#dream just kinda has to tolerate wil until then bc niki's friends with him

[supernovaa-remnant]

tdcc au dream at a party during his first semester and the party is playing 2010s pop music.. he's more than just a bit buzzed from his drink, and the rational part of his mind laments about the hangover he'll have tomorrow

"how to be a heartbreaker" comes on just as he hears a familiar laugh from across the room. he looks up slowly, his vision swimming in the bright flashing lights of the party, and he catches sight of wilbur flirting with some stranger at the party. there's glitter on wilbur's cheeks, and it strikes dream that this is the first time he's seen the other in any kind of make up. it suits him.

wilbur glances up and locks eyes with dream just as the sound of marina singing "I lo-lo-love you" fills the space. a teasing grin spreads across wilbur's face, and he winks at dream before turning his gaze away again. dream scowls into his cup and ignores the burning feeling on his face and neck.

he wants to leave, he realizes. he wants to find niki and stumble back to their dorm building together. he wants to pass out and wake up forgetting tonight ever happened.

he downs the rest of the alcohol in his cup—maybe too quickly, considering how much was left—and hopes it'll push the thoughts of wilbur soot out of his mind. (it doesn't quite work, but he can pretend it does)