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Actor Mark

He doesn't sleep very soundly due to the entities in the manor. While their influence over him outside of the Upside-Down is limited, they can still find him in his sleep. So, he often suffers from pretty bad night terrors. Due to this, he has become a night owl of sorts, putting off sleeping for a while. If you asked him to come to bed to cuddle to sleep or something, however, he'd be there in an instant. He's never turning down that offer. Just don't be upset if you wake up to getting smacked because he's started flailing in his sleep.

Another thing he does, albeit not that often, is sleepwalking. He is only somewhat aware of this, though. It barely ever happened before moving into the manor, then once he did move, it has started happening more and more due to the stress from the entities and Celine leaving. The most helpful usually does is opening his eyes, sitting up, and maybe getting out of bed to lie down on the floor next to it. He used to believe he just fell out of bed either by his partner at the time kicking him out or because he moved t much in his sleep since he never went far, even when you told him that you saw him get up. There was that one time when he managed to get downstairs and lie back down on the couch, though... That shut him up real quick and made him panic. Don't tell anybody he does this please. He's scared that the papers will make wild stories about it-

Overall, though? He's going to wrap his arms around you and fall asleep. Even if he's climbing into bed at 1 in the morning and you're already asleep, he's going to tuck himself in and latch onto you like a lifeline. He almost always wakes up after you, or at the same time as you if Benjamin wakes you both up for breakfast that morning.

Darkiplier

You... can't actually tell if he sleeps or not? Maybe it depends on who is most in control of the body at that moment in time, because sometimes he'll lie down next to you while you're falling asleep, like he's going to sleep alongside you, then sometimes he'll say he doesn't need to. As much as you'd like to ask what the situation actually is, you don't want to seem too invasive of their privacy. Not that the entity would really care, but you still want to respect Celine and Damien.

The entity, of course, doesn't really need to sleep. So, the choice on whether or not to "sleep" is based entirely on what Celine or Damien wants to do. Celine prefers to stay awake, trying to protect you from whoever might bother you. Especially Mark. When Damien is put in charge, however, he prefers to sleep alongside you to give you some semblance of "normalcy" in the relationship. He understands that you love them while knowing that they aren't exactly human, but that doesn't mean some of the things they do won't make you unnerved or feel like you're missing out on basic human experiences (like falling asleep next to someone you love).

This conflict often results in the compromise of Dark simply... lying down next to you until you fall asleep, pretending to sleep, but actually staying awake to keep an eye on you. On the rare times he actually does fall asleep, he's as still as stone and almost always has an arm wrapped around you.

Head Engineer

(Not me stabbing myself in the feels choosing this GIF, but it kinda fits-)

He does one of two things: Stays up for three days straight because he just can't sleep, or when he does fall asleep, he talks in his sleep. Both of these you probably didn't notice until getting to the new planet, simply because the cryo chambers force your body to sleep and be completely still with chemicals. The only hint you might get from him before actually witnessing it, yourself, is him jokingly saying "I haven't slept that well in years! 😄" as he steps out of his cryo station. It's not even that he stays up because he can't sleep, either. He'll climb into bed and try sleeping, but he just can't fall asleep, so he'll lie in bed and pretend to sleep for like... Two hours, before getting back up to work because he's bored.

Whenever he talks in his sleep, it's mostly just mumbles. There are the rare few times when you can make something out, like random names or lists, but it usually isn't anything interesting. It doesn't even last that long when he sleeps talks, either. There was one time when you caught him saying your name, though, and you lovingly teased him about it for weeks.

Even if he can't fall asleep, he does like lying in bed with you to help you fall asleep. If you need him to give you some space? He'll do that. Do you need some cuddles to relax? He'll be happy to provide! Just don't be too disappointed if you wake up to him still awake in bed, or out of bed and working on something. You didn't keep him up at all. It's just how he is... to be honest he probably needs a sleep medication, but that will take a while to be shipped in from a different planet to the colony. Maybe he can try listening to some of that ASMR stuff he hears some of the colonists rambling about?

Yancy

He falls asleep easily, but is a light sleeper. He's knocked out the second his head touches his pillow, but if so much as a mouse scuttles by, he's wide awake. As much as prison is absolutely wonderful in Yancy's opinion, with people willing to stab a guy just to stay inside? You learn to sleep with one eye open... or in Yancy's case, learn to wake up at the slightest disturbance. This can cause some problems if you move around a lot in your sleep, or if you tend to go to sleep later than he does.

Once Yancy is out on parole, he does find a few things to help him. For one: ear plugs. That helps with keeping out some noises that'd usually wake him up. He also really likes white noise machines, too. It's like replacing all the annoying noises that keeps him up with ones that he likes and relaxes him.

