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Sapnap and Dream had pulled an all nighter, Sapnap was streaming it, both realizing it was about 4am and George would be awake soon, they knew he would see them in call and not think twice about checking if one of them was streaming, George had fallen asleep before Sapnap even started streaming.
"I think one of us should tell him before he.. Yknow.." Dream mumbled, but it was too late, George joined.
"Guys guys guys! OMG!" George's sleepy voice was still strong and his excitement was quiet.
"Yes Georgie?" Sapnap asked, Dream did a simple 'Yeah?'
If George hadn't just woke up he would have noticed the lack of endearment words in their responses, or how they always usually babied George in the mornings to make sure he started out his mornings stress free.
"I got the email about the travel ban! It's lifted!" George had a wide smile.
"George, Darling." Sapnap said softly, stream was used to Sapnap calling George 'babe', 'baby', 'dear' and 'darling', he had done it for a while and everyone assumed it was to make Dream jealous.
"You're streaming..." George's heart sunk, "oh uh I'm sorry, I'll talk to you guys later."
"George wait-" Dream started but George left.
...
Once the stream was over they got George back into the call, he was laying back in bed, curled up under his blankets.
"I ruined the surprise I'm sorry."
"Baby," Sapnap started, "we aren't upset with you because you said the travel ban is lifted, it's not like you told them when you're coming here or about the relationship, which I'm still okay with them knowing."
"I know.. but I still ruined it and now everyone will be annoying about it, I might just go back to sleep.."
Dream left the call, only to be heard from Sapnap's ends a few seconds later, "we'll sleep too then baby, we can sleep on call if you want?"
"Not today, sorry loves." George let out a breath, "sleep well." George hung up and Dream and Sapnap looked at each other with saddened expressions.
"He'll be better once he gets here, babe," Dream said and placed a kiss to Sapnap's head, "I think we all will, also we're sleeping in my bed tonight, your bed has your school shit on it." Dream chuckled and left the room, Sapnap close behind.
Would things be better with George there?
*
Sapnap and Dream spotted George first, he was wandering around the airport lobby, dragging his luggage, looking like a lost puppy, as cute as it was, they eventually went over to him.
George smiled and hugged them both at the same time, getting kisses from them both all over his face getting a few giggles before he gave them each a kiss on the cheek. "Hi!"
Dream and Sapnap each took a hand, while Dream took the luggage and Sapnap took the cat carrier, George only yawned in response as they walked outside.
George got the backseat to himself to lay down with Cat who was purring through the carrier as he was placed on George's stomach.
"Can we..." George started, being interrupted by a yawn, "stream? When home?"
"I think you should take a nap baby." Sapnap said, turning back to face the half asleep Brit.
"'M not tired." George announced and Sapnap sighed as they pulled in.
Dream got out first and opened the back seat door, scooping George up and getting a Yelp of surprise, while Sapnap took Cat.
They went inside and Sapnap opened the carrier, setting it down in the living room by the food dish for Patches before following his boyfriends upstairs.
Dream set George down on the bed and crawled into it on the right side, Sapnap sneaking in to the left, pulling the covers over the three of them, George curled into Dream and tangled all their legs together, soon to turn to Sapnap's chest, while Sapnap and Dream hand their hands connected over George's body.
When Dream woke up, Patches and Cat were at the foot of the bed, curled up with their tails linked together. He chuckled and looked at his sleeping boyfriends, carefully pealing away and sneaking out of the room and downstairs, careful not to wake them.
Sapnap and George joined Dream at the same time, sitting on the couch and curling up on either side of him, both still visibly tired, but wanting cuddles.
"Hey darlings, did you guys sleep well?" Dream asked and only got nods, both Sapnap and George's eyes already closed.
Dream just chuckled and resumed the show he was watching, keeping his arms around his boys.
They ended up deciding to stream later on, George used Dream's set up for the time being till George's got setup, Dream just sat in the living room and watched the streams, while being on call, the streams lasted longer than either streamer anticipated, so Dream brought them dinner, stealing a kiss from each before returning to his spot in the living room, he only got to talk on Sapnap's end since George still hasn't been revealed yet.
