Dear Dream,
by Qekyo
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Summary
Day 3: Flowers“I promise you. I promise I’ll come back.” He promises, George thinks wistfully. He promises such a thing- to offer George with his word on something, to uphold it. It’s as if he’s saying that he’ll give the world to him, just for him. But somewhere is the lingering thought in George's mind is that he won't come back. That the cruel war that had riddled their land will take him too, and he will be left aching and worry-worn. George shivers at the thought. Of a life without him.“You promise?" That you’ll come home to me?And as if he heard those unspoken words. Dream beams at him.“I promise. You won’t even notice that I was gone, my love.”George lets out a wet and broken laugh at the overly romantic pet name that he associates with his beloved. Dream does so too, before pulling him back into his embrace. They stay there for a bit. The war can wait.“I promise I’ll be waiting.” (or, the war au with letters and oscar wilde quotes.)
Reader Reviews
dawningofdrag
Just nowfuck u and ur amazing fucking writing >: ( literally started sobbing at the end part and u saw it jdhajkd ilu!! this is a masterpiece!!
isleofdreams
Just nowFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
aserafim
Just nowyOU REALLY BE MAKING ME CRY AT 2:30 AM OUT HERE HUH NESS?! FuKCING- I'm actually drowning in my tears PL E AS E. SOAIDUASOIDSU and the fact that you dedicated to me makes it mean even more oasiudoasiud I can't with this emotional rollercoaster you threw me on. Like the letters between them were so so sweet and then when it was just George striking through his lines at the end because he didn't know if Dream was alive I cANNOT. That absolutely threw me. A whole ass goddess and queen I stan. Now do your shoes need shining? Do you need coffee? ILYSM ahHhHhhHhHh <333 *simping intensifies*
Mitroujk
Just nowOk so I've been re reading over and over and I'm actually gonna cry. Your writing just has something beautiful to it that absolutely captures my attention and lures me in to read every single detail and stay focused at all times to not miss a single word. The way you wrote those letters conveyed feelings I didn't even know I could associate with a ff made letter, sorrow, dread, anger and empathy have taken over me while reading and those rare moments where the sun does shine for them, sparked just a tiny bit of joy to light up their dull lonely world. I cried when Dream tried to reassure the both of them, knowing was 100% getting drafted, I smiled when Sapnap, instead of possibly shunning him for loving George, just smiled and patted his back in a supportive manner and I scowled when George was forced into that marriage by his awful family. While it was clear what the outcome of this story would be like, I still enjoyed every second of it. You're an amazing writer and honestly deserve the world
lazykitkat
Just nowI really like the bit where there are words.Woah, I'm kinda speechless. The way you tied up the book quotes to their relationship, it was incredible. Awn, this was really sweet actually. Im such a sucker for love letters and fricking hell bitches fell in love in a library and I want to be that bitch <3 This was soooo good
rosegoldblood
Just nowHEY HI MEL HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU BROKE MY HEART AND I HATE YOU.kidding, of course. i love you, and i loved this. the countless book quotes were lovely! they all linked back to the story somehow and god, i really just felt for them. the letters? perfection. you could feel so much the emotion in them and i loved all of them, especially george's at the end. and dream coming back gave me such a comforting feeling of love and home i started laughing because this is a fucking minecraft youtuber fanfiction, damn it, it shouldn't be making me cry! but it did. because it was so good. and how everything looped back to the beginning? god, my feelings. this is indescribable. thank you.
75135n
Just nowYou you you you you why youuuuu. You made me cry. CRY. I was bawling my eyes out! You have any idea how much I wanted to scroll back up just to see if there was any Major Character Death tag? Do you??? This was so beautiful and amazing and sad but so terribly good! I love this with all my heart and the way you wrote those letters??? I don't even know what to say. I love this story so much and you. I love you.<3333333
Anonymous
Just nowi just wanted to say t h a n k y o u for that ending, 'cause i was about to break a heck ton of promises when i read George's letters
lunarlozzy
Just nowI've never cried while reading a fanfiction, yet this bought a tear to my eye. This is definitely one of the best fanfictions I have ever read. Thank you for writing this.
