Her Guardian || Demon! Dream Sans x Reader

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Reminder: everything that happened in the spicy bonuses didn't happen in canon so it won't be referenced or treated as part of the storyline. So I hope you enjoyed your break because now that we're back to canon, we're diving head-first into canon tragedy :3

Error and (Y/n) were positioned on the rooftop of the neighboring building, both gazes glued to the Waylons' building as if waiting for something to happen. The building wasn't on any of the Waylons' websites, hence why Slash needed to hunt down the private business address by tailing employees and asking around until he found it, so the Waylons shouldn't see them coming before it was too late. The two stationed on the roof were on lookout duty—Error to avoid letting Nightmare know he was helping (Y/n) and (Y/n) because she wouldn't get so lucky against Waylon's demons again. She was able to mentally tell Dream's team any observations Error made or adjustments to the plan as it went along while keeping a safe distance. She wanted to be more helpful, but even she was aware of her limitations with her magic, and Dream didn't need her distracting him.

(Y/n) was wearing a light gray long-sleeve shirt and sweatpants to help her blend in with the rooftop—by Ink's suggestion, which even Error was surprised about considering how unhelpful Ink had been up to now. He designed the outfit to be form-fitting as well as warm considering the winter weather, and he'd given her an appreciative once-over after he was done painting it into existence—which earned him a smack from Swap.

Error's plan to go after Waylon was rather barebones despite all the information Slash brought back. It amounted to: sneak in, kill anybody that sees you, get to Waylon, then kill him. None of the Stars were particularly thrilled about that, so it was modified to 'kidnap Waylon and bring him to Error and (Y/n)'—though Error made sure to grumble about it whenever he could, which included right now as he waited for the others to move into the business building.

"Killing him makes this so much easier," he was mumbling to himself, crouched beside (Y/n) as they both looked towards the others. The Stars were standing just outside, but with all the windows into the building, it was easy to get in by simply looking where they wanted to teleport and going there. Dream glanced up at the pair with a small signal to say they were ready, then (Y/n) looked at Error.

"We both know that could get your Boss and his minions killed if it violates the contract." She gestured to the others with her head. "Are they good to go?"

"Ugh." He waved his hand dismissively and she looked down at Dream.

"[You're good. Good luck, be careful. I want all of you to make it home after this, alright?]" They deserved to finally go home after the past couple stressful weeks, and even though every single one of them was hyped and ready to go, she knew how tired she was getting of this so they couldn't be much different. She'd miss them, sure, but she couldn't think about that right now. They needed her focused.

"[We will not fail you,]" Dream thought with a small smile her way, and even from this distance she could feel him encouraging her with positivity. It covered up her still very broken heart about their relationship, but that was a good thing—she didn't want nor need that negativity.

Dream turned to the others, said something the two on the roof couldn't hear, then they all disappeared inside the building. It was several stories tall, with Error and (Y/n) nearly eye-level with the Waylon's study on the top floor. The entire building was coated with windows for walls, allowing the pair to watch their team as they made their way up the floors. If (Y/n) spotted Waylon in the study, she could let them know to go straight there, but since the study was quiet, her demons had to scour every floor to find him. Slash mentioned Waylon was always in the building at this time of day from the small amount of reconnaissance he'd done, but that unfortunately didn't mean (Y/n) could find Waylon so easily.