#tuckered out

[dinosaurwithablog]

After playing all day and taking many walks, it's nappy nappy time for Petey. She loves her giraffe!! I love Petey!! ❤️

[blacksuit-gai153]

"You talk in your sleep. Did you know that?"

The afternoon heat in Gongaga was thick, heavy with the scent of wild jungle flora and burning mako from the nearby reactor ruins. Inside Cissnei’s modest house, the only sound was the evening breeze from the windows.

Cissnei was uncharacteristically dead to the world, stretched out on her woven couch with one arm flung over her eyes. Between tracking Cloud’s chaotic party, keeping the Turks at arm's length, and physically tackling a certain Wutai ninja to stop her from robbing the village blind, she was utterly spent. Cloud and the others had left Yuffie under her strict supervision while they investigated the reactor, and honestly, Cissnei wasn't sure who was in more danger: the village or her sanity.

The floorboards creaked.

Cissnei’s eyes snapped open, her hand instinctively twitching toward the space where her shuriken usually rested. But she didn't jump. She just tilted her head back, looking upside down at Yuffie, who was leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, trying entirely too hard to look casual.

"You talk in your sleep. Did you know that?"

Cissnei blinked, the lingering fog of exhaustion temporarily short-circuiting her usual sharp composure. A wave of intense deja vu hit her so hard it made her dizzy.

You talk in your sleep. Did you know that?

It wasn't just the words. It was the cadence. Years ago, back when the world was a completely different kind of messy, her Turk partner - Katana - had said those exact same words as he leaned back in the leather pilot seat with a smirk on his face. He swore secrecy to never repeat what she said...not even after she interrogated him.

For a split second, Cissnei didn't see a teenage girl in a green turtleneck; she saw a ghost from her past. It felt surreal for a moment, wondering if Kujata had sent Yuffie to stir up echoes of the past.

"What...?" Cissnei asked, her voice slightly rougher from sleep than she liked. She sat up slowly, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "...What did I say?"

@kisaragisecret

[lifeofloon]

Passed out on his polar bear toy

[cheryllclayton]

Someone got groomed and it was hard work 😴

[mooncat163]

Loki has had a rough morning. I guess being in a Time Cell can really wear you out 🤣😝🤪

[vintagecamping]

June 1953 Edition of Field & Stream Magazine.

[brstudios]

A silly little “aftermath” doodle that I HAD to bring into the world after seeing this piece by @gingerhaole and this subsequent piece by @asparklethatisblue

(I liked the idea that they were just strolling along the wall and were like “no, we cannot fly down, we are trying this RIGHT HERE”.)

[threepanelhorrorstories]

unrelenting positivity