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sapnap loved his boyfriends. he really and truly did, but sometimes they weren’t the best at being subtle. the youngest was sat on the couch with george watching some show the other had insisted on watching that neither of them were really paying attention to. “george what are you nd’ dream up to?” the blonde was currently out of the house by himself presumably getting groceries but they were both acting off and not-so-subtly trying to get him to slip.
“nothing! he’s just getting groceries, is that a problem?” the brunette asked whilst gently petting the others hair and effectively making his mind go all foggy. “georgie- making me slip stop it.” he complained but then proceeded to whine when the hand was removed from his hair. “but pup i thought you said stop?” george smirked as the other nudged his hand with his head, whining softly. the petting gently resumed until dream arrived back at the house and sapnap jumped up quickly to greet him at the door.
“hi pup!” dream greeted and gently petted the others hair. “missed you! georgie said you went to get groceries but i think he’s lying because you got groceries yesterday!” the blonde’s eyes widened a bit at the fact that their lie had been exposed and george had entered the room with a smile as he eyed the bag in his hand. “okay, okay you caught me. we just couldn’t tell you what he was going out to get.” sapnap frowned at that and reached for the bag in the others hand.
“hey! why don’t we go to the bedroom and talk about whats in the bag, hm?” the younger looked at the pair who looked almost nervous. “don’t wan’ go to the bedroom. wan’ know now.” as he slipped deeper into his headspace his words got more slurred, but he chose to ignore that in favor of trying to clear his head. dream looked over nervously at the eldest who was gently petting the others hair.
“pup, i think it’d be best to do this somewhere else. do you think we could go to somewhere you’ll be more comfortable?” sapnap melted back into puppy space at the usage of the name and nodded, allowing the others to lead him to their shared bedroom until he was sat on the bed with the bag in his lap. nervously, he opened the plastic bag and stopped in his tracks once he saw the contents inside.
“…dog ears?” the silence was deafening and was only broken when dream hesitantly spoke up. “we- we thought it might help! when you’re- like, in pup space?” everything inside of the younger was screaming at him to hide. to decline the gift, curl up in a ball, and die. “i’m not- i’m not a fucking furry.” george was quick to jump in after that, seeing that the other was spiraling. “we know! not that theres anything wrong with being one we just figured that you’d… like them? that they’d help when you regress? i guess you could call it regressing.”
silence pursued and they let it, deciding sapnap needed a second to collect his thoughts. “i- i’ve seen these on twitter? but i couldn’t bring myself to buy them.” they nodded in understanding before george hesitantly took the ears out of the bag. “what if you try wearing them, and if you don’t like it we’ll put them away?” the younger chewed on his lip nervously before deciding he wanted to do this for them since they were his boyfriends after all he hated disappointing them.
“i’ll try the ears, but you guys can’t- like, stare at me.” they promised they wouldn’t and george quickly got to work clipping the spotted black and white dalmatian ears into place. sapnap was filled the brim with euphoria and embarrassment. they were both trying to cancel the other out and overall the embarrassment seemed to be winning. here he sat with his amazing, normal, boyfriends wearing dog ears that he so desperately wanted.
“pup? how’re you feeling?” george asked softly and resumed the pets to his hair but this time avoiding the ears. “i feel dumb.” sapnap muttered whilst burying his head in the blondes chest, blush evident on his face. “do you want to take them off? its okay if you don’t like them!” dream reassured softly only to be surprised by the others response. “no! i- i mean no, i feel dumb because i don’t want to take them off. i love them and i shouldn’t.” they frowned at that, dream glancing over at george to try to figure out what to do. “pup, its okay that you love them. in fact, i’m glad you do.”
the younger paused, confused as to why george was encouraging this. “why are you glad? its weird.” the brunette frowned, watching as the other nervously fidgeted with his fingers to distract himself. “its not weird to want something that helps you when you’re regressing.” the brit smiled a little as dream cut in after him. “its like when you buy me pacifiers or bottles because it helps me when ‘m little! thats not weird is it?” they all knew how supportive sapnap was of the others headspace so dream hoped this would put it into perspective and help him accept it.
“of course it isn’t weird-“
“then neither are your ears.” sapnap blushed as he was cut off by george, the always logical one of the three. “oh. didn’t think of it like that.” his boyfriends looked a little too smug for his liking, but sapnap let it pass and instead hesitantly reached up to feel the ears himself. “do- do they look okay?” they were both quick to reassure him that he looked better than okay before dream had the idea of letting him see for himself.
“i- i look-“
“pretty. you look pretty.” george muttered as he wrapped his arms around the others waist and pressed gentle kisses along the others cheeks and neck, making the younger giggle and focus less on what he looked like in the mirror. “g-georgie stop it! tryin’ to distract me!” he said inbetween giggles and kisses. “well is it working?” the brunette asked and smiled as sapnap seemed to finally be relaxing in his arms and sinking more into his headspace. “mhm. feel all foggy now.”
dream smiled at that, taking the others hand in his own. “good. do you wanna go lay down?” the younger nodded but proceeded to stay put in george’s arms instead of advancing towards the bedroom. “pup do you want me to carry you?” the brunette asked him softly and smiled when he saw sapnap nod in response. he felt gentle arms lifting him off of the ground and simply let them carry him back to the bedroom till he was sat on the bed with both george and dream standing above him.
“it looks like our boy is sleepy.” dream commented and smiled when sapnap leaned into the hand petting him. “mhm sleepy. wan’ kiss.” he mumbled and reached for the closest person that wasn’t occupied which happened to be george. sapnap proceeded to whine when the brunette didn’t immediately go down and kiss him. “cmon georgie been a good dog! deserve kisses.” the brit smiled, leaning down and gently pressing a kiss to the others lips. it seemed that even in puppy space he was insatiable though, always wanting more and never coming up for air.
“slow down pup, i’m not going anywhere.” george mumbled against the others lips as he pulled away to give dream a turn. “kiss!” was all sapnap replied with and instead took to pulling dream down to meet his lips. dream was more than happy to give sapnap everything he wanted and more, smiling when sapnap allowed him to lead the kiss. eventually sapnap gave in and pulled away for air, head feeling more foggy than it had before. “tired. wan’ sleep.” as he regressed further sapnap became less and less talkative because, well, dogs don’t talk do they?