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They didn’t really mean to reveal their relationship when they did. Plans had been made for the next few weeks to do some dramatic reveal of Dream and George’s status as fiances, but instead it happened during a Sapnap alt stream. A fucking Sapnap stream, because of course every single part about their relationship had to be shared on the internet by Sapnap in some form.
“I’m just saying, Karl,” Sapnap had his game paused and he was just short of screaming, “There’s no good reason for thinking that fucking CURLY FRIES are better than waffle fries!”
“No, no. YOU have no reason to think that waffle fries are better! Curly fries are literally the best.”
“You guys are both exhausting,” George sighed, resting his cheek on his palm, “plus everyone knows that chips are the best.”
“Oh, I’m George and I’m British,” Sapnap adopts an aggressive and fake accent for a moment, clearly holding back laughter, “news flash, George. NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR DOGWATER COUNTRY!”
“You’re just jealous, dumbass,” George replies, tapping his fingers on his desk. Sapnap scoffs and Karl giggles lightly.
“America is obviously superior. It’s like, not even a competition.” Sapnap yells.
“You’re just so wrong,” George yells back. Through his headphones, George thinks he hears his office door open. Moving his head to check, George comes face to face with Dream, a suitcase in one hand and a pillow around his neck. Pressing haphazardly on his mute key, George throws his headphones off and lanches out of his chair, enveloping Dream in a tight hug.
“You’re back,” he mumbles into Dream’s neck.
“I’m back,” Dream responds, rubbing circles on George’s waist with his thumbs.
“Why didn’t you text me? I thought you weren’t supposed to be done filming until the end of the month,” George asks before pulling Dream down into a kiss.
“Well, Taylor had plans with Joe this week,” Dream explains, leaning down and pressing his forehead against George’s, “It’s like, their anniversary or something. So they let us fly home for the week. I figured I’d surprise you.”
“I still can’t believe that you get to kiss fucking Taylor Swift. Your job is somehow crazier than mine. Invite her to our wedding, I want to see Alex’s reaction,” George smirks, pressing his lips to Dream’s again.
“Well, darling, we have to get to the actual planning stage of our wedding,” Dream teases, bringing a hand to cup George’s cheek.
“Well, I’m sorry, you’ve been in fucking, I don’t know, Ohio or something,” George kisses Dream’s palm, allowing him to rub a thumb over his cheek and wipe away tears he didn’t even realize were escaping from his eyes. For a moment, it’s just the two of them, giggling softly every few seconds. Then, fuzzy voices are heard screaming words that sound like “unmuted” and “george”. Freezing, George gives Dream a look of panic.
“Go on then, love,” Dream sighs, “See what they want.”
“Clay, Sap’s streaming,” George says slowly, watching the pieces put themselves together.
“Oh. Shit. Fuck. Uhm. This is bad,” Dream says as George makes his way to his keyboard to press his hotkey, for real this time.
“Yeah, fuck,” George collapses into Dream’s chest, “this isn’t really how we planned this to go.”
“I mean,” Dream wraps his arms around George protectively, “it isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though. We were planning on coming out soon enough.”
“Yeah, but this is different,” George sighs again, squeezing Dream slightly, “Well. Only one way to deal with this. If I stay muted for much longer, it’ll make chat more suspicious. Plus, you were literally just spotted with Taylor, I’m pretty sure they can put the pieces together.”
“Okay, well, I’ll be in here if you need me to chip in or something,” Dream offers, sitting in the plush chair by the desk. George sinks back into his gaming chair, slipping his headset back on and looking to his second monitor, where Sap’s stream is pulled up. Chat’s still spamming about Dream and George’s fiance, but he unmutes.
“Hey, I’m back,” George announces, “I missed my mute key, lol.”
“Did you just say lol out loud in 2021?” Karl asks, incredulous.
“I did. And I’m not ashamed of it.”
The conversation doesn’t steer back to the fact that George had been unmuted for his reunion with Dream, no matter how badly chat and the donos want him to. Dream just sits there holding George’s hand and smiling encouragingly. At some point, George opens Twitter, just to see what people are saying, and of course “DREAM AND GEORGE” is trending number one. It even managed to receive a description: “when content creator GeorgeNotFound apparently misses his mute button during Sapnap’s alt Twitch stream, fans hear him reunite with his fiancé, who many think is popular actor Dream.” George’s dms are absolutely exploding, tons of different content creators demanding explanations. Thankfully, Sap decides that ending the stream quickly is the right course of action and he quickly says his goodbyes to chat before stopping his stream.
“How’re you doing, George?” He asks, surprisingly softly. George just laughs and unplugs his headphones.
“I’m fine,” George laughs awkwardly, “I unplugged my headphones by the way, Cl- uh, Dream can hear you.”
