sorry but you cannot convince me otherwise that logan wouldnât have an absolute crisis over finding out he has feelings for virgil.
(tbh this is kind of a fic idea that i want to be real, but i canât write well, so itâs kinda long and just describing what would happen.)
like once everything finally clicks, he just tries to reject the feelings, which in turn leads to him spending less time w virgil and being more snippy towards him to distance himself so he doesnât fall deeper in love, just to be safe. and this is all while in his head heâs freaking out over the fact that he does have feelings, and has romantic ones for virgil.
he stops asking virgil to do their normal hang outs, he leaves the room whenever possible when virgil walks in, he sometimes stares at virgil with a look of concentration/thoughtfulness (which just looks like him glaring at virgil) when he needs to be in a room with him for an extended period of time, he makes excuses whenever virgil offers to hang out/do something, and whenever virgil talks to him, he just gives short and blunt answers.
this ofc leads to virgil overthinking and makes him worry that logan just doesnât enjoy his company anymore, so he also tries to distance himself as well so he doesnât upset logan anymore than he already thinks he did.
logan obviously Does Not want that, and realizes that heâs been kinda shitty to virgil after he realized he misses virgilâs company and realizing that itâs mainly His Fault that virgil isnât spending time with him. so bc he misses their little hang outs, he finally asks virgil to do what they normally did and virgilâs like â???? r u sure?? i thought u hated me and were avoiding me???â
logan goes like âwhat ahaha i donât hate u and i wasnât purposefully avoiding you, ive just been busyâ (which is technically true, he was busy trying to get rid of his feelings, not avoid virgil) and virgil hesitates before agreeing to continue doing their normal things again, but is noticeably quieter and more reserved bc heâs scared that logan might hate him again.
so logan looks online for how to deal with Feelings because heâs way too prideful to tell patton or roman that he has feelings for virgil, even tho they probably already know just by the way he looks at virgil. but all he finds online is shit like âstop hanging around that person so muchâ and âfind someone else to have a crush onâ and logan obviously Does Not Want That bc 1. he wants to keep spending time w virgil, and 2. virgil is literally the only side he enjoys being around, so heâs the only side he would realistically fall for.
eventually he would realize that the feelings Are Not going away and all the things he read online have also told him to just confess to get rid of them, but he doesnât know how to do that. the only way he can think of is just telling it to virgil flat out, but he knows that would likely freak virgil out if something like that came out of no where, so he kinda just swallows his pride and goes to roman bc yk, heâs the Romance Guy.
so ofc roman already knows whatâs up and is like âok well u donât think virgil likes u back??â to which loganâs like â???????? why do u think that?â and roman just starts listing the shit they do together that is EXCLUSIVELY their activities (generally talking to each other more than the others, joking w eachother/having inside jokes which logan Does Not do w the other sides, literally cuddling/hugging/touching each other even tho they are both generally touch averse, etc)
so ofc loganâs just trying to justify his behavior towards virgil, saying that it was to help virgil calm down or was logically beneficial for both parties. and roman asks if he would do that for any of the other sides he hesitates a little and goes âwell, yes, logically i suppose i wouldâ but his expression definitely reads âbut i probably wouldnât enjoy itâ
cue roman basically just going âholy shit ur dumb, virgil likes u, just tell himâ and says that virgil wouldnât do stuff like that w logan unless he liked him back. so ofc loganâs like âaughhhhhh fiiiiineeeeeâ but he doesnât know how to confess his feelings. he knows that romanâs suggestions would be extremely over the top and only make virgil uncomfortable, so he goes to patton bc heâs the side that knows virgil the best (besides him ofc, but patton is more feelings-y than he is)
so he basically tells patton âhey i like virgil, what do to tell him?â and patton is like â1. i knew it, 2. just uhhhhhh do smth u guys normally do and casually bring it up so virgil doesnât feel blindsided or smth?? maybe add a little smth extra to make it specialâ
after much deliberation, logan finally has the Perfect Plan and he invites virgil to do smth they normally do (doesnât matter what it is, it can be stargazing, watching a movie, doing a puzzle, etc.) but heâs clearly a little more nervous to ask this time.
virgil obviously clocks it bc he is Anxiety and just gets the vibes, but assumes itâs just bc logan was having a particularly stressful day and needed to calm down, so ofc he agrees. but the longer they hang out, he sees logan growing more nervous so heâs just like âbro what is up w u today, are u ok????â and being genuinely concerned (which logan is very touched by)
logan just goes âhaha yes i am fine idk what ur talking about!â and bc heâs dogshit at lying, virgil just gets even more concerned. ofc he doesnât try to force logan to tell him bc he knows that would only stress him out more, but he does the whole âwell if u need someone to talk to, iâm always hereâ spiel. this ends up w them holding hands at some point bc they both know that the other enjoys that bit of physical contact.
