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"He flinched," George finally spoke, he had been silently sitting on Sapnap's bed for the last half an hour while Sapnap was occupied.

"Yeah? So? Why are you saying it like this isn't normal?" Sapnap turned his attention away from his dm's, facing George's distraught features.

"I know you and his family have explained his flinching, but he never flinched with me since day one, but now he does it?"

"Well, he trusted you."

Trusted. Right.

George sucked in a breath, "I know he did, and I ruined it."

"Our shared calendar says he has a stream planned five hours from now, go rest till then, and once he's streaming go in there and make up with him, he'll be calm after talking to his chat." Sapnap explained and George nodded, walking over and giving a quick hug to the younger man before waltzing out of the room with swiftness and going to his own room. Sapnap typed something before standing up and making his way down the hall, walking into Dream's room to see him sleeping.

"Dream~" Sapnap spoke, shaking him softly as Patches glared.

"Hm?" Dream mumbled softly, blinking awake, "What's wrong?"

"Good morning cutie! Well afternoon, it is 4pm, I'm here to tell you that George will be joining you during your stream and you're going to talk about this with him, he doesnt seem like he's going to back out, but if he tries don't let him."

Dream sat up, forcing Patches to slide off his chest and onto his lap, getting a meow in protest and Dream stretched, "Alright, but if this fails, its on you."

"I'll be damage control, I swear by it."

"Good now scram." Dream mumbled and got out of bed being in just his boxers.

"It's just getting good though, you're practically naked."

They heard a soft 'What the fuck' from the hall.

Dream glared, "You left the door cracked open?!"

"That makes it sound worse Daddy Dweam!"

Dream's eyes went wide and he grumbled, rubbing between his eyes in frustration, "You can come in Drista." Dream said and tossed sweats on as she entered.

"Woah dude nice hickies!" Drista laughed.

"They aren't from Sap."

"Whats not from Sap?" George asked, walking into the room, rubbing his eyes. "Oh hey Drista."

"Dream stop denying our love."

"I'm really close to murdering you."

"Why are you here?" George asked Drista who hugged George taking him by surprise. George patted her back awkwardly.

"Oh right you're the one who doesn't do human contact." Drista said backing up, "Though I guess Clay is the exception"

Dream and George both flushed, sure they took on their extra curricular once or twice over the 4 days when they both needed a break, They just agreed to keep the hickies under hoodie level on George for his streams. "Well he doesn't have any marks." Dream said, "So theres no proof he was then other person."

"If it wasn't George then I don't want to know, you aren't ruining my OTP, Clay." Drista glared and Dream rolled his eyes.

"We should go for a walk!" Drista suggested, "Im sure Clay hasn't brought you guys down to the pier yet, or the park! Or least not George so we should go."

"You can take them Dris, I won't be going." Dream said.

"What the hell? Why not?" Drista asked and Dream just shrugged.

"Clay, let's go have a sibling talk." Drista said and dragged Dream across the hall to the empty sound proof room, closing the door. "Talk."

"You know why, he's back, so take them through the back door, since they'll be recognized and call me if you see him, I'll go right where you are and make sure you guys are safe."

"You be safe too, and we'll be quick." Drista said and patted his arm going back to his room, him lagging behind.

The three left shortly after, going out the back door like Dream instructed, Drista didn't explain anything due to Dream's wishes and Dream was hoping not to get the call, but he did. Which left him running from the house, a random hoodie on and vans (George made him buy better shoes), Dream ran the 5 miles it took to get to the pier where Drista was nervously looking around while Sapnap and George happily ate ice cream.

Dream sat down with them out of breath, looking around, ignoring them acknowledging his winded breaths. His eyes were looking around the area as fast as they could, scanning each face, putting a face mask on, covering his nose, mouth and chin, handing a matching black one to Drista who put it on, Drista told George and Sapnap not to worry about it, Dream clearly having them all zoned out.

He was on a one track mind, and then he froze, his eyes locking a man holding his phone, camera pointed to the table, a smirk on his face as he and Dream locked eyes. "Shit Dris."

"Do you think he got one?" Drista asked.

"Got what?" George asked.

"Who are you talking about?" Sapnap asked.

Dream sunk in his spot, "I wasn't fast enough.." He mumbled, "I'm so sorry.." He didn't look at Drista, his eyes glossing over and he felt a hand on his arm, George, he was in such a rush he didn't realize he had sat next to George.

"Clay, It's alright, I promise, I knew the risks, plus people will think it's fake, for me at least, you've explained your features all to well."

"I know.." Dream mumbled.

"Are you guys being stalked?" Sapnap asked and George's body tensed.

"Yeah, well, not me, just Clay, a few weeks now. He's trying to get a picture of Clay with one of you to post it online." Drista took Dream's phone that had been thrown on the table and went to Twitch typing in a name then showing George and Sapnap the feed in the stream being their table, the man saying he caught them.

