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[immacaria]

In The Dark of The Night

This is my first entry to the @dreamlingnation's event for the Sandman's first anniversary! The prompt was 'darkness' and I hope you guys like it!

Tags: Vampire AU; Witch AU; Vampire!Dream; Witch!Hob; Fantasy AU; Blood play (kind of?? Just to be sure); Fluff; Cuddling;

When Hob opens his eyes, darkness surrounds him. He barely can see his own hand in front of his eyes, let alone the corners and silhouettes of the room he is in. However, the room is not unknown to him.

He knows that, at his feet, there’s an antique chest full of papers and books that holds many secrets and that, at the far right of the room, a writing desk stands filled with fountain pens, quills, colourful inks and blank paper. Next to the soft bed, a big wooden wardrobe half filled with his clothes accompanies a basin of clear cold water under a mirror. It’s not the room he grew up in nor the one he currently sleeps in, but it is his room because it belongs to Dream and they belong to each other.

Soft blankets wrap Hob’s body and memories from last night come back to him slowly. The jokes, the laughter and the shared caresses. It all comes back slowly to him and he knows that, if he reaches out behind him now, there will be a somewhat cold weight leaning against his back.

Dream’s arms are wrapped around his waist, bringing him closer to his chest, while his head rests between Hob’s shoulderplates. His skin is almost warm against Hob’s own, his blood still running inside the vampire’s veins and making the usually deadly cold body almost warm to touch. The thought of his blood running through the other’s veins is marvellous, it’s addicting, it’s intoxicating and Hob sighs contentedly at it.

Both of them have come a long way until they reached that point of familiarity and intimacy. Dream was scarred over past relationships, one worse than another, and Hob held too much responsibility into his own hands, a prejudice against each other’s races pushing them even more apart. But, somehow, they still ended up here, together and curled around one another with contentment.

He turns around on his lover’s arms, one hand coming to caress his face as his eyes stare at him. A smile appears on his lips as Dream presses against his hand, satisfaction clear on his expression. Like a cat, Hob thinks, thumb pressing against his cheekbone.

Where yesterday has been filled with hurry and laughter, the thrill of finally being together after days pushing them forward, today is filled with softness, love and rest. There's no need to hurry today, they aren't needed anywhere and, even if they were, Hob highly doubts they would go anywhere besides their bed and kitchen.

Because, yes, it's their bed now. Their bed, their kitchen, their sofa, their house, their home. After fighting so long to be together, just the fact of laying down here without the threat of anyone coming for them is a miracle.

And a miracle Hob is not willing to give back.

Pulling Dream closer to himself, he kissed the crown of his head, unruly hair tickling his nose. He keeps kissing him, his hand coming down to rest against his hips while he puts the other under Dream's shoulders. The darkness is quietly subduing around them, soft light beams coming through the curtains to wake them up. Outside, the city slowly comes to life as the humans fall asleep and the creatures of the night rise.

Dream's eyes flutter open, blinking unseeingly before focusing on him with the attention of a predator. Shockingly blue eyes look at every feature, even imperfection of his face as if trying to commit it to his memory and Hob smiles. Slightly sharp canines catch into his lower lip, drawing blood, and then his husband is kissing him.

His tongue drags over the blood before catching Hob's lip between his teeth and sucking. A moan escapes his throat as Dream's teeth deepens the cuts and more blood fills his mouth. They pull each other closer, legs intertwining as Dream pulls away to allow Hob breath.

"Good awakening, love," Dream says, voice low and raspy, and Hob kisses him again. His mouth tastes of copper and salt and home.

"Good night, duck," Hob answers, smiling at him and not noticing how the darkness disappeared from around them. The rest of the world doesn’t matter, for his whole world is there, right between his arms.

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

“And here we are! Mister Gadling if I may introduce you to the owner of this estate, Lord Morpheus Endelas?'' The portrait of a severe looking man hangs at the top of the staircase, with an ornate golden frame. It is the only thing occupying that wall. 

It looks lonely. 

“Lord Morpheus? So, if he is the owner of this estate, why is his sister the one rushing to sell it? Where is he?” Hob asks, confused.  

“Nobody really knows. He was quite the renowned painter at the time but went missing at the peak of his career months after his only son died in a tragic accident,” Mister Edwards explains. 

