New AU, Thanks To @glitterang
Light Punks and Dark Preps AU:
Logan Sanders - Space Punk
Patton Picani - Pastel Punk
Virgil Palladino - Mean Queen
Okay so let's start with the obvious
Roman and Remus - sibling rivalry
they're both being mistreated by their parents and at first they each thought they were the only one suffering, but part of the reason Roman went all e-boy right around the end of middle school, is that he started realizing how awful his parents are not just to him but to Remus as well.
He wishes his brother could see that there's no way to truly please their parents, and he should just do what makes him happy instead.
When Roman started "slacking off" Remus saw it as his opportunity to win his parents' favor.
(which is really fucked that he needed to do that, ideally, your parent should love you without you having to do something to "earn it")
so in his eyes he's constantly defending his title as the favourite but Roman never wanted that title and just wants them to be brothers damnit
Virgil and Logan - I point these two out because Virgil does his absolute hardest to push this magnificent nerd away, and fails.
The boy's too damn smart, he sees right through him and can tell he's desperate for love and attention.
He's not very good at that first thing but he was planning on joining the debate team anyway so now Virgil has an amazing debate partner and a friend that he made on his own, without his parents setting up playdates with other rich kids.
They also like to hang out and lament over how impossible the twins are and how much they love them in spite of this
Patton and D.C - oh boi here we go again.
Patton and D.C hate each other's guts.
when they lock eyes in the hallway, the temperature fucking drops just from the sheer force of their cold stares.
Patton thinks Dee is nothing but a sneaky slimy snob who doesn't care about morality or honesty, and frankly only cares about himself.
He also thinks the snake couldn't care about someone else without an alterior motive if his life depended on it.
Dee sees Pat as an obnoxiously innocent little flower boy who thinks the world is sunshine and rainbows and that life is fair and always works out if you're a good person.
He also thinks that Patton has never once doubted himself to be anything but a good, pure, perfect person.
These opinions they have of each other are completely baseless aside from a few bits and pieces of rumors and gossip they've heard about each other.
Roman and D.C - honestly, drama club buddies.
Which Patton isn't thrilled about and Logan is pretty much indifferent to (we'll get to his dynamic with Dee later) but they're both happy that Roman's happy.
Dee doesn't audition to be on stage, he hasn't got the time (or quiet in his own house) to practice lines.
but since he's an artist in general and a makeup artist specificly (the way he picked up the skill is totally not important to the plot) he likes to help behind the scenes.
Dee says crew rights! And he definitely enjoys helping Roman practice, it's the closest he'll get to performing until he's out of highschool and on his own.
D.C and Roman will tease each other about Virgil and Patton until one day Roman will burst into the auditorium and tell him "I've got a date with Virgil now it's your turn bitch!"
Patton and Remus - Patton is an unconventional punk in that he is also the cheer captain.
he has a lot of love to give he just has no intention of taking any shit.
so naturally the star athlete and the cheer captain are gonna have some interaction.
at first they didn't know how to act around each other until one of them made a remark about how if they were in a stereotypical heterosexual romcom they'd be dating by now, and ever since then they jokingly flirt with each other.
but really aren't into each other and this running gag becomes the basis of an unlikely friendship.
honestly remus probably does it specifically to get a rise out of roman.
And Patton pretty much does it to annoy Dee. "you mean to make him jealous?"
"what? No! Why would I want that snake to be jealous, don't be ridiculous Remus!"
"whatever helps you sleep at night..."
Virgil and Patton - it's a bit complicated.
Virgil has a lot of respect for Patton but he also registers him as a threat, so he tries not to be so mean that he makes him cry, but mean enough that he scares him.
Patton is just really friendly to him whenever they interact and is completely undeterred by Virgil's whole persona.
Logan might have high int but Patton has high wis and he manages to figure out Virgil's deal, probably in more detail than Logan can.
his dad's a therapist though, he has an advantage over Logan in that regard.
so when the two groups inevitably start hanging out together Patton showers him with affection and love.
Virgil pretends not to like it or that he doesn't care.
Logan and D.C - acedemic rivals, in every field of high school academia you can think of.
It all started when former champion Logan Sanders lost his fifth grade spelling bee to the new kid in school.
There are two things Logan hated more than anything, Losing and being wrong.
And he had done both in public.
Logan won as usual in next year's spelling bee but by then Dee was surpassing him in every class.
Their rivalry is honorable and respectful, and they appreciate each other as the only person smart enough to keep up with them.
But they're still gonna crush each other in the next chess club meeting.
Roman and Virgil - to the unassuming passer by this would look like your classic bully and bullied relationship, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
These angsty teens drive each other crazy, they suck at talking about their feelings but they genuinely can't stand to be apart.
So pinning Roman against the locker and calling Virgil silly nicknames to his face is just how these hopeless idiots flirt.
They're truly disaster gays, but lucky for them their friends help them figure out this whole emotional honesty thing.
Remus and Logan - jock/nerd dynamic but like that web comic where the set up is they're gonna fight but the punchline is no they're actually friends.
Logan is an obnoxious know it all and fuck does Remus love that about him.
Another good example of their dynamic is the writer/serial killer thread on tumblr, Logan has the theory of hurting people down to a science, and Remus has what it take to execute it.
