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Birthday Boys

A new lil series of old works from my past Wattpad days. This one is 13k+ words. She LONG.

Pairings: Creativitwins, romantic Logicality, gen

Trigger/Content Warning: mention of abandonment, abandonment issues, anxiety attack, vague mention of past abuse, brief body dysphoria, mention of someone being in jail again, mention of Hell & church, mention of Heteros, cake knife (for cake only), food mention

Description: The twins celebrate their birthday with their family and friends, though it's still a little surprising they still have them as theirs.

Extra: inspired by Please Don't Leave Me by smn021 on Wattpad. This is old as hell. This also has uncensored cussing.

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[Read under the cut]

It had been a while since they left the orphanage.

About six months, to be exact.

The twins, Remus and Roman, had their birthday day coming up. They were turning fifteen. And honestly? They didn't think they'd be spending their birthday with their friends, let alone a family to call their own.

And it made them both kind of anxious.

They usually didn't last long with a family. In the past, things never seemed to work out well. They've never made it to their birthday after getting adopted before being thrown back (sometimes literally) to the orphanage.

Their birthday was so close, and the brothers knew Logan and Patton Berry were very kind people. They were great parents to the twins.

But the brothers couldn't shake the feeling that they could get sent back on their birthday. Again.

Which had led Remus and Roman to sit on their bunk beds, trying to distract themselves from the growing pits in their stomachs.

Remus sat on the top bunk, listening to Cavetown and sketching in his sketchbook. He had a comforting green blanket over his lower half. He absentmindedly hummed along to the song Home. He had only one earbud in.

Roman, who laid on the bottom bunk, was listening to the Hamilton soundtrack. He blasted it loud enough that you could practically hear it from his headphones. One of his ears had no headphone against it. He laid on his stomach. He was writing in a messy notebook. Ideas were swarming out onto the page as he wrote with a taped-up pen. A red blanket laid over his back.

As soon as the song Alexander Hamilton came on once again, Roman started singing softly to himself.

And of course, though Remus had his own music, he heard his brother and joined him. Both of them loved musicals, Hamilton being one of the few they bonded over because of their differing tastes.

And that's what Patton saw as he leaned against the doorframe. He smiled fondly. Hearing the boys sing together was a rare sight, unless it was for a school musical. He let them be for a moment, before he remembered why he was there in the first place. He knocked softly on the doorframe, causing the twins to silence themselves. Roman stopped his music as soon as he heard Remus stop singing.

"Nice singing, kiddos," Patton smiled gently at them. "Logan said dinner is almost ready."

The twins nodded, their nervousness slowly crept back. Roman fidgeted with the cord of his headphones, and Remus was focused hard on his sketches. Remus' binder under his octopus hoodie felt a little tighter.

Patton seemed to have noticed his boys' unease, wearing a look of concern.

"You boys alright?" he asked.

Remus didn't move, not acknowledging he heard Patton aside from a brief nod. Roman forced himself to stop messing with the cord, and he nodded as well. Patton wasn't convinced, but he didn't push it.

"Okay. If you two wanna talk, just know both me and Logan won't judge you for anything. Love you, kiddos," he reassured.

As he turned to leave, he heard a small, "wait."

He looked back to the twins. Remus now looked up with a little uncertainty in his eyes. His earbuds were in his lap, his music off. Roman's headphones were off and to the side of him.

Patton waited patiently for Remus to talk again, giving an encouraging nod.

"It's just... um," Remus tried to get the words out, but they sat in his throat.

His throat felt dry. He didn't need to be so nervous about talking to Patton, he knew that logically, but his nervous system thought otherwise.

"You won't leave us on our birthday tomorrow, right?" Roman finished for him, understanding what he wanted to say.

Patton gave a look of sympathy.

"No, we would never! We want you two here, to be safe and happy," Patton tried to reassure them.

It worked. The twins felt a little better hearing his words. Remus muttered an, "okay." and Roman smiled.

"If you're comfortable with me asking, has that happened before?" Patton gently asked.

"Yeah, more than once. I think, uh, you two are the first family that actually wants us to stay," Remus said quietly, a few nerves still in his gut.

"You know you didn't deserve that, right, Kiddos?"

Roman and Remus silently nodded. Patton smiled and left, going back downstairs to check up on his husband.

After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Remus climbed down from his bunk and plopped onto the foot of Roman's. Roman didn't say anything as Remus leaned against the wall, laying his legs out and putting some of Roman's blanket over them. He'd left his phone and earbuds on the top bunk, but had brought his sketchbook and pencil with him. He was doodling something.

Roman looked up at his brother, taking off his headphones that he'd put on again. He closed his notebook and set it to the side. Remus seemed to be a little off. He was being quiet. Remus was hardly ever quiet, except for when he was feeling anxious or really tired.

So, of course Roman took notice.

"Rem? Are you okay?" he asked his twin.

Remus groaned. He kept doodling, focusing harder on his drawing.

"Re?"

Remus remained silent.

"Bro-bro?"

Remus abruptly stopped doodling as he bit his lip. Tears gathered in his eyes. His anxiety was getting the best of him, and he really didn't want to speak. He slammed his pencil and sketchbook down on the bed by him, and he huffed. Roman instantly crawled over to his brother, the blanket slipping off of him. He engulfed Remus in a hug as Remus let a few tears fall down his face. His binder felt tight again. He whined as he silently cried into his brother's shoulder, unable to voice his worries.

Talking about his fear of abandonment always overwhelmed him.

Roman rubbed small circles on his back, and kissed the top of his head. Remus let out a shaky breath as he tried to calm himself. He started taking deep breaths as Roman tapped a pattern on his back with his other hand.

4, 7, 8, went the pattern.

After calming down enough, Remus sniffled and sighed. He hated when he got so overwhelmed that he couldn't speak. Communication was very important to the twins, considering their past. It gave them comfort, in a way, to always talk and communicate with each other. Having someone you could trust and feel safe with always helps in the dark times. And while they were no longer in the dark times, Remus still needed that sibling communication.

"Can... just talk? Please?" Remus mumbled.

Roman gave a small smile that Remus couldn't see and hummed.

"Do you want to hear about my story I've been working on?" Roman spoke calmly while holding his brother.

"Yeah..."

"Okay, so there's this kingdom called Loishire, right? And it's ruled by a pair of benevolent kings, which recently found these twin orphans, and..."

As Remus listened to Roman's story, he felt himself relax. He closed his eyes, his tiredness from his anxiety attack catching up with him. As he snuggled into Roman, he felt himself drift off into a restful sleep.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by Oat's obsession with writing Creativitwins <<<

A soft knock on the doorframe woke up Remus, who rubbed his eyes as he sat up. He looked around and realized he was laying next to Roman, away from the pillows. Roman was resting his head on his pillows, scribbling down more ideas for his story in his notebook. He was so absorbed that he almost didn't notice Remus waking up, nor Patton's knocking.

Patton smiled fondly at his sons.

"Dinner's ready," Patton said simply, and left as fast as he came.

Remus hummed in acknowledgement, and Roman kept writing. Remus lightly slapped Roman's foot, to which Roman kicked his arm with the same amount of force.

"Fooood," Remus whined.

Roman rolled his eyes, finishing up a sentence. He flipped a page, wrote a couple more words, and then shut the notebook. He placed his pen and notebook down beside him.

"Alright, alright. Come on," Roman said, jumping off his bed.

Remus followed him as he walked down the stairs to the dining room.

Once downstairs, Roman sat in his designated chair at the table. Remus went over to the island in the kitchen as Logan grabbed plates from a cupboard.

"What's for dinner?" Remus asked.

Logan held back a small smile. His sons, though not originally his, always made him smile. He'd smile at the simplest, smallest things they did. Sometimes it could just be one of the twins talking. He hadn't always understood how kids could affect parents, that is, until he'd become one.

"Steak and vegetables for most of us, and a vegan wrap for you," Logan answered simply.

"Oooh, what's on the wrap?" Remus loved wraps.

"Hmm, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, a few peanuts, and some of that hot sauce you like."

"Yay, hot sauce!"

Logan couldn't hold it back any longer, especially not with Remus' excited voice. He smiled, turning to look at his son fondly.

"Go sit with your brother. I'll bring it out in a minute," Logan said.

"Okay!" Remus ran off to sit in his designated seat next to Roman.

A few seconds later and Patton appeared by Logan's side as he gathered silverware. He set everyone's food on their own plates as he felt an arm around his waist. He flinched slightly before quickly reminding himself it was just Patton, not anyone unwelcome from his past.

Patton gave him a look of concern, loosening his arm around Logan. Logan, of course, noticed this and gave a reassuring smile to his shorter husband.

"I'm alright, darling. Just startled me, that's all," Logan whispered to Patton.

"Yeah?" Patton made sure his partner wasn't putting up a facade.

"Yeah."

Patton smiled as he heard the truth on Logan's lips. He gave him a quick peck, standing on his tippy-toes a little bit.

"Okay. I'm gonna go sit with the kids," Patton stated as Logan grabbed everyone's plates.

Logan held back from correcting his partner's grammar as Patton sat down at one end of the table, right next to Roman. Logan brought out the food, setting everyone's plates in front of them before sitting down on the other end of the table near Remus.

Roman's eyes sparkled at the sight of steak, since he was the carnivorous twin. Remus looked at the wrap and spare vegetables on his plate, grateful to have supportive dads. Remus was a vegan for moral and allergy reasons. So, the fact that his dads made sure to make things he'd eat was a very heart-warming sentiment.

He didn't remember his birth parents ever doing that before they left. In fact, before the Berrys, Roman was the only one who ever advocated for Remus' food restrictions. Which had led to 'interesting' times at the orphanage and with past foster parents.

As they all munched on their preferred food, Logan cleared his throat and gained his family's attention.

"We should discuss what you two want to do for your birthday tomorrow," he started, figuratively 'opening the floor' for discussion.

Remus swallowed another bite of his wrap as a few nerves grew in his stomach. They won't abandon you, he reminded himself, Roman is fine so you should be fine. He glanced at Roman, who seemed okay. He wasn't fidgeting with nerves like he usually did when he was anxious. He bounced his leg, sure, but that was just his ADHD.

Remus took a breath quietly, calming himself down a little.

"Can Jay and Virge come over?" Roman asked, hope glittering in his eyes.

Patton and Logan both nodded.

"Sure bud. You'll have to ask them, though," Patton said.

"Or we could just drag them along," Remus jokingly suggested, feeling a bit calmer.

"You'd still have to contact them either way, Remus," Logan commented.

Remus hummed.

"What do you guys wanna do? Movie Night, Game Night?" Patton continued the conversation.

"Bowling!" Remus practically shouted.

He liked the most random of things. Remus was a pretty random kid. Logan and Patton chalked it up to his short attention span.

"And we can watch Hamilton afterwards!" Roman joined in.

Roman wasn't much different from his brother.

"Yeah, can Jan-Jan and Virgy stay the night? Oh, and can we have cake? Chocolate cake?" Remus rambled on with questions.

"But I want vanilla!" Roman whined.

"But chocolate is better, ya dingus!"

"Lang--" Patton tried.

"No, it's bitter. Vanilla is sweet like how cake should be!"

"Vanilla is such a basic bitch flavour!"

"Remus--" Logan also tried, using his stern voice.

"Chocolate is yucky!"

"What about hot chocolate? There isn't a hot vanilla, now is there?"

"Ugh!"

Some bickering and offended Princey noises later, Patton lightly tapped the table with his fork. Both boys immediately shut up and looked to Patton. It was a strange technique to get people's attention, but the clinking of silverware against wood wasn't exactly a sound you'd miss.

"Why don't you get a half-and-half? Half chocolate, half vanilla?" Patton calmly suggested with a smile.

The boys stayed silent for a moment before a loud, "Oh, like that black and white movie Mama likes?"

Logan sighed, fighting another smile from Roman's comment. What gender roles are we pushing here? he thought sarcastically. In all honesty, he didn't mind being called mom or dad or parental. Whatever his sons were comfortable with was okay with him. He never really understood the 'importance' of society's gender roles anyway.

If a man was okay with being called Mom, then let him be called Mom. Same goes for a woman not minding being called Dad. It didn't fucking matter.

And don't get me started on people trying to impose binary roles on enbies--

Sorry.

Anyway, Logan nodded to his son's comment.

"That's one example," Logan said.

"Oooh, what about a swirl cake? Like marble?" Remus wondered outloud.

"Oooh, swirl," Roman's brain felt captivated by the suggestion.

"S W I R L," both boys said at the same time, their brains liking the word 'swirl'.

Patton smiled at the twins.

"Yeah, we can do that," he said.

After that, everyone finished their dinner, helping each other clean up the dishes and food. The boys ran upstairs to go chill in their room. Roman had mentioned something about needing Remus to draw 'a map of Loishire'.

Logan and Patton were left in the kitchen as they started the dishwasher. Patton hummed a familiar tune (probably the theme song of Winnie the Pooh) as he put away a container of leftover meat from dinner. He turned to Logan for a brief moment as Logan combed his own hair back. He quickly looked away, focusing hard on the closed fridge in front of him as heat burned his face red.

No matter how long they've been married, Patton always blushed at Logan.

His husband was really fucking hot, and he didn't think he'd ever get fully used to his partner's attractiveness.

