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“You were loud,” he says, whispering the words through his teeth. “Sloppy.”
“And you let me do it,” Hob shoots back, dipping his chin, mouth almost a caress over Dream’s. The scent of him, of them, sparks like wildfire, and Hob wants to dig his teeth into it. “Didn’t stop me. Didn’t say a word. Just held my hair and took it.”
Dream’s breath catches. It’s quick, but Hob sees it.
“I think you liked coming apart in my hands,” Hob says, voice edged with challenge. “Tell me I’m wrong.”
Dream’s eyes flash with something too bright and too furious, a beautiful crack in that perfect, cold face of his.
(Or: The horrible ordeal of falling for the one person who always manages to get under your skin.)
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Hob leans back in his chair, a tight look in his eyes. “I think we both know why the divorce happened,” he says, a sharp edge back into his tone like earlier in the day. Except this time he seems to be painfully aware of it. “Gods, sorry.”
“No, you’re not.” Dream is surprised to find it doesn’t sound like an accusation.
Hob smiles and it’s back to being sad.
“No, I’m not.” He looks away. There’s a tick in his jaw muscle, like he wants to say more, but in the end he just sighs and stands up.
(Or: How Dream and Hob learn to heal, listen and love again.)
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“What I’m saying is— I understand.”
He catches Dream’s hand in his. His touch is careful, soft like a summer breeze. It makes Dream’s breath catch somewhere under his breastbone.
“I know how it is to live against everyone’s expectations. How to live in spite of them.”
Dream stares at their intertwined fingers, feels Hob’s pulse in his fingertips. It’s a beautiful, quiet thing; it’s the first time he’s felt quiet in ages.
(Or: Dream de Endless was suppose to be his family’s most prized jewel, but when he is taken, he loses the last thing the world considered valuable about him. Broken down to his core, he does not expect anyone to want him again. Until Robert Gadling walks into his life.)
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“I have a bad heart.”
Those are the first words Hob tells Dream when they meet.
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“I enjoyed it. It was…” he trails off, lips twitching into a smile. “Fun. But I would like to try more. With you.”
Again, Hob has to take one breath, then another, to keep from spluttering. “With me.”
Dream shrugs. “I trust you. You are my friend.” He bites at his lower lip, and Hob tries to not stare and think of how he knows exactly what Dream’s mouth tastes like. “And like you’ve said. It’s not like that. It can be. Just between friends.”
(Hob is great at sex. Dream is curious about sex. Friends with benefits is the best solution. Easy, right?)
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bring your heart, i'll bring my soul by CinnamonCake, last_illusions (injured_eternity)
Fandom Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Iron Man (Comics), Iron Man (Movies), Marvel, Marvel (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
27 Feb 2018
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The past was ever restless.
After the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve heads back to Manhattan. By way of honesty and a handful of key choices, the team is led to a less divisive, albeit just as personally catastrophic, version of Captain America: Civil War. This series, which is currently laid out as a trilogy with assorted in-universe short stories and one-shots, focusses on found family, building relationships, and trying to save the world without breaking it too badly first.
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You go half-blind when you're looking at me by melandrops
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022), Superman - All Media Types, Superman (Movie 2025)
20 Aug 2025
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Clark wasn’t completely oblivious about him having a type. He was self aware enough to recognize when he was slipping into a habit. He knew he was done for the moment he heard Bruce laugh.
Of course, at that point he’d been the Batman still.
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- Part 1 of only our love
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22 Aug 2025
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“I did not... consider such a complication, when I took my sister’s hand,” Dream says, at length.
No fucking shit.
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08 Aug 2025
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"You came to the edge of Time and Night, at the borders of oblivion, to offer me the chance to undo my death and return to life?"
"Before I answer that question, I want to know if you're about to call me an idiot."
"I cannot swear that I am not," Dream says, with the faintest hint of a smile. "Even for you, Hob, this is dangerous. More than you understand. And yet," he adds before Hob can formulate a defence, "I am. Honoured. You should not have come, but..."
"But you're kind of glad I did, aren't you?"
(Hob Gadling attends the funeral of the King of Dreams. But that isn't where the story ends. It's only where it begins.)
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02 Aug 2025
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“What would you say to a field trip with me?” Hob suggests, regretting it even as he says it.
“Pardon?”
In for a penny, in for a pound.
“A field trip,” Hob repeats. “An outing. In the waking world. I have no idea if you’d like it or not, but… I think you might. It’s a place for dreamers.”
That last line hits its mark: That quirked brow paired with that careful squint means that Dream’s curiosity has been piqued. “What is the nature of this outing of dreamers?”
Fake it till you make it, right?
Hob grins brightly. “It’s called the Renaissance faire.”
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This started as a goofy idea about how much Hob might love the Ren Faire, and then it spiraled into ~16k of hurt/comfort, friendship, and kinky sex. Don't ask me, I can't explain it, either.
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27 Jul 2025
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Hob Gadling, Esteemed Witch Vs. Dolores of the HOA by Aria_Lerendeair
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
22 Jul 2025
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Hob Gadling is a Hedge Witch, living happily in his neighborhood, flirting rather horribly with his standoffish neighboor, wooing said neighbor with increasingly elaborate bouquets of rare flowers, and loving life.
When one woman from their local Home Owners Association (HOA) decides to interfere with the residency of his neighbor that Hob has grown to like more and more over the months, well.
He'll just have to do something about that, won't he?
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- Part 14 of Aria's Dreamling Bingo Fics 2024
Bookmarked by CinnamonCake
23 Jul 2025