Mitchell "Mitch" Malone (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
andthethrill) wrote2009-10-18 09:17 pm
andthethrill) wrote2009-10-18 09:17 pm
"To sleep is an act of faith."
Mitch could never hope to stay awake as long as J is able to. He tried a few times, back before they knew each other too well -- back when he still didn't trust the blond not to do something to him while he slept -- and failed.
Now, he's back to a similar level of wariness. But he doesn't try, these three months and a lifetime later, to stay up again. Instead, when sleep starts to tug at him, he gets off at the next exit, and checks them in at the cheapest nearby hotel. If J protests the pause in their journey, he promises that they'll get going again first thing in the morning. And he gets ready for bed, and he sleeps.
He told J, when they first met, that he was a light sleeper. Hopefully, he'll be light enough.
Now, he's back to a similar level of wariness. But he doesn't try, these three months and a lifetime later, to stay up again. Instead, when sleep starts to tug at him, he gets off at the next exit, and checks them in at the cheapest nearby hotel. If J protests the pause in their journey, he promises that they'll get going again first thing in the morning. And he gets ready for bed, and he sleeps.
He told J, when they first met, that he was a light sleeper. Hopefully, he'll be light enough.