#leashed au

[stabbysideblog]

Distorted Echos

“He’s. Fragile.”

I scoff, the last word to describe Dream would be fragile. Sam frowns at me. “I’m serious.”

I lean across the table taking his coffee-warmed hands in my own. “Tell me how.”

Sam smiles at me, he has bags under his eyes. “He’s not. You. Well.” He looks up and away, that look he has when he’s solving a complex circuit or explaining something new to Althea. “He was a dog. Not an actual dog, he worked in Las Nevadas with Me and Quackity.” 

I pull away. He grabs my hands holding me in place. “Not. Me. Not our Quackity. I don’t know how but he’s from this SMP but wrong. Twisted, he was a- a- tool to them. He’s barely a person. They hurt him and he’s scared.”

“Let go of me.” I can’t breathe, this is Sam. My Sam, the man I love, my husband speaking kindly about Dream. He lets go, I hold my hands close to my chest, I can feel my heart pounding. “Let me visit him.” 

“I don’t-”

“Have you made progress with him?”

“I don’t see how that’s relevant.”

“He’s Dream. I can-” I swallow, I need to see him. “I can talk to him.”

“You’re too emotional.”

“Next week then, give me time to- to- to think. Let me- He’s Just- Sam-” I take in a breath, quick inhale slow exhale. I let the words arrange in my throat, Sam waits for me. “Give me a week, tell me about him. I’ll be more composed. I can help you, Please let me help you.”

Sam is quiet. He looks at his comms. He looks at the coffee in his hands. He looks at the clock. He doesn’t look at me. “Fine. One hour. One week from today, we’ll have to get Puffy to babysit Althea.”

“Thank you.”

I stand on the platform staring at the lava, behind me is the warden, any sign of my husband is gone. He’s cold, calculating each movement. 

“You have one hour. Not a second more.”

I nod. Of course, that’s the deal. I know the rules. The lava drops and the platform starts to move. The elder guardian curses me, I flinch at the noise. Inside the cell I see him. He’s sitting in the middle of the cell staring. His knees are pulled to his chest like a child. His hair is shorter, Sam must have buzzed that mess off. He looks small like this. I step off the platform and his eyes dart up to look at me. He doesn’t move, not even when the blocks are retracted and I step into the cell proper. It’s less decorated than when I stayed here. Bookshelves, bed, plants, and fish tank gone. I don’t think he knows what he’s missing. 

“Hello Dream.” I sneer at him, he watches me. He’s different from the last time I saw him, his eyes aren’t as empty, they have a sadness to them. I don’t feel sorry for him. “You think your little ruse is going to work? Oh I’m Dream and I’m soooo sad and soo hurt I’m just so pathetic. Fuck off I’m not buying it. You’re Dream get up and be honest with me, I know all your tricks.” He just stares. It’s infuriating. It’s so infuriating I walk right up to him. “Get.” I shove him backwards. “Up.”

He falls backwards awkward limbs splaying out onto the ground. He’s so thin. 

“Sorry.” That’s all he says. His voice is rusty, broken. It doesn’t sound like Dream.

“Don’t- Don’t do that shit. Sound like that. I know you. Do you- Do you even know who I am?”

He shakes his head no, I guess I’m not worthy of words. 

“I’m YOU. I am the best version of you, I put in the work. I got help! I’m- I’m fixed for god’s sake! You’re still evil! I saw it in your eyes. You don’t even recognize the person you could have become.”

“Dream?”

“Not anymore.”

He looks down, avoiding eye contact. “Oh”

“Now tell the truth, I know everything you are.”

He shakes his head, stubborn just like I used to be. It’s maddening, how did Sam ever put up with me? I guess it’s time to use the big guns. “He knows everything. I told him everything so any stupid little secrets you think you’re keeping safe with this act- Just give up. I know you. I know how you think, how you feel, have fucking stupid you are. Now. Tell. The. Truth.”

“I am.” he whispers it, I only hear it because I had gotten in his face. 

“Prove it.”

He looks up at me finally, tears swimming in his eyes. He nods and scoots from underneath me standing up. Shakily he undresses, his body is littered with scars. One stands out above the others, an ornamental Q with a creeper face inside it branded over his back. I reach out to touch it, he flinches. 

“I worked for Sir- S- Sam. He made me right. A good dog. I was a good dog. I am a good dog.” His hands reach for his neck scratching at it. “I don’t know how I left him. Play dead, I did it.” He shows his wrist, the scar from the gash we had discovered. 

“You did that to yourself?” 

He nods. “I’m a good dog.”

“Stop that- stop saying that. You’re not a fucking dog.” He stares blankly. No wonder Sam hasn’t made any progress. “Look. Just. Tell me everything.” He nods and begins to speak.

I listened as he spilled everything that happened to him. Well not everything- some he can’t remember, some is too bad to be real, some he can only recount with a shiver and a gag. As he speaks my mind wanders, what if my Sam had been like his? What if he hated me as much as his did? He was almost done, getting close to his last time with his Sam when the lava drops. “Time to leave,”

“Wait-”

“We had a deal.”

“Okay,-” I turn to the pitiful thing. “Just trust Sam, this one is good. When he tells you something, listen, it won’t make sense at first but he’s good.” He nods, puppy-dog eyes watching me leave. I stand and walk onto the platform crossing the great molden abyss below. Sam gestures to me to leave, I spare a glance as the lava descends. “He’ll be easier now.” 

