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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Against the other man, he smiles. ]
Bones, [ he laughs, and shifts so he can press towards him, teasing, ] we're socialists.
[ Of course Gran's got money on it, though. Of course Bones' weird family has been waiting for this, completely aware of shit they've been content to let be without inspection. He briefly wonders what Winona might think, and considers she probably won't be surprised. ]
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[ Leonard huffs a soft laugh, a breathless little breath tinged in good humor as he shits his grip from the comfortable, companionable shift and settle they usually do to something a little older and less familiar to how he curls around Jim. Less across the shoulders, more around the back, less sprawling and touching for the sake of touching, and more-
Holding to be close. His other hand comes around to cup Jim's cheek, pulling him in for another slower, sweeter kiss. No to start anything but o promise that maybe, when they're not both bone-tired, there'll be something to look forward to. ]
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He's exhausted, and the kiss doesn't ask to be anything more than it is, but he still has to open his mouth and press his tongue against Bones' and taste him, and nuzzle in close after, breathe him in. Remnants of familiar cologne and sickbay sterilizer, and the even more familiar presence, which is probably just sweat. Glamorous, all of it, but Jim winds his arms around Bones and sighs. Content and pleased. ]
Feel like you could get to sleep, now?
[ Still plenty of worries out there, he's sure. But Jim hopes he's been able to settle him some. ]
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[ Roughly thirty percent of the everpresent tension in his shoulders and spine has gone loose enough for him to contemplate sleep. His girl will be mind and this- not so nebulous thing between them has a name. Their boundaries shift and settle into something new and solid that was always there, waiting for them to both be in a place to handle it gently.
Because there's been so much violence in their lives in one way or another, they deserve somewhere soft to land.
Hand cupping Jim's cheek, he drops another kiss to his lips, nosing against his jaw afterward. ]
C'mon, Jimmy. Lemme take you to bed.
[ He doesn't want to untangle himself and he doesn't want to sleep on the sofa, so. He adjusts his grip and adjusts until he's able to get his arms under Jim properly, holding him close as he hefts and heaves and stands. ]