Roman and Logan’s Dark Strange Son
Pairings: Romantic Logince, Platonic Loginceit/Roloceit, Implied Moxiety, Pre-Remceit
Summary: Roman accidentally actually officially adopts Deceit and Deceit meets a pretty guy in the Imagination
Warnings: Sympathetic Deceit, Mentions Of Eating Disorders, Mentions Of Past Abuse, Mentions Of Past Trauma, Trust Issues, Mentions Of Forceful Body Modification, Mentions Of Past Marriage, let me know if I should add something else.
The day was bright after breakfast, perfect for a venture to the Imagination. The ideal of going into Imagination was fun and Roman decided he should bring Deceit for some time not stuck up in his new room. Even if it was fun to have a new room, Roman knew being stuck in it meant he’d come to resent it.
So, while Patton did his laundry and Virgil took his nearly-noon nap, Roman and Deceit bid farewells to Logan and set off to a day out together in a village near Roman’s castle. Roman thought Deceit looked fine but Deceit had asked him at least three times before he left his room if he looked okay.
It was different, but it didn’t look bad at all. His old black and yellow ‘villain outfit’ had been traded in again for mostly black with some white. Plain black sneakers with wedges to try and make him look taller, though the illusion failed Roman now that he knew most of his shoes had heels or platforms in them. Dee also wore black jean shorts and a black short sleeve off shoulder top with two thin straps that sat on his shoulders to keep it from falling off.
Despite Roman saying he looked fine, Deceit had covered his snake scales with makeup. At first he was deeply impressed with how easily and well he had covered them. But now that he realized it, it had seemed too much like a second nature, something engrained into his nature. The shirt without sleeves let him see Deceit’s forearms and shoulders and the tattoos on him.
His left arm had a gold outlined rainbow snake wrapping its body around his wrist with its red head on the back of his hand. His right arm held, from what he could see, a full sleeve of tattoos consisting of golden and yellow hives of honeycombs in full color with black and yellow honeybees all about. The way his shirt was flowy, he could see the pretty colors and gold linework on his left hip, but not quite make out what they were.
But the black text he could see very clearly under his shirt. The horribly scrawled words ‘PROPERTY OF’ were very prominent on Deceit’s right hip. They were hard to miss and Roman swore he almost forgot how to breathe when he saw it. But he forced his gaze up from the tattoos. He wouldn’t look at the colors lest his eyes wander to the words and continue making him furious. He’s focus on the pretty golden linework on the snake and the bees and honey.
Roman and Dee had, first, went to Deceit’s room and had fed Deceit’s dog, Boogey and put his harness on her. Roman was sure no kids came to came to pet or distract her since she was a service dog and she working right now. They went to a small city near his castle to be sure he could hide Deceit if anything happened. But nothing seemed to be going wrong today, thankfully.
Roman loved seeing him get so happy in the sun, though. Deceit was a natural at sunny days even with having lived in the grey area for so long with nothing but stormy, rainy days. Roman took him to quite a few places, Roman making the bags they acquired go back to Deceit’s new room. They’d left a small jewelry store with a snake ring and a bat necklace Deceit intended to give Virgil (or rather have Roman give Virgil) right before they went to a coffee shop.
Roman got a mocha and Deceit got a macchiato. The place was generally quite loud for a coffee shop but it made that they could have any private conversation they wanted. And it gave Roman the opportunity to ask Deceit questions. About the eating disorder, the trust issues, the meek personality compared to his debate apparently ‘for-show personality’ as Roman was calling it, the tattoo on his hip Roman tried to put out of his mind even if he tried (and god, has he tried).
“So me and Logan have meant to ask some questions.“ Roman began.
“My eating problems?“ Deceit asked softly.
“Uh…yeah, that’s one of them.“ Roman stammered, he hadn’t expected Deceit to know what he was asking about.
“I know it’s probably kind of concerning, but I’ve been getting better. Getting out of the dark side helped. I’ve been recovering, I just have a few more habits from it to kick.” Deceit assured him.
