A scream, of what sounded like pain, caused Marken to bolt up awake, right as she seemed to do the same. "What's wrong?" In his sleep hazed mind, he was able to figure out that she was likely have a nightmare of some sort, though he knew that nightmares usually didn't do anything like that, unless they visited often. She didn't seem to answer him, but perhaps that was because she was too tired herself, instead pulling away from him. Infact, she didn't seem to notice that he'd woken up at all. Well, she would notice soon enough he decided.

He watched her grab the blanket and realized that she didn't intend to move from her spot, which pleased him to no small extent. However, before she could move herself back onto him, Marken decided he would make himself more comfortable too. "Give me a second..." He'd loop his legs around, putting one of them on each side of her, so that he was laying fully on the sofa too, before nodding to her that she could lay back down again.

Now, she was fully laying ontop of his form, and they were both covered up by the blanket, giving Marken even more warmth, though most of it came from Ella pressing into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her again, tucking his chin just above her head before allowing himself to fall to sleep, unmeasurably comfortable with the girl in his arms. It was official, she was making him fall for her, whether she was intending to. That would make his job harder...