He might wake up from time to time if he sleeps next to someone who moves around a lot, but that doesn't really bother him, so long as it's you. He'll wake up, get to check on if you're still sleeping alright, then pass back out. If you aren't, he might stay up a bit to see if you're going to wake up on your own. He's heard it's bad to wake someone having a nightmare, so if you don't wake up on your own, he'll go back to sleep until you wake him up.

Murdock

Your chances of actually having a peaceful sleep in the same house as him, much less the same bed as him, are 50/50. This is entirely because he sometimes forgoes sleep in favor of murdering somebody. So, you sometimes are woken up by the sounds of agonized screaming and maniacal laughter at 3 in the morning. However, whenever he actually decides to sleep at the same time as you? It is, surprisingly, extremely peaceful.

He sleeps like a baby, despite all his crimes. On the rare occasion he'll have a nightmare, but even then they don't wake him up or bother him that much. He'll just wrap his arms around you or let you wrap your arms around him, then passes out for the night. He might even nuzzle his face into your neck or shoulder if he's feeling especially tired and relaxed.

Even if you don't wake up on the nights he stays awake, it's still a bit easy to tell when he decides to stay up. He usually wakes up around 7 in the morning when he goes to bed at his regular time. Yet, when he decides to murder instead of sleep, that just means he goes to sleep at a later time, which means he wakes up later the next day. You've learned that if he sleeps in until the afternoon, that's a day that you probably shouldn't check the basement.

Wilford

He can only sleep if he has some sort of pressure on him. Like a weighted blanket, or being wrapped tightly in his blankets, or if you drape yourself over him. Anything along those lines, really! If he doesn't have that? He's tossing and turning all night, unable to relax. This also comes with the caveat that he will fall asleep really quickly if you give him a weighted blanket or decide to wrap him up in a blanket burrito, no matter the time of day. So if you want to cuddle in a blanket burrito together and not have a mid-day nap, it might be best to save it as a night time treat.

Outside of that, he has extremely wild and vivid dreams. Every dream of his is like a fever dream. So, whenever he has a dream that is frightening, or hits an emotional cord in the wrong way, he'll wake up confused and fearful. So, he would appreciate it if you don't get frustrated if he wakes you up on the rare occasion that this happens. Don't be surprised if you wake up to him asking what year it is, or something along those lines.

He also loves white noise when he sleeps. He's never exactly known the term for it, though. He just describes it as "Honey, I need the fan, again." and you understand that he wants you to turn on the fan to help him sleep.

Damien

Damien has a messed up, delayed sleep schedule. If it weren't for the fact that being the mayor requires him to be up very early in the morning, he'd be sleeping in until the afternoon. Even then, he only really falls asleep at like... 1 in the morning, despite getting into bed at 9 PM. This results in him only really getting restful sleep on his few days off, when he can sleep in, with him running off of around 5 hours of actual sleep every other day. Which is hard to tell, since he somehow acts wide awake and rested during work days... You assume he takes naps, but you've never caught him taking one.

This doesn't mean that he's not going to try, though, or that he's not going to be in bed when you're in bed. As I said, he still gets into bed at a regular time. He'll be laying beside you, holding you in his arms, with his eyes shut as he tries to sleep. He does find that, even if it doesn't lull him to sleep completely, he finds you humming to be extremely relaxing. It makes the process of actually falling asleep a bit easier.

On his days where he gets to sleep in, he won't mind if you wake up before him. In fact, he'd much rather wake up to an empty bed, since he doesn't want you to put off your day for him, or for you to wake him up when he finally gets to sleep for a longer amount of time. The only thing he might ask for is for brunch... Since he wakes up so late, he misses breakfast, but he still really wants pancakes when he wakes up-

God of Night

He's just downright nocturnal. In the literal sense, too, where he sleeps during the day and is awake at night. The night is his job, after all, so it's somewhat natural that he's awake for the entirety of it. Gods still need to sleep, even if they need less than humans do on a daily/nightly basis. This does, however, cause obvious problems for you if you're a human... Your sleep schedules are the exact opposite. This is something that probably bothers Night more than it bothers you. His relationship with Day was strained, even before his betrayal, and one of the problems was simply how little they saw each other due to this exact reason. Day awoke and worked during the day, he awoke and worked during the night. They didn't see each other as often as they would've liked.

So, Night tries to stay awake to see you. After all, gods only need about half the sleep you humans do. He should be fine! No need to even tell you about it. Next thing you know, a few weeks go by of him slowly growing sleep deprived, before he finally passes out on your living room floor. Once he gets back up, there's a high chance he might try to do it again if you don't convince him that you don't mind him needing to sleep during the day quick enough. Yet, once you manage to get through to him, he's willing to go back to his usual schedule...

On one condition: you need to be there when he falls asleep. It helps him feel like he's still spending time with you, even when asleep. He might even place his head in your lap and ask for you to run your hand through his hair as he falls asleep. In turn, he'll make sure to do the same for you when you fall asleep at night.

