#background Thomceit

[anxiouslyfred]

Merged Names

for @aro-sides-week prompt of queerplatonic

Summary: Their group of friends mixed their names together to make friendship names when they were young and Remus was happy with that. Now their friends are partnering off and putting relationships above their friendship and he reconsidering Virgil’s suggestion of a QPR.

Relationships: QPR Remus& Virgil& Roman, Background Thomceit and Logicality

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It started as children, with one of those memory book things full of games to play together. The twins had gotten it as a treat for not causing chaos in the bookshop. It mentioned creating a friendship in the first few pages so of course everyone they were friends with was trying to make ones which sounded good. The ones Remus could remember still, mostly because they all still got used occasionally were things like: Romus, Thoman, Logton, Logil, Jangil and so many more. Just with 7 friends it feels like there are limitless combinations of names.

They hadn't known about ship names, or perhaps it hadn't been a things back then,  so nobody thought for a second that this could seem romantic. Roman even came up with an absurd conglomeration of names meant to be the friendship name for the entire group. He made certificates even, declaring nothing would ever be more important that the friendship of PatJanRoMusMasGilAn.

Even after the discovery of shipping and name mixing to indicate romance, none of them ever really gave up their friendship names. When Patton and Logan started dating they even went so far as to find a new name to be their ship name, Logicality. It took longer to explain how they reached that name than it did for anyone to accept they were dating now.

The names were also what lead to Remus discovering the term aromantic. He described learning it on a trip down and LGBT-tastic internet black hole but what had started that was wondering if there were specific ship names for friendships or brotherly relationships. He'd just wanted to see what his group of friends did done by others or for fictional characters. Remus had immediately added it to the list of labels he threw out when nosy fools refused to accept queer as his identity, all true to varying degree but somehow aro felt the most right.

Virgil was the one who frowned upon hearing different labels whenever someone new and eventually asked, “So which of your many identities is most important to you?”

Hearing the question meant the world. Of course Roman knew, regular messages about their projects meant he picked up on the flag which appeared most often in Remus's creations, but knowing someone cared enough to honestly ask. Remus beamed, “Aro. MY archery really has been improving. It's fantastic for harvesting orchards.”

“Cool, so you don't want romance at all, what about a QPR?” Virgil snorted at the joke, but carried on asking his question.

Remus shrugged, gesturing broadly to the room they were waiting for the rest of their friend to arrive for a game night in, “Meh, I've got the Patjanromusmasgilan's still. It's enough for me.”

And it was, while only Logicality were an official romance and had never treated friendship as less important, Remus was fine with his big friendship septagon.

Then Thomceit became a thing and even if Thomas still treated their friends the same, Janus was keeping more time for dates than he had in previous relationships. It made Remus wish the certificates Roman had made were legally binding.

Even worse was that Logan assumed Janus was demonstrating the true 'right way' to be dating and also started arranging more dates and less friendship gatherings after that. Both couples starting to prefer dates over the group activities Roman and Remus suggested.

It came to a head on a movie night. Everyone had been invited, had said they were coming. Thomas had called and said Janus had arranged a surprise date so they wouldn't make it. That had been fine, Roman, Remus and Virgil just started the first movie while waiting for Patton and Logan to arrive.

Then Logan text saying a film Patton had been excited about was back in cinemas so that was where they were going instead of coming to their evening, and perhaps they could do something as friends next week.

“I was wrong Virge!” Remus whined a few minutes after the message was received.

“About creatures rising from the deep to kill everyone being the end of La La Land? Yeah, I agree.” Virgil nodded, snickering but turning to face him, too used to Remus to believe the sentence to connect to what was their focus in the moment.

“Nooo,” Remus carried on whining, draping himself over Roman's lap to actually look at Virgil, not directing his question at his brother but keeping him included in the situation, “Can this be a QPR? Can we promise to keep putting each other as a priority even if you get a romance?” He didn't care that people spoke about QPR's similarly to romantic relationships and some would be squicked out to hear of one between siblings, but didn't want to face rejection if Roman was like that and he hadn't realised.

Before Virgil could reply however, Roman's hand was in his hair, tugging it back so they could have eye contact, “Can I be included in this?”

“Sure! I just won't make sexual or fake flirtatious comments to you, same as ever. What do ya say, Ender-Virge?” He easily agreed, one hand coming to shake the hand Roman had free as if a deal was struck before turning back to Virgil.

