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Recharge~Prinxiety

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -*looks at roman* big kinnie moment -sorry its so short! -part two of "Virgil is the best at helping ppl thru depressive episodes"

WARNINGS -depressive episodes -creative blocks

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"Roman?" Virgil slowly opens the door to Roman's dark room. He doesn't turn on the light and instead uses the light from his phone to navigate the room. He gets to the bed and sees a lump in the center, completely covered in a blanket. "Roman, are you awake?" The lump hums. "You haven't come out in a while, so I figured you're having a creative block or depressive episode." The lump whines and shakes a little. "It's fine, Roman, you just need to take a break and recharge. I brought pasta salad." The lump wiggles out of the covers. Roman grabs the bowl from Virgil and scarfs down his depression meal. Virgil takes the empty bowl and places it on the nightstand. Roman flops back down on his bed. Virgil grabs the laptop at the foot of the bed and opens youtube. He reads out all of the playlists until Roman hums at one, then puts it on. Virgil pulls Roman closer to him and plays with his hair. Eventually, the two fall asleep.

Roman wakes up first. He grabs his laptop and manages to type a few sentences before getting frustrated again. Virgil wakes up from the moving, "No, no writing until you're recharged." Roman whines, but snuggles closer. "I'll go get you some more pasta salad. Roman lets him go. He eats the second bowl quickly too. Virgil pulls up Sailor Moon on the computer and Roman pulls one of his stuffed animals close to him to watch with. Virgil catches him trying to copy the hand movements. They binge a season before going to sleep again. In the morning, Roman finally has enough energy to take a shower and talk. Virgil praises him for it, then they settle down again to watch YouTube. In another day, Roman should be fully recharged.

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Both~Intrulogicality Request

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -this is gr8 ship -ngl i was halfway through writing before i realized logan was supposed to go to virgil for help, not roman -so uh... minor prinxiety i guess? could be seen as platonic. theyre just watching a movie

TRIGGER WARNINGS -locking people in a room

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"Logan! I made cookies!" Remus lightly pushes Patton from the door, making sure the cookies aren't knocked over, "Logi I drew some weird shit for you!" Patton pout, "Remus, I was here first!" Remus sticks his tongue out at Patton, Logan likes my drawings more anyways!" "No! He likes my cookies more!" In his room, Logan rubs his temples. Those two have been at it for weeks, trying to show each other up and get more attention from Logan. He's sick of it, especially because he notices them making heart eyes at him and each other all the time. Logan isn't good with feelings, but even he can see those two like each other. He shuts his laptop and gets up from his desk to open the door. "If you two would please stop fighting in front of my door, I would like to go talk to Roman." Remus and Patton look at each other curiously as Logan walks past them.

Logan makes his way to Roman's room and knocks on the door. It opens, but instead of Roman standing in the doorway, it's a coathanger. Logan sighs, "I take it Roman is watching Beauty and the Beast?" The coathanger nods? And Logan follows it inside. Roman is sitting on his bed, watching the aforementioned Disney movie on the TV. Surprisingly, Virgil is also there, lying at the foot of the bed with his eyes trained on the screen. Roman pauses and looks towards Logan, "What brings you of all people here, pocket protector?" Virgil sits up and waves and Logan waves back before crossing his arms, "I need help." Virgil and Roman's eyes widen and Roman scoffs, "Me? You, Logan, Logic, need my help?" Virgil elbows him, "Chill Princey, we don't want him to run away." Logan thanks Virgil and continues, "It involves your brother and romance, two things you are the... expert of." Roman smiles and pats a space on his bed, "This is going to be fun. What do you need help with, dear nerd?" Logan hesitantly sits, keeping space between the two and sitting closer to Virgil.

