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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He never knew how valuable that could be in an Amico until now.
After a few hours he wakes, nuzzling his way up to Alistair's collar, huffing quietly as the scent and sound register. "Mm. Good morning."
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By then, he knew. He liked holding on to Zevran. He liked that Zevran was smaller than him. It made it easy to hold him, easy to feel him fit close. He liked that, even if he wasn't sure if Zevran would like hearing 'you're nice to hold because you're little'. There was also something nice in how easily Zev ... well, caboodled up to him and leaned there. It made him feel...
It found, he thought, a sore spot in his heart and made it a little better. It made him feel like he was at least a little bit important to someone. And he liked that.
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While it is not in Zevran's nature to be kind? He can try, for Alistair's sake.
"You make for a marvelous pillow, did you know that? Why didn't we do this during all those miserable marches during the Blight?"
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Less now. Less, since he now held almost no respect for the organisation in the grand scheme of things.
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Useful. She was the blade Ferelden needed against a foe none of them expected to defeat, but defeat it she did. Hurrah. He'd rather not remain in her company. Alistair is far more palatable in long doses now that he knew for certain what it is that lies under her pretty smile.
As he ever does when thoughts drift to her, Zevran reaches up to pat Alistair's shoulder. "You are terribly innocent at times. It is part of your charm."
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To protect Alistair as he himself would have wished for as a youth.
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Instead, it was all he could do to tighten his arms warmly around Zevran and slightly sniffle before hiding his face against Zev's hair.
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Friends were not something one had in the Crows, for they could be used to exploit you. Could be used to hurt you. And thus it was safest to have none, but Alistair did not come from so cruel a beginning. For no one to look to him and realize the loyalty, the humor, the kindness under the self-deprecating projected incompetence isn't surprising, but it is...sad. "I am here, Amico. I have you."