As Time Goes On

Late Night Streams

A small smile pulled at the corner of Dream's lips as he leaned back in his chair and adjusted the headphones on his head. On his screen George continued with his stream oblivious to the fact that he was watching. It was late in the night, but Deam could not convince himself to return to his bed. He pulled himself out of bed nearly two hours before this point when he had received the notification that George was streaming. He then found himself locked into his computer debating on whether he wanted to stay silent and watch or jump in the call and say hello. He then found himself here, leaning as far back as he could in his chair, as George's voice flowed through his headphones.

A quick glance at the clock is almost enough to force him off of his computer and into bed, but then he heard George say "No, I'm not calling Dream. He is sleeping. Stop asking that." Dream let out a small chuckle and sat up a little straighter in his chair so he could read the chat that was flying on his screen. Everyone was spamming to call Dream and he couldn't help but smile at the flustered look on George's face as he realized that he would either have to call and get voicemail to get them to stop or have to completely ignore the chat until they found the next thing to talk about. "Okay, okay. Listen. If I see a spam of people subscribing with prime, I will call Dream. Subscribing with prime is completely free, so if I see a bunch of primes in the chat then I will call Dream." Dream rolled his eyes but couldn't help but laugh at the scene that was playing out in front of him. Of course, George would use this time to tell people to subscribe to his twitch.

The chat instantly filled with people subscribing and people gifting subs so that other people could fill the chat by subscribing as well. Dream could not help but laugh again. George knew exactly what he was doing, and yet somehow it worked in his favor every time. "Okay. Okay. I am about to call him soon, so make sure you subscribe because I may just run and ad." He paused and looked at the screen to his left for a minute and Dream shifted in his chair again. He had not realized that he had slowly been leaning closer to the screen as he once again found himself lost in the stream. The chat was full of a mix of 'call Dream now' and more subscriptions. The look on George's face told Dream that he knew he had backed himself into a corner. He watched as the older man glanced down at his phone and then chuckled nervously while moving around in his chair slightly. "I guess we are calling Dream now." George shrugged. He tried to act like it was no big deal, but the nervous laugh at the end let him know something completely different.

Dream takes one more quick glance at the clock and shakes his head when he sees that it is quickly nearing two in the morning. George stalls a few more seconds on his stream, but everyone in the chat was telling him that he had to call Dream. "He is probably sleeping guys." George reasoned, but it sounded more like he was trying to convince himself, or maybe that he was hoping that he was sleeping. But little did George know that he had been watching the stream for a while now, and that he knew that this call was about to happen. George made opening his phone and going to make the call a dramatic event. Chat was going crazy telling him to 'do it already' and telling him what he should say when Dream answers. In the end a lot of people just started spamming 'say I love you and hang up'. George laughed that suggestion off, and finally hit the button to call Dream.

The phone in front of him lit up and started vibrating only seconds after he watched the other man make the call. Dream quickly pulled off his headset and muted the stream so there would be no way that George would know that he was watching. He let it ring a few times before clearing his throat as he unlocked the phone. He might as well give the stream a show then. "H-hello? George? It's the middle of the night." He tried to drop his voice a little lower as if he had been sleeping. "Don't you think it is a little late for phone sex?" As soon as the words left his mouth the chat went crazy again. He had to stop the laugh that was trying to force it's way out as he watched so many different emotions cross over George's face as he tried to figure out what was happening.

"Wha- What? DREAM!" George stuttered over a few more words for a few seconds before he regained his composure and settled on glaring down at his phone. "I'm streaming!" It was then that Dream did let his laugh out, and as he did, he watched George visibly deflate back into his chair while slapping his palm against his head. The older man looked frustrated and not sure of what to do next, so Dream put him out of his misery and decided to abandon his original plan to keep his stream stalking a secret.

"Oh, I know, I have been watching." He laughed and George let out one of his signature sighs as he rolled his eyes and used his free hand to brush away the hair that had fallen over his eyes. "Subscribe with prime and I will call Dream" Dream laughed out while giving his worst British accent that he could manage. George's face lit up with a smile and he dropped his chin to his chest and laughed. After a few minutes of talking on the phone, Dream joined the call in discord and they spent the next two hours trying to uphold their winning streak in bed wars.

When the sun started to light up the sky outside Dream finally told George that he had to go, so he could get a little bit of sleep, and George started his quick speech to end the stream and then quickly ends the stream. After he did that, it was just them in the call. Dream yawned and pushed himself back in his chair. "You were creeping in my stream" George laughed

"I was." Dream said matter-of-factly, and he could not tell whether he was just tired or if hearing George say that made him actually happy, but another smile tugged at his lips. "I had been in there for a while when you brought up the primes. I mean, I think it is only fair to gift half of those to me." Both men laughed at that, and Dream rested his head on the desk in front of him.

"They wanted me to say I love you and hang up, what's up with that?" George laughed out and Dream chuckled along with him.

"I agree. What's up with that man? Why won't you tell me you love me?" Dream laughed again and he noticed that it was reaching the point again that his stomach was hurting again. He paused for a moment to think about how easy it was to talk to George. He never had to hold up the front that he usually did when talking with others, or when he was streaming. Talking to George just felt easy.

"Shut up." Goerge laughed out and Dream could practically see the smile on his face that he always wore when he was shaking his head at something stupid that he said.

"I will get it someday." Dream said with a smirk. "Someday you will want to say you love me." Dream laughed again and sighed as he picked his head back up off his desk. The sun was getting higher in the sky and he knew that if he did not get some sleep soon, that he would not sleep at all.

"I would not count on that." George said, but once again Dream could hear the smile in his voice.

"Talk tomorrow? Or rather later today?" Dream asked, as a way to try to shift the conversation to a close. No matter how much he wanted to stay here and continue to talk to the other man, he was struggling to stay awake, and he knew that he could not spend another night sleeping at his desk.

"We will see." George chuckled but then added "text me when you wake up." With that the call ended and Dream was once again surrounded by silence. For a second, he missed the friendly banter, but as soon as he let himself fall into bed sleep came easier than it had in a long time.

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