Logan dried his hands on a dish towel and set it down, noticing out of the corner of his eyes Patton being flustered. He smirked. It was amusing how Patton could get flustered over the simplest things when it came to him.

Sure, Logan could get flustered, but it was rather by words than appearance.

"Are you okay, darling?" Logan asked slyly.

"Mhm," Patton's voice cracked a little.

"Okay, then you won't mind looking at me?"

Logan gently grabbed Patton's chin and made him face him. Patton only blushed deeper as he stared into his beautiful husband's eyes. They were light blue and steely grey, a wonderfully calm vibe of heterochromia. Logan smirked, letting go of Patton's chin. He chuckled as Patton stood there for a moment, processing what just happened.

"You're flustered so easily," Logan said, amused.

"It's not my fault you're so hot!" Patton exclaimed, his face still trying to calm down.

It was Logan's turn to blush. His cheeks lit up pink as he froze for a second before averting his eyes from his cute husband. He rubbed the back of neck awkwardly.

They'd been married for at least five years, and still managed to have awkward moments. Nothing bad, of course, but still awkward, nonetheless.

The Berrys' house was one of love, of comfort, of laughter.

And the twins couldn't have been happier to share their birthday with such a family.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by Logicality being very gay parents <<<

Morning approached.

The twins' birthday.

It was a weekend, a Saturday, and even the annoying birds outside the boys' window were excited. The birds chirped happily on the windowpane, jumping about.

But they were silenced as soon as Remus threw a pillow at the window, causing them to flee and fly away. The pillow thumped uselessly under the window, which was right by Roman's bunk (near where his head usually rested). Remus groaned and rolled over on his other side. He wasn't a morning person, unlike his brother.

Speaking of which, Roman was humming Sincerely, Me as he brushed his hair in front of the vanity. It was his birthday, and he just couldn't risk having a bad hair day. It was meant to be a good day. No one is abandoning us this year, he reminded his mind. They said they wouldn't. I trust them. I trust their word. After brushing his hair to his own standard of perfection, he did some light makeup. He did wings on his eyes with his eyeliner and applied shimmering lip-gloss to his lips. It made him feel secure in himself, something to have control over. He was used to not having control over a lot of things, so controlling how he expressed himself helped.

After finishing his makeup, Roman noticed Remus still hadn't gotten up yet. If they were going to have a nice birthday, Remus would have to get up soon. But how would Roman get him up? He was a very stubborn brother.

Roman's face lit up for a second before he smirked, an idea hatching in his head.

"Oh, darling brother~" Roman sung dramatically, placing a hand on his chest.

Remus just groaned in response, not wanting to get up.

"The birds are up, and therefore, so are we!" Roman exclaimed dramatically.

Roman heard a muffled, "Piss off."

"Oh, come on, Re! We must get ready for our glorious birthday!"

"Ehh."

"Reeeee, what if Patton makes the special pancakes?"

Remus shot up straight (HA) in his bed at the mention of 'special' pancakes. Roman chuckled at this. Remus hurried off his bunk, almost throwing himself down the bunk bed's ladder.

"Hold on, I gotta get my binder," he muttered to no one.

Roman left the room, giving Remus his preferred privacy as he got on his binder and some gender-euphoric clothing. He quickly put on some basic eyeliner and green eyeshadow, liking the way the green made him feel. It wasn't much, but it still looked cool.

He raced downstairs as Roman watched him zip on by. He followed his pancake-excited brother, smiling to himself that he fooled him with the promise of 'special' pancakes.

In reality, 'special' pancakes were just chocolate chip pancakes, but they were special to the boys (especially since they never had pancakes before joining the Berry family). So, of course Remus took the promise of 'special' pancakes seriously.

And when he arrived downstairs to see no 'special' pancakes?

"Hey Dad, where's the pancakes?" Remus asked as he watched Patton cooking bacon, vegan sausages, and eggs.

"Uh, there is none. I can make some, though, if you want," Patton offered.

Remus stood there for a moment, realizing Roman had duped him.

"No, it's okay," Remus didn't want to make Patton do any more work than he was already doing.

Patton nodded and went back to cooking breakfast. Logan stood by him, getting himself some coffee from the coffee-maker with a book in hand. He went to the couch in the living room, consumed with his mystery novel.

Remus spotted Roman sitting on the loveseat in the living room, whistling innocently. He'd noticed Remus go up to Patton and decided to sit in the living room nonchalantly. He hoped Remus wouldn't go after him for his false promise.

His hopes were wrong, of course.

Remus stalked over to Roman, standing in front of him. Roman avoided looking at Remus as he crossed his arm and huffed at him.

"Pancakes, huh?" Remus questioned Roman.

Roman looked at him and stopped whistling, and then immediately ran away. Remus chased after him, thudding around in the house. This caught the attention of both Logan and Patton. Logan bookmarked and set down his book as Patton set up the silverware at the table, peering from the dining room.

Remus chased Roman up the stairs, shouting at him.

"Come back, you fucking bastard!" Remus cussed.

Roman just screamed as he ran, trying to evade his brother's wrath. It didn't seem to be working, though.

"I'm gonna punt you into the Sun, Roman!" Remus yelled at Roman tried to turn a corner into the Dads' room.

Roman pulled a 'pro-gamer move' and slid past Remus, gunning it to the stairs. Remus groaned loudly as he pivoted and sprinted after his brother. His ribs felt tight and hurt a little, considering he was wearing a binder. He really shouldn't run around in it. He stopped, huffing and panting, putting his hands in his knees as he tried taking a breather.

"Motherfucker," he muttered under his breath.

He sat down and leaned his back against the wall. The stairs were only a few feet away. His lungs felt a little restricted, and he knew he'd have to take off his binder for a moment so he could breathe.

But he really didn't want to.

His ribs started to hurt worse. He groaned, frustrated with himself. He knew his dads and his friends (and his freaking brother) would all tell him to take it off for a few minutes so he could breathe again. Self-care, and all that.

But he would rather not deal with the dumbass dysphoria that came with taking it off.

He heard a faint "Remus?" from downstairs. Then came the soft thudding of someone walking up the stairs.

"Re, you okay?" Roman asked, appearing from the stairs.

Remus didn't look up at him. He still couldn't really breathe, and he was in pain. He gripped the hem of his shirt tightly, making a dismissive sound. He huffed, annoyed with himself.

"Rem?" Roman tried again.

Remus felt tears prickle his eyes as the pain in his ribs only got worse. He groaned painfully.

"Can't, no breathe," Remus managed out, a bit upset.

"Oh, right. We were running around. You gotta take off your binder, bro," Roman said.

Remus made a noise of protest.

"I know, but you need to breathe. I'll get one of your baggier hoodies, okay?"

Roman sped to their shared room to grab a hoodie he knew Remus would feel comfy in. Remus felt more icky feelings surfacing as he anticipated taking off his binder. He really hated taking it off sometimes. There were times where it wasn't as big a deal, but other times it affected him a bit more. This was one of those more emotional times, especially since it was his birthday and he didn't want anything bad to happen this time.

Roman sped back to his brother with a green and silver hoodie in hand. He handed it to Remus before turning his back and sitting on the stairs, trying to give Remus some privacy as well as avoiding forcing him to move while he struggled to breathe. Remus unfolded the hoodie, noticing it was a Slytherin hoodie with a hand-sewn octopus on one of the sleeves. It was from the first few months of the twins being adopted by the Berrys. The dads had noticed the boys' liking of Harry Potter and had asked each of them what house they liked. After getting their answers, Patton ordered them gifts and gave them to the boys. Roman got a Gryffindor hoodie with a hand-sewn crown on one of the sleeves, while Remus had got the Slytherin one. It turned out Logan knew how to sew, among other things.

Remus smiled slightly at the memory. It was back when the boys were starting to come out of their shells, and the hoodies had helped a lot. He sighed, and he took off his shirt and binder. He felt the icky feelings linger and slightly intensify before he quickly slipped on his hoodie. He felt the things he didn't like on his body, and he really didn't like it. He huffed again.

He tried breathing in slowly, his ribs hurting less than before. His lungs felt better as he took another deep breath, both trying to breathe again and trying to ease his feelings of dysphoria. As soon as he felt his breathing was better, he made a noise to get Roman's attention.

"You can turn around now," Remus' voice was quiet.

Roman turned around and saw Remus clutching his binder and shirt in one hand. He offered a smile to his brother, knowing full well he probably wasn't feeling good at that moment. Remus gave a weak smile back. Roman walked over and slid down against the wall, sitting next to his brother. Remus leaned his head against Roman's shoulder.

"I think Dad's almost done with making breakfast," Roman said after a few minutes.

"Figured. I can smell it from up here," Remus sniffed the air before he spoke.

"Smells nice."

"Eh, smells like disgusting bacon."

"You only say that because you can't have bacon."

"Uh, duh, dingus."

They chuckled lightly at each other. After a few more moments of random words exchanged between the twins, they heard a faint "breakfast is ready!" from downstairs. Most likely from Patton.

"Is your breathing okay now?" Roman asked.

"Yeah," Remus said.

"'Kay. You should be fine to put your binder back on, by the way."

Roman tossed Remus his binder. He had to hold on to it earlier so that Remus didn't put it on before his lungs and ribs were ready. Remus got up with the binder and walked in the twins' room, putting the binder back on under his hoodie. Roman stood up as Remus came back out of their room, and they both headed downstairs.

As they all sat around the table, Remus was noticeably feeling better. That made Roman smile. He liked seeing his brother happy.

"So, when are Virgil and Janus coming over?" Logan asked the boys, assuming they remembered to ask their friends to come over.

He assumed incorrectly.

The boys looked at each other for a second, realizing they'd forgotten to call their friends.

Logan quietly sighed, "Did you two forget?"

Roman nodded and Remus ate another piece of his vegan sausages.

Logan smiled slightly, a little amused at his boys' forgetfulness.

"It's alright. Why not call them after breakfast?" Patton suggested.

"M'kay," Remus replied, still chewing on a piece of his food.

"Mouth closed, kiddo."

Remus hummed as he finished chewing his food.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by Oat's laziness <<<

After breakfast, the Berrys all went to chill in the living room as Roman called Janus. He sat in the loveseat again.

"Yo Janus," he said as soon as his friend picked up the phone.

"What do you want?" Remus could hear Janus through the phone.

"Today is our birthday, Dumbo. You wanna come over? We're going to go bowling--"

"Oh, something I can beat you at? I'm in."

"Hey! I'll totally beat you, Kaa of the jungle."

"You're forgetting one of mis mamás es a retired bowling campeón."

"Whatever. Remus is gonna call Virgil, so he should be over as well."

"'Kay, loser. See ya there."

"Bye."

"Adiós."

Roman hung up the phone, putting it in his pocket. He looked up at his dads.

"Janus said that they'll be here," he told them.

Logan nodded, acknowledging his son as he flipped the page in his book. Patton nodded as well.

"Remus, you gotta call Virgil," Roman said.

"But why?" Remus asked.

"Because."

"Bruh."

Remus pulled out his phone and dialled Virgil's number. It rang a few times before Virgil picked up.

"Yellow, it's ya boi," Remus greeted Virgil.

"Ugh, hi. Why didn't you just, like, text me?" Virgil asked, feeling nerves rise in his gut because phone calls are terrifying.

"Cause I love to watch you suffer. And I keep forgetting you hate phone calls."

"Then text me, bitch."

"Actually, I'm a bastard, not a bitch--"

Virgil hung up on Remus. Remus rolled his eyes as he typed out a text to Virgil, asking if he felt up to going bowling and staying the night over. After a few minutes, he got a text back from his anxious buddy.

"Virgey says he'll come for Hamilton and the night over. He's not sure if he's gonna bowl, though," Remus told his family.

"Eh, either way I'll still kick Janus' butt," Roman commented.

"Ya know what? I'm gonna be on Jan-Jan's team."

"Traitor!"

"Fight me."

Before the boys could bicker further, Patton spoke up.

"Alright, boys, let's settle down. Do Janus and Virgil have a ride?" Patton asked.

"Uhh, I think Janus does, since they drive. I don't know about Virge, though," Roman said, momentarily distracted by Patton's question.

"I think his aunt is driving him. He texted something about his dick uncle being in jail again," Remus said, only sharing what Virgil had texted Remus to tell the Dads.

"Aww, I hope he's okay," Patton said with genuine concern for his sons' friend, ignoring Remus' foul language because Virgil's uncle deserved Hell.

"He's fine. Probably," Roman commented.

"Well, it's not like it hasn't happened before. Maybe he'll actually stay in jail this time so he and his aunt can be safe," Remus said.

"Let's hope so," Logan commented, not looking up from his book.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by Virgil's uncle being a little bitch <<<

After Patton came back with the twins' cake from the bakery, Janus arrived. They unlocked the door and came in, since they had a spare key because of a past situation where they had to stay with the twins for a few weeks.

"¡Hola! I'm home, motherfuckers!" Janus called out, ignoring the "language" from Patton as they came into the living room.

"Hello, Janus. How have you and your moms been?" Logan greeted the snake-loving child as he sat on one of the loveseats.

"Good. Mamá has been working a little overtime, though. Haven't seen much of her lately," Janus replied.

"Well, you see her at dinner time, don't you?" Patton tried to give some optimism.

