Heavenstruck (Guardian Angel AU)

Funeral March

"Hey, what do you think of this?"

Dream took one glance at the screen before snorting and rolling his eyes. He recognized that scene in the video; he was the one who had spent too many nights editing it. "George, that's my video."

"Isn't it so good?" George giggled. "It's obvious there was a lot of effort put into it. That outplay right there was pretty clean, too. Whoever's recording must be a god at Minecraft."

Dream grinned despite himself. This was the person he had fallen in love with, huh? And he couldn't be happier about it. "You're such an idiot."

"Just so smart."

"I hate you."

"Has a nice voice."

"You're so stupid."

"Well, this person clearly is not."

"You're so annoying, you know that? You're such a—" Dream cut himself off to laugh, diverting his gaze back towards a new notification on his phone.

Alyssa [12:11] did ponk tell you about the anniversary?

Dream texted back a quick answer before focusing his entire attention on George commentating over the video as if he hadn't watched Dream edit it for hours on end. Even if talking to George's friends was more important now than it ever had been before, Dream wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he had wasted even a second of his time left with George.

He wondered if George knew that, if he felt the same way, too.

"Look at those MLG plays!" George shouted. He raised a palm to the side of his head for dramatic effect and gasped.

Dream rolled his eyes but couldn't keep the grin off his face.

This was the person he had fallen so hard for. Despite everything, Dream had no regrets.

*

The next text came later that afternoon right after Dream had finished watching a movie with George.

Alyssa [16:43] are you going?

Dream took a moment to evaluate the viability of this discussion.

The end credits rolled by across the television screen in front of him, soft orchestral music accompanying the text onscreen. Patches was sprawled on the carpet and hadn't moved for the past hour or so. But most importantly, George had dozed off somewhere at the halfway point of the movie after a straight hour of interrupting important moments with questions (There was no way it wasn't intentional, no way). His head rested right in the crook of Dream's neck, and his side pressed up against Dream's. Honestly, Dream felt a bit sleepy.

But this was probably important. Dream shouldn't delay a conversation he knew would happen at some point.

Dream [16:44] yeah. Are you?

Alyssa [16:44] of course!

Alyssa [16:44] i just needed to ask um

Alyssa [16:45] so i was thinking about the meetup

Alyssa [16:45] and i got this idea

Alyssa [16:45] what if we all bring something that was precious to us and george?

So, so many things came to mind. And maybe he was selfish or had hoarding tendencies that never made themselves known until now, but the thought of parting with those items made his stomach churn. Even if it was part of the mourning process, he didn't think he would be ready for that for a while.