I'll Stay Awake With You.
Pairing: Mikage Reo × Insomniac!Reader
a/n: Based on this ask. thank you so much for the request!! i hope i did your idea justice♡
Synopsis: Reader hasn't been able to sleep for days, so Reo decides that if sleep won't come to you... he'll simply stay with you until it does.
Word Count: 723
Warnings: fluff, comfort, insomnia reader, sleepy reo, reo mikage x reader, established relationship, cuddling, domestic fluff, soft!reo, late night comfort, gentle romance, reader insert
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You always thought that counting sheep was stupid.
Yet every night you found yourself doing it anyway.
One sheep.
Two sheep.
Three sheep.
Four sheep.
Five sheep.
You've been at it for almost two hours now.
You turned to your bedside table and stared at the numbers on your digital clock.
03:57.
You sighed and turned back to the ceiling. Then you just... stared.
You weren't really thinking of anything in particular, more so just thinking of everything, everywhere all at once.
The sound of soft snores beside you pulling you back down to earth.
Reo.
Your darling, dear boyfriend.
His eyes were closed, mouth slightly agape, hair falling on his face, his arm wrapped around your waist like it was every night.
You smiled.
As much as you hated your inability to fall asleep, there was some part of you that was thankful for it.
Thankful that it granted you the sight of him like this.
You loved staring at Reo sleeping. He always looked so blissful.
You turned your body to face him.
Maybe you should wake him up.
You knew that he was always okay with you waking him up if you couldn't sleep at night; in fact he preferred it- never wanting you to be alone in the dark hours of the night.
No. That wouldn't be fair to him. You knew he had practice tomorrow at ten. He needed the sleep.
So instead you moved his hand that was wrapped around your waist, pushed yourself to sit up as softly as you could, and slipped the duvet off of yourself.
You stood up and glanced back at Reo.
His eyebrows had furrowed slightly when you got up, his hand scrunching in the place you used to be.
Gosh, you love him so much.
You leaned down and gave his cheek a faint kiss.
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Reo woke up to an empty bed.
He groggily pushed himself to sit up.
He rubbed his eyes and squinted at the clock on your bedside table.
04:48.
He slipped out of the covers and walked outside.
He walked into the living room and there you were, curled up on the couch, you had heard him shuffling and turned to him.
"Couldn't sleep again?"
You gave a guilty smile.
"I didn't want to wake you."
He stepped closer to the couch.
"Y'know you can always wake me up."
You didn't say anything to that as Reo planted himself beside you on the couch.
He looked down at the coffee table. He noticed the cold coffee, the blanket, the book you haven't actually been reading.
He reached his hand out to you.
"C'mere."
You wrapped the blanket over your shoulder and crawled your way over to him and curled up on his lap.
You immediately melted into him, your head nestled deep into his neck, his arms instantly wrapped around you, one of his hands coming out to brush some of your hair out of your face, then it went back to your back and rubbed slow circles on your spine.
"I'm sorry..." you whispered.
Reo frowned at that.
"For what?"
"Keeping you awake."
Reo let out a tender laugh.
"Baby..." he started.
"I'd lose a hundred nights of sleep if it meant helping you get one."
He snuggled you closer to his chest.
"Tell me what you're thinking about."
"Everything."
He smiled.
"Okay. Let's think about one thing instead."
Then he started talking about random things. The café he wants to take you to, what flowers he'd plant if he had a garden, vacation ideas, your future house.
Whilst he was talking, his hand never stopped rubbing your back. Then, after a while, you slowly stopped replying to what he said.
When he hadn't heard a reply for a while, he looked down.
At last.
You were asleep.
He smiled and brushed a stray strand of hair behind your ear.
"Finally," he sighed fondly.
He gently lifted you up with him and carried you back to bed. He carefully set you down beside him and pulled you close to his chest.
After getting both of you into a comfortable position, he gave the top of your head a loving smooch.
He murmured a soft "Goodnight, baby." and hugged you closer.
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Sleep had never come easily to you.
Luckily...
Reo always did.
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Thank you for reading ♡
With love,
Hazel ♡
a/n: currently writing and editing this at 2am 😩 and as a fellow insomniac myself, this one felt very self-indulgent to write. hope you enjoyed it ♡