#i think this au is officially my favouriteeee

[fluffallamaful]

Aww, Tommy being the one to step in when he has a breakdown is so sweet actually. And it totally makes sense with how he was the only one to see him as a fellow human being in the finale (besides Punz, ofc). Having him there to grease the wheels fits so well! And then at the end, finally finding comfort in his soft bed instead of thinking of it like another cell — oh that’s so warm and fuzzy. Maybe Tommy stays late into the night that time around. He doesn’t sleep and nobody else does either — he’s a rambunctious little shit — but he ropes them into playing little games together. Ones that Dream can play, too — or if he can’t do it on his own, Tommy forces someone else to step up to physically assist him as necessary. (“Move his chess pieces for him, Sam. …I think he wanted that one a little to the left actually —“ “He can’t run on his own, you dumb fuck! Carry him so I can chase you two down the hall!”) Maybe they even play some tickling games, especially at first when they’re trying to get him to smile again. (Tommy’s not really a gentle soul, though, so he basically just announces that whoever makes Dream cry Uncle first wins and goes for it.) (Nobody’s sure who won, because they’re idiots who forgot that they needed to take turns for that to work instead of going for him all at the same time.) (It was Dream. Dream won. :3)

Eventually, though, Tommy has to leave. It’s early in the morning and he’s finally tired and he needs to go back home for some stuff anyway. Dream doesn’t want to look like a baby so he doesn’t beg him to stay — even though he really wants to — instead gritting his teeth and watching sadly as he leaves.

But Sam and Quackity are gentle with him, still — even gentler than Tommy was, because as much as Tommy cares he’s still a rambunctious little shit. Sam goes and prepares a bowl of soup while Quackity cleans him up from head to toe. (Maybe the sponges tickle a bit. Quackity isn’t trying to wreck him, but maybe he can’t resist being just a little mean as he washes his ribs, tummy and feet.) Then Sam comes back as Quackity helps him slip into a fresh hospital gown, where he rests Dream in his lap while he spoonfeeds him his meal. Quackity uses this time to do the laundry.

(While they’re alone with him, they talk. Quackity mainly keeps the tone light and playful, but he acknowledges the torture seriously at one point at least. Sam’s conversation is more serious. He finds out some things about how the prison was planned, about how Dream trusted him with his body and soul. He holds him as he cries a bit — still angry, still scared, but on the road to recovery. They’re both much more aware of things by the end of the day.)

At the end of the day, they don’t leave him alone. Instead they get in bed with him, burying themselves in the bedding they was already there as well as all the shit they may or may not have dragged from their own sleeping spots in preparation for a long-term sleepover. Dream’s in the middle, warm and snug as he’s sandwiched between pillows and blankets and two former enemies who are trying their best to mend their relationship. (They were friends once upon a time. Maybe they can be friends again.)

ok i should’ve feckin answered this one before the tummy tickles one because of the sponge + domestic caring stuff fzgxgsw

(discussion below)

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i adore the idea of bath time basically equalling ‘tickle time’ for dream :(( that’s so cute. but it also kinda gives the opportunity for tickles to be a kind of regular thing in the AU. like it just becomes a bit of a comfort thing for dream because for once in his life he’s trusting others enough to not be in control. but as well as that, it’s rather nostalgic to him. it reminds him of the simpler times that he craves :((

i love the idea of tommy making sure to include him in games!!! like omg playing hide and seek, but forcing sam to carry dream around to find him. or forcing sam to hide dream and then just leaving him propped up behind a bookshelf while tommy goes on a dramatic search for him.

i also kinda of adore the idea of sam/quackity tickling tommy on behalf of dream?? like tommy being in a fun teasy mood and playfully tickling dream coz dream can’t fight back. but then sam/quackity offering to tickle tommy on dreams behalf. i just had the image of dreams hands finally healing enough to tickle tommy back :(( and like tommy just letting him and trying his hardest to not squirm away. or having quackity help hold him down while dream squeezing prods and skitters to the best of his ability. like getting all excited about the fact that he can finally give back tickles :(((

I LOVE THE SOUP THING like every time you write that cdream gets hot soup i damn near tear up :(( also sam and quackity having a sleepover in his bed of pillows and being all warm and smooshed and safe in the middle :(( i adore imagining quackity and sam taking over the role of caring for dream, while tommy takes on the role of entertainment aHH. and just the whole dynamic of the house taut they’re in gaining such a fun caring atmosphere i will cryyyy

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