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?
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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.
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bakerstreet2014-10-30 10:55 am
9!
With a sigh, she finally shoved herself out of bed, not bothering to put a robe on over her short nightgown; she did manage slippers, and to pull her hair into a loose braid over one shoulder, but that was it. She was a girl on a mission, and that mission was currently to check every spot she thought Steve might be - his usual haunts, as it were. If anyone was going to be awake at this time of night, she was pretty sure it'd be him.
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When Lydia did manage to find him, Steve was driving fist after fist into the punching bag hanging from the rafters. His thoughts carried him deep into his mind making him deaf to the door even opening.
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She leaned against a pillar not far from the punching bag, watching the way the muscles of his back and arms rippled with every blow. He was really giving it to the bag; Lydia had to wonder what was keeping him up at night that made him as restless as she was. He hadn't even noticed her come in.
The redhead waited for a beat between blows; Steve had to pause eventually, no matter how super-powered he was. And that was when she spoke up: "So how long have you been here, anyway? The way you're attacking that thing makes it seem like you just got here, but the state of your shirt suggests otherwise."
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Steve's attention turned abruptly when he heard Lydia as he stopped the bag from swinging forward. After letting go, he turned to face her, his shrug not completely sheepish.]
You know, I'm not really sure. What time is it?
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"At least you're making the most of your time, though. Most people would just spend the night surfing the internet, watching baby animal videos or something, hoping that would make them more tired. It never does."
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"No, not when baby animal's lead to video's on animal attacks and then music videos with 'animal' in the song title. It's a vicious circle." Steve laughed, looking down as he unraveled the tape around one hand. "I may have gotten caught in it. Once or twice."
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"In my defense though, the second time was out of morbid curiosity on how they really put the caramel in the Caramilk bar. Which are really good." he laughed. Steve looked up again. "What about you? What's keeping you up tonight?"
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"They are, you're right. But don't spoil the surprise - I sort of like wondering how they got in there." Her smile pulled a little wider, and she shrugged one shoulder delicately. "I don't really know, actually. I thought I was suitably relaxed - supposedly tomorrow's some sort of big day, with some kind of think tank going on - but apparently not. I tossed and turned for a while before deciding I was better off just staying up. I can always get a cup of coffee or tea in the morning anyway."