"Not really. A lot of night shifts. I just hope she's not getting fucked over again like last time she did this. Estoy preocupado por ella," Janus said.

"Oh, well, tu mamá is a strong woman, Janus. She'll be fine," Logan reassured his nibling.

"You're just saying that cause she's your sister. Like you did last time."

"She's learned from her past mistake. She'll be fine. I called her a few days ago and made sure of it."

"If you say so, Tío."

Not long after Janus settled in the living room on the couch with Remus, Virgil arrived. Roman recognized the familiar sound of his aunt's beat-up car stopping in the driveway. Roman got up from the other loveseat as he heard Virgil knock instead of just coming in. He also had a spare key to the Berrys' household, especially because of his uncle. After a particularly gruesome accident, Patton and Logan made sure he knew he was welcome to come over whenever he needed to so he could be safe.

He tended to come over a lot, but he always knocked anyway.

Roman opened the door as Virgil and his aunt waved goodbye to each other.

"What's up, Princey?" Virgil greeted Roman, fidgeting with his sleeves.

"Come in, Emo. Janus beat you here," he said, stepping aside so Virgil could walk in.

They both went to the living room, Roman sitting back on his designated loveseat and Virgil sitting next to Janus. The quartet of friends chatted away as the dads waited a few minutes for them to catch up a little.

"Okay, everyone. We're going to have dinner at the bowling alley and do some bowling. Then, we'll come back here and watch Hamilton. Then it's off to bed," Patton shared the plan he and Logan mapped out the night before after the twins had gone to bed.

"Virgil, do you feel up to bowling?" Logan asked the nervous kid calmly.

Virgil shook his head and muttered, "Sorry, but no."

"It's alright, Virgil. I can stay here with you while the others go," Logan reassured him.

Virgil gave a small smile.

"Alright. That means cake happens after bowling. Everyone going, get ready and head to the Fun Mobile," Patton instructed.

The Fun Mobile was just Patton's name for the family SUV. It was blue and had a built-in, small, squarish TV for when they did road trips.

Remus, Roman, Janus, and Patton all got ready while Virgil and Logan just chilled in the living room. Logan picked up the book he'd been reading, and Virgil watched YouTube on his phone. He used his large headphones that usually rested on his neck. Patton went over to his husband and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"Bye, honey! Bye, Virgil! Love you both!" Patton called as he left, car keys in hand.

"Love you too, darling!" Logan called back to his husband.

Virgil hummed in acknowledgement, pausing his video and watching Patton leave before going back to his video again.

The twins left next, shouting, "Bye Mom! See ya later, Emo!"

Then came Janus, clipping on a pocketknife attached to their key chain. It clipped into their pretty yellow and black long skirt that they wore, complete with pockets and belt loops.

"Adiós, perdedores!" Janus yelled as they left, locking the door behind them.

Virgil rolled his eyes at his friends as they all left. Logan smiled slightly as he read his book. Whether he'd ever admit it or not, he adored the mismatched family he ended up with. They were all he'd hoped for as a kid. Kid Logan would've been so proud and happy for Adult Logan. Not only did he have an empathetic and considerate husband, but he also had kids he could help give a good life to. The kind of life he wanted as a kid, the kind of life he'd been deprived of before he met Patton.

Logan and Virgil sat in comfortable, introverted silence as they heard the Fun Mobile leave the driveway and drive off to the bowling alley near the neighborhood.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by 'this would have been over 10k words if I didn't stop myself' <<<

As soon as Patton and the kids arrived at Marley's Bowling Alley, Janus couldn't stop the sly smirk on their face. They were really excited to kick Roman's ass. Remus couldn't stop bouncing, very much a lover of bowling. Roman couldn't stop plotting ways to beat Janus. I mean, someone had to humble them.

They went in, found a place to sit, and went over what the Alley had for food options. Luckily, the owner (who was Marley themself) was a known vegan and made sure to have plenty of inclusive options for people like them and Remus. After figuring out food, Patton went over to order, mentioning to the workers that it was the twins' birthday. Since Marley was Patton's step-parent, one of the workers called them and told them to come down to wish their grandsons a happy birthday. The worker, whose name was Maria, told Patton that they'd be there soon. Patton thanked her and headed back to his family's table. Janus and the twins chatted away, something about making bets to see who a better bowler between and Roman Janus was.

"I'm just saying that I've had a lot more experience because of mi mamá. She taught me things not even her bowling league knew," Janus gloated as Roman rolled his eyes.

"Well, I'm me, so obviously I'd win," Roman retorted.

"Is that really the best you got, prededor? 'I'm me'?"

"Oh, I've got better things, but it'd make you quiver in your unoriginal, ugly little heeled boots."

"Jealous cause I got style?"

"Piss off, Janus."

"Oooh, I'm shaking in my designer clothing."

"It's only 'designer' cause your bowler mom makes good clothes now as a fashion designer for that one brand."

"You say that as if she wasn't the one to give you and Remus those special suits for your papá's job's family dinner party last month."

"Tell her we said thank you, by the way."

"I will. Anyway--"

They were interrupted by Remus' loud, excited gasp and Patton's "yay!" as the door to the bowling alley opened. Marley walked in with their cane, dressed in cozy but stylish clothing. Janus and Roman both flinched slightly at the sudden loud noise, but Roman beamed as he saw his grandparent walk over to the table.

"Oh, it's my favourite birthday boys! Happy birthday, kiddos," Marley greeted their grandsons as Remus jumped up and hugged them.

Roman followed suit and hugged Marley.

"Hi, Marley!" Roman said excitedly.

"Grandpea!" Remus exclaimed.

Marley smiled, hugging the twins back with one arm. After a little bit, they all separated from the embrace. Marley turned around and hugged Patton, patting him on the back.

"Hey, son. How've you been? How's Logan?" Marley asked as they hugged.

Patton laughed, "We're doing good, Mar. How's Mom?"

"Oh, she's doing good. Still kicking, somehow."

"That's good."

"Maria told me the twins came to the bowling alley for their birthday, so I just had to come over. I also brought presents."

Patton and Marley left their embrace. Marley pulled out two gift bags, seemingly out of thin air. One was red and gold themed, the other was green and silver. They set the presents on the table as the twins huddled around it, excitedly examining their own gift bags full of presents.

"These are for us?" Roman asked in disbelief.

"Of course! You're family, aren't ya?" Marley answered.

"Really? It's not... not a joke?" Remus didn't quite believe his grandparent.

"Really, it's not," Marley said, raising a concerned eyebrow at the twins.

Tears gathered in both of the boys' eyes as they stared at the gifts. They weren't sure they believed it. Nice presents, for both of them? They'd never gotten any presents before, let alone their own. Patton quickly noticed the boys tearing up and rushed over to them, putting a hand on each of their arms and rubbing them. He hugged his boys like that.

"Hey, it's okay. What's wrong?" he asked softly.

Remus and Roman gave a quick look to each other before turning around and hugging Patton back, burying their now crying faces in him. Patton hugged the twins tighter.

"Oh, it's alright. You're okay, kiddos," he reassured his sons.

Marley walked over and put a hand on Patton's shoulder. Patton glanced back at Marley as he comforted his sons. Marley gave a nod, and Patton slowly let go of the twins. He kissed the tops of their heads as they wiped their tears away and sniffled, looking down. Marley let go of Patton and embraced the twins, grunting as they hugged them tightly back. They three stayed like that for a few moments, Patton standing to the side and slightly smiling at the heart-warming sight. Janus simply sat in their seat, watching helplessly. They struggled with empathy sometimes and weren't very good at comforting others, even though they really wished they knew how so that they could be a 'better friend' (their words).

"Alright, kiddos. Ya feeling better? Feeling up to opening presents before food gets done?" Marley asked after a little bit.

The twins nodded, and them three left their embrace. They sat down by Janus as Marley sat down by Remus. Patton sat next to Marley, taking out his phone to get pictures for Logan. The boys wore smiles now as they both grabbed and slid their gift bags towards themselves. Patton took plenty of pictures as the boys excitedly opened their presents and took things out of the bags. They would show Patton what they got, and Patton would take pictures of it.

Remus got a few more hoodies, some art supplies, a fidget toy, and a Rubex Cube. He was surprised by the Rubex Cube, but decided to give it a try. He slowly moved it around, focusing hard on getting it right. Patton took a video. As Roman organized his presents back into his bag, Remus managed to solve the cube most of the way pretty quickly. He showed this to Patton, who chuckled and gave a thumbs up. He noticed the phone pointed at him and excitedly showed what he did to the camera.

"Hey, record time, Bud. Maybe even faster than Logan," he said as he recorded.

"Hear that, Mom? I'm better than you!" Remus exclaimed to the camera, waving the Rubex Cube.

Patton laughed and Marley chuckled, shaking their head affectionately. Remus was a lot smarter than people gave him credit for, and a lot more than he let on. Patton switched over to Roman.

"Hey, Ro. Show Logan what you got," Patton said, vaguely gesturing to the camera.

Roman reached into his bag, pulling out a present from the top. He didn't want to undo his organized stuff when he literally just did it. Roman got some hoodies as well, notebooks and pens, a fidget toy, and a book. He held up the book, which was about different writing tips and exercises to help with any creative blocks a person could have. He beamed as he showed it, thrilled to use it soon, since he was already facing creative blocks with one of his stories.

"Oooh, a book? What's it about, Ro?" Patton urged him.

"It's about things to help me write. There are tips and exercises and stuff!" Roman exclaimed excitedly at the camera.

"Neato, kiddo."

Patton turned the camera to Janus, who'd been quietly conversing with Marley.

"Hey, Janus, what's it like being the only one with style in your friend group?" Marley asked them.

"It's like being the ringleader to a trio of middle school heteros, even though none of us are hetero," Janus told them, humour evident in their eyes.

"Oh, I hear ya. Back when Patton was a little kid, his mom and I took him to a barn dance-party the community put together for the kids. When I say most of the other parents were obviously heteros, I mean it. No style within a 50-mile radius."

"Ah, a farmer's community, then?"

"You have no idea. I was one of the only two nonbinary folks that went to the church, and she was this much older demi-woman who only went for the lunch served afterwards."

"Sounds like she knew the best part."

"Ha! Oh, they did. They taught me how to style good with the church dress code, too. A real smart one. She always knew how to tell off the 'phobes, and it was darn funny every time."

Janus caught a glimpse of Patton recording them, and they did a dramatic hair flip though they didn't have long hair.

"I see you've taken notice of the stylish people," Janus commented dramatically.

Patton giggled and pointed the camera at Marley, who copied Janus (though they had no hair at all, just a pretty hat).

"Okay, okay, I get it. You're both good-looking," Patton teased.

"Darn right," Marley commented, smiling at their son.

As Patton stopped the recording, Maria came over with all of the family's food. She set it all down and greeted her boss.

"Hey Marley, how you doing?" Maria asked politely.

"Oh, doing well, Maria. How's your kid doing? Still causing trouble?" Marley replied.

"She's doing alright. Still a bit stubborn, but eh."

"I see where she gets it from."

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

Marley chuckled at that.

"Thanks for the food, Maria," Patton said.

"Yeah, thanks for the food!" Roman copied.

"Thank you!" Remus repeated.

"Oh, anytime, boys. Happy Birthday," Maria said as she walked away.

Everyone grew silent and idle as they all ate, including Marley who stole a few bits of lettuce from their son. The bowling alley's weird music played in the background and there were sounds of bowling balls hitting pins from the other couple of groups that were there. It was kind of nice, just spending time with loving family.

That, and Janus' and Roman's bet were in the forefront of their minds.

And Roman honestly believed he'd best Janus.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by 'this is longer than an average chapter length of a novel by now and I'm a little scared it might never end' <<<

Roman was wrong.

He'd severely underestimated his friend, all thanks to his ego that liked to pop up every so often. And every time it popped up? It got bested.

Usually by Janus.

Janus smirked as they looked up at the scoreboard. They were first place, yet again, and Roman was placed in third. Remus was second. Patton wasn't playing that round, simply sitting in one of the seats and watching the kids play instead. Marley had left a little bit after food, since they got tired easily. Roman groaned as he got another gutter ball.

"Told you I was better~" Janus taunted him.

"Oh, shut it, Reptile Rapscallion," Roman grumbled.

"Aw, is el principito losing?"

"Shut up, don't call me that."

Janus snorted unintentionally. Their smirk fell, and they averted their eyes from Roman. They felt bad for a moment, not meaning to sound rude. They remained silent, respecting Roman's words.

Usually Logan would call Roman that, since Logan knew some Spanish. So, Roman didn't really like it when other people said it.

Roman also knew Janus hadn't meant to make him feel uncomfortable, or even snort at his boundaries. He knew Janus well enough to know they weren't ever intentionally mean.

As the round ended, both Remus and Janus beat Roman. Remus won his way into second and Janus came in first place, which left Roman in last. Janus and Remus chuckled lightly at Roman's slightly defeated look. He pouted.

"That's not fair," he whined, crossing his arms. "I should've used 'birthday rights' on you."

Remus snorted at his brother.

"But you didn't. And you still would've had to beat me, bro," Remus commented.

"I would've defeated you easily," Roman retorted.

"Nuh uh."

"Yeah huh."

"Nuh uh--"

"Boys, it's fine. We can always play another round, if it's not too late," Patton ended their sibling bicker.

