Witch's Dreams
Morpheus x Immortal!Witch!Reader
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You took your peaceful dreams as a sign that Dream wasnât mad at you for being hired to seal him in a basement for as long as the foundation of the house stood. While out and about doing work, you started to notice a raven just about every time you left your house. Every time you did you felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, it's not like you didnât like ravens, you believed they brought good fortune. Yet, whenever you saw them recently you couldnât help the way your gut twisted in nervousness when you noticed them perched around your apartment.
It was a few months after your debacle at the Burgess manor when you had sleeping trouble. You had awoken early that morning to start a long busy day of work and were up later than usual. But when you finally did try to enter the land of dreams, you could not.
Youâd laid in bed in silence and darkness for about an hour and a half before you got up and decided to make a cup of tea, in hopes it would help you sleep. But even as you sat on your couch sipping at the warm drink, your eyelids did not droop, and your muscles did not tingle. You had felt more awake than ever actually.
After staring at the wall for several long and boring moments you looked out the window where rain had started to patter outside. Your body went ridged as a pair of yellow glowering eyes stared back at you from the fire escape. As you shifted off the couch and toward the window. The cat had stood and started trotting out of view of the window, toward where the fire escape reached your bedroom.
You rushed through your tiny apartment and crossed the threshold of your dark room, to be met with a pair of sparkling eyes in the blackness, except instead of being on the floor, at the head level of a cat. They stood taller than you, not by much, but certainly more than a feline.
Your breath hitched as thunder boomed through the city, your first instinct was to grab something to defend yourself with, but you stood frozen as the eyes approached you. You gawked as he stepped from the shadows into the beam of light coming in from your now cracked open window. It was him, Dream of the Endless.
Excitement and nerves bubbled in your throat, what did he want? Why was he here? Your eyes examined his form, he wore a black T-shirt and jeans, with the same colored pair of boots and had his hands stuffed deep into the pockets of a trench coat, also black. His hair was in the same disarray as when he was trapped, you figured it was the way he liked it.
His face was hard, brows furrowed and lips pursed like he had been sucking on a lemon. Yet a sparkle in his eyes carried curiosity.
âW-what do you want?â your voice was weary as you shrunk into yourself, you watched as his features softened and he gave you a smile of gratitude.
âFear not mage, I have no resentment toward youâ His voice was different than you had expected it to be. The type of voice that would make millions in the audiobook department, one that soothed the knots in your shoulders and made your head fuzzy with fatigue. âHow could I?â He stepped closer to you, so close that if he stepped to you again he would be chest to chest with you. He lifted his hand out of his pocket but hesitated and dropped it to his side.
âThen why have you come?â You asked and shifted on the balls of your feet, looking up at him with childish awe. He was breathtaking like this, his glassy skin shone in the filtered moonlight, and you could pick up on every slight micro expression on his face.
The corners of his mouth lifted ever so slightly as his eyelids fell shut and he dropped gracefully to kneel before you. Morpheus was a prideful being, but being imprisoned for over a century was truly humbling to him, he owed you eternally for what you did for him.
You could have left him there, worse, bound him there for creator knows how long. When he heard Alexâs demands, he damn near expected you too. And yet, you hadnât hesitated to come to his aid once the house fell asleep, and you hadnât asked anything in return.
You were truly remarkable, it had taken all of his willpower to not come and see you immediately after he had recovered his tools to properly thank you. Matthew was his next best option, and eventually, he couldnât take it anymore, he had to see you in the waking world and pay his respects.
Now standing here before you in your moonlit bedroom, he was like a worshipper to the ancient gods.
Your face flushed as you watched him kneel before you and hang his head like a child caught in the cookie jar. âI- what are you d-doing?â your heart pounded in your ears as the godlike being in your home looked up at you with a face filled with gratitude.
âThanking the witch who freed me from my prison, as I should have many months ago,â he said regretfully, and you watched as his lips pursed in shame. This caused you to hesitantly grip his shoulders and try and get him to stand with you again, but he stayed firm on the floor.
âNo, lord Dream please donât, you didnât-â you said as you tugged on his coat, but he placed a chilly hand on his shoulder, over yours, and shook his head slightly.
âMorpheus, my name is Morpheus, I will not have you address me as superior when I owe you an eternities debtâ He spoke firmly, but not in a manner to upset you.
âOkay okay! But please Morpheus stand up, you donât owe me anything reallyâ You said and watched as he looked up at you with novelty, but slowly rose to stand within a mere foot from you.
âYou misunderstand mage, I do owe you-â He tried to reason but you didnât let him, by gripping his sleeve and smiling up at him.
âNo Morpheus you donât, the lovely dreams the past few months have been payment enough, I was simply doing what any right minded person would do. Thereâs no need for any âeternal debtâ or whatever, just knowing youâre okay, and that humanity doesnât have to suffer anymore sleepy sickness is enough for meâ You spoke softly and watched as he gently gripped the wrist that had a hold on his sleeve, turning it over carefully in his calloused hands.
Morpheus examined every inch of your face, he wondered what kind of deal with the fates he made long ago that might have brought you through his path, but he didnât care.
You infatuated him, you werenât like humans, you didnât use your powers as a witch against people, you didnât exploit your immortality, and you freed an Endless being, simply out of the kindness of your heart.
âEven centuries of sweet dreams could not convey my gratitude to youâ His voice was calm and peaceful, pulling a yawn from your throat, which caused Morpheusâs jaw to clench momentarily.
He felt a bit guilty for being the cause of your inability to sleep tonight, he had intended to speak with you much earlier in the evening, but he was caught up watching as you did mundane tasks around your house, and the small projects youâd put off, he just lost track of time.
He cleared his throat and released your hand, trying to compose himself, your eyes closed as you gave him a genuine smile. âAs I said, you donât need to give me anything because I donât want anythingâ you tried to assure him, but his face was set in a state of immense concentration.
He tried to think of what Lucienne might advise him to do, he understood that heâs not very good at expressing himself the way he intends to. He simply looked over your face watching the tiredness overtake your features.
âHow about this hm? I go to bed, and we can talk more tomorrow yeah?â You said drowsily and swayed in your spot, feeling the sounds of pattering rain and the presence of Morpheus finally lull your exhausted mind towards sleep.
This prompted Morpheus to place his steady hands onto your biceps and gently tug you toward your messy bed. He gently laid your finally tired form into the comforts of your bedding and watched as you snuggled into your plush pillow.
He hovered by your nightstand as you adjusted and got comfortable, before looking up at him and smiling softly âgoodnight Morpheusâ you mumbled as your eyes fell closed.
A soft smile graced his features as he stared at your stilled form. âGoodnight mageâŚâ he uttered quietly and pulled a soft sheet over you.
âItâs Y/nâŚâ you muttered so quietly that he almost didnât hear, but his smile widened in acknowledgment. As he let out a breath of a laugh.
âGoodnight then⌠Y/nâ he said and left you to your dreams, assuring that they were especially wonderful as you snoozed away that night, itâs safe to say he was properly infatuated with you.
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