"Why didn't you tell us? We would have wore masks too." George said and Sapnap hummed in agreement.

"Because it's handled, he hasn't got anything yet and he won't, the closest he's been the pic was blurry so no one believed it." Dream explained, "You guys should go, I'll stay here so he doesn't follow you back to the house, I'll make it by the time of my stream."

Drista and Sapnap stood up, Drista turned the stream off and handed the phone back to Dream, George stayed for a moment while Drista and Sapnap walked over to a tree to allow them a moment, "Please be safe."

"I will, Georgie, I promise."

"Wanna give him something to really capture?" George smirked and Dream chuckled, seeing George hold up his hand to block Dreams face while Dream took the mask off and attached his lips to George's, George lowering his hand.

Once they needed to part, George protected Dream's face again as he put the mask back on, Dream gave George a kiss on the head through the mask, humming softly, "We can talk after the stream since I'll probably have to start it late."

"You're going to be that long? Your stream is in 4 hours."

"I have to wait till he gets bored or it gets too dark, I'll be fine, I promise."

George placed a kiss to Dream's cheek, flipping off the camera and smirking against Dream's cheek, "Go princess, I'll be home soon."

George flushed at the name and nodded going to Sapnap and Drista.

"What did he call you? I've never seen that face and I've heard all the nicknames." Sapnap said and George shook his head. "Was it dirty?" Sapnap whispered and George rolled his eyes.

"No it was just.. embarrassing.."

"The name was? or you liking it was?"

George glared, "I- uh.. yes."

Sapnap chuckled and put an arm around him, they brought Drista home since it wasn't far from their house and Sapnap knew the way, then they went back to the house, sitting on the couch waiting.

...

Dream walked into the house and was greeted by Patches weaving between his feet, the sun had well sat, "Hey darling, where's uncle Sap and George?" Dream asked as he slid his shoes off, taking the mask off.

Patches led him upstairs, Dream peaked into Sapnap's room and saw him passed out, then went to George's but he wasn't in there.

Both bathrooms appeared to be open so he went down stairs, Patches following him, with no luck, "Patches, where is George?"

Patches ran back upstairs and scratched on Dream's door, "Either you're playing tricks on me because you're tired or, I don't know what, but Imma be real mad at you if I open the door and George isn't-" Dream froze seeing George sleeping on his bed, on his usual side, his phone in hand.

Dream smiled a little and bent down to pat Patches on the head before taking the phone from George's hand and plugging it in, crawling in bed with him, feeling odd on that side of the bed, he hadn't realized it was already almost midnight so his stream would have to occur in the morning.

...

"Dream?!" George yelled scaring Dream and Patches awake, George wrapped his arms around Dream, both still very much laying down, "You're okay! Oh thank god!"

"I said I would be fine, you never listen."

George mumbled something along the lines of an 'I hate you'

"I'll stream in an hour the we can talk, I'm gonna go shower." Dream attempted to slide away but George was giving up that easy, his grip on Dream tightening.

"George.. I know you get clingy when you're sleepy, but there's always Patches, and I do need a shower."

George groaned and only let Dream leave after he got a kiss.

Dream came back a bit later with a towel around his waist, George watched him change with zero shame, biting his lip and everything, Dream was attractive and no one could tell him otherwise. 

The only thing that pulled his gaze away was the spam on his phone, this raised concern as Dream's phone was spamming, and Sapnap's could be faintly heard from the kitchen. George and Dream glanced to each other before taking their phones and rushing down to see Sapnap, Dream holding one of George's merch hoodies in his hand, slipping it on in the kitchen. 

"I wish I could call you hot, Daddy Dweam but something seems to be wrong." Sapnap said and Dream nodded, they all opened their phones to see every social media platform blowing up, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter, Youtube and the DSMP discord server, plus dms. 

"Who wants to see whats going on?" Dream asked and they all brought their fingers to their noses in sync, "Ugh this will get us nowhere." Dream clicked his tongue before asking siri to call Bad. 

Bad answered in a panic, "Thank god you're alright!" 

"Why wouldn't I be?" Dream chuckled a bit having him on speaker. 

"Your stalker posted a video from last night, the one from the park where-" Dream had the phone to his ear and hurried upstairs, locking his door behind him. 

"What the hell?" Sapnap asked and George shrugged going to check his phone for answers but it had shut off from overheating, same with Sapnap's. 

"It's not like we can go hear his call.." George said softly. 

"Wait, I guess I didn't notice before but I swear Dream had bruises on his body and his left eye seemed more shut than usual." 

"Shit, I think you're right, I was distracted before but yeah he definitely had bruises." 

"We need to go for a drive." George nodded as Sapnap grabbed the keys, both rushing from the house leaving their phones. 