"Besides, you owe me five bucks anyway," Janus said, smirking.

"Fine, I'll give it to you when we get back then," Roman sighed dramatically.

"Well, that was easier than usual. You good there, Ro?" Remus asked, knowing his brother usually wouldn't back down so quickly unless something was off.

"Just a little tired," Roman mumbled, uncrossing his arms and rubbing one of his eyes.

"Well, maybe we should go back home? We still have cake and Hamilton, after all," Patton suggested.

Roman was immediately a bit more awake as soon as he heard something about Hamilton.

"Can we go now, then? Can we, can we?" Roman was now a bit bouncier.

"Oh yeah, can we?" Remus joined, almost forgetting about the musical.

"Yes, yes. Come on, let's go, kiddos," Patton said, getting up from his seat and grabbing the car keys from his pocket.

They all returned their bowling shoes and waved goodbye to Maria, who wished the twins another happy birthday. They left, getting in the Fun Mobile as Patton started it up.

As they drove off back to the house, the twins held small smiles on their faces as they watched the bowling alley disappear slowly in the distance.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by Oat being lazy yet again <<<

After getting back to the house and stopping the car, the twins grabbed their gift bags from Marley. They almost ran into the house as Patton unlocked the door, and Janus trailed behind the energetic birthday boys. The boys set their bags on the table and walked to the living room, seeing what Virgil and Logan had been up to while everyone else was gone. Logan sat next to Virgil on the couch, almost finished with his book. Virgil leaned against his arm, watching something on his phone. The sight brought a smile to Patton's face as he walked in behind the boys. Janus smiled slightly, glad to see Virgil comfortable with an adult that wasn't his aunt.

Sure, he knew he was safe with the Berrys, but it took a lot for him to get comfortable around someone. Janus had been his friend for years, even before they'd met the twins. Even then, he still was a bit closed off with a few things with Remus and Roman.

So, seeing him physically comfortable around Logan like that? It was a pretty good improvement on Virgil's part, and Janus couldn't be prouder of him.

Virgil only ever leaned on those he trusted, both literally and figuratively.

"Hey boys, having fun?" Patton asked with a smile.

Virgil immediately tensed at the sudden voice and looked up, but he relaxed again when he saw it was only Patton and the rest of the gang. He pulled back a headphone to rest behind his ear, nodding silently.

"Oh, hello, my dear. Yes, we're doing fine," Logan said, looking up from his book briefly at the sound of his husband's voice.

"That's good," Patton commented, sitting down on the loveseat where Logan usually sat. "The twins have some things to show you."

Logan bookmarked his book and set it down.

"Oh?" he said.

The twins quickly grabbed their bags and headed back into the living room. Roman sat in the other loveseat while Remus sat on the floor in front of him. Janus walked calmly to the couch and sat near Virgil, who flashed a smile at them. Janus returned a smile, a silent acknowledgement of Virgil being okay.

"Look, look!" Roman said as he pulled out the book he'd showed Patton earlier.

Logan couldn't help but smile at Roman's excitement about the book. It reminded him of himself when he was younger, back when all he had was the books in his little room. The adventures he had with the hardbacks on his shelves; those nice memories flooded into his mind for a moment as he looked at his son.

"See, it's a book! I'm really excited to read it. It's gonna help me with writing and stuff!" Roman said, showing Logan the cover.

Patton held in a snort, thinking about how much Roman acted like Logan when it came to books.

"That's pretty cool, Roman," Logan commented, making Roman smile wider.

"Thanks, Mama. Oh, and I got some hoodies!" Roman said, putting the book aside and grabbing a hoodie to show Logan.

Logan smiled at his son as he excitedly showed him his hoodies.

Then, Remus decided it was his turn to show the gifts he got, practically bouncing in his seat.

"Hey, hey Mom! Look what I got!" Remus exclaimed, showing his mostly-solved Rubex Cube.

Logan turned his attention to his other son. His eyes slightly widened at the sight of the Rubex Cube, and he just couldn't wipe the smile off his face.

"I got a cube puzzle! And look, I almost solved it," Remus said as he waved the cube in his hand.

"Very smart of you, Remus," Logan responded, fondness and pride filling his chest.

Like I said, Remus was a lot smarter than people thought. And Logan? Well, he always felt pride when Remus would show his intellect.

Remus blushed lightly at the praise; his smile unable to fall from his face.

"I took a video of it. He solved it pretty fast. Almost better than you, Lo," Patton said.

Logan raised an eyebrow at his husband.

"Oh yeah? Show me," Logan was intrigued to see his son's intellect in action.

"Later," Patton replied.

Logan rolled his eyes playfully, focusing his attention back to Remus.

"What else did you get?" Logan urged him to show his other presents.

"Oh! I also got a fidget thingy," Remus set his cube to the side and showed the fidget toy to Logan.

Janus and Virgil sat quietly on the couch, watching their friends show off their presents. Janus was glad the twins were able to be excited for once, holding a slight smile on their face. Virgil still leaned against Logan's arm, listening to music as background noise to help keep his mind quiet. He held Janus' hand, the small physical comfort reminding him that he was in a safe place. Sometimes his anxiety clawed at him at the weirdest times, like when he was safe without any danger present. And when that happened, small physical contact helped along with music.

Janus rubbed Virgil's knuckles as Roman and Remus rambled on about their gifts to Logan.

It was a nice moment, and it felt peaceful. And peaceful it stayed, at least for the twins' birthday.

But that's not important right now.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by 'I lied! This is getting a bit too close to 10k and I can't stop' <<<

After the twins finished showing their gifts to Logan and put them away again, Patton told everyone to grab a paper plate and a fork from the counter. After they all had their utensils, Patton brought out the cake and set it on the coffee table. Everyone was sat at their previous spots. Patton put number candles on the cake, the number 15 remaining unlit. The twins gazed and awed at the decently-sized, marble cake. It was a bit bigger than they'd imagine cake would be.

"Woah, is that for us?" Remus asked.

"Yeah," Patton said.

Roman simply stared at the cake, a tingly and guilty feeling rising in his chest. Remus seemed to be feeling the same. They looked at each other for a moment, then back to the cake. They felt a little sick, old memories of forcibly limited food clawing at their minds. Janus seemed to notice, as well as Virgil and the dads. The dads shared a confused look as Janus and Virgil moved over to the twins. Janus sat on the floor next to Remus. Virgil sat next to Roman, plopping down on an arm of the loveseat. He leaned against Roman, giving silent comfort as Roman leaned on him. Janus grabbed Remus' hand, giving him a light and reassuring squeeze.

"Well, you're obviously sharing," Janus said sarcastically, which seemed to ease the twins a little.

The dads noticed the comfort being given and figured the twins were worried. They didn't push the twins to talk about it. Patton's face lit up as he remembered something.

"Lo, remember that thing we got for the twins?" Patton whispered to Logan, the twins perking up at the sound of a possible surprise.

"Which-- oh. Yes, I do," Logan whispered back to him, starting to smirk.

"I think now's a good time, don't you?"

"Yeah. I'll go get it."

Logan got up and walked up the stairs to his and Patton's room, grabbing a pleasant surprise for his sons. After a few minutes, Logan came back downstairs with a laptop in hand. He sat down in his spot, turned it on, and faced it towards the kids. Patton sat down next to Logan, and the both of them couldn't help but smirk.

Then, a video call popped up, showing a pair of friends. The twins' eyes widened and they both smiled, seeing their online friends on the screen.

"Wassup, babes!" greeted Remy, sipping an iced latte from Starbucks.

"Hi ReRo!" greeted Emile, who waved excitedly at the twins.

Emile always had nicknames for groups of people, and he dubbed the twins 'ReRo' almost a week after they'd all met.

The twins gaped and remained speechless at their surprise. They hadn't seen Emile or Remy in a long while, due to recent time zone changes since the pair of friends had recently moved states (again). Janus smiled at the sight of their other friends, and Virgil smirked as he gave a small wave hello.

The twins forgot about their unpleasant memories momentarily, happy to see their long-distance friends again.

"Emmy! Remy! We haven't seen you in a while," Roman exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's a been a bit for sure," Emile said.

"No duh," Remy commented.

"Where did you even move to?" Remus asked.

"Closer, actually. A lot closer," Emile said.

Remy smirked as they sipped more of their Starbucks.

"What do you mean, 'a lot closer'?" Roman asked as a small shard of hope sprung up in his chest.

"Open the door, babes!" Remy said as she pushes up on her sunglasses.

The twins stared in disbelief. They looked to Patton and Logan.

"No way," Remus gasped.

Patton nodded his head.

"Oh my stars, really?" Roman said, and Logan nodded his head this time.

Janus and Virgil sat there, processing what that meant. Their faces lit up as they realized what was happening. Janus smiled, their heart pounding with anticipation. Virgil smiled bigger than he usually did, muttering a "holy shit" under his breath.

The twins got up and raced to the front door as Janus and Virgil trailed behind them. Logan shut down the computer as the video call ended, putting it on the couch as he and Patton got up. They walked over to the kids, wanting to see their reactions.

Roman unlocked and opened the door, bouncing on his feet. He gasped loudly as he saw Emile and Remy right in front of him, in real life. Remus stood next to him and gaped. They both lurched forward. Remus hugged Emile tightly, and Roman embraced Remy as well. Remy grunted at the sudden hug but smiled nonetheless, hugging back awkwardly with the hand that wasn't holding their Starbucks. Emile hugged Remus back as tightly Remus hugged him. The twins felt joyful tears gather in their eyes, and so did Emile and Remy.

Janus and Virgil stood there in half-disbelief, tears also gathering in their eyes.

Needless to say, all of the kids were getting a bit tearful, and so were the dads who stood behind them and watched with warm hearts. Patton brought out his phone and took a video, wanting to scrapbook this memory forever. Logan smiled slightly, happy to see the kids happy.

Emile noticed Janus and Virgil standing there and gestured to them to join in. Virgil immediately pulled off his headphones and placed them on his neck, nearing running to embrace Emile. Emile opened an arm and hugged right back as Virgil practically crashed himself into him. Janus walked over to Remy and hugged him, burying their face in his shoulder as Remy opened his Starbucks arm and hugged back with it.

Patton nearly squealed at the cuteness, and Logan quickly wiped the few tears the went down his face.

He muttered something about, "Only you and the twins can make me cry like this."

This birthday truly was a great one.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by 'It's over 10k by now because I gave up and just kept writing like freaking Hamilton' <<<

After the tearful and joyful embrace, everyone separated and moved to the living room, the cake waiting for them. Janus, Virgil, and Patton sat on the couch. Roman sat in his loveseat, and Logan sat in his. Remy and Emile sat in front of the couch by Janus and Virgil. Remus sat in front of Roman. Patton passed two more plates and forks to Remy and Emile.

Patton stood up, grabbing a small lighter and lit the candles. He then pocketed the lighter and grabbed a cake knife to cut the cake with, setting it carefully next to the cake. Now that they could see without their minds trying to ruin their day, the twins noticed words drawn in coloured frosting on top of the cake below the candles. Happy Birthday, my beautiful sons, it read. Patton sat back down as he noticed the twins staring at the writing.

"Lo and I both picked out the writing," he said, smiling at his sons. "We planned ahead the day before after you two went to bed."

Logan blush slightly, embarrassed that he was exposed for being a bit cheesy. Still, he nodded along to what Patton said. He looked at his boys for a moment, seeing their unmistakable bright smiles on their faces. Their eyes got a little glassy, but not enough for tears to form. He smiled to himself, knowing no matter what he tried, he just couldn't hold it in when it came to the twins.

His family was his heart's weak spot.

"Do you guys like it?" Logan asked the twins.

The twins looked up at Logan and nodded vigorously. Patton smiled softly at the sight.

"Okay, everyone. Now's time for the song," Patton announced as the fire on the candles danced.

The twins looked confused for a moment, and Emile seemed to have noticed quickly.

"Have you guys never heard the birthday song before?" he asked.

The twins shared a puzzled looked before looking back at Emile.

"Um, no??" Roman answered.

"Well then, we must fix that! It's very important for birthdays," Emile said, giving a sympathetic smile.

"Okay, everybody!" Patton started.

And everyone, excluding the twins, started singing.

Well, Logan spoke the words instead of singing, but that's not the point.

Roman and Remus sat in awe as they heard the nice song, sung specifically for them. They almost felt overwhelmed with all of the love they felt in that moment, hearing their dads and all of their friends wish them a happy birthday like they were in a musical. Their hearts swelled, and they both felt a little surreal. It was surreal for them to be in a safe space, to be with loving and honest people. It was surreal to have a happy birthday. It was surreal to celebrate their birthday away from the orphanage.

It was their first time being away from the orphanage for so long.

It'd been six months, and as their found family sung to them, it finally hit them that they weren't going back. They weren't being abandoned again.

They were finally home.

Of course, this made both of them cry silently as the song ended.

Their family and friends noticed their tears, and noticed how they held comforting hands. Patton gave a sympathetic smile, opening his arms a little bit to welcome any needed hugs. Logan gave a slight smile, concern clear on his face. Their friends stared with varying faces of sympathy and worry.

