Sleep Sans Novels & Stories

Sarena took the iPad and checked her work in the office, while drinking warm milk, while sitting on a chair at the kitchen counter. Usually after checking the work and drinking warm milk, she would quickly get sleepy, but this time she had finished checking all the work and even the milk was finished, she still felt restless and not at all sleepy. "Force yourself to sleep," Sarena said to herself. "Don't make it even more troublesome for your boss if you are sick just because you can't sleep." Sarena turned off the iPad and washed the glasses in the sink, then dried her hands, when suddenly the whole room went completely dark.

Then, somehow, his head had found its way onto her chest. The most peaceful sleep of his life. “I didn’t plan anything,” Adrian said curtly. “It just… happened.” “And it worked.” James’s voice turned thoughtful. “You’ve been fighting this insomnia for years. Drugs, therapy, meditation—you name it, we’ve tried it. Nothing’s worked longer than a week. And now, magically, one woman knocks you out like a tranquilizer. You realize how insane that sounds?” Adrian didn’t respond. He stared out at the skyline, his expression unreadable.

Elera Sophia had finally fallen asleep, her head resting gently on the pillow after I finished braiding her hair. The silence in the room was peaceful, but I knew better. Her mind was anything but. Her heartbeat was erratic earlier, her breathing shaky and I could feel her restlessness even in her sleep. I’d been trying to reach Kane for the past few minutes through the mind-link, but it was completely blocked off. I sighed, rising quietly from the edge of the bed.

He said softly, "I want to sleep." Then, he closed his eyes. His breathing began to turn slow. He'd fallen asleep already? Larissa was shocked at how quickly he fell asleep. The country had 300 million young people with sleeping disorders. Ross' ability to fall asleep quickly would've made insomniacs so envious. Larissa changed her posture and piggy-backed Ross instead. She hailed a cab and checked in at a random hotel. Larissa wasn't sure if she sensed things correctly. But she felt like someone had been watching them this entire time.

SERENA I didn’t sleep. I lay on my bed with the light off and my phone face down beside me, staring at the dark ceiling and listening to the apartment breathe. Pipes clicked. The air conditioner kicked on and off. Somewhere downstairs a door slammed, then another, then quiet again. Every sound felt louder than it should have, like my body had decided that rest was a luxury I wasn’t allowed anymore. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the book in Josh’s hands.

Sweet Pea Guun turned off the night light, in an instant the room fell into a dark place, the whole space was still, only two weeks of different breathing rates. Brene Brian's sleep was not good, now he is close to Sweet Pea Guun, all the air is his taste, his heart is excited to bang bang, although his eyes are closed, his spirit is full. exciting. Brene Brian still decided not to sleep tonight, having the opportunity to lie next to Sweet Pea Guun, his life up to this point is an extremely precious memory, of course, he wants to maintain his sanity.

I had returned to my dorm room in one piece. I instantly fell into a slumber as soon as I laid down on my bed. Saiora and Rachel weren't in the dorm when I had gotten back. I set the alarm clock for one hour which was basically nothing. I had school work to do after and I didn't want to sleep too late. The good thing about not having a phone was that I could kind of avoid insomnia. Without my phone, there was nothing else keeping me up other than my thoughts, and well- on a usual night my busy mind would stay rambling for about one hour before I'd get to dose off.

Authors POV Sebastian woke up with the ringing of his phone, he checked the time and it was almost 4pm. he had been asleep for 9 hours. Sebastian never slept more that 5 hours, his body had been used to working hard and being vigilant therefore sleep always came after midnight and he would be awake for 5am for his workout. As maschitis he was never a deep sleeper and the slightest disturbance would awake him. Today he had 30 messages that surely pinged during his sleep yet he remained asleep, he always switched off his phone during sleep as it would often disturb his sleep but today he had forgotten.

If you’re being funded, like fully funded especially at a university like this, you should know you’re supposed to earn it every single day with getting perfect grades, good attendance, good performance, No slipping up and no excuses. Which is why I don’t complain. I just deal with it. Or at least… I used to. Because how exactly am I supposed to stay on top of everything, be sharp, focused, and be on my A-game when I can’t even sleep anymore? Most humans need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to function properly and at this point I don’t even think am getting close enough. I’m used to being tired. Used to dragging myself through the day on caffeine and stubbornness after managing two