College AU
Murder knows Swap as the popular jock, and is surprised when Swap is in his theoretical physics class
Cross, Swap, and Killer are on the footy team and Dream sits on the bleachers every week to study
One training, Cross gets absolutely walloped in the face with a ball (BC he's looking at Dream) and of course Dream runs onto the field with a first aid kit and hankerchief for him
Killer asks Nightmare out and Nightmare freaks TF out because he's convinced it's a prank, because it's happened before
Meanwhile Killer is just laying on the floor of his dorm sobbing to Murder
SWAP N MURDER SILENTLY RIVALS BECAUSE THEY WANNA GET THE HIGHEST NOTES BUT LIKE SWAP ACTUALLY STUDIES AND ALL THAT AND MURDER IS JUST A GIFTED DUDE WHOS DEPRESSED Swap listening to audiobooks of the textbooks while he's on his morning run/ in the gym