Can you do a Dreamnoblade fic where they are in a secret relationship (dating or married) and everyone finds out?
I didn’t know in what exact direction I wanted to go with this as this request gives a lot of opportunity about the Universe, characters and who reacts in certain ways! So I kinda just went with DSMP setting! hope you enjoy! :]
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They were able to hide it for almost a year, which is much longer than they would have thought. Considering Philza lived right across from Techno, Ranboo living just a few blocks away and Tommy always coming to his hut uninvited. Yeah, they thought they’d find out within the first few months.
But it was clear they overestimated them. By a lot.
Yes, Philza did indeed live right across from Techno, however most of the time he spent down in the giant cellar he was building out into training ground for the Syndicate. So it was rare that he was up when Dream was visiting Techno. And when he wasn’t in the cellar he often wandered around with Ranboo, looking for adventures or was simply sleeping.
Ranboo stayed out of Techno’s business. The Enderman hybrid was rather closed off from the rest of the server, deciding it would be easier for himself to stay by himself most days. When he visited Techno he often announced it beforehand, so it was easy to avoid him.
Last came the biggest problem. Tommy. The kid just appeared out of nowhere, whenever he wanted. No announcement. No planning. Nothing. And what was almost worse was that he stayed for several days most of the time. Cause traveling from his home to Techno’s was quiet a trip and it wouldn’t make sense if he wouldn’t stay for a longer period.
So you can imagine that hiding a relationship from those people was hard, right? Well, you would be right with that. Dream and Techno knew that cause it was them hiding said relationship, can you imagine anyone of their friends - or Dream’s former friends – would found out about it? Their lives would be ruined and their relationship as well. No way would Tommy not immediately run off and tell everyone where Dream could be found.
So for Dream’s sake – and also to safe Techno from annoying questions and judging looks – they played it safe. No one could find out, ever and it went surprisingly well. Dream had a small base close to Techno’s hut, connected through an underground tunnel that ended in the mountain behind said hut. And whenever they could they’d sneak out and meet up.
Most of the time it was Dream visiting Techno, because the piglin hybrid had an actual house and not just two beds and some chests in a small cave. There it was warm and comfortable and nights weren’t cold and without the sounds of dripping water from somewhere – Dream still hadn’t found the source for that.
Sometimes Techno visited Dream but always complained about the man’s living condition, calling him homeless almost every time. It made Dream furious and sometimes he told Techno to leave and that he’d make an actual home out of the cave. Though he never acted on it, instead sneaking into his boyfriend’s bed the same night demanding cuddles which Techno always provided. No one knew but the piglin loved holding his partner close and Dream had the suspicion it was partly to make sure the blond was safe.
Pandoras Vault had hurt Dream, had changed him, damaged him. The scars were one thing, the never leaving tremor of his limbs another. He could still fight, scared Tommy and make sure to kill his enemies, but still. It was different. The fights needed more energy from him and writing a letter was suddenly a much harder task than striking down a cow for it’s meat. Not to forget the nightmares and panic attacks he got from simple stuff, such as eating potatoes.
Techno had stopped growing them, burnt them all down after Dream had a panic attack and told him about the potatoes in prison. Philza had asked him why, Techno simply answered he needed the space for something else and they weren’t efficient anyway. Now there grew roses, useless but beautiful.
It was a calm day, Philza had taken Ranboo to find some totems of undying which would take them a few days and Tommy had left on the same day to return home. Which meant that the hut was completely free from everyone who could disturb the couple. In those times they mostly were in bed, cuddling and napping together, Technoblade slept a lot, hibernated a lot. When Dream was there he tried not to, but it rarely worked, the blond appreciated it though.
So three days or so after everyone had left you could find them in the living room, huddled together under a blanket on the couch. Techno had an arm around Dream, watching the fire move in the chimney and keeping the hut warm. The blanket was more for comfortable reasons and to make Dream feel safer, more unseen. “How long do you think we will have to ourselves?” Dream eventually asked, glancing up at his partner who cocked a brow.
“At least five more days till Philza and Ranboo return,” Techno answered, tightening the hold around Dream and pressing his nose against his temple, inhaling his scent lightly. “They have to travel far cause I took all the totems from the nearest mansions. Don’t worry about them.” Dream hummed lightly as a kiss was placed on his temple, he turned his head to receive one on his lips instead.
