I still haven't decided if I'm posting the whump, so you get some random anxceit headcanons instead.
Virgil is not big on pet names. He calls Janus by his name or 'Jan' or a host of snarky nicknames 90% of the time, but uses 'Dee' when he's feeling particularly soft or affectionate or during serious talk time. The pet names only come out when Janus is upset, and those are 'babe/baby' or 'sweetheart'
By contrast Janus mostly uses every pet name under the sun, including some truly saccharine ones like 'beloved', 'pumpkin', or 'baby-cakes'. The more a pet name makes Virgil cringe the better he likes it. But 'darling' is his favorite. When Virgil is upset, or it's serious talk time, that's when he switches to the full name, or more rarely 'Virge' or 'Vee'.











