The Arcana Headcanons | SFW & platonic | Mostly Courtiers

MC who has insomnia/nightmares (courtiers)

i've been writing a rather long fic for two nights already, i'll put a link somewhere here when i post it on ao3!!^^thanks for reading my hcs💗

[TW: mentions of nightmares, i guess]

Volta🤍
• when you can't sleep, you go late night snacking with her >:D
• it is nice, but it doesn't seem to help. you are still sleepy all day and awake all night, and she is worried about you so much
• tries to sing you lullabies, even though she can't sing very well
• if you ever need anything in the middle of a night, she brings it! water, blankets, books, whatever you ask for!!
• she loses her sleep over you, stays awake when you are
• if you are okay with it, she also cuddles with you to make you feel warm
• nightmares? she is just as scared, if you cry, she cries with you, if you need to talk about it, she's here to listen.
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Vulgora❤️‍🔥
• sleep is for the weak
• so you go out to get into fights and smash things instead!!
• it's not the healthiest idea, but physical activity makes you tired and helps you fall asleep
• if you wake up with a scream because of a nightmare, they scream, too, just in case
• agressively comforts you, can shake you by the shoulders to calm you down
• if you're quieter, however, they might not even notice. they're a heavy sleeper
• but if you tell them about your nightmares, they say you have to let them into your dreams to fight whatever is scaring you.
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Vlastomil🖤
• sings you lullabies
• his voice is not the most pleasant, but he can sing more or less bearably
• stays awake with you, though he is very tired and literally has to pull his eyelids apart with his hands in order not to fall asleep
• his advice is either "try this herbal tincture" or "lie in dirt and let it consume you", no third option
• if you toss and turn in your sleep or wake up often, it's a torture for him, all this noise
• doesn't know how to comfort a crying person, so if you burst into tears, he blurts out some basic phrases like "don't worry" or "calm down", clearly disstressed
• tries to tell you bedtime stories, but as he falls asleep, the story gets more and more absurd and creepy and actually keeps you up all night. but he tried, hey
• will search for a book on how to look after humans. then how to comfort a human.
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Valdemar🫀
• first of all, they ask you to be their test subject. because you are a friend, you are given a choice, they could just kidnap you, yknow
• you solve riddles and they observe how your sleep-deprived brain gradually loses cognitive abilities
• if you complain about your messed up sleeping routine, they tell you to continue messing it up until it makes a whole turn and becomes normal once again
• unsettling facts they tell you contribute to your insomnia
• if you have nightmares, they find your panic delightful and your screams heartwarming
• only if you aren't clinging to them while crying. ew, then it's unhygienic ((
• they just don't know how to deal with feelings, that's it.