buck/eddie | explicit | 7.5k words

Eddie opens the app and Buck's most recent instagram story, and promptly almost drops his phone on his face.
With trembling fingers and a shaky exhale, Eddie touches the screen as he examines Buck's latest picture… or should he say thirst trap? It's a mirror selfie but it makes Eddie's pulse sky rocket until he can only hear his heartbeat thumping away in his ears as he stares at his phone.
Buck is freshly showered in the picture, not unlike Eddie, and his curls are wet, slightly falling against his forehead— He's due for a haircut soon, Eddie thinks the blonde mentioned earlier, even if Eddie strongly disagrees— and his face is a little pink and flushed, droplets of water falling down his hairline and neck and…. Down his pecs and abs. He's shirtless and looking so warm and comfortable, with the bathroom mirror slightly foggy and making the picture just appropriate enough.
Eddie's fucked.
or: 5 times Eddie sees one of Buck's thirst traps/nudes. Inspired by the prompt: whoops I accidentally found a naked/sexy selfie of you on your phone and fuck how am i supposed to function around you now?
  • This is part 2 of my favourite tarlos fics masterpost
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  • This includes both one shots and multi chaptered fics
  • The ones in bold are my absolute favourite
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  • Last updated on: March 12, 2022
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  • This is part 3 of my favourite tarlos fics masterpost
  • All the below works are completed and divided by trope
  • Tropes have been divided into more posts: part 1 / 2 / ?
  • This includes both one shots and multi chaptered fics
  • The ones in bold are my absolute favourite
  • This list will be updated regularly
  • Last updated on: March 13, 2022
  • Gif credits to @strandtk
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Prompt List #5

