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"dream!"
                          
the blonde spun his head, his expression growing soft at the small brunette boy who gazed up at him from where they were waiting.
                          
"hm?"
                          
"will we be done soon?" george asked, bringing his hands around the blonde's stomach to hold onto him.
                          
"soon, hopefully," dream smiled, running a hand through the brunette's hair.
                          
the two boys were waiting for bad to call them to come do some photos together and separate, since he wanted to see how well george could model so far without any help from dream.
                          
bad said the shoot for today would be different compared to anything they've done with george so far, which means dream was excited to see what they had for the two boys.
                          
niki had told dream to wear dark jeans and just a simple t-shirt since the photos wouldn't require a top for today. meanwhile, george was wearing a cropped blue top with lighter wash jeans, his eyelids smudged with blue glitter in the corners.
                          
anything george wore was stunning. he was just a beautiful person.
                          
dream wanted the pretty brunette to be his, but he didn't know if george really felt the same.
                          
sure, they had nights together where it seemed like all they need in the world is each other, but every hookup is like that, right?
                          
he was staying at dream's place, they were both in the mood, so they took advantage of living together. that's all, right?
                          
"come on! dream, you'll go first," bad called from one of the rooms, signaling for the two boys to follow him into the room.
                          
there was a dark shade of orange wall in the very far side of the room, and lights were set up around the area to brighten up the room. a camera was positioned in the middle, ready to take photos of the boys.
                          
"alright, lose the shirt, then come stand over here in the middle of the wall. niki is going to come in a do something to you real quick, then we'll get started."
                          
"george, you watch and try to pick up some mental tips as dream poses," bad concluded.
                          
the boys nodded, and bad went back over to his camera, turning random knobs and moving the angle. 
                          
niki walked in, holding a basket full of fake flower petals in one hand, and in the other was some sort of glue.
                          
"hi dream! i'll be putting some of these on you for the photos, just to make it look cooler. it'll tone down the overwhelming masculinity vibe we got going on here with all your muscles," she giggled, grabbing a couple pink flower petals and attaching them to the blonde's arm and shoulder that was facing the camera.
                          
she put them spaced out all down the one side of his body, even applying some to his face before she backed off, admiring her work. 
                          
"looks amazing, thank you, niki!" bad complimented.
                          
"no problem," she smiled warmly, grabbing her supplies and shuffling over to where george was sitting.
                          
the blonde began listening to bad's orders while niki sat beside george.
                          
"are you nervous?"
                          
george looked over at the blonde girl. "not necessarily. i'm just worried i won't know what to do."
                          
"oh, don't even worry, honey. bad will tell you what to do exactly."
                          
"but," george swallowed, bringing his gaze back to dream as he tossed his head back, craning his back as his hair flopped over messily and his jaw hung slack. "what if i don't look that good? how am i supposed to just look attractive?"
                          
niki watched george's eyes as they travelled down the blonde who was posing so effortlessly. "are you worried you don't look good enough?"
                          
george shrugged. "sort of?"
                          
"if you didn't, i don't think dream would have chosen you to be doing this job. he really seemed excited to invite you here the first time you showed up, actually," niki smiled.
                          
the brunette met his gaze with niki's, tilting his head. "really?"
                          
"yes, really. boy, the way he looks at you is something we have never seen before. bad and i have been working with him ever since he first started, so we've been there for all the relationships he's had," she said. "it's like they were nothing compared to you. you sure are something special to him, george."
                          
the brunette's cheeks rose in color as he moved his eyes back to dream, who had his hand resting on his neck as he dazed into the camera from the side.
                          
"he's special to me," george breathed.
                          
"i know," niki giggled. "you can't keep your eyes off of him for more than a second. i don't blame you though, his looks are the key component to his job."
                          
george nodded his head along with her words, watching as the blonde looked over the photos with bad.
                          
"niki?" he turned to her.
                          
"mhm?"
                          
"so you think dream could love me?"
                          
the shorter blonde gave a soft smile, standing up and taking george's hand as they walked over to where bad waited. "he already does."
                          
the brunette fell flustered as niki left, leaving george with bad and dream staring at his red face oddly.
                          
"george? you ready?" bad asked.
                          
the brunette nodded quickly, shuffling over to the wall to stand as he waited for bad's instructions.
                          
"i just want you to sort of lean back and smile. act innocent, and cute. we'll probably edit in some butterflies or something blue to match your outfit," bad ordered.
                          
george leaned back into the wall, trying to tilt his head the right way and not look awkward.
                          
he was definitely failing.
                          
he felt like he was taking a school picture, standing there weirdly until it was over.
                          
but dream seemed to catch notice of this. the blonde stood, coming to stand behind the camera so george could look at him while also looking at the camera.
                          
he started making weird faces, and blowing silly kisses to where george was standing. he gave cheesy smiles, continuing his small little actions until the brunette was into a full blushing smile, his head tilted casually to the side as his face flushed and his eyes glistened in the light.
                          
"that should be good for now, you did well for your first alone session," bad smiled, clicking off the camera and beginning to put away his supplies.
                          
dream ran over to george, pulling the boy into a loose hug as he spun him around.
                          
"dre-dream!" george giggled. "i'm gonna get dizzy!"
                          
the blonde set him back down on his feet, holding his body close to his as the brunette tilted his head up to gaze at dream.
                          
"ready to go home?"
                          
"ready as always," george smiled, following the blonde as he dragged him out by the hand.