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Hob Gadling was not by nature a cautious man but even he knew the value of keeping track of those who would be too… intrigued by his condition. In 1926, a chance conversation in a bar alerts Hob to the fact that Roderick Burgess has captured another immortal, one that sounds eerily similar to his friend.
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- Part 1 of Cautionary Tales
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Slaying Nightmares by LinzOd
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 1998), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 2019), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
13 Sep 2023
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When a strange woman sometime in the 17th century tells Hob he's a High Priest, it doesn't take him all that long to figure out which God he serves - what else could his Stranger be but a God? That settled, he spends the next decades making sure their temple (the White Horse) is perfect, that his God knows Hob is devoted.
So when his Stranger doesn't show up for their 1989 meeting, Hob doesn't take it laying down. Instead, he uses all the knowledge he collected over the years to summon his God into his temple - thus, saving Dream from Burgess, albeit unknowingly.
What follows is a series of adventures as Hob joins Dream on his quest to find his tools. They may even discover something new about their relationship on the way.
or high priest hob accidentally saves dream from the fishbowl and together they gather dream's tools, while falling into a relationship + bamf dream
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This is less of a series and more of a collection of my fics involving Hob and Dream. Each part can be read on its own, I'm simply using this feature to organize them.
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Hob Gadling never claimed to be a good man, but living forever had pushed him to be a better one. Perhaps because Hob had lived so long, he reckoned there was something a bit…off with him.
Or Hob kills some cultists, saves his Dream
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- Part 3 of Sandman Story Collection
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Hob acquires a familiar ruby at an antiquities sale. Said ruby summons something else into his home as well.
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📘🔁|🪖—BAMF Hob Gadling accidentally rescues Dream from Fawney Rig via a certain ruby
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Dulce et decorum est by Moorishflower for maybemalapert (laconicisms)
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
05 Dec 2022
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"This one is a special case," Burgess says. "He is a war hero. Do you understand? You will be on your best behavior. You know what happens when you are not."
Two years into his imprisonment, and Dream of the Endless has not given Roderick Burgess what he wants. Yet if he cannot have back his son, then he will have whatever else Dream has to give, and sell it to the highest bidder: body, powers, and all.
Hob Gadling, newly back from the Western Front, has barely slept since 1889, and is desperate for any sort of relief, even that peddled by mad old men claiming to be warlocks.
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Hob gets invited to a super secret exclusive poker game. At the Burgess manor.
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cross your fingers and hope to die (enjoy and swallow a thousand needles) - A Harry Potter Crossover Fix It (because he deserves to be happy dammit) Series by macibich, Mad_The_Du (Madu), Madu
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Bleach (Anime & Manga), BURN THE WITCH (Manga), Castlevania (Cartoon), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Eragon (2006), Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Miraculous Ladybug, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Superman (Movie 2025), Superman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022), The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini, The Sandman (TV 2022), The Witcher (TV), Voltron: Legendary Defender, Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, 悪魔城ドラキュラ | Castlevania Series
14 Aug 2025
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A Harry Potter Fix It Crossover series, where Harry is presented by Death with a choice: to stay and never be able to be happy until die, or to go and build his happiness from scratch with his own hands.
Harry Potter always chose what felt right over what was easy.
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Harry Potter is a person who is, in addition to being curious, reckless, nosy, sarcastic and – let's face it – a little masochistic. His family's cursed luck sees this, takes it with both hands and laughs.
Magical artifacts placed in the right place and activated at the right time are a fucking bitch, by the way.
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In a way, Harry Potter is a destroyer of worlds, a deviant, one who, when presented with the inevitable that has been prophesied, laughs and promptly destroys Fate with his own hands. And thanks to that, many worlds, Destinies and people change for the better.
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“An Endless?” Hob asks, softly, because it feels like a question that needs to be soft.
“That’s what we are,” Death responds, trying again for a small smile. “Me and D—”
“Don’t,” Hob interrupts, far stronger than he meant to, and Death looks surprised for as long as it takes him to get out, “Don’t, please. I-I want to hear it from him.”
