#ange_asks

Hi hi Loyal!~ It's been a while, miss you as well. I'm doing alright, trying to make more time to draw the bois <3

But first: In another life a man in a mask had stood up for Techno when he was outnumbered and alone. A lifeline to cling to and he couldn't help but be thankful.

It's only natural to be reminded of that moment when he finds himself in that position again. Part of him hopes this is the moment his lifeline will return.

A man in a mask again comes to his rescue, just not the one he was hoping for (or is he?).

Hey, it just means I get to talk more about my boys!! Ask away ^^ It takes a long time, Dream is an adult by the time they meet again.

Dream was worried his papa wouldn't recognize him, or be mad that he disappeared, or disappointed it took him this long to reach the End.

Exdee actually needed a moment to recognize his boy, it had been so long since they'd been face to face, and Dream is no longer a child. He'd imagined this moment countless times throughout the years - but reality still took him by surprise.

He's tall, almost as tall as Exdee in his human form, with broad shoulders and sun-bleached hair. They look almost identical to each other, and yet the person standing before him is so different.

It's all good though, the moment the mask comes off, there's no doubt this is his little boy. He's a little scarred, and there are lines under his eyes but it's him. Exdee loved his son the moment he created him, rooted for him from afar, and continued to love him even worlds apart.

The Void God is just happy he can hold his son again.

Nonnie, nonnie I know we're sharing but please it's my turn with the braincell!!

It's in the works - Idk how you knew but it's in the works. I've got two scenes fleshed out but yeah. Have some storyboards in the mean time. There's some lore I've been thinking about in regards to the AU (because I can't actually show all of this) but - I was thinking Season 2 DSMP. DreamXD has memory wiped everyone, including the people taken by Lady Death, but it's less of a total memory wipe, and more of a block. (Tis the condition to come back onto the sever). So people remember each other, and they're all familiar with the server, but context for everything has been removed. So scars and stuff stayed and people still have vague ideas of where they stand with one another, ie. c!Q is on friendly terms with everyone but no one seems to be able to fully trust him. Bring in c!Dream, who's memories stayed, because DreamXD can't let a man catch a break. He has the powers to unlock the memories of the people he encounters, he just has to remind them of who he is and what happened previously (still deciding if it's a phrase or an actual spell). So he has the choice of either allowing everyone to move on, and start their lives anew (with only him suffering with their past mistakes/choices/knowledge) or have them remember and have to deal with the fallout. So in this Techno and Dream are married, have been married a while, and while Techno and the rest of the Syndicate were able to escape before everything blew up, the memory wipe made it so that Techno knows he's married, knows who he's married to, but has no idea where Dream is, and anything that happened to them previously. Techno has this feeling that Dream is in trouble, but no idea how, and the server is no help because while not outright hostile to him, they seem ambivalent to him and Dream.

So to the "Would you fall in love with me again" - Dream finally returns and decides to give Techno his memories back, so that Techno can make the choice of where they stand and if he wants to stay together with Dream, a Dream who is different, changed, broken.

It was a quiet affair - but Techno tried to make it special. He gave Dream his crown to wear, telling him that while he didn't believe in monarchies, he'd make an exception "cuz Birthday King's had their own rules." He tried his best to clean Dream up, braided his hair. And then gifted Dream his cape. Then they sat together (ie. Techno bundled him up into his lap) while he softly sang Dream 'Happy Birthday'. (If Dream's eyes were suspiciously wet in the end - no one said anything.)

Now I understand Techno, I wanna hug Dream too omg

When I see him all I can think about is: Hug 👏 that 👏 man 👏

Hahaha thank you! I try to make him cute enough that you let him do a little crime- as a treat

I actually have to restrain myself from drawing them hugging too much XD

If I were to be completely self indulgent Techno would be carrying Dream around like a teddy bear 😂

Coming back to the AU with some fluff!

Hey it’s free real estate XD

Techno takes full advantage of this - mostly because he can’t squeeze Dream out of places, so now it’s using his lap as a pillow and watching him try and stutter his way through conversations.

Or in this case, falling asleep on him. Cat rules and all - lap being used, can’t move.