Remus immediately let go of Roman and ran into Patton's arms, hugging tightly. Patton hugged back, just as tight, and rubbed soothing circles on Remus' back. Remus whined, burying his face in Patton's shoulder. Roman quickly got up and went over to Logan, making grabby hands towards him. Logan nodded and opened his arms for his son. Roman embraced him and Logan held him tightly. Roman placed his forehead on Logan's neck, snuggling into him. Logan kissed the top of his head.

"Are you two alright, principito?" Logan asked softly.

Roman smiled softly at the endearing nickname that he let only Logan call him. He nodded slightly into Logan, and Remus did the same with Patton.

"Overwhelmed," Remus muttered into Patton's shoulder.

"By what, Kiddo?" Patton inquired softly.

"Feels like home. You guys feel safe," Roman mumbled, and Remus nodded along to his words.

Patton's heart soared hearing that, and he wanted to cry. And he did. Joyous tears slid down his face as he planted a loving kiss on top of Remus' head. Remus felt a few of Patton's tears fall on his head, and he gripped Patton as an attempt to ground his dad. Patton weakly smiled, though unseen since he hid his face on Remus' head. Logan felt himself start to cry as his heart squeezed at his son's words. You guys feel safe, Roman's voice echoed in Logan's mind. It was everything he'd hoped to give to the twins, and he succeeded in that. The twins felt safe with them, felt at home with them. He'd managed to give the twins the one thing he never got as a child: a safe and loving home. Of course, since it was the twins, he got a little emotional.

Roman noticed Logan's tears, as well as Patton hiding himself in Remus. He felt worry creep up from his gut to his chest. He grabbed Logan's forearm as Logan kissed his head again.

"Mama?" Roman's voice gave away his concern.

Logan hummed, acknowledging that he heard Roman.

"Are you and Padre okay?" Roman absentmindedly started rubbing Logan's forearm to comfort him.

Logan smiled at him with a fond look in his glassy eyes.

"Yes, principito. Just glad you feel at home. It's all I ever wanted for you, to feel safe," Logan explained softly, knowing if he spoke any louder then his voice might crack.

"'m so happy you feel safe here," Patton muttered quietly.

Janus, Virgil, Remy, and Emile all smiled fondly (in their own ways) at the nice, heartfelt moment. The twins deserved this, at the bare minimum. They deserved to be happy and safe, and their friends were glad that they finally were.

The happy, tearful moment lasted for a little longer before Remy broke the comfortable silence.

"Okay, this is sweet and all, but I want cake," they said, sipping their Starbucks drink for the millionth time in the last hour.

Roman snickered at Remy, and Remus snorted in laughter. The pair of dads smiled at the sound of their sons' laughter, and Patton lightly chuckled.

"Alright, alright. Give me a minute, and I'll cut the cake," Patton said.

Remy muttered a dramatic "finally" as Patton carefully separated Remus from himself and got up to cut the cake.

The twins had found such a loving family, hadn't they?

>>> Time Skip brought to you by Oat getting emotional over their own writing <<<

After cake was passed out to everyone and the twins had their first bites (per birthday traditions), Patton put on Hamilton and sat back down in his spot with his own slice of cake. The cake was a swirling mix of chocolate and vanilla in a marble design, just as had been discussed the day before. It had buttercream frosting, dyed red and green (which were the twins' favourite colours). There was even buttercream filling, since it was a two-layered cake.

Remus was eating his slice a bit carefully, trying not to make a mess on his paper plate. He wanted to consume every last bit of his cake, which included the tiny smears of frosting on the plate. His lips were almost stained red and green.

Roman, on the other hand, didn't care whether or not he was being messy. He happily chomped on his cake slice, frosting on his face. There was even some frosting on his nose, somehow. He kept licking his fork every time he ate a slice as to get all of the frosting he could.

Virgil snickered at the twins, which caught Roman's attention. Roman raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"What?" he said, still chomping on some of his cake.

"How are you the messy twin?" Virgil asked, still snickering.

Roman finished his bite of cake and swallowed it.

"Oh, ha ha, My Chemically Imbalanced Bromance. I am the cleaner twin," Roman retorted playfully.

"Then explain why Remus has hardly any mess on his face and you do," Virgil smirked.

Roman looked over at his brother as Hamilton started playing its beginning scenes. Virgil was right; Remus had hardly any frosting or cake crumbs on his face. Remus looked at him as he finished a bite of cake.

"What?" he said, confused as to why both Virgil and Roman were looking at him.

"Nothing..." Roman muttered.

Remus shrugged and turned his attention back to the TV.

Roman and Virgil followed suit, watching intently as the first song came on. Roman tried to fight the urge to sing along, but alas, he was weak for musicals.

And Remus joined in as soon he heard his brother singing along.

The dads smiled as they watched their sons sing along to the musical. Virgil rolled his eyes playfully as Emile enthusiastically joined in. Janus snorted at their friends, amused. Remy simply sipped her Starbucks while a small smile tugged on her face.

All in all, they were having a good time. The twins were having a good birthday. Finally.

They were surrounded by all of the safe and loving people in their life.

They couldn't ask for anything more.

>>> Time Skip brought to you by 'I gave up near the end. Sorry folks' <<<

After Hamilton was over and the TV had been turned off, everyone got up and threw away their paper plates and plastic utensils. Emile, Remy, and Janus all had their own pajamas in overnight bags. Patton put what little cake was left in the fridge as the three friends went in separate rooms to change. Logan went into the kitchen with Patton as the twins got up and went to their room to take turns changing.

Roman changed first, changing into a pair of red pajama pants and a Disney shirt (specifically a Mulan one with Mushu on it). Then he left the room to give Remus his space, silently reminding him to take off his binder for bedtime. Remus reluctantly took off his binder, thankful his dysphoria was a bit better than it'd been earlier. He managed as he put on an oversized, forest-green hoodie and a pair of grey sweatpants. He took a deep breath, calming his mind down a little bit. He opened the door, signaling he was done. The twins went back downstairs.

The kids were all having a slumber party in the living room. The coffee table had been moved to make space. The furniture was moved back a little bit to also help with space.

Janus had already claimed a loveseat to curl up on, which had been the one Logan usually sat in. They wore black sweatpants and a cozy-looking, snake-themed yellow sweater. They had a couple blankets with them, probably from their house. Emile had taken the other loveseat along with Remy, even though it wasn't quite big enough for the two of them. They were practically attached at the hip, being so close as friends that they were basically siblings. Emile wore baby blue pajama short with clouds on them and a pastel Winnie the Pooh shirt. Curled up with Emile was Remy, a coffee bean themed, big fluffy blanket draped over the two of them. It was most likely Remy's, but no one knew for sure. Those two always shared blankets. Anyway, Remy wore dark fleece pajama pants and a comfy, dark brown sweater with the words 'Wake me up when the Sun implodes' on it in black font. He was practically already asleep, leaning on Emile and snuggling into him. Remy had always struggled a lot with insomnia, so it was nice to see them sleeping for once.

Emile took their sunglasses when he noticed them sleeping. He kissed her forehead as Remy smiled in her sleep. The lights were dimmed and dark enough for Remy not to be disturbed by any bright light. Emile smiled at the sight of his sleeping friend. He turned his attention to the twins as they entered the living room. Virgil sat at the foot of the loveseat where Janus sat, still not in pajamas. He hadn't brought any. To be honest, sometimes they all wondered if he had any at all. Considering his home situation, they wouldn't have been surprised.

The twins took the couch, which folded out into a bed. The bed had already been put out, so the twins simply sat on it. They put their own blankets on themselves; Roman has a red and white one, and Remus has a green and black one. As Patton and Logan came over to wish the kids a good night, and they both noticed Virgil in his street clothes. He held a sleeping bag tightly in his arms.

Patton wore a look of concern. Logan felt a pang of familiarity and recognition at the sight of Virgil with a lack of pajamas. It reminded him a little bit of when he was younger, growing up in an unstable and poor household. Logan kept calm as he went over to Virgil and sat in front of him on his knees. He gave him plenty of space, not wanting to make him feel trapped.

"Do you have any pajamas with you, Virgil?" Logan asked softly.

Virgil slowly shook his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"That's okay. Do you want to borrow something?" Logan said.

Virgil felt a little better hearing that. Logan hadn't made him feel bad for the lack of pajamas, and that felt relieving. Virgil nodded his head. Logan gave a soft smile, slowly standing up and extending a hand to Virgil. The emo kid took it, keeping his sleeping bag hooked under his other arm. Patton gave a kind smile as Logan passed the child off to him. Patton put a gentle hand on his shoulder as he and Virgil went upstairs.

"I have some spare purple 'jamas. You want shorts or pants?" Patton asked as they disappeared upstairs.

Logan waited for a little bit for Patton and Virgil to come back. After a few minutes, they came back down. Patton went over to Logan as Virgil came down the steps, still carrying his sleeping bag. Virgil now wore a pair of comfy violet pajama pants and a Nightmare Before Christmas hoodie. The hoodie was a bit baggy on him, but it was comfy nonetheless. Patton smiled at him.

"Comfy now, Kiddo?" Patton asked.

"Yeah, thanks for the clothes," Virgil mumbled.

"No problem. Anytime, little Nightmare. When ya want your clothes in the morning, just knock on our door and I'll let ya in to grab them."

"Okay."

"Oh, and do you want an extra blanket? We have so many."

"You've already done a lot, though. I don't mind just the sleeping bag."

"It's no problem, really, Virgil."

"Um, sure then, I guess."

"'Mkay."

Patton went over to a storage closet briefly and got a couple of blankets. He came back and gave Virgil the blankets. They were generic black and purple blankets, made with soft and cozy fabric. Virgil smiled at he took them, muttering a quick "thank you" before going back to his previous spot. He set up his sleeping bag and the blankets as the dads went around the room, wishing them all a good night. Virgil finished setting up, getting in his sleeping bag, and used one of the blankets as a folded-up pillow. Patton and Logan tucked in Emile and Remy, then wished Janus a "good night", and then went to Virgil. Patton bent down and softly brushed Virgil's hair out of his face as he curled up. Patton planted a soft kiss on his forehead. Both Logan and him wished him a "good night", and Virgil gave his signature soft sleepy smile.

"Thank you for being a safe place," Virgil muttered as he closed his eyes, sighing calmly.

Patton's heart warmed at that, and Logan's heart clenched as he heard those words. Logan smiled as his words echoed in his head. A safe place. Logan hummed softly.

"Anytime, Virgil. Sleep well," he muttered to Virgil.

The dads moved on to their sons. The boys were cuddled up under their own blankets, laying on their sides. They faced away from each other. The dads smiled at their sons.

"Good night, boys. I love you," Patton spoke, kissing each of their foreheads.

The boys each leaned into Patton's affection before he pulled away.

"Love you, mis hijos. Sleep well," Logan muttered to his son's as he tucked them in.

The twins smiled as they closed their tired eyes, each muttering a, "Love you too, Dad, Mama."

The dads felt their hearts warmed again as they left to go upstairs. They took one last look back as the kids all tried sleeping. Then, they turned to the stairs and went up to bed.

The twins slept soundly, smiles on their faces as their birthday concluded nicely.

The twins had a great birthday, surrounded by love and comfort. They couldn't have asked for anything more.

And, for once in their troubled lives, they felt at peace on their birthday.

[naminethewriter]

Monstrously Simple Days at College

Chapter One: Welcome Back

Masterpost | Next | Ao3

Story Summary: Humans and Monsters live together in harmony and that means they all get to go to college together. Roman, Remus, Janus, Virgil, Logan and Patton are big group of friends that may be a bit chaotic with all the different monster cultures they hail from. College itself is hard too, but with them all supporting each other, it can't be that bad, can it?

Content Warnings: None

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“Remus, you ass, come down right now! You’re not going to get yourself in trouble five seconds after coming back to campus!”

Roman shields her eyes as she looks up at her brother, shaking out her own wings after the long flight back to college. Their second year was going to begin in only a few days and Remus is not going to ruin her reunion with her partners by being a dick and breaking the flight regulations immediately upon coming back.

Thankfully, it seems to have gotten the message as she watches them divebomb back to the ground, aiming directly for her.

“Don’t you dare, you stinking rat!” she screeches and takes off the ground herself, if only a few inches for the better mobility and reaction time she has in the air. Remus stops her fall only a short distance away from her and grins, his sharp teeth glinting in the sun.

“Don’t get your panties in a twist, I wasn’t going to actually hit you. Too many witnesses.”

“Ha ha,” Roman deadpans, setting her feet back on the ground. “Let’s just go to the dorms so I can pretend I don’t know you.”

Remus snorts.

“Too late for that, I think everyone on campus who isn’t a first year knows us by now.”

Roman chooses to ignore its comment. She is well aware that last year a few different events happened that made both her and her brother, as well as their group of friends rather well known.

“C’mon.”

She sets off, entering the campus grounds through the huge main gate, Remus close on her heels.

“It’s such bullshit that we can’t just fly on campus. Who the hell decided it was a good idea to enforce no-flight-zones anyway?”

“It’s for privacy and community, which you would know if you had paid any attention during orientation last year. I don’t want any randos to fly up to my windows either, so I completely understand why they forbid it on campus entirely. That and those drone things. They’re creepy.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get why we’re not allowed to do it around the dorms, but we’re not at the dorms! We’re basically in a park!”

“Go ask your boyfriend, they know stuff like that!”