His hands found Techno’s face, stroking his cheeks and pulling him closer once more to keep kissing him. Techno was happy to oblige, leaning down to make it easier for Dream. Techno’s hands found Dream’s waist, squeezing lightly and pushing him down in his back. With ease he placed himself between his legs, laying down on the blond while still kissing him, now more heated.
They didn’t hear it, way too distracted by each other to pay any attention to the outside world. How could they when they were holding all they needed in their arms? But the door opened and people walked in, talking to each other about whatever before freezing with said door still open. Only when someone started screaming did Techno and Dream react, sitting up and falling into action.
Dream got his ax to fight, Techno his sword and positioned himself slightly in front of his partner. Both froze in their spot when they realized what was happening. Philza and Ranboo were back and it seemed like Tommy had decided to come back as well. Only there were a few more people, Niki, George and Sapnap were all standing there eyes wide.
“What is that green bastard doing here?!” Tommy eventually pulled everyone out of their frozen state, making them move. Philza looked confused, Ranboo tried hiding said man, Tommy pulled his lame iron sword and Sapnap his diamond one. George just kept staring, tilting his head lightly, while Niki positioned herself next to Philza, a cake in her hand. “Techno! What is he doing here?!”
Examining the room let Techno know that there were only two people who had drawn their weapons and he could easily defeat them with the help of Dream. But still, he stayed tense just as Dream, the man stepping closer to his partner, eyes staring at Sapnap. His tremor got worse which often meant that Dream was about to have another attack so it was time to do something to make sure he would be okay.
“Why aren’t you answering me?!” Tommy was still screaming, making the situation harder on everyone. “Hand him out so I can kill him!”
“No,” Sapnap protested, anger visible on his face as he stepped closer, “I said I would kill him when he escaped.” And now Techno understood why Dream’s state got worse with every second. The piglin huffed out in annoyance, placing himself between the blond and the noirette, making sure he wouldn’t be able to look at him anymore.
“I don’t think so, Sapnap,” Techno growled out, hold on his sword tightening, “why are you all here?”
“Techno, step out of-”
“It wasn’t planned,” Philza cut Sapnap off, meeting his friend’s gaze with no intended harm or anger, just understanding. As someone who was in love with the goddess of death, Philza knew how it was to be in love with someone everyone hated or feared. “Niki sent us all a message about information that George and Sapnap were starting sniffing around in the area here, so we came back. Tommy is here cause we picked him up on the way.”
“I wanted to steal some shit but now that I know he is here-!”
“Of course you wanted to steal stuff,” Techno grumbled under his breath, glancing over his shoulder to check on Dream. He had lowered his ax and was taking deep breathes, eyes closed with his full body trembling. “Why were you two sniffing around here?” Techno now looked at Sapnap and George, or more so glared than just looked.
George glanced at Sapnap, deciding he was too worked up to talk. “We heard that Dream was seen somewhere here and just wanted to check.”
“And then what do once you found him?”
Silence fell over them, clear that Sapnap wanted to kill his former friend, George seemed like he didn’t know why he wanted to find Dream. Maybe to apologize, maybe to ask questions, maybe just to see how much he had changed. Techno didn’t ask him, decided it wasn’t worth it. “Put the weapons down,” he said, glancing at Tommy and Sapnap.
When neither of them moved Niki cleared her throat and turned to them with annoyance visible on her face. “Put them down guys!” And with just a bit more hesitation they did, letting them vanish in their inventories. She then turned to Techno, raising her brows until the piglin also let down his weapon.
Immediately he turned around to Dream, placing one hand over his who were still holding onto the ax. His other one found his cheek, pressing against it lightly and making him look up into Techno’s face. “It’s okay, you’re safe,” Techno mumbled, pressing his forehead against Dream’s. “I will not let them hurt you, you can let go now.” Dream took a few more deep breathes before the ax in his hands vanished.
Techno pulled the blanket that had fallen on the ground over Dream’s shoulders before turning back to the others, arm around the blond. Dream looked up briefly before his eyes found Niki, wandering down to her hands. “...a cake?” He asked, his head slightly tilted.
