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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But if Andy wanted to imagine Paris in summer that was fine with him. Booker did love his home country even if they rarely spent any time there.
"It's also very crowded in the summer with tourists and you hate crowds."
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She could handle anything the world threw at them, with the boys around her, and now Nile. They were the reason she felt capable of even waking up in the mornings. "Could kiss you. On the...mmm. Anywhere." Names of landmarks were just not going to come to her right now, but she didn't mind. Couldn't bring herself to care about it.
"Making me sleepy."
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Andy clearly needed sleep. Booker probably did too but it was harder to get there. Probably easier with an Andy shaped blanket lying on top of him but he wasn't there yet.
"Don't make me hum." He had a decent enough singing voice. He could hum a fair tune. A little lullaby would just push her right over the edge into sleep he was certain.
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"Should."
She liked his voice, and the way he hummed; he'd done it to her to put her to sleep more than once. "Like that song you do." He'd know which one.
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He was her living heated blanket and her soothing white noise. That was fine with Booker. He felt a real sense of satisfaction being able to help like this. It was one little way he could help and something he was good at.
So, Booker started humming an old lullaby under his breath. He didn't want to bother the others sleeping nearby. It was just to put Andy that last little bit over the edge into sleep.
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Booker did so much for her, comforting and loving and knowing exactly what to do to calm or soothe her even when Andy herself didn't. She hated that she could do so little for him, and just clung on the only way he'd let her.