Unexpected Visitor/ dreamnotfound fic

Chapter nine: Shut Up Snapmap

"Hello! Hi! I'm getting set up really quick, hold on everyone." He announced happily, unmuting himself and turning on his camera at the same time.

He did a quick intro, saying he would be having some fun on the SMP with his friends and answering some questions, then switching to Jackbox with Karl, Quackity, and a few other people.

Dream was seated in the armchair, just barely off screen, able to see the whole setup but instead on tiktok.

His chat was crazy, asking about Dream, the tweet, the photo, quoting heatwaves and making all sorts of dumb jokes and comments. He read one about where Dream was out loud.

"Dream is actually sitting in here with me. Dream, wanna say hi?" He said, then turned up his volume a bit so they could hear him better.

"Hi everyone!" Dream called, waving even though they couldn't see him, glancing up from his phone and towards the monitor.

The chat erupted, not truly believing it could be real,, and both George and Dream giggled.

George had to agree with the flashing comments; it seemed too good to be true.

But it was true. And his mistake was believing that it could be true.

Everyone forgets that stories start out happy, then shit hits the fan. Then it's up to the author to decide whether everyone gets put back together again.

A soft ping reminded him of where he was and signified someone entering the call. Sapnap.

"Hi Sapnap!" George called out. Sapnap gutterally screamed into his microphone, causing George to wince.

Well, at least someone was acting normal today.

"How are my two favorite love-birds doing?" Sapnap asked after his loud entrance, knowing that Dream was in the room.

"Shut up, Snapmap" George laughed.

He felt a blush rise in his cheeks, and he was glad that Dream couldn't hear anyone but him.

"Put Dream on, I wanna talk to my buddy,"

"No," George said curtly. "You can text him," It wasn't that he had a problem with it-he just didn't want to give Sapnap what he wanted after he'd teased him.

Sapnap made a whiny sound that was something like the verbal expression of pouting.

George laughed, eyes darting to a donation popping up in his face.

Did Sapnap know you were meeting up?

George hesitated, thinking maybe he could pretend he'd missed it, but then he remembered Sapnap was watching his stream.

"He did not know. I didn't know either, actually. Dream just kind of...did it," He said.

It started raining in the game, and he excitedly switched to his trident to fly through the sky, something he could only do with water.

"Are you talking about me?" Dream asked softly, low enough that the mic probably didn't pick it up.

George glanced over to the side at Dream and nodded. Dream smiled a little, turning back to his phone after the acknowledgement.

George watched for a second longer, gaze trapped on broad shoulders and cheeky grins, the smell of beaches and ocean mixed with messy blonde hair and bright green eyes.

Everything that made Dream so perfect, so unique. These things about him that George had never known, not till he met him in person.

He didn't think he could ever return to what they'd once had after knowing they could have this.