“Wouldn't have suggested it originally if I didn't want that.” Virgil muttered, a small smile forming as he nodded. “Hell, if you want the tax benefits we could even get the paperwork done in a registry office at some point.” He snickered, remembering that had been the only reason Remus had ever understood for anyone to get married.

Remus scrunched his face up, backing off to be leaning more against Roman and less in view at the suggestion.

“Revirgeman? Brogil? Do we need a name mix just for the three of us now? Romusgil? Rogilmus?” Roman's musing got laughter washing the distaste from Remus's face before he could react to the allusion of marriage with retching.

“Can we just say we're stuck like glue instead?” Virgil offered, shaking his head and shoving lightly at Roman's shoulder for the mangled names.

Of course Remus immediately jumped up, turning to head out of the room, “I can actually glue us together! That'd help!”

“NO!” came the simultaneous yell as he got tackled from both sides, leaving them in a tangled heap of a tight hug as La La Land carried on playing in the background.

[blossom-arts]

I can't think of a specific question but would you please ramble about your AU? I would love to hear :D

:O!!! Absolutely!! I’ve just made a post on Thomas’ powers, but I could talk for ages about this!!

Hmmmmm.... I guess I can make this post the background info of the AU! It needs a background post anywho’s!

Okay so- let’s set the scene! 

Thomas:

This AU is a Highschool AU as well as a superhero one- Thomas (as our main character) is in his senior year. He’s 17 turning 18 at the beginning of the school year, and he actually lives in France- namely Paris- with his aunt, the Dragon Witch, or as I call them- Morgan! (I headcanon Morgan to be a they/them ace lesbian, just for context).

The reason he lives with his aunt is that his parents are too busy with work and making an income and couldn’t look after him properly, so Morgan offered to help when Thomas was little, but as a result, he had to move from Gainesville to Paris as their whole livelihood was there. So coming back to the present of the AU- Thomas and his aunt live in a flat above Morgan’s flower shop which he helps out at sometimes. 

It’s like in Miraculous, where Marinette and her family run a bakery and live in a flat above it- and her room is at the top of the house, with a hatch that leads to a rooftop balcony. Thomas has that, but instead, he lives above a flower shop with his aunt.

(Also, because his aunt raised him, he’s been going to school in Paris for his whole life, and they have an awesome relationship!)

Janus:

Now here is the time to note that this is a Thomceit AU, so if you are uncomfortable with that ship or TS x Sides I wouldn’t recommend this AU (or most of my AUs, for that matter-)

Okay- let’s move on to our deuteragonist (the second protagonist), Janus! Janus has a very different life to Thomas- he’s lived in France his whole life and has an incredibly rich family, especially compared to Thomas’, and he despises that.

Mostly because ‘Eat the rich!’ but also because he knows everyone thinks he’s snobby and bratty, but he’s actually just this isolated kid with a father who rarely lets him out of the house (especially after losing his mother- she isn’t dead though) despite him being a world-famous musician who goes on tours constantly.

Janus has the musical talents of his parents, and he often has to go do Important Business Stuff™, but he’d really just rather be a normal kid who wasn’t trapped and homeschooled- especially since it’s senior year!

Though being a superhero does help- he’s been one for a while and it’s one of the only ways he can escape the house, until the beginnings of this AU, that is!

(As for Janus’ relationship with his father..... yeah, no- not good.)

[sometimes-love-is-enough]

I used up all of my spoons for the night formatting the AO3 text and tags, so all I have to say is: Thomceit longfic slow burn urban magic AU chapter one. go get your juice, y'all. thank you to @lifewithoutrainydays for being the best goddamn beta and hypeman in the solar system. in EVERY solar system. AND BEYOND.

Title: Syzygy

Summary: On a rainy star-drenched mess of a Sunday evening, Thomas finds himself trapped in a time loop that seems hell-bent on subjecting him to every imaginable way there is to die, over and over again. Fortunately, he’s not the only one trapped. Unfortunately, the man he’s trapped with is lying to him like it’s going out of style, and he’s ending up with more questions than answers.

Strange beautiful empty men, girls that burn like starfire, dusty cards and sprawling feasts and dancing in the moonlight. This night’s got to end at some point, right?

Relationships: romantic Thomas/Janus, Thomas & Everyone, Janus & Everyone, background Mary Lee/Lee, endgame background DRLAMPT

Warnings: temporary character death, many gruesome deaths in general, immolation, body horror, existential dread, substance abuse, memory issues, depression, implied/referenced suicide, detailed food descriptions, Remus being present and being his usual dirty self.

