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Relationships: Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless & Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus & Hob Gadling
Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, Hob Gadling
Words: 2544 Chapters: 1/1 (may be extended though)
Prompt: B1 - Compassion
Summary:
When Dream ends up with a bunch of stress injuries at the end of the dance season, his sister sends him off to the capable hands of Hob Gadling, an experienced massage therapist who is wholly inexperienced in dealing with people so completely clueless about their bodies.
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2023 Dreamling Bingo Fill for B1 - Compassion.
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Relationships: Dream of the Endless & Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus & Hob Gadling
Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, Hob Gadling
Words: 1236 Chapters: 1/1
Prompt: B3 - Space Cruise
Summary:
A meeting in 2089.
On a space ship!
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2023 Dreamling Bingo Fill for B3 - Space Cruise.
"Hob Gadling, you need not--"
"I know it's not magical, or something you need or anything, but I saw it in a market and I thought of you."
D2 - Magical Pendant
I apologize in advance for all the snips and drabbles I will be posting today
Hob startled awake a few hours later, to the sound of gasping breaths. Dream was sitting up, curled up against the headboard. He had his face hidden in his knees as he desperately tried to be quiet, reluctant to disturb Hob.
He was going to slip out of the room soon. “Dream, you’re okay. It’s June 1st, 2019, you’re safe, you’re with Hob Gadling. Can you repeat that for me?”
Dream shook his head once, jerky and anxious, and his trembling became worse.
Hob blinked the sleepiness out of his eyes, and pulled himself closer. He wrapped his calloused hand around Dream’s dainty ankle, but Dream flinched at the initial contact. Hob winced internally, but chose not to pull it away. Somehow, he had the sense that supporting Dream’s bad ankle would help ground him.
“You’re alright, Dream. Breathe with me?” He counted out loud — four to inhale, seven to hold, and eight to exhale. He tapped out the beats with his thumb, and slowly but surely, Dream’s breathing calmed.
“Calm down, Dream. It’s okay. Slowly, yes… good job. You’re doing well. You’re doing so well.”
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Desire of the Endless enjoyed knocking their older brother down a peg or two, and gloating when he was down doubly so. They visit some time into Dream's imprisonment, when his desire for freedom reaches a crescendo. Their brother doesn't seem to notice them, hunched over in a position that screams hopelessness, and Desire moves to ask why he never called for help. Then they notice. The sigil has a silencing rune. And Desire finally realises just how badly the fucked up. Desire needs to get him out. Thankfully, there's a man who desires nothing more than seeing Dream again.
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"Hey Gadling! Your session is over. Pack your filthy pucks and clear out." Dream called out as he laced up his skates. "Gadling?" The aforementioned hockey player was pressed against the boards, clutching at his stick and gasping for air. "Hob!" Dream jumped the board - the first time in two decades - And sped over, foregoing a proper stop in favour of skidding on his knees. Closer, it was obvious that Hob was firmly in the throes of a panic attack, and it was all Dream could do to pull him into his embrace. "Breathe with me, Hob. I have you."
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Arrogant, prideful, and positively stinking of old money and connections, Dream of the Endless perfectly embodied the type of dancer Hob hated with all his heart.
The worst part?
He was good enough to justify the arrogance.
Trained since the minute he could stand, Dream was graceful, strong, and had developed a style that was so uniquely his that even one performing the exact same choreography couldn’t hope to even compare.
He had already been at the studio for hours before Hob signed in, soft music playing as he worked at the barre. Hob had tried to go say hi, but a loose floorboard had him stumbling and bumping into Dream.
“Kindly attempt to manage your own body.” Dream snapped as he picked himself up, before Hob gathered his wits enough to apologise, let alone offer a hand.
“I’m sorry, I just wanted to introduce myself.” Hob smiled sheepishly. “Since we’re going to be working together and all.”
“Perhaps reconsider your method of introduction, going forward.” Dream moved away from Hob, crossing his arms. He clutched the shoulder Hob had bumped, but Hob knew he hadn’t pushed so hard that he was injured.
Unless he already had a preexisting injury. In that case… Shit.
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Dream of the Endless adored The New Inn. It was a symbol of devotion. Of faith.
Of love.
Hob had even used some gravel and bricks from the White Horse in the construction of the new building. Combined with his intent, the New Inn felt like a place of power, where his essence was much stronger than the rest of the Waking. Dream enjoyed the warmth of his friend in the place of connection and new beginnings, in the comfort of being wrapped in his own power with a degree of separation he could never gain in the Dreaming.
