thinking abt logan and star imagery. how he basks the glory of space and the stars in sasi and his spotify playlist. and how in wtit the line "stop trying to rule the world" could possibly reference logan's micromanagement of thomas' life. and in that sense he sees thomas as his earth. and how the galaxy song in his spotify playlist shows how much he marvels at the stars because he thinks the earth is nothing compared to it. but he is chained to earth—to harsh realities and systems, to thomas—and all he can do is hope to reach for the stars, because he knows he can't.
Summary: Snow fell overnight, coating the ground. What are the Sides planning to do?
A/N: This is a Secret Santa for someone (I don't know their Tumblr or I would tag them ;-;). It's short but sweet. Few days late, hopefully y'all like it?
"Virgil! Wake up wake up wake UP!"
Virgil opened his eyes to see an excited Roman bouncing on his bed.
He threw an arm across his face. "What's up, Princey?"
"There's snow on the ground! Like, a lot! Come see out the window!"
Roman dragged him to the window, pointing. Indeed, there was snow. It looked like a fluffy blanket covering the ground.
"Yeah, there's snow. It's pretty, I'll admit that. So what?" Virgil said, turning to head back to bed.
Roman put a hand over his heart. "So what?! We can go out and play in it! Make snow angels, build an igloo,,, We could even ambush Logan with ice down his back!"
Virgil laughed at that. "I suppose we can do that. Just let me wake up first. Are Patton and Logan out there already?" He started making his way to the kitchen.
Roman nodded. "Janus and Remus too! Everyone's all geared up! Just get out there fast, Logan and Remus were plotting something, I think."
Coffee was brewed, snow gear was put on. Virgil and Roman made their way outside, treading through the knee-deep snow.
Virgil looked around, seeing Remus making snow angels with Patton. Roman ran to go join them, flopping down on the snow and laughing.
"Hey Patton," he shouted, "Where are Janus and Logan?"
Patton shook snow off of his hat and pointed to the roof, where Logan and Janus were stringing up lights.
Virgil smirked, getting an idea.
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Janus glanced down, keeping his feet light so he didn't fall. He set down the hammer and nails, peering closer. He noticed Virgil way in the back, doing,,, something. He shook his head, going back to the task at hand.
"Hey, Janus?"
"Yes?"
He turned, just in time to see a snowball promptly hit Logan in the face.
Time seemed to slow as he did a 180 and met Virgil's eyes, another snowball aiming his way.
He screeched as it hit him in the chest, falling backwards off of the roof, snow cushioning his landing.
He lay mostly still, only moving his hands.
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Everyone stared in horror as Janus fell off the roof, not moving.
Virgil rushed over, nearly hyperventilating.
"Oh my God! Janus, are you-"
Two hunks of snow hit him on the head.
He looked up, seeing Logan smirking from the roof.
"Payback time."
"SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!"
Remus and Roman came charging through the snow at Patton and Virgil, throwing snowballs every which way.
Remus tackled Virgil, pummeling him in the face with snow, while Roman attacked Patton.
Roman suddenly felt snow shoved down the back of his coat, screeching at the cold. He turned and saw Janus cackling, tears in his eyes, holding his stomach. Roman watched as Logan sneaked up behind him, two hands full of packed snow.
Logan made a "Shh" motion with a hand and Roman nodded, eyes trained on Janus' face.
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Janus was having the time of his life. He had tears running down his face, treasuring the reaction he got. His face!!
Snow was slammed on his head, getting in his eyes. He turned and saw Logan bolting away.
"You'll pay for this! You owe me Crofters for the next month!" He yelled.
He turned just in time to see Patton sneak-attack Virgil, hitting him with what looked like seven snowballs.
Virgil turned and hissed, shaking the snow off of his body. Patton simply smiled, hiding his hands behind his back. "What's up, Virgil?" he giggled.
Virgil playfully glared at him, slowly backing up. "You know what's up, Dad guy. You know what's up,,,"
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Nearly two hours later, the boys tumbled inside, yeeting off their snow gear. Janus and Patton made their way to the kitchen.
The rest all got blankets, pillows, and stuffed animals and piled into the living room. Roman instantly popped Frozen into the DVD player.
As the movie started, Patton came in with a tray of hot cocoa, handing everyone their cup.
"Virgil with whipped cream, Logan with marshmallow fluff, Remus with extra chocolate and mini marshmallows, Roman with peppermint and whipped cream, Janus with cinnamon sticks, and me with a giant marshmallow!"
Janus trailed behind, carefully carrying a big bowl of popcorn, buttered and salted to perfection.
Everyone got fully situated with the popcorn in the middle, cuddling, watching, snacking, and talking to their heart's content.
The snow softly fell outside, covering the tracks of the boys.
As much as Janus had a sliver tongue, he wasn’t good at apologies. He was good at comforting, insults all that jazz but apologies?
Nope
So imagine the reason Virgil left was because Janus was a little toxic and Virgil just couldn’t handle it.
The reason for Janus and Virgil’s relationship was more than a bit bitter was because Janus simply couldn’t apologise. Not because he was being a bitch or anything, simply because he couldn’t find the right words. Fast forwards to a little after Can Lying Be Good, Virgil gets a letter slipped under his door saying
Dear Virgil,
I have now idea if you’re even going to read this but here it is.
I am terribly sorry for the way I treated you. I was toxic and I can admit that now but I want to make things right. Words can not express how sorry I am for the way I’d pick fun at you, all the names I called you and all the insults. I’m only writing to you instead of talking because well, I can’t find the right words. Ironic right?
I know you probably need time if you even consider forgiving me.
- Dec Janus Sanders.
Virgil is moved by this and by then end of the month, the two are civil and soon develop and fix their friendship.
So after that it’s a well known thing for Janus to write letters and slip them under the other Side’s doors if he needs to apologise and each Side keeps the letters.
Now fast foward to about, say a month after SvS Redux after FWSA and both twins see an envelope with yellow snakes in each corner, both crack a small smile
I’ve seen a lot of people saying Logan could be the Orange Side (as well as the blue/indigo one) and I have thoughts:
- is the best at dealing with Dark Side Shenanigans (first to be kind to Anxiety, first to notice Deceit as Patton, the only one to effectively deal w/ Remus)
- prone to anger (assuming Orange is wrath, he’s the side who gets angry most often)
- this one’s a stretch: he’s been impersonated by Janus twice now. Could that be because it’s easier to impersonate a neutral idea (Logic) or a dark side (Orange)?
I’m not even sure if Logan is Orange, but the fan art on here is wonderful!
Thomas Yall- Okay good now that i have your attention:
First of all: @thatsthat24 tell me all yo friends names plz i wanna include them at least a bit since theyre all amazing!
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Not THAT fic, just Theatre focused (this is a note for me)
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Roman may be the most related to Theatre but all of the sides and thomas along with his friends do! Why not imagine how they’d all do in rehearsals, backstage, on stage, out at gatherings, etc!
