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All the Precious and Fragile Things (so easily do they break) by alteon77
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
19 Jun 2023
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IMPORTANT: August 2, 2025, I will start splitting some longer chapters (15,000 words or more) into smaller ones to make them easier to read for people on phones. Old chapter numbers will be in the new chapter names, so everyone can find their places if they want. Also, there will be a few deleted scenes added (marked as new).
PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR CHAPTER NUMBER if you're currently reading.
This fic is COMPLETE. Chapter count will be going up, but the work is still posted in its entirety.
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After banishing his lover from the Dreaming for her betrayal, Morpheus learns that she is pregnant with his child.
And that she’s been captured by a revenge-seeking Alexander Burgess.
What the both of them are unaware of is that this will set in motion a cascade of unfavorable events, causing a chain reaction that threatens the whole of existence itself.
There are four parts/separate novels in this one entry as follows:
Part I: All of This Past (chapters 1-11)
Part II: These Tender, Loving Mercies (chapters 12-19)
Part III: When It All Falls Down (chapters 20-30)
Part IV: The Dark of War (chapters 31-48)Series
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something old, something new, something borrowed by astrhae
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
13 Feb 2023
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“Immortality. I get to live one lifetime at a time, and then this pulls me through, shoves me into another time, another world. Sometimes centuries later, sometimes before, and I keep running into you.” Hob shrugs, the ruby glowing in his palm, clinking against his ring. “Well, future you. I was born in the Year of Our Lord, two thousand three hundred and sixty.”
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Or, an AU where Dream and Hob have half-reversed timelines: in which they save each other, find each other, and fuck each other -- in exactly, and not exactly, that order.
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Hob Gadling was not by nature a cautious man but even he knew the value of keeping track of those who would be too… intrigued by his condition. In 1926, a chance conversation in a bar alerts Hob to the fact that Roderick Burgess has captured another immortal, one that sounds eerily similar to his friend.
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- Part 1 of Cautionary Tales
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Of Dreams, Family, and The Bane of Rules by AshWinterGray
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
29 Aug 2022
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Delirium finds her brother in a fishbowl. Which is a weird place to be. Dream is terrified for his sister's safety in this place.
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I Looked Down into the Depths by TanithCooper
Fandoms: The Sandman (2017), The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
14 May 2026
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'Hob sighed and steeled himself before looking down to a reflection that was not quite his. He was pale, paler than anyone he had ever seen, water streaming down from his hair that had been laced with kelp and seaweed, eyes sunken and cheekbones more pronounced than they had ever been in all of his lives. He opened his mouth to gasp, eyes widening as he saw long pointed teeth that couldn't possibly fit in his mouth but somehow did. Dream logic, he reasoned with himself, turning his head this way and that to make sure that the reflection below him was actually his.
“What am I?”
“You’re one of us, little nightmare, perhaps one of the most important of us all.”'
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Hob gets to be a Nightmare just as a little treat
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I Looked Down into the Depths
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'Hob sighed and steeled himself before looking down to a reflection that was not quite his. He was pale, paler than anyone he had ever seen, water streaming down from his hair that had been laced with kelp and seaweed, eyes sunken and cheekbones more pronounced than they had ever been in all of his lives. He opened his mouth to gasp, eyes widening as he saw long pointed teeth that couldn't possibly fit in his mouth but somehow did. Dream logic, he reasoned with himself, turning his head this way and that to make sure that the reflection below him was actually his.
“What am I?”
“You’re one of us, little nightmare, perhaps one of the most important of us all.”'
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Hob gets to be a Nightmare just as a little treat
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Takeshita, having been unceremoniously thrown out of the Don Callis Family after everything he’s done for them, and by Kyle Fletcher no less, checks his phone to find an invitation from Mark Briscoe.
