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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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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.

@dreamlingbingo

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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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