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[sleeplittleearth]

take my shoulders (as they touch your arms) (1559 words) by sleeplittleearth Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling Additional Tags: Autistic Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Touch-Starved Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Depictions of Sensory Overload, Cuddling as Stimming, Pre-Relationship, Pining, Hob's crow's feet are their own character Summary:

In a startling turn of events, on a dark night in December, Dream of the Endless found himself in the midst of a party. For someone who had spent the better part of a century in shadowy silence, it was utterly overwhelming.

Or, Dream gets overwhelmed, and Hob helps him regulate.