#luckily no thunder till i was mentally prepared for it

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The rain is so mean 🥺

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Mrs. Fluffybottom

Summary: Roman and Remus go out in the imagination for a quest when Roman gets turned into a kid and shenanigans ensue.

Characters: Roman Sanders, kid!Roman, Remus Sanders, Patton Sanders(mentioned), Dragon witch(mentioned).

Warnings: Remus being Remus, embarrassment, threatening, cursing, mentions of someone blowing up(let me know if I missed anything).

Words: 3,031

The twins had finished setting up the tents and were unpacking the necessities for their trip. Luckily, these were the kind that were bigger on the inside than they were on the outside. "Alright. We're all set" Roman padded his back pockets. "Except for the map. Hey Remus, can you grab it from my bag?"

"Yeah sure." Remus searched through the bag and before finding the map, he spotted something else.

He picked it up and snorted at the sight before him. There in his hands, was Romans old stuffed bunny.

"Unbelievable." He muttered with a smile.

"What? What is it?" Roman asked. He walked over to see if Remus found the map but instead he saw what he actually found. He snatched it out of Remus' hands as his brother bursted out laughing. "You still carry that thing around with you?" Remus chuckled. "No! I don't!" Roman protested. "Then why was it in your bag?" Roman felt the heat in his face. He stuttered trying to get his thought out.

"P-patton must have put it in there." He said as his voice cracked.

Remus raised his eyebrow and smirked. "That's the story you're going with?" Roman paused before answering. "Yes. Now would you stop fucking around? Let's just get the map and go." Remus laughed a little, pulling the folded piece of paper out and shoving it into his chest.

He walked away smiling and grabbed his stuff while on the way out. Before going out to catch up with Remus, Roman fixed the dress on Mrs. Fluffybottom and gently put her back in the bag while muttering an apology.

***

They were a good way to their destination when they were attacked by the Dragon witch. This wasn't really a problem as they were both itching for some action.

They were going through the runs of the battle when the Dragon witch pulled out potion bottles. She began throwing several explosives at them when Roman had gotten hit with one. Remus did his best to quickly finish her off so he could go see if Roman was okay. He didn't remember seeing him get back up.

He walked over to where he last saw Roman but didn't see anything. He then heard rustling in a bush somewhere in front of him. "Roman?" He saw a head of hair poke out and nod but nothing was said. "Are you hurt?" He shook his head no. "Alright, well if you're okay then we should get a move on."

"Mm-m." He heard from behind. Remus was a little confused. If nothing was wrong then what was the hold-up? "Why not?" He whined. Roman sighed and took a deep breath. "You promise you won't laugh?" It sounded like Romans' voice cracked...for the whole sentence. Remus tilted his head like a dog. "Why?"

Roman gave another sigh and slowly stepped out from behind the bush. He was around three feet tall and the top part of his uniform covered his whole body. The sleeves were baggy and everything. Roman was a kid.

There was a brief silence before cackling was heard from Remus. This upset Roman immensely. "You said you wouldn't laugh!" Remus tried to talk in between laughs.

"I made-haha- no promise whatsoever! Aha haha!" While Remus was laughing, Roman was having a fit of his own.

This was just embarrassing and Remus laughing at him didn't make it any better. He wanted to crawl in a whole and never come out.

Remus stopped laughing to see Roman looking down as his eyes became glossy. "Wait...are you crying?" Roman realized this and tried to hide behind his sleeves hoping Remus couldn't see anything. "No!" Remus sighed. He felt this weird feeling in the pit of his stomach. Was this supposed to be...guilt?

He walked over to him and knelt down. "Hey, hey stop crying. Look, the witch dropped her sack of shit over there. It'sa stretch, but maybe something in there can fix you, alright?"

Roman wiped his eyes and sniffled while nodding his head. "Okay." Remus smiled down at him then looked at his outfit. Now to deal with this problem. Remus grabbed Romans arm and pulled back the sleeve. He took a good look at Roman before asking

"What would you say your waist is right now?"

***

"Are you done?" Remus asked.

"Almost...done." Remus turned around to see Roman in his new and improved suit. He tailored in a way so that when he turns back, it'll grow with him. It didn't look too bad. Roman seemed to be pretty happy with it.

"Aww look at you," Remus said in a teasing tone. "you almost look cute!" Roman made an angry pouting face and rolled his eyes. "Shut up." Remus chuckled. "What? I'm just saying. It's not half bad."

"It's my suit." Roman retorted. "Yeah, that I fixed."

Roman crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Thank you though." Remus smiled and ruffled Romans hair. "No problem short stack." Roman grumbled trying to fix his hair. "Hey!" Remus chuckled. "Are you gonna do that the whole time?" "Yes." Remus said with a smug look. Roman rolled his eyes and mentally prepared himself for the day ahead of him.

Despite his situation, he was going to be the bigger man here...or at least try to be. "I will not tolerate your foolish nicknames. I am a grown man and will be treated as-" Roman paused to see Remus' face as he tried to hold back laughter. He growled in annoyance. "Will you please take this seriously?" Roman growled. Remus laughed lightly and wiped his eyes.

