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• The Shapes of a Dream by HelenaWarner

  Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  17 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Dream of the Endless
  • Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
  • Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman)
  • Alexander Burgess
  • Roderick Burgess
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Jessamy the Raven
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Eldritch Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
  • Dark Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
  • BAMF Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
  • Horror
  • Blood and Gore
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • POV Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
  • POV Multiple
  • No Beta
  • we die like many people in this fic

  Summary

  "Alex Burgess had made a mistake, and he only realized it when the blood stained the cage."

  Or: The containment circle severed the connection to the the Dreaming, but it does not stop the Lord Shaper.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,060

  Chapters:

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