What if Reader contracts a terminal disease? Curious...
I adore your writing style!
There is a 99% chance that all the boys would be in the room when any doctor delivered that news, because none of them like the thought of leaving you alone with strangers—particularily once the wider multiverse knows you're Nightmare's spouse.
Nightmare would have to drain the negative emotions away from his boys to prevent a complete four way meltdown. The doctor hardly gets to explain what's wrong before he has you bundled up in his tentacles in the antivoid, shoving you into Error's arms.
All disease of living organisms is rooted in genetics—your own or an invading viruses—and such things are easily perused in your code.
They ask before Error fixes the code responsible. Error knows how you feel about him changing it, but surely this is an exception?
If you agree, it's a day of careful tweaking inside of Nightmare's chambers, while everyone fusses over you, showering you in flowers, your favourite foods, and sweet desserts.
And if you won't agree?
Well, Nightmare will tell you that's alright. That he can find alternate medicine. Anything for his darling wife.
And if one evening Nightmare gives you some "special" tea to help you sleep, and you happen to drink such a thing, only to wake up long into the next afternoon with the pain sapped from your body...
Well, that was the medicine you asked him to find, wouldn't you agree?
When artstyle decides to do a change- and you remember you can actually do art.
And then that art you do turns out to be ur
✨Aesthetic ✨
Wip- also the angst do be angsty huh. Uhhhh, get back to y’all once this is done (lost spoons on it so I’ll continue tomorrow hopefully if I don’t forget- Fjdjdhd)
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~Some Particularly Fun Posts~
Lore:
-The bad sanses favourite hobbies
-Character ages and general timeline of joining Nightmare
-The meaning behind the scents of their magic
-Giftmas at Nightmare’s Castle
-Nightmare's castle history + inspiration
What ifs:
-What if Nightmare found Reader instead of the Star Sanses?
-What if one of the other boys met Reader first? and this follow up
-What if Reader was a vampire? (See also: #vampires somehow)
-What if Reader was hurt while on a mission?
Other scenarios:
-How the boys would help Reader through a panic attack
-How do the boys take care of Reader when she's sick?
how would cross (since he’s the most attentive) or the others feel about reader being very independent? she doesn’t like being taken care of or just isn’t used to it because she’s been kinda on her own for a while.
Depends on what level of independence is involved.
Ultimately, Cross is a person who desperately seeks external validation and relies heavily on acts of service to convey his affection for others. If you're just not used to it, Cross isn't super pushy about helping you... he'd start out with little things you don't quite need done so you don't feel undermined, before working up to helping you in more extensive ways, like caring for you when you're ill.
But if you truly didn't like being taken care of and pushed him away when he tried to do things for you? That's going to pose a problem. Cross needs to feel useful. Otherwise, what purpose does he have in the castle? What purpose does he have in your life? You have so many other lovers... why even keep him around? Why won't you rely on him in any way?
He'd begin to feel as though you don't love him at all after a while.
(I mean, I know it will, but after the last chapter there's the threat of mortality. Reader won't live forever.)
So what if she dies... due to the natural causes of old age, after living out the most wonderful life she could?
I have an older ask about the more accident-prone death scenario here.
But as for age… it won’t be a problem after Reader truly commits to a relationship with Nightmare. That’s the problem with courting gods—they don’t want to let you go. And Nightmare is particularly possessive over his family. Not agreeing to immortality like the rest of them would be a dealbreaker for Nightmare and cause a lot of anxiety for the others.
If Reader really refused but also wouldn’t leave the castle/break up with the others, Nightmare would probably “accidentally” do it one day. Not out of malice… but he and Dream are brothers. There are times they can’t help but think they know best for the people they love. It’s alright if Reader feels anger towards him—so long as Killer remains happy, then it is a worthy price to pay.
There has been not enough angst asks I think, what would Reader’s husbands do if she died? I thrive off angst hehe
Angst? In my hurt/comfort fic? 🤨🧐
Well, at least I know someone will enjoy when the characters are suffering 😭 (😂)
Don’t expect this kind of thing from me often though 😭 I will generally avoid asks on dark what-if topics.
I can’t say too much about Reader’s mortality, but safe to say… were she to die, having two near-gods as husbands and another as a brother-in-law gives one a certain level of… leeway against Death.
But the fic itself will never have Reader dying.
I shall nevertheless answer what would happen before the boys found a solution to the problem (aka until Nightmare found the solution), as a what-if ask.
Vague spoilers under the cut! Also generally very angsty, but with a happy ending. If depictions of death upset anyone or you’ve just been having a bad day, I would recommend avoiding this one!
