This wasn't the blissful deep sleep Iosef had expected it to be. He thought maybe sleeping would clear his head a little, leave him rested and ready to deal with things...but all these weird senseless dreams that seemed to connect with each other at some point weren't helping at all.
What did help - at least for the two seconds it took for his brain to warn him that there was something odd in all that - was feeling someone's arm wrapping around his middle. Iosef made a moan of comfort and grabbed whoever's arm...But then he woke up for real. And when he did, he turned around abruptly to face whoever had been holding him, with a mix of tiredness and fright.
"What the..."He recognized her at once. "Phoenix?" A smile began to form on his lips. Now he almost wished he hadn't woken up.