#varlex

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rainbow lights..,..,..

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rn my fav pairing (an ot3 actually) is Arlo from my time at portia/my oc (Victor)/a friend's oc (Alex) and we call it varlex and it's literally Arlo and Alex trying to stop Victor from doing impulsive shit like fight a bear, and also Arlo trying to stop Victor and Alex from climbing to the highest point in the vicinity without any safety gear. Victor's got no shame, but he gets flustered really easily, which his bfs exploit to stop him from doing stupid things

Omg I’ve had this game forever but I haven’t played it yet, this makes me wanna start it up now ! Your OT3 sounds adorable !!! I love Victor already, hahaha

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Varlex trio for 10 (if you're allowed to answer) and Stanza 13?

10: Fears/phobias

Alex has arachnophobia and a fear of abandonment

Arlo’s got a healthy fear of fire along with the fear that he won’t be able to protect those he cares about

Victor’s afraid of dying alone and also he’s always worrying about people’s opinion of him

13: What gets them flustered

Stanza doesn’t really get flustered over much...but I will say that he gets flustered when his romantic partner kisses him on the cheek

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Drew a scene from @dads-typo‘s fic, Exploring WOW Industries, bc i couldn’t resist drawing Victor (just a warning - the fic is nsfw, so keep that in mind if you decide to read it)

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drew the boys (Arlo, Victor (my builder), and Alex (@dads-typo‘s builder)) drinking some hot chocolate <3

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i wanted to design the back of Victor’s jacket, so here’s an Alex (@dads-typo‘s builder) who stole Victor’s jacket and Arlo’s bandana and is very happy about wearing his boyfriends’ clothing

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here’s a varlex overview!!

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y’all want some varlex kissing sketches i did that i threw color onto? yeah, of course u do

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Also 6 for Varlex!

6: “That was my cookie!” “What’s mine is yours, and yours is mine.”

Also just a warning that Victor breaks his leg in this

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“Hey! That was my cookie!” Alex complained as Victor took a bite out of Alex’s cookie.

“What’s mine is yours, and yours is mine,” Victor said.

“You don’t even like sweets!” Alex countered, and Victor gave a shit-eating grin and stuck his tongue out at Alex before bolting. “Victor! Get back here!”

Victor climbed up a tree, but, unfortunately for him, Alex was much better at climbing than Victor was and easily cornered Victor.

“What are you gonna do? I already ate the cookie,” Victor pointed out.

“This,” Alex said, and he leaned over and kissed Victor, easily deepening in the kiss.

“Victory! Alexander! Get down from there!” A voice shouted, and Victor and Alex parted from the kiss to see that it was Arlo yelling at them.

“Are you jealous that you’re not getting any tree kisses?” Victor shouted back. “Because we can change that!”

“No! I’m worried you two will get hurt!” Arlo said. “Now get down!”

“Alright!” Alex agreed, and he easily jumped down.

“You really shouldn’t jump down like that,” Arlo scolded. “It’s dangerous.”

“I’m fine,” Alex insisted.

But Victor wasn’t as fine as he jumped out of the tree, and a crack was heard.

“Victor!?” Alex exclaimed, and he only grew more concerned as Victor started laughing.

“That was such a wild drop! It was like zoom! Crack! The crack was my leg, haha!”

“Why are you laughing!?” Alex worried.

“He gets a little delirious when he’s in pain,” Arlo answered. “I’ll make him a makeshift brace, and then we can take him to the clinic.”

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, Arlo,” Victor giggled. “I stole Alex’s cookie.”

“That wasn’t nice of you,” Arlo responded.

“Yeah, yeah, but Alex kissed me, so it’s all good,” Victor said.

“Victor, are you okay?” Alex asked, hovering over Victor in worry while also not really being able to do anything.

“Alex, I’m fine,” Victor insisted, and then broke out into laughter. “Are you worried about little old me?”

“Yes? You broke your leg!”

“Haha, that’s funny,” Victor said.

“It’s not?”

“Hehe, you’re so pretty,” Victor complimented, and Alex flushed slightly.