"Your brother and Patton are fighting. They are trying to show each other up and win my attention, but they also seem to like each other. It's frustrating and I can't get any work done with them arguing." Virgil huffs and rolls his eyes, "You are so bad at this. Okay. Stop thinking about work for two minutes. Who do you like?" Logan is silent for a moment as he thinks, trying to put work out of his mind. The answer is both of them, and he knows its both of them. He enjoys reading in onesies with Patton while eating cookies, he enjoys answering Remus' weird questions and offering anatomy tips for his drawings of monsters, he enjoys both of their company. "I'll take that as both then," Roman says with a chuckle.

"The issue here is that they don't know who you like and they refuse to admit that they like each other. I'm not entirely sure how to fix this issue, but you need to force them to make up and make out." The three brainstorm for a minute before Virgil gets an idea, "Lock them in a closet together." Logan and Roman both look at Virgil with shocked faces, "What kind of suggestion is that, Emo Nightmare?" Virgil shrugs, "That close to someone you like? One of them will have to break eventually and confess. It'll probably be Patton." Logan thinks it over, "It is the only option so far. I will find them and... maybe summoning a room around them would be easier than getting them both in one." Virgil smiles, "Sounds good L. Lemme know if I was right about Patton confessing first."

Logan exits Roman's room and notices that Patton and Remus are now gone, no longer in front of his door. He goes to a more open spot before calling for them. They both appear at his call, smiling. "What's up Nerdy Wolverine?" Remus asks, stepping closer to Logan. "I apologize for this, but the two of you have to get along." Remus and Patton barely have enough time to process Logan's words before four walls are raising around them. Logan grabs a book and sits against one of the walls, "You two have to get along before you're allowed to leave that room. Also, Remus, your morningstar won't break the walls." Logan hears Remus groan in annoyance as he opens his book, "I'll be waiting."

In the room, Patton pouts as he slumps against a wall. Remus does the same on the opposite wall, but due to the smaller size of their room, their knees still touch. "I don't know what Logan is thinking with this. I could kill you." Patton shakes his head at Remus' words, "You wouldn't. And you can't. Logan told me so." Remus whines, "He keeps ruining my fun! But I don't even mind!" Patton laughs, "Cuz it's Logan. You can't be mad at him." There's silence for a bit before Remus speaks, "...Do you have any more cookies?" Patton smiles as he conjures up the cookies he made earlier, "Of course! Do you want one?" Remus nods and takes one, biting into the cookie. "Holy shit this is good." Patton giggles, "Thanks. I tried a new recipe and tried using Crofters for filling." "Logan would love these," Remus remarks as he finishes the cookie. "What about your drawing? I'm sure he's like that too!" Remus conjures the drawing of a deep blue fuzzy beast with crescent moon shaped pupils glowing white and sharp, jagged teeth, "I went more on the fantasy side this time. I think he would like the eyes." Patton nods, "He would."

The silence returns and drags on for a while before Patton breaks, just as Virgil predicted. "Remus... I want to say this now because it's probably what I need to admit to myself and you, and I'm really nervous about this but I might as well, right? Um..." "If it's hard to say just say it all super quickly like one sentence. That's what I do when I apologize to Roman." Patton laughs and nods, "Right. Uh, RemusILikeYouAndLoganAtTheSameTime." Remus takes a second to make out the individual words and a smile slowly grows on his face, "Well that's the best news ever! Y'know, cuz I feel the same way." Patton's eyes widen and he grins, "Really? Oh, this is great!" The walls fall down from around them and Logan stands above them, "Are you two done fighting now?" They nod and stand, "But what about you Logan?" Remus nods, "Yeah, who do you have the hots for?"

Logan rolls his eyes at Remus wording but smiles, "Both of you." Patton giggles as Remus jumps on Logan, causing him to fall. "Thanks, Logan. We were both being pretty stupid." Logan sighs with a smile, "You two may be fools, yes, but you're my fools."