  1. “Have you ever kissed anyone before?”
  2. “Can I kiss you?”
  3. “You’re not hurting me, you’re not heavy. I’ve got you, love.”
  4. Kissing on sofa, foreheads pressed together, breathy, soft tender.
  5. “Sometimes I wonder if you even like me…it sure feels like you hate me sometimes.”
  6. “You were supposed to be my friend. That’s all…that’s all I asked of you. To be my friend. To care.”
  7. “I look at him/her/them and I just..it’s like when the Grinch’s heart grows three sizes.”
  8. “I don’t…i’ve never…been in a relationship and i’m going to make mistakes…I just need you to tell me. I need you to talk to me.”
  9. “You really thought I was dead?”
  10. “I want to believe, I do…I just…how can I believe in something that I can’t see?”
  11. “You didn’t tell me your friend was cute! Now what am I going to do?”
  12. “I feel sick…so anxious and sick and like my heart is trying to beat its way out of my chest.”
  13. “Can we just make a decision? Please?”
  14. “You don’t know what you do to me, do you?”
  15. “I just want you to be safe. That’s all i’ve ever wanted for you!” 
  16. “I want you to be happy…even if its not with me.”
  17. “I want to feel like this forever.”
  18. “You give me a reason to be better, to do better.”
  19. “God, you are so fucking cute.”
  20. “I love you, but I need you to go away because you’re really bloody distracting and I have to pass this test tomorrow.”
  21. “I…I can’t do this without you.”
  22. “Don’t forget me?” 
  23. “You weren’t there…why weren’t you there?”
  24. “I needed you! I needed you!”
  25. “Now it’s over…I don’t really know what to do.”
  26. “Do you ever think?”
  27. “I’m going to die. I’m going to die with an absolute idiot!” 
  28. “How can you drink that stuff?”
  29. “Oh no…he’s/she’s/they’re cute.”
  30. “I can’t talk to cute people, okay? I don’t know how to flirt!”
  31. “Sometimes you love someone and you don’t want them to leave…because if they’re beside you, you can see that they’re safe and you can keep them safe. But, if they go somewhere without you…you might lose them”
  32. “No one has a romantic bone in their body anymore! What happened to playing songs outside windows, glitter and sparkles on handmade Valentine’s cards, dancing in the rain!? What happened?!”
  33. “I can’t imagine my life without you in it. You are so important to me, you are such a big part of my life, that I just…I can’t imagine you not here.”
  34. “I just want you to be happy…”
  35. “You don’t have anything to be sorry for.”
  36. “Stop apologising for other people! You’re not the shitty one!” 
  37. “I want someone I can melt around. I want someone who melts around me too…I don’t want this standoffish, unromantic love that you’re offering. I want more than that.”
  38. “I want to write you poetry, to write songs about you and draw your portrait! I want to make things for you! It frustrates the hell out of me hat I can’t draw and I can’t sing or write or play instruments or paint…You inspire me so fucking much…”
  39. “You don’t own her/him/them. You don’t get to choose who they choose. I don’t get to choose who they choose. No one, but them, gets to make that decision.”
  40. “Stop being a fucking dick.”
  41. “That’s another way of saying you’re an arsehole.” 
  42. “Can anyone else hear those Jumanji like drums? Or is it just me?”
  43. “God, I love your face.”
  44. Twirling a strand of their hair
  45. Foreheads pressed together, breath intertwining, slow, content affection
  46. “Please don’t say that about yourself. Please don’t believe that. You’re so much more than that. You’re so…”
  47. “I’m only important when you need something from me.”
  48. “I am fed up of half measures. I deserve better”
  49. “Don’t look at me! I’m a mess!”
  50. “I love it when you’re a mess!”
  51. “Please stop rolling your shirt sleeves up, it’s terribly distracting”
  52. “I don’t think you’re annoying…I know…I don’t…I really like listening to and hearing what you have to say even if its a lot sometimes..”
  53. “I just want to be swept off my feet…is that so bad? I’m fed up of being alone.”
  54. One reaching for the others hand to comfort them, to provide support. A thumb brushing lightly against skin. 
  55. Reciting poetry at the other in a dramatic and very public fashion
  56. Those period shirts with the puffy sleeves and the deep v and one staring at the other like… oh no he/she’s hot. 
  57. Heart eyes when the other talks, sings, dances, argues, does literally anything especially things which others make fun of them for or find annoying
  58. “Oh, my ankle! I think it must be broken!” *wink* *wink*
  59. “I want you to be proud of yourself. I want you to believe that you’re good enough because you are. You’re so amazing.”
  60. “Did you get any sleep last night?”
  61. “I haven’t slept since they/him/her left/died”
  62. “You are an uncultured swine! There I said it!”
  63. “I know I should be happy…I did well…I always do well…so why can’t I believe in myself?”
  64. “Please do your homework, for me? Just one time…”
  65. “I said one time, y’know…you didn’t have to actually start studying. Not that I’m not proud or anything.”
  66. “Go big or go home”
  67. “I’m already home.”
  68. “I lost my wellie boot in the river…”
  69. “I wish I knew who they were…”
  70. “It was that bad here?”
  71. “I look at you and I…I feel so sad because I love you but I also have been hurt so many times that I don’t think I can forgive and forget.”
  72. Brushing hair from their face
  73. Leaning into the others hand, turning their head and pressing a kiss to the palm
  74. “I didn’t take you for the settling down type.”
  75. Speaks in a terrible Shakespearean/Elizabethan style to woo/make the other laugh
  76. “Should I go first or…do you want to go?”
  77. “If you want to leave, we can leave.”
  78. “I don’t want to ruin your party.”
  79. “You could never ruin anything.”
  80. “Your comfort and happiness is more important to me than some stupid dinner.”
  81. “Please don’t make me choose.”
  82. “I can finally understand why you call them your arch-nemesis…What. A. Dick.”
  83. “Poetry isn’t supposed to be good, it’s supposed to make you feel things!”
  84. “If you don’t get that stick out of your arse, i’ll do it myself and beat you with it.”
  85. “Could you come get me?”
  86. “Stop moving! I’m going to have to start counting all over again!”
  87. “I just thought that since you weren’t feeling too good, maybe this would help.”
  88. The one stumbling to the other’s front door after getting hurt/beaten up etc.
  89. “Oh my heart it breaks! It shall never be whole again!” “She/He/They break up with you every other month. Shouldn’t it be used to the disappointment by now?”
  90. “I thought you said no more dangerous stunts?”
  91. “I’m not kissing you in the rain! We’ll catch our death!”
  92. “Where’s your adventurous spirit?!”
  93. “A walk in the woods might do you some good. Clear your head.”
  94. “You have wronged me so bitterly…”
  95. “Do you talk to your mother with that mouth?”
  96. “Please get me away from him. He hasn’t left me alone all night and I am this close to committing a murder.”
  97. “I apologise sincerely if my handsome/beautiful face has kept you awake all night.”
  98. Massages but the sort that are actually practical and helpful. Like babe, you’re so uncomfortable let me help because you’re clearly in pain
  99. “Would it help if I stayed?”
  100. “So I had this really vivid dream…”
quackity: i’m telling you five minutes with george and boom he comes rushing in - he can be at the hospital with a severe injury and then he finds out georgenotfound is in a call with someone who isn’t dream? boom he speedruns his way