"I'm sorry, but it so hard to. I mean look at you! You're like a chihuahua- I could punt you for miles."

Remus reached his hand out for Roman but had it slapped away. "If you touch me I will end you where you stand." He said in a serious tone. "Yeesh, cranky much?" Remus chuckled at him. Roman was doing his best to keep his composure. He took a deep breath and asked if they could just move along.

"Alright, we'll get going. Are your little legs gonna be able to keep up?" Remus said in a mocking tone. Roman narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth. "Yes." He said sharply.

"You sure? Do you want uppie?"

Remus said bent down with his arms out as if to pick him up. That was the last straw for Roman. He kicked Remus in the shins and bolted in the direction of their camp. "AH! You son of a bitch!" Remus screamed. He grabbed his leg in pain.

Roman shouted, "Try and keep up with my tiny legs now!" I'm gonna ring that kids neck! "You little shit, just wait till I get my hands on you!"

***

When they got back, it was late so they made a small fire, had something to eat, and went to their separate tents for the night. Roman walked into his and just as he was about to go to bed Remus poked his head in and greeted Roman with a mischevious smile. Roman gave him a deadpan look. "What?" He asked flatly. Remus put his hands up in defense. "Relax, I just came in to say good night." He paused as if he had something else to say and Roman was waiting for it. Remus smirked slowly.

"Do you want me to tuck you in?"

Roman grabbed a pillow and threw it at him. "GET OUT!"

In the middle of the night, however, it had begun to thunderstorm. In any other circumstance, this would have been fine. It's soothing and easy to fall asleep to. But tonight was different.

Remus had been sleeping fine until he rolled on his other side and felt something there. He opened his eyes to see Roman inches away from him. He screamed in surprise which caused Roman to scream. He sat up and looked at Roman. "What are you doing?" He asked. "Sleeping." He said. "No, I mean what are you doing in my tent?" Roman twiddled his fingers not making eye contact when he mumbled something. "-under." "What?"

"I got scared of the thunder!"

Remus couldn't believe it. Is he being serious right now? There was no way. "You're kidding me right?" Judging by the look of shame on his face it was a low chance. "No..." Roman rubbed his arm uncomfortably. "Can I stay here tonight? Please?"

Remus was a little uncomfortable himself at the moment, but he decided to let it slide for tonight. "Yeah sure. Just give me a minute." As mentioned before, Remus likes to sleep in the "buff" and he had to put something on if Roman was gonna stay in here. Right now the only thing covering him was the covers and that wouldn't do.

After that was done they settled in and slept somewhat peacefully throughout the night.

***

Last night wasn't the only odd occurrence with Roman. The next night it was 'I had a bad dream' and if not that then 'I don't want to sleep alone'. There were several things that he did that were well...childish. It seemed the longer he stayed this way the more he started to act like an actual kid. It was annoying.

Remus had to act fast with the potions, but it was easier said than done. There were so many and barely any of them had labels. Not only that but he was running out of things to test them on. He already destroyed half the surrounding forest with them.

He could give them to Roman to try, but because several were explosives he couldn't. Although watching his brother explode into a million pieces would be a sight, he would never hear the end of it from the others. So he had to restrain himself from killing him.

No matter how much he was tempted to.

Luckily today was the day. He finally found the potion to turn Roman back to normal. Now all he had to do was get him to drink it.

"Hey Roman, come here!" Roman came to Remus with a pep in his step.

He knelt down in front of him with the bottle in his hand. "Here. Drink this." Roman gave him a funny look. "What's gonna happen when I drink it?" Roman asked skeptically.

Remus rolled his eyes "Fireworks." He said sarcastically. "Like those fireworks?" He pointed towards the carnage of tree remains behind him. Remus shrugged. "Yeah sure. Why not." He said blandly.

He tried to give it to Roman but he pushed it away. "Drink it." "No! You're gonna blow me up. " He whined.

"If I wanted to I could've done that a long time ago. Now take the damn drink!" Roman ran away and Remus had to chase him.

Roman ducked over and under the desk, behind small furniture along with other items. He ran circles around Remus until he tackled him. Remus held Roman tight as he tried his best to get him to drink the potion. "Drink it!"

He said as he shoved the bottle in his face. Roman shook his head and kept his mouth shut. Remus tried to pry his mouth open but that just ended with Roman biting his finger and not letting go.

"OW!" He shouted in pain. Two can play at that game. As Roman tried to push him away by his face, Remus took hold of one of Romans' fingers and bit down.

All that could be heard was Roman's bloodcurdling scream. It was so piercing that Remus' ears were ringing. He had to let him go to cover his ears. It was long enough for Roman to escape his grasp a squeeze into a small space where Remus couldn't get to him.

"FUCK! I thought only dogs could hear a sound like that!"

Remus stood up in a huff and stormed off to try and blow off some steam.

