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"I could stand to see you more often," Hob says, a little bit hesitant, and Dream’s eyebrows nearly rise into his hairline.
"That is truly what you wish?” He’s looking at Hob like he’s an enigma wrapped in a riddle, which is funny coming from a not-quite-man whose name he only learned last year after six hundred years of meeting.
In which Dream agrees to visit Hob more often and neither of them quite know what they're getting into.
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Zuko Is Totally Fine With This (Until He Isn't) by hiraeth7
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
11 Mar 2024
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Classic 'The Gaang learns how Zuko got his scar' fic where Zuko is too flippant about things and it gives his friends heart attacks
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27 Jun 2026
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The Dreaming is full of very sad, very traumatized people, most of whom take issue with the word "traumatized" and some of whom take issue with the word "people." Matthew thinks he might be the only one having fun.
In which Matthew navigates his new role, tries to keep his home/god/boss from coming apart at the seams, and referees the most annoying office romance of all time.
Can be read as a stand-alone.
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- Part 4 of We, Divinity
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23 Jun 2026
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He holds his sword out at arm’s length. With a shaky hand, he presses it underneath the sorcerer’s chin, pushing until he feels soft skin give way, watching until a drop of fresh blood gathers and glides along his blade. He forces Merlin’s head up.
And then in one agonizing instant, he knows: looking into his eyes was a mistake.
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22 Jun 2026
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Gaius gave a mixture of herbs to Uther, now the king is high
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- Part 38 of MERTHUR SAD AND SOFT
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a place where the bridge hasn't burned by justanothermess
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
18 Dec 2024
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Fire Prince Zuko is meditating with his eyes closed on the floor of the Western Air Temple, and no one is attacking him, or even trying to, and it’s weird. Sokka will admit that even if no one else will.
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Sokka makes some discoveries after Zuko joins the Gaang. Perhaps the Fire Prince has more honor than anyone had realized.
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"I think I'm falling in love with you," Hob admits, quieter this time, less reckless declaration and more hushed plea. As though he is apologising for poorly delivering terrible news.
To Hob's surprise, Dream does not become enraged by his affection, instead his eyes flood with tears.
"Don't," he begs.
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Post their 2022 reunion, Hob and Dream make a habit out of getting drunk and sharing stories from their lives. A long hidden secret emerges as a result.
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19 Jun 2026
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what was before is left behind by academic_of_the_endless for everythingisconnected
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
23 Jul 2025
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Today, Dream Of The Endless, Lord Morpheus, King Of Nightmares, does not perform his duties. Today, he keeps the blood on his hands out of view of his subjects, of his librarian. Today, he chooses to wash the blood clean from his hands as if it’d remove the stain from his soul. Dream could spare but a thought to remove the blood of his son from the hands that brought about his end, but he chooses to wash it away.
Dream Of The Endless thinks of hands warmer than his own whilst washing the blood of his son. A vow is extracted, a promise is made, and somehow despite choosing Death at every chance, Hob and his daughter give Morpheus a chance at life. Hob, recently bereaved himself finds comfort in the care for his friend, and the life he can share.
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- Part 1 of what never was is now
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19 Jun 2026
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Hakoda doesn't trust Zuko. Chit Sang is just doing his best. Aang and Toph just want everyone to get along, is that really so hard? Takes Place right after Boiling Rock.
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- Part 1 of Zuko and 41st Division Adventures
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Zuko has a prosthetic eye by Katinka01
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
15 Dec 2025
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burn for your nation, your nation burns for you by Auroraloo
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
30 Mar 2025
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Chit Sang went from a life as a political prisoner in the Boiling Rock to sitting next to Prince Zuko at a campfire in the span of a few days. He couldn't really believe it.
or: a story about loyalty and the love of a nation
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18 Jun 2026
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A New Throne For the Era by Ghost_Guard_13
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
01 Nov 2025
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With Zuko taking the throne after a hundred years of war, the leaders of each nation are invited to the Fire Nation to restore balance and discuss the healing of their world.
Not everyone is so willing to change.
Or; Hakoda goes to the Fire Nation, General Fong doesn't trust Zuko, Zuko tells them why he was banished, and Zuko gains a proper father figure AND a boyfriend.
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17 Jun 2026
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undying love (which shines around me like a million suns) by celestarium (meadowziplines) for aquabluejay
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
18 Nov 2023
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Dream, wounded and distanced from the Dreaming, flees to Hob Gadling's flat. Or more accurately, collapses on his carpet covered in blood. Hob takes care of him for several days, and revelations are had by Dream about both carpets and his love for Hob.
(But listen: it is a very nice carpet, and Dream is quite fond of it. Truly perhaps it is the star of this fic).
Title from "Across The Universe" by the Beatles.
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- Part 49 of Sandman one-shots
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Dream has chronic Hanahaki - a condition whose mechanisms are quite poorly understood - and prone to flares at inopportune times. Stress makes it worse. The stress of loving someone does, too.
He doesn't think Hob will deal kindly with it. He's wrong, but it takes pain and panic to realize that kindness still exists.
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- Part 7 of Whumptober 2023
- Part 47 of Sandman one-shots
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turn your face toward the sun by wytch-lyghts (flight_on_broken_wings)
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
22 Feb 2026
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“I bought you quite more than your drink, in 1689,” Dream countered, the turn of his lips and pinched brow suggesting he hadn't yet decided whether to be offended.
“And I’ll never forget it,” softer, real, Hob promises, until overtaken by a shit-eating grin. “Which sufficiently made up for the time before that when I barely got three words in before you walked out on me altogether to go make a decent playwright out of Will fucking Shaxberd.”
And there was the preening, subtle though it was. An elegant eyebrow twitched upward as at some amusement. “You would fashion me in your debt, Hob Gadling?”
“Nah. I’d see you Tuesday.”
A beat passed filled with genuine consideration, enough to make Hob’s heart leap, his weight shifting forward in his seat. “Tuesday, then.”
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13 Jun 2026
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11 Jun 2026
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As much as Hob likes this job, will be sorry to lose it, he’s not sorry for the punch.
Worlds collide at the British Museum. Hob Gadling gives into old instincts. Paul McGuire has regrets.
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- Part 1 of only the register
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the past, the future, the doorway by Chrome, stardreamertwo
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
29 Sep 2022
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thedreaming_comm writes:
Welcome to thedreaming_comm, a space for fans of Morpheus Endless’s The Dreaming series!
A year after going missing, fantasy author Morpheus Endless is found alive. The internet has a lot to say.
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more sky comes and more days by Chrome
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
09 Oct 2022
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In the aftermath of her imprisonment, Calliope is determined to learn to trust humans again, so she finds a roommate and settles in the mortal world. Meanwhile, her former husband has been on another quest that ended in grief, and he seeks her out for solace.
What could possibly go wrong?
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“Hey, Zed,” Hob answered. “Something the matter?”
“Yes,” she said. “Calliope’s ex showed up and he’s fucking terrifying.”
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First, Lucienne was Dream’s raven.
Then, she became his librarian.
Through it all, she was always by his side.
It was always the two of them, together.
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A queerplatonic interpretation/relationship study of Morpheus and Lucienne’s relationship.
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09 Jun 2026