Hob’s heart clenches in sympathy, as if to lose one’s child seems horrible enough, but to be expected to carry on after such a loss seems unthinkable to him.

“Hold on, missing? Missing implies that he is still out there! Doesn't he get a say in what happens to his state? He could come back and rightfully unleash his wrath upon us for going through with this! Sir, you have to understand that if I am to take up this job offer I need to know I’m not risking my entire career and reputation over it.”

He feels perplexed “Wasn't anyone else concerned about this? How is picking apart a missing man’s home and selling all his worldly possessions to the highest bidder even considered acceptable? What was the Endelas family even thinking? The man lost his only child, surely he just needed some time away?” It didn't seem unreasonable to Hob. 

He didn’t like it. Something about this felt wrong.

“It is believed even by his own remaining family, that Lord Endelas killed himself. Saying he is missing is the polite way to not address the fact that no body was ever found! Even before his son’s death he was infamous for his melancholic moods and tendencies towards neglecting himself to the point of damaging his own health significantly. So I’m hardly asking you to do anything immoral here! You are a good man Mister Gadling, and if the thought of taking this job distresses you so much I will accept that and find someone else to do it, but Lady Endelas wants this to be done sooner rather than later and I think you are the best choice for it.”

Hob turns his attention back to the portrait and contemplates for a moment.

He truly did look lonely up there.

“I will give you my answer tomorrow morning, Mister Edwards,” he concludes. 

“That’s all I ask for Mister Gadling, for you to consider it. Thank you.” Edwards inclines his head and promptly turns around, heading back downstairs.

Hob looks helplessly at the portrait of Lord Morpheus, already knowing he will take the job come morning. 

Damn him and his bleeding heart.

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Ta-dah! illustration that's part of my gothic romance dreamling AU for @dreamlingnation spooky event !! the prompt that inspired this was "cursed painting" the comic pages for the ficlet above are already in the works so stay tuned for that and more!

special thanks to @academicblorbo for helping me edit this, you are the best friend!

[wizardofgoodfortune]

leave me there, dreaming (dreamling d&d au)

Rating: Explicit Chapter: 1/? Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dungeons & Dragons, Dream is a Sorcerer, Hob is a Fighter, What more can I say?, Violence, Blood, Vomiting, Corpses, BAMF Hob Gadling, Slow Burn, Not Beta Read, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary: Hob Gadling, a cavalier of a prestigious order, finds his life turned upside-down when his hometown suddenly disappears from the face of the earth. He was at his lowest when he meets a mysterious, starry-eyed elf, who happens to be the solution to one or more of his problems.

Written for Cara (@staroftheendless) and her prompt, "Dreamling!Knights AU", as part of the @dreamlingnation's winter exchange event!

(read on ao3)

[bruce-wayne-simp]

Dreamling Nation Sandman Anniversary

@dreamlingnation

Day 3 - Despair

Share your favorite song/playlist/video!

One of my fav Sandman videos! :

Idk what else to write for this post so. Uh. See you tomorrow for day 4!

[virgo-dream]

hi!! is the dreamling nation discord server open? how can i join?

hello there! dreaming nation is still open and active! you can join by sending an ask or a dm on @dreamlingnation!

[merinsedai]

I'll do yesterday and today for @dreamlingnation Sandman event, why not?

5/8- Death

Didn't actually get to watch Sandman until 22/9 for reasons, but I immediately jumped on ao3. Searching waaaay back in my history, the first story I have listed is:

6/8- Desire

Come on, how am I supposed to choose when there's such a wealth of first class smutty goodness in this fandom? Truly, I have been blessed.

But, Leandra's (@nuttersinc) fic was one of the first I read and remains an absolute favourite so how can I not rec it? Shoo, go read if you haven't already:

👀 if I do the fic rec day there'll be... so many more. 😅

[sonata-ix]

Rules : Tag 10 (or less) people that you want to get to know better :

Thanks @questing-wulfstan for the tag!

Let's get to the questions :

relationship status : I do not have the spoons

favorite colour : tie between yellow and green

song stuck in my head : Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift (it's a grumpy day)

three favorite food : chocolate, potatoes, cheese

last song listened to : The Man by Taylor Swift (also on my grumpy playlist)

dream trip : a long trip that has a lot to do and see but still time to relax, with good friends and no stress

last thing I googled : star wars celebration 2025

tagging: @dreamlingnation <- does that count LOL

[littledreamling]

@dreamlingnation

specifically to @virgo-dream, @questing-wulfstan and @galacticstingray who are my biggest cheerleaders right now 💖

Write fanfic for yourself.

