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Started August 14, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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(Eden and Alek bonding over mental trauma)

(yes)

"We should retire to our rooms, I think. It is getting late, and if we are to be prepared to face a new day we should get some rest." Eden suggested, heaving their large frame off of the couch. They were feeling tired, and likely the others were too, so heading to bed would probably be best.

(hey, sorry! Between school and parents I don't get much time to actually respond to this, my apologies)

Sherlock nodded a little bit. "Yeah. I think a good night's sleep would do us all good." they stretched, closing their eyes for a moment, then reopening them again.

Alek shrugged faintly. He wasn't tired, and likely would be up for most of the night anyways.

(Aww, poor lad!)

Eden, miserable monster that they were, headed to bed and didn’t sleep for the guilt they felt. All they could do was stare blankly at the ceiling, intrusive thoughts running around their brain and flashbacks flying rampantly in their skull. They couldn’t sleep, so after a few hours they got up, and went to apologize to Victor. Deep down they knew they weren’t in the wrong, not at all, but they hated themself and quite frankly thought they deserved all of the horrible things Victor said about them. So they went to the lab, and knocked on the door as gently as they could.

It swung open. Victor had apparently unlocked it at some point, maybe unthinkingly and maybe on purpose. Maybe he wanted to see Eden. Even apologize, as unlikely as that was. Whatever the reason, it was unlocked, and Eden saw through the small sliver that had swung open with the force of their huge fist knocking, Victor. Victor was fast asleep, the man hadn’t slept properly in days in truth. This was good, Eden didn’t really want to confront him.

They lifted him up, like a mother would her child, and gently carried him up the stairs, setting Victor down on the bed. They gently closed his bedroom door, and went downstairs to prepare something to eat. They’d completely forgotten dinner, in all the events that had gone on earlier.

Alek didn't really manage to get to sleep, and eventually headed downstairs to sit on the couch and…he wasn't sure. Drink, maybe. Drinking chased away memories for the night, and then he usually managed to fall asleep in the wee hours of the morning, exhausted and drunk but not remembering his past, and was able to snatch a few hours of sleep before waking.

“Good morning to you, or night, whichever it is at this hour.” they said to Alek as they heard him walk in. They didn’t really know who was up, only that someone was and they were in the living room and had taken no car to be stealthy. They were putting together a large serving of spaghetti that would be enough for three, maybe four people, but would be only just enough to feed them. They didn’t like incredibly large meals, but their size and the amount of energy they burned on a regular basis caused them to eat quite a bit more than most.

Alek jumped a little bit, startled, head whipping around until he spotted Eden. "Ah. Night, I believe." he said, sitting down on the couch and letting out a breath. He didn't want to go through the cupboards right now, he decided. Maybe he would see tomorrow night if there was any sort of sleeping medication squirreled away somewhere.

“It’s a rough night for both of us, it seems. Do you usually have difficulty sleeping? I know a few remedies for that, if you don’t mind some unsolicited advice.” they said, boiling the water for the noodles and preparing the sauce from scratch, as they preferred to do their cooking. They chopped up some tomatoes and some garlic, mixing them in with some spices and boiling the concoction until it turned to a sauce they could easily pour over the noodles, which had also boiled by then.

Alek let out a faint breath. "I…suppose so. My way of sleeping is not very healthy." his mouth quirked faintly, and he shook his head. No, drinking the way he did was certainly not healthy.