Once hours had past and the streams were over, plus the other boys lefts the call, Dream made a beeline to Sapnap's room, Sapnap was hardly able to keep himself awake at his desk, "come on baby, let's go cuddle with George."
"'M not baby, George baby.." Sapnap declared, yawning.
"Babe, let's go." Dream said, his voice soft before he walked out knowing Sapnap would trail behind him.
George was in bed, laying in the middle while the other two slid in on either side of him, getting a happy hum from George and a yawn from Sapnap.
"I love you" Dream announced.
"Love you too" George smiled softly.
"Mhm, love too, both" Sapnap mumbled getting a kiss from George and Dream before the three of them slowly drifted off.
...
George woke up first, weird.
He snuck away and pushed the other two together, going downstairs.
They joined him an hour later and they seemed sad, "are you guys okay? What happened?" George asked walking over to them.
"You'll see us again, Georgie." Sapnap teared up and Dream put an arm around him.
"Well I hope so, we live together." George chuckled, before realizing something was seriously wrong. "Guys.. what's happening?"
"We love you, but let us go." Dream said softly, "wake up."
And he did.
George woke up in heavy sweat, panting, in his own bed, Cat meowed loudly in protest to the sudden movements.
"It wasn't real?" George looked around and saw his phone next to him, seeing it was 9am already and Dream and Sapnap were in a call, it was 4am for them.
"What the fuck?" George asked, rubbing his head.
"Woahhh Georgie I thought you didn't swear!" Sapnap teased.
"I'm in call!?" George asked and Dream hummed in response.
"All night?!"
"No, you just joined and cursed us out, are you alright darling?" Sapnap asked.
"Dont.. just.. I.. I had a really good dream and now it's ruined because it wasn't real.."
"Do you want to talk about? We're ending the stream anyway." Dream asked and George watched as Sapnap's stream ended a few seconds after he was muted.
"So what's up Darling?" Sapnap asked and George groaned.
"Don't call me that anymore." George demanded.
"I- okay, I won't since you don't want me to, but if it's made you uncomfortable then you could have said something sooner, I'm really sorry." Sapnap spoke softly.
"George are you feeling alright? I thought you thought that stuff funny." Dream asked, worried for how George was acting. "If something is seriously wrong you can talk to us, you know we love you."
"Yeah, we love you, George." Sapnap added.
"That's the problem." George admitted, he loved them too, not in the same way though, they couldn't love him like that.
"Oh we can stop staying that too? I know I've pushed the joke a bit too much at times and I'm sorry, we can end the joke though." Dream said.
"No no it's fine, everything can stay, forget this conversation." George went to leave but was stopped by the both telling him to stay.
"George seriously, what's going on?" Dream asked his voice stern.
"You can tell us anything, we won't judge you or hate you, we care about you George." Sapnap added.
"I.. I love you guys." George could feel himself tear up, "and I know it's bad, and I'm bad, and now that I've said it I can move on and we can be a happy friend trio again that panders and makes crappy jokes and eventually meets up, if you even could stand to look at me, or be near me, I get if you don't because I could make a move or something, and you wouldn't feel comfortable in your own home, scared I would like I don't know, do something weird." George let out a sob, "I just don't want you guys to hate me, I can't do this without you... please.."
Dream and Sapnap both chuckled a little, "Georgie, we love you too." Sapnap said with joy behind his words.
"Come to America soon George, we can be all cuddly and cute, besides we need our baby with us." Dream's smile could be heard.
"You guys are idiots." George sniffled, "which I'm fine with as long as you're my idiots."
"We can stay on call while we all get some much needed sleep." Dream yawned at his own idea.
"I agree!" Sapnap said and jumped onto his bed.
"I've been sleeping though~" George complained.
"Extra cuddles when you come if you can sleep, baby" Dream bribed and George hummed in response, laying back down and curling up into himself.
George loved those two a lot, and he was glad to be theirs finally.