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Sleepy Sunsets~Sleepxiety

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -they r cats

TRIGGER WARNINGS -

Summer is Remy's second favorite season, after Fall, of course. The warm sun is perfect for mid-day naps, and the sound of crickets accompanied his sleepy music playlist well. Virgil took notice of this and enjoyed it very much. "You're like a cat," He told Remy, finding him half-asleep on the couch with the curtains open, sunlight from the big bay window heating his back. "Look, you're even curled up." Remy laughed lazily, "Says the one that hisses." Virgil shrugged and tapped Remy's leg, telling him to scoot over. He laid next to him and Remy curled into his side. Virgil played with his hair absent-mindedly, "You're a cute kitty." Remy hummed, eyes still closed, "You are too babe." Remy dozed off quickly and Virgil followed, saying goodbye to whatever sleep schedule they already had and hello to whatever back pain would follow. This happened often. So often that they got a bigger couch, Remy had accidentally pushed Virgil off a couple of times.

When Remy's birthday came around, Virgil knew exactly what to do. He made a simple meal, not wanting to fuck up and get them sick. He bought a hammock from amazon and dug an old blanket and a cute basket from the attic. He took the plain Christmas lights and strung them around the backyard, laying the blanket on the ground and putting the basket full of food on top of it. He got his old radio and picked out Remy's favorite music to play, laying it next to the blanket. When Remy came home from work, everything was perfect. The sun was close to setting, the lights were on, and soft songs danced out of the radio and into the air. Virgil brought Remy into the backyard and smiled at his awestruck expression. "Happy birthday." Remy jumped on Virgil, kissing him, "This is amazing, thank you so much, babe!"

Virgil opened the basket once they had sat down and pulled out some sandwiches. Remy laughed and Virgil turned red, "I didn't want to make the food wrong and get you sick!" Remy grabbed one, "It's perfect, babe." They started to eat and Remy let out a noise of appreciation, "This is the best damn sandwich I've ever had." Virgil laughed and Remy nodded, "Definitely, no other sandwich in the world can best this one." They finished eating and danced a bit, swaying to soft songs from the radio. The sun started to set and Virgil lit some tiki torches to keep the bugs away and they climbed into the hammock. They watched the sunset and Remy slowly dozed off, Virgil playing with his hair. After a little while longer watching the sky, Virgil decided to go inside. He picked up Remy and carried him inside, snuffing the torches as he went. Remy didn't wake up. He put Remy in bed and climbed in himself, cuddling up and dozing off.

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Study Stress~Analoceitmus Request

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -logan calling his boyfriend's star-related things is cute -maybe im projecting my stress onto them

TRIGGER WARNINGS -

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Exams are never a good thing. Ethan and Remus could handle exam season because they generally didn't care what score they get as long as they pass but for their boyfriends Logan and Virgil, exam season is hell. The two would lock themselves in a random empty classroom every lunch and weekend to study the same repetitive, unimportant information. It was up the Ethan and Remus to keep the two alive. They learned the hard way that having Remus crawl through the window to unlock the door was not a good idea, so the next time they could get Logan's attention, they made a knock that let him know that it was them so he could unlock the door. This exam season is the worst since it's senior year. Virgil had brought sleeping bags into the room and the two have stayed in there all day.

Ethan stands outside of the room with some food he stole from the cooking club and sighs, no one has answered his first knock. Remus tries this time and knocks louder than Ethan. There is shuffling on the other side of the door and Virgil opens it, bags under his eyes deep purple and uncovered by the usual eyeshadow. Remus and Ethan walk into the room and shut the door behind themselves. Ethan sets the food on a table that isn't covered in textbooks, notebooks, pencils, markers, and highlighters, "You two need to eat and sleep." Logan caps a marker after writing an equation on the whiteboard, "I'm afraid we're still reviewing math." Remus takes the marker from his nerd boyfriend and makes him sit at the empty table, "Eat or you won't get the marker back." Logan sighs and picks up a bite of food, Ethan making Virgil join. "How many subjects have you covered?" "We've gone over chem and bio and now we're doing math. Then we'll go over English."

