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Hob Gadling has lived through six centuries of history, and he’s collected more jobs than most people can imagine—mercenary, printer, pirate, mob boss, even a rock musician for a spell. But the one role that feels like home is the one he holds now: Professor Robin Golding, Medieval History, London.
Through lectures about chimneys and buttons, cups of tea at Nina’s café, banter with colleagues, and evenings in his pub, Hob reflects on the small things that shape lives. The inventions that go unnoticed, the food that feels miraculous after centuries of hunger, the city of London itself. And underneath it all, the quiet, stubborn hope that maybe one day his Stranger will walk through the door again.
A story about teaching, eating, laughing, waiting, and living—all the little things that keep Hob going.
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nothing retains its' original form by academic_of_the_endless
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
05 Oct 2025
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Avery’s laugh is the first thing Morpheus hears on a Monday morning in early September. Just as he wakes, the hyperactive culprit jumps up on the bed and onto his chest, winding him in the process. Turning his head to the side, he notices Hob has already left the bed; likely, he is in the kitchen making breakfast. His heart flutters a little as he realises he was probably left to sleep longer, as he had been in a fair amount of pain last night and had not slept easily.
Set two years on from 'what was before is left behind', Morpheus is still adjusting to human life, Hob Gadling is being stubborn and refuses to give in, Avery is still being a ray of sunshine- but something is still not quite right.
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- Part 2 of what never was is now
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What Is Immortality If Not a Series Of Losses by itsaseamonster
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
05 Oct 2025
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Six hundred years. Seven meetings. Countless dreams. And in them, Hob forgets to pretend he doesn’t want more—because the only constant in his long, immortal life has always been his friend.
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- A fix-it Dreamling fic I started writing even before watching season 2.
- We follow Hob from the very beginning.
- Every chapter is character development *jazz hands*
- Centuries of pining, bad decisions, and unbuttoned shirts.
- Real plot starts happening in chapter 3!
- Hob has a lot of dreams! I wonder why! (from chapter 4)
- Extremely self-indulgent. Probably turns into a buddy comedy with will-they-won't-they energy. (They will.)
- Slow burn? Absolutely. Smut? Eventually. Emotional devastation? Without a doubt.
- A lot of hurt no comfort but it has a happy ending, I promise!
- English is not my first language and this is not beta read, we die like Hob doesn’t -
because dreaming costs money, my dear by TheFrenchiestFry4210
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
01 Oct 2025
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It was late fall, close enough to cross the line of winter. It had started to snow late last night and now tufts of white lightly covered the grass outside.
Hob had had the brilliant idea that for this lifetime, he would be a history professor.
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Songes d'une nuit d'hiver by Circeto, Emi_Hotaru
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Good Omens (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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Dream Endless a toujours détesté les fêtes de fin d'année, encore plus depuis que sa femme l'a quitté, quelques années plus tôt, le matin de Noël.
Ecrivain en manque d'inspiration, contraint de garder son fils qu'il connaît à peine pendant les vacances, il reçoit par erreur un mail le conviant à une séance de dédicace à Tadfield, une petite ville liée à un souvenir d'enfance.
Dream accepte l'invitation et va découvrir que Noël, cette année, risque de lui apporter quelques bonnes surprises... -
Placing The Blame by cwacwa
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022) RPF
27 Sep 2025
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After escaping captivity, escaping Roderic Burgess, Morpheus had to find his belongings. Only, it turns out he left a significant portion of his power with his friend. And because of the vortex, he must quickly regain it.
Or,
Morpheus doesn't know what to do or how to feel, luckily Hob is a patient, immortal man.
please check the notes 😭🙏
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kiss me goodnight (it might just end my life) by heylookitsMJ
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
22 Sep 2025
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Dream of the Endless knows the dangers if he is to give in to his own fantasies. Desire may tempt all they want, though they will never succeed. That’s what Morpheous tells himself, anyway. After all, pray tell, what does the King of Dreams dream about?
New chapters released every Monday!
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“I need to breathe,” Dream says, “I have real lungs.”
“Uh. Yeah. Have you ever lacked lungs?”
He gets a withering look, “I have never needed to manifest lungs for myself, Hob Gadling.”
Dream, Hob and the Trials and Tribulations of becoming human.
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THE TIES THAT BIND US (in chronological order) by dxrkneptxne
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022) RPF, Der Sandmann | The Sandman - E. T. A. Hoffmann
19 Sep 2025
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The chronological order version of my fic The Ties That Bind Us
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- Part 2 of ENDLESS STORIES TO TELL
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“I am going to ask you for something. You have every right to say ‘no.’ In fact, you probably should, but I need to ask anyway.”
