It helps a little, no longer making noise, but he's still tense. It takes a while before he seems to relax, finally leaning back into his boyfriend's chest.

When he wakes up a scant few hours later it's with a start, flailing his limbs and trying to escape from the fabric around him. "St - ... uh? Huh..." He breathes, his head dropping to his chest. He feels worse than when he fell asleep...