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Three Times Colonel Decker Interrogated Captain Murdock (and the One Time He Didn’t) by beautifulside for laceymcbain
Fandoms: The A-Team
21 Dec 2009
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Just what it says on the tin. Colonel Decker attempts to interrogate Murdock about the A-Team (he doesn't get very far).
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Turning Glass in Sand by Lumerotte
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, The Sandman (TV 2022)
04 Dec 2022
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Death cannot really quit her job, even to assist her baby brother...but maybe she can send some help instead ?
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Turning Glass in Sand by Lumerotte
Completed: 2022-12-05
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Death cannot really quit her job, even to assist her baby brother...but maybe she can send some help instead ?
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Hob wants to hate difficult, perfect dressage rider Dream -- but he might have a bit of a crush on him instead.
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save a horse, ride an equestrian by cuubism [The Sandman]
https://archiveofourown.org/works/57809857
Hob wants to hate difficult, perfect dressage rider Dream -- but he might have a bit of a crush on him instead.
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save a horse, ride an equestrian by cuubism
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Music When You Speak by The_KickIt_Domain
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
21 Jul 2023
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"I should have asked you earlier, but I don't suppose you'll still be in town tomorrow?" Hob says. "It'd be lovely to see you again."
The man truly looks regretful as he says, "We won't."
It was worth a shot. They hardly know each other. There's no reason for the sick film of disappointment settling over him.
"Ah, well. I'm happy to have met you anyway," Hob says, subdued.
"Are you doing anything right now?"
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When incognito rock star Dream of the Endless drifts into Hob Gadling's record store, it's instant attraction. Neither of them expected things to get this serious.
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- Part 1 of Layers of the Sun
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Music When You Speak by The_KickIt_Domain [The Sandman]
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44268964
"I should have asked you earlier, but I don't suppose you'll still be in town tomorrow?" Hob says. "It'd be lovely to see you again."
The man truly looks regretful as he says, "We won't."
It was worth a shot. They hardly know each other. There's no reason for the sick film of disappointment settling over him.
"Ah, well. I'm happy to have met you anyway," Hob says, subdued.
"Are you doing anything right now?"
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When incognito rock star Dream of the Endless drifts into Hob Gadling's record store, it's instant attraction. Neither of them expected things to get this serious.
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Hob has been around death. Living in London throughout multiple plague outbreaks and fires, as well as making a living soldiering and dabbling in banditry, will do that to you. What he doesn't know is that Death has been around Hob as well. He has no idea that when his Stranger left him that night in 1389 after their first meeting, the woman who came up to him, laid a hand on his shoulder and said, “Good luck, friend,” was Death incarnate.
Hob doesn’t know that he is one of few things in this world that has been Touched by Death and lived. Had he known this, he might not have been as confused as he is when his body slams into the floor of a dim, candle-lit cellar and he finds himself surrounded by hooded figures and a gold circle on the floor. That is all he manages to perceive before everything goes blurry and consciousness slips away from him again.
Here in the Darkness.
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Roderick Burgess' spell does not summon Death, but someone who has been touched by Death. Hob Gadling ends up in his cellar instead of Dream.
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- Part 1 of Touched by Death, loved by a Dream
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My Stranger, My Dream by SigniorBenedickofPadua
Hob has been around death. Living in London throughout multiple plague outbreaks and fires, as well as making a living soldiering and dabbling in banditry, will do that to you. What he doesn't know is that Death has been around Hob as well. He has no idea that when his Stranger left him that night in 1389 after their first meeting, the woman who came up to him, laid a hand on his shoulder and said, “Good luck, friend,” was Death incarnate.Hob doesn’t know that he is one of few things in this world that has been Touched by Death and lived. Had he known this, he might not have been as confused as he is when his body slams into the floor of a dim, candle-lit cellar and he finds himself surrounded by hooded figures and a gold circle on the floor. That is all he manages to perceive before everything goes blurry and consciousness slips away from him again.Here in the Darkness. OR
Roderick Burgess' spell does not summon Death, but someone who has been touched by Death. Hob Gadling ends up in his cellar instead of Dream.
