#with the bonus of deceit cackling in the background drinking margaritas because he revels in virgils mishaps

[aliferous-ly]

bro imagine Virgil being Cupid

like hear me out hear me out : Cupid is a Job, technically, but also an Existence, and Virgil Is One (some Cupids retire which is why it's not just a species)

Anyway they need to be incorporated into human life, right? and they just live along side humans with human occupations (if they want) and their helpful side job. also they need to report every so often .

so Virgil gets this assignment and it goes down in , idk, a park . For two people -- Logan Sanders and Roman Prince. So he goes to the park -- all fine and dandy, he's not totally feeling it because he's Cynical (deceit is also a Cupid and they talk Tea all the time)

but Logan's sitting on the bench reading, Roman's laying on a blanket daydreaming. two still targets. easy gig, yeah?

so he aims his bow at Roman: right in the chest. Roman looks a little winded, yeah, but nothing dangerous. Virgil takes aim at Logan, steady, steady, and shoot -- just in time for Patton Hart to sprint by, chasing after a dog. Patton is struck between the ribs -- he trips, skidding on grass. Logan stands up, asking if he's okay, helping him up

Virgil pales because oh shit oh shit he hasn't missed in decades, but not all was lost, he could just use a nullification arrow, it was fine -- only now he was a little panicked, Patton was looking up at Logan with stars in his eyes, Roman was walking towards Patton and Logan with a bounce in his step, Virgil needed to take aim take aim take aim and shoot

the arrow sails towards Logan and settles neatly between the boards on the bench. no big, nobody else could see the arrows, Virgil would collect later -- and now he's a little more calm, a little more put together. he draws the string: perfect shot. Logan stumbles -- Roman catches him before he falls. Patton says something and they laugh, or -- Logan makes a face, but he looks happy.

Virgil will get the null arrows, fix his mistake. first he needs to grab his so he -- walks over to the bench; he's nearly invisible to the three, a combination of cupid influence and the three being caught up in one another

So he goes to pick up the arrow, slots it out of the boards -- Patton bumps into him, says "I'm sorry!" -- or at least, Virgil thinks that's what he says, because his finger slips, he fumbles, and he pricks his finger on the tip of the arrow -- it vanishes instantly, as per cupid arrows, and everything goes -- white

He opens his eyes to Logan, staring at him, asking if he's okay with eyes that are much too soft, Roman is running back with his blanket wrapped around his arm, presenting it to Virgil when he's close enough, Patton propping him up against the bench, and an entirely -- weird feeling swirling in his chest

Virgil's eyes widen because this is -- the eternal screw up. He reaches for his bow and it's -- not there , because honeymoon period romances can have no contact with cupid influences (except for null arrows, which Virgil never keeps on him because of -- pride in his own ability to never screw up)

meaning he needs to keep himself and Patton away from Roman and Logan while simultaneously trying to get null arrows by either waiting two months -- two months -- to be able to transport to corporate or find another cupid to get them for him

only, deceit is being Extremely unhelpful ("arrogance finally catching up to you, huh anx?") and Virgil finds himself battling infatuation from the arrows and what's turning into very real, very worrying love