INFO
-requested by anon
-im SO SORRY this took so long, so much happened and i have a lot of wips and an adhd brain
-u!virgil, symp!janus and remus
-virgil is janus and remus’ dad/older brother (its not super clear)
-its implied that logan is roman’s dad/older brother (again, not super clear)
-takes place in the mindscape
-everyone has an animal form
-virgils is a spider and logans is a bird
WARNINGS
-u!virgil
-abuse
-religion
-comparing child to demons and monsters
Remus tugs on his little brother’s arm as the two run from the heavy footsteps behind them. “You two little monsters can’t hide,” a loud, echoing voice says as Remus shuts the closet door. He holds Janus close and listens close. The footsteps pass, “You’ve exhausted all your little rat holes,” The voice says a room away, and Remus lets out a shaky breath. He rubs circles into Janus’ back to try and calm the younger, but he knows it won’t help much. “God, why do mistakes like you two even exist? Just to turn people into evil little monsters just like you.” Remus shakes his head at the words, it’s not true its not true itsnottrue- The door to the closet is ripped open and Virgil yanks hard on Janus’ arm. Remus didn’t even notice he had been muttering. It’s his fault then, that his brother is being dragged down the hall, screaming and crying, begging for Virgil to let him go. It’s his fault. His fault. He tries to grab Janus back but Virgil pushed him back by the throat and he’s down, coughing and gasping for air. Janus is dragged into Virgil’s room and the door slams. Remus bangs on it, trying to get it open, but it’s locked. His fault. He’s a monster. He ruined Janus. Was a bad example. His fault. “Hello?” Remus jumps at the new voice. His head snaps to look at the stranger, who wears a back polo and blue tie and is about Virgil’s age. Behind him is a boy in a white and red shirt that looks strangely a lot like Remus. “Who are you?” The boy says, and Remus tries. Tries to say his name, but he can’t. “I’m a monster. You shouldn’t be talking to me.” The older one frowns, “You look like an ordinary person to me. Monsters aren’t real. Remus is taken aback by this, he can’t think of any response. “Where’s Virgil?” The younger boy says, and Remus is plunged back into anxiety. “He- he- he’s in there with my brother. Janus. He’s hurting him! Help us!” Remus starts babbling about what had happened moments earlier but the other two can’t understand him. “Roman, you help him calm down, okay? I’ll go in and see what’s happening.” Roman nods and kneels next to Remus, “I need you to look at my chest and copy my breathing, okay? Logan is going to help your brother but we need to get you to calm down.” Remus tries his hardest, and Logan tries the door. It’s still locked. He knocks three times, “Virgil? It’s Logan. Let me in please.” The door opens, and Logan enters, giving one last glance to the two kids that look so alike.
“Logan. What can I help you with?” The logical side looks around the room quickly but carefully. Blankets half off the bed, scuff marks on the floor, desk clutter knocked over and on the ground. It looks like there was a fight. “I just met one of the other dark sides. You didn’t tell us they were kids. You said they were monsters, even as I told you monsters weren’t real.” Virgil sneers, “Those little shits are definitely monsters. Evil little failures, both of them.” “Where is the other one?” Logan says, getting to the point. He has an idea of what happened here. Virgil frowns, “He’s currently being punished. Shouldn’t be disturbed, he might hurt you.” Logan angrily frowns, “I don’t think that’s the case. I know you hurt him. The boy in the hall is covered in bruises. Where is he.” Virgil hisses as his spider form starts showing, “The little demon deserved it. You don’t get to tell me how to raise my kids.” Logan threatens right back, allowing his wings and talons to show through, “Where. Is he?” Virgil takes in Logan’s taller and more powerful form, and scowls, “In the closet. You can have them, but don’t come crawling back to me when they turn out to be hellspawn.” Logan relaxes again, then races over to the closet. Sure enough, inside is a small boy with scales littered on one side of his face. “Janus, yes? Your brother is waiting outside for you. Virgil won’t bother you anymore.” Logan leads Janus out of the room, glaring daggers at Virgil all the way, who glares back.
Remus races to hug his brother as they come out of the room. “Thank you, thank you, thank you,” He sobs at Logan, who sadly smiles. “We should get the two of you away from Virgil. Let’s go back to the light side, okay?” Janus sniffles, “Will we be safe there?” Roman nods, “Of course! You’ll have me there to protect you!” The boys giggle and Logan smiles, and leads them to sink out.
Child! Remus having a nightmare and wanting to wake up Janus in the middle of the night to tell him about it. But he feels too anxious to do it, so he sits in his room. But after a while he can’t take it and he runs to Janus’ room sobbing and telling him about the “evil things” in his dream. But instead of Janus getting upset and yelling at him, or telling him to go away like Remus thought; Janus scoops him in his arms and calms him down, singing softly to him and running his fingers through his hair. After Remus calms down he takes him into the kitchen where they make fudge brownies (and Remus eats some of the brownie batter while Janus isn’t looking) at 3:00 in the morning. Then they eat the brownies and share little stories and jokes.
After the brownies have been eaten, Janus carries a half asleep Remus to his room and tucks him in, planting a kiss on his forehead before turning out the lights and cleaning the kitchen. It takes him an hour or two to clean it. And it’s 6:00 in the morning by the time everything is clean to his satisfaction.
But seeing Remus’ smile and listening to him laugh while they made jokes made it all worth it.
So he goes to bed with a smile on his face, thinking how lucky he is to have a Son like Remus.
Trigger warning: kidnapping(?), abduction of a small child
Notes: the ending to this sucks. Also, this is based off of the song used in Draikanator's pmv by the same name, Heavy Heights.
Dolos sat peacefully on the porch. A pleasant smile across his lips as he watched his two boys play in the golden glow of the sunset.
They lived out west, where the fields looked absolutely gorgeous around sunset.
Remus was digging in the dirt, occasionally showing his baby brother worms and other small creatures he stumbled across.
The single father could hear Virgil squeal when Remus held up one of the field mice, which the older of the two promptly let go. It was so peaceful out here, no neighbors to bother them, and town was a few miles away, so it wasnt too hard to reach.
Dolos let out a contented sigh. He could close his eyes for just a moment.
But a moment is all it took.
His mismatched eyes shot open at the haunting sound of a scream. His eyes darted across the dirt where his sons had been playing. Remus was there...
"Virgil?!" Dolos called, sitting quickly out of his chair. He almost tripped down the steps, hoping to see where his youngest son had gone. All he needed were the large wings of a bird and the small shape in its talons to know.
The tears welled up in his eyes, making them glossy as he fell to his knees in the dirt.
Remus quickly scrambled over to his father, eyes wide with terror and confusion. "Papa?? Virgey..!" The small child's green eyes darted from side to side, unsure of what to say or how to say it.
Dolos tried to calm himself, tried to keep the tears at bay for a few seconds longer. Their were no neighbors in sight. Town was miles away.
Dolos was mortified, sadness welling in his heart as the reality of it all hit him like a million bricks. But he couldn't not say anything, Remus was just as confused and terrified as he was, if not more.
"Virgey," he tried desperately to keep his voice from cracking, "is going to be gone for a while" In an attempt to comfort the child, Dolos pressed Remus's hand to the boy's heart. "But he'll be right here, forever." He gave his son the best smile he had before hugging him close to his chest.
"You know you can't hide from me forever. I'll find you eventually."
Young Remus giggled in his tree as Deceit made his declaration. The man heard his youngest brother, just turned six, of course. But he would not give the game away so easily. This was far more fun.
"Truly, hiding is in vain!" he declared, dramatic again. "Resistance is futile!"