Ship Sleep Dynamics - Neve and Kore. Francis and Lucanis. Alex, Tarquin, and Ashur
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I did this of three of my Rooks and their LIs.
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Neve Gallus and Kore Ingellvar
Neve Gallus and Kore Ingellvar
How often do they sleep together? / Where do they sleep?
Pre-Dock Date, Neve and Kore slept separately. Post Dock-date, Kore started dragging Neve off to her room to sleep to get Neve away from case files and make sure her detective actually got some sleep. After the game Neve finds a new apartment in Dock Town and Kore moves in with her and they sleep in a new bed they bought together.
How do they prepare to sleep? / What do they wear to sleep?
They usually use magelight to light their apartment since they're both mages. Kore will start to slowly lower the brightness of the mage lights until they're too dim for Neve to read, signaling to Neve that its time for bed. If she doesn't come to bed on her own, Kore will drag her to their bedroom with kisses. It isn't uncommon for them to steal each other's shirts to sleep in.
Do they cuddle? / What are their preferred sleep positions?
Kore is definitely a cuddler, and Neve will wake up to find Kore wrapped around her like an octopus whether she intended that or not. As for preferred sleeping positions, Neve prefers sleeping on her back and Kore prefers sleeping on her side with her arms around Neve.
How easy do they fall asleep?
Kore usually falls asleep fairly easily unless she's worrying over something. Neve often gets lost in her head, her mind going to fast, and it will take a massage and cuddling from Kore to get her to sleep.
Do they toss and turn a lot?
Kore tosses and turns more than Neve does
Do they snore?
nope
Who hogs the blanket?
Kore has what Neve calls 'the touch of a necromancer' and her hands and feet are almost always cold. As a result Neve will usually let her steal the blankets.
What do they dream about?
Neve often dreams of cases and work. Kore dreams of the Grand Necropolis.
How easily do they wake up?
Kore can "sleep like the dead" whereas Neve wakes up easily and will have to shake Kore awake.
How awake they are afterwards?
Kore will be grumpy and require coffee. Neve will be wide awake.
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Francis de Riva and Lucanis Dellamorte
How often do they sleep together? / Where do they sleep?
Pre-Tearstone island they slept apart when they slept since Lucanis tended not to sleep most of the time. Post Fade Prison they hate sleeping apart. At the Lighthouse they sleep on Rook's sofa. Back in Treviso they sleep together whether it's at Rook's apartment in the city or the Dellamorte Villa.
How do they prepare to sleep? / What do they wear to sleep?
Lucanis and Francis have a nightly ritual where they disarm each other, weapon by weapon. It's a sign of the trust between them, and a reminder that either can use the other's weapons whenever needed. They fight together, disarm together, and sleep together. Lucanis will often steal Francis's shirts since they're so much taller than he is where as Francis sleeps in their smalls.
Do they cuddle? / What are their preferred sleep positions?
Lucanis and Spite have a tendency to fasten onto Rook while sleeping and don't like sleeping apart at all. If they're not touching Rook in their sleep they aren't happy.
Originally Francis was the big spoon, but Spite's wings popped out one too many times while Spite and Lucanis were dreaming, which would send Francis flying off the bed. So now, despite being so much taller than Lucanis, Francis is always the little spoon.
How easy do they fall asleep?
We're talking about two extremely traumatized assassins, they don't fall asleep easily at all.
Do they toss and turn a lot?
No. Once they settle in for the night they don't move around a lot.
Do they snore?
Francis snores a little bit. Lucanis had to explain snoring to Spite because the demon freaked out about it the first time he heard Francis snore.
Who hogs the blanket?
Usually Francis. Lucanis just uses Francis as his personal heater.
What do they dream about?
They both have nightmares about the Fade Prison. Otherwise they dream about the Fade and Spite...a lot.
How easily do they wake up?
Being assassins and both raised as Crows, they both wake up very easily and tend to reach for the weapon on the nightstand or under the bed.
How awake they are afterwards?
Not very now that Lucanis has learned how to sleep with Spite in his head. These two are coffee fiends when they need to stay awake.
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Alex Mercar, Tarquin, and Ashur
Rook being a Qunari in Minrathous complicates things for them
How often do they sleep together? / Where do they sleep?
Pre-Veilguard Alex and Tarquin slept together a few nights a week, usually in Tarquin's apartment. Between Alex's exile from Minrathous and during the game, Tarquin and Ashur sleep together occasionally, again at Tarquin's apartment, and a handful of times Alex is able to join them during the game, but spends most nights at the Lighthouse. Post game Ashur names Tarquin his Knight Divine which results with Tarquin sleeping with Ashur most nights. Rook slips into the Divine's manor whenever their's in Minrathous and spends the night with them. Being the savior of Minrathous buys Alex some tolerance from most of Minrathous, but the three of them are still careful about expressing affection publicly unless they're around just friends or the Shadows
How do they prepare to sleep? / What do they wear to sleep?
Tarquin is usually the one dragging Ashur and Rook to bed. Ashur because he works too hard, and Rook because during and post game they are plagued by bouts of insomnia and nightmares from everything they experienced. Ashur and Alex will usually drink a cup of tea before bed that Tarquin likely made for them, Alex just straight up lavender, Ashur prefers lavender sweetened with honey. If they're wearing clothing to bed, Tarquin has a tendency to steal Ashur's shirts. Ashur either strips down to his smalls or sleeps in the nude. Alex usually sleeps in a shirt and their smalls.
Do they cuddle? / What are their preferred sleep positions?
They definitely cuddle. These three spent most of their early relationship apart, so post game they more or less cling to each other in their sleep. Alex is usually on the outside with either Tarquin or Ashur in the middle, but occasionally when Alex has had a bad night they'll be bracketed by Ashur and Tarquin.
How easy do they fall asleep?
They all fall asleep more easily if the other two are in bed. It usually takes time for all of them to settle and fall asleep though. Tarquin's seen Alex and Ashur throw themselves into danger too many times, Alex is haunted by the events that occurred during Veilguard, and Ashur is always stretched too thin.
Do they toss and turn a lot?
Some, and they have woken each other up at night. More than likely either Ashur or Tarquin is bound to awaken to find themselves pinned to the bed by Alex's arm which keeps them from moving around too much.
Do they snore?
Tarquin snores from getting a few too many broken noses. Alex and Ashur swear they don't.
Who hogs the blanket?
Definitely Tarquin. Both Alex and Ashur tend to run hot, and if he isn't sandwiched between his two living furnaces then Tarquin tries to roll himself into the blanket.
What do they dream about?
Ashur and Tarquin still dream of the dragon sometimes. Ashur will had nightmares about dealing with the magisterium. Rook has nightmares about Solas's ritual, Weisshaupt, and Tearstone Island
How easily do they wake up?
One of them waking up from nightmares is guaranteed to wake the other two. If you try breaking into their room you're likely to be met with a face full of ice, lightning, and a sword.
How awake they are afterwards?
if its been a few nights since they've gotten a good night's sleep, they can usually fall back asleep easily so long as there isn't an emergency going on. Otherwise the three of them are likely to be up til dawn and beyond because none of them like leaving the other two alone at night when they can help it
