bakerstreet | ( insomnia )

the i n s o m n i a meme

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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[it's ok, he likes it. or at least he does judging by the way he doesn't seem like he's moving elsewhere any time soon.] Does anyone?

I do. They're all cute and fluffy with their little tiny fluff bodies and their little legs all covered in pollen, bumbling around. [Because Lila likes bumblebees. She's crazy, but not even she likes wasps or hornets or yellowjackets.]

Yeah, right up until they sting you.

Bumblebees don't have stingers. [WHATS YOUR EXCUSE NOW HUH?]

Must not be very good bees then. [WHATEVER OK.]

Oh shut up, they're the best bees, the only bees that actually do what bees are supposed to.

What, bumble?

[Solid college try at not smiling but she's never been to college so.] You're kind of adorable, right now.

[it's ok ... he's smiling too.] Wrong. I'm always adorable.

Cheater. [Okay, she is tired of playing with his hair or idk sitting up because fuck that, I guess.] Move over, you're taking up like the whole bed.

[w/e maybe he was tired of laying in her lap, too. he gets up and rearranges his position so that he's just laying beside her (and not taking up the whole bed DESPITE HOW IMPROBABLE THAT IS IN THE FIRST PLACE.)] I only take up the whole bed because I deserve the whole bed.

[Okay so Lila exaggerates.] Oh, so I deserve nothing? That's sweet of you. [She punches him lightly.]

Never said that. [he rubs his arm despite it not actually hurting.] We both deserve it, which is a problem.

It's a problem if you start saying we need two beds. [Because lol no. They are not an eighty year old married couple. Scooting forward, she curls up next to him and takes up no space at all, really. Very tiny.] What if, you take up all the space and I just lay on top of you like... [A cat, Lila, the term you are looking for is cat.] Something.

I didn't say that, either. [he puts an arm around her while she's curled up so close.] I guess it won't hurt for me to share with you for awhile.

Yeah? That's good, since I didn't intend on moving.

I didn't want you to. [everything had hurt so much, but now that it doesn't, he's kind of ... feeling tired ......]

You should sleep. [Wisdom 17, she seems to recognize the signs of fatigue.] Before the drugs wear off and your brain explodes.

No. [that's his eloquent argument. he could probably basically fight off sleep forever if he wanted to ~~with his insane fort mods~~ , even tho he'd still be feeling it. he just doesn't like sleeping when she's around, because she can't. 8( it's a little bit sympathy and a little bit aerosmith.]

Don't be such a baby.

I'm not a baby. [he says in the whiniest, least convincing voice ever ... ]

Yes, you are. Go to sleep. [Which is in no way as authoritative as she meant it since she's snickering quietly.] I'm not going anywhere and the faster you go to sleep the faster I can turn the tv on.

That's selfish. [he covers his eyes with his forearm before he realizes he's capable of doing something about the lights without actually moving. goodnight lights. (concentration 20 total)]

It's entirely altruistic. Unless you actually want to watch the seventeen consecutive repeats of Criminal Minds that A&E plays all the time...? [She leans in to kiss his forehead, before turning to grab the remote off the nightstand.]

[all grumbly-like:] Why do you want to watch them?

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