Sandman Fanfiction — Bound in Eternity (Part IV)
Some loves survive what was meant to end them. What remains must learn how to exist.
Part IV begins not with loss, not with defiance, but with something far more unfamiliar — continuation.
What was once fragile has already endured. What was once forbidden has already been claimed, seen, and allowed to remain. The forces that circled, the inevitabilities that threatened to correct what should never have been — they have fallen silent. Not defeated, but no longer pressing.
And in that silence, something new begins.
Because this is no longer a story about whether you can stay.
You already do.
The Dreaming no longer resists your presence. It does not test you, does not attempt to reshape you into something more acceptable. It has already adjusted. Already made space. Already begun to recognize you not as an interruption, but as part of its own structure.
And that quiet acceptance changes the nature of everything.
Life does not return to what it was. It cannot.
It reforms itself around what you and Morpheus have become.
You exist beside him now — not in moments stolen from his duties, not in spaces carved out between responsibilities, but within the rhythm of his world. You see what he sees. You follow where he goes. You stand in places no mortal was ever meant to stand, and the Dreaming does not reject you for it.
Sometimes, it answers you.
Sometimes, it listens.
Morpheus himself is no longer divided between distance and desire. He does not retreat into detachment, does not reduce what he feels into something easier to control. He allows it to exist fully — not as weakness, but as something he has chosen and continues to choose.
Not once.
Not in defiance.
But consistently.
Quietly.
Without undoing it.
And yet, the absence of conflict does not bring simplicity.
Because when love is no longer under threat, it does not remain unchanged. It deepens, settles, expands into spaces that were never tested before. It becomes something that no longer needs to prove itself — and therefore begins to reveal what it truly is.
In Part IV, you will find:
– A shared existence within the Dreaming that no longer feels temporary. – Intimacy that is no longer defined by fear or urgency, but by presence. – The Endless observing, not intervening — and forming their own conclusions. – Journeys into dreams and realms that were never meant to be shared, now walked together. – Moments of stillness that carry more weight than conflict ever did. – Subtle shifts in power and belonging, where your existence begins to influence more than just him. – A quiet, persistent tension — not of danger, but of transformation.
This is not the story of survival.
This is what happens after survival is no longer in question.
When nothing is trying to take you away.
When nothing is forcing you to choose.
When nothing is breaking what you are together.
Because love, when it is allowed to remain, does not stay the same.
It becomes something the world must learn to exist around.
And as that world adjusts, one question remains — unspoken, but unavoidable:
If this is no longer something temporary, no longer something fragile, no longer something that can be undone—
then what, exactly, are you becoming?
And what, in turn, is he becoming with you?
If you have followed this story from the beginning, you already understand:
This was never meant to be safe.
But it was never meant to be temporary either.
And now, for the first time—
it is simply real.
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Bound in Eternity (Part I)
Bound in Eternity (Part II)
Bound in Eternity (Part III)
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You will also find separate standalone fanfics dedicated to Morpheus here — and I’m also planning special spin-offs set within the Bound in Eternity universe.
Stay with me.
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MASTERLIST — PART IV Prologue — Quiet That Stays Chapter 1 — Dinner with the Endless Chapter 2 — Matthew Declares Himself Your Guardian Chapter 3 — The First Task Together Chapter 4 — Despair Speaks Chapter 5 — The Invitation to the Fair Folk Chapter 6 — What Is Yours (18+) Chapter 7 — Abel, Cain, and the Unwanted Thing Chapter 8 — The Dream That Refused to Wake Chapter 9 — A Night That Feels Almost Human (18+) Chapter 10 — A Date He Does Not Understand (18+) Chapter 11 — The Loop That Would Not Break Chapter 12 — Nothing Is Wrong Chapter 13 — A Task That Goes Slightly Wrong Chapter 14 — Despair Returns Chapter 15 — The Space Between Moments (18+) Chapter 16 — As Long As You Dream (18+) Epilogue — A Place That Knows Your Name