logan, ofc, only gets more nervous bc Holy Shit Weâre Holding Hands until heâs finally like, âhey i need to talk to u.â
heâs not rlly thinking rn so he doesnât consider how his words sound to virgil, so virgilâs just internally panicking and thinking âoh my god what did i do this time, why is he angry with me now?â logan notices ofc and backtracks, saying he isnât upset or angry with him, which calms virgil down a little, but not entirely, bc loganâs using his Serious Voice, even tho itâs a little shaky from nerves or wtv.
logan starts rambling about his feelings towards virgil, but heâs using a lot of technical terms and way overcomplicating his confession to the point that at the end virgilâs just staring confused bc. Thatâs A Lot Of Big Words. and he just goes. â,,,,, can u translate that so normies can understand it plsâ
logan grows more nervous, rambling a little more and still kinda overcomplicating his confession, but this time virgil can actually understand it. so just âover the course of (x amount of time) i have come to realize that i treat u differently, and that i may have emotions etc, etc, and i have recently come to the conclusion that i have developed feelings of the romantic kind for uâ kinda thing, yk?
virgil kinda stares at him for a while before heâs like, âno you donât.â bc ofc heâs not gonna believe anyone has feelings for a mess like him, especially not someone like logan.
logan is obviously confused. heâs done a bunch of research and both roman and patton say his feelings towards virgil are romantic,,,,, heâs not good at feelings but heâs pretty damn certain about his own towards virgil. he wouldnât have confess smth like this if he werenât 100% sure.
so heâs like, âyes i do, all my evidence point towards this blah blah blah.â and when logan finishes, virgilâs just kinda stunned before he says smth like âwhy tf would you like me.â
being super literal, logan begins listing off the dozens of reasons he would realistically fall for him which leads to virgil only getting more flustered (logan realizes he feels this weird tightness in his chest when virgilâs flustered so add that to the list). virgil kinda has to tell him to shut up (while being super flustered ofc) and he quietly admits that he liked him back.
logan knew this bc thereâs no way the romance side and the feelings side were wrong ab that, but hearing virgil admit it outright makes him way more happy than is explainable.
after virgilâs confession, loganâs like, âok now what?â and bc virgil is almost equally as bad at relationships as logan, heâs like, âuhhhhh idk. i think we kiss now???????â
first kiss is obviously clumsy, both worried that if they overdo it, theyâll scare the other person away w just how Intense their feelings are. but once they kiss once, itâs smth they canât really get enough of.
virgil feels a sense of calming yet excited euphoria. itâs grounding for him while also being that intoxicating feeling of risk that he normally tries to avoid like the plague. the kiss feels like heâs gambling away his previous relationship w logan and somehow winning the jackpot, even if logan was the one to confess his feelings and initiate it.
logan also feels that euphoria and it makes him wonder why it feels that way, bc realistically this should just be like any other form of contact theyâve had in the past, right? (bro is so unromantic at the beginning but he gets better as they date for longer) so he just keeps leaning in for more kisses until they both have to pull away to breathe.
by the time they return to the mind palace, theyâre doing what they normally do whenever they hang out so roman and patton canât really tell if logan confessed or not. they donât notice how logan has a subtle triumphant smile and his cheeks are redder than usual. they donât notice how virgilâs lips are slightly more swollen from the kisses he shared w logan and how he refuses to look logan in the eye.
both logan and virgil. kinda agree not to tell them just yet bc they donât wanna make them getting together a huge deal, and also bc they wanna figure some stuff out (like boundaries and what couples Normally do) beforehand.
nothing much changes between them bc they were already p touchy w eachother before they started dating. only thing thatâs changed is the fact that they kiss (in private ofc) and stay in each otherâs rooms more often.
to roman and patton, it just looks like theyâre just painfully pining for each other w neither wanting to confess. so after like a month of this bs, roman finally confronts them and is like âdude itâs obvious u both like each other, just kiss and start dating already.â
they both kinda look at roman w this slightly amused expression since theyâve been together for like. a month and a half now, before virgil just goes âfuck itâ and kisses logan in front of roman. romanâs obviously flabbergasted that virgil actually kissed him and immediately starts yelling for patton (bc ofc theyâve been talking to each other ab logan and virgilâs feeling for each one another). cue them both freaking out before logan reveals that theyâve been dating for a while now.
this causes roman and patton to freak out even more, to the point logan and virgil just leave so they donât have to deal w their questions.
anyways, iâve been working on this draft on and off for like. 2 years now bc iâve been too lazy to finish it until today. also i havenât posted anything for myself in a bit. gonna try to work on some more art of these two idiots, but lowkey no promises lmaoo