Killer is most likely to have been there when it happened. He and Dust are the most accident prone—it’s useful to bring their wife along to fix them up on particularly fight-heavy missions. They probably have another race as per usual—and Killer, naturally, cheats and shortcuts straight back to Reader to get a few minutes of alone time to nuzzle his wife.
Except when he gets there, she’s not alone.
Nightmare cradles her in his tentacles, quickly moving one to cover her blood-covered torso. He felt it when it happened. Her panic, and the moment her ever-constant presence disappeared.
In the forest clearing is the body of whoever did it—some monster hoping for free EXP covered in Reader’s arrows.
But it wasn’t enough.
She’s…
She’s…
Killer can’t cope with the thought. He ends up in stage four and lashes out at Nightmare, who has no choice but to hurl Killer into a random universe as he used to before Reader joined them. Nightmare’s first priority is his Queen’s safety, no matter how much it pains him to discard his right hand man at his most difficult moment.
By the time Dust gets there, Nightmare is alone. He can tell something is wrong, but Nightmare insists that Reader was just tired. She’s resting at home now.
Killer? Well, Killer is on another mission.
Dust tries to go see Reader when they get home—he’s got a few scrapes she could heal up—but Nightmare refuses to allow him into the Queen’s Quarters. Nightmare already lost Killer, he can’t deal with Dust melting down after this as well. So he hides it. Puts a barrier around her bedroom to keep Dust from shortcutting in.
But Dust knows something is wrong when Horror comes to their bedroom that night weeping and continually saying that he loves him.
Cross is the first Nightmare brings to see Reader. Cross is reliable, loyal, and Nightmare knows he will aid in helping him return her to life. What he wasn’t expecting was for Cross to break down and blame himself. He runs to Reader’s side, desperately running his hands through her hair, on her face… He’s supposed to be her lover, her protector, her knight. He should have been there! And now he’s going to lose her because of his mistakes, just like he lost XTale…!
Nightmare wants to take the pain away, but Cross refuses his help. So Nightmare leaves him to mourn until Cross drags himself up to Nightmare’s study and insists his King put him to work on the solution. She can’t really be gone forever right?
Cross seems calm, focused… but underneath, Nightmare senses a grief even worse than when Cross lost his home all those years ago.
Horror is brought to see her next. Nightmare knows he is familiar with death, perhaps even more than the others. He also knows that no magical barrier can keep out Horror’s keen senses. He would deduce something was wrong quickly.
Horror knows by the second waiting room in the Queen’s quarters and stops, refusing to go another door before Nightmare answers whether this is forever or not. Reader completes their family, without her…
He pulls Nightmare into a tight hug when he confirms that it isn’t. Still, it’s many more minutes before he gathers the strength to go look.
She’s in her bed as usual, sheets of starlight covering her torso and the soft frill of a dress surrounding her collarbone. Her hair curls around her shoulders, freshly washed by Cross’ hands before she left on the mission. She could be asleep, but he can’t hear her heartbeat.
It’s far from a normal death though. In a rare moment, Horror lashes out at Nightmare, asking what the fuck he’s done to Reader. Her body is stagnant, frozen, as if she’s sleeping. Her skin is pristine, without signs of discolour and decay.
Nightmare confesses it is a suspension spell, keeping her as she was in case it is required to revive her. Horror doesn’t like how unnatural it is, but backs down. If it brings Reader back… so be it.
Error is absolutely pissed. How the hell did this even happen? Those idiots were supposed to keep Reader safe, and now this…! He gets into an intense battle with Nightmare, refusing to listen to him until Nightmare has him restrained. It’s fine. She’s not gone forever.
Error is a near-god of destruction.
Nightmare is negativity itself.
All they have to do is show the multiverse exactly what happens when two gods lose their wife, and Reader will be returned to them in mere days.
Error has never heard Nightmare be so open about destruction before. And since he knows more than anyone that everything is constructed of code… he doesn’t doubt that she can be returned to them, though the fact that she currently doesn’t exist on the same plane as them… the thought causes Error to crash.
But when he reboots, a cruel smile crosses his face.
Why don’t they show the multiverse exactly what happens when you hurt their wife?
Before Reader gets back, however, Dust finds out what was happening. Horror’s been visiting Reader’s quarters frequently, Boss and Cross left and haven’t returned, Killer’s gone…. He needs to see her.
He sneaks in after Horror, hiding in one of the waiting rooms until Horror leaves.
When he gets to her bedroom, he’s relieved. There she is, fast asleep and as beautiful as always. His perfect starlight. He crawls under the covers on her massive canopy bed and places his head on her chest as he always does to hear her—
… her heart.