“I don’t think now is the time for compliments…”

Arlo got the makeshift brace in place, and he got Alex’s help in carefully lifting Victor up so that he wouldn’t have to stand on his leg, and they quickly got Victor to the clinic.

When they got there, Xu’s typically friendly demeanor fell into something more exasperated.

“What did you do this time.”

“I fell out of a tree!” Victor gleefully answered.

“He broke his leg,” Arlo informed.

“Right, I’ll make sure that’ll heal properly. But, Victor, I’m literally begging you to stop doing dangerous things.”

“I will not,” Victor said with a huge grin.

“Yeah,” Xu rubbed the bridge of his nose. “Yeah, I know. Let’s just get you fixed up.”

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Short Varlex drabble with Victor bragging about his husbands and son

you can also find this drabble on ao3 in my “Varlex Drabbles” fic (Chapter 9)

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“My husband is a member of the Flying Pigs!” Victor puffed his chest out proudly, and Susan narrowed her eyes.

“Just yesterday you were telling me that your husband has had the number one workshop back in Portia for five years straight,” Susan pointed out. “There’s no way he’s also a member of the Flying Pigs.”

“Well, he’s not a member of the Flying Pigs,” Victor admitted.

“Then why’d you say it?”

“Cause my <i>other</i> husband is a member of the Flying Pigs!” Victor proclaimed.

“How many husbands do you even have?”

“Just two,” Victor held up two fingers. “And we have the most wonderful son! His name is Stanza, look, I have a picture of him.”

Victor brought out a photo of Stanza, a young boy with shaggy brown hair and warm brown eyes. He was a little roughed up in the photo, with swatches of dirt on him along with several band-aids, but he had a big smile on his face, revealing a missing tooth.

“Awww,” Susan cooed. “He’s adorable!”

“He started learning to knit recently!” Victor announced. “My husband, Alex, tried knitting before - he’s the builder husband - but he just couldn’t get the hang of it. He stuck through with it enough to make me and our other husband scarves, but he hasn’t touched a pair of knitting needles since. Stanza, on the other hand, seemed to be making good progress on learning how to knit last time I was home.”

“I have to say that I’m a little surprised your husband isn’t good at knitting, especially with how you praised his building skills before.”

“Building and knitting are different skills,” Victor pointed out. “I admire him for his refusal to give up.”

“And what about your other husband? How is he at knitting?”

“He doesn’t have the time for it,” Victor said. “He’s a busy guy, after all.”

“Right, right,” Susan nodded. “Flying Pigs and all.”

“Yep.”

“What about you? Are you any good at knitting?”

“I’m fantastic at it,” Victor claimed. “I don’t do it too often though. I prefer crocheting.”

“You’ll have to show me some of your creations.”

“Of course!”

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Ghost Victor AU

So - a little explanation: this is an au where my builder, Victor, is a ghost that haunts the workshop and helps @dads-typo‘s builder out with his crush on Arlo

You can also find this work on my ao3 account in the fic titled “Varlex Drabbles”

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Arlo was having a pleasant conversation with Alex, and he was about to leave before Alex suddenly changed his demeanor completely.

Alex went from his nice and sweet self to something more confident, and, if Arlo was being honest, somewhat intimidating.

Alex hooked a finger on Arlo’s pants and pressed himself against Arlo’s chest, and Arlo suddenly found it extremely difficult to breathe, especially with how close Alex’s lips were to his own.

“You’re a dumbass,” Alex spoke, and Arlo could feel his breath on his lips. “You’re lucky you’re so handsome.”

Arlo’s knees went weak as Alex’s voice dropped down an octave, and oh god they were so close.

Alex’s demeanor then went back to normal, and Alex’s face went red as he quickly removed himself from Arlo, apologizing profusely, just as Arlo had the thought of what would happen if he closed the gap between them.

“Sorry! That was, uh, Victor who possessed me,” Alex explained, and Arlo found himself a little disappointed that it wasn’t Alex himself that did that.