After Logan and Virgil have eaten enough food to satisfy Ethan, Remus lays out the sleeping bags, also making a quick run for more blankets and pillows from Virgil's nearby house, "Sleep is important, right Nerdy Wolverine?" Logan laughs quietly, "Do you even remember the explanation?" Remus shakes his head as he drags Virgil into the makeshift bed, Ethan pulling in Logan. Ethan and Logan are in the middle with Virgil at Ethan's side and Remus at Logan's. Remus tries putting on a playlist of songs to help them sleep but Ethan takes his phone before he could play any inappropriate songs. He pulls up Virgil's playlist and makes sure the phone is charging, "Tomorrow is Saturday, so we can help you study all day, but for now, it's sleep time." Logan and Virgil would argue, but their eyes are already drooping. After a few minutes of the soft music playing, everyone falls asleep.

Logan is the first to wake up in the morning. His back is a bit sore but the many blankets and pillows definitely lessened the pain. The other three are all still sleeping so he quietly leaves to get coffee for everyone. Remy thankfully gives him a 'discount' (he paid for the drinks) and he brings them back to his sleeping stars. Remus is awake when he gets back and eating some weird combination of junk food from the vending machines. "Good morning stardust," Logan greets, handing over Remus drink and kissing the top of his head. "Morning!" Logan starts solving the equation he left on the board last night, and after a few minutes, Virgil wakes up. "Good morning Starbright, there is peppermint tea on the table," Virgil mumbles something and kisses the top of Logan's head before sipping on the warm tea. By the time Ethan wakes up, Logan has solved the equation. "Good morning starlight. There is coffee for you on the table." Ethan kisses Logan's arm, not having enough energy to stretch, and shuffles over to the others, kissing their cheeks and grabbing his coffee.

Logan finishes his caffeinated peppermint tea and Virgil finishes copying the equation in his notes. Logan answers a few of Virgil's clarification questions as Ethan and Remus watch in awe. "Now we move on to English." Ethan and Remus are each handed a hefty stack of flashcards and are told to quiz the other two. Sitting at tables across the room, they get through both stacks in a short amount of time. "Logan got every one right," Ethan reported. "Virgil didn't miss any either." Logan congratulates Virgil on his improvement and then they clear a table of the science textbooks and replace them with English ones. Ethan goes to cook something in the cooking club room and Remus stays around to make sure the two stressors don't die. Ethan returns with a few sandwiches and Remus snaps the two out of their trance to eat.

Logan and Virgil study for two more hours before Remus groans, "This is boring! You're not gonna remember anything like this!" Logan sits up and stretches, massaging his hand, "I think I agree. What do you suggest we do?" Remus grins and stands up, "Let's leave for a bit, get a change of scenery and some exercise, and then... you're doing English, right? Let's debate!" Logan laughs and Virgil smiles, "That sounds nice, actually. Let me put on my makeup." Ethan hands Virgil his eyeshadow and a small hand mirror so he can apply it. The group leaves the school, careful to avoid the randomly placed cameras. They walk to Starbucks to get more drinks, paying themselves this time, and get a few snacks too. They walk and talk for about an hour before returning back to the classroom, feeling refreshed. Remus picks a topic from their English books and Logan and Virgil debate, using evidence they remembered. Ethan mediates it and corrects false evidence.

Logan and Virgil's stress is gone and by the time the test comes on Monday, they know they'll be ready.

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Talk~Analogical Request

INFO -requested by @iwillsithereandtrytocontribute -dont fuck with virgil -black leather skirts are cool as fuck

TRIGGER WARNINGS -reference to bombing a school -violent threats

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"Can that make a bomb?" "No Virgil." "Can that make a bomb?" "Yes, Virgil." "You should make a bomb and destroy the world." Logan sighs and sets down his beaker. He turns to look at Virgil, who is sitting on one of the tables with one earbud in, swinging his legs. "Is there a particular reason you are suddenly so interested in what can and cannot make a bomb? Are you going to..." Logan shuffles through the deck of vocab cards he has for Virgil and picks one out, "Pull a JD?" Virgil laughs, "No, it's not anything like that. Good job by the way." Logan smiles and returns the card to the deck, wrapping it with a rubber band. "Would you care to explain then? Or would you prefer to not talk about it?" Virgil sighs and lays on the table, "It's just... I'm so tired of people. I can't wear, do, or say anything without the risk of someone hating me or something."

