#dronk

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Dream & Ponk: “if anyone were to kill Sam, it should be me.”

Dream & Ponk: *looks at each other*

Dream & Ponk: *a beat passes then they realize they unintentionally said that simultaneously*

CORRCTION.

I DOTH SHIVER AND TREMBLE.

I AM GLOOBY.

The front door is just big enough for him to get through. Dream doesn't quite understand what this place is. He doesn't understand all the things this place makes him feel. Every dusty corner brings a surge of fondness, but with it there's an ache pulling down his soul.

He wants to be happy here, but something keeps hurting him, keeps making something beyond his reach scream. Dream doesn't understand, but he can't bring himself to leave either. Instead he curls up in the corner and hopes the pain will fade.

c!Punz and c!Sapnap were going to retrieve some items, most people travel in pairs around the main SMP given that there's an Ender Dragon flying around.

Neither of them knew Ender Dragons could cry. They learned together, at the threshold of the community house. They left together too. Quietly.

They split up soon after. Going their separate ways with mumbled excuses.

Both of them pause, consider going back, but decide against it. Too risky. Too many feelings that might come to the surface. It keeps them up

Ponk finds two anonymous messages on his communicator instead, both letting him know there's a sad dragon he might want to deal with.

When Ponk finds Dream, the dragon is still crying. The dragon whimpers, upset. Pleading for helping, for clarity.

"I know." Gentle hands brush away the tears. Before long, Dream finds himself being lead back to Ponk's house to curl up by the fireplace. There's still an ache, but the longer Dream spends covered by a huge blanket and his friend in his lap, the warmer he feels.

When the pain recedes at long last, the both of them fall asleep.

Somewhere, across the SMP, Punz wonders if all this is really worth it. It's not the first time he's wondered this. It won't be the last.