Sarah Paulson Mental Health One-Shots

Sleep -Billie Dean Howard

TW: Just almost passing out.

prompt: You've been staying with your aunt, Billie Dean Howard for the past couple days while your parents are on vacation for the month. You've been doing your schoolwork online since you're staying in California with her, away from home and it's been nothing but stressful. Not to mention your sleep schedule is nothing but fucked up.

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It was 2 am when your aunt comes in to make sure you're asleep. She creaks open to door only to be met with you looking stressfully at your laptop.

"Hey you're still awake?"

"Jesus Billie you scared me!"

"Sorry." She giggled closing the door behind her. "Seriously what are you doing up kiddo, it's almost 3?"

"I could ask you the same thing."

"Oh you know, my nightly glass of wine and a cigarette. Plus I woke up. Energy's off..." She continued, giving you a suspicious look.

"You're crazy." You scoff with a smile.

"Hey who doesn't have a crazy medium aunt?" She laughs, waving her wine glass.

"Hmm let me think...no one." You smile.

"Yeah whatever." She says, sitting down on the bed. "So what're you working on?"

"My English essay. It's due tomorrow. I've been putting it off for way too long."

"What time tomorrow?"

"3 pm."

"How much do you have to finish?"

"Two more paragraphs, I'll be done in a bit." Billie then slowly closes your computer. "w-"

"This can wait. You need to go to sleep baby or else you're going to be sleeping all day tomorrow. Again."

You sigh and look in her eyes, knowing she was right.

"Fine."

"That's my girl. Come on." Billie says, lifting the covers for you to get underneath. You get under the soft duvet and she kisses you on the head. "Night baby girl."

"Night Billie. Love you."

"Love you more."

And with that, she shuts the door after flipping off the light. You close your eyes, trying your best to get some sleep but just couldn't do it. You sigh and pick your laptop back up and finish your essay.

Without realizing, it was already 6 am. You hear Billie getting up and making her way down the hallway making you jump. You look at the time realizing that you pulled an all nighter.

"Shit." You say to yourself as you close your laptop and get under the covers after submitting the essay. Billie creaks the door open again, making sure you were asleep and shut it again. You sit up and go on your phone for about three hours before finally falling asleep.

Another two hours later, you're woken up by your aunt, shaking your shoulder.

"Hey. Baby you gotta finish your essay come on."

"Mm I finished it already." You said without thinking, still half asleep.

"What? I thought you still had two paragraphs left."