Logan took the beaker and put it in a container for a teacher to deal with later, "What happened?" "I wore that black leather skirt that Remy bought for me and this one guy would leave me the fuck alone. I had to call someone to bring me pants." Logan discards his gloves and washes his hands before turning back to Virgil, "Do you know the name of this 'guy'?" Virgil shrugs, "He's tall and has brown hair. I think he's on the student council?" Logan instantly knows who Virgil is talking about. The same person is responsible for many transfers out of the school.  "Well, I'll see what I can do about that. Let's get you home now." Virgil hops off the table and follows Logan out of the room, grabbing his tie on the way out. Logan puts on his tie as Virgil talks about whatever band playing from his headphones.

After dropping Virgil off at home, Logan makes his way back to the school. Clubs are still going, which means the student council is there. He knocks on the student council door and finds who Virgil was talking about when he enters. "May we speak in the hall, please? It's an emergency." The guy shrugs and follows Logan into the hall, "Actually, I'd like to speak in the science lab. This is a matter pertaining to it." The guy just rolls his eyes and continues to follow Logan. Once in the science lab, Logan dons gloves and takes the beaker from its container. He turns it to the council member, "Do you know what this is?" He shakes his head and Logan answers, "It's a very strong chemical. Get this on your skin and it gets chemical burned. Get it on your scalp and your hair falls out. It would be a shame if it were to get in your shampoo, wouldn't it?"

The guy's eyes widen, "Hey, what are you sayin-" "I'm saying, if you do not apologize to Virgil by the end of the day tomorrow this will get in your hair gel and you'll go bald." "I could report you for this!" Logan sets down the beaker, "And I could report you for constantly harassing people to the point of dropping out just because they don't conform to your ideals. Which will it be? Apologize or go bald." The guy surrenders, "I'll apologize! Just don't use that shit on me." Logan smiles triumphantly, "Good. I'll be awaiting the news tomorrow." He lets the council member go and puts the chemical away again before going home for the night. The next day at lunch, Virgil told him in surprise of the apology. "What did you do?" "Talked to him."

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Safe To Cry~Roceit

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -unsymp patton -symp deceit -religious wording -guilt-tripping

TRIGGER WARNINGS -unsymp patton -symp deceit -religious wording -guilt-tripping

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"I thought you fought for honor!" These were the words playing over and over in Roman's head. He does fight for honor! He always tries to do the best for Thomas. He tries again and again to help Thomas. Memorize those lines, write that script, act like good creativity that Patton loves so much. He tries but he fails. He is useless. Roman curls up into a ball on his bed. Useless. Useless. There is movement somewhere in his room but he doesn't care anymore. He just wants to cry. Tears stream down his face, heavy, and violent sobs escape his mouth. Someone places a hand on his back and rubs it as Roman keeps sobbing. He doesn't know who it is but they're a big comfort. He leans into the touch but doesn't make a move to look at the person. He can tell though, it isn't Patton. Patton wouldn't care. "You're a man." He would say. "You shouldn't cry." Roman is grateful for whoever this mystery person is.

Roman doesn't know when he fell asleep but when he woke up, he no longer felt the warm comforting hand. "Shit, I slept for too long." "Language, kiddo." Roman snaps his head towards Patton's voice to see him leaning against a wall. "Sorry Patton." Roman notices Patton's expression, happy and smiling as usual but it's more cold now. What did I do? Roman tenses as Patton speaks, "Can you tell me why Deceit was in here earlier kiddo?" Deceit? That must have been the hand Roman felt but... why would Deceit help him? "I dunno Pat. Maybe I forgot I took his hat again and he came to take it back." Patton gave him a look of doubt but turned around to leave, "Don't let that snake in our garden of Eden again." "Yes, Patton."