Niki looked down at the cake in her hands in surprise as if he had forgotten about it. Then she started smiling and looked back up. “Yeah! I made it this morning for Hannah, but she had to cancel our meeting so I wanted to share it with Techno and the others instead, cause I knew they would arrive today, as I wrote them yesterday about George and Sapnap.” She chuckled lightly. “I guess we can all share it?”
“What?! You can’t be serious!” Tommy said, his voice slightly high pitched as he gestured to Dream and Techno, the blond tensing up once again. A big hand on his lower back helped him to calm down again. “You want to give him cake?! He’s a psychopath! A murderer! He belongs into prison!”
Niki rolled her eyes at the young adult. “Have you looked at him? If anything he is the one who needs the cake the most!” Everyone eyes Dream at that, the man had lost a lot of weigh and muscles in prison and blushed in embarrassment when they all looked at him. “He doesn’t look like he could actually harm us, so forget your dumb fights and wars for just a second!”
“Yeah,” Ranboo agreed with a soft voice, eyes the odd pair in front of them. “I also wanna know why he’s here with Techno and why did it look like they were sucking face when we came in here.” And those words both Techno’s and Dream’s faces turned as red as a beet, glancing at each other.
“Wait, you’re right,” Sapnap mumbled with a frown, “What was that?”
“Well…”
“You see…”
They both started at the same time and eventually it was Dream who decided to inform them of their current relationship status. “We’re kind of… boyfriends.”
Silence. Complete silence. Only the wind whistled through the hut and the fire cracked loudly as it danced, making sure it stayed warm. Outside a crow sat in a tree, staring at the hut with the closed doors. Until a loud ‘What?!’ echoed through the woods, forcing multiple animals to flee.
Techno turned into a pig beast because he's an asshole, and he's constantly complaining to the witch who did it because "ok, I get it, true love, but, like, it's going to be hard with a scary face, you dumbass!"
Meanwhile Dream finds his castle by mistake and is just deadpan about it "ah, yeah, witches and magic, this is fine, if you eat bacon, is that cannibalism? Also, can we not do the hole 'you're mine now', kinda need to be home in half an hour"
The old link expired, so I figured now’s a good time as any to throw a new link into the tag!! Link to the server will be in the reblog and in my pinned post since posts with links don’t show up in search results
Techno was woken up in the early hours of the day by a loud crashing sound outside the door. With an annoyed grumble in his voice he rose from his bed, grabbed a nearby torch and walked up to the door. As the flames finally came alive and enlightened his little bedroom a bit, he opened the dark wooden door that lead to the corridor. He had not bothered to put on more clothes than his pants, hoping to be able to return to bed right after.
However, that hope fast died down when he saw no other but the king's advisor – also Techno’s close friend – Philza. The man with blond shoulder long hair was looking Techno up and down with a raised brow before clearing his throat. “I assume you forgot about your duty tonight?”
Duty. What duty? The confusion must have been clear on the pinkette’s face as Philza groaned loudly in annoyance with the shake of his head. “The prince arrives tonight, did you seriously forget about that?”
And fuck, Techno did. “Oh, okay, I can explain,” Techno started, watching how the older man in front of him leaned his weight on one of his legs and crossing his arms in front of his chest, ready to hear an explanation that wasn’t really one. It was an excuse and a poorly one.
“So, Tommy-” Techno started, immediately earning an exasperated sound from the other man, but he decided to ignore it, “You know, your son, decided that he needed some extra lessons in sword training. He was right, he is still awful, and in order to train with me he used a favor.”
“What favor?” Philza asked with gritted teeth.
“You remember when that polar bear that was a present from another country escaped a few weeks ago?”
“Oh Lord, Techno please don’t tell me-”
“Yep, it was me,” admitted the younger – yet taller – man with a simple shrug. “Poor dude was in a tiny cage, he was miserable! Steve deserved better so I set him free while Tommy distracted everyone.”
“Wait, is that why he shoved all the food from the table and screamed about some bugs in it?” Another nod from Techno made Philza run red with anger, which he had all right to, because he had yelled at the cooks and kitchen workers for at least an hour about how something like this could happen at a royal gathering.
He must have felt horrible about it now.
A deep breath later and the old man was able to speak with a rather calm voice – the annoyance was still there, but strangers wouldn’t have noticed. Now, Techno was no stranger, he had been friends with Philza for years, but he appreciated him trying to hide his emotions for Techno’s sake. Or really, for the time that was running away.