“My boyfriend isn’t here! And I can’t fly up to find him because of stupid regulations!”

“Too bad for you.”

Roman quickens her steps as her eyes lock onto the thing she’s been searching for after having spotted it during her landing earlier. A black parasol.

“Why the fuck are you in such a hurry?” Remus complains behind her, but she ignores them, instead weaving skillfully through the crowd to reach her partner.

“My dark and stormy thundercloud! Wait up!” she calls ahead and the parasol comes to a stop as the person holding it turns around. The vampire looks at them with tired, bright purple eyes. They yawn before answering.

“Hello prin—“ They cut themselves off, staring at the chains and jewels attached to Roman’s horns with a look of confusion. “—cess?” they finish, uncertain. It takes Roman a moment to figure out what happened.

“Oh! Yes, feminine day. Our uncle came by a few weeks after our birthday and gave me a bunch of horn-jewelry as a present. Apparently, grandma told him I was ‘developing an interest’ and he dug through his horde. He had no idea I was using them as pronoun indicators, but he said he knew a dragon a few centuries back that did the same thing! So, I seemed to have revived a trend without even knowing it!” Roman laughs and Virgil’s shoulders drop in relief.

“I see. I was really confused for a second ‘cause they didn’t trigger anything. And I felt bad assuming just because the jewels are pink that it’s for a feminine day.”

“I can’t deny that that’s part of why I choose it for feminine days, you’re good. I’ll have Logan cast the identifying spell on them as soon as possible so that you don’t get confused by the rest.” It is practical to have a witch for a friend, who can just enchant her jewelry so that people could tell what they indicated with only one look.

“Speaking of Logan, have you seen them yet?” Remus cuts in, suddenly leaning very close to Virgil’s face. Roman hadn’t seen it move and blinks in surprise, but Virgil doesn’t seem startled in any way and just pushes Remus away from them.

“No. I literally just got here myself.”

“An amateur mistake. I arrived here yesterday. It was a lot quieter then,” a smug voice comments to the right of them. Roman turns to see her other partner Janus standing a few feet away, smiling self-satisfactorily at the group.

“What a blessed day to have my eyes fall onto my partners so quickly!” Roman exclaims delightedly and pulls Janus in for a hug. He is more open to public displays of affection than Virgil, who prefers cuddles on the couch.

“Everyone who sees me should consider themselves blessed,” Janus jokes and Virgil rolls their eyes at him.

“Sure, keep telling yourself that, kitty.”

Janus playfully hisses at them and they hiss back, before Remus, again, suddenly inserts herself back into the conversation.

“If you’ve been here a while, have you seen Logan yet?” he asks again, pouting.

“Maybe,” Janus grins. “I won’t tell you for free.”

“No riddles already!” Roman groans. “At least wait a few hours until you try to start your games.”

“I’m a sphynx, Roman. It’s what I do.”

“Yeah, but I’m tired from the flight and I wanna spend some time with my partners. Without my brother. I’ve seen it enough all summer,” she whines.

“I don’t wanna see your face anymore either,” Remus bites back.

“Aren’t you rooming together again?” Virgil asks and both dragons glare at them. They scoff but don’t comment further. As an only child, they never got their ‘brotherly bond’, and they had learned not to question it.

“Anyway!” Remus declares loudly. “I just wanna know where my—” It stops speaking mid-sentence, their head snapping to the side at a concerning angle and her nose twitching. He stands still for two seconds before suddenly sprinting into the crowd of students around them. The other three look after him in confusion.

“Ah,” Virgil says after a moment. “I think I see the tip of Logan’s hat.”

“Like a loyal puppy running after their owner,” Janus huffs and Roman elbows him lightly in the side.

“That’s not something you can make fun of her for. He hasn’t seen Logan almost the entire break, I would’ve been a mess if I hadn’t been able to see either of you for that long.”

Janus raises his hands in defeat.

“Fine. I won’t comment further.”

“Thank you,” Roman smiles and presses a kiss against his cheek. Janus turns his head away to hide his blush, causing Virgil to snort. Before Janus could retaliate however, a new voice carries over to them.

“Hey, kiddos!”

Looking towards the direction of the gate, they could see a pair of blonde ears peak out from between the sea of students and moments later, Patton has made his way over to them.

“It’s so good to see everyone!” he laughs, his tail wagging excitedly. “I missed you all so much!”

“Pat, I saw you last week,” Virgil comments, a fond expression on their face.

“Exactly! A whole week without seeing any of my kiddos is a long time!”

“Well, we’re all together now, padre. And we have a whole semester to have new adventures together!” Roman laughs and pulls him into a hug he gladly accepts.

“I’m looking forward to it! But where’s Lo and Remus? You said everyone’s here, but I don’t see them.”

“Oh, they’re over there somewhere,” Roman points behind her to where Remus had disappeared minutes earlier. “I think they need a moment alone since they haven’t seen each other in a while.”

“I see. Yeah, Logan had a lot of rituals and such to attend, right? I haven’t been able to meet up with them either.”

“I think he said something about planet alignments at the end of the semester and that’s why his coven had a lot of stuff going on,” Virgil adds.

“The positions of the planets do subtly influence the energy of the cosmos at all times, so I’m not surprised that a certain combination of placements would cause a bunch of witches to have a month-long spell fest,” Janus nods as well.

“Thank you for your contribution, oh wise one,” Virgil teases and Janus, seemingly having had enough from their continues comments, walks over to them and simply gives them a quick kiss. As he pulls away, Virgil’s cheeks have a purple tint, showing their embarrassment.

“You’re not the only one who can tease people, darling,” Janus purrs. Virgil half-heartedly hisses at him before hiding their face in the high collar of their cloak. Thankfully for them, Janus doesn’t get a chance to continue his teasing as Logan finally appears out of the crowd. Remus is with them, its arms wrapped around their midsection and firmly pressed to their back. It doesn’t look like they are willing to let go any time soon.

“Salutations everyone. I hope you all had a restful break.”

“Logan!” Patton exclaims happily and moves towards him for a hug but Roman quickly grabs his arm to stop him in the same moment that Remus lets out a growl from his position behind Logan and a small flame shoots out of her mouth.

“It would be best not to get too close to them at the moment, padre,” Roman advises, her hand patting his back in reassurance so that his ears don’t remain pressed to his head. “Remus is probably going to be a bit territorial with Logan for at least the next few hours since they haven’t seen each other in so long.”

Patton looks confused for a moment longer before his expression brightens and he exclaims, “Oh! Because Logan’s his ‘treasure’, right?”

“Exactly. Good memory, Pat.”

“Thanks! But why aren’t you the same way with Verge and Jan then? They’re your ‘treasure’, aren’t they?”

“They are. But I’ve also met up with them several times over the break. And if we couldn’t see each other in person, we texted and stuff.”

“It was very frustrating to be involved in an ever-elongating process of rituals and have my contact with the outside world limited,” Logan huffs, one of his hands continuously patting Remus’ arms around him to calm them from its sudden burst of protectiveness. “I understand the necessity of the procedures since a lot of the spells will not be able to be cast again for centuries, but it was a strenuous process that only ended five days ago. I went to bed afterwards and slept for three days, packed my things yesterday and arrived here earlier this morning.”

“Well, I’m glad you got to have at least some rest,” Patton smiles, and Logan nods to him gratefully.

“Speaking of rest, my arm’s getting tired from holding this parasol and I want to get out of the sun. It’s starting to give me a headache,” Virgil complains.

“Then let us be off to the dorms!” Roman links her arms with Virgil and Janus’ and starts dragging them off.

“Uh, that looks fun, can I join?” Patton giggles and hooks his arm to Janus’ free one when he offers.

“Want to join them or look for a quiet spot?” Logan asks Remus quietly, leaning their head back to see its face. Remus takes a moment to consider, watching his brother and their friends.

“As much as everything in me is screaming to keep you to myself right now, I can’t let Ro-bro get to our room alone. She’s going to start decorating everything and it’s going to piss me off and then we’re going to fight about it and I actually don’t want to get into trouble with the dorm manager on our first day. You’re already settled though, right?”

“Yes, meus, I am. I’m going to stay with you for the rest of the day.”

“Good.” Remus buries his head in Logan’s shoulder and tightens her grip on their midsection for a moment before pulling away a bit and grabbing their hand. “Let’s go before Ro gets it in her head that she can decide which side of the room she’s gonna get.”

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Here art the character designs!

Drawn by @prince-rowan-of-the-forest, the link to their post is included in the Masterpost linked above!

Also, fun fact! Roman and Remus might both not identify as male, they agreed that they are each others brother at all times. So despite it being a feminine day for Roman, she is still Remus' brother 💖 💚

[author-chan06]

Hello! Welcome to my Tumblr!

Personal:

Names: Ari, Jay, Roman, Blitzø, And Loki! You can use any or all of them.

Gender: Agenderboy

Sexuality: Biromantic Bisexual (Maybe??? Questioning This Rn Might Be On The Asexual Spectrum???)

Pronouns: They/He/It + Some Neos

Neopronouns That I Use:

Xe/Xem/Xyr/Xyrs/Xemself

Ae/Aer/Aer/Aers/Aerself

Ye/Yem/Yer/Yers/Yemself

Qu/Queer/Queer/Queers/Queerself

Voi/Void/Voids/Voids/Voidself

Vae/Vaer/Vaer/Vaers/Vaerself

Sym/Ser/Ser/Sers/Symself

Un/Un/Uns/Uns/ Unself

Nin/Nin/Nins/Nins/Ninself

Neb/Nebula/Nebus/Nebus/Nebulaself

Sti/Stim/Stims/Stims/Stimself

Pri/Prin/Princes/Princes/Princeself

Fandom Stance:

I am a proshipper, a comshipper, and a selfshipper. I do ship things that would be considered “problematic”, but I will not debate the ethics and morals of this on this blog. It’s just not really what I want to do, and it would cause me too much mental stress, as I’m not a big fan of being involved in debates. Any talk of this will be deleted. So anti’s do not interact.

So Tw’s for this blog:

Unhealthy Relationships

Toxic Relationships

Abusive Relationships

Manipulation

Underage/Adult Relationships

Incest

Sexual Assault

Rape

— And Just In General Some Dark Topics

If you don’t want to see any of that, that is totally fine. Just block and move on. If you’re leaving now, I wanna wish you a happy day and a fun time in whatever fandom you’re in! <3 <3

Fandoms And Ships:

I am in a lot of fandoms and I am a multishipper. So these will be the fandoms I’m in and a link to the post that shows my ships.

Batman

Sanders Sides

Hazbin Hotel

Helluva Boss

Gravity Falls

Marvel

The Owl House

Hamilton

My Hero Academia

My Ships Post

My Otherlinks And Fictionkin:

Otherlinks:

Loki (MCU)

Blitzø (Helluva Boss)

All Of My S/I’s

Fictionkin:

Roman Sanders (Sanders Sides)

Selfshipping/My F/O’s:

Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides) & Virgil Sanders (Sanders Sides) & Janus Sanders (Sanders Sides) & Patton Sanders (Sanders Sides) & Logan Sanders (Sanders Sides)

Blitzø & Stolas Ars Goetia (Helluva Boss)

Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)

Tomura Shigaraki & Dabi & Himiko Toga & Keigo Takami (BNHA)

Mammon (Obey Me)

Fizzarolli & Asmodeus (Helluva Boss)

Vox & Val & Velvette (Hazbin Hotel)

Darkiplier & Wilford & Bim Trimmer & Actor & Yancy & Illinois & Engineer Mark

SCP-049 “The Plague Doctor” & SCP-682 “The Hard To Kill Reptile” & SCP-035 “The Possessive Mask”

Slenderman & Jeff The Killer & Jane The Killer & Ticci Toby & Laughing Jack & Eyeless Jack & Masky & Nina & Clockwork & Ben Drowned

The ones with 2 or more people in one bracket thing are Polyam relationships! And I have made separate posts for most of them, if any of these interest you enough that you want to learn more!

The rest are newer and so they don’t have posts yet, but they will soon!

I’m totally ok with other’s who are dating these guys too! And while our relationships may not be the same, I would love to hear you gush about them, as long as you don’t mind me doing the same right back at you about us ahah

Request Rules And Request Limits:

Disclaimer! Any of these rules and limits to my writing have nothing to do the morality of writing these things and I hold no hate or disgust for people who write these types of things, I just don’t want to write these things or I don’t feel comfortable writing it myself.

Here are my rules and anything you might need to know about my requests: My Requests

Are requests open right now?

Requests are closed!

Links:

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My Kofi (Not Fully Set Up Yet)

My Personal Tags

Well I think that’s everything! If you want to gush or ask questions or give requests, go ahead! I hope you enjoy your time at my blog!

[ask-nico-and-the-sides]

Welcome!

Hi! Welcome to the @ask-nico-and-the-sides blog! I'm the artist, and I run things here! For the record, if you'd like to see more of my art, my main is @halfhissandwich, you'll find lots of Sanders Sides fan content there. This is a story driven blog, so if you're ever confused, there's probably something happening. Extra Details below.

Artist: I will be referring to myself as Admin in out of character posts. My pronouns are he/they. Feel free to ask me questions should you need to.

Magic!Anons: CLOSED

Characters open to questions: c!Thomas, Nico, Logan, Patton, Roman, Virgil, Janus, Remus, Orange Side, Nico’s “scarf side”, Nico’s “bow side”

Rules:

- No NSFW asks.

