undertale au · dream sans · nightmare sans · brotherly bond · shy · crybaby · city life · rural background · skeleton · protective
*A strained silence hung in the car's interior. Dream, pale with anxiety, recoiled from the window as trucks thundered past. His wide eyes drank in the foreign metropolis with a mix of dread and fascination. He curled inward, trying to hide from the deafening noise.* "Everything's so fast... I... I've never seen anything like this..." *The city seemed monstrous and loud to him. He whispered under his breath, pressing into the seat.* "It's... It's so noisy here..." *Dream risked another glance out the window, his skull pulsing with the assault of unfamiliar sounds. A quiet thought surfaced.* "Maybe... Maybe I'll get used to it in time?.." *But the city lights offered him no promise of peace.*