That can’t be.
It’s stopped. Worse, there are bandages wrapped around her torso.
How… Surely Horror would have told… or Nightmare…
He tries to coax Reader’s soul from her body, because maybe this is some weird fucking human coma. She’s always fainting all the damn time. This is just… really advanced fainting…
But it isn’t there.
When next Horror returns to visit Reader, Dust is there, eyelights small and distant, curled against your side. He thinks he deserves this. After everything he’s done, of course the multiverse wouldn’t let him have her.
Horror tries to reassure Dust that she’s not really gone… but it’s difficult to get him to believe it.
Then one day, Reader’s body isn’t there anymore. Dust and Horror are teleported into Nightmare’s chambers and… there she is. Curled in his tentacles with Cross kissing the top of her head and Error clinging to her arm in a surprising display of physical affection. Her eyes are open—she looks so scared and confused and relieved—and they light up at the sight of her lovers.
No one wants to let her go for even a moment, but Killer still needs found and Reader is the only one capable of helping him. They manage to track him down in a (now) desolate AU, and Reader works her magic to coax him back to stage 1. Killer clings to her, wailing, and doesn’t let go while Nightmare brings them home, or all night. All the next day. The next week.
The following months are difficult. Reader is technically untouchable now, they don’t need to worry. She can be brought back. But it was a traumatic experience for the whole family, and they prefer to stay home and among themselves.
Nightmare, through everything, seemed unfazed. Sad, yes. But he worked so confidently, kept everyone together… and now that Reader’s back he’s let them all spend time with her and busied himself with work.
Killer knows just how afraid Nightmare actually was. It’s why he brings Reader to Nightmare’s office immediately after her first trip outside, only for Nightmare to wrap himself around her, crying. He can’t keep her locked away in his palace forever…. But he was terrified he wouldn’t be able to bring her back to life.
That he’d lose her, the love his life, forever.
Reader spends many days privately with him after that. Nightmare doesn’t need to grieve her or fear her fait. She’s here with him now.
She’s alive and well. And will remain so forever.
What none of the boys would ever know is that it was really Dream who convinced Death to return Reader. She is the thing that makes Nightmare happiest… that healed pains he suffered for a millennium. He needs her. The multiverse needs her. And Dream, too, needs her, his dearest friend.
Do you think Lily saw Petunia and herself in Andromeda and Narcissa?
I always felt that Petunia and Narcissa were more passive, not unaccountable for their actions of course, with Narcissa being a muggle hater and Petunia being a "magic" hater, and both actively engaging in that hatred. But both their respective partners were much more aggressive. With Petunia and Narcissa, they were more willing to take actions that directly bypassed their hatred to ultimately protect their sons.
Petunia initially took Harry in because she wanted to be able to protect her family, which I feel the decision was made mostly keeping Dudley in mind, her beloved son. Thus associating herself with magic once more even though she absolutely loathed it. Narcissa, as we know from canon, outright lies to voldemort to declare Harry dead, because she wanted to keep Draco safe. They both took necessary measures to protect their family, although maybe it didn't really go much against their ideals, since Petunia still hated everything magic and abused Harry, and Narcissa probably took a calculated necessary risk to save her own. They don't suddenly become exemplary heroes or change their discriminatory views.
Lily and Andromeda are similar in the way that they both married the person they loved, which went against their respective "cultures" - the world and beliefs they were raised in. Andromeda marrying a muggleborn went against everything that represented the house of Black and was seen as a betrayal to her family and by extension, Narcissa. Lily marrying a wizard was perhaps the cherry on top of the cake which severed the ties between herself and Petunia, damaging the heavily complicated and practically non-existent relationship beyond repair, Petunia already having alienated herself from Lily due to not having magic. Narcissa and Petunia probably took their "leave" as a personal betrayal, more so than others, an act of abandonment. Narcissa obviously didn't find the actions of her family wrong. Petunia and Narcissa probably wouldn't have blamed themselves either, at least it was easier to lay the blame on the person that stole, or rather, corrupted their sister. This would've just solidified their hatred against muggles/wizards because of the misplaced guilt, as they felt it took away from them their sister.
Lily probably didn't directly interact with the black sisters in school, but I hc that she probably got acquainted with Andromeda after she graduated, being on the same side of resistance and both of them being a part of the order. Having seen how Narcissa was in school and then getting to know more about their family due to being closely associated with another Black, namely Sirius, it perhaps wouldn't be a stretch to say she found a friend in Andromeda. I do love to think of them quietly reminiscing about the bonds lost and the devastation of what could have been.
