[By now she probably knows that he mumbles on and off in his sleep, suffering and sifting through his own set of ghastly nightmares. He's always been a light sleeper, however, and when he feels the light nudge at his shoulder and hears his name cutting through the thick blanket of unconsciousness, Joel's eyes snap open to stare at the wall, dazed.
A few blinks and he twists beneath the blanket, surprised to see her standing there. And then the worry sets in, fast, all the scenarios running through his head that something's gone wrong. Tess is gone. Tess in danger and she needs their help. Something's caught on fire. They're under attack. Ellie's in...]
Ellie?
[Almost- just almost- Joel goes to turn his arm to look at his watch to check the time. Oh right. Christ. A hand scrubs down his face instead.]
What is it? What's wrong?
[He's turned to face her now, about to push back the covers to slide out of bed.
Somehow he is not surprised in the very least to see that she's up at this ungodly hour.]
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A few blinks and he twists beneath the blanket, surprised to see her standing there. And then the worry sets in, fast, all the scenarios running through his head that something's gone wrong. Tess is gone. Tess in danger and she needs their help. Something's caught on fire. They're under attack. Ellie's in...]
Ellie?
[Almost- just almost- Joel goes to turn his arm to look at his watch to check the time. Oh right. Christ. A hand scrubs down his face instead.]
What is it? What's wrong?
[He's turned to face her now, about to push back the covers to slide out of bed.
Somehow he is not surprised in the very least to see that she's up at this ungodly hour.]