Simon

Simon mostly has a difficult time sleeping because the beds in this resource dwindling universe? They are terrible. On Eden they sucked, and while imprisoned by the C.O.I they definitely sucked. He's very particular about the surfaces he sleeps on, and every mattress he's ever had the chance to sleep on was either too rough, too hard, or basically not even a mattress due to being so thin. Simon would much, much prefer a soft, springy mattress.

When it comes to any sleep behaviors, he's extremely still and quiet when he sleeps. It's almost to the point where you want to check if he died, but you can faintly hear him breathing, so you know he's okay. This also means that whatever position he fell asleep in is the one he's going to stay in the whole night, unless you move him.

You stare at the wall in front of yourself, sat upright at the foot of your bed, simply staring. You're tired, yet every time you try laying down to sleep thoughts would flood your head and leave you awake, so why even try to sleep in the first place?

Your eyes feel heavy and you struggle to open them again when you blink, but even if you let them stay closed you'd never sleep, left in the darkness with your thoughts. It was better to stay up, at least then your mind would slow down with the thoughts.

Some quiet would be nice.

A small, calming feeling passed over you as the bed dips behind you. A hand rests on your back, the thumb rubbing up and down across the bottom of your neck in what you believe to be a comforting manner.

Weird, you don't remember anyone else being home.

"Why must you humans torture yourself like this?" A whisper of a voice mutters behind you. It's deep, and should probably be intimidating, yet all you feel is warmth and comfort.

There's no response from you, not a verbal one at least, as your head droops down to look at your hands resting in your lap rather than the wall. It's almost dizzying, the motion from the switch from staring at nothing to something. The hand on your back ceases its motion of the thumb, allowing it to rest on your shoulder instead. The grip is firm, keeping you grounded.

"You can't continue like this, even I know that."

A hand reaches from behind you, resting on top of one of your hands. In this position you can feel their chest and clothes press against your back and side, they're so warm.

"Come, let me help you." Their hand grabs yours, yet they don't do anything. As if waiting for you to say yes. So you do.

"Okay." Comes out in a quiet whisper, barely audible to even yourself, yet the person behind you hears.

Their hand in your shoulder leaves, running down your back before detaching itself from you. The contact isn't lost, as they get up from the bed and raise your hand in theirs. Now they're by your side and they switch their hand that's holding yours. Then they're tugging you up gently.

It doesn't take much to get you to stand up, suddenly feeling less tired, willingly letting them pull your hand, and therefore your body, away from your bed and out of your bedroom. Where they're taking you doesn't matter, you can't bring yourself to worry.

Rather, you raise your head and observe the person in front of you. They have a strong build, and you assume they're a man from both the build and his voice. The suit he wears is dark. His hands are soft, almost like they were made of satin.

You bump into his arm, not realizing he had stopped. You're in front of your bathroom now. He opens the door, and steps inside, flickering the light on as he does so and then leads you in. The light is bright, and you have to cover your eyes with your free arm, like a kid outside during summer.

He lets go of your hand, and when you lower your arm to look back at what he's doing now, you find yourself alone. Strange, maybe the lack of sleep has finally gotten to you. Maybe your brain made someone up to get you off the bed, out of your room, to take the pills that are suddenly in your hand.

A glass of water sits on the counter, and you take a moment to sit on the toilet seat and stare at the pills in your hand. They're all there, the ones your doctor prescribed you ages ago. Ones that were supposed to help, yet for some reason you never took them. With little thought, you toss your head back and throw them into your mouth, quickly taking the glass of water and chugging it down.

The water hydrates your parched throat, the burn washing down with the pills. They taste awful, but what medication does? Other than gummies, of course.

Glass now empty, you set it back down on the counter, using your arm to lay your head somewhat comfortably on the counter as well. You just needed a moment, some time to try and relax.

"You would relax more in bed." The voice mutters in your ear, but when you look up and around, no one is there. The mind is an awful trickster.

Agreeing with the voice in your head, you push yourself up with the help of the counter and make your way back. The bathroom light turns off as you leave it, but you don't think you reached for the switch at all.

The walk to your room is slow, your feet drag and your body feels heavy, yet you manage. You shut the door behind you, resting your forehead on the cold wood for a moment before turning around and making your way to bed.

By now you can feel the meds start to sink in, and just as your head hits your pillows your eyes get heavier than they have all night. Turning to lay on your side, you can barely make out the person again as they sand at your bedside.

"Rest, you certainly need it." He whispers. His arms come down to pull your blankets up around you, and then his hand rests on your cheek. His thumb brushes up and down your cheekbone, the comforting action lulling your eyes closed.

"I'll be back, when you need me most." Cold lips press against your forehead, yet they bring nothing but comfort and relief.