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Maybe sprout wings by Moorishflower
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
20 Dec 2022
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There's a dead man in The Dreaming.
Hob Gadling navigates life after death, falling in love, friendship with otherworldly entities, and ravens. A retelling of a story about stories. A study of a complicated man.
See end notes for art! <3
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Roderick Burgess has the Lord of Dreams trapped in his basement, but he won't talk or agree to the terms of his release. Morpheus is alone, naked and weak in his cage, so he can do nothing when Burgess gets an idea on just how to break the stalemate. The guards are willing to cooperate.
A difficult story of trauma and recovery.
Now with incredible fanart by Amielot:
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Plus a couple of additional fanarts here and here.FINISHED
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Take My Hand, Take My Whole Life by galacticstingray
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
03 Feb 2025
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Hob cannot believe what is happening to him. He’s almost positive this is a dream, or at the very least, not real, but if the fucking King of Dreams wants to make Hob– Hob!- his spouse, then who is he to argue? It’ll be far better than whatever he could have hoped for in the– real world? His world? He can't wait to find out.
Or, Dream falls in love instantly. It takes Hob just a little longer to get there.
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From the Sandman Kinkmeme:
“During one of his father's parties Alex finds an out-of-the-way corner in a side room and sneaks a nap when he should be on coat duty. While he's sleeping he has an incredibly vivid dream where he finds himself down in the basement with their captive; {…} Even though the intact binding circle prevents there from being any strength in it, the creature snarls and ineffectually tries to shove away Alex's groping hands, scratching his nails down his arm as he does. When Alex jolts awake to find the same scratches on his arm, he does a bit of reconstruction and figures out that the spot he picked for his illicit nap happened to be located directly above the spot in the basement where the glass cage was suspended. He can't get the experience out of his mind, quickly becoming obsessed with the thought of doing it again, of doing...more. So, he prepares, carefully waits for the right opportunity, and he does.”
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Into Darkness and Howling (I'll Keep Him From Drowning) by TinyButFierce
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
24 Aug 2022
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It was beginning to sound like Roderick Burgess had something or someone trapped in his basement.
Hob was starting to wonder if he should do something about that.
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Over the centuries, Hob had dreamt plenty of dreams about his friend from the tavern. All good dreams, of course.
Very good dreams.
Usually not dreams that featured either of them wearing very much clothing.
But until the talking bird told him otherwise, he hadn't considered that those dreams might be real.
(Featuring: a live Jessamy, Hob rescuing Dream from the fishbowl, a mess to clean and a happy ending.)
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All the Precious and Fragile Things 'verse by alteon77
Fandom The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
26 Dec 2023
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Ever since you can remember, you’d always had the most vivid lucid dreams. You also have always harbored a fascination for all things magical, supernatural, or unusual. The Burgess mansion had long been an obsession of yours, and when you finally found a way in, you took it.
What is that mysterious power emanating from the basement? With everything inside of you, you must know.
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Forced into an impossible deception, a delicate servant named Rowan must impersonate his mistress, Lady Seraphina, in an arranged marriage to Gareth Thornwood, a formidable and barbaric frontier lord. What begins as a desperate bid for survival transforms into a genuine romance, as Rowan, in his veiled disguise, falls in love with his kind and honorable new forced husband.
But the lie is shattered when Gareth discovers his bride is not only an imposter but a man. The revelation leads to a night of trauma and betrayal, leaving Gareth heartbroken and Rowan banished.
Months later, a self-destructive Gareth, unable to forget the man he still loves, has Rowan found and brought back. Watched over by Gareth's pragmatic father and skeptical brother, the two must rebuild their bond, moving from trauma to trust, and from a marriage of lies to a partnership forged in painful honesty.
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Amazing so much angst confusion and love
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SO amazing, sweet, and lovely! Genuinely one of my fave works on AO3 😭💗 No, maybe in general lol!
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