when you wake up

at some point, you closed your eyes.

it could've been ten minutes or ten years ago. hard to tell with that post-sleep fuzz still crowding your brain.

now you're awake. have a look around.

how to play

• comment with your character, preferences, and any useful details.
• roll, pick, or let your tagger choose what they wake up to.
• take either side of the scene.
• thread.

prompts

1. bedside — somebody is sitting beside your bed, waiting.
2. your lap — your head is in somebody's lap.
3. your shoulder — you wake leaning against them.
4. holding hands — your hand is already in theirs.
5. in their arms — this is not where you remember falling asleep.
6. still here — the person you expected to leave stayed.
7. a stranger's face — somebody you've never seen before is sitting beside you.
8. you? — of all people, they're sitting there.
9. you're crying — they're wiping their face when your eyes open.
10. you look awful — they clearly haven't slept while keeping watch.
11. don't move — you barely make it upright before somebody stops you.
12. start explaining — they're already halfway through an explanation by the time you're properly awake.
13. wrong bed — this isn't where you went to sleep.
14. the locked door — now that you're awake, you can't leave.
15. what happened? — you don't remember getting here.
16. how long? — nobody answers right away.
17. you said my name — they heard more than you meant to tell them.
18. nightmare — you wake with somebody already reaching for you.
19. first morning — somebody is asleep beside you.
20. i'm supposed to be dead — the look on their face says you shouldn't be awake.
21. you look older — the person you remember didn't look like this.
22. the date — it cannot possibly be right.
23. about time — they've been waiting for you to open your eyes.
24. go back to sleep — they don't want you awake yet.
25. wildcard — wake up to something else.