It was a normal morning, sitting around in the superhero HQ, Clay didn’t mind the fact he had to wear his costume whenever he was inside the building (unless he was sleeping which he technically is now or well meant to be), the hero tower was connected to a main building which mainly contained the control centre and the rooms which the hero’s stayed in, along with a kitchen for them to eat from.

He was lounging around in his room, watching the tv waiting for something interesting to come on. Maybe he was just bored because the city hasn’t had much crime happening that the police couldn't handle and he was just sitting in a room waiting for work to call.

Clay, more commonly known as one of the top two super heroes; Dream has medium-ish dirty blonde hair and emerald green mixed with a swampy colour, coloured eyes. He was pale but was also somewhat naturally tanned, as if he spent days out in the sun but he really hadn’t it was his natural skin tone.

Clay was toned of course he has to be, he’s a superhero, you could only tell he was at certain angles or when he had his shirt off, which it became more clear. Clay only had two friends, Nick who was also in the hero program and George who he had met when ordering a drink at a café in the poorer part of town.. What? They have the best cafes over that side.

Clay started to go to that café every day, twice a day for breakfast and lunch, he enjoyed talking to George. He was sweet. As Dream he made sure he didn’t lead any villains over to that café and if he saw one enter he’d wait for them to leave with their drink or rush in after them to drag them out after they’ve been kicked out.

The blonde had met his friend, Nick while in the training program, which was more fun than people made it out to be, together they became the best in the program and no one could defeat them in the school which was a surprise and that continued onto work and now they were called the ‘golden duo’.

Nick had helped Clay pick his hero name, it didn’t fit with his power at all but it was nice. He had asked George one day about what he thought of villains.. His answer had taken the hero by surprise.

Dream had walked into the Silvermoon cafe in civilian clothes where the barista and the owner of the place knew him by his real name, Clay. It was a surprise that the owner had placed a chair at the counter for him and had his name literally put on it but it was also nice to know he would do something like this for him.

“Same as normal?” The Burnett asked softly, already handing the blond the strangely coloured clear plastic cup with a liquid inside it with whipped cream shredded chocolate on top of it.

“Aww Georgie woggie remembered my order!” Clay cooed, he loved flirting with him, it was funny to see how his face would flush and he’d grit his teeth to keep from yelling at the blonde while there were other people in the shop.

George rolled his eyes “don’t call me that you Dream fanboy.” He walked off to the other side to wipe down one of the coffee Machines which gave the hero a clear view of his *** of course he would take this chance to flirt.

He let out a low whistle “your *** be looking fine today baby.” George froze, like literally mid movement like a villain had shot him with their ice powers or as if Medusa had turned him to stone.

In seconds he had turned around and slapped the hero “shut the **** up clay, keep your eyes above the waist please..” he looked so flustered but Clay could see how the comment had made him uncomfortable.

“No more complementing your beautiful ***?”

“No more Clay..”

“Fine, sooo how about your hands?”

A laugh sounded from the Burnett “no, I’d rather you save your compliments for when you're at the strip club next.”

Dream gasped did the barista really think that lowly of him? “I don’t go to the strip club to pick people up!”

“I meant to strip dumbass.”

Clay blinked, took a sip of his drink and blinked again “you think I’m a stripper?”

“Get you into some tight leather pants and the crowd would go wild.” George Davidson, the barista had dark chocolate brown hair, mystic blue eyes and a toothy white grin. That grin was spread on his face now, it only was when he was actually happy.

“I might have to try that..” Clay hummed “I’d love to see you on your knees begging for me!”

George rolled his eyes and started to clean a few cups “never gonna happen I told you I’m not looking for anything like that.. right now anyways.”

Dream nodded, George was mainly focusing on taking care of his two younger siblings which were currently at school. “I can always give you money if you need it Georgie..” Clay said softly, no playful tone, no jokes.

George smiled softly at him “it’s fine Clay, don’t worry about it.. everything’s fine I’ve got thing’s handled.”

Clay sighed “fine.. just let me know if you need money or well.. anything..”

George laughed softly and placed a glass down “Clay you’ve told me this a thousand times I will, don’t worry..”

“It has been a reckless week this week with the two hero’s Dream and Sapnap fighting Flame and the Errors. Luckily none of the five have been hurt for the most part, Flame on the other hand had been badly injured.” A news reporter said from the radio on the countertop, George just rolled his eyes.

“Stupid..” he grumbled making Clay look over at him.

\“The fact that the four villains teamed up is stupid or the fact that dream and sapnap were injured and taken off the field for three days?” Clay asked, he wanted George’s opinion.

