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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It seems like not long ago that he'd blindly hated her for bringing him back like this. Now... to say he still doesn't harbor some resentment would be a lie; an ugly, dark little pit of it lingers in his chest, a cold, hollow thing, but he's managed to grow at least somewhat and begin to appreciate Doctor Ziegler as he should have from the beginning. He finds that he doesn't mind the idea of having her in his life as much as he might have before.
He lets her settle back in against him, his steps slower now as he tugs them back into what barely resembles a dance now, nothing more than graceful, lazy steps around the floor, nothing more than the warmth and weight of one against the other. Genji finds his eyes closing without thought, drifting until he hears Doctor Ziegler's voice. It's more of a battle to open them again than he expected.]
It is the least I owe you. And we both needed this. [Lest she think he did this only out of a sense of obligation.] Maybe we should - [His words break a moment as he has to stifle a yawn - ] give sleep a try now. You can stay here.
[As if he'd read her mind. But mostly it's because she looks about as exhausted as he feels, so he figures neither of them are about to do any walking. He peels himself away from her in order to collect the pieces of his armor, setting them aside where they'll be safe and won't be a hazard to walking or sleeping. The last thing they need to dispel their well-earned sleepiness is to trip and fall or have something uncomfortable digging into their sides.]
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And she's nodding off herself before his words get through to her, feet dragging her last few steps as her weight settled further and further against him, a sleepy little "Mmmmmm?" before she finds the strength to raise her head and process what he'd said.
Sleep. Sleep, yes— and he invites her to stay and it's the first genuine, warm smile he'll have seen on her in days, not dampened by stress or worry even if she struggles to open her eyes again once they'd closed with her smile. ]
You're sure? I don't want to— [ He may have stifled his but she can't catch hers in time, yawning wide. ] —impose on you further.
[ Her arms slip off of him carefully when he finally separates from her, and she follows to help, picking up pieces of armor and following to put them where he began to pile them. The second he clears the bed she's already slinking on, pressing back up against the wall and reaching for him, on her side with one arm curled up under her head. In this, at least, she makes no effort to hide her neediness. ]
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The second time he curls up to sleep next to her. It could become a habit, he thinks, if given more time, but he doesn't pay the idea much mind. He's too tired to do much more than let the thought pass idly through his head. He needs to sleep, to give himself a little more space from everything awful, get some proper rest and then try to consider things again. It should be easier, knowing that at the very least he'll have physical places to return to when he needs to. That he has someone willing to let him lean on them.
He stays sitting up only long enough to grab the blanket and tug it over them. That done, he lies down next to her, his eyes fluttering shut as soon as his head hits the mattress. He reaches out, gets an arm around her. Keeps himself grounded with the contact.
Not that he needs much grounding. There's nothing that could possibly sway him from sleep now. But he'll stay awake as long as possible, of only to try and make sure she sleeps.]
Sleep well, doctor.
[It's a barely coherent mumble. He's not sure if he's going to win this battle.]
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His arm over her only pulls her closer and she barely hears his words as his presence draws her down, melting against him with relief, glad to have someone to hold so she doesn't have to curl around pillows and hope that her dreams would make them into someone she wants to see again. No, having a real person to hold her is far, far better, and her mind can finally slow down and rest. ]
Guet nacht, Genji.
[ It comes out in her own language instead, more of a mumbled sigh against his chest than any real words. Having him here in the flesh was all it took, and she's gone, cheeks flushed and lashes wet with tears that never had a chance to fall. ]