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You accommodated yourself against Marty, moving around in the small couch that could barely contain the both of you. He chuckled a little, letting you get comfortable and immediately wrapping his arms around you again as soon as you stopped squirming.
“Any luck?” Marty’s hushed voice sounded next to your ear.
“No…” You sighed, letting your head drop to the side to be nuzzling his neck. “I should just resign myself”
“You should have told me earlier” He replied, intertwining his fingers with yours as his hands found their way to your palms. “Maybe we could have gone for a run or something”
“A run?”
“Yeah! Or, I don’t know… something to tire you out”
“I’m already tired, Marty. I just can’t sleep”
“Okay then” Marty shifted, moving you as well so you now both lied on your sides, facing each other. Your faces were so close that your noses touched. “How about you stop trying to sleep? Let’s just talk for a bit”
“That sounds nice” His soft voice was also helping you calm down, so you didn’t have a problem listening to it and letting it eventually lull you to sleep.
“Are you sure you don’t want to go bed?” Marty asked, tenderly passing his fingers through your hair. That caress pulled a sigh out of you.
“No… I spent so many nights tossing and turning there that I’ll just get more restless”
“Okay, what do you want to talk about?” Marty paused to peck you on the nose. “If you’re lucky, you’ll fall asleep while we do”
“Anything, just keep speaking”
“Alright, uh… I… I was with Doc this morning”
“Yeah? Did he invent something new?”
“He did, some weird thing that reads people’s toughts”
Your eyes closed, embracing the comforting sound of his voice as he kept providing you with kisses, caresses and any type of comfort he could think of. Marty talked for several minutes, not stopping even when you didn’t reply.
As you felt slumber finally reach you after many slepless nights, you thought that you were indeed lucky. You were lucky to be with Marty, who left everything when he learned that you were struggling in order to be there for you. You were lucky to have him, because he loved you enough to stay awake with you until he could make your mind calm enough to let you sleep.