... 

"Hello boys, where's Clay? I was hoping he would come when I meet George for the first time.." a woman said and Sapnap shook his head a little. 

"I know this is going to sound weird but can I use your phone, Dream is.. uh something is going on and you know him." Sapnap spoke softly and Dream's mom nodded handing her phone to Sapnap who logged into Twitter, still getting spammed but it was less extreme by now. 

"It's nice to meet you." George said, his accent coming off stronger than intended making him want to jump off a bridge. 

"Likewise darling, I hope Clay treats you well, he does love you." 

"He told you?" 

Dream's mom chuckled, "he didn't have to darling, it's mother's intuition." 

George smiled softly but it was ruined by a video being held in front of him, the sound was off to avoid Dream's mom from watching. 

"I know why he let that happen Sap, but.. I can't believe he was strong enough to not fight back." 

"Did something happen to my son?" Dream's mom asked and Sapnap and George sighed, showing the video. 

"That's the guy mom!" Drista's voice was heard behind Dream's mom. 

"I'll call the police, you can return home now boys, take care of him for me.." 

"Of course ma'am, I hope to meet you again under better circumstances." 

"Likewise George." Dream's mom smiled, watching the two boys get back into Dream's car.  

They went back into the house and Dream was sitting on the couch waiting, "Where were you gu-" 

"Take off the hoodie." George demanded. 

"Georgie, Sapnap is right there." Dream chuckled and Sapnap held back a snort. 

"Just do it, Clay." George said and Dream nodded taking the hoodie off, his body littered in bruises. Georges hand went to his mouth, in the room he only saw Dream's back, which held almost no bruises and in the rush down the stairs the hoodie was put on before he stopped moving. Now that the bruises could be seen it made both of his friends sick. 

"And your face?" Sapnap asked, Dream walked into the kitchen, they heard water running, then he came back, his lip busted and his left eye bruises and swollen. 

George looked away, shaking his head a little knowing Dream had put whatever makeup was in his bathroom on his face to hide it. 

"You knew he was recording yet you didn't tell us?!" Sapnap asked harshly. 

"I got home at midnight, I was going to tell you when we all woke up, I thought he woulda waited, but I had the mask on anyway, only you guys know it's really me. The internet will assume he beat up a random guy who just happened to know there was a camera and allowed himself to get beat to a pulp despite being twice the size in height and muscle." 

Dream slipped the hoodie back on, "George's eyes weren't even open all the way this morning so he didn't notice before I left the room." Dream explained, "I was going to tell you guys, I promise." 

"We believe you." Sapnap reassured, "And the cops are being called, your mom will handle it all so you'll be left alone, you know that already though." 

"She already knew before you went there, once I lost the guy I went to her house to tell her what happened and I said to wait till you guys showed up before calling the cops." 

"You knew we would go?" Sapnap asked, "How are you that good?" 

"10,000 iq baby." Dream chuckled and walked over, wrapping his arms around George who was still turned away, Dream just placed a kiss to his head, "I'm gonna go stream.." Dream walked off before any more words could be spoke. 

Dream ignored the questions of the video and streamed for 2 hours before George walked in on the goodbye sitting on the bed. "Are you ready?" Dream asked, turning to face George. 

George nodded and picked at his nails. 

"Really, small talk?" George asked amused before responding, "I'm alright, but you don't have to work around it, just go ahead and ramble away." Dream nodded, his face gave away the fast thoughts swirling his  head.

"Do I have your undivided attention, yes or no? I bet I can guess, I just would rather not know.."

"Do you feel the same? Or am I all alone, I know it wouldn't make a difference- so actually, I don't really wanna know.."

"Dre- Clay, I love you too." 

"Wait, like really?" Dream seemed shocked, somehow, like we all saw this coming and this mofo had the audacity to be shocked, like sir, I know you got like kicked in the head, but this a DNF fanfic, of course George is confessing right now. 

"Of course, idiot." Dream attached their lips, his hands on George's waist, tight enough that he couldn't move but not enough to hurt him. 

Once they pulled away, both wiping away the saliva that was left behind and giggling at it, their eyes meeting again. Dream put their foreheads together, "Will you be my boyfriend?" 

Mans really asked like he had to smh, like honesty we all know he's gonna say ye- 

"No." 

Welp time to jump off a bridge!

"What?" Dream asked. 

"Not till you ensure we'll be together long enough to get married and adopt a child, we can't have just cats the rest of our life, as much as I love Patches." George chuckled and Dream let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and chuckled. 

"I hate and love your jokes, but yes, marriage and kids." Dream smiled. 

"Then yes Clay, of course I'll be your boyfriend." Dream kissed George again. 

The next day both George and Dream went to share their excitement to Sapnap in separate sessions who announced his relationship with Karl. 

It was a good day for everyone.