morpheus x reader oneshots & headcanons

strong feelings

Dream is terrifying.

He understands this. That's why he's drawn to the few who don't curl away in fear like flowers against a hard rain.

You've never cowered. And he was - is - drawn.

He frowned at you with starlit eyes in the dark and you grinned at the entity so far beyond mortal ken.

A grin. Not a smile.

You smile when he wears jeans and goes barefoot in the palace. You smile when he curls his knuckles into the cup of your palm and presses just close enough to share the thrumming energy of your living heartbeat.

Dream does not try to be terrifying. Not to you.

Maybe he is without meaning to be. But he doesn't want to be terrifying.

Until he does.

Until he's angry and wants you to remember who he is and how very small you are.

Until he's afraid.

He becomes stronger than the moon's pull on the sea.

His voice travels through black holes - too dark and heavy to be anything but felt.

He lets his eyes flare with stellar fires and lets his rage become a palpable mass that floods the throne room.

His subjects scatter, and a billion dreamers writhe in their nightmares.

And you - grin.

You stare into the depths beyond the abyss to hold his star-cold gaze with the little hairs along your arms and neck standing on end.

"Well, mark me down as scared and horny."

The tide falls free of his grip. The howling of space goes quiet. The nebula he gazes through softens. Blinks.

Dream doesn't understand.

He doesn't understand as bring the trembling tips of your fingers to his, as you pull yourself into the endless embrace of his cloak, as your cheeks flush even as your heart flutters.

But you share it all back with him.

Your fear. Your passion. The thrill of reaching out to embrace the lightning.

Every mortal anxiety turned eager by curiosity.

Your kiss is adrenaline and teeth, and you don't leave his arms and the darkness curled around him until it's dawn and he's learned something new.

He knows your grin and what it means. He knows you've never been fearless, and he no longer wishes you to be.

And sometimes, after that, Dream means to be terrifying.