Anonymous
Just nowhaven’t cried this much in a long time. i love the connection between the quotes and the plot.. i love this so much omg!!! beautifully written
Neeksify
Just nowOH MY GOD!WHAT THE HELLMY HEART IS JUST- AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Anonymous
Just nowhelp i am crying too much this is too good
narwhals21928
Just nownot me crying omg
RubyIsBlurred
Just nowYou broke my heart so fast and repaired it just as quickly. DUDE YOUR TALENT, YOUR WRITING MADE ME FEEL THINGS ughAmazing amazing work!!
awakeuntilsunrise
Just nowyou see if i mention this fic one that ive read ages ago, people in the comments would have flashbacks but i don't care. this fic reminds me of auf wiedershen sweetheart bc it made me cry and so is this fic. its so well written and i can feel the emotions holy shit. the yearning hits home. the part where its just's george's letter keeps me on my seat bc im not even sure of dream's fate. but they're back and its so sweet? rewarding? holy shit? im crying in the club rn...
Anonymous
Just nowTOP TIER S PLUS VERY WELL AND PROFESSIONALY WRITTEN AND OMG YOU ARE SO TALENTED I BINGE READ ALL UR WORK HELLO!!!? thnk you for the content🥺💖
illusorx
Just nowTEARS: FLOWINGCROPS: WATEREDSKIN: CLEARED
squimc
Just nowThis is the best thing i’ve ever laid eyes on and also I told myself I wouldn’t cry but when sapnap gave George the letter I couldn’t hold it in any longer.... this is so beautifully written!!! 😭🥺
Logan_Moreno_543
Just nowAAAAA OH MY GOSH IM CRYINGthis is beautifully written by the way :)
Arcticstar
Just nowOkay... so I found his fic really hard to finish, because I couldn’t see my fricking screen through my tears. I hadn’t read the tags because I live life on the edge, but I dammit, I was almost certain it was gonna be a no comfort fic. I was a bawling. Silently, because it’s 2 am and people are sleeping. Thank you for that joy at the end. You got me to smile through my tears and feel such strong emotions with this fic. Amazing work. Oh my good god, when George finally gave up. My HEART. But then Dream, and everything was right with the world. This kind of love is everything. Again, thank you💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Anonymous
Just nowHELLO????? HELLO THIS IS SO GOODthis fic tore me into tiny pieces it actually feels like you took every single trope i love and slammed it into one fic and also decided you wanted to make me suffer as hard as humanly possible and i am Obsessed. i actually like had physical reactions to this fic like i nearly Yelled out loud it is so good fuck you but also you're amazing
Kahlerach
Just nowThis deserves recognition
Anonymous
Just nowThis story was a rollercoaster of emotions I didn't know I needed to feel at 10AM but I loved every second of it. Thank you for creating such a beautiful story. I was hanging onto every word and even knowing the ending would be happy I still cried. Keep creating wonderful stories! <3 Thank you again.
BobaSoda
Just nowI hAVENT CRIED READING A FIC IN A HOT MINUTE. HOLY FUVK THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL
Anonymous
Just nowI was reading the ending the entire time thinking: "IT SAID ANGST WITH A HAPPY ENDING IT SAID ANGST WITH A HAPPY ENDING ITF LJWSODIOWC-" Like I had to read the tags over and over and over again. I already love me a good lovers write letters to each other during the war au, (An underrated concept indeed) and you DELIVERED. I didn't expect this to be very long but you CAME THROUGH! I will now love you platonically forever. I tried listening to music to calm my nerves but all of it sounded like a love story no matter what it was. I love reading, and I haven't been doing much these past months, and this made me wanna go to the library. Makes me wanna write down my favorite quotes from books too. I love how you tied everything together- The start and finish, oh good god. The worst part is that historians would be like "Oh man they where really good friends who happened to write letters to each other during the war and say I love you and spend their entire days together and want to get married and defied all odds to stay together. Friendship goals, my dudes."Makes me wanna write something similar, lol.It would be really interesting to see a spinoff in which in the future historians find the letters, or even just a bunch of broke ass college students, and realize they where in love the entire time. Not sure how that idea came to me, but I like it lol.