The only difference is Logan is also his voice of reason.
Not a moral compass necessarily because he doesn't really care about that much either, but more along the lines of-
"you'll be late to class. Also no violence on school grounds. If you still wish to injure him after school we'll come up with a proper plan, is that alright?"
"thanks babe I love you so much"
"likewise, fellow associate"
Thomas is an adoptive single dad to Logan, Missy and Frank. I love including misleading compliments and pranks as characters, they're a part of fandom history! Missy and Frank are Irish twins, born less than 12 months apart and are inseparable. They're in like, fourth grade, and they can drive their dad and big brother insane but they're sweet and funny and they're one big happy family. Logan was actually adopted a little over a year after the twins, but he's glad to have found a home, after being moved from house to house for so long.
Patton's dad is Emile, but he also has a really cool uncle who introduced his to the punk side of his aesthetic. Jeremy Picani, who adopted the nickname Remy before ratatouille came out and regretted that decision as soon as it did, his big brother will never shut up about it, the adorable dork. Remy himself is single and has sworn to never settle down and have a family. unstoppable force vs immovable object, shipping edition! Today's episode - Remy's stubborn resolve as immovable object and Thomas's irresistible effortless charm as unstoppable force. Who will win?!Patton and Emile kinda went through hell with the bitch who was supposed to be a mother and wife to them, respectively. But Remy was a huge help back then. And he still is now, although they're much better now and don't need as much help. They're happy as an unconventional little family. (something I realize now might come off as not so great in the story is that Remy's subplot looks like me saying "people should want to have a family and kids, period" which couldn't be further from the truth. In Remy's case however, he saw his brother suffer because of a bad marriage and decided all marriage is bad and having any form of a conventional family is bad. He needs to learn that's not how life works at all).
Now onto Virgil, Mr and Mrs Palladino are rarely ever in town, let alone home, so Virgil could barely tell you what they're like. Heck even when he was a child his big brother Andrew (shorts Anxiety) raised him more than their parents did. It's like they only planned to have one kid to take over the family business when he's old enough and then never bothered pretending they cared about this other one that happened accidentally. Virgil isn't mad at Andy for this though. He understands Andy has his own pressure to deal with, as he's expected to be in charge of a business that he couldn't give less of a fuck about. But Virgil realizes he does care about it and thinks he can make some real changes for the better. So he sets out to prove his worth and capability to his parents in every spare moment he has with them. The resulting frustrations of being pushed aside and ignored even more cause him to lash out in school, just to feel like he's being heard and listened to.
there's not much else to say about the KrĂłls, I think you get their gist by now. but something that's worth mentioning is that Diana's parents are relatively young. their grandparents on their mom's side are pretty cool. Dot and Larry are always there to give validation and unconditional love when Roman and Remus's parents won't. Aside from that they never really had anyone but each other, so it was really hard on them both when they started to drift apart. Luckily they made some new friends, and those new friends are gonna help them reconnect.
And finally, the Sommer family. Oh boi *califorM.I.A starts playing in the background*
So Minerva Sommer is kinda the worst?? Like she's a really fuckin bad mom, yikes. But the elite of this stupid town don't know any of that, they just know Minnie, the lovely social butterfly who's riches are unmatched and who throws the best upper class parties, and who's son is an exemplary young man, the perfect child every rich parent wishes they had. And well, of course he is, he doesn't have a choice. If he dares to try to be anything else, to God forbid be himself, he'll be punished. He hates his life and he hates his mom and he'd burn the fancy mansion he lives in to the ground if he could but he cant. Their mansion is almost outside of town, really far away from any other house. Very easy to keep secrets from everyone that way. It's inappropriate to do your dirty laundry in public after all. He has a little sister and their relationship is inspired by Lex and Hannah. They go by D.C and D.W and their full names are Dakota Cecil and Delilah Wendy Sommer.
D.C and Virgil were set up for playdates by their parents and ended up supporting each other through some of the worst times of their lives, becoming inseparable beyond the shallow connection their parents had hoped for. Later during freshman year of highschool, they noticed one of the newer jokes was still untainted by the toxic masculinity of his peers and decided to adopt him to their group. Seeing as no one else appreciated his jokes and quips back then, Remus was more than happy to join a new team, one that had his back way more than any of the sports teams he was on.
Following Remus's addition to team dark sides, Roman was truly alone for the first time in his life. But to his surprise, in this time of darkness came a shining light into his life, in the form of Logan Sanders being partnered up with him for an assignment in lit class. The two hit it off exactly in the way you'd expect them too and after a while even started dating, but they broke it off during summer break and, after the initial awkwardness, resumed their friendship, even stronger now than it had previously been. At the very end of summer break, Patton moved into town with his father and uncle, and the three settled in so easily you'd think they'd been there forever. Especially with how little they talk about where they came from and what brought them here to this small town. Patton was kind and sweet and friendly to everyone he met until something stuck. And when it did, he never let go. And Logan and Roman couldn't be more grateful for it.
As you can tell, this is enemies to lovers moceit, hopeless pining and really bad at flirting prinxiety, and how the fuck are we the only competent couple in this group intrulogical. With a Thomasleep subplot because I haven't written them in a while.
That's all for now folks! Let me know what you think and as always-
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