#twinxiety

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My idea of how these cuddles happened is that Roman coaxed Roman into laying down after realising how tired he is and Remus decided he had to be a part of that and kind of forced his way behind Virgil to minimal grumbles from the other 2

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I’m doing the 100 Ways to Say I love You challenge! This particular fic, though, is in a series I have on AO3, The Prince, the Duke, and their Knight. Basic background is that the Dragon Witch had Virgil for a bit and Virgil had a Bad Time.

41. “Go back to sleep”

stuffs: aftermath of a nightmare, twinxiety (metamour twins dating virgil), mention of trauma

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It was dark when Virgil sat up, breathing fast. His eyes darted around the room, looking for the twins. “Ro?” he said. “Re?”

The two named Sides on either side of him stirred. They were light sleepers, so Virgil felt a little guilty for waking them.

“Virgil?” Roman murmured. “Are you okay?” He sat up in sync with Remus.

Virgil let out a sigh of relief when he saw that his boyfriends were there and safe.

“What’s wrong?” Remus asked.

“Bad dream,” Virgil said. “She was hurting both of you…”

‘She’ usually meant the Dragon Witch, but it wasn’t hard to understand why, with all the trauma she’d inflicted on Virgil.

“It’s okay, Vee,” Remus said. “We’re here, see?”

Virgil scanned the twins for any injuries or other hurt. They understood what he was doing and showed him that they were physically fine. Virgil sighed in relief.

They all knew that the Dragon Witch was dead, but Virgil’s trauma and anxiety often acted like that didn’t matter. Seeing that his boyfriends were okay, and that he himself was okay, was the best thing they could do.

“Go back to sleep,” Remus said. “We’re okay.”

Virgil nodded slowly and settled in between them, closing his eyes.

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