Could I request headcannons for undertaker and grell dealing with when their s/o can’t sleep?
You are most likely going to be sleep deprived buddies then. Undertaker’s sleeping shedule is as doubtful as his moral backbone, so he may not be very helpful when it comes to being insomniac. Still, he will do his best, knowing that a proper rest is important for your well being.
He will look for some old, dusted books to find an answer on what could make you feel sleepy. His first idea will be to bore you to the point when you will fall asleep but he can’t keep straight face for too long when he is looking at you, so that might be a problem. He will go for something more traditional then, like herbs.
Undertaker will prepare you a nice brew of lavender, chamomile, melissa and hop’s leaves, hoping that it should calm you down. He knows how annoying it can be when you can’t sleep and so you may be getting more and more angry which surely won’t help you, that is why he will focus on keeping you peaceful.
If the tea won’t be a success, he will try more alternative methods, making half of them up as he speaks, since he knows the power of placebo. No matter if he will tell you to stand on your head or drink water in exactly three gulps while looking at the picture of a cat or clean up the mess from his desk (it was getting dirty and an exhaustion should make you feel sleepy!), you may want to try it all. At least one of those ways should work, right?
In the end, he will be just as tired as you from all the thinking and doing all those goofy stuff around. You may have so much fun that the morning will begin, his ideas will truly be ridiculous, after all, and will surely make you laugh many times. He will lie down next to you, cuddle you in the sheets and rest his cheek on your head, hoping that keeping you warm will finally bring some satisfying results.
Little did he know, that his safe embrace can be more soothing than even the most recommended methods of falling asleep.
She will be prepared! At least 8 hours of sleep is recommended to have a healthy skin and Grell takes those instructions very seriously so whenever she can not fall asleep herself, she knows exactly what to do.
You may feel like in an army, first getting an order to go to the kitchen where she will make you a cup of warm milk or cocoa or white tea—the kind without too much theine.
Then, she will tell you to try to lie down and think about something positive or happy, something to make you smile. She may not realize that her constant babbling won’t be very helpful but she will be so nervous to help you that it will be hard to interrupt her. She will want only the best for you, even if it means that she will have to ruin her sleep for beauty to help you and that is a sacrifice.
If that won’t help, she will have at least few different methods in the sleeve. She will offer you to try some easy yoga exercises to calm the mind and loosen the muscles. Once again, she will be prepared, bringing the mat and scented oils to create the atmosphere. Soothing music or white sounds are also included. Grell will calmly instruct you what to do and will point out every mistake, rolling her eyes from time to time if you won’t be able to manage some figures. In the end, you may be even more annoyed than before but you will also be tired and sweaty.
Shower time! Warm water is supposed to relax the muscles, too, so she will offer to join you and give you an additional massage.
More scented oils and candles.
Her last tactics will include exercises for peaceful, rhythmical breathing and relaxing your mind with either music, speaking or silence—whichever you prefer. It will be hard to tell whether any of her ways truly work because in the end you will be simply so tired that you will drift to sleep in an instant. Not forgetting the suggestion about some night jogging to make you exhausted.