when george starts to notice that hes growing fond of dream, he becomes more aggressive because he doesnt want to admit that he actually likes the borrower. meanwhile dream is just having an absolutely awful week as george goes from tolerable, almost nice even, back to a major threat to his goal of ya’know, not dying a cruel painful death
oh, ouch. That would be terrifying for Dream. He wouldn't understand why George suddenly got a lot rougher with him, maybe even thinking he did something wrong and angered him--but George won't tell him what.
In any case, George would handle him a lot more roughly, pushing him around and not watching his strength either. Dream might have to gasp for breath once or twice as George picks him up less-than-gently. He would also nom him more often and less nicely; lots of teeth-baring, snarling, unrepentant fearplay. He'd keep him in longer and taunt him about being nothing more than food that George likes to play with before he eats. (Of course.... he's trying to convince himself more than Dream. But the poor borrower doesn't know that.)
Dream is terrified the whole time--trying to make himself smaller so George won't be as angry with him, trying to hide without actually hiding. For all he knows, any nom could be his last.
Maybe at some point, George will let Dream wander off and he'll go straight to Sapnap, pretending he's not shaking as he silently seeks comfort from a--a real, human human, not--not whatever George and his kind are. Someone with empathy, and no overactive hunting instincts or a fae-touched silver tongue.