...Why was he so disappointed?

“It’s, uh, fine,” Arlo got out, but he couldn’t take his gaze off of Alex’s lips. If he had moved just a centimeter while they were pressed together, they would have… “I! Really have to go now! Thank you for the lemonade!”

Arlo left abruptly, and, once he was out of eyesight of anyone else, he brought a hand up to his lips.

...What would it have been like?

Arlo found himself drifting off every now and then, thinking about what would have happened if Alex didn't pull away so soon, and then pulling himself back down into reality to continue working.

He didn't have the excuse of working once he was back in his room and trying to sleep.

So his thoughts wondered. Would Alex's lips be soft? Chapped? How would he kiss? Would he be gentle or unexpectedly rough? Would Alex be the type to touch his partner while he kisses them? Alex did have really nice, calloused hands from his work. What would those feel like running over Arlo's body as he kissed him?

Arlo's face was red, and he didn't know why he couldn't stop thinking about kissing Alex.

Maybe he just had to sleep it off. Yeah.

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"Why the FUCK did you do that!?" Alex asked once Arlo left, and Victor made himself visible.

"Arlo's stupid," Victor answered. "And he won't realize his crush on you unless you make yourself known as a romantic option."

“Arlo doesn't have a crush on me…"

"Uh-huh. And I'm not a ghost," Victor said sarcastically. "But even if Arlo didn't have a crush on you, we've got to do some work to <i>make</i> him have a crush on you."

"Uh. That's a little much, isn't it?"

"No," Victor promptly answered. "You've got to be a little more selfish sometimes, you know that right?"

"So you've told me."

"But since you won't just sit in his lap and give him a lap dance-"

"Cause that's TOO much!" Alex interrupted with a huge flush on his face.

"We've got to employ more subtle tactics. I guess."

"What about what you did was subtle?"

"The part where I didn't actually kiss Arlo. If that man doesn't stay up late tonight thinking about what it'd be like to kiss you, then I haven't done my job right. Keep me updated, yeah?"

"You don't even have a job…" Alex trailed off and reluctantly promised to take note of Arlo's attitude towards him over the next few days.

It didn't really seem to change? But Victor certainly noticed a difference when Arlo came over at one point, saying how Arlo couldn't stop staring at Alex's mouth, and then Victor made the suggestion to put that mouth to good use.

"Really? Cherry stems?" Alex asked, and Victor nodded.

"You can tie them into a knot with your tongue right? And if Arlo didn't want you before, he'll certainly be thirsting after you after seeing that particular party trick."

"If you say so…"

Arlo was visiting Alex like he did often. Alex even offered some cherries, which Arlo accepted.

Arlo would probably never admit to anyone how much his gaze strayed downwards towards Alex's lips, and he always made sure his eyes were off of them when Alex was looking.

"Hey, wanna see a fun trick I know how to do?" Alex asked, and Arlo agreed.

Alex popped another cherry into his mouth, and he moved his lips and jaw around before sticking out his tongue to reveal a cherry stem tied into a knot.

Arlo had a sudden urge to kiss Alex again, but this time the desire was more intense.

Before, Arlo was only thinking of soft, surface-level kisses, but now he had the thought of what it would feel like if Alex's tongue were to intertwine with Arlo's.

Arlo flushed and left with some excuse about how he had some work to do, and Alex frowned when Arlo left.

“It’s not supposed to make him run away,” Alex frowned, and Victor let out a laugh.

“I’m betting you didn’t see the erection Arlo was sporting,” Victor pointed out, and the comment made Alex’s face turn red.

“Victor!” Alex shouted. “Don’t say things like that!”

“What are you gonna do about it? Kill me?” Victor laughed again.

“I just don’t want Arlo to act weird around me,” Alex admitted.

“Well, when you’ve got a crush on someone, you’re bound to act a little weird around them. There’s no getting around that. The solution here is just to ask him out.”

“I guess…” Alex trailed off. “But that’s just…a lot to even think about doing.”