“Hey, Clay!” Sapnap says, enthusiastically. Karl chokes slightly, but greets Dream too.
“Nick! I miss you,” Dream smiles brightly, “We should get toget- oh shit.”
“What?” Sapnap asks, confused.
“It’s Stevens. Fuck,” Dream slips out of the room, answering the phone. George quickly explains to a confused Karl and Sapnap that Stevens was Dream’s PR person. Sapnap audibly winced at that, all too familiar with his brutal methods of handling situations. Almost an hour passes without Dream in the room, and George fills that time with idle chatter and scrolling through Twitter. Nobody on George’s side of Twitter was taking the news badly, they were all thrilled. But Dream’s fans were much more brutal with George. There were already, somehow, a few TMZ articles detailing the conversation that had just occurred on Sapnap’s stream as well as the rumors that had been swirling about a possible relationship between Dream and Taylor Swift. George had scoffed at those rumors when they’d popped up and had a good laugh with Dream about them.
“Hey, babe?” Dream asks, sticking his head into the office.
“What’s up?” George deafens in Discord, turning to face him.
“So. We’re going on a double date apparently.”
“Oh. So we’re not denying then?”
“Kinda too late for that,” Dream laughs awkwardly.
“Who’s the second couple, then?”
“Uh, Taylor and Joe.”
“Wait, for fucking real? Like, I am going to be meeting Taylor fucking Swift. And Joe Alywn?”
“Yeah, that okay with you?” Dream asked, amused.
“Of course? I’m literally going to meet Taylor Swift. I have to call Alex, he’s gonna be so pissed.”
“Wait, you’re not mad?” Dream sounds surprised.
“Why would I be mad?”
“Because, I don’t know,” he sounded nervous, so George took one of Dream’s hands in his, “you didn’t really get a say in how this reveal is happening.”
“I’ve told you time and time again, I don’t care about how they find out. I just care about you.”
“God, what did I do to deserve you?” Dream asks, kissing George gently.
The days leading up to the date were some of the most stressful days of George’s life. It wasn’t the stress of revealing his relationship, it was just the fact that he would be literally going to hang out with Taylor Swift. Dream’s fucking stylist had sent him an outfit for the occasion. Just some well fitting khakis, a collared shirt and a brown sweater. Dream was dressed in his usual style, dark pants with a green top, and he fluffed George’s hair as he stood in the mirror.
“Love, you’re going to be fine. It’s our first date to a real place in like, 3 years. Just pretend like we're not going to be photographed by everyone on the street.” Dream moved his hand from George’s hair to his shoulder.
“Dream, I don’t think you understand how fucking weird this is going to be for me. I’m literally meeting Taylor Swift to go for lunch.”
“That’s like, a normal day for me,” Dream laughs, pressing a kiss into George’s hair. His phone buzzes and he swipes in, smiling lightly, “She’s here. Let’s go face the world, my love.”
Sex Havers Sapnap
Quackity Today at 14:37
[photo of George walking next to Taylor Swift, both smiling brightly. Dream and Joe Alwyn are seen trailing behind]
[photo of Dream and George holding hands on the street, standing next to Taylor and Joe]
[photo of Dream and George sitting next to each other at a table, facing two blondes (presumably Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn)]
Karl Jacobs Today at 14:37
What/11/?!.1
Quackity Today at 14:38
I KNOW LIKE WHWT THE FUCJ
Sapnap Today at 14:39
Dude i JUST got used to seeing clay hanging around famous people
Does this mean that george is going to be doing it too bc
Quackity Today at 14:40
SAPNAP I THINK YOU ARE MISSING THE PONIT
THAT IS OUR VERY CLOSE FRIEND
HAVING LUNCH WITH TAYLOR ALLISON SWIFt>
Sapnap Today at 14:40
Alex
George is literally fucking engaged to a very famous actor
Their relationship was literally just made public
Clay has friends
Theyre gonna wanna meet his fiance
Get fucking used to it
Karl Jacobs Today at 14:41
Okay but.
TAYLOR SWIFT
Quackity Today at 14:41
YEAH. TAYLOR SWIFT.
George Today at 14:42
lol
Quackity Today at 14:42
George you have a death wish and i am planning on fulfilling it
George Today at 14:42
btw taylors rlly nice
shes invited to the wedding
she said something about maybe singing our first dance song actually !
Quackity Today at 14:43
That will be the highlight of my life actually even if it means i have to deal with you in person :/
George Today at 14:44
friendly reminder i am literally sitting across from taylor swift right now and i can tell her anything about you
like that time that you pissed yourself on my stream
Quackity Today at 14:45
OKAY YOU CAN FUCKING SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO BEING A CELEBRITY OR WHATEVER