2:43:05 - Dream commenting on George's constantly rotating hips, followed by George tossing a small saucy comment back I have never been so caught off guard by blatant flirting in my life - everything was chill as usual, and suddenly BAM! "Gogy's Hips Don't Lie" is heard in the distance while Dream ransacks a bed.

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This is proof that “Gogy’s Hips Don’t Lie” plays in Dream’s head 23 hours a day.

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It’s been almost 6 months since this clip and we’ve still gotten no explanation. 

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mars reads too much dreamnotfound fanfiction for their own good

a dreamnotfound fanfic recommendation list by your resident dumbass (me)

this took way to fucking long... i’m tired

below is a (very extensive) list dedicated to all my favorite dnf fics, ranging from quick one shots to 100k+ word monstrosities that devour the storage on my computer, forever incomplete masterpieces to ongoing works of art, you get the idea. i provided links for each fic/series for your reading pleasure. there will be no smutty/nsfw fics on this list, that’s just not my vibe lmao. this list goes in no particular order, and i’ll update it from time to time when i feel like it. now, without further ado, let us begin.

Heat Waves (complete) by tbhyourelame

(wtf else did you expect, looking at a dnf rec list?) amazingly well written, and while it’s not my favorite dnf fic it’s damn near close. in the midst of a brutal heatwave, a suffering dream comes to terms with the fact that he is desperately in love with his best friend. everything i could say about this fic has already been said by nearly everyone who’s read it, so if you haven’t yet caved into the hype, just go for it. you won’t be disappointed.

Gonna be around (completed) by georgescatcafe

(mc irl) my favorite dnf oneshot to date. just read it, i don’t wanna spoil for you :)

Inferno in the Sky (ongoing)by zairielon

(star wars au) an ongoing star wars au currently clocking in at almost 200k words. need I say more? everything about it absolutely slaps, each chapter is amazingly written, and it’s just good. also, can we just appreciate dream and tubbos dynamic in here? 10/10, amazing, must protecc. oh right, a summary: george, an exiled padawan turned engineer, must return to the jedi temple after attacks on it from an unknown assailant threaten the safety of himself and the other jedi.

Like Magic (ongoing) by KangarooKen, NotGra55 (Gra55)

(harry potter au) the unofficial official dnf harry potter au. we watch the young unlikely wizard pair grow up together throughout their years at hogwarts as they battle good old fashioned wizard racism. beautifully written, incredibly fun and suspenseful, and just an overall blast and a half.

GeorgeNotFound, Son of Poseidon, and the League of Minor Gods (ongoing) by Clichewho_69, Cygnvs, Trash_Kinggg

(percy jackson au) percy jackson au? check. “road trip” (technically quest but u get what i mean)? check. enemies to friends to lovers? check. this fic follows the plot of the lightning theif (albeit loosely), but everything is explained enough where you don’t have to read percy jackson to understand what’s going on. basically after moving to the usa, george gets taken to camp halfblood where he learns that a) gods exist. b) he’s the son of poseidon and c) he needs to prove that he didn’t steal zeus’s master bolt.

Protected (completed) by aenqua

(royalty/camelot au) my favorite piece of dnf media of all time. dubbed the official dnf camelot au, where dream is the heir to the throne and george is a servants son with a secret that couldp get him killed. these childhood friends grow up together and learn trust, love, and acceptance. (that summary did not justice to the masterpiece that is this fic) here’s the directors cut

The Hunter (completed) by HederEgo

(mc irl) a choose your own adventure fic with 13 different endings, where dream the hunter must kill george and stop him from beater the ender dragon. enough said.

