[ WP ] You possess the ability of persistent lucid dreaming . Accompanied by a strange man/woman , together you build a world you revisit every night . One day you see them at a coffee shop . You immediately recognize each other .

The buzzer of my alarm clock slowly pulls me back into the day after a night of slumber. I groggily sit up, knowing I must return to the daily grind and my shitty apartment. Normally I do n't wish to leave the world in my dreams, but I know I ca n't abandon my wife to some false reality. We have a hard time getting by, but it's worth the small moments. 
 
 Well, it was until the dreams started. Now life has gotten... Complicated. 
 
 My dreams have taken on new form in the past year. I do n't know the cause of it, but I'm not really concerned. I enjoy every night's escape into a realm of my own creation and design. I have no worries, and can reimagine entire landscapes on a whim. 
 
 There's another person there with me in the dreams. Not my wife. Another creator, like me. We noticed each other a long time ago, but had kept our distance until... We built a house together. Then a town. An empire. We've been creating together more and more. Last night, we... We... 
 
 I ca n't even kiss my wife goodbye as we both head off to work anymore. My heart is down where my stomach is supposed to be, leaving an emptiness in my chest. It was just a dream, I tell myself. It was n't even real. Still... Why did it feel so damn good? 
 
 I head in for my morning coffee, trying to forget what happened. Grabbing my order, I turn around and- 
 
 `` John?'' 
 
 Dead in my tracks, I see the face from my dream looking at me from behind a screen. 
 
 `` I... I've been writing about us, John. Our adventures... I had no idea you were-'' 
 
 I rush out of the coffee shop, my breathing becoming panicked. I ca n't believe he was there. *He's real* 
 
 ( ( First-time poster, comments and criticism are appreciated! ) )
