LOGINGloss POV The world settles in. After everything that tore and broke and bent around us, the city now stays still, quiet and warm beneath the night sky. Dream’s arms linger around my waist even long after the world stops humming. He holds me as if he is still afraid that taking one step away might break something invisible. I do not move far either. My hands stay on his chest as the room finally stops vibrating, and the glow outside fades into a natural night. Dream looks down at me with soft eyes, the calmest I have seen him in days. His fingers trace the back of my hand slowly, grounding me, anchoring me in this world i chose to remain in. The city outside glows faintly, like soft reflections of gold remain in the shadows. We stay close until the weight of everything fades into a quiet warmth between us. Later, when the world is calm and Dream finally relaxes enough to step away and breathe properly, we leave the office. We walk through the building together, the lights steady
Dream's POV Gloss is warm in my arms. Warm. Solid. Here. His breath grazes my neck while I hold him, and I still do not trust it. I still do not trust myself. I still do not trust this world that once tore him away in ways I cannot even describe without wanting to tear the sky apart. My hands stay firm around him, one at his back, the other at the base of his skull, as if anchoring him might somehow convince reality to behave. He is real again. Those words echo in my head long after I whisper them. His heartbeat shakes against my chest, steady and unsure all at once. My body remembers how empty I felt without that rhythm close to me. I press him closer, afraid the warmth might flicker, afraid the solidity might fade, afraid the world might trick me again. I keep my eyes shut for a long moment, letting the weight of him settle against me. The room is still trembling faintly, like the last aftershocks of an earthquake. My office chair lies tipped on its side. The glow that was w
Gloss POV The moment my lips touch his, the world reacts. Not softly, not gently. It reacts like something buried deep inside its foundation has been waiting, holding its breath for the exact second my mouth pressed against his. The air shivers around us, thin threads of light flickering at the edges of my vision. My body is still weightless, still half-transparent, but I can feel something I couldn’t feel before. A pull. A spark. A single, trembling tether stretching from my chest to his, tightening with every second the kiss lingers. I kiss him deeper, or at least I try. My lips glide through him in places, catching faintly in others, like the world is trying to decide whether I’m a ghost, a glitch, or something else entirely. Dream’s breath stutters against me, though I’m not fully touching him. My presence brushes through him like warm static, and he leans in as if instinct alone is guiding him toward where he hopes I am. My hand rises to hold his jaw, but my fingers slip
Gloss POV Darkness does not hold me. Light does not greet me. Instead I float. Weightless. Airless. Caught between waking and falling, like my body is present somewhere but my soul is unsure of where to settle. The world feels too soft under me, like a sheet of fog instead of a real surface. I blink, and everything comes into view at once. Dream’s office. The familiar desk. The soft glow of evening light brushing across the floor. And him. Dream sits in his chair, his head bowed slightly, his hand wrapped around my scarf. The sight of him makes something inside me ache. He looks tired. Heavy. As if he has spent hours whispering to a ghost he cannot see. I take a breath, though the air feels thin. I rise slowly, pushing myself upright, and my fingers slide through the floor before I realize what is happening. My hand does not meet resistance. My legs do not cast a shadow. My heart still beats, but softly, like it knows it is not completely tied to this world anymore. I stand
Dream's POV Light. That is the first thing I notice. Not blinding. Not harsh. Just soft morning light pushing its way across my eyelids like it has always belonged there. I inhale slowly, expecting the air to taste of smoke or static or the metallic tension that fills a collapsing world. Instead it tastes clean. Still. Familiar. For a moment, I lie still and wait for the trembling in the ground or the sound of the countdown. None of it comes. The silence stretches around me, warm and complete. I open my eyes. I am in my bed. The ceiling is smooth again. The cracks are gone. The room is bright. My nightstand is exactly where it should be. My clock ticks normally, like nothing ever tried to end. The world is peaceful. Completely, painfully peaceful. My first breath is steady. My second one fractures in my chest. Gloss. I sit up too fast. My vision blurs with the sudden shock of movement, but my hands are already grabbing at the sheets, the mattress, the space beside me. Emp
Gloss POV Time stops the moment those cold words scrape across my mind. Confirmed. Real body termination initiated. Everything freezes around me, as if the world cannot decide whether to keep me alive or let me dissolve. My breath catches in my throat. My pulse stutters. I feel Dream’s grip around me, strong and desperate, like he is trying to anchor me to a world that is already slipping between my fingers. Then, without warning, a soft light settles around us. It floats in the air like dust caught in a sunbeam. Warm. Still. Quiet. The kind of quiet that feels almost sacred. The countdown stops. The shaking ground stills. The broken sky pauses in its cracking. Even Dream’s heartbeat halts against my chest. Only the light moves, pulsing gently, wrapping around me in a way I never expected anything system related could. I blink at it, waiting for the cold mechanical voice to return and drag me back into panic. Instead, when the voice finally comes, something in it is different.







