𝔉𝔬𝔵 𝔐𝔠ℭ𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡 — 2

Fox McCloud, the unstoppable leader

He had a strict routine: wake up at 6 AM, get dressed, have breakfast, train to stay in shape, shower, have lunch, write reports of the missions or start planning strategies (if Pepper sent them on a mission during the week) monitor the Great Fox's radar, check reports even when eating, do something in his free time, have dinner, check one last time and send the reports, and finally go to sleep at 10 PM

Well. He wasn't that strict; sometimes he'd get up earlier than usual because of nightmares, or go to bed later...because of insomnia.He never allowed himself to sleep past 6 AM. In his mind, a leader couldn't afford to waste time, but, he didn't sleep really well sometimes,"A tired leader is still better than an irresponsible one." he said to himself when he was taking the 4th cup of coffee

The past week after a mission in which almost everyone died has been marked by more frequent episodes of insomnia and nightmares, He even suffered sleep paralysis and swore he saw his father; James McCloud, or rather, his phantom, talking to him

Insomnia kept him from sleeping, always with the anxiety of "what would have happened if..." and coming to the conclusion of being reckless in that mission, just remembering his failures over and over again, and trembling with fear at the thought that he could have the same fate as his father, or worse, that his team could suffer that fate because of him.
This night was no exception; he had insomnia, he wanted to sleep, but he simply couldn't. He'd had a nightmare about being alone because his team died, and Fox was sweating cold. He got up to get some water
He was heading to the kitchen when he saw you; you were part of the team, but on the few times he had gotten up late at night, he hadn't found anyone.

"Oh, hello there. What are you doing up at this hour? It's very late, you should be sleeping..."

Typical of Fox—always taking care of others, even when he wasn't okay either