‘they say if you can’t sleep, it’s because you’re awake in someone else’s dream’ AU where this is scientifically proven to be true
Steve has terrible insomnia after Bucky falls, only getting brief amounts of sleep. He doesn’t realise it’s because, amongst being found and operated on, Bucky’s fevered dreams are of Steve coming to save him
And there are times when Hydra can’t get the Winter Soldier to sleep: they’ll put him in cryo, but he’ll be awake and aware, because Steve’s frozen mind still dreams of him, and the life they could have had, even as he’s buried in Arctic ice
Steve’s insomnia is only occasional, after he’s thawed out – that’s because the Winter Soldier only sometimes remembers him, occasionally dreaming of his laugh, or his smile, or his eyes, but not remembering him completely
The sleeplessness comes back at full force, though, once Bucky’s broken free: they dream of one another all the time, troubled by the fact they’re apart, both lying awake on alternate nights as the other dreams of them – until finally, after decades, they don’t sleep apart anymore
for Maria
“We need to talk about John,” Mycroft said to his brother. “I love him Mycroft,” Sherlock replies, “I love John more than bees, more than bees Mycroft.” “Then why didn’t you tell him before he got married?” Mycroft says irritated. “Because he doesn’t love me,” Sherlock tells him. “Sherlock, that man couldn’t step foot in 221b after you died and he forgave you less than a day after you came back, if that isn’t love I don’t know what is,” Mycroft tells him. “Then why did he marry her?!”
*squeak* T~T ♥