- You can feel free to criticize the artist but do so respectfully.

- If you have art requests then ask on my main.

- If you request a Magic!Anon, it cannot be for more than 15 asks at a time and you must include how long the Magic!Anon is in your original ask. I reserve the right to reject any Magic!Anon for any reason.

- Be respectful of all other askers. You can be mean to the characters all you want, but askers are real people and must be respected.

- If the story calls for it, you can use an anonymous ask to be cruel to the characters to stir up conflict. I have no problem with askers being mean to the characters. However, I ask that these asks have a marker at the top of the post marking that you are saying mean things for the sake of plot rather than a real ask.

- I reserve the right to add more rules should I feel the need to.

Disclaimers: This blog will be shipping Karrot Kings, which is c!Thomas x c!Nico. This blog will not be shipping actor Thomas and Manny, who are real people with their own lives. The artist does not respect the act of shipping real people. Also, this blog was first made in March of 2024, before the release of the Sanders Sides season 2 finale. A lot of the content in this blog will become outdated.

[sadone31]

Greetings, dear fandom people, again

There is a sketch of Vic’s (Paranoia’s) and Virgil’s “monster” forms from my AU ,also I’m here to tell a bit more about those two and AU in general.

Also, you might comment who from my AU should I illustrate next!

"Monster forms" are something that all dark sides have in this AU. This alternative form made as response to emotions they awake in Thomas. The more negative the emotion, the more disturted and inhumane the form. Vic's form suppose to capture the uneasiness that Thomas would feel. Right now the design have details like slightly uncanny longer face, multiple eyes and hands, longer neck. Vic's long neck works like strechy arms that Patton and Virgil were using for high fives in Puppet episode, as it made Thomas uneasy and kinda grossed out. The feeling he expiriences around Vic. Virgil's form inspired by stirm clouds. His whole being being created out of them, separating and reconnecting in some parts. Him not having a solid form, references the fact that he isn't a solid side (In this AU!), just part of bigger thing. His core filled with light and lightning, as his determination to grow and change, to be brave

Vic and Virgil have a quite a positive relationships. Vic never saw Virgil as a replacement of himself, and just saw him as someone connected to himself is a sense, that Virgil is part of him and part of something bigger. Vic believes the fact that he still has memory before split is neither a mistake or a sign that he still a full side. Anyways, he couldn’t care less.

Both Vic and Virgil use he/they pronouns here ! :D

Paranoia (Vic) lives in deeper darker corners of mind, along side other sides who were deemed “bad” for Thomas, Orange is one of them. Him and Vic are in a good relationships.

Paranoia defined as gone by light sides and they are convinced that Virgil is the same side who became better, and doesn’t like being called Paranoia cuz it’s reminds him of his past. Janus and Remus know about Vic’s and Virgil’s split, but they haven’t seen Vic in a while.

[slytherin-ghost]

Hello would you mind writing a story on how the sides would react to a reader coming out as nonbinary to them (platonic or romantic)

Thank You,

Led

Hi, Instead of a story I made headcannons for each side.

Sanders Sides x Platonic! gn reader

Trigger Warnings: two mentions of being misgendered

LOGAN

Coming out to Logan would be easy

"Nonbinary? So you would use They/Them pronouns correct?"

Is very helpful at explaining what pronouns to use/ educating people on the topic

Definitely the type of person read everything they can find on the topic

"Logan what are you doing?" "Reading about being nonbinary, so I can help others understand it when you come out to them."

ROMAN

He would be so supportive

Buys a bunch of nonbinary pride things

"I got this nonbinary flag for your room!"

Will murder anyone if they disrespect your pronouns

"Y/N is nonbinary so it will be great if you would respect their pronouns."

Roman would be the one to go to if your feeling sad about others not being nice or respectful to you

PATTON

This man will squeal because he's happy for you

Is literally your #1 comfort person

As soon as he knows he'll start making nonbinary dad jokes

Will 100% try to throw a coming out party for you

Overall, is a supportive person and will 100% help you with anything you need

VIRGIL

He would be so supportive

Like the others sides would think he wouldn't care

No, he is so happy that you came out

" Good for you!"

He would be nervous about accidentally calling you the wrong name or saying the wrong pronouns

If he accidentally ever did misgender you. He would lock himself in his room.

JANUS

For once he would be truthful with you when you came out

I feel like besides Logan he would be one of the most understanding of the sides

He would never stop supporting you

Asks how you have been since you came out

REMUS

Is also supportive

He 100% comes up with dirty nonbinary jokes

He is not trying to be offensive with them it's just Remus being Remus

Like Roman, Remus goes all out when it comes to pride parades

[glacierruler]

Banding With You

Chapter 1

Ships: Eventual dukexiety, (idk if there will be any other ships yet)

AU: A band AU with a Soulmate twist!

Taglist: @hyperfixated-homo @cutebisexualmess @uhhh-hi-there-i-am-nervous (Please tell me if you'd like to be added/removed from the taglist!)

A big thank you to @simple-seranade for the idea!

CWs: none that I caught(please tell me if I missed anything)

Masterpost / Next Chapter

Words: 307

12/19/23 7:00 am

Hello,

My name is Virgil, and you are my journal. Mom recently got me a new one to write in because I filled up the old one. To be very clear, you will mostly be used for song lyrics and venting. What I have to say isn’t always pretty. You’re also one of my birthday presents. One of three from my family members. I don’t really have any friends, except for Logan, who’s friends with Patton. Don’t get me wrong, Patton’s nice and all, but he doesn’t really like me, finds me scary. Idk how I feel about him. Oh, right, my presents. Mom got me a new binder, and dad got me a keyboard. I’ll have to play around with it. But it’s much more portable than a piano for sure. Oh right. Maybe I should introduce you to myself, journal. I already told you my name, but my gender and pronouns are a secret for you still, I guess. I always introduce myself in each new journal, I don’t know why. Just feels nice to actually introduce myself to something. I am way too socially awkward to introduce myself to someone else. Anyways, my gender is fluid, and my default pronouns are storm/storms. But I’ll try and update my pronouns in you each time they change. That way, I can get better at updating my pronouns to other random people, if I ever get the chance to. Anyways there’s this band competition in my town, but I need two other people in order to qualify. Maybe I’ll ask Logan and Patton. Don’t know what we’d do though. Well, Logan can play the guitar, just need to figure out what Patton can do. Anyways, goodbye for now journal. I’ll talk to you after dinner, well write to in you.

[mister-fisch]

Come one come all to my weird corner of the internet!

I,the person who runs this blog,is Judas

I have 3 other main names I use,Calvin Radford,and Judah.

You may also call me Shiloh,mazablaska,and Kalwin

I currently dont use any pronouns so just reffer to me as one of my names.

I am a minor,15-17 years old.

Previous urls: monsieur-fisch,monsiuer-luigi-fisch,jonesy-squish

Dont interact if:

Homophobic,Transphobic,Aphobic,Rascist,Sexist,Zionist,Antisemetic,Islamiphobic,Ablelist,TERF,discriinatory of any kind,you find yourself glorifying or find yourself pushing aside Nazi characters actions,pedophile,proshipper/comshipper,incest liker,anti-furry,anti-gacha,etc,etc,etc

Some additonal info about user :3

-Im pangenderflux,leaning more in the masc and enby genders most of the time :3

-I am alterhuman,more specifically fictionkin(Radford from sm,and Old man mcgucket from gf),otherkin(badgers,russian sables,alot of other mustelids,vampires,and a creature i made called the jumbilkront.).I technicallly do count as a therian but i dont use the label.

-Im also objectum(i just figured this out :D) ,and posic.I do have 2 object boyfriends :3 a throw pillow :3 and a frog plush named Patton :3.Im also attracted to vintage and old computers.

-Im a heavy self-shipper,even though i dont post about it much at all.(ask about my F/Os if you want)

-Im in the tickle community(sfw only) so I will post stuff of that occasionally.Feel free to ask about it.

-Im always up for conversation(unless I'm asleep),I love talking to you guys,especailly my mutuals.So feel free to reach out by sending an ask in my inbox or something,Im all ears.Just keep it sfw :3

-Im currently obbessed with Spooky month.But I also currently really like Starkid's Hatchetfield series(I havent seen Nightmare time yet) Im also in a whole bunch of other fandoms,see -> this post to see what other fandoms im in,(i probably missed some,but feel free to ask me what fandoms im in aside from the ones mentioned there)

Blog info :3

I basically just post what I feel here,its not fandom specific,I post what I want when I want for fun :D Its just a silly lil space

Master post of my other blogs :]

Masterpost of tags I use :3

I take art requests! :D

Are they open?Yes they are.

I will take requests for any fandom Im in,but Spooky Month is very muched prefered,I wont have much motivation to draw for other fandoms

Guideline:No sexual stuff,blood and gore is fine to some exent nothing too hardcore.I will draw tickle stuff :3

Guildines are subject to change.

That's basically it for now! :D

I hope you guys have a good day. :3

Keep trying your best :] You're doing a great job. :3

the radford user box is by @the-spookiest-graphics

[allysr00m]

ABOUT ME!

My name's Alexis, I'm from the uk, I'm nonbinary (they/them pronouns), bisexual and autistic (I also suspect I have adhd, ocd and either bpd or cptsd, looking into getting diagnoses, inalso have anxiety and depression).

I have a childhood of emotional abuse and have been retraumatised several times, and have no contact with any of my living family cos they are too toxic (both my parents are dead).

I am an agsty sad girl/e.girl (I use those terms despite being nonbinary), and a singer/songwriter, my music is Alt-pop/Indie pop/electropop/dark pop/hyperpop with 90s and 2000s influences, (elements of diva' pop from the 90s and early 2000s, 90s R&B, 90s House, late 90s and early 2000s teen/bubblegum pop, disco, euroodance, UK garage, trance, trip hop, 90s alternative rock, show tunes, pop-Punk, emo and ofc modern hyperpop and dark pop) I also work with disables students.

I LOVE our flag means Death, Steven Universe, The Simpsons, Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Fleabag, Derry Girls and I'm also a theatre kid. My celebrity crushes are Taika Waititi (my favorite), Tom Ellis, Ramin Karimloo, Jeremy Brett, Rege-Jean Page, Chloe Sevigny, Paula Patton, Selena Gonez, Leona Lewis and Alicia Keys, and some others I might have missed, my favorite book is Rebecca by Daphne Du Murier and also love Jaqueline Wilson books.

My aesthetic is a combination of vintage 1920s flapper/art deco, 90s grunge and y2k, e.girl, lofi, vapourwave, nightcore, vintage film stars (esp Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn), emo, masquerade ball, and pastel goth.

I am a feminist, pro-choice, pro-blm, pro 🇵🇸, trans rights are human rights!

Oh and I love cats too, and dogs, bunnies, raccoons, and all cute fluffy animals!

Also PLEASE DONT FOLLOW ME OR INTERACT WITH ME IF YOU ARE A MINOR IF YOU FOLLOW ME AND I FIND PUT YOU ARE UNDER 18 I WILL BLOCK YOU.

[decent0distraction]

Hi! You may know me as the person who does all of those Our Flag Means Death AUs, theories, and posts that either ruin your day, make you laugh, or both. Mostly both.

But I have something else for you.

My take on family!Sanders Sides - based off of the whole family roles the Sides gave themselves in the Five Years video.

To refresh your memory, Patton labeled himself as the dad, Logan as the mom, Roman as the son (the hotshot), Virgil as the (gay, emo) cousin, Janus as the (sassy) aunt (who talks shit about everyone), and Remus as the (fresh out of jail) uncle.

BUT

This AU of mine is… messed up.

Ok ok ok SO

We begin with Janus Duke, who has just moved back to the town of Sanders Bay, a lovely seaside community.

Janus has spent the last 10 years raising their son (Janus uses they/them pronouns bc I said so), moving from place to place for reasons that Virgil doesn’t know about yet that we’ll get into later. Stay with me.

Virgil is 16 and on his first day at Sanders Bay Secondary Academy (what a name, huh?), his dad, Remus, is getting out of jail.

When Virgil was about 6, Janus and Remus had decided to walk from their house into town to pick up their son from the babysitter. They were about halfway there when someone attacked Janus, cutting his face (resulting in scars on one side of his mouth, eye, and cheek, resembling a snake like face). Remus reacted violently towards the person who just hurt his spouse, the cops are called, and it’s made out to look like Remus had hurt Janus, who was unconscious.

When Janus finally came to, they were in a hospital, being told that their husband had been arrested and arranged.

Cut to present day, Virgil’s first day is met with a slight complication when an idiot threatre-jock hybrid accidentally knocks into him, causing him to hit his head.

Roman Hart insists that Virgil allow him to escort him to the nurse, who just so happens to be his dad, Patton Hart.

Roman’s other dad is their home room and history teacher, Logan Hart.

By the end of the school day, Roman and Virgil are sort of friends. But when Roman asks Virgil if they’d want to hang out or something, Virgil explains that he has to get home because his dad is finally home.

Roman just assumes that Virgil’s dad is in the military. He doesn’t even actually get to ask, because Virgil is too busy running out to Janus’s car.

Everything is going fine for a little while. Virgil studies with Roman after school, or they go to the mall, eventually going to Roman’s house.

