this world we have built is burning down around us | Dream SMP Time Travel Fic

Tommy's a child soldier who's given up everything for a nation that's never given anything back, and now he's just trying to get through the days with his war criminal brother and the last scraps of his will to live.

But nothing is ever calm for long. When he and Techno get stuck in a hard place with nowhere to go, and Tommy is slaughtered for the last time by Dream, the blond will have to face his past and his demons to fix things once and for all.

He himself was too far gone, but Tommy had not always been Theseus. Perhaps he would not have to be.

(Also on A03 with additional things not included here, such as chapter summaries, author's notes, and insights into the story's details and meaning.)

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