Six months after Hob Gadling said good-bye to his oldest friend, Morpheus, Death comes to him for help with an impossible task. It’s up to Hob to care for the freshly resurrected--and painfully human--Dream, help him restore his memories…and ultimately let him go all over again. For his part, Dream is just trying to figure out who he is, what he's supposed to do, and why the dark is trying to get him. The only thing that makes any sense is Hob and his kindness, and the certainty that that all Dream wants is to stay by Hob's side.
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“You cannot help me,” Dream rasps. “Not this time.”
Hob rocks back, furrowing his brow and defies this.
“Begging your pardon, King of Dreams, but I’ll decide what I can or cannot do, thank you,” Hob chides, lifting his brow in soft warning.
Or the one where Hob steals yarn, fights an old (immortal) lady and accidentally messes everything up fantastically. (but in a good way). [And the author's frantic attempt to make better sense of the horrible mess of Season 2 Vol 2]
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This time the doctor by Lover496 for LeotheLionathefootofOrion
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
31 Aug 2025
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In 1916, Hob Gadling gets wounded during the Great War. In 2022, he is still dealing with the aftermath
(Only small mention of Dream at the end)
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- Part 2 of Homage to A Place to get Better
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Dream longs for something like sleep, something he can always return to, warm, secure, always welcoming.
He finds his answer in a... friend.
Takes place at the end of s2ep6.
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The Storyteller’s Lesson by mybubblemysphere
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
27 Aug 2025
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Hob’s “story night” at the New Inn was supposed to be a bit of fun for his students and the locals. He did not expect Morpheus to show up, lurking in the corner and listening. When Hob challenges him to actually tell a story, the Lord of Dreams discovers that knowing every tale ever told is not the same as making an audience laugh in a pub.
What begins as a lesson in storytelling turns into something far more intimate, as Hob teaches Morpheus that the best stories are the ones spoken from the heart. -
In Mortalis Cruor by euzede
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
19 Aug 2025
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"Don't be daft, Hobsie. A careless man like you always needs a little protection spell. But now more than ever. Death is coming for one of us old buggers."
A foreboding prophecy. A cult resurfacing. A gruesome murder at Hob's workplace.
And three dead boy detectives who unknowingly start compromising the cover of one old immortal professor. -
to love me is to suffer me by geeky_page
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
18 Aug 2025
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The Endless are not capable of love. Not the way humans are.
Dream wants to fix it. Hob helps, unknowingly at first, willingly after.
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London, which no longer dreams, finds itself crushed by a wave of heat and violence.
Hob Gadling, who has not heard from the Stranger since their last meeting at the New Inn, offers to look after the cat of a couple of friends who have gone on holiday.
Safe in a secure house, Hob has only one rule to follow: do not enter the studio where an unfinished sculpture is kept...
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Londres, qui ne rêve plus, se retrouve écrasée par une vague de chaleur et de violence.
Hob Gadling, sans nouvelle de l'Etranger depuis leurs dernières retrouvailles au New Inn, se propose de garder le chat d'un couple d'amies parties en vacances.
A l'abri dans une maison sécurisée, Hob n'a qu'une seule consigne à respecter : ne pas entrer dans l'atelier où est gardée une sculpture inachevée...
There is an English translation of this fic entitled "Sun and Flesh".
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"Do you think we meet in every lifetime?" (Yes And I'd look for you every time) by PumpkinKingSalem
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
05 Aug 2025
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It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.
When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,
We wish that one should love, the other win;And one especially do we affect
Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:
The reason no man knows; let it suffice
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Where both deliberate, the love is slight:
Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?Christopher Marlowe
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“A description, surely,” Piper said.
“Agh, sure, why not? Not really like he's around much. Black hair, a bit like a bird really — a raven, that’s it. So messy you’d think he’s never even seen a hairbrush, but in an artistic, intentional way. Eyes like galaxies. Skin so pale he looks like a statue come to life — sculpted like one too, God.” It took a moment for Gadling to return to himself after… whatever that was. He pursed his lips before just adding; “Goth.”
Piper and Dylan shared a “we are so talking about this later” look.
“So are you like…” Piper said, regretting the words as they left her mouth. She stumbled for an even slightly okay phrasing. Dylan stared at her, appalled. “... together, then?”
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The Sound of Her Wings but Dream shows up while Hob is in a lecture. That's it that's the plot.