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I'll Be Here When You Return
by mssjynx
mature | comp. | 55k
George is just a simple baker, spending his days looking after his cattle and baking bread for the people of his little village. Life isn't exactly interesting but he loves it all the same, and it only gets better when he wakes up one night to a wounded stranger passed out on his doorstep.
(or, Five times that George took care of Dream, plus the one time that Dream took care of George)
Warm. Trust. Safe. George’s heart was racing in his chest, not out of discomfort or stress, but with relief, and excitement, and disbelief, and finally, thank the End, he’s home. “I’ve missed you,” were the first words spoken, quiet and meek in a tone George hadn’t heard before. In the darkness that followed sunset he felt vulnerable and open. But he wasn’t scared. And it felt easy to reply with, “You were gone too long.” An unspoken ‘I missed you too’ that he knew he didn’t have to say.