All he was doing was trying to help Roman, which by the way, he didn't have to do. So the fact that he was acting like this was pissing him off even more.

Ungrateful little shit. I outta tear his fucking head off. Remus started trashing his brothers tent. He threw everything in every other direction and ran his hands through his hair in frustration. How the hell am I supposed to get him to take it? He growled and kicked Romans bag causing some of the items to spill out. He looked over at it and got an idea.

He picked up the bag and started rummaging through it until he found what he was looking for. He pulled it out of the bag smiling devilishly.

Bingo.

***

Roman was still hiding when he heard footsteps coming. Remus came in with his hands behind his back and a wide grin spread across his face. "Oh Roman." He drew out in a sing-song voice. "Look who I found." Roman poked his head out in curiosity and gasped. "Mrs. Fluffybottom!"

Remus feigned shock. "Oh is that her name?" Roman nodded slowly. "Ah. Such a pretty little thing. It'd be a damn shame if something were to happen to her." Remus said eyeing Roman with a wide grin. Roman came out if his hiding spot very quickly. He glared daggers at Remus.

"You wouldn't." He said.

Remus grabbed his pocket knife from his side and flicked it open. He then held it to the toy never breaking eye contact.

"Oh, I think we both know I would."

Romans eyes went wide. He ran up to Remus and jumped to try and grab the bunny. "Give her back!" He shouted. But it was pointless as he was too short and Remus held it far from his reach.

"Careful. My hand might slip." He said pushing the knife into the doll. Roman stopped and begged him not to. Remus smiled as his plan fell into place. "Let's make a deal shall we?" He paused to see Roman listening eagerly. "I'll give you Mrs. Fluffybottom if you take the drink from earlier."

Roman made an angry pout. "No way!" Without hesitation, Remus made a small cut in the toy. It was enough to see some stuffing poking out. Roman screamed in horror and started to jump up and down having a tantrum. "Put her down, put her down, put her da-ha-hown!" He cried with tears threatening to fall.

"Are you gonna drink it?" Remus said .

Roman whined a response while making grabby hands at his bunny. "Is that a yes?" Remus said making the cut bigger. Roman screamed.

"Yes, yes, I'll drink it! Stop hurting her!" Remus smiled triumphantly and closed the knife. He then used the same hand to trade it out for the bottle in his pocket.

He handed it to Roman and watched him reluctantly chug the potion.

***

After Roman was back to his old self they decided they had enough adventure for a while.

Roman felt a little awkward around Remus though. It was embarrassing to think about the behavior he displayed around him. He had preferred if they never spoke of it again.

He took a deep breath and decided that the longer he waited to talk to him, the harder it would be. He walked out of his tent and over to Remus'. When he saw Remus, his back was turned as he was putting stuff away and into his bag. He tensed up upon seeing him. Just breath.

He took a deep breath, stood up straight, and cleared his throat. Remus turned his head to Roman and watched him give an awkward wave. "What?"

Shit I forgot everything.

"Um...I uh wanted to say thanks for uh help- er fixing me? I don't know how to put it." Roman looked back up at Remus giving a blank stare. He was making this so much more awkward than it had to be. "And I wanted to apologize for giving you such a hard time. I know I was a-" Remus interrupted. "A royal pain in my ass?" He said leaning up against the table with a slightly annoyed tone. Roman looked away embarrassed and nodded. He really did piss him off, or so he thought.

"Alright. Is that it?" "Um, yeah?" Roman hoped that if he didn't bring up the whole 'telling everybody' part then he would forget about it. "Okay." Roman let out a sigh of relief. "But" I knew there was gonna be a 'but.' "You owe me. Big time." "Fine." Roman said.

"I mean it. Or if you want I could just tell everyone about what happened. "Remus smirked.

"Ugh, I knew you would pull something like that!" Roman grumbled. Remus smiled. "Ugh, whatever! Let's just shake on it." He stuck his hand out and Remus gladly shook it. Not before licking his hand of course.

Roman shuddered and wiped his hand on his pants. "Hey princess, mind doing me a favor and bringing all of this back home?" Romans eyes widened. "Wha-" "Thanks!" And without another word he left Roman to do all the heavy lifting. Roman growled in frustration before grabbing a bag and slinging over his shoulder. "Asswhole."

***

Roman was finally back in his room where he could rest on his bed. He went to reach for his phone but it wasn't there. He thought that it might be in his bag. He groaned before getting up, unzipping his bag, and grabbing his phone.

Before leaving it he caught a glimpse of Mrs. Flufflybottom in the corner of his eye.

He thought back to how Remus cut her open and cringed. Yeesh! He should probably fix that. He sighed grabbing the toy. He turned her around but then he paused.

She was already sewn up. But he didn't remember fixing her. Or putting her in his bag for that matter. Now that he thought about it, Remus never gave her back.

However, he did remember Remus leaving his tent shortly before he entered to finish packing. He didn't have solid evidence but he could speculate.

He smiled fondly. His brother could be hard on him sometimes and he was nowhere near perfect.

But he wasn't that bad.