Work Text:
Morpheus didn’t love you.
Why would he? You, a human. Why would he love a human? He was so godlike, otherworldly, shimmering with power, and you… were you. Normal. Boring. Definitely not fit to ever become his Queen.
It was a wonder he even looked at you, cared about you. That you had become friends. That he valued you enough to spend time with you while you explored The Dreaming. He was always so stoic, felt cold sometimes. You admitted you had tested the waters but he didn’t seem to react so you took it as a sign that he wasn’t interested in you like that.
So, you tried to move on. Your amazing friend group noticed you had heartbreak problems, so they invited you to attend a beach party to get thoughts elsewhere.
And that’s when you saw him. A boy you had had the biggest crush on in high school. And he definitely hadn’t changed. If anything, he had only become more charming than before, even if he had matured with his ways of flirting.
You ended up chatting with him. For hours, and your thoughts about the Dream Lord faded into the background.
And when the party neared its end, he leaned in… and your lips met. Careful, testing, before he pulled back to see if you wanted it.
And you hesitated, which made him scoot away from you.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have… I should have asked,” he mumbled and stood up before you could say another word, disappearing into the crowd. You stood up, intending to go after him, to tell him you wanted it, you just were surprised and froze because you didn’t think he likes you back… but then stopped after just one step, and decided to turn and walk from the door instead.
Because you didn’t want to lie. You didn’t want him. You wanted the impossible and wasn’t ready to let go of that, even if you knew it was stupid.
The brisk night air hit your face and you breathed out steam, glancing back at the house, where lights were already being turned off. You didn’t want to see your friends, to have them ask questions about that guy, gush about him to you, or anything like that.
You just needed to get away.
As soon as you opened your apartment door and shut it behind you, you felt a presence inside your apartment and sighed. You knew who it was even before you turned around. “What do you want?”
Morpheus was quiet for a moment. “I saw you.”
You shrugged the coat off. “Saw me?”
“Yes. You seemed to be very close with him.”
You fell silent, just staring at him, mouth slightly agape.
The silence stretched for a moment longer, before you sputtered out, “You… were stalking me?”
He let out a long breath through his nose. “I merely wanted to see you are safe. That house had intoxicated humans and I know how human men can be while intoxicated.”
You blinked and then snorted. “Since when have you been concerned for my safety like that?”
He was quiet again for a moment, before he finally mumbled, “Since I cannot bear to see you in the arms of other.”
That made you freeze. Your heart felt like it stopped, along with your breath. You just stared at him, before your mouth started opening and closing, as if you were a fish gasping for air.
He turned his eyes away from you and turned away, but you forced yourself to snap yourself out of it and basically jumped to him, tugging him closer to you before your lips met with his.
He didn’t kiss you back, which made you pull away and breathe heavily. “I kissed him because I thought you… that you don’t love me back. You told me the story about Nada and… I thought it just wouldn’t be possible.”
He swallowed, staring into your eyes for a moment before he cupped your cheek. “You will never be impossible for me.”
You let out a teary laugh and let yourself to be held by him, in your dark apartment — and Dream hoped the world would forgive him for loving you.