Roman sits on his bed, thinking. Why did Deceit help him? Why did he stick around after Roman fell asleep? He gets up and dresses into his usual princely attire. He's going to find out why. He searches Thomas' mind for that one place, that dark corner where he knows his brother and Deceit reside. He sinks down, then up, into the Subconscious. "Deceit?" He calls, wandering around. "Deceit!" "How terrible it is to see you, Roman." Roman turns around to see Deceit leaning against the couch, fiddling with his gloves. Roman takes a step forward, "Why did you help me? You know Patton doesn't like it when you're around. Why risk yourself?" Deceit stares at the floor, "I know. How it feels being told you're useless. Being guilt-tripped. Crying but having no one there to comfort you. I know."

Roman walks the rest of the way up to Deceit and places a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you. So much." Deceit wraps his arms around Roman's torso, "I'm sorry. I wish I could do more. I know how Patton is but I haven't done anything." Roman hugs Deceit back, rubbing firm circles in his shoulderblade, "You do what you can. You're helping." "So are you. The only reason it feels like you're not getting anywhere is that Patton is undermining you. You do so much for Thomas. So much." In the darkness of the Subconscious, quietly even though no one could hear, the two cried. They cried into each others arms, finally safe from judgment, even for only a short amount of time before Patton finds one of them. Safe. They feel safe with each other.

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Listen~Intruloceit Request

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -roman, virgil, and patton are all unintentionally unsympathetic -sympathetic remus and deceit -can you tell how much i love this ship? -logan is constantly cut off and told to hush -deceit has a snake and remus has an octopus -its a long one

TRIGGER WARNINGS -u!pat/ro/vee -panic attack -talk of dead bodies

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"But what if it was his fault-" "But Thomas would never hurt his friends! And definitely not his boyfriend!" "If I may-" "Oh hush pocket protector, you don't get this topic." Interrupted again. Logan feels anger rise but pushes it back down. Logic is cold. Unemotional. He shuts his mouth tight. "Sure he'd never hurt them on purpose, but you don't know if he said something that made him uncomfortable and he just didn't wanna say anything." "I'm certain that-" "If we just call him I'm sure he'll talk to us!" More anger. It rises farther this time, so Logan pushes it deeper, trying to force it into the ground. Listen listen listen. Shut up shut up shut up. "Are you kidding Princey? He wouldn't even pick up the phone!" "We don't know that!" "He hates us! I know he does!" Logan hears Virgil's voice start to multiply. He knows he can help, if only he would listen, "Virgil-" "No! He hates us he hates us he hates us!" Anger rising again. Everyone's yelling. no one is listening WHY? Why does no one listen? "I told you to stay out of it Logan!" Up up up, it's too much, he's going to burst- "FINE."

All the sides whip their heads to look at Logan. His jaw is clenched, his fists are balled, and his shoulders are tense. "None of you are LISTENING! I can help but you don't... You just shut me up... I just... I just..." Logan's anger turns to sadness and tears start to fall. No one knows what to say. No one knows what to do. Logan? Crying? Logan harshly rubs the tears away, turning his face redder than it was, "I'm leaving." Before anyone can stop him, he sinks out. He doesn't know where he's going, just leaving. Maybe some stars would be nice... Logan arrives at a destination, eyes stuck to the ground until he notices soft sounds like water. He lifts his tear-soaked cheeks to see an ocean washing quietly against a beach, moonlight reflecting on the surface. Moonlight? Logan looks up and sees a dark sky full of stars. These stars are not the same as Thomas'. The same constellations are there but they're in a new order and the stars are connected by strings of light. The planets are also visible in a perfect line, even the earth. His eyes widen as he sees a black hole. How fascinating.