“Then do it later,” Victor advised. “But make sure to spend time with Arlo and his friends. We’ve planted the seed, and now we just gotta make it grow.”

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quick varlex drabble

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Alex slowly woke up, blinking away the sleep in his eyes as the first sight he was greeted with was Victor’s face, whose bedhead was as messy as ever, but, this time, it was wild to such an intense degree that Alex couldn’t help but reach out to start to comb his fingers through Victor's hair.

As Alex combed out the tangles that had built up in Victor’s hair, Victor blearily woke up, blinking at Alex.

“Good morning,” Alex greeted softly.

“Mornin,” Victor responded. “What’re you doin?”

“You’re so cute when you sleep,” Alex responded, and Victor gave a soft smile before leaning in to give Alex a gentle kiss, opting to rest against Alex’s chest once he parted from the kiss.

Arlo turned over to hold Alex in a spooning position.

“What time is it?” Arlo mumbled, his voice gravely from sleep.

“Too early,” Victor answered. “Sleep.”

Arlo made a noise of confirmation and relaxed.

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My builder, Victor, gets pretty flustered from romantic affection, so, of course, @dads-typo and I got into a conversation about what would happen if their builder, Alex, initiated that with Victor.

The answer is that Alex holds Victor’s hand, and Victor gets flustered, causing Alex to wonder if Victor is okay with how hard he’s blushing, using a pet name in the process, which just sends Victor into overdrive, making Alex think that Victor has heatstroke

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I’m Soft, Okay?

Hey @dads-typo I wrote another varlex fic

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Victor blinked his eyes open. He was lying in bed, curled around Arlo, but something was missing.

Somewhat reluctantly, Victor tore himself out of bed, rubbing some of the sleep out of his eyes as he stumbled over towards Alex’s work desk.

“Alex?” Victor mumbled out, his voice still heavy with sleep. Alex was huddled over his desk working on something that Victor couldn’t bother to make out. “It’s late.”

“I’m working,” Alex stated, and Victor frowned at that.

Victor went to Alex to hug him from behind, putting his head on top of Alex’s.

“Could you come to bed?” Victor asked softly. “I miss you.”

“I can’t go to bed right now, Victor,” Alex said, prompting a grumpy huff from Victor. “I’ve got to finish this commission.”

Victor leaned down closer to Alex, putting his head on Alex’s shoulder and wrapping his arms more fully around Alex.

“Please?”

“I’ve got to get this done though,” Alex said, and Victor made another noise of disapproval before nuzzling himself into Alex’s neck. “Victor…”

“You’ve been working late for days now,” Victor complained, pouting. “Just come to bed.”

“As much as I want to, I can’t.”

“What are the two of you doing up?” Arlo leaned against the doorframe, and the large shirt he was wearing as pajamas exposed his shoulder.

“I’m working on a commission for Ginger,” Alex answered.

“Is this the same commission you’ve been working on for the past few days?” Arlo questioned.

Alex didn’t answer, and Arlo sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.

“Darling, I know Victor and I aren’t exactly the best people about this, but maybe you should take a break? At least for tonight.”

“Hm-mm,” Victor hummed his agreement.

“But it’s for <i>Ginger</i>! I can’t disappoint <i>Ginger</i>!” Alex insisted, and Victor held onto him tighter.

“But you can work on it tomorrow, can’t you?” Arlo asked as he adjusted his shirt so that it was no longer falling off his shoulder.

“It’s due soon though…” Alex responded.

“Bed,” Victor demanded, though he sounded like he was already falling asleep.

“Consider it?” Arlo added onto Victor’s statement. “Please?”

“When I finish this up,” Alex said.

“Do you know how long that will be?” Arlo inquired.

“Too long,” Victor answered for Alex.

“Not too much longer,” Alex countered.

“Too long,” Victor repeated.

“Come to bed soon, alright?” Arlo requested, going up to Victor and Alex to give them each a kiss.

“Once Alex comes to bed,” Victor negotiated.

“You should really go back to sleep, Victor,” Alex said.

“Not without you,” Victor insisted.

