#what is it with me and overworked losers oof

[vcepsis]

Currently going insane over the phrase "down for the count".

A character who is notorious for not sleeping enough. Maybe they're the team leader who insists everyone else sleeps first. Maybe they always take the night watch after being awake all day. Maybe they simply can't sleep, whatever trauma buried in their brain too loud to silence.

Either way, it's well known they only get maybe a few hours a night if they're lucky, and it's bound to catch up to them.

Soon enough, they're finally forced to slow down - due to an injury, illness, or simply collapsing from exhaustion.

The caretaker watches over them as they make up for what is sure to be an incredible sleep deficit. And eventually, their breathing completely evens out, sleeping deeply for the first time in who knows how long.

"They're completely down for the count."

(Bonus points for the caretaker who is just so relieved that the whumpee is finally, finally sleeping. They've watched the whumpee work themselves into the ground for far too long - they deserve some actual rest.)

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Support C

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Chrom: Leia, that was amazing. Sonia has trained you well, eh?

Leia: Yep! All from how to put the saddle to how to kick ass…–o-oh, uh, apologies? for my bad language your highness….

Chrom:…

Leia:…U-um…A-are you mad….at me…?

Chrom:….Your highness….?

Leia: Oh!…that’s..I mean…I cannot possibly call you Chrom on camp.

Chrom: Yes, you can. Everyone does. You are not an exception, Leia. We’ve known each other since we were kids. Plus, let me be honest, it does not suit you to be this….polite.

Leia: Hey! What do you mean I cannot be polite! Hmph!

Chrom: E-er, no, I did not mean it…like that…uugh….

Leia:…pfft haha! I know, I know. You always said weird things when you meat something else, Chrom-niichan~

Chrom: Heh, still sorry for that. Though, thank you for joining us.

Leia: No problem! It is my dream after all~

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Support B

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Leia: Haaa!!! oof–

Chrom: *grunts* Ha!…

*weapon clashing sounds*

Leia: !….oww….again?

Chrom:…*pants* M-my…god…you are even stronger than…beh..before..

Leia: Stronger but I keep losing to you….

Chrom:…are you….sure about this….? Last I remember it is my royal butt which has been kicked plenty of time by now.

Leia: *giggles* Aw, niichan, don’t be a sore loser~

Chrom: I don’t even know if we are talking about the same thing…but really, you have improved.

Leia: Hehe~ I have a good control over my power now. Promise, no more slaps that send you ten feet away.

Chrom: *shivers* Y-yeah…that is reassuring…

Leia: My mother taught me how to control it better. I had to learn if I wanted to join the Pegasus knight squad!

Chrom: It is your dream to become one of my sister’s guard, right?

Leia: Yes! I want to carry my mother’s legacy.

Chrom: Captain Sonia…

Leia: Yeah…everyone knows my mother and I am really proud of her. She left the squad to create our family and I am grateful for that. But at times I wonder if she wanted to continue being a knight and because of me, she quit…

Chrom: Hold your tongue, Leia.

Leia: ??

Chrom: Sonia made her choice and it is disrespecting to question it now.

Leia: I…I didn’t mean it…

Chrom: I know but she chose that life because she believed she can give more to Ylisse that way. And..honestly, who wouldn’t want to have a family, it is her right.

Leia: …

Chrom: I was saddened when she left because she was a good captain and sparring partner but I was happy for her because she had you.

Leia: You were ..happy?

Chrom: Haha, yes. You should have seen her face when she brought you to the castle for the first time….it was…brighter than ever. You are her treasure, her true legacy.

Leia:….

Chrom: So…ready for the uh…I-don’t-know-what-number-is-this round?

Leia: READY!

Chrom: oh god….Give me your worse!! …but let me stay alive

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Support A

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Leia: Chrom niichan~

Chrom: Hm? Yes, Leia?

Leia: I remembered something back when we were kids…

Chrom: Yes?

Leia:..How did you know where I would hide when I used to cry? You always found me and brought me home. *gasps* Chrom niichan, are you psychic!?

Chrom: To my latest information, no. But I might be? Haha.

Leia: I knew it! *giggles*

Chrom: Well, you and Lissa are much alike. You’d do anything to make other people happy, even get in trouble while doing it. You two also cry when no one is looking. You try to pick places where no one can see or hear you and these places are limited in the castle so it is, honestly, trial and error until I find you.

