Who: Hypnos & Thanatos What: Toast is coming over before his brother starts bouncing off walls When: Saturday afternoonish Where: Hypnos' place Warnings: Adorableness and a hyper Hypnos?
OK, in hindsight, maybe six lattes was a bit excessive. But they were just so good, and he couldn't help it that he had a crippling caffeine addiction. And he was going to bring Thanatos over to the side of truth, justice, and caffeine yet.
Or something. It was getting a little harder for him to string thoughts together, he kept jumping from thing to thing, shifting his focus after about five seconds. OK, maybe Thanatos was sort of right. Only a little. But it wasn't like he could die of caffeine poisoning, or anything.
a_gentle_death 2011-11-26 06:27 am (local) (link) Hypnos couldn't die, no, but he could work himself into an over-active state and then not monitor himself. Which, inevitably, led to a crash. Usually before Thanatos had spend most of his days chasing after a very hyperactive Sleep-god.
So he appeared in Hypnos' living room, after telling Lyra where he'd be so she wouldn't worry and sighed. "This is why we agreed to monitor your coffee intake. We've had this argument." He extended his hand. "Now give me the ones you haven't drank. Yet." (Reply to this)(Thread)
bringerofsleep 2011-11-26 06:30 am (local) (link) "HI HI THANATOS HI!" Hypnos trilled, throwing himself at his brother and pulling him into a hug. He pulled his twin into the kitchen. "Here, you have to try this, it's amazing, I swear there's crack in these things. OK, maybe not literally, but they're addicting as all hell." (Reply to this)(Parent) (Thread)
a_gentle_death 2011-11-26 06:34 am (local) (link) Well that answered that question. He smiled at the rather energetic hug and let Hypnos drag him into the kitchen. "Hypnos you know I do not like coffee. It is too bitter to me" He wriggled out of his brothers grasp and went to take the cups. "Best to put these aside. Now I will sit on you if you try and leave. I'm sure half of your neighbors are already wondering why they are suddenly stricken with insomnia." (Reply to this)(Parent) (Thread)
bringerofsleep 2011-11-26 06:53 am (local) (link) "No, but this is really good!" Hypnos insisted. "It tastes like cinnamon and other yummy things."
OK, now he was just being mean, so this clearly called for pouting. "You are absolutely no fun," he protested. "I haven't been that bad, most of them are still sleeping. Except for the guy across the hall, because he's an asshole who's always yelling at his cat." (Reply to this)(Parent) (Thread)
a_gentle_death 2011-11-26 04:08 pm (local) (link) He gathered the cups and put them in the fridge, "I still won't like it Hypnos. I haven't like any coffee so far. This will be no different." They didn't always agree on everything. Coffee was one of them. Thanatos preferred tea.
"So I hear." He glanced to his brother, "I am sorry Hypnos. Last time you kept quite a few awake and then ended up crashing too soon and too hard. You told me to make sure you wouldn't drink that much coffee again. I am only keeping a promise. Tell you what, we'll watch whatever thing on television you like and I won't say anything." (Reply to this)(Parent) (Thread)
bringerofsleep 2011-11-26 11:10 pm (local) (link) "Oh fine," Hypnos sighed. "Spoilsport. You won't try it and you're taking mine away. Hmph."
He sobered up a little. He was generally an irreverent and fun-loving god, but he took a few things pretty seriously, and one of them was his duty. "Maybe you have a point," he said quietly. "Last time I did that, you were really haggard when I woke up, like you'd been sitting there for days." He slumped in his chair, peering up at Thanatos from under his hair. "Let's watch cartoons, yeah?"