Seeing what Victor was trying to do, Arlo left to go use the restroom and to get a drink of water.

When Arlo came back to check on Alex and Victor, he found the two of them asleep. Alex had his head on the desk, and Victor had somehow managed to fall asleep while standing up, even if most of his weight was on Alex.

Arlo smiled fondly before figuring out a way to carry both of them to bed, and he ended up doing so successfully, despite Victor refusing to let go of Alex.

Arlo got into bed along with them, cuddling up beside Alex so that Alex was sandwiched between Arlo and Victor, and he fell asleep, satisfied and comfortable.

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39 for Varlex!!

39:  “There’s only two acceptable options: either you eat me, or I’m going to eat you.”

also just a warning that the reason all of this is under a read more is bc it’s smut

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“There’s only two acceptable options,” Victor pressed Alex against the wall, lips almost touching but not quite. “Either you eat me, or I’m going to eat you.”

“I’m, uh,” Alex’s face went completely red. “Uhhh.”

“Victor, you’ve got to stop breaking Alex,” Arlo interrupted, and Victor pulled away from Alex slightly to turn a little bit towards Arlo.

“He’s so easy to break though!” Victor said. “And he looks so pretty when he’s all flushed~.”

“You’re pretty easy to fluster too, you know, love,” Arlo mentioned, and Victor’s own blush appeared at the pet name.

“...Shut up!” Victor insisted.

“Arlo’s right though, honey,” Alex said, having gotten his thoughts together. “It is pretty easy to fluster you.”

“I specifically don’t want to hear that from you,” Victor claimed, but his blush deepened.

“Whatever you say, sweetheart,” Alex teased, and Victor buried his face in Alex’s chest to hide his blush. Arlo took the opportunity to hug Victor from behind.

“Angel,” Arlo said.

“Buttercup,” Alex jumped off of the pet name.

“Sunshine.”

“Sugar.”

“Pumpkin.”

“My dear prince~.”

“Cutie pie.”

“Apple of my - oh~!” Alex let out a moan as Victor brought his hands down to rub at his crotch, and Arlo let out a moan of his own as Victor grinded against him.

Victor grinned at that, and he quickly pulled down Alex’s pants to stroke him, and he could practically feel the way Alex’s knees buckled.

“Arlo, take off your pants for me, won’t you?” Victor requested, Arlo wasted no time in following that order as Victor continued stroking Alex’s dick.

Once Arlo got his pants off, Victor slide down to his knees and swallowed Alex’s length, looking up at Alex as he did so before popping off.

Victor turned his head to lick Arlo’s dick a few times before getting Arlo to stand in a way where both Arlo and Alex’s cocks were in front of Victor.

Victor held both cocks as he guided the heads of them into his mouth, moaning loudly as he took them in deeper.

Arlo and Alex also couldn’t keep in their loud moans as Victor sucked them both off at once. Alex put his hands over his mouth in attempt to muffle the sounds he made while Arlo gripped harshly to Victor’s hair.

“Fuck, Victor-” Arlo moaned as Victor gained a rhythm for sucking their cocks.

It wasn’t long before Arlo was cumming, and Alex came soon afterward, the cum filling Victor’s mouth, and, as much as he tried swallowing it all, some of it still dribbled out.

Victor pulled himself off of their dicks and reached a thumb up to his face to wipe up the cum on his face, and he looked up at Arlo and Alex with a seductive gaze as he licked the cum off of his thumb.

“So,” Victor grinned. “Who wants to eat me out?”

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Trapped

Also on ao3

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It was Saturday, and Arlo slowly woke up to the sounds of rain pattering against the roof. His boyfriends were on either side of him, cuddling up against him, and Arlo was tempted to sink into their warmth with the sound of the rain lulling him to sleep.

However, Arlo had a job to do, and he couldn't do it if he was lying down in bed all day, so he started making efforts to get up.

Arlo tried sitting up, only for Victor to let out a displeased sound, and he held on tighter to Arlo. Meanwhile, Alex huddled closer to Arlo, making it all the more difficult for Arlo to get out of bed.