“Anyway,” he said, looking at Techno with a stern gaze. “Get dressed, the prince should arrive any minute and as his assigned personal knight you have to be there to bring him to his chambers. When you’re not out in five minutes I will make sure you have to look after Tommy for the next few weeks as a trainee.” And with those words spoken the man left, leaving behind a distraught Techno.
He had received that punishment once and he wasn’t keen on living through it again.
Fast he closed the door again and got dressed in his knight armor, a new one as he was a personal knight now. It looked fancier with more emblems and a red cape at the back. Wasn’t really helpful for fighting, but most personal knights didn’t fight as they’d rather lead the people they’re guarding away from dangerous situation than indulge them.
Which was dumb, because only the best knights were chosen as personal knights therefore being wasted. Why having the best knights not on the battlefield where they were actually useful? Techno never understood it, but it was the system he had to run with because otherwise he would be without a job.
Once the armor was on he tied his long pink hair up into a braided ponytail, making sure it would not be in the way. He washed his face real quick – making sure he looked presentable for their new resident – and then left. Outside Philza was waiting, impatiently tapping his foot on the floor. Without another word they walked out of the chambers’ corridor, up a flight of stairs and into the big hallway of the castle.
It lead right to the doors, already opening with guards standing around, waiting. The air was tense and that no one spoke didn’t make it better and the prince not being here to greet the newcomer showed how dumb this all really was.
All this was political, an arranged marriage sealed for the sake of kingdoms. The kingdom Techno had lived in all his life and now worked for, was known for it’s desired materials. Gold, emeralds, iron, diamonds. Everything that was needed to provide for a strong defense, to give to people to fight and protect. Additionally they were able to provide a lot of food, the farmers having good growth in vegetables and everyone was successful in paying taxes.
Now, you’d probably wonder why a kingdom like that would be in need of an arranged marriage. The answer was simple, it wasn’t. But there was a prince, greedy and arrogant, who got whatever he desired – or rather who he desired.
Techno was in the throne room on a shift when the prince had entered to talk to his parents. He remembered how the spoiled man had talked about another young man he had met at the ball he just came from. Talked about the fluffy golden hair and eyes that shone just like the emeralds his kingdom had in their mines. Dreamed about tanned skin that was dotted with freckles all over the person’s face and shoulders, had voiced how he wanted to know where else those freckles were.
It was disgusting, seeing how the prince was horny for someone else, someone who apparently didn’t look at him and had made sure to stay away from. The prince was known for being a spoiled brat who couldn’t accept a ‘no’ for an answer, who sneered at everyone and saw others as peasants and unworthy. Non royals didn’t know and Techno feared the day the king would die and that man would take his throne, it was doomed.
Secretly Techno was glad that the other prince seemed to not be interested, but that didn’t stop the other. Because he had found out that he came from a poor kingdom, one that couldn’t feed it’s villagers and wasn’t able to provide medicine when sickness fell over the country. The kingdom was desperate, needed help from a richer kingdom but no one was willing to, they didn’t have anything useful to give.
Emeroldas – the Kingdom Techno lived in and would give his life for – was different. They already had everything they wanted and nothing to lose, so the king had soon sent a messenger to the Kingdom of Esempi with an offer of help in an exchange for the prince’s hand. He had to get married and live in Emeroldas, leaving his family and friends behind.
And they accepted and that was how he landed here, waiting in the middle of the night for a carriage with a young prince inside. The wedding was in a few months, tradition said that until then the two to be wed had to stay in separate rooms and not touch each other lustfully. It was all the king had asked for when he allowed his son to marry him, to respect those simple traditions.
Techno was assigned as the personal knight of the Prince of Esempi a few days later after practicing his sword fighting. Philza was the king’s adviser and had told him about Techno’s talent and after seeing it with his own eyes, the king had no doubt that the pinkette was suited for the job.
Now he stood in the castle’s courtyard for a green carriage with a prince sitting inside. A man who had given up his own life to help out his people. It’s a sad fate, knowing that this man will probably never find true love and live a happy life, but it was the duty of a prince. Techno would make sure to protect him, he would fulfill his own duty.
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That were the first few paragraphs of a a Dreamnoblade oneshot I am working on from time to time! :]
