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[alwaysroomforhope]

The thing about working the graveyard shift Steph likes the most is that she gets to see the sun rise. It's not as lovely a sunrise as Gotham produces -- the air here is too clean, not enough pollution for light to refract from -- but it's still pretty awesome.

And then she gets to sleep all day.

There's really no downside.

However, today she's really tired for once; Mel's still downstairs, so she's signed off early and she's dragging her feet towards her suite at only two o'clock. It's been a long shift and a longer week, and she still can't quite shake the weird dreams. Not that she doesn't appreciate the change -- weird dreams are quite nice in comparison with the usual nightmares -- but they're weird, and knowing there's a reason doesn't make it any less so.

She shuts the door quietly, even though Tim's not here at the moment, and trudges towards the bedroom, already peeling off her shirt and boots.

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[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

"It's his own fault for staying out so late," Goldy states remorselessly.

Fingers subtly tighten around the edge of her pillowcase, just in case there's thievery afoot.

"Speaking of which, is there any chance of you shutting the fuck up so we can actually get some sleep?"

[alwaysroomforhope]

"Hey, I'm not the one making all the noise." Steph kicks half-heartedly. "You could be sleeping now 'f you were in your own room."

[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

"Fine. I'm shutting up."

She flips onto her front and mindlessly drops her arm over Steph's hip.

"Good night."

[alwaysroomforhope]

"Whatever." Steph makes the obligatory attempt at a shove, but there's an absolute minimum of effort involved.

"G'night."

[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

As silence pervades, the Fable lets out a contented sigh, allowing herself to drift towards the gentle caresses of sleep.

If Steph has any discomforting dreams, they can easily be discovered by verbal questioning in the morning. Monitoring her friend's sleep is not the reason for her presence at all, as much as she will claim it to be. The truth is that she's found herself lacking in all-night bed partners since she broke up with Miho, and a little lonely as a result. Sometimes a girl just needs a bit of company while she sleeps, no matter how independent she is.

Steph is top quality company.