A variation on Dark Cream or Dark Xunshine
Heya, I saw your post stating you were open to one shot requests, so let me throw this one out there.
What if Dark cream, but instead of Shattered dream overcoming the corruption and becoming uncorrupted (or the bad scenario where he dies to the corruption) he learns to deal with the corruption and instead uses it as a force for good, or uses the negative aspects to drive the positive (ie; using rage to convert to determination and drive) or transmutes negative energy into positive energy for himself.
In the meantime cross helps him to deal with the negative aspects, and helps guide him to be able to come to the point where he can use negative emotions for positive things considering he too faced hardships.
Maybe this even trickles down to how they raise Aim?
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Hii Dragon!╰(*´︶`*)╯I'm sorry for confusing cause it's not me who's taking requests but anfie herself <3
But I really like your idea! (//∇//) That's something new for sure and very potential to work on ☆
I'm not sure about Aim though, since he's born as a result of breaking the curse, but if Dream managed to cope with it, maybe it'd have a positive effect on his soul as well?.. ♪
So many possibilities! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵) Thank you a lot for sharing, and have a wonderful day and night ♡