Shorts And Ships, Origins Crew.

Overworking (OZ)

Hi y'all! This one-shot was requested by Annereadel. I hope you like it! I will however say in advance that I didn't watch Nick's POV. So his character might no be portrayed perfectly. But I hope you enjoy none the less.
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Third Person POV:

It had been about two months since the cure had been found and everything had gotten fairly better in the world of the apocalypse.

The survivors of the Safe Haven explosion created a new place. An actual Safe Haven that cares for the people that take shelter there. The people that mainly run this place are Ritchie and Xylo. However all of the survivors play their part and help out.

Kayla, with the help of her friends was able to get over the death of her mom, and she is now doing a lot better. Her and Xylo are still the king and queen of the light. And all of the knights still listen to them. And so all of them also help out around the place.

Ritchie had decided to stay as a half zombie for now. Just incase they ever need to do a bit more research. Not to mention rage mode can come in handy sometimes.

But other than that, the group has been curing people left and right. And the Safe Haven gets bigger everyday. But the more people that come, the more work their is to get done. And their is a specific person who finds a joy in throwing himself into his work.

Nick was walking around the Safe Haven looking for something to help with. He had already made his usual rounds, as well as helped a lot of people with there own jobs. Anyone who looked closely could see the bags under his eyes, but he seemed to continue on like nothing was wrong.

As he was walking he bumped into a couple people.

Xylo - woah! Sorry about that Nick.

Nick - it's alright.

Kayla - uh, you okay? You seem kind of tired.

Ritchie - yeah, you look like me in my rage mode.

Nick - I'm fine.

Kayla - you sure?

Nick - yeah, absolutely.

Xylo - uh alright, but if you don't mind me asking how much sleep have you gotten this week?

Nick - umm. Not sure. Five or six hours I think.

Kayla - I'm sorry!?

Nick - yeah, it's not a big deal. I'm used to running off little sleep.

Ritchie - Nick, it's Friday. And you've only gotten about six hours of sleep all week!?

Nick - really I'm fine. Now if you'd excuse me, I have something to do.

With that final word Nick walked away. He didn't actually have anything to do, but he'd find something.

As he was walking Kayla, Ritchie, and Xylo all looked at each other. Clearly concerned for their friend.

Time skip, the next day.

Nick had once again not gotten a lot of sleep. But he once again didn't seem concerned in the slightest. He continued doing his usual rounds. That is until Kayla came up to talk to him.

Kayla - Nick!

Nick - hm? What's up Kayla?

Kayla - well, me, Xylo, Doc, Ritchie, and Mario we're all gonna hang out for a while. Get a drink. You know just relax for a bit. We have all been working really hard these last couple months after all. We were wondering if you wanted to join us.