awsten's sitting awake at four fifty two am after thrashing awake from a nightmare and watching the reruns of law and order. geoff hasn't gotten a wink of sleep. he's just laying in bed, thinking about how awsten poured his soul out to him like that. he couldn't believe that awsten trusted him like that.

geoff sits up in his bed and cracks his back, which is stiff from laying flat for about two hours. he knows awsten is definitely awake now, and that he could just go talk to him now, but he didn't want to disturb him.

he gets up from his bed and stands in the doorway between his room and the living room. awsten is sitting up, resting his chin in one of his hands, which is propped up on his knee. "can't sleep?" geoff says aloud from the doorway and awsten nearly jumps out of his skin.

"don't do that ever again!" awsten exclaims, laughing as his heart pounds. at this point, geoff is hunched over laughing. "stop laughing at me, you prick!"

"too funny!" he bellows.

"fuck you!" awsten laughs and then goes back to the question, "yeah, can't sleep, nothing new though."

geoff gets back up and walks over to the couch, sitting on the arm of it. "yeah, same. i felt kinda bad for having you sleep out here when you're my guest and i should be keeping an eye on you."

"you don't need to feel bad, it's all okay," awsten tells him, scooting over on the couch and taking one of his hands that's drooping over the sofa.

geoff rubs his index finger over awsten's soft hands. "couldn't sleep knowing you were out here alone."

"don't worry about it, please-"

"would you be weirded out if i asked you to share a bed with me? it'll make me feel better knowing you're more comfortable," geoff blurts out. this was half true. he wanted awsten to be comfortable and not out there alone to face his thoughts, yes, but he also wanted to just make sure that this boy was okay. that he wouldn't hurt himself if he did have a nightmare.

awsten was ecstatic about this idea. he almost blurted out yes immediately. geoff made him feel safe, feel loved, feel proud, confident, protected and everything good. awsten nods and gets off the couch, legs a little weak. geoff gets off the arm of the couch and places his hand on awsten's back, guiding him to his room like he's a little kid. awsten giggles.

geoff gets into bed and awsten follows in suit. the two roll onto their sides to face each other, geoff reaches over and brushes a hair out of awsten's face, causing the boy to blush red. thank god the lights were off and it wasn't light enough outside for him to see his face.

"you sure you're okay here?" geoff asks, holding awsten's hand.

awsten nods and feels his eyes become heavy. he doesn't want fall asleep, but maybe tonight will be different.

hopefully.