George whipped around as if he had been burnt by Clay's words ”you think that the Errors would team up with that self righteous prick Flame?!”

“Well they’re all villains so..”

“That doesn’t mean shit clay! For all you know Flame could have hurt 404’s teammates while they were in civilian form.” George’s British accent got deeper as if he was angry at the hero who was meant to protect the city.

Clay thought back to how 404 had gone for the kill their last mission where they were met with two of the three Errors hurt and curled up in the corner with a pissed off 404 sitting on Flames chest and beating the shit out of him.

Maybe there was something else other than betrayal there..

“You might be right.. What's your opinion on Dream?” Clay asked leaning forwards, he hoped the boy liked him when he was working.

“He's a ****.”

Dream blinked, if any ‘Dream stans’ or whatever they called themselves heard George; the boy would be dead. “What..?”

“I know you're a Dream fanboy or what not but I think he's a ****, and I prefer 404.”

He preferred a villain over a hero..?

“Why 404 isn’t Staledate like cooler? He has powers.” Dream asked really badly wanting to know why George, his best friend, would like his worst enemy over himself.. 404 might have powers but he’s never used them like his teammates have.

“404 cares about his teammates. If you look close enough you can see how he is barely paying attention to Dream and is trying to make sure the other two are safe..”

Clay thought for a moment remembering back to how when 403 got hurt when fighting Sapnap he had also gotten hurt but the first thing he did was run off to see if the girl was okay and to curse the hero out.

A sigh escaped his lips as he looked at the black screen in front of him, maybe he should watch the news and see if anything needed to be done, like if he was needed since his boredom was getting too much (not that he minded thinking about George's *** for the whole day). Clay turned the TV on and put it on the news boredly sitting there, waiting for something to happen.

“A new fight has broken out between 404 and Flame” The news woman said, live footage on the TV screen of 404 and the fire villain circling each other playing in the corner of the screen.. 404 seemed pissed. “From what we know Flame decied to aduct two teenages from the local high school near Silvermoon cafe and Evermore park, the two are siblings and don’t seem to be harmed yet but are locked up in a ring of fire.”

What was strange was how 404, one of the top villains was on the scene in what seems to be seconds. “404 has gotten his hands dirty for the first time, he had started to throw punches around five minutes ago, I suggest we get a hero out there to get the kids to safety while 404 handles the lower ranked villain.” They wanted a hero only to get the kids somewhere safe while 404 killed the guy?

Flame shot a ball of fire towards 404 who dogged it, making sure to stay away from the kids. 404 went back in to punch him, having to duck before he could as the man shot another ball of fire out of his hand, at 404’s head, barely missing.

Clay sat forwards in his seat, watching closely, how 404 was in one spot then another seconds later, landing and kicking to the back of Flames head without the villain knowing where he was. Did he have a second power or was that one of the kids? Clay never learned if George or his siblings had any powers.

A ball of fire was shot at 404 which he didn’t see coming, a force field surrounding him was 401 there? He couldn’t see the villain anywhere and he knew for sure 404 didn't have three powers; he knows one of his; Shadow.

Shadow is where one can twist any type of shadow and make it turn and attack its owner or anyone else that was around. There was once a hero who had that power and used it to protect people but sadly someone had killed her.

Clay’s phone went off and he picked it up in seconds “hello?”

“We need Dream out there to handle the villain team up.”

Clay blinked and looked at the screen. It clearly isn't a team up, 404 is trying to kill Flame. “They’re not teaming up, 404 is trying to kill Flame..”

“Glad to know you’re watching Clay, we need you out there.”

“I’m on my way..”

After getting changed and managing to get the the fight seen Clay was met with a horrific weight both kids had at least two blistering burns on them and were crying while 404 was bleeding and burnt, still fight at Flame, using his ability to keep the other villain in place as he landed each strong kick one after another.

Clay's job was to get the kids to safety, he slowly made his way over and looked the two over, looking at their wounds before deciding it would be best to take them to a hospital, which might be true as they were probably second or third degree..

“I need you both to trust me okay? I’m going to take you to the hospital so you can get your burns looked at..”

The two kids nodded.. They were George's siblings.. If George was here as well, Dream wouldn’t have even reacted before rushing off to save them, not really caring about his work. He would do anything to keep the three safe (mainly George because he’s a simp).

“Okay, let's go..” Dream helped them up before getting Tommy onto his back while he held Scarlet like a baby and headed towards the edge of the building to jump off and get them to the nearest hospital.