The official dream team cowboy AU (series)(ongoing) by antsu_in_my_pantsu

(cowboy au) cowboys and outlaws horses and shit. and the big gay. it’s a cowboy au, what else did you expect? fucking yee haw (all seriousness this is a great read, i loved it so so so so much and i can’t wait for the final chapter to release).

This is a Drista moment, let's just accept it (completed) by Qekyo

dnf fic from drista pov. considering its unique perspective, it’s perfectly done. beautifully showcases a sibling relationship through drista and her memories/moments with dream, and it just works, y’a know? also drista supremacy.

Dear Dream (completed) by Qekyo

(wwii au) i don’t cry when watching/reading anything sad. translation: i’m a heartless bitch. however, this fic is the only exception. it caused me to cry so hard my mom walked in my room and asked if i was ok. ‘nuff said.

TECHNOlogical Wingman (completed) by Closeted_Bookworm

techno is the autocorrect ai on dreams phone, and he gains sentience. interesting concept, and the author fucking nailed it. great fic.

It Was Only a Fic (ongoing) by imagineitdear

dream starts reading a dnf fanfic (we’ve all been there buddy).

Teacher’s Pet (ongoing) by niyuha

(teacher au) in which dream is a high school english teacher and george is the new comp sci teacher in room 297.

Saltwater Secrets (ongoing) by earlgay_milktea

(mermaid/high school au) a great example of the shear amount of variety in fics this fandom has to offer. when i started reading dnf fics i would have never thought i’d find one about a mermaid george hopelessly crushing on his human friend, who happens to be his schools star swimmer. yet here i am, and i am far from disappointed.

Smash My Heart (incomplete) by dontrollthedice

george and sapnap are commentators for duper smash brothers tournaments, and george develops a crush on an up and coming smash streamer named dream.

roleplaying in the dark is harder than it seems (completed) by Alienu

laser tag. 10/10

solar system (completed) by quartzfia

(mc irl) george vists dream in pandora’s vault.

Ramblings of a Lunatic (completed) by jungkooksfic

ahh communicating through a notebook left on a shelf in a bookstore- what a perfect way to start a relationship.

Paint me like your French Girls (It's Charcoal, Actually) (completed) by Turtle_ier

(artist au) george is an art student, and dream is a model.

00:00:00 (completed) by isleofdreams

(soulmate au) 00:00:00 is the moment you meet your soulmate, as indicated but the clock ticking down on your wrist until the moment you meet. i’m not a fan of soulmate aus; this fic is the exception.

Blue Skies Smilin' At Me (completed) by kivy

(artist au) i don’t usually cry while reading stuff, but this brought me damn near close. george is a painting conservator and chats it is with the ghost of the artist if the painting he is working on. they fall in a love.

Current Location (incomplete) by hendollana

(influencer au) george simps for a hot american instagram model. who knew he’d actually follow back?

The Withering (series) (series ongoing, 1 work completed) by App1e_Juice

(mc irl) lore and world building and fight scenes and everything i crave. what’s not to love? something starts making the plants and crops around dreams village wither, and must team up with new friends to find the cause of the mysterious disease plaguing the land.

Minecraft, But You Can't Leave (complete) by facadecake

(mc irl) dream and george are sucked into their own private minecraft world together and must beat the game to escape.

Free The Game, Beat the End (incomplete) by goatgoatwasfound

(mc irl) a glitch in minecraft causes thousands of players from around the world to be trapped inside minecraft, with only one way of escape- beating the ender dragon. first dnf fic i ever read, and it’s still 10/10 for me.

Why don't you come a little closer? (completed) by lifeofandoms

george gets stood up by a date, and Dream pretends he’s the date to save george from the embarrassment. simply adorable.

lightning bug (completed) by saintachesP

(band au) while on tour, dream realizes his feeling for george.

Hold me closer (completed) by Treesofmyheart

(mc irl/dsmp) i just,, really like this trope.

