Dream

Dream tossed his mask carelessly onto the floor, knowing he’d later regret it but couldn’t find it in his tender muscles to care right now. Instantly he faceplanted into his pillow, his entire aching back going limp, a groan coughing out of the back of his throat as he became one with the mattress. He loved speedrunning, don’t get him wrong, it just sucked when he felt as if it was more tedious than fun. He had gotten no good times, a sore back and tired feet from running and falling over and over again, not to mention he had yet to fix his latest plugin. The only thing that stopped him from reaching for the stars was burnout. 

However, before he could wallow any further, his bedroom door clicked open.

“What happened to the sub twenty speedrun pissbaby?"

Another groan met Sapnap's reply.

The younger laughed at the how limp his roommate was, secretly thankful that he hadn’t decided to go with him. Though Dream’s energy seemed to be a bit off, dare Sapnap say he was more tired than usual after an entire day of speedrunning. 

"You alright?” Sapnap asked with furrowed eyebrows, even while Dream couldn’t see his expression. “You're doing a great impression of a dead body." He kept his tone light-hearted, wanting to know what his friend was feeling.

"Saaaaaapnnnnnaaaap."

According to the whine, and huffy tone, not too good.

Even with the barest reply, he could connect the dots. Dream was most likely sore from running around, probably hungry from being low-energy, and definitely tired after a full day of socially interacting. Not to mention they had all just gotten off a call with George about the newest plugin, it still needed testing, so Dream had to have that on his mind too.

Sapnap ran over a couple ideas, wondering how he could help his friend relieve his stress from the day. 

Meanwhile Dream, unaware of Sapnap’s plan, sighed into his messy bed sheets. He balled his fingers into the soft fabric, allowing himself to get lost in the pleasant feeling. Sadly, he was pulled out of his little daze by a soft few taps on his shoulder.

He huffed, shoving his head out of his pillow with a grouchy look on his face, ready to complain and ask for alone time. Dream was quickly thrown off guard though, expecting to meet Sapnap’s face. Instead he was met with one of his many blob plushies, a big wobbly smile sown into its face with two little dots for eyes.

Dream’s eyes squinted, knowing the only times he used his plushie’s were for regression. He watched as the blob bounced at the attention, flickering to Sapnap’s hand around it’s squishy body.

“Don’t be sad Dweamie!” He resisted the urge to smile, finding the voice Sapnap chose for the plush to be goofy. He knew the other was trying to help him, but he wanted to be a bit stubborn for a little longer, so for now he opted for a frowny face as his mind slowly grew lighter.

The blob bopped Dream’s forehead, it’s little head swaying side to side as if it were speaking. Sapnap’s high-pitched squeaky voice talked for it, an audible grin in his voice. “It’s your bestest fwend, Blobs!! No sad, happy!” 

The plushie suddenly moved forward again, darting to Dream’s face to give tiny pats all over. Sapnap made obnoxiously loud kissy sounds, voice filled with affection. Dream just couldn’t hold in his giggles anymore, already feeling himself start to slip as he ducked his chin back into the safety of his pillow. 

“Nohohaha!! Quit ihit!!” 

“Mwuah!! Where is he? Where did my best friend go?! There he is! That’s my giggle monster!! Mwuah, mwuah, mwuah!!”

Dream felt as if his chest were going to explode with giddiness, finally turning his head back. He fumbled with the blanket before gently swatting at the doll. “Fihine! Ohkahay, ohokahay!! Mm’ hehehere dohork.” 

Sapnap poked his head from behind blobs, his devious grin melting at the sight of Dream’s shy squinted eyes and silly smile. He handed Blobs over, watching as Dream visibly brightened and scooped the plush into his arms, now snuggling his face against it. 

Right after though, Dream started to yawn. Sapnap wanted nothing more for him to sleep, however he knew the big guy hadn’t had anything to eat since he got back. So pushing aside Dream’s cute little arm stretch, he patted the bed. “It’s snack time bud!! You get yourself ready for bed and you can have a nap with Big Bear.” 

Sapnap’s lips quirked up even further as Dream dived back into the covers, whining into his toy. But what Dream didn’t know is that he had a secret weapon.

The raven sighed, fluttering his eyelashes with a sweetly sly tone. “I’ll read you an extra bedtime story!”

In an instant, Dream was stumbling to get out of bed. So fast Sapnap was worried he might get a headrush. He wasn’t able to hold back a little chuckle or two, helping Dream get uncurled from his blanket burrito before heading towards the door. 

They grouped back together in less than five minutes, Sapnap walked in with a plate and sippy cup, barely having time to shut the door behind him before dream was calling out his name with more slurred words.

“Hurry up Sap!! Blobs is gettin’ antsee’!” Dream whined with an impatient voice, tugging the blanket off to give a grabby hand at the plate. Though he had to be careful, Blobs was in his other hand tucked away into his chest. 

“Hold your ponies Dweam.” Sapnap softly grinned as he set the plate down on the bedside table. He helped Dream sit up and held his sippy cup for him, unable to stop the fondness from seeping into his expression as his little buddy made ‘nom’ing sounds each and every chew.

Before he knew it - “I’ done!! Cup pwease!” - Dream was finished with his sandwich and crackers, now making a grabby hand at the green sippy cup. Sapnap’s smile somehow widened, his heart always seemed to melt when Dream regressed. “You have very good manners!! Here you go sunshine.”

Dream politely took the sippy cup, sending a beaming smile up at his carer. “Thank ywo big bear!!” He nudged the tip into the plushie’s face, as if that’s where it’s mouth was to take a few sips, before plopping it into his own mouth and happily sipping away. Before Sapnap could become a puddle on the ground, he quickly sat up to pick out a book from the closet. Dream often hid most of his items in there.

“Hey giggles, you get two books tonight! Which ones do you want?”

In exactly two minutes later, Sapnap was snuggled right beside Dream, the bed was big enough for him to scoot down - so it created the illusion he was shorter - and rest his head onto Sapnap’s chest. It was a win-win situation, because just as Sapnap got to the second book, he heard a soft snore.

Sapnap glanced over, holding back a coo at Dream’s content expression with blobs cuddled in his arms. He leaned down to press a light kiss to his forehead, careful not to wake him up as he reached over to dim the lights. 

Sapnap held back a yawn of his own, a little tired from his own agenda, a nap would do nicely for both of them. He wrapped an arm to press Dream closer to his chest, sleepily grinning when the blond subconsciously leaned into him even more. He couldn’t help but chuckle, eyes starting to drift shut.