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.
10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.
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bakerstreet2020-10-01 04:32 pm
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while it's good to have damon home, and it is, stefan had gotten used to his solitude.
elena had coped in her own way. and stefan isn't lining up to press her memories. not that they can be retrieved. a corn maze accident ensured alaric could never uncompel her. stefan hadn't been around her in the beginning of the school year, hadn't seen the crying jags or the pain he'd worked through. literally worked. it had only been suppressed. the pain still lingers, even with damon back.
and, caroline's not speaking to him. she's probably not chomping at the bit for elena to reconnect with his brother.
but that's not why he knocks on her door in the middle of the night. whether he's on the outs with caroline or not, elena will always be his friend. they have a real connection. he's not here on behalf of damon, or to appeal elena's side of her friendship with caroline (he'd never), he's just here because he can't sleep. he's in the same place he was last week. why, when everything is better, is it not?
why is he not okay? )
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but it's complicated, because now damon's back, and suddenly it's like no one knows how to act around each other. elena throws herself into being happy to see bonnie, and falls back on her tried and tested method of coping – pretending it's not happening. she still hasn't seen damon yet. she knows she's going to have to eventually, but she just wants–
a little longer. that's all.
by the time stefan knocks she's already at the door, by virtue of vampiric hearing and a slight streak of insomnia herself. she only waits for the knock out of habit and convention, but she opens up pretty quickly. elena smiles, but it's a half hearted sort of thing. they're not going to bother pretending everything is fine around each other, her and stefan know each other too well for that. instead she just pushes the door further open and nods her head into the room, not even bothering to ask why he's here. it'll happen eventually, but she doesn't need to know now. of course she'll let stefan in. she always will. )
Come on.
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Caroline's not here, is she?