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It begins with a song followed by silence.
With a father who feared grief more than death, and a son who suffered because of it.Centuries later, in a London tavern in 1889, two strangers meet again: Dream, endless, unknowable and Hob Gadling: an immortal man, impossibly hopeful. Both of them stubborn. Both of them aching for something they can’t quite name.
What begins as curiosity slowly becomes something deeper: a love that stretches through time. Through change. Through laughter and loss, through the building of a family and the beauty of choosing to live fully.
This is the story of Morpheus and Hob, of dreams and devotion, of quiet conversations and fierce promises, of love blooming in the cracks left by sorrow.
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Breaking my heart and body for you by brazul
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
14 Feb 2024
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Deep in thought Hob entered his apartment and walked into his living room. Only decades of experience made him realize something was wrong and he snapped back to reality, just as someone came at him from behind. Hob moved out of the way and the person, a man, cursed as he smashed into the coffee table. But it had been too late for him to notice the second man and a strong man wrapped around his chest as a rag was held against his nose and mouth.
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Or, Burgess may have found a way to get what he wants.
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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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Hob Gadling remembers the night of 1889 well.
He dreams and dreams of ways it could've been different, but dreams are often a way of escaping a more terrible reality.
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- Part 1 of sleep and waking
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Too much too fast and still somehow highly character consistent, also lovely even covered in filth
Very fun and even more unhinged-ly romantic
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"Echoes of Pure Sand Within the Lies of Dreams and the Truth of the Heart" by Theannoyingspeedstarofdifferentfandoms
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022), Lucifer (Comic)
02 Jun 2025
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“Once, a boy looked into the eyes of a caged god and said, ‘If I could set you free, I would.’ And then—he did.”
In an alternate timeline of The Sandman, young Alex Burgess chooses to free Dream of the Endless before World War II begins. With stolen artifacts, whispered magic, and a wound that nearly ends him, Alex sparks a bond that forever alters the Dreaming.
But mercy is never clean, and love—especially from a god who governs dreams—comes wrapped in silence, sacrifice, and cosmic memory. Trapped in a youth that no longer fits, Alex awakens decades later in a world that moved on without him.
And in those very years emerges the one person who is an equal to dream someone in terms of power and status
Something dream could never truly have and yet now he didHe didn't want this and yet he was given what he needed
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Dream didn't know that he was pregnant with Hob's child until Burgess captured and imprisoned him in the waking world. In the glass sphere, he realised that he was not the only one who was trapped there, and he only had a few months to get them to safety.
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Hayyyy
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When my bones become dust (and trust, you said) by inmyfleabagera
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
01 Dec 2025
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After three years and four months of his disappearance, Morpheus Endless is found. With his return, him and his family grapple with the situation and try to heal.
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Of Dreams, Family, and The Bane of Rules by AshWinterGray
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
29 Aug 2022
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Delirium finds her brother in a fishbowl. Which is a weird place to be. Dream is terrified for his sister's safety in this place.
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Two Endless and a Century of Confinement by alivebutdeadinside_6_6_6
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
23 Sep 2022
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Desire meddled with the spell that was meant to summon and capture their sister, Death, so that Dream would be summoned instead.
What they did not count on was being pulled into the circle with their brother.Series
- Part 1 of Dream and Desire
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Hob has been around death. Living in London throughout multiple plague outbreaks and fires, as well as making a living soldiering and dabbling in banditry, will do that to you. What he doesn't know is that Death has been around Hob as well. He has no idea that when his Stranger left him that night in 1389 after their first meeting, the woman who came up to him, laid a hand on his shoulder and said, “Good luck, friend,” was Death incarnate.
Hob doesn’t know that he is one of few things in this world that has been Touched by Death and lived. Had he known this, he might not have been as confused as he is when his body slams into the floor of a dim, candle-lit cellar and he finds himself surrounded by hooded figures and a gold circle on the floor. That is all he manages to perceive before everything goes blurry and consciousness slips away from him again.
Here in the Darkness.
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Roderick Burgess' spell does not summon Death, but someone who has been touched by Death. Hob Gadling ends up in his cellar instead of Dream.
