The Apocalypse [Dreamnotfound AU]

Never Have I Ever

Some lighthearted Karlnap and angst cause it's been a while. Enjoy <3

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Tw: mild angst, mild injury

Sapnap's sitting in the corner of the caf again, staring at the caf doors and ignoring the pain in his arm.

Bad and Skeppy have been gone for a while now, and Sapnap's running out of patience. Techno and the others are busy discussing their plan for getting to the community center but the idea of planning while Dream and George are still missing doesn't sit right with him. Plus, he has the weirdest urge to get up and shoot at the targets still on the wall, just to take out his stress.

He's so busy staring at the doors that he doesn't notice anyone approaching him until Karl sits down next to him.

"What's up, dude?" Karl says, his voice light like he's trying to hide his worry. But Sapnap can see it glimmering in his eyes, can see it in the way he won't hold his gaze for more than a second. "Techno sent me to check on your bandages. And I figured you could use some company."

Sapnap just shrugs, glancing down at the bandages wrapped around his arm, if only to escape the sadness in Karl's eyes. "Have the others figured out a plan yet?"

"Not yet," Karl says with a half-smile. "But we're getting there. Montero says he should have something figured out soon. He'll tell us once the others get back."

If they get back, is what he doesn't need to add.

"So, about those bandages," Karl says, and Sapnap blinks away his worries, ignoring the way his heart sinks at the thought of Dream and George still stuck in a classroom and Bad and Skeppy still out looking for them. His blood is thrumming and he's restless and...

Karl lays a hand on his uninjured arm, and Sapnap's thoughts go quiet.

"Hey," Karl says quietly. Sapnap swallows, his heart thudding, as Karl places his other hand below his chin and turns his head toward him. His eyes are open and shining, and Sapnap is suddenly restless and completely still at the same time. Karl's hands are cool and his touch sends heat rippling through him, cutting through the pain in his arm and the worry in his heart.

Sapnap clears his throat, forcing himself to speak. "What?"

Karl smirks a little, trailing the hand on his arm up to grip his bicep. "Stop worrying so much. They'll get back and then we'll get your cure. And some day, the apocalypse will be over and we'll all move in together in a house in Florida."

Sapnap snorts a laugh and Karl giggles and for a moment, hope blooms in Sapnap's heart.

"It would have to be a pretty big house to fit all of us," Sapnap says finally, a smile tugging at his lips. "And it would become pretty annoying pretty quickly."

Karl shrugs, trying to fight a smile. "Super annoying. Are you kidding me, imagine George and Quackity in a house together."

Sapnap scoffs. "That would be the worst. Almost as bad as Bad and Skeppy bickering all the time."

Karl huffs a laugh, squeezing Sapnap's bicep a little, and Sapnap has to stop himself from shivering. "Maybe we could move in together. You know, just the two of us."

Sapnap's heart stops and then starts again. "Just the two of us?" he asks, wondering if Karl's words are just a hallucination from his injury.

"Well," Karl says. He's tracing a finger over Sapnap's bicep, and Sapnap tries to focus on his words over the thudding of his heart. "You'd have to take me out to dinner first."