He made it a point to visit the Inn at least twice a week, and Hob welcomed him every time. Even when the human had nothing to say (rare), or was too busy with marking papers to say (much more frequent, now that the term had started), they could sit in a companionable silence, often with Dream resting his head in Hob’s lap, and he could confirm Hob's hospitality was miles better than that of a certain secret society.
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"I must say," Hob said, pulling Dream against him even more, "1389 me did not expect that the pretty Lordling would become my very own hot-pocket." Dream grumbled, wrapping his warmed arms around Hob, "Your heating broke. Would you prefer I let you simply freeze? Insolent human." "Don't complain, you're enjoying this almost as much as me." Hob pulled the blankets over Dream as well, his graciously generated warmth enough to finally warm Hob's bones. Dream didn't bother to answer, snuggling in as Hob embraced him, and closing his eyes to rest with his lover for the very first time.
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Dream hissed as Hob yanked at his harness, "It's fine, Gadling. You need not - ow! - truss me up like a mark." "Trust me, I wouldn’t ‘truss up a mark’ like this.” Hob clipped a carabiner into his begrudging partner’s harness, and supported him through the opened skylight. “Simple wrists tied to headboard tie. Maybe legs apart.” Dream spluttered. He didn’t need to know all this about his colleague. Who was maybe very sexy, dressed in all black. “If it was you, I’d tie you up in a way you couldn’t fucking move.” Maybe he did need to know all this.
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"Shit! They're onto us. Come on!" Hob pulled Dream along, slipping into another room as a stampede of hired security stormed down the hall. "We're going to be made out. This is not good, Dream." "We're not going to be made out." Dream snapped, rucking up his shirt and messing up his hair even more. "How much would you like to bet they are significantly discomforted by queer presence?" Realisation dawned, and Hob smirked. "Aren't you a clever little cookie." And then pushed Dream against the wall, kissing him as deeply as he possibly could. Without missing a beat, Dream wrapped a long leg around Hob's waist, groaning into his mouth when Hob yanked it even higher, leaving him even more spread out and exposed. "You taste like- like honey. And mint." "Do you like it?" Dream purred, and then gasped as Hob ground his hips against him. "Please-" The door burst open, and then immediately slammed shut, with the suit grunting in disgust. Hob laughed, running a hand down Dream's hitched leg, and kissing him again. Until Dream pushed him off. "We can make it to the safe before they return. Then reach the second building by roof." "Seriously?"
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"What's the matter?" Dream asked when Hob laughed suddenly. "Hm? Nothing, love. Just thinking what we'd say in vows if we had a christian wedding. Since Death won't exactly do us part." "I see. She wouldn't - she believes you're too good for me to take you." "What would you say, darling?" "I would say that I will love you until the last page of Destiny's book. Until stories stop being told. Until the last dreamer stops visiting my realm. Until the universe fuses back into a single mass." Dream breathed, "I love you, Hob Gadling. I will love you forevermore."
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Dreamling Bingo 2023 Masterlist
Thank you so much to the @dreamlingbingo team for doing all the crazy work for this event!
Lil guide: ao3 is full works, usually minimum 1k words. Tumblr links are snippets or drabbles (one double drabble), two art fills that are [tagged], one nsfw fill thats also [tagged] that I greatly apologise for.
A1 - Sports Rivals: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724341516584222720
A2 - Panic Attack: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42339057/chapters/111521764
A3 - Loss of Power: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724341271133601792
A4 - Fusion: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724432409170526208
A5 - Gagged: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724384643141533696 [NSFW]
B1 - Compassion: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44137008
B2 - Mother is a creature: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43117123/chapters/111521569
B3 - Space Cruise: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44194588
B4 - Crossover (2+ Sources): https://archiveofourown.org/works/44758519
B5 - Turn over a new leaf: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45004402/chapters/113651104
C1 - Sports Commentator: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48777829
C2 - Secret Society: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724362174205771776
C3 - FREE SPACE: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48633028
C4 - Addams Family: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48650857
C5 - Grey Hair: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44195302
D1 - Technology Stops Working: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724363698536431616
D2 - Magical Pendant: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/723274223048589312 [ART]
D3 - Spies: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724383812570710016
D4 - Fairy Tale: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724385519378759680 [ART]
D5 - Dance Team: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724361556046102528
E1 - Only one bed: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724340231278641152
E2 - Detective: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42988995/chapters/111521146
E3 - Fake Dating: https://www.tumblr.com/beauty-of-nyx/724429833405431808
E4 - Mind Control: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45004402/chapters/113237749
E5 - Interstellar War: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47421511