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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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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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Open to canon, crosscanon, crossmedium, etc. OTA for gen/shipping, 16+ for shipping.

If he's the one with insomnia: no surprise. Please let me know if you'd prefer to avoid or explore any specific themes. I can also have him wandering around unable to sleep for random meetups.

If he's not the one with insomnia, Ash isn't the best at emotional comfort, but he'll do his best if the CR is close enough. )

[ After everything (Everything), Fiore hadn't been able to remain in Romania. Her passing leadership of the Yggdmillennia family, as well as the source of her magecraft, to her younger brother... she'd known the instant she agreed that the other branches would be furious. It was unthinkable that such a young, talented, powerful magus would willingly give up such power.

So of course she'd run away, in a manner of speaking. Some of the homunculi had chosen to accompany her, touched by her offer to let them choose their lives going forward. Ley lines weren't as prominent in the states. There wasn't much magic steeped in the land, not when it was still so new. The family wouldn't dream of following her there, or even think to look for her.

And it's there she meets Ash.

It's a long story, probably involves several shenanigans and panicked moments, but for now, things are peaceful. Except that her legs, finally free of the Magic Circuits that had rendered them useless since birth, are hurting. It's no real surprise. It's not the same kind of pain she was used to experiencing; it means she's slowly regaining an ability she's never had. One day she won't be confined in the wheelchair.

For now, it's irritating enough to wake Fiore up, to haul herself into her chair and to wheel herself out for some air.

Where she blinks, because-- ]

Oh. Hello, Ash.

[ She sounds puzzled.

Probably because it's like 2 in the morning. ]