was wondering how the lazy bois TM would react with a S/O with insomnia.Love your fanfics
Sans’ situation is the opposite to yours. He’s practically always asleep. In the rare cases that he can’t fall asleep — say, after waking up from a nightmare — he either lays there in silence until he’s asleep again or hauls himself out of bed to get some work done if he’s in the middle of a project.
For you, he’ll do what he does for Papyrus when he can’t sleep: read you a bedtime story or fall asleep on you in hopes that you’ll join him in dreamland (Sans has an uncanny talent for making other people sleepy when he’s cuddled up to them). Those tricks work ninety percent of the time, and when they work, they work every time.
He’ll also make the bed as comfy as possible. That means the perfect mattress, soft sheets, fluffy pillows, maybe even a heated or faux fur blanket... y’know, the works.
If you’re feeling up for it, he’ll wrap you up in a fluffy blanket, take you outside to stargaze, and chat with you quietly until you’re feeling sleepy. In the morning, you’ll find yourself in bed with Sans snoozing soundly at your side. Be sure to give him a kiss or two as thanks! 💙
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Man, does Red feel that. His insomnia comes and goes; he could be snoring on the job one day and be tossing and turning in bed the next. His sleep is often incredibly shallow, plagued with nightmares, and ends with a jarring sensation.
He keeps tubs of mean cream infused with sleeping magic in the back of the freezer for when he’s especially desperate to fall asleep. You’re free to join him for a midnight snack if you’d like, but only once in a while. He can’t have you growing dependent on it, and too much sleeping magic in your system will make you tired and sluggish. (Boss had to intervene when he found out Red was eating it on the daily to get a full night’s sleep. Now he understands why Boss got so concerned...)
He finds that having you close to him significantly improves the quality of his sleep. Maybe it does the same for you. He starts cuddling you tighter and making a conscious effort to reach out to your soul with his, assuring it that he’s here, that you’re safe, that it’s okay to rest now; just like what you did for him.
Stretch doesn’t sleep well at night either. He tries to make up for it with frequent naps throughout his day. He knows a few things that could help you sleep. Smoking a dog treat will definitely help you “relax”, but they’re far from healthy, and he only smokes them once in a blue moon anyway. He’s not even sure if they’re safe for humans...
Okay, scratch that. How about a cup of honey tea? Or would you rather some warm milk with honey? He’ll even have a hot toddy with you if you’re feeling it. Really, any hot drink with honey in it (or just raw honey) helps him sleep, and he’s done enough research to know that it helps humans too. So how about some honey, honey?~
He offers to read you a bedtime story. His go-to texts are the Bee Movie script and any crack review of the Emoji Movie he can find, but he’ll read whatever you want him to. He’ll even bust out his own stories if you ask him to. If you take him up on that offer or ask him to read one of the cheesy romance novels you caught him with once, he’ll still do it, albeit with a light blush on his face the entire time.
If you ask him to, he’ll sing you a lullaby. You’ve mostly only ever heard him sing for shits and giggles, but when you’re in his arms, enveloped in warmth and the sound of his soft, low voice, you’re asleep before you know it.
Rus gets worried. He has insomnia too, so he knows how much it sucks. Fortunately for you, he has a few ways to deal with his insomnia, and he’ll frantically gladly share them with you.
One of his favourite bedtime rituals involves making a fresh cup of hot chocolate (with real dark chocolate, of course). It’ll be even better if you join in. Milk is supposed to help you sleep, right? Right. The chocolate’s just a bonus. A very, very delicious bonus...
He has apps and playlists for calming songs and ambience noises you could listen to together. They help him feel relaxed and safe enough to sleep; hopefully they’ll help you too.
Cuddles are mandatory. He nuzzles you as you curl up with him, gently petting your head with one hand and holding you close with the other. You can feel the faint vibrations of his soul thrumming behind his sternum. He can feel your heart beating steadily in your chest. Soft “love you”s are exchanged as the two of you finally drift off to sleep, a trace of a smile on both your faces.
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