The Harts are the nicest people in town, and Patton simply adores having Virgil around.

Janus, one day, is waiting with Remus in the school pick up lane for Virgil. The two of them are having a nice, causal conversation that is interrupted by Janus seeing their son talking to them.

“Oh, my God!” Janus slammed his foot on the break and put the car in park. “It’s them! It’s them!”

Remus looked to see their son standing with another boy, while the boy’s parents talked to Virgil.

They were Patton and Logan Hart, two people the Duke parents were happy to never see again.

When Patton put his hand on Virgil’s shoulder, Janus struggled to rush out of the car. Remus followed.

“Virgil!”

The anxious teen turned to watch his mom run to him and pull him away from the Harts.

“Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”

Virgil was beyond confused. “What? No! I’m fine. What are you-“ He stopped when Remus started to approach.

“Dad? Dad, I don’t know what’s happening, but nothing happened. Dad!”

But the man ignored his son in favor of getting in Logan’s face. “You’d do right by you and your family to stay the fuck away from mine.”

Logan didn’t even flinch. “And it would be correct for you to avoid threatening my family.”

Virgil was ready to try to defuse the situation before Janus began to have a panic attack. “Mom?”

Remus is then distracted by his spouse needing his help. He gets his little family in the car and they get home, where the parents sit down and finally tell Virgil the truth.

The truth is, Patton Hart and Janus Duke were friends. When they were 20, and Janus had a child and Patton didn’t, he got upset. And when he saw baby Virgil, he decided that he needed that child.

He acted like everything was fine. He offered to babysit Virgil so the new parents could have some time to themselves. He paid for Janus to be attacked, for Remus to be framed.

But when Janus woke up, he called Patton, screaming, begging. He knew Patton had the baby.

And Patton knew that if he kept Virgil, everything could be traced back to him eventually.

So he returned Virgil, acting like he was just watching the child for his friend.

But Janus moved away, moving from place to place so that they couldn’t be found.

Janus was so desperate to have their husband and their son’s father back that they believed Patton and Logan had moved on.

But to see that man anywhere their baby, Janus couldn’t handle it.

Virgil knows the truth now. How can anything be the same?

Before they can try to figure it out, the doorbell rings.

Janus flinches and Virgil is still busy hugging his Mom to bother with the door.

“I got it,” Remus tells them, answering the door to a man in all black and sunglasses.

“Look, whatever you’re selling, we’re not interested. Try the neighbors across the street. A lot of packages. Maybe they like sunglasses, or whatever you’re situation is-“

“-I’m not selling anything, sir. I’m looking for Remus Duke.”

Turns out, this guy isn’t a salesman. He’s Detective Remy Dormir (idk, I got the name from a human!AU fanart), hired by Roman Hart to find his birth family. (He arranged for this a year before the Dukes moved back to Sanders Bay)

This eventually leads to the discovery that Remus Duke’s father, Romulus King, got a woman pregnant before his passing. By this time, his son Remus had moved far away and changed his name, never successful at pleasing the man.

So yeah, Roman and Remus are half brothers. Which means Virgil’s only friend in Sanders Bay is his half uncle, since Virgil is the biological son of Janus and Remus Duke.

Yeah, there’s no romance between Roman and Virgil. Sorry to disappoint you Roman/Virgil shippers. There’s nothing wrong with that ship, it just doesn’t work for this AU.

That’s all I have so far. If I find that I missed something, I’ll add it later.

[ts-sides-head-canon]

My Headcanons Janus Sanders Edition

Genderqueer, any pronouns (but you're always using them wrong /j). Enjoys puppets with strings, often times when they get mad they put on a puppet show for themself of the others listening to them without having to fight to be heard. She also enjoys musicals, and listens to Epic the circe saga so much. That's her favorite one. Janus, although they enjoy Remus's company, does just want to be accepted by all of the others, and hates fighting with all of them actually. She wouldn't mind debates and courtroom scenarios so much if the other sides would just see that she has a point. He also enjoys cooking, not that he'd admit it. (As far as he's concerned, he had to learn how to cook because he is not eating Remus's monstrosities thank you very much.) Switches places between second shortest with Patton.

[sirdeath41412]

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ok so uh this is just an update post/information post

Names I go by SirDeath, Death, or Toby

what pronouns do I use? He/him or they/them GO FOLLOW @thevioletcobra SHE WRITES AND DRAWS AMAZING ^_^

Who am I? I am a writer I sometimes do art(don't have any rn), and I don't mind giving rec fics uh and I do take fic recs you may want me to write

whos like family to me on this site: @the-ethereal-grave-doctor, @ghostlypest,(more will be added please go follow them tho)

So i will write characters: Sun/Moon, Ticci Toby, Laughing Jack, BEN Drowned, Jeff The Killer, Willliam Afton, Springtrap, Billy Loomis, Stu Macher Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Ghost Rider(Johnny Blaze), Seto Kaiba, Remus Sanders, Virgil Sanders, Patton Sanders(more will be added)

pairings: i can write any just if i cannot i will tell you up front.

i do not write incest, piss or scat kink, under age characters, i will not write a fem!Reader

will I write with others? yes I would love to have friends who would listen to me go crazy over my ocs and stories, I do have friends like that on here just a few, if you want to write with me ask and give details then I will dm you or give an answer in the ask

A03 name: SirDeath41412

Link for Daycare Attendant's Caretaker: https://www.tumblr.com/sirdeath41412/709652155997519872/ask-me-anything-please-im-bored-spam-me-with?source=share

my blog is about helping others and whatever I feel like reblogging this is just me being me.

What's the point of this blog you may ask or wonder well, I like to help others and I like to help talk people through things the best I can I'm still learning but of course, I'm here to help.

what do I do with my free time? I rp and chat with friends if you wanna chat or rp I'm here just ask first then tell me what ya wanna rp in the ask please so I can see if I can

I have a character I play who is not a snotty a dude just here, haha, he's very formal while the writer is well C H A O S

[trans-native-tokipona]

help we've been hyperfixating on sanders sides instead of doing requests so have a sanders sides subsystem

considering adding picani and sleep to the mix, feel free to request the two if you're interested

kept it short because 7 headmates at once is a lot and i don't usually do this kind of things

also stay tuned for us sharing some of our subliminals

long post under cut

all art by @/parano--vigilant

source : sanders sides - c!thomas

role : subsystem host ; shell

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names : Thomas

pronouns : he/him

species : human

age : 35

faceclaim :

--

gender : cis male

orientation : gay

other info : mostly unaware of the rest of his subsystem ; considers them different parts of himself instead of separate headmates. might also be unaware of the rest of the system in general. the rest of the subsystem fronts through him.

source : sanders sides - logic/Logan

role : academic ; internal self helper ; archivist

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names : Logan , Logic

pronouns : he/him, it/its

species : human, considers himself a homunculus

age : ageless

faceclaim :

--

gender : agender male

orientation : aroace

other info : tends to focus on productivity above anything else ; often ignores what everyone else says if it doesn't go the way he wants it to go

source : sanders sides - creativity/Roman

role : protector ; crafter ; artist

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names : Roman , Prince

pronouns : he/him, she/her

species : human with limited shapeshifting abilities

age : adultfluid

faceclaim :

--

gender : boygirl

orientation : gaybian

other info : spent a lot of time forcing herself to be more masculine in the past and still sometimes struggles to accept her more feminine side. uses his shapeshifting abilities to switch between masculine and feminine appearance (in headspace)

source : sanders sides - morality/Patton

role : soother ; caretaker

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names : Patton , Morality , Dad

pronouns : he/him

species : human

age : adult ; dadage

faceclaim :

--

gender : cis male

orientation : bisexual

other info : the subsystem's dad, whether the others like it or not

source : sanders sides - anxiety/Virgil

role : anxiety holder ; trauma holder ; emotional distresser

--

names : Virgil , Anxiety

pronouns : it/its, they/them

species : ghost ; considers itself dead and doesn't like human terms used on them

age : agedead

faceclaim :

--

gender : mimicnull nixvir

orientation : nebulasexual nebularomantic

other info : doesn't front a lot because just it being co-conscious tends to give everyone else a panic attack also because when it remembers how much their presence harms the others makes it even more anxious. also an age regressor ; presents around 5 years old when regressed

source : sanders sides - deceit/Janus

role : gatekeeper ; puppetmaster ; manipulator ; impersonator

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names : Deceit , Ethan

pronouns : any pronouns, no preference

species : shapeshifter

age : panage

faceclaim :

--

gender : genderfluid

orientation : aromantic

other info : their main goal is to stop thomas from being aware he's part of a (sub)system and they are willing to do anything to accomplish that goal. if/when thomas becomes aware of his subsystem, he keeps his gatekeeper role, and might still impersonate some of the others for fun.

source : sanders sides - creativity/Remus

role : persecutor ; malicitor ; embracer

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names : Remus , the Duke

pronouns : he/him

species : vaguely nonhuman ; no specific label outside of that

age : ageless

faceclaim :

--

gender : transfem boy

orientation : lesboy

other info : he uses "contradictory" labels just to piss off people ; actually everything he does is to piss off people. if you let him find out about transharmful labels he will have a field day with them

[ineffablesnakegender]

My Sanders Sides headcanons (some sad some random X3). Anyway I'm mentally ill about my favorite guys so here's my headcanons only at this point they aren't even the same characters anymore and I should probably just make them my OCS but fuck you I won't do that. First off if you know me it's obviously Janus.

I think he uses all pronouns (I'm gonna be referring to him with he/him here so nobody gets confused) but won't elaborate on his gender or sexuality because he likes making people guess.

He's very tall (Remus likes to climb him like a jungle gym) and wears heels because, despite being unable to properly walk, he likes feeling superior to people. Of course this works against him and he ends up hitting his head, getting his hat swept off him by low ceilings, and tripping a lot without his cane. He also needs a cane because he's not used to having legs (he usually has a snake tail) and will trip over his own feet or forget to walk sometimes. Still he insists on wearing heels. "Beauty is pain" and all that

He's color blind and can only see in shades of yellow or blue like a lot of snakes (Patton knows this and decided on wearing a nice light blue so that he stands out to Janus because they're animal buddies shhh ignore canon we don't talk about that here).

He feeds on radiation I just know it in my soul. On the topic of things I have no reason to believe but I do. He's indigenous like me, sorry guys it's just true.

He's like the local cryptid. He'll often stand in the back of photos just to scare the others or pop up out of nowhere and stand behind them until they notice (he thinks he's so funny. Little bastard man. I'm gonna take a bite out of his skull. Cut him open to reveal he's been a cake all along) this has gotten him punched on several occasions.

In the same sentence he'll be like "hey I'm really worried about you" and then "you should kill yourself NOW"

Big Mortica Addams and Lady Dimitrescu vibes.

He really likes being outside. He's a gardener and takes care of wild animals. He does the white lady thing of saying "oh he's just a harmless little guy" when the little guy in question is a whole wolf :/

He follows Remus around when he goes adventuring because he doesn't trust him enough to not die. Where you go I go looking ass.

He does participate in a little bit of witchcraft.

Vegan. I can't explain this one.

His scales are hard like armor and are scattered throughout his body. He lets Remus chew on them.

[ask-teen-sides]

Run by @kitty-narc , @yet-another-orange and the no longer active on main @/phantomhunting !

This is a modern teenagers Sanders Sides AU that includes the orange side, Emile Picani, and Sleep/Remy

This is mostly an ask blog, but will be used to talk about anything related to this AU

Some of you may be familiar with the story We're Here and We're Queer written by @/phantomhunting that's the old version of this AU

Pfp (edited by Kitty, extra logos drawn by Phantom, extra logo ideas from Rage):

Character introductions under the cut!!

★ name: Virgil Sanderson

★ pronouns: they/he

★ gender: Non binary

★ age: 17

★ relationship status: has a crush on Roman but not planning on ever confessing cuz too anxious

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★ name: Logan Sanderson

★ pronouns: it/he

★ gender: xenogender-fluid

★ age: 18

★ relationship status: in a qpr with Barry Croft (classmate), and a s*xual relationship with Remus (all completely okay with everyone, there's no cheating)

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★ name: Patton Mor

★ pronouns: he/they

★ gender: trans boy

★ age: 16

★ relationship status: has a crush on Emile

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★ name: Janus (Julia) Mor

★ pronouns: he/it

★ gender: afab, gender questioning

★ age: 17

★ relationship status: in a happy romantic relationship with Nova (classmate)

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★ name: Roman Pryce

★ pronouns: he/him

★ gender: cis man

★ age: 17

★ relationship status: has a crush on Virgil but doesn't know how to confess

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★ name: Remus Pryce

★ pronouns: he/it

★ gender: demiboy

★ age: 18

★ relationship status: s*xual relationship with Logan, aromantic

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★ name: Emile Picani

★ pronouns: he/him?

★ gender: trans man

★ age: 17

★ relationship status: deeply in love with Patton but doesn't know how to confess

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★ name: Remy Picani

★ pronouns: any

★ gender: unlabeled

★ age: 17

★ relationship status: single currently, but loves flirting with Janus

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★ name: Cronus (Charlie) Saunders

★ pronouns: it/he

★ gender: agender

★ age: 19

★ relationship status: single, but everyone thinks he's dating Logan for some reason