Publish fanfic for the rotation of 3-6 people who are devoted readers and will either go feral or leave you very nice words and yell with you about it.

[immacaria]

So, this is my first day of @dreamlingnation's event, Dreamling's House of Horrors and it features Ghost!Dream, Demon!Roderick Burgess, BAMF! Hob Gadling and so on!!

Go check the other posts at the DN's blog and, if you want, participate as well!

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

For every queer person in this fandom but specially for all my people in @dreamlingnation the new-inn will always welcome us with warm open arms and so does Hob Gadling!

Happy Pride Month 🌈✨

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

So I am —uhh writing a dreamling gothic romance AU comic???

I have most of it plot out and im currently trying to script and storyboard some of it!! ( already got 3 pages from the first part of act 1 almost done!).

I got to say this was very unexpected but the muses seem to be in agreement that this is what I should dedicate my free time with so guess this is something that’s been done and that you’ll see in this blog! Not sure how soon or not since this will be done in my spare time tho.

Anyway this was inspired mostly by @dreamlingnation little house of horror event and I hope I get to share some of what I’m doing with you all soon 🖤

In the meantime here’s a confused Hob panel from my sketched storyboard

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

I’ll be updating this post with everything important that’s related to my AU! ( and yes, I promise to update the banner when I finally have a title for this story!)

So far we have:

-General tag #gothic romance dreamling au (everything related to this story will be tagged under this!)

-Announcement (my first ever post about this story with a hob storyboard panel)

-General Plot ( do you want to know what this story/ comic will be about? click here!)

-Moodboard ( we are going for horror /romance aesthetic vibes here! I also talk a bit about what inspires my story)

-Lord Endelas portrait + ficlet ( Morpheus portrait done for @dreamlingnation house of horror! + a ficlet that could be considered the prologue to Act 1 of the story)

( I need to make another master post for my blog as well, I'll link this there as well once I have the time to do so!)

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

Day 4 of @dreamlingnation anniversary event —Destruction

share your favourite pairing (non dreamling only)!

Hands down my favorite sandman non-dreamling and non-romantic pairing is this two:

To elaborate a bit further, Brief Lives is my favorite Sandman arc and I think a good part of why it’s my favorite it’s because of the dynamic between this two!

If you want proof that Dream has a much softer and patient side then you won’t have to look further than Brief Lives and how kind he is to his little sister.

Alternatively Delirium is peak baby sister energy! she’s sweet and cares so much about her brother and trying in her own way to keep her family together.

She’s also very insightful and seems to see through Dream and understands him with the sort of childish wisdom that she seems to possess.

I love them so much and I can’t wait to see them together in the series 🖤

[the-cloudy-dreamer]

So we are doing this tomorrow and I’m very excited @dreamlingnation 🖤

If you see me reblog like a mad person this is why please don’t judge me 😆 probably won’t have time to do original content but I might save this prompts for later!!

Anyone is welcome to join in too if you like to 🖤

[immacaria]

Day 2 of the @dreamlingnation 1° Sandman Anniversary.

Share your favourite smut creation!

I didn't even think for this one, tbh. Cara' stable boy AU got me by the throat ever since she posted it and I re-read it regularly.

[bruce-wayne-simp]

Dreamling Nation Sandman Anniversary

@dreamlingnation

Day 4: Delirium

Share your favorite meme/crack post!

Hello! This post is a few hours later from the others bcs I am The Worst (i couldnt find the artist to a fanart id saved, and procrastinated) BUT IM HERE NOW (bcs i found it dw)

Firstly, anything from my beloved meme wife, Vicky @academicblorbo (go check her blog its 😘. Seriously its a requirement. Do it 🔫)

Secondly, these fanarts are *chefs kiss*

1. Fanart by @its-nanse ! "Dream, i feel zjerb" lives in my head rent free

2. Art by @disc0bandit ! I think "Heck" viciously on a daily basis (i know its a common mock curse word but i specifically think of your art every time)

3. Art by @bluemuffin-draws ! "Hello Dream. Thank you, Dream." SENDS ME every time.