Sympathy colors Death’s gaze even as Hob feels his face burn. Six hundred years, Hob thinks—he’ll be damned if he finds out his Stranger’s name from anyone but the odd man himself.
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It's 1989 and Hob Gadling thinks he's been stood up. Death herself is kind enough to inform him otherwise—and, well, now Hob's got to bloody do something about it, doesn't he?
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The young man turned, and asked, determination and cowardice both flickering in his eyes, “Professor, do you think it’s wicked to help the devil?”
For a moment, Hob thought - and tried to not let his mind dwell overly long on an entity he had long thought demonic.Is it wicked to help the devil? Less than to love one, surely.
A story in which Hob becomes a history professor a century earlier, Alex receives some inspiration towards bravery, and Dream is very grateful indeed.
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- Part 8 of Bedtime Stories (Sandman Prompt Fills)
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The Watch by TentativeTreason
Fandom: Doctor Who, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (2005), The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022), Torchwood
08 Jun 2025
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[Podfic] who wants to live forever? by ambivalently_certain for ranchdiip
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
05 Oct 2022
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“An Endless?” Hob asks, softly, because it feels like a question that needs to be soft.
“That’s what we are,” Death responds, trying again for a small smile. “Me and D—”
“Don’t,” Hob interrupts, far stronger than he meant to, and Death looks surprised for as long as it takes him to get out, “Don’t, please. I-I want to hear it from him.”
Sympathy colors Death’s gaze even as Hob feels his face burn. Six hundred years, Hob thinks—he’ll be damned if he finds out his Stranger’s name from anyone but the odd man himself.
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It's 1989 and Hob Gadling thinks he's been stood up. Death herself is kind enough to inform him otherwise—and, well, now Hob's got to bloody do something about it, doesn't he?
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Hob Gadling has lived through six centuries of history, and he’s collected more jobs than most people can imagine—mercenary, printer, pirate, mob boss, even a rock musician for a spell. But the one role that feels like home is the one he holds now: Professor Robin Golding, Medieval History, London.
Through lectures about chimneys and buttons, cups of tea at Nina’s café, banter with colleagues, and evenings in his pub, Hob reflects on the small things that shape lives. The inventions that go unnoticed, the food that feels miraculous after centuries of hunger, the city of London itself. And underneath it all, the quiet, stubborn hope that maybe one day his Stranger will walk through the door again.
A story about teaching, eating, laughing, waiting, and living—all the little things that keep Hob going.
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When Hob sees Roderick Burgess wearing a ruby he recognizes at one of the man's parties - he knows that his Stranger can't be far away, and might in fact be the rumored devil in the basement the man has.
After watching his friend take vengeance on Burgess and his captors, and after acquiring a name (and a position!) that he has been waiting centuries for, it's not weird that he has strange dreams, right? Even about castles, his friend, and a land called the Dreaming...
(Title is Latin for Justice)
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- Part 3 of Aria's Dreamling Bingo Fics 2023
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It had started out as an idea.
Infuse the essence of The New Inn with the White Horse so he could make it into a temple for his Stranger, so he could hopefully entice his Stranger to return at least once more.
Then, he found the ruby. And then, he saw the cage, and knew he his Stranger needed his help.
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- Part 20 of Aria's Dreamling Bingo Fics 2023
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In 1989, Hob Gadling gets stood up. He waits.
A story about meticulously constructing an inn with soft focus, 80's goths and Berlin, a folding chair, The Princess Bride, blondes, blood, fear, Fates, and what was always written. What will always be.
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Hob has never been interested in finding out who his Stranger is, not when it would ruin the anticipation of waiting for him to tell him himself, but after he disappears he can’t help but worry enough to begin to put out feelers. Even if he had missed their meeting out of petty spite, Hob needed to know for sure, and he was prepared to suffer through another tense argument if that's what it takes to know his friend is safe.
He was not expecting to be kidnapped by a cult worshiping someone called the King Of Dreams, strapped to a table to be sacrificed, and then promptly declared their leader when they found out he couldn’t die.
Oh, and apparently he’s now in charge of a rescue mission.
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- Part 4 of Sandman Fics
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