the feelings mutual

two am

tw/cw: this chapter has heavy themes of anxiety, panic attacks, etc.

it was late. very late. the boys were in bed together. both wearing nothing but their boxers. holding each other tightly.

the boys were comfortable in each other's arms.

dream was having trouble sleeping. he had been laying there awake for two hours. his mind was going over possible ways his fans would react when they found out about him and george.

he couldn't stay still out of anxiety.

feeling that dream was stirring, george slowly woke up. seeing that dream looked rather worried and his body was all tense, george spoke up,

"dream are you okay? you seem worried? have you slept at all so far?"

"wait did i wake you up? i'm so sorry george"

"no no it's fine don't worry. what's keeping you up baby?"

baby

george made it sound so good when he said it.

"did you just call me baby?"

george panicked "yeah, i'm sorry did you not like it? i won't do it again if you didn't! i promise, just tell me if you don't like i-"

george stopped talking as dream kissed him. dream cupped george's face in his hand. pulling him closer into the kiss. as they stopped, dream spoke,

"no i really liked it. you make it sound so nice."

"you think so?"

"yes george. i could listen to you talk for hours on end. honestly i love your voice so much."

george presented a beaming smile in response.

"that's very sweet dream, but you didn't answer my question. what's worrying you?"

"well uhh i don't really know how to say it to be honest" dream

"you don't have to filter anything, say it as it is" george replied with a comforting expression

"okay..well.. it's just i'm not sure how to tell people about us or if i even want to tell people about us, what if they aren't supportive, what if they become rude and disrespectful? i mean i want to shout it from the roof tops that you're mine. i couldn't be happier about us, but what if people become unsupportive and what about the internet? how will they react? i mean what would it mean for us to tell them?"

dream started hyperventilating and shaking slightly.

"what if all we get is bad reactions? what if my family stop talking to me? what if our friends don't like us anymore? what if people start mistreating us?"

"dream.. come here. relax. focus on your breathing first. you don't have to worry. i'm right here. everything's going to be fine, i've got you and you've got me" george said trying his best to comfort dream.

dream sat upright in the bed, he cuddled george for comfort. trying his best to focus on calming down.

"i'm gonna go get you a drink, wait here" george said hoping dream would soon be alright.

once back with the drink, george helped dream stabilise his breathing.

"you don't have to worry, do you remember when sap, alex and karl came out. when they first told everyone they were dating?"

"kind of yeah.?" dream responded

"there was not one of our friends that was unsupportive, and i know for a fact that your family are supportive too, and with regards to the internet, there are so many people who would be unconditionally happy and supportive towards us. we're gonna be fine. plus we don't need to tell anyone right now, if that's what you think is best. the only thing i want to do is make sure your happy and content. i'm gonna be right behind every decision you make. when you're ready to start telling people, talk to me about it and we can find a way to do it that makes us happy. don't worry dream, we're both gonna be just fine."

"thank you george"

"i love you dream"

"i love you too george"

"now come here, take a drink and let's try get back to sleep, alright?"

dream nodded

a/n

poor dream :(