Nights are the worst time for Klaus, because the ghosts tend to like to appear more then. He supposes it's just their natural habitat or something, more shadows to hide in or jump out of and the like.
He remembers being little and crying in the dark about a woman in the closet that wouldn't leave him alone. Dad didn't believe him, but she was there, she was always there, waiting for him to go to bed at night, all the lights to be out, before she'd show up. Long, fancy-ish, blood-spattered dress, long dark hair, sad eyes. She never said much-- she just screamed. It was terrifying.
But unfortunately, even on nights he was numb enough not to be bothered by spirits, sleep still didn't come easy. Self-taught insomnia, he supposes, but he gets bored of trying to lay somewhere-- whether it's the bed, a chair, in a pile of clothes or just on the floor-- and get some sleep.
Eventually, he gets up and rummages around the closet for something to do. Most nights, one or the other of his older selves are also awake, so he'll drag out a deck of cards, a set of dominoes, or some boardgame or another so they'd have something to do to pass all the time they weren't sleeping.
{Can't sleep, can't dream, long nights, no peace
He remembers being little and crying in the dark about a woman in the closet that wouldn't leave him alone. Dad didn't believe him, but she was there, she was always there, waiting for him to go to bed at night, all the lights to be out, before she'd show up. Long, fancy-ish, blood-spattered dress, long dark hair, sad eyes. She never said much-- she just screamed. It was terrifying.
But unfortunately, even on nights he was numb enough not to be bothered by spirits, sleep still didn't come easy. Self-taught insomnia, he supposes, but he gets bored of trying to lay somewhere-- whether it's the bed, a chair, in a pile of clothes or just on the floor-- and get some sleep.
Eventually, he gets up and rummages around the closet for something to do. Most nights, one or the other of his older selves are also awake, so he'll drag out a deck of cards, a set of dominoes, or some boardgame or another so they'd have something to do to pass all the time they weren't sleeping.