(He's trying to get the thoughts to calm. It's harder than he anticipated, his body is against it even if he is trying to rest just a little. But... it would seem by how he's breathing, not dozing no less, that it isn't working as the minutes pass. The heats there, enough that it's hard to get it to stop lingering toward certain thoughts fluttering about that are testing his patience as much as hers.
After ten minutes, his eyes are open again.
Sleep staying far away would make his job harder but he's done things on little to no rest before no matter the environment.
He knows what this spells for them knowing that they're trying to not be all over one another given circumstances but it's difficult. It's still not stopping him from feeling the same way as her, trying to not pounce, trying to not react too quickly at that.)
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After ten minutes, his eyes are open again.
Sleep staying far away would make his job harder but he's done things on little to no rest before no matter the environment.
He knows what this spells for them knowing that they're trying to not be all over one another given circumstances but it's difficult. It's still not stopping him from feeling the same way as her, trying to not pounce, trying to not react too quickly at that.)
... seems like we're both not sleeping.
(And his eyes are lingering again too.)