New Beginnings and New Discoveries - Logicality, Part 1
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Fic summary: Patton and Logan are extremely in love with each other, just moving in after years of dating. They learn a lot about each other, their quirks and habits and all, while trying to manage life, jobs, and friendships. Patton knows Logan is allosexual and doesnât have a problem with it at all, after all Logan is very accepting of his own asexuality. Patton is curious about some of Loganâs more sexual habits.
Chapter summary: Patton and Logan are just moving in with each other after years of friendship and dating, they canât believe just how far theyâve come. Plus, the story of how they met all those years ago.
Warnings: shouting (in general, no arguing)
Word Count: 1,927
~ New Beginnings and New Discoveries Masterlist ~
Buy me a coffee!
âPatton, dear?â Loganâs voice yells from their downstairs living room, Patton can tell heâs slightly out of breath even from right up in the master bedroom.
âYes, lovebug?â he shouts back, setting down another box beside the others slowly stacking up and taking over one corner of the bedroom.
âWhere did you put the bedroom lamp?â Logan says, thereâs some shuffling around until Loganâs voice comes back louder now, Patton assumes heâs at the bottom of the stairs, âI canât find it.â
Patton glances around the bare bedroom, their bedframe is built finally, the mattress plopped on top of it still with no sheets, pillows, or duvet on it. The wooden flooring covered in boxes and various furniture meant for their bedroom.
Their bedroom. Patton still feels thrilled that he can call this room, this house, theirs. That they own together. A step in the life theyâre building together.
Perhaps buying a house has come a little late in their relationship, their parentâs having been bothering them both to hurry up and buy a house and, perhaps, to have kids for a while now, a while being practically since they first got together. But Patton doesnât care. He knows Logan had commitment issues when they both started dating and Patton hadnât wanted to push him too far. But after years of dating they finally got their own place, a little quaint house all of their own, just enough for a âstarter homeâ as Pattonâs mom had put it.
Finally, Patton spots their lamp, a cute one with a blue purple galaxy print on that Patton insisted he bought for Logan for their housewarming, sitting right beside their bedroom television.
âItâs up here, Lo,â he shouts back, wincing when he turns around and realises that Loganâs just in the doorway and he needed not to yell at him, âsorry.â
Logan just smiles at him, that small, soft smile where his lips just tug up at the corners and his eyes crinkle so slightly, the fond look thatâs reserved just for Patton.
âItâs alright, dear,â Logan says, coming closer to Patton, arms wrapping around his middle as Pattonâs own gladly wind around him, and he presses a cheeky kiss to Loganâs nose.
They had met an autumn evening in early October. Barely past four the short bespectacled man had wandered into the library, small smile on his face and bag slung over his shoulder, a mission on his mind. And, well, that was all thrown out of the window at the appearance of the libraryâs newest member of staff. Patton had frozen, breath catching in his throat before he forced himself to swallow, wetting his lips and convincing himself to talk to the man with his dark hair slicked back perfectly, his black glasses a stark contrast to his pale skin.
Logan had stood there, all on his own, stacking the books in the teenâs section and Patton had grinned at the fact that he did have an excuse to talk to the tall, dark, and handsome man. So, he made his way over to the teenâs section, palms sweating with anticipation.
âExcuse me,â he had spoken, voice a little weak but loud enough to hear, and the man had turned, a pile of books in his arms, eyes widening at the interruption.
Logan would later confess after many dates and many days together that his brain did indeed short circuit at just seeing Patton, curled hair, freckles, and all. His mouth dry, brain trying to think up something to say.
âCan I help you?â he had asked in response, reminding himself that heâs very much at work, in his first week there too, so, he was determined to not mess anything up but make sure the local customers donât dislike him either â Logan had been told many times in his life that he has a âresting bitch faceâ at best and a stoic, dismissive appearance at worst.
But Patton had grinned and asked, âyes, actually, I was wondering if you had any recommendations for some childrenâs books, hopefully educational if you can.â
And Loganâs heart did⊠something. Perhaps not something in need of medical attention either. No, this was perhaps more emotionally connected.
âAh, yes,â he spoke, uncharacteristically awkward, setting down the books in his arms on the trolley before ushering Patton over to the younger childrenâs section, ânow what age range are you looking for?â
âOh, about five to six years old,â Patton said, fiddling with the strap of his bag, unable to stop himself staring at the new worker as his eyes scanned the shelves. Those piercing baby blueâs so enchanting and mesmerising, Patton broke out of his trance when Logan knelt to the ground, picking out a few books absentmindedly.
âHere,â Logan said, passing the few books over to Patton who gladly took them into his sweaty hands, âthose should be educational for the age range of your children.â
And, oh, Logan had assumed wrong. Well, kind of wrong.
