Ash Morrigan never believed in gods, let alone ones that fed on dreams. But when sleep becomes a battlefield and her body begins to slip between worlds, she learns the truth: she is the last living key to an ancient curse-a soul tethered to the Realm of Sleep, where gods are real, monsters are memories, and every desire has a price. Vessel, the masked emissary of the god Sleep, is sent to retrieve her. He is not supposed to feel. He is not supposed to want. But Ash awakens something in him that even divinity cannot suppress. As he guides her deeper into the shifting, myth-soaked lands of dreams, desire spirals into obsession. Together, they face ancient creatures, gods of decay and hunger, celestial courts, and fragments of Ash's own forgotten past. Her body becomes a temple, a weapon, and a battleground-craved by darkness, haunted by loss, and worshipped by Vessel with savage reverence. But Ash was never meant to survive the journey. She was meant to be sacrificed. And Vessel was meant to deliver her. Unless love ruins everything.

Socially-anxious, troubled musician meets bubbly barista with an aura of pure sunshine. Part 1; Fate seems to be on their side - as long as they're not getting interrupted by bandmates, a protective brother and unhealed trauma from the past. Part 2; Life throws bricks without kissing them - but they learn to ride the waves that ripple from it. Because a man who has never been loved right and searching for just that, and a girl who has never been appreciated in her past relationship but with all the love to give, can build a fucking powerhouse together (if they survive the casual drama). Tropes; - He falls first - Forced proximity - She is off limits - Slow burn love - Trauma put into expression - Who hurt you? - Socially awkward encounters - Hidden identity - Kinky adult content NB; This is an ungoing work in progress. It has become way longer and way more detailed than I intended it to be, solely for the fact that I got lost in the world I created and in the characters this story is about. If you're in for a long ride with mundane, human life along the rockstar drama and some tasty sexual scenes, then this one's for you 🫶 In no way are the identities of the Sleep Token bandmembers given away in this fanfiction. Names, situations and places are completely made up by me. I understand the fact that the Sleep Token members are real human beings, so their personalities in this story are what I liked them to be rather than how they might be in real life, since I do not know them at all. Stay respectful!