He's soon interrupted from his admiration of the unnatural sky by a sensation on his ankle. Looking down, he realizes there is a small octopus on the sand next to his foot, tentacle attached to his ankle. "Strange." "Jeffrey! Let go of Logan!" Logan jumps at the voice and whips his head towards it. Remus and Deceit stand before him, Remus bending to pick up his octopus and Deceit giving Logan a curious look. "So what brings you to my side of the imagination, Logan?" "Oh um... I was ah... just leaving actually." Logan turns to leave but an arm rises up and grabs him with a gloved hand, gently, but with enough force to hold him in place. Deceit's voice follows, "That isn't suspicious at all. Tell us what you're doing here." Logan huffs and turns back around, staring intently at the ground as he speaks, "I would rather not speak of it. I apologize for intruding."

Silence follows Logan's confession until Deceit finds the words he needs. "Join us. For a walk, that is. We were following the beach to my room." Logan looks at the two warily but walks in line with them. Remus has yet to put down the octopus and is petting the top of its head. Remus must have noticed Logan staring because he smiles at him. "This is my octopus, Jeffrey Dahmer! Wanna pet her?" Logan laughs a small, short laugh, and pets the top of Jeffrey's head. "She's very interesting." Logan and Remus start a conversation about octopi and other sea animals while Deceit watches, studying Logan's face. In due time, they arrive at Deceit's room. He leads the two in and Logan is amazed. He assumed Deceit's room, where lies are the strongest, would have dark corners, many walls, and hidden doors. Logan is shocked to see that Deceit's room is well lit with an open floor plan, and very warm.

"Don't make yourself at home." Remus flops on the pale yellow couch and Logan stands awkwardly next to it. He watches Deceit approach a vivarium against the wall and stick his arm in. A moment passes and Deceit lifts his arm, Logan seeing a yellow and black snake around Deceit's wrist. Logan identifies it as a Chinese false cobra. How fitting. Deceit holds out his arm, and the snake extends its head towards Logan. "She likes to help. Pet her. She'll totally bite." Logan carefully extends a hand and the snake rubs her head into his hand. Logan smiles softly as he plays with the snake. "What's her name?" "Dmitri." Logan finally sits and Deceit's couch and plays with the snake. "She hates you. She's also a terrible comfort animal when you've been disrespected." Logan looks up at Deceit, "How did you know?" Deceit sits next to Logan on the couch, "I heard lies. I didn't listen in. Not sorry." Logan sighs as he watches Dmitri curl up his arm, "It's alright. I'd trust you to keep secrets better than anyone else."

Logan realizes Remus is still there and turns to see him happily playing with Jeffrey, paying no mind to Logan and Dee's conversation. "We both get it," Deceit says, watching Remus. "Being disrespected by the others." "I know. I apologize for them." "You don't have to. Their actions hurt us. Not yours. We know you only want to help them." Remus suddenly perks up and turns to Logan, "Hey do you know a lot about dead bodies?" Logan nods and Remus smiles wide, "Okay, okay, so, let's say I have a body, right? How long would it take to decompose?" "Cause of death?" "Blunt force trauma to the skull." "Any other wounds pre or post mortem?" "No." Deceit watches as Remus asks Logan the weirdest, darkest questions and Logan asks his own to answer Remus'. Dmitri eventually wraps up Deceit's arm and he puts her back in her vivarium, then goes back to watching Logan and Remus, occasionally adding his own input.

"Oh my." Logan stands and Deceit looks at him questioningly. "I should return to my room... Actually, Remus? May I move my room somewhere in your half of the imagination?" Remus shrugs but Deceit holds up a hand. "Moving your room will take a lot of effort and raise many questions with the others. Just pop into your room, get some clothes, leave a note saying where you are, and you can stay here. Take my bed, I'll take the couch." Logan shakes his head, "I don't want to be a burden." Deceit genty grabs Logan's arm, "You won't be. Let's go to your room, I'll talk to one of the others for you. Logan hesitantly nods and Deceit tells Remus to stay put as they sink out of Deceit's room and into Logan's.