Leia:…oh.

Chrom: So yeah, that’s my secret.

Leia: *giggles*

Chrom:…Okay?

Leia: Lissa and Emmeryn are lucky to have you as their brother~

Chrom: Heh, thank you, but it is the way around. If it weren’t for them I…I don’t think I will be the same person (maybe become more like him….)

Leia: Niichan…?

Chrom: Hm? Ah, anyway, anything else?

Leia: Nope~

Chrom: *pats her head* Then I have to go back to the strategy tent. Seeya.

Leia: Don’t overwork yourself!..

Leia: …. He looked sad for a second…

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S Support

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Chrom: …

Leia: *claps his back* Aniki~

Chrom: Whoa!…L-Leia…

Leia: Hehe~ I scared ya!

Chrom:….

Leia: uhh…um. heh, sorry.

Chrom: *sigh* No, it is alright. I was just spacing out..

Leia: Anything I can help?

Chrom: No.

Chrom:…maybe. I…don’t know.

Leia:…Is it a yes or no?

Chrom: …..Leia,….

Leia: Yes?

Chrom: Do you think I can create a family of my own like Sonia did…?

Leia:…Of course! You are will be a great father, aniki!

Chrom:….

Leia: e-eh, why are you…giving me that look?

Chrom: …Aniki….I see…

Leia: whoa see what? You are losing me here.

Chrom:…What do you think of me…as a husband?

Leia: w-wha…M-me? H-husband..?? Ahahahaha….haa…you are serious? 

Leia: Um…erm, as I uh said, you will be a great father so surely a great husband. Back in the village when you visted us last time, every girl was staring at you.

Chrom:….

Leia:…

Chrom: And you?

Leia: !….O-of course, I mean…who wouldn’t?

Leia: B-beside, these damned councilmen that keep harassing you, someday I will shove some pegasus dung in their faces for that.

Leia: My mother told me that when you of age, you have to marry and have your own heir. It is..unfair to be forced like that.

Chrom:…

Leia: But! I hope you find someone who will be good to you, Aniki.

Chrom: …!

Chrom: I might have.

Leia: Huh?

Chrom: I won’t forget what you already did to these councilmen in that water tunnel incident. 

Leia: They had it coming! Who would know about land problems more than a farmer, certainly not a buffoon in a silk dress? 

Chrom: Leia.

Leia: Y-yes?

Chrom: Be honest with me.

Leia: I am always honest!

Chrom: Heh, I know. Leia, do you see me as a man?

Leia:…A man?

Chrom: I know we grew up seeing each other as siblings but…Since the last year, you grew up in me as uhm, a woman.

Leia: Woh…*blushes* I…don’t understand what you…

Chrom: I will be straight to the point. Leia, would you marry me?

Leia: M…M..Marry…..you? *blushes*

Chrom: I thought about the woman who will be my partner for years to come and..I cannot find a better partner than you. 

Leia: A-Aniki!

Chrom: Let me finish then you can tell me what do you think.

Leia:…

Chrom: I know you will be worried about your lineage affecting this but it never bothered me.

Chrom: It will be my honor to have you as my wife.

Chrom: You are strong and kind. You know what the people suffer from, you are close to them than anyone I could think of. You are from the people. 

Chrom: Being from the people you will surely be the queen they need. You understand them.

Chrom: So, I will ask again, Leia, will you do me the honor of being my wife, my queen my partner in this life?

Leia: *sniffles* I..

Chrom: G-gods, are you crying!?

Leia: I…promised to not cry..in…f-front of anyone but…*sniffles* You…You always were there when I needed you….

Chrom: I will be. Because…I love you.

Leia:!….Y-you….do?

Chrom: Yes. Naga is my witness, I love you, Leia. I ..thought my love for you was the same way I loved my little sister but it was more than that.

Leia:…

Chrom: Leia..?

Leia: B-boy, Mom will be one strict mother-in-law you know?

Chrom: Tell me about it—wait, mother-in-law? Is that…a yes?

Leia: *giggles* But hey, my father might be the softest of us but you don’t want to mess with him either.

Chrom: …

Leia: Yes! I will marry you A–,no….Chrom~

Chrom: you know, I am having a second thought now.

Leia: You said something?

Chrom: N-no, ma`am!