Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Warnings Apply

Relationships: Gepard/Sampo

Tags: Soulmates, Dreamscapes, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Build, Genderfluid Sampo, Trans Gepard, Angst, Gepard has PTSD, Dysfunctional Family

Summary:

There was a constant truth to the universe that persisted even through time and space:

'Dreams were not your own.'

Except, Sampo had never shared his dreams with anyone. All he had were the creations of his own unfortunate mind, and an Aeon-fuelled will to never sleep at all in order to escape it.

In comparison, Gepard had spent her entire life being told to forget about the fantastical nature of the dreams she saw. There was a certain image that came with being Gepard Landau, you see, and anything that fell out of place had to be quickly swept under the rug. Her dreams and her scars and her wants.

Because Gepard wanted. She wanted a soulmate who would stay. She wanted to not be plagued by war. She wanted to be a man. It didn't matter, though. Gepard had to remind herself this:

She could want for eternity, but in the end she could not *have*.

Right?

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