wish // karlwastaken

you're back

it's an august summer night, and dream couldn't be happier.

"did you have a good birthday, baby boy?" karl asks, voice laced with the sweet sounds of sugar and honey, dripping off his voice and into dream's heart.

god, dream feels so lucky.

"of course. i love it. you— you really made me happy today, babe." he says.

as dream stands against the rail on his porch, karl comes up behind him and snakes his arms around the blond's torso.

"glad you liked it."

the air is cold and dry. dream feels goosebumps slowly beginning to rise on his arms. but neither of them have a plan to go inside soon, depsite it being cold. because they feel content just standing with each other. dream's content with karl holding him in his embrace, and karl is content with the blond boy being in his arms.

and it's real. it's so fucking real. dream can feel karl's breath on the back of his neck.

"where do you think the future will take us?" karl asks.

dream hums, "i don't know. but i know it'll be okay as long as we're together."

karl turns dream around by the waist, quickly pressing a long kiss to his lips.

"couldn't agree more baby."

finally, they're feeling okay.

their cravings for unhealthy coping mechanisms are currently washed away, because they're focusing on each other.

karl's eyes meet dream's, and he sees the boy he'll be with for the rest of his life. why weren't things so clear a few years back, when everything fell apart?

maybe destiny planned this for them. dream thinks perhaps he deserved what happened. but he shakes the thought away, because the past is gone. they have the future ahead of them.

"i have one more gift for you today," karl says.

dream raises his eyebrows in curiosity. "what is it?"

karl reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. unlocking it, he scrolls before clicking onto an app, turning the phone to show dream three digital plane tickets.

dream almost gasps.

"are those for us? why... why are there three?"

karl shakes his head and smiles. "i spoke to a few people we know..." he says, almost in a sing-song voice.

dream gives him eyes, telling him that he just wants to know. karl gives in.

"sap, george, and alex agreed to let me fly them out here in a few days time. i also spoke to punz, and he'll be taking a two hour drive down to see us as well. it's your birthday, and i had something special planned for us, so—"

dream doesn't need to here karl finish his sentence to let tears well up in his eyes. he burries his head in the crook of karl's neck.

"you do too much for me," he mumbles.

karl starts to feel tears on his shoulder, and he can't help but let out a delighted laugh. dream feels his chuckle against his chest.

"i could never do enough for you."

the night couldn't get any better.

days pass, and dream is beaming.

"god, it's been so long since i've seen them..."

"well," karl says, reaching over to hold dream's hand. "in about five minutes, that'll change," he says, finding a parking spot after looking for minutes.