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- Part 1 of Touched by Death, loved by a Dream
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Going broke was never something Hob Gadling had intended to do. In fact, with barely enough money in his account to pay for a hotel and a storage unit, he goes to have a pint with Johanna Constantine, who offers to put him up in the remote and mysterious Dream House, with a long and bloody history. And has been in the Constantine family for centuries, meaning that Johanna has the keys. Hob does not take much convincing. What could go wrong, really?
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What started out as a Haunting of Hill House AU has now spiraled into so much more, as Hob navigates love, loneliness and his own psyche as he realizes he might not be able to trust his reality.
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- Part 1 of The Horror of Dream House
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Dream was patient. Endless.
Roderick Burgess was neither. In time, he and his followers would inevitably die or make a mistake.
Dream would wait for them to do so. And, in the meantime, he would give them nothing but his silence.
At least, that was his plan.
Until a human child changed everything.
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Sand And Dust by WingsOfTheDamned
Fandoms: Shazam! | Captain Marvel (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, The Sandman (TV 2022)
30 May 2025
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Or the one where Billy frees Dream
This would be a twin to "Of Dreams and Magic". Another version if you will with many initial similarities but that splits into a whole different plot and outcome. Since I don't see myself able to do a second part for that one I chose to make a version with what some people asked to happen in part 2.
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Contrary to belief, the Endless did not know all. They were not the most powerful beings in the universe. They existed to serve the world they were born into by Time and Night. Time and Night, who in turn, only existed by a wave of the hand by the Creator - when the universe was born.
What was known was that Lucifer and Michael were fated to fight until the end of days - the war between the silver city and Hell constant and ruthless. However, it was not fought directly by them - but by their cohorts... demons for Lucifer and Nephilims for angels.
Nephilims were feral beings, no better than demons - only marked with grace and wings instead of blackness and horns. Creatures that were vicious and ravenous - feasting on the blood and essence of their enemies.
The Endless did not know everything, but even Dream knew that it was best to never meet a Nephilim without a muzzle... and better yet, it was best to not cross the considered leader of the Nephilim, the only female - Mikayla.
But as said before... the Endless... Dream did not know everything. He did know duty. He did not know her.
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Dream of the Endless has been held against his will for nearly a century. His realm is in ruins and his precious dreamers are in jeopardy, some never sleep, others can't wake up, some are constantly tormented by nightmares and others don't dream at all. Things are about to change when a young security guard comes to work for the Burgess family and finds the Lord of Dreams inside a glass bubble.
Will her kindness set him free?
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- Part 1 of Dream of the Endless
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Roderick is warned against an unexpected, outside threat to his ability to keep his prisoner. She will come for him, or so he is told.
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Into Darkness and Howling (I'll Keep Him From Drowning) by TinyButFierce
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
24 Aug 2022
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It was beginning to sound like Roderick Burgess had something or someone trapped in his basement.
Hob was starting to wonder if he should do something about that.
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Wolf & Raven by Dominion_of_Dust1886
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
14 Jul 2025
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Fan Comic originally posted on Tumblr and is still ongoing.
What if Hob Gadling had saved his Stranger?
Well, this is a common trope. Yet a trope so easy to contribute to. However, this fan fiction is presented in comic format and dives right into the story.
Mind the tags as you dive in.
All line work, rendering and dialog had been done by yours truly, so it takes some time for me to post here. Single pages are located on my Tumblr if you are impatient, and completed chapters will come here.
This fan comic goes into dark places. Deals with dark things and isn't necessarily a happy story to start off. The original graphic novel touched on many, MANY subjects that were not spoken about publicly and still are taboo for some demographics.
This is a warning. It's not for everyone, but life itself isn't always pretty and perfect. I won't be offended if you decide that this isn't the story for you. It combines both the graphic novel and the Netflix series should you feel the need to find out more on some of the lore behind my story.
It gets tough before it gets better. I promise a rewarding experience in taking this journey with me.
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Wolf & Raven: my beloved ♡❤︎♥︎❣