[creative-lampd-liberties]

I suppose it's time for a masterpost. Hello everyone, you can call me Mags. They/She. I dabble in a bit of everything, but I mostly write fics. This is my Sanders Sides Blog.

My ask box is open for ficlet prompts, although it may take me a bit to get to them. 

I will write almost any ship, including polyam ships that feature metamour(platonic) creativitwins, and ThomasxSides ships. I can also make any shipping prompts platonic, if you prefer. 

I won't write unsympathetic sides or major character death, and I'm not *as* comfortable writing for Remy or Emile

All NSFS fics will be tagged as such, minors please don't ask for or about them 

Fics:

The Hurts We Deal are Mostly to Ourselves   wip Chapters 1-9 -*Teen, hurt/comfort, platonic drlampt In the wake of the wedding, Thomas is struggling with nightmares and fatigue. A call to his sides for help reveals he may have a more pressing problem to solve.

Related art The Destroyer 

Cuffing Season Prologue *teen, thomceit, background lamptr. After movie night, Thomas has a question for Janus

Cuffing Season *teen, thomceit, eventual drlampt. Cuffing season is the best time to give a brand new relationship a shot

Cuffing Season Epilogue**NSFS** the fluffy, smutty, soft end to this series

Make this House a Home  wip Chapter 1 *teen, moceit. After the wedding no one is handling things well, least of all Patton. That starts to change when a mysterious someone slips a recipe card under his bedroom door.

Merry Little Christmas *teen, prinxiety, platonic anxceitmus. Holiday fluff

Take Care of You**NSFS*** romthom Roman is not having a good day, Thomas just wants to take care of him.

snuggle time drlamp, platonic or romantic, readers choice. A prompt fill featuring small Janus.

Feline Inclinations, anxceit week 3

a soft gold hue, anxceit, sleepy cuddles and kisses

101 Ways to Say I Love You fills:

Dukeceit "Your skin is so soft"

Intruality "No one has ever made me feel like this "

Anxceit "Don't leave yet "

Roceit "I'll protect you"

Art, Edits, and Moodboards:

Moceit moodboard

Roman birthday moodboards 

Anxceit edit

Anxceit fanart ,2

Sparkly Roman

Remus outfits

Patton totoro, Virgil totoro

Spicy thomceit/roceit

Dullahan Creativitwins

Replicated Au Virgil , Logan , Janus , Patton

Forked tongue Janus

Anxceit week 1, 2,

Dukexiety doodle

Wings of Light (close up details)

Birthday snek smooches

Birthday snek moodboards

Sunflower mushroom Janus

Also just feel free to drop me an ask to tell me about your day, ask about my wips, or share headcanons and funfacts.

[impatentpending]

i . . . i just saw the ask where you said you haven't written soulmate aus and i am shock(tm) but would you ever write one?

I would!!!  I’ve actually got a few soulmate WIPS – one where prinxiety aren’t soulmates but in love; a soulmate/sleeping beauty fusion royality au; one where (fem!!!) intruality aren’t soulmates but in love (background analogince and qpr thomceit) (this one is my personal favorite); and a DLAMP soulmate au.  I’ve actually gotten pretty far into a few of them (3k for intruality and 4k for royality) but have never been happy enough with them to post :///

What I meant by never written one is that I’ve never been happy/interested enough in what I’ve got down to finish/post it

[doing-an-okay-job-miranda]

Fic Masterpost

Gonna start posting fics here instead of the mess that is @goodjobmiranda because why not

One shots

Restart the Story: AO3 / Tumblr

Ships: None

Warnings:  Blood and Violence, Temporary Death, Implied memory loss, Loss of control, forced to kill, sword fighting, hurt no comfort

Roman is designed to win.

Remus is designed to lose.

It's a game, a test, a simulation. They're both aware of its false nature but this is how it's always been. Time doesn't move linear, it's a story that needs to be finished, it's multiple stories that continue forever no matter how Roman may try to resist it.

Ophiophobia: AO3 - Might make a part two in future.

Ships: None but some good ol platonic Anxceit near the end

Warnings: Snakes, phobia of said snakes, panic attack, Virgil being a little bit of a jerk but immediately regretting it, 

The others are trying very hard to include Deceit and want to gift him with his very own snake! It’s a very thoughtful gift that Deceit is sure he’d appreciate if wasn’t actually terrified of snakes.