“So you did have an eating disorder?“ Roman asked, voice feeling too soft, too shocked to be more than quiet right now. He’d admitted to it, he actually admitted to having an eating problem and that he had been recovering by himself, even before their help.
“I did. But I’m getting much better. Next question.”
“Logan says he thinks you have some kind of trust issues.“
“That’s from the trauma and abandonment issues. Those should be tabled for later. Maybe another not-so-pretty out day.“ Deceit was far too matter-of-fact for Roman to feel like that was normal. Even Virgil hadn’t come to them like this. But Roman swallowed his concern and took a deep breath.
“And last question. I um…I noticed the tattoo on your hip.“
“The flowers or…?“ He didn’t continue to ask the question, forced his mouth onto the rim of his cup, hunching in slightly.
“Both.“ Roman hated to admit it but if he didn’t answer it would probably be worse on Deceit’s mental health right now, especially with his recovery. The deceitful side gave a little sigh and put his coffee back on the table.
“The dark side isn’t a nice place. There are a few less than friendly people and I had the unfortunate opportunity to have gotten the interest of Malice. He doesn’t make for a great husband. I was young and too naive to know better then. And when he found out my room would be moving to the grey area, he decided it was best to give me something permanent to remember him by.“ Deceit’s voice was tight, he could tell already that he hated Malice. “Anyway, um…I was going to add to the flowers. A red rose and a blue tulip.” Deceit smiled slyly as he changed the subject.
“Why?“ Roman was quite confused. Why would he be adding new flowers.
“Didn’t you see them?“ Deceit asked.
“Barely, I just thought they were like…blobs of color.“ Roman felt a little stupid.
“There’s flowers for every side. I’ve got me, Depression, Jealousy, Insomnia, and Virgil. I’ll be getting you and Logan.“ He explained.
“Oh! You’re getting a red rose for me?“ Roman felt his heart swell with pride.
“And a blue tulip for Logan.“ Deceit confirmed. The calm that followed was easy to relax from the questions. They talked about tattoos and Roman’s upcoming double headed snake tattoo signifying Deceit’s acceptance on his part. Deceit had drawn out, by hand, his current idea for a tattoo, the Dreamworks moon logo, that would go over the black ink that was thankfully, apparently, small enough to cover it up with the logo in black.
“Oh hey, Roman. Haven’t seen you in town much, lately. Who’s your cute friend? You cheating on Logan?“ Roman knew it was Remy the minute he heard his voice.
“Remy, this is Dee. He’s the side that functions as Self-Preservation and Deception. And, no, I’m not cheating on Logan. I’m taking Dee out since it’s so sunny and pretty out today.“ Deceit was looking over the newcomer, obviously judging if he was a threat.
“Dee, this is Remy. He’s a character from the Sanders Shorts videos. He represents Sleep, He’s pretty cool once you get to know him. Likes tattoos. Like a lot. And he likes Dreamworks too.“ Roman saved Dee the headache of getting through Remy’s personality to find a common interest.
“You like Dreamworks?“ The snakelike trait asked the figment.
“Gurl, I don’t like Dreamworks. I love Dreamworks. There’s a difference. And here babe, put you number in.“ Remy handed him his phone. Deceit’s hands trembled a little but he typed in his number into Remy’s phone.
“Kay, boo. I’ll text ya later when you’re not with your Dad.“ Remy picked up Deceit’s left hand and pressed his lips against the back of it. “Cute snake.“ Remy added and then patted Roman’s shoulder goodbye and waved at Boogey before he left the two.
“He seems to like you, that’s good.“ Roman couldn’t help but smile at the other side’s blushing face.
“He’s cute too.“ Deceit whispered as if defeated.
“Ah, young love. I remember when me and your other father were that young and first falling in love.“ Roman further teased.
“Oh god, Dad, no.“ Deceit whined, hiding his face even though he was very clearly smiling. To add to it, Remy’s number clearly displayed on Deceit’s phone with a chime and a message with a smiley face, only making him blush more. Roman snuck a very happy Deceit, with Boogey, back to his room once they’d finished their traversing of the town. Roman couldn’t be happier about their day together and, apparently, his adoption of Dee as his son.
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