𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒩𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈 - Dream x Reader

5. Changes

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3rd Person Omniscient POV

"Hey Sam," Y/N leans in the doorway of Sam's office the next morning.

"What is it Y/N?" He pauses in the middle of sorting papers to look up at her.

"I was wondering if we could make some changes to the cell but I want to run them by you first."

"Okay," he pulls out a pad and quill and quickly dips the quill in ink. "I'm listening."

"Could we give Dream a clock, calendar, journal, quills, and ink, somewhere to sleep, let him stretch in the courtyard at least once a month, and let him shower while we clean the cell at least once a month?"

Sam stops writing and puts the quill down.

"There are a few things wrong with those ideas."

"Alright, that's what we're here to talk about," she pulls a chair from the side and sits in front of the desk.

He runs a finger down the list and stops at the first one.

"I've given him clocks, he just burns them, so I stopped."

"I'll make him promise not to."

"Fine," he checks it off. "But if he burns even one, he's not getting anymore."

"Calendar is fine, journal and quills are fine, sleeping is going to have to go under maybe."

"Fine," she hides her annoyance because that was what Dream wanted the most.

"Cleaning the cell and letting him take a shower once a month would be good so I'll check that one but the courtyard was sealed off and Dream will try to escape if he sets foot outside."

"Not if someone's with him," she points out.

"You'll be with him?"

"Sure."

"How can you be sure he won't run away from you?"

"He trusts me."

"How do you know that?"

"He told me."

"What's the point in getting him to trust you?"

"So then he won't betray me and try to escape."

Technically not, I'm not sure if I want to help Dream stay in here or be more comfortable in here honestly.

Sam smiles.

"Smart. I'll put that under maybe for now."

He rummages in his drawers for a few seconds before pulling out a clock, a calendar, a black journal, quills, and ink pots.

"Here."

"Thanks, Sam," Y/N nods and takes the supplies with her. She flicks the lever and lowers the lava.

Dream lies in the corner, asleep.
She silently steps off the bridge and makes her way to Dream. After hanging the clock and calendar on the wall, she sets the journal, quills, and ink on the lectern and sits next to Dream.

I know he's a criminal and he's done evil villainous things but he's honestly not so bad to talk to. He's much more fearful and scared than what they say. He was supposed to be this deadly, manipulative, feared warrior but now he flinches every time I hold a knife. The prison broke him.

Y/N runs her hand through his hair and wipes some dirt off his pale cheek.

Dream opens his eyes and jolts back at the sight of her. He backs into the wall with fear in his eyes.