Alan thinks he's going to be spending all summer on his own, until his older brother's friend, Austin, finds a way into his life. Together, they begin a series of secret trips at night, when neither can sleep.

The sequel to Open Your Eyes, a Cashby fanfiction. NO SPOILERS, GOSHDAMNIT.

Austin, a warm and caring person, applies for a position in a mental hospital far away from his home in Phoenix. Looking to make a difference, and to really start his life, he takes the job. Alan, a 16 year old diagnosed with undifferentiated-type schizophrenia, is just trying to coast and find his way through the hospital without going into an episode when he meets the new orderly, Austin. Austin is taken with the young inpatient's beauty, and finds himself just wanting to be near Alan, and to help him. Alan feels an undeniable attraction to the older, but is ever held back by his paranoid delusions. How will he overcome? And how will Austin deal with his conflicting feelings?

Sequel to: tired yet? ||cashby|| With the school year, Alan is depressed again. His family has him under tight watch. He's avoided Austin for months, and taken up bad habits. Austin has gone mad with himself, so far from his love and dying for a little passion. Both are reeling from the pain. One night, though, Austin refuses to let it go. He won't spend one more night alone. He will change things; on his life, he'll renew the love that has gone missing.