Post with your character (note the name and fandom in the subject). • Other people reply to you by generating a number from 1 to 10. • Have fun! o p t i o n s 01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet. 02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops. 03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it. 04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them... 05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort. 06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help? 07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on. 08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them. 09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you. 10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.

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Rocket | GotG

[ceptme]

[toxic_tsarina]

(( Would you like to play with a Spider? Y/N/Groot fireflies? And if Y, then any preferences on the scenario? I'll assume ~loose~ CR as well, mainly as I like to build it up ourselves. <3 ))

[ceptme]

[Definitely Groot fireflies. But also Y. Natasha accidentally stranded in space could be fun? But I'm happy to roll with whatever scenario you've got in mind. Also just to warn you, I'm going to be pretty slow/disappear randomly at times for the next while because work]

[toxic_tsarina]

(( Ooo, hadn't thought of that. I was going to lean towards the Guardians being temporary house guests at the Tower. But I have an idea - I absolutely do not mind editing, so please don't hesitate to ask me to change things! And take your time, I can backtag all the live long day and I try very hard to not drop things without consulting the other party first.

I'll start a fresh tag below! ♥ ))

[toxic_tsarina]

The assignment had come from Director Coulson, a desire for eyes and ears elsewhere. Basically, he wanted the Widow to babysit the Guardians. Or, at least, a particular pair. Ensure that the exiled Flora colossus would persevere, and possibly even recruit the skilled bounty hunters. Natasha wasn't over thrilled, but trusted Phil enough to know what he was doing, and since her assignment with Daredevil had fallen apart, she sought a silver lining, in that at least there would be miles upon miles between Murdock and herself now.

Seeing little point in wearing her tac suit, the redhead had opted for comfort during their current travels, given its length before landing. They should have been sleeping, only Tasha had left the quiet quarters and draped herself across a seat, cobalt eyes squinting and staring into the milky, mysterious depths displayed before them. It was the Russian's first time in space, and its foreignosity coupled with the fretting over James was enough to unsettle her. Something she meant to keep secret. To remove all doubt from her features. But she thought herself alone in the wee hours, and thus had dropped the walls and guarded nature that had become habitual.