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1. it's lonely out in space (on such a timeless flight) by celestarium (meadowziplines)

   Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling
   • Dream of the Endless | Morpheus & Hob Gadling & Original Character
   • Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
   • Hob Gadling
   • The Fates (The Sandman)
   • Despair of the Endless
   • Original Character
   • Background & Cameo Characters
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Fix-It
   • Season 2 spoilers
   • Canonical Suicide Attempt
   • Established Dreamling
   • Kidfic
   • Canonical Child Loss (Robyn & Orpheus)
   • Retired Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
   • Depressed Dream of the Endless | Morpheus
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Blood and Injury
   • Sexual Content
   • Grief/Mourning
   • thematic motifs of good-byes and space travel and new life and grief
   • Nausea
   • Vomiting
   • the ordeal of having a body
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Panic Attacks
   • learning to live
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy/Hopeful Ending
   • Additional Warnings In Author's Note

   Summary

   Hob doesn't want Dream to go; Dream has resigned himself to his death at the hands of the Kindly Ones. The Kindly Ones, meanwhile, have planned a different sort of judgment for Dream.

   But, perhaps Hob and Dream will eventually turn it from a punishment to a source of joy...

   - - -

   A comics/season 2 fix-it. Additional warnings are in the author's notes for each chapter; click the little arrow to reveal them.

   Title from "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)" by Elton John.

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