addictedsabooks101
Just nowFuck, i regret reading this in the middle of class. I am about to fucking cry this is so good everything is just absolutely perfect i am nearly in tears holy shit
roro_owo
Just nowTHIS WAS AMAZING!!! absolutely beautiful, very well written and it made me cry, UGH. i have no words. one of my favorite parts was:“I yearn for the day our love will not be judged but acknowledged and accepted. I want to scream my adoration from you from the rooftops, I want for us to wear wedding rings and be unashamed to call each other lovers. I want to be able to love you fully as you deserve, but until then, these letters will be a testament to my devotion to you.”oh lord, it made me feel things. i love this so much!! keep on writing my dude! xoxo cc
mspennies
Just nowh..hello,:,i dont know anything about war apart from eighth grade and teenage boys who know suspiciously too much about ww2 but what i DO know is that this made me cry for the first time in months and i am Probably in love with you now.maybe i'll come back and write a genuine comment someday but right now im all cried out and sleepy. thank u so much this was fuckinf delectable
iloveyouidiot
Just nowohmygod this was so beautiful. I started ugly sobbing near the middle but amazing work :')
MeowthBaroon
Just nowWHY DO YPU HAVE TO MAKE ME CRY MAN! My eyes are legit burning from the tears right mow, god i love this so much and i just aaaaaaaaaaa 🥺💜💜💜
Anonymous
Just nowDude, Your literally the best writer but fuck you for making me have feeling 😤😤For real tho THIS WAS AMAZING💖👍💕 LIKE THE DESCRIPTION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL, THE DIALOGUE AND THE WAY YOU PORTRAYED THEM✨💖❤️💖✨💛👏💫 This was amazing. PogFuck u tho❤️
CKGrillie
Just nowholyyyy. omg. this is so amazing and heartbreaking and romantic and just so good. i had to go upstairs halfway thru reading bc i knew i’d burst into tears and i was right. your writing is phenomenal and the story and the flowers and the letters mixed in with the scenes. amazing.
meyakii
Just nowi had to take like ten breaks so i wouldn’t break down and cry oh my god. this was written so beautifully and i was slowly losing hope at the end BUT!! then they reunited and i just. wow. kfbeksjc this literally hurt me your writing is so lovely <3
Anonymous
Just nowFuck you, you made me cry at 3 30 in the morning 😎💞
BlueBananaPeels
Just nowFuckin fuck man. THIS. this actually made me cry and I don't usually never cry when reading stories or any sad stuff holy- oh my god your so good. My heart <3
northdakotaa (bagofhamiltrashandnope_ember)
Just nowOh. My. God. This was great. You could absolutely feel the emotions pouring out of this, specifically the latter half. The way that George waits for Dream almost every day by the train tracks. Dream’s last emergency letter to George that Sapnap delivered to him. The moment when George opens up the window and the light overwhelms him was especially an incredibly powerful moment. This is bursting with imagery, and the detailed emotions bring this to a whole new level. This is wonderful work! Keep it up :)
Honestly_What
Just nowABSOLUTELY SOBBING RN <3 <3 <3It’s just... this is so lovely. Just completely. In the beginning, when they first met at the library and read books and left notes and fell in love, it was so wonderful and warm. I absolutely adore the way you describe love and the awkward confession was incredibly fitting. I’ll admit, before reading this I was a bit hesitant because of the angst, but I have absolutely no regrets after reading this. The scene where Dream was leaving was heartbreakingly bittersweet and the promise was so powerful. The middle of the story had me extra anxious though and as soon as I read “‘We have guests?’ He asked,” I was scared and knew what was happening. The following bit actually did end up surprising me when Sir Buchanan pleaded with George and I found the line “Please, from one wayward heart to another.” devastatingly beautiful.George actually marrying Abigail was so just (!?!!?) to me but I loved the camaraderie that they later had, and I was very happy for her in the end (even if she wasn't in the story too much.) A friendship between the pair seems adorable.The part where Dream started to lie about George’s pronouns was entirely just... Owch. That really fucking hurt. But Sapnap being there made me so happy, every scene he was in was a joy. I smiled so hard when he reassured Dream and nearly screamed when Sapnap came home and was able to talk to George.I’m permanently stuck adoring the way you wrote Dream’s family, the yearning and longing, Dream’s letter telling George that he loves him so much that he wants him to be happy with someone else, Sapnap telling George that Dream would have wanted him to be happy, and the pressed flowers.The part nearest the ending had my in tears though. Where George’s emotions were so mixed, he and everyone started losing hope, and I was questioning the end. The emotions brought out there were so intense.Finally, the ending though. THAT is where I started sobbing. When George finally re-entered the library and it was full of life once again after the war, but it was missing Dream I almost thought the tags were a lie. Then Dream showed up at the most amazing moment and just... wow. They were together again. And, somehow, I didn’t even see it coming but the quote “When you really want love, you will find it waiting for you.” really just came up to me and smacked me in the face. Poetic as hell.Thank you so much for bringing this fic into existence and have a wonderful day. <3
Kaji_x
Just nowI’m cryingI’m not kiddingI haven’t cried because of a book in 4 years4 YEARSIT SO EMOTIONAL!I love iIT SUSNUDBDYBDYDG& AHHHHHHTHANK YOU FOR THIS MASTERPEICE! 💕💕💕💕💕💕✨✨✨✨✨✨❤️👍👌
Mitzky
Just nowI kept track and used EXACTLY 23 tissues because of this fic.Goddamn the way this story waved its words hit me.
