[Klaus had been asleep for hours before this, and now he's lying still thinking about a lot of things - trying to figure out what he's going to do about the drugs in his bag, how to make sure Ben keeps eating and drinking and sleeping, how to make sure he can be the most reliable person he can be when 'reliable' is not something that's really in his bag of tricks. But if anyone could make him try to be, it would be Ben.
He's relaxed, dozing but not asleep as he feels Ben slowly go boneless, hears his breath evening out into sleep breathing. Klaus is about to relax and let himself fall asleep when he feels the tension start draining back into Ben's body, feels his muscles go tight, his shoulders square, his breath shallow and fast and Klaus is about to ask what's wrong when Ben talks.
It's like someone dumped a bucket of ice water over Klaus' head, and he exhales shakily, brows furrowing.
'What if I don't wake up?'
Klaus actually feels his throat choke up, he pushes up on an elbow and scoots in closer to Ben, pressing his body in against Ben's back, burying his face into the back of his neck. He's trembling, a little, but then he makes a noise in his throat, shakes his head.]
You're going to wake up, Ben. Seriously. You are. I'm gonna have a nightmare in about an hour and wake you up and you're gonna be so mad at me because I disturbed your first night of sleep in fourteen years, and then you're going to go back to sleep. And wake up in the morning. And I will find a way to make some goddamn waffles for you here. Okay?
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He's relaxed, dozing but not asleep as he feels Ben slowly go boneless, hears his breath evening out into sleep breathing. Klaus is about to relax and let himself fall asleep when he feels the tension start draining back into Ben's body, feels his muscles go tight, his shoulders square, his breath shallow and fast and Klaus is about to ask what's wrong when Ben talks.
It's like someone dumped a bucket of ice water over Klaus' head, and he exhales shakily, brows furrowing.
'What if I don't wake up?'
Klaus actually feels his throat choke up, he pushes up on an elbow and scoots in closer to Ben, pressing his body in against Ben's back, burying his face into the back of his neck. He's trembling, a little, but then he makes a noise in his throat, shakes his head.]
You're going to wake up, Ben. Seriously. You are. I'm gonna have a nightmare in about an hour and wake you up and you're gonna be so mad at me because I disturbed your first night of sleep in fourteen years, and then you're going to go back to sleep. And wake up in the morning. And I will find a way to make some goddamn waffles for you here. Okay?