Welcomed Arrangements(based on this post) AO3 / Tumblr

Ships: Roceit

Warnings: Arranged marriage, secret relationships

He’d kept his face blank when Logan regrettably informed him of his arranged marriage. He had managed to frown when Logan told him that he was betrothed to the very man he’s been sneaking away to be with. He had even rolled his eyes as the royal counsel tried to reason that this was the only way to ensure peace between two of the largest kingdoms on this side of the world-

Like Declan wasn’t already pathetically in love with Prince Roman.

Story of a Cursed Hero: AO3 - Might make a part two in future

Ships: Platonic Anxceit

Warnings: Child abuse, running away, fear of death, monsters(He’s friendly tho)

Deceit doesn’t really believe in fairy tales but despite this fact he’s clinging onto his childhood book and heading towards an abandoned town in hopes of finding the cursed here his story spoke of.

A Lovely Night: AO3 / Tumblr

Ships: Loceit

Warnings: Deceit jumps off a roof in gay panic but he’s fine.

Deceit and Logan sit up on the roof to look at the stars. It's a delicate peace that's becoming stronger.

Beautiful: AO3 / Tumblr

Ships: Logicality

Warnings: None that i can really think of

 Logan was content living in his dull colored world. Until he wasn’t anymore.

It was frustrating, irritating, infuriating, aggregating. It should have been a normal day, it should have been plain and easy as any other day. “Let’s try that new bakery this morning.” He thought. “It would save time making breakfast.” He thought.

He should have stayed in bed.

Sunflower Skirts: AO3 / Tumblr

Ships: Thomceit(Platonic or romantic, your choice)

Warnings: Janus wears a skirt, little bit of insecurity

Janus is nervous about showing off this one of his favorite pieces of clothing and Thomas shows him really has no reason to be.

Not Oneshots

The Night Fellow:

Part One: AO3 / Tumblr

Ships: Platonic Analogical

Warnings:  Body Horror, Monster Virgil(he’s a creepy friend right there), mentions of violence and shooting, descriptions of teeth, please let me know if i should tag anything else

Logan hunts down the town’s local cryptid and shoves his hands in their mouth and the thing kinda decides they like him.

A Princes Guide to Seducing Monsters: AO3 / Tumblr Tag

General warnings: sympathetic sides, Monsters, some monster prejudice, it’s mostly fluff and flirting but there will be some darker themes to some characters backstories

- Fight or Flight: AO3 / Tumblr   Ships: Prinxety   Warning: Spider!Virgil   Summary: Virgil’s just trying to live his best hermit life but a prince comes right into his life and starts flirting with him

 - Vampire Kisses: AO3 / Tumblr    Ships: Royality, Background Prinxiety    Warnings: Vampire!Patton, mentions of blood because vampire puns, so muh smooching    Summary:  Roman goes to his Vampire boyfriend to gush about his Spider crush

Fusion time: AO3 / Tumblr tag

- Lost loves: Part one: AO3 / Tumblr Part Two: AO3 / Tumblr   Ships: Past Kingceit   Warning: Sad times, Deceit slaps someone, fusion   Summary:  The King returns when Roman and Remus fuse and Deceit temporarily reunites with his long lost love but it’s not a good time for anyone.

Crowns and Treehouses: 

Chapters: Part One - Part Two -

Ao3

Ships: Background Logan/Virgil/Patton probably

Warnings: Past minor character death, Loss of Parents, Hurt/Comfort, Trauma, Past child endangerment, Loss of Trust, ptsd

Summary:

Janus and Virgil arrive from the kingdom's capital with the village's old scholar Logan out of nowhere.

But Roman and Remus are just excited when they hear about a new kid their age and are immediately determined to make friends with the boy no matter how different Janus's old life may have been from theirs, the three of them will become the bestest of friends and no, Janus does not get a choice on the matter.

Multi chapter fics that i’m too lazy to copy and paste onto tumblr

most of these are kinda dark and angst too so be careful

Symbiotic: AO3

Ships: None currently but this may change as I write

Warnings: Deceit is an asshole but not evil, addictions, unhealthy Anxceit(For now), Biting, Remus is a warning in himself in this one

Vampire au where Deceit is named Durus and is addicted to a certain venom that has him seeking out vampires to drink his blood.

Selfish Creatures: AO3

Warning: PTSD moments, past torture, Painful shapeshifting, Non-consensual kissing(They think it’s Patton but it’s not), Deceit is pretty hecking spooky in this one

Deceit is a shapeshifting creature that’s been trapped inside a