insomnia;

[gameofsocks]

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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[trustinthedevil]

[Sometimes, Matt's happy he can't see. Because he can hear everything in Frank's voice, and Matt can imagine his face. He's better off not seeing it. His fingers push up under his glasses to rub his eyes.]

He's very hands-on when it comes to getting his point across.

[And Matt just had to suck it up and take it. Couldn't fight back. Everyone had let it happen and watched him walk out with a bloody face. Matt knows he should've seen it coming.]

[brutalize]

Yeah, no shit. [And now he has to wonder what Fisk's plans for Red are, too. He saw Frank as a weapon to be pointed in the direction of his inconveniences and unleashed (such undisguised interest in his voice when he spoke of Frank's... gifts), but his animosity towards Matt had seemed more... personal. Yeah. Personal is a word for it.] Didn't even figure he know about your... [trails off and makes a vague gesture towards Matt's everything, but mainly the missing red outfit.]

[trustinthedevil]

He doesn't. As far as I'm aware.

[But, let's be honest, it wouldn't surprise Matt if somehow Fisk did know. He picks up his mug again, swirling its contents. It's not a topic Matt wants to dwell on. At all. So he sips his coffee and leans back.]

What colour is your hair? I get the feeling it's dark but I want to know if I'm
totally off base here.

[brutalize]

[Frank only grudgingly lets it drop, shaking his head. What the hell is he going to do with you, Red?] What? Oh. [Right, the blindness. Frank never thought about the fact that Red actually has no idea what he looks like, even after he figured out just who he was.] ... Black, I guess. [Real dark brown if it grows out, but that's whatever, because he hasn't grown it out since he was 18.] Why did you think dark?

[trustinthedevil]

["Black, I guess" is good enough for Matt.]

I think it's my default assumption. And I just hard time picturing my mental composite of you with light hair. [He shrugs and downs the rest of his tar. His fingers pass over the raised texture of his watch. It's been swell, Frank, but the swelling's gone down.]

Thanks for the so-called coffee, but I think I'm throwing in the towel on this night.

[brutalize]

[Even as Matt is getting up, Frank is pouring himself another cup. He figures if he waits here another half hour, he can safely continue on the journey he'd interrupted himself from when he saw the horns up on a rooftop.

So, nothing lost. Little something he hadn't really expected gained. All in all, not the worst night he's ever had.]

See you around, Red.