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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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A Midwinter Night's Dream by Circeto, Emi_Hotaru
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Good Omens (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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Dream Endless hated the festive season, especially since his wife left him on Christmas morning a few years earlier.
Writer in need of inspiration, forced to look after his son, whom he barely knows, Dream accidentally receives an email inviting him to a book signing in Tadfield, a small town linked to a childhood memory.
Dream accepts the invitation and is about to discover that Christmas this year is likely to bring him pleasant surprises... -
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... -
Richard Madoc Gets what he Fucking Deserves by sirandrewaguecheek
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
01 Aug 2025
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i did intend to finish my sandman fic, passepied, but that's not happening now. obviously i'm pretty late to comment on this-- i wrote this a couple months ago and decided to finally post it tonight.
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- 985
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Once upon a time there was a king who had lost his queen. The kingdom mourned the loss but none felt it as keenly as the king himself. Then one day, many years later, word reached the castle that the queen was being held captive in another land. At once, king Morpheus set off on a quest to save her, bringing only his trusted first knight Sir Robert Gadling and manservant Mathew with him.
In this fairy tale, however, things are not as straight forward as they might seem. Before queen Calliope left the castle, the death of their son had driven a wedge between king and queen. Now, some believe that the king’s affections may lay elsewhere, namely with his first knight. If that is indeed the case then it is not entirely uncomplicated because Hob does not know the king’s secret – that he isn’t exactly human.
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Dreamers and guests. Celebrants and mourners. And one absolute piece of shit.
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…is worth two in the attic.
“What if Hob rescued Dream?” “What if Hob rescued Calliope?” What if Hob rescued Dream AND Calliope? 👁👄👁
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Once Rose finds out about the horrible deeds of her writing instructor, she takes a little petty revenge via the next story she brings to class.
A spite fic to dunk on Neil Gaiman. Fuck you, Neil.
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- Part 2 of Outings with the Endless-Kincaid-Walkers
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In the place of a muse, the prince of stories.
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the fire’s lover knows only burning hands by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
14 Jun 2024
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The Endless is seconds away from revealing himself to the foul men (he imagines, perhaps, adorning himself with claws so that he can tear them limb from limb) when a strikingly familiar voice stills him in place with dread.
"Do you have to act so bloody smug, Madoc?" Hob Gadling's voice blares like a tornado warning inside of Dream's skull.
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Having received Calliope’s request for aid, Dream of the Endless finds himself in Richard Madoc’s flat whilst the man is in the process of making a deal with a heartbreakingly familiar immortal.
Meanwhile, Hob Gadling’s attempt to liberate a certain muse from her confinement goes completely awry with the addition of his long lost eldritch companion.
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Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret by Karalyn
Fandoms: Fuckboi Dream by dancinbutterfly, The Sandman (TV 2022)
09 Jun 2024
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AU in which Hob figures out a way to convince Madoc to free Calliope
(again, assuming that the reader has gotten through the first half of Fuckboi Dream, this fic contains spoilers for that fic up to ch 26)
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Johanna Constantine and Hob Gadling separately navigate the complexities of stumbling into a relationship with a traumatized godlike being who is only at the beginning of his journey of connecting with humanity.
Needless to say, it isn't an easy road for anyone involved.
EDIT: Story has been reformatted for easier reading
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- Part 1 of More Than Endless Repetition
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Napisane na akcję "Dłużej i szczęśliwiej" na forum Mirriel.
Richard Madoc zachowuje się jak porządny człowiek, więc muza może być miła.- Language:
- Polski
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And the nights were as dark as my baby, half as beautiful too by Thesuspiciousflyingjellyfish
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
07 Nov 2023
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A beauty and the beast au, where Calliope is not quite Belle, Morpheus is more of a bird-like beast but just as grumpy, and Hob is most definitely NOT Gaston. And all the servants are a bunch of ravens.
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This Dream Is Over (Another Has Begun) by SigniorBenedickofPadua
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
02 Nov 2023
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The last person Dream expects to see in Burgess' basement is Hob Gadling, who has apparently been asked to consult on the restoration of the historic manor. He is pleased when his old acquaintance helps free him without a second thought, despite their past squabble, but he is horrified to realise that breaking the binding circle does nothing to return his powers to him, and that he cannot return to the Dreaming after having been released from his cage.
Weak, confused, and distressingly human, he consents to being taken back to Hob's home to be cared for until he can regain his strength. When he falls asleep that night (which he should never have had need for), he finally finds his way back to his palace, only to find someone else sitting on his throne, wearing his ruby, and claiming his name as her own — Dream of the Endless.
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When the dream touches ground, the demons walk in by starsniper
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
14 Oct 2023
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When Johanna Constantine is hired to investigate Richard Madoc by a jealous author who suspects he is using magic to help his writing, the last thing she expects is to find a muse locked in the man's bedroom, kept prisoner to give him inspiration. In order to free her, Johanna will have to confront her past with Rachel and come face to face with a power she's never encountered before.
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Maybe Freedom Ain't For Me by phociian
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
12 Oct 2023
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Whumptober Day 11: Captivity
Dream recollects his time in captivity after rescuing Calliope.
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2023
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Amid Intervening Stars by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
28 Aug 2023
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On the day where no one can lie Richard Madoc tells a police officer that he’s keeping a goddess locked up in one of his upstairs bedrooms. It’s laughed off as a joke, a writers play on words, then quickly forgotten as the world descends into chaos—
In this universe he says he’s keeping a woman.
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- Part 7 of Sandman Fics
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What in wanting is freely given and in madness is taken away by imnotcryingipromise
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
14 Aug 2023
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"Dream," Calliope whispers, her face drawn with the same shock the Endless feels.
The man's name ricochets off of the modest apartment walls. The singular word threatening in its utterance to tear them all apart.
He watches the moment register on Hob Gadling's face.
"Dream?” the name falls in dreaded repetition from the mortal’s lips, his eyes grow wide with understanding.
"You know each other?"
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When an exorcism goes horribly wrong (as they so often do), Johanna Constantine really does not expect the corpse to laugh at her morbid jokes and get to its feet again afterwards. Hob Gadling, in turn, does not expect that his new friendship with a feisty exorcist and magician will lead to him not only learning the name of his Stranger, but to them running into each other in Johanna's ex-girlfriend's flat. Nor does he expect how changed he will find Dream to be after his long absence...