"Guys, I have to go to work," Arlo announced, much to the displeasure of his boyfriends.

"But it's raining," Alex complained.

"And cold," Victor agreed.

"That doesn't stop me from needing to go to work," Arlo responded.

"You've been working too hard lately, hun," Alex said. "You should take a day off."

"I can't just take a day off," Arlo responded.

"Not with that attitude," Victor countered. "Just don't go. It'll be fine."

"It very much won't. Come on. Let me up."

"Sam and Remington will forgive you," Alex reasoned, and he yawned sleepily.

"Just because they'll be okay with it doesn't mean I should neglect my duties. As much as I love you both and would love to just lie here and cuddle all day, Portia needs me, and I can't let them down."

"You need to be more selfish," Victor advised. "If you just wanna lie here and cuddle with us, you should just lie here and cuddle with us. It's not that hard."

Alex hummed his agreement, and Arlo frowned.

"If I went with the philosophy of doing only what I want, I wouldn't get anything done. There's other people to worry about, you know."

"Then worry about us," Victor replied. "Cause Alex and I are in desperate need of cuddles."

"You've gotten cuddles all night."

"Those are asleep cuddles. These are awake cuddles," Alex explained.

Arlo tried to sit up once again, only to be held down by both Alex and Victor. Arlo could overpower them if it was just one of them, but it was impossible when the two of them were working together.

"Let me up," Arlo ordered, and both Alex and Victor nuzzled into his neck, and Arlo practically melted, his eyes fluttering closed before he again remembered the job he still very much needed to do. "No! Stop that!"

Victor responded by giving a soft kiss to Arlo's neck, and Arlo very nearly caved, but it gave him an idea for a possibility of escape.

Arlo relaxed into their embrace until he could feel their grip on him start to soften. He brought up a hand to start running it through Victor's hair, and Victor let out a content noise as Arlo started to do so.

Arlo felt a little bad about doing this to Victor, but he had to get to work.

"Victor, love," Arlo called out, paying special attention to the hair at the nape of Victor's neck. He knew it was working from the flush that became apparent on Victor's face at the pet name. "Would you please let me up?"

Arlo punctuated his statement with a light kiss of Victor's forehead before trying to brute force his way out of bed yet again, this time relying on the hope that he flustered Victor enough to weaken him so he'd only have to break out of Alex's grip.

Alex suddenly tightened his hold immensely as Arlo attempted to escape, even hooking a leg over him to make escape more difficult.

"You aren't going to give me a kiss too?" Alex asked, giving Arlo those puppy dog eyes that had Arlo immediately caving. He turned, giving Alex a kiss on the forehead before he was dragged down to rest against Alex's chest, with Victor going in to spoon Arlo, effectively sandwiching Arlo between the two of them.

"Alex! Victor!" Arlo scolded. "I know neither of you have work today, but I do! Get off of me!"

"You have work every day," Victor pointed out.

"Just relax," Alex said, bringing his hand to carefully play with the back of Arlo's hair, and he found himself crumbling.

It would be <i>so easy</i> to close his eyes and get lost in the sensation. So easy to stay there in the warmth of his boyfriends and go back to sleep with the sound of rain soothing him. So easy to just give in.

"If you don't let me go, I'll sleep on the couch tonight," Arlo threatened.

"We'll just carry you back to bed," Victor said.

"Then-I'll sleep at the Civil Corps."

"Sounds like a sleepover to me," Alex responded.

"Fine. No kisses then," Arlo huffed.

"No kisses?" Victor asked, and Arlo could feel the pout in his voice, and he steeled himself.

"No kisses," Arlo confirmed. "Unless you both let me up. Then you can get all the kisses you want."

"But you're so warm~," Victor protested, huddling closer to Arlo, practically enveloping Arlo as he did so.

"And it's raining..." Alex reasoned. "And you've been working so hard lately. Don't you deserve a break? And besides, you don't want to get all soaked out there in the rain and then get sick, do you?"

Arlo did not.