Dizzy on caffeine (completed) by GleamingGreenGoggles

(coffee shop au) best dnf coffeeshop au i’ve read. periodt.

living a life of crime isn’t always easy (series) (completed) by itisjosh

(mafia/assassin au) stockholm syndrome except it’s not weird.

Inhibitions Make Interesting Situations (completed) by Ship_On_The_Sea

i pissed myself laughing. it’s just a dream and george being hilariously dense, flustered idiots. serotonin central.

thy eternal summer shall not fade (completed) by gracequills

(high school au) that moment when you recite shakespeare to your crush in your ap lit class instead of confessing (hate it when that happens).

All is Fair in love and Football (ongoing) by graciegirl2001

(college au) #1 favorite college au. in which george is a cheerleader, and dream is the football teams rising star player. this one gets extra points because of the amazing karlnap moments sprinkled throughout. *chefs kisses air*

online love (completed) by andbutso

(high school au) online classes go zoooooooom

Can’t help falling (completed) by isleofdreams

dream re-learns the guitar to sing to george on his birthday. beautiful. fluffy. amazing

dance in the rain and my arms (completed) by lazy_kitkat

george is a rain god, and dream is a wind god

Weather Boy (completed) by DaintyDiizzle

wouldn't you like to know, weather boy? (where dream can control the rain)

The color orange (completed) by anon

(mc irl) dream describes the colors of a sunset

Family Mode (completed)by Strawberry_flavoured_tears

they’re dads :,)

Breathing Room (incomplete) by papercranes

(band an) an amazing band au. the mad lad author wrote original songs for each chapter. above and beyond, mad props :). unfortunately, it’s incomplete

Piece of Clay (completed) by carbonbrine

(artist au) george is a sculptor and his sculpture comes to life- but oh no he’s hot.

Try (completed) by Not4typicalwriter

(royalty au) george must choose a suitor, but none of them are up to dream, his head knights, standards. or dream is hella jelly. also protective dream is perfect

When the Roses Bloom (completed) by HederEgo

(royalty au) close second for my favorite fic. go to royalty au for a quick serotonin bost. it’s all fluff and flowers and crushes, and i love it. criminally underrated.

Heavenstruck (ongoing) by dontrollthedice

george is dreams guardian angel, and dream want to find out more about him and his past life. bittersweet :,)

Bang and Burn (completed) by App1e_Juice

(spy au) george accidentally falls for target number 1 on sapnap’s secret agency’s hit list. this ones great, i love me a spy au :)

Can I get a uhh… (completed) by lemonskies

dream keeps pulling up to the drive through mcdonald’s that george works at drunk.

Pretty Stranger (completed) by anon

when looking for dream in the terminal, george sees a cute guy and decides to flirt.

Take my Hand (completed) by latinbias

(royalty au) another royalty au? poggers. surprise twists? double poggers. love this a lot.

seconds, minutes, hours, lifetimes (complete) by meridies

ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP *inhales to compose herself* roadtrip au. unrequited love, ignored feelings, longing, pining, you know the drill. absolutely love this one, its the best roadtrip au i have ever read, in any fandom. (maybe cause i identify with it a little too much, but thats not important. whats important is that you read this fic. right now. im waiting).

Message redacted (complete) by justyouraverageloser

(text fic) dream asks for a girls number and realises hes been given the wrong number. however, an unexpected relationship starts to form between him and the stranger on the other end of the line.

the waves (completed) by anon

(mc irl) this fic was written by the same anon who wrote the color orange, which is up there on my fav dnf oneshot list. dream and george know they have a higher purpose. they don’t know where they came from, or why they are seemingly the only humans in the world, or how they feel about eachother, or even where the skeletons come from, but they are sure of one thing: they have to beat a dragon.

The Dream Doll (completed) by PeppDream (Pep_Pizza)

(voodoo i guess) i’m a real big fan of fics with really out there or unique concepts, so naturally this one makes the cut! i really liked it, it’s really sweet and made me think a lot about what matters to me in the world. george finds a strange doll in an antique shop, and would really like to just stuff it in a drawer and forget about it. sadly (?), the doll has other plans.

last updated February 6th, 2021

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