As Logan gathers clothes, Deceit walks out of the room and into the Consciousness. He sees Roman and calls out. Roman turns to him and tenses, "Deceit. Do you know where Logan is? We've been trying to talk to him-" "Logan is with me. He'll be staying with me for a bit. Tell the others please." Roman frowns but nods and walks off to find the others. Deceit makes his way back to Logan's room to see him holding a bag. "Read to go?" Logan nods and they sink out. Thankfully, Remus is exactly where they left him. "I'm staying here too tonight Dee!" Deceit rolls his eyes, "Fine. Then what should the sleeping arrangement be?" "You two have known each other the longest, I'm fine with sleeping on the couch." Deceit tries to talk Logan out of it but Logan is determined. Deceit can sense the little lies as Logan says how "My neck will be fine. I don't like contact anyway." He gives up for now and hands Logan some blankets and pillows.

Later that night though, Deceit grins under the covers as he hears the soft padding of feet coming towards his bed. Remus shifts enough in his sleep for Deceit to also shift enough to leave a space for another person. He lifts the covers, speaking gently to Logan, "Get under, there's enough room." Logan finally gives in and gets under the covers next to Deceit. Deceit pulls him closer, "You might fall off." Remus shifts again in his sleep to put an arm across the two. Logan finally relaxes his tensed body and drapes an arm over Deceit and Remus. Deceit smiles, warmth very much welcomed on his cold body. "You'll always be listened to here."

[dmitri-writes]

I Don’t Love Him~Roman Angst Request

INFO -requested by a wattpad user -mentioned roceit -not super angsty? but its there

TRIGGER WARNINGS -

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Roman makes his way back to his house after his date with Ethan and sighs. Thoughts began going through his head at a million miles an hour, and he walks to his door from muscle memory alone. He is snapped out of his thoughts when he bumps into someone standing in front of his door. "Oh, Roman! Sorry, I thought you were inside, I was just about to knock!" Roman plasters on a smile, "Ah, Patton! What brings you here Padre?" Patton stares at the ground as Roman takes out his keys, "I wanted to talk to you. You sem sad lately and I wanted to know if I could help. I made cookies!" Roman unlocks the door and lets his smile fall, "You caught me. Come in, let's talk on the couch." Patton and Roman sit across from each other and Patton places a Tupperware container of cookies on the coffee table.

"Do you want coffee? Tea?" Roman tries to break the awkward silence and Patton nods, "Tea sounds nice." Roman goes into the kitchen and makes two mugs of peppermint tea and brings them out with a bowl of sugar and two spoons. Patton puts a bunch of sugar in his tea and stirs, "What happened, Ro?" Roman sighs and takes a sip of tea, "I got a boyfriend." Patton smiles, "That's good! You've been looking for a long time! What's his name?" Roman shakes his head, "Ethan. And it's not good at all. I don't... I don't actually like him." Patton lets out a shocked noise and drinks more of his tea, "Why?" Roman sets his mug on the table and sighs again, "I don't know... I guess I never really did? I met him during the casting of a play. We got the lead parts and I went over to his house to practice my lines. He complimented me, boosted my self-confidence, but... I don't like him romantically. I just got so tired of being single."

Patton scootches closer to Roman and places a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, that's okay! Why don't you talk to him? Explain the situation. I'm sure he'd understand." "I don't want to hurt him though," Roman says sadly. Patton pats his back, "But not telling him will only hurt him more in the long run. You can still be friends too." Roman thinks for a bit, picking up his tea and sipping it. He sighs, "You're right Pat. I'll talk to him tomorrow. Thank you for talking to me... I've wanted to do something but didn't know what." Patton smiles at Roman, "I'm glad I could help kiddo! You can keep the cookies, I have plenty!" Roman walks Patton back next door and thanks him again, the returns home and texts Ethan that they need to meet tomorrow so he can't back out. This is going to be tough, but he needs to do it.