isregarde
Just nowwhat the fuCKKKKKholy shitdamn, that was so good625 hits? what the hell? this should get at least 10,000, this is so underrated
cosmiczxdia
Just nowIt's too late for this shit I can't handle this. I'm weeping here, trying not to wake up the others in my house but it's SO DIFFICULT when I'm reading this. I definitely wasn't expecting any of this, certainly not what happened in the middle and I could have never expected your writing to reduce me to a sobbing mess in the middle of the night. Honestly, I was not expecting much out of this but it had been added to a list of my favorite fics. Thank you, author for really fucking me up.
roan_fanta
Just nowIn the most profound way I can translate this across the comment section of a fucking fanfic website, that was incredible. Is incredible. I’ve laughed aloud and cried more in the last half hour than I have in the last 8 months. I am such a literature and history hopeless romantic this scratched every invisible itch I’ve had for years. With sincerity, thank you. Continue to write until it no longer lingers in your mind.
Saruma
Just nowI have tears in my eyes wtf.I loved it.You did amazing.
tixxa
Just nowHI ITS CURRENTLY ALSO 10AM WHERE IM AT BUT i read this fic last night and c r i e d (writing the comment rn bc I fell asleep 😃😃)anyway this was so wonderfully well-written!! From them warming up to each other and giving eachother book recs (def will check out some of them 👀) to exchanging letters and flowers, I loved reading every last bit of this storyngl there were many, many parts where I almost cried (for some reason the part where they mentioned agatha christie made me very emotional, I love her works). sapnap choosing the purple hyacinths had me DAMN close to tears but what really broke my resolve was the red tulips. Reading George’s crossed-out words was so heartbreaking, it hurt to see him slowly lose faith that dream had survived and even though I, as a reader, knew Dream was gonna come back (in the tags) there was a part of me that still worried if he really was aliveending the fic with the book and note that started their entire love story had me CRYING. like legit tears coming out and sobbing a tad bit. I loved this so much <333 keep up the great work !
Anonymous
Just nowI read this story with clair de lune on repeat in the background. i’m ripping the fattest tears of my life right now and I mean this very literally.I don’t think i’ve read something this well crafted and tear jerking in ages. I could feel every emotion in their letters, how tight my heart felt when all they could do was repeat themselves because they had nothing more to say. I cannot fathom how you were able to create such profound imagery that never felt dull or repeated. I am in love with your work and could write a thousand page paper on every detail of this story and i’d still have more to say. Thank you. ❤️
soupbam
Just nowI just finished reading and i just want you to know how I CRIED SO MUCH LIKE- 😭 THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I NEVER REGRET READING THISYou are such a good writer holy fucking shit if only i can give kudos a hundred times iill do itClays second to the last letter BROKE ME- LIKE I CANT READ IT SINCE THERES TEARS IN MY EYESActually i had to take breaks cuz i cried so much liek really im not even joking 😭I was so nervous to the ending because i keep saying "i dont want dream to die" 😭Thats all i wanted to say, this was so good!! And i just want to say how hardworking you are for making these stories!!🥺❤
MysticalEchos
Just nowI cried multiple times just reading this once, the part where I have bags under of of my eyes are sore from crying so much. Ether this is amazing writing or feelings from someone you loved. No matter what it is I’m still crying. This is an amazing work
aevinett
Just nowWhat the fuck how the fuck yo why the fuck-This is- god THIS TUGGED MY HEARTSTRINGS SO HARD. I did not expect this much of feelings in one fic you write so beautifully and I'm forever admire your works holy fuck. I'm literally speechless, but what I can say is the way you wrote them really make me want what they have goddamn pog u! Thank you for this masterpiece, really.
pseudonymousghost
Just nowokay look ive been sobbing for almost two hours because of this. but its so good and i very much didnt think it would end happily.
qrbie
Just nowYOUWHY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHI WAS SMILING SO BIG WHEN I READ THE FIRST FIC IN YOUR "binge read dnf" SERIES AND THEN I *PLUMMETED* WHEN I READ THIS WHEN AND LITERALLY LIKE WHAT IS THIS INSANE EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER YOU HAVE SHOVED ME ON LIKE SERIOUSLY AHHHHHHHHHH(thanks for writing this seriously I am....no words just take my gratitude)