âOh! No, goodness,â Patton had sputtered, âI donât have any kiddos of my own, Iâm far too young and too single still, but theyâre for my kiddos that I teach, Iâm the kindergarten schoolteacher just down the road.â
Patton had enthusiastically explained how the children loved story time especially near the end of the day and he wanted to keep it mostly educationally for his children. And Logan had listened with rapt attention, watching the way Patton practically lit up the entire childrenâs section of the library with his big smile and bright eyes, hands flailing as he explained in more depth. Logan would gladly listen to him talk all day but after around fifteen minutes Logan had to inform the ray of sunshine in front of him that he had to get back to work.
âOh, of course!â Patton exclaimed, smiling sheepishly as he moved the books from one hand to the other, reaching into the pocket of his cardigan and pulling out a pen, âdo you mind if I give you my number so we could meet up again some time, Iâd quite like to get to know you a bit better, if you donât mind of course, I mean, you donât have to, I just-.â
Logan had cut him off with a curt âyesâ and then didnât stop staring at the blue ink on the back of his hand for the rest of the day. Immediately inserting the number into his phone when he retrieved his stuff from the break room at the end of the day, then sent off a simple âhello, this is Logan from the libraryâ text, realising that he didnât actually give Patton his name when he met him. Then drove home to his small apartment. Smiling to himself when he stopped the car, realising he had three texts from a new number.
âHi Logan! This is Patton!â
âThank you so much for the book recommendations, Iâve read though a few, Iâm sure my kiddos will love them!â
âOh! And I was wondering when your next day off is so I could possibly take you out for a coffee or somethingâ
It took him all the way up the stairs to his apartment to think of an appropriate response and settles on âYouâre very welcome, I am free this Thursday but am aware that you will not be if you work at the school every day, so, I have a half day on Sunday if you would like to meet?â
And he gets a very quick reply, as if Patton was waiting just as he is for his text.
âYes, Iâd love that!â
That was the start of something⊠magical. Well, magical if you asked Patton. Awkward and weird and a bit tension-y if you asked Logan. But awkward acquaintances turned into a weird friendship which eventually transpired into a magical relationship. Into shy kisses and flushed cheeks, into soft murmurs of adoration and admissions of affection, into interlaced fingers and intertwined legs. And into serious conversations of âdo you wantâ and âis this okayâ, of answers of âyesâ and ânoâ and âI donât knowâ.
But they worked, they clicked. Their personalities almost polar opposites melding so well together. Pattonâs soft, bubbly attitude colliding against Loganâs stoic, stern attitude but Pattonâs sad, low moments contrasted by Loganâs passionate, excitable moments.
And Patton presses another kiss to one cheek, then the other, and finally Loganâs lips, smiling into the kiss until his grin grows too wide and heâs pretty much unable to kiss his boyfriend.
âSorry, Iâm just so, so-â he cuts himself off with a little squeal and Logan practically drops him out of the hug in shock, watching as Patton bounces of the balls of his feet, âI canât believe we are here! We live together, we own this place, this is ours, our future, our lives. I, oh goodness, I love you, lovebug.â
Patton finishes his loud declaration of love with another hug, arms squeezing around Loganâs midsection which he does when heâs particularly excited. So, Logan just drapes his arms over Pattonâs shoulders, pressing a soft kiss into his fluffy hair, matted with sweat from carrying box after box into the house, and whispers, âI love you too, Patton, dear.â
He knows they have so much to unpack and the sun is still setting, theyâll not get it all done tonight, or even tomorrow. But now all that matters are him and Patton and their life together thatâs advancing so rapidly, their beginning together.
âPatton, dear?â he says, voice barely above a whisper.
Patton hums in response, his grip loosening a little around Logan and he presses his cheek against his shoulder, ready to listen.
âHow about we make the bed, set the television up, and eat in here watching some cartoons?â Logan asks.
âThat sounds amazing, Lo,â Patton responds, voice muffled, breath soft against Loganâs neck which tickles ever so slightly.
âGlad you think so, dear,â Logan says, trying and very much failing to get out of Pattonâs hold, then he smiles, bigger than before which Patton will be sad that he has missed, âyou have to let me go to organise this mess.â
âBut youâre warm and I love you,â Patton whines, fingers clasping at the back of Loganâs t-shirt to keep him there. And Logan canât help softening at that, he knows itâs a dirty tactic Pattonâs learned to use to get his own way over the years and it works so well. That doesnât mean Loganâs always weak for it.
âNow, dear, come on,â Logan says, urging Patton away from him, âget on your comfy pyjamas or even your onesie after weâve done the bed and all that, then Iâm yours to cuddle for the night.â
Patton huffs dramatically but does let go of Logan finally, pouting adorably with his brows furrowed, and Logan just pats him on the head before side stepping him to get to the box full of their sheets.
Twenty minutes later, and enough whining complaints from Patton, their bedroom is more liveable in. The bed made with navy blue sheets, boxes in favour of bedside tables they donât own yet, television temporarily placed atop their set of drawers which stand empty. Logan sits, in his checked pyjama bottoms and vest, against the headboard with Patton curled against his side watching the cartoons heâs chosen for the night. He knows heâll need to move to get their takeaway in a moment but right now heâll enjoy cuddling with Patton for a few moments longer in their new home.