"It doesn't matter what I want! I have a job, and I'm going to get dressed. So both of you are going to have to let me go. Please."

"Nope," Victor denied. "It's your day off. We've decided."

"Yep," Alex agreed.

"Hey, I didn't agree to this."

"If it was up to you, you'd never have a day off," Alex explained. "That's why you have us. To make sure you're taking proper breaks."

"Victor does the same thing," Arlo claimed.

"Yeah, but I've got a boss that forces me to take days off. You, however, are your own boss."

"Technically the mayor is my boss," Arlo pointed out.

"The mayor once asked me to force Mint to take a break because he was working too hard," Alex said. "I'm certain he'd encourage Victor and I in our endeavors to make you take a day off."

"Just give in, baby," Victor stated. "We know that you want to."

Victor had started to rub soft circles just above Arlo's hip, and this in conjunction with Alex's hand running through his hair made Arlo all the more tempted to stay there forever.

"Just go back to sleep," Alex whispered, and, fuck, Arlo wanted to. He really, really wanted to. He could feel his eyes dropping already.

"Only for five minutes," Arlo gave in, letting out a content sigh as he allowed himself to relax completely.

Arlo didn't know when he fell asleep, but he woke up to someone knocking at the door. He groaned, and he made an effort to get up to try and answer it, and Alex and Victor just pulled him back in and, yeah, okay. He won't answer the door. He had much more important matters to attend to.

It must have been someone that was close to them because they had the key and came in.

"Alex? You here?" Remington called out, and Arlo was very much reminded of the fact that <i>he said</i> only five more minutes but clearly it had been much longer than that. "Arlo hasn't come in for work today, and I was wondering-"

Remington entered the bedroom and smiled seeing how Arlo was trapped between Alex and Victor.

"Nevermind, clearly Arlo is very busy," Remington teased.

"I'm really not," Arlo announced, now fully awake. "Victor and Alex just refuse to let me get up."

"He's having a mandated day off," Alex said.

"About time he took one. I'll be sure to tell Sam not to disturb you today."

"No, no, I'm getting up," Arlo announced.

"Absolutely not," Victor protested.

"I'm going to have to side with Victor on this one, Arlo," Remington stated. "Take it easy today. You've been working too hard lately."

With that, Remington left, and, while Remington was perfectly fine with Arlo taking a day off, Arlo certainly wasn't.

"Alright, I said five more minutes, and it's been way longer than that. You have to let me up now," Arlo negotiated.

"Why?" Victor asked.

"Hm-mm, we even told Remington that it was your day off."

"No, I'm at least going to go on patrol," Arlo announced.

"You were being so good for us before," Victor caressed Arlo's side, and Arlo felt a shiver go up his spine. "What happened?"

"Don't use that against me," Arlo scolded.

"Use what against you?" Victor asked, and Arlo could hear his teasing grin. "I just want you to be a good boy for me and Alex. Could you do that? Be a good boy?"

"N-no," Arlo said, and everything inside him protested against him saying that. "I've got to go to work."

"You don't," Alex soothed. "You can stay right here in our arms, content and warm and relaxed, and you don't have to worry about anything."

"But-"

"It's okay," Alex continued stroking through Arlo's hair. "You can relax. You don't have work today. We already informed Remington about it, so it's okay, hun. Just relax."

"...okay," Arlo whispered.

It was warm. Safe. The rain tapped against the window, and Arlo found himself glad that he was inside. He let out a content sigh.

Arlo reached down to loosely hold Victor's hand and used his other arm to wrap around Alex. He started to lightly play with Alex's hair while Victor began to lightly rub his thumb over Arlo's hand.

Alex hummed, pressing his lips against Arlo's forehead in a light kiss, and Arlo completely melted.

“Det e jaggi me rart koss det kan gå te,” Alex began to sing softly, and Arlo didn’t understand the words, but it sounded so nice. Alex’s singing was so nice. “Tenk at du går i lag med meg.”

Arlo smiled softy, comfortable and content.

Maybe taking a day off wasn’t so bad.