“I can handle the prisoner.” His face is cold, unbecoming of emotions; just like a good warden should. I nod and walk towards the exit. I didn’t lie to Dream, we have to trust him.

[ask-leashed-dreams]

Role swap: Sam has the chip now! Pet owns Quackity now!

Timeline shift down: Move back to when Domino was in prison with Sam.

Timeline shift up: Go forward to when all the Dreams have escaped.

None of the event will be canon and effect the overall storyline of this blog ^.^

[jacks-dark-oc-stuff]

Casca’s reaction in Leashed AU?

Casca has a gut feeling that Griffith is behind Guts staying after Nori’s sudden pregnancy. She's upset. She's developing feelings for Guts and is kinda questioning her place in Griffith's world, so seeing such a drastic action from Griffith to keep Guts is pretty earth-shattering.

She feels anger towards Nori at first because Griffith assigns her his caretaker due to being a woman, but then pity after seeing him break down over being pregnant. Casca actually grows closer to Nori throughout the time. They eventually reconcile their issues.

Casca is mad at Griffith, even considering leaving, but she stays to help Nori due to pity and her love for Guts. And admittedly, some love for Griffith. Something she's not sure how to feel about.

[bamsara]

A 'post-trod' scenario where Narinder gets cursed after a slip up on a crusade (death erasure is no longer a permanent threat because of plot secrets I won't spoil :P )

The Lamb can't go get the necessary crystals to cure him so Kallamar is sent instead so Lambert can focus on keeping Nari from eating/attacking people

Dw he's not gonna eat the Lamb. unless😏

[yourangle-yuordevil]

Good Doggos...omens? ❤️

[bigfatbreak]

For the Viceroy AU, how does Tom figure out Gabriel was the one responsible?

[lazycranberrydoodles]

transfems your wangxian

[ceephorsshitshow]

For anyone unsure of what is going on in the @pink-onyx-au right now here is a summary of the last episode

[elizakai]

old dustberry (murderswap-?) scribbles i found :00

[beebopurr]

Raph: (to Mikey and Donnie) where the fuck is Leo

Meanwhile Leo:

[shiveagit]

TMNT AU COMP 2024

The spider-fam picked up huge readings of muta-nomalies all converging in one place and are tasked to figure out this 'whole situation' before it becomes.....a situation. ♥Slider-punk ♣Spider-shine ♦Spider-gal ♠Spider-Dee and cameos if you can spot them.

[I'm NOT in the competition . but i wanted to doodle a thing anyway. Think of them as volunteer staff that no one questions, but maybe you should. ] @tmntaucompetition

[stabbysideblog]

Dream helping Ardent realize that that his “simple life” wasn’t actually simple and he’s practically just a doll Sam controls and plays with. That he’s not truly respected, that he wasn’t actually “fixed” and he didn’t “work to be better” he handed himself to Sam to mold however he wanted. Ardent not wanting the same to happen to Dream and realizing that Sam is treating him like a dog, just like the other Sam did, and maybe his Sam isn’t actually a “Good Sam”.

The unattended fire crackled, slowly dying out. Next to it Sam slept Althea tucked neatly into his arms. If Ardent were there he might have taken a picture. Instead he was walking the trail with Dream.

"How do you know?"

"I don't-"

"Exactly."

"Just listen to me. Please."

Ardent crossed his arms watching the moon follow their slow trek through the branches overhead. "Fine."

"I thought Sir- S- Sam. Cared about me also. I thought I was lucky! Here I was still alive after giving up the only thing that should have kept me alive. And I was out of the prison. It's the same thing."

Ardent glared at the other man. "No it's not. This is different. Just- Just because your Sam was a crazy person doesn't mean they all are."

"What about-"

"The chip? This is the third time you've mentioned it, I'm telling Sam."

"NO!" His voice is desperate, he freezes in place eyes darting around. "Please Ardent. What- what if I prove it?"

Ardent is silent waiting for the other man to finish digging his grave.

"Disagree with him. Dig your heels in. Be insubordinate. Watch how long it takes him to pull out his communicator. Even if it's something small. Just. Just try it."

"And if you're wrong?"

"I'll never mention it again."

The trail fell silent, the only sound the crunch of gravel under their feet as they headed back. Dream too nervous to talk, Ardent mulling over the proposal. The campsite is within view when he finally talks.

"Fine. But only so you can stop worrying."

[ask-leashed-dreams]

Althea: HI! Hello my name is Althea A-L-T-H-E-A

[jacks-dark-oc-stuff]

Leashed Au

Griffith hears that Guts plans to leave earlier rather than the usual confrontation, he plans on getting Guts and Nori drunk and getting them to fuck. Because if Guts gets Nori pregnant, Griffith can manipulate him into staying out of obligation. Griffith also plans on fucking Nori a couple of times himself just to make sure he gets pregnant, because it doesn't really matter whose kid it is as long Guts stays.

Nori doesn't remember having sex with Guts, and Griffith convinces Guts that it would make Nori hate him if he found out that he had had sex with him while drunk. A total lie, by the way. Now, Guts knows nothing about human reproduction and trusts Griffith, so when Griffith says that Nori is pregnant with his child a few days after the incident, he believes him. And just as Griffith planed, he's able to guilt Guts into staying.

To Be Continued...

[wowa-bublord]

thinking about @rocketbirdie 's au 24/7 all the time tbh

[vanglaggle]

can he get pregnant already . something from a few months ago .

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