hope at the bottom of the box

He watches Jack hover one hand over Tommy's shoulder, dutiful, obeisant. The way things always have been. Breathing out and steeling himself, Tubbo lets a chuckle escape like steam from a valve. Dream is harmless now. The discs are in their hands. Maybe being a paranoid bastard has helped him before, but not in the company of friends. Not with the girl who baked him bread. Not with the boy who built him rockets.---Despite his holding Tubbo hostage, threatening the discs and generally being a terrible person, Dream has been thwarted. Project Dreamcatcher is a resounding success. Some of his victims have visited the prison to watch him rot, and Tubbo is trying to relearn what relaxation feels like. Then it all goes wrong.