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What we left behind by Orpheus_under_the_Influence
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
13 Jan 2026
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When Hob comes home after an exhausting night shift, all he wants is a hot shower and a few hours of sleep.
Instead, he returns to find his apartment ransacked.As he follows the trail of chaos and destruction, a sinking realization hits him: the intruder is still inside.
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23 Apr 2026
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Dream is given a second chance. Terrified by loneliness and drowning in humanity, he goes to find the only fixed point he has ever known. Hob Gadling.
Dream found himself explaining everything, the words tumbling out of him in a halting confession. The Kindly Ones, the choice to end or change. His siblings’ intervention.
“They… found a compromise. This form, it is mortal-adjacent. I must eat, sleep and breathe. I feel the cold. I grow weary.” He looked down at his own hands, pale against the dark fabric of his trousers. “I am, in all ways that matter now, very much like you, Hob Gadling. My body will not age. It cannot die. Unless I choose to accept my sister’s gift. I am… suspended. Between what I was and what men are.”
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06 Mar 2026
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“It’ll be amazing,” Hob says, hoping to transfer his own excitement to Morpheus. “Think of it as an adventure.”
“An adventure,” Morpheus repeats, skeptical, but he’s smiling.
It’s not as if Hob Gadling hates his job as assistant stage manager at The White Horse Theater. It's a solid gig. But there is something missing in his life, and Hob’s itching to chase it down. As luck would have it, Dream—the bassist for the quickly rising band Endless—needs a new touring bass tech. Even as they initially butt heads, Dream captivates Hob, and he wonders what it is about the quiet musician that charms him in even their smallest interactions. It’s going to be a long ride, but Hob has never felt more eager for it.
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19 Jan 2026
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In honor of Hob Gadling Day! No story, just what I imagine Hob's Rate My Prof page would look like. 🤗
come to gadling’s classes to learn about history, stay for the rare glimpse of his hot goth bf!
Gadling is full of surprises! He totally looks like your average history professor, and then he reveals that he can shoot a motherfucking longbow! Which, if you weren’t aware, is NOT easy to do.
as someone who wanted to bang my head on the wall the entire time I suffered through Romeo and Juliet in high school…this man gets it.
aka I have too much time on my hands:
Ch. 1: Formatted for mobile users.
Ch. 2: Formatted for desktop users.
Ch. 3: Ratings with no formatting.Bookmarked by Treelight
06 Jan 2026
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Watching Hob Gadling weave braids into the hair of his students as he tells them stories, Dream is filled with the longing for one of the braids that Hob speaks of. One of kinship, an eternal bond, publicly on display for all.
However, he is unsure if Hob feels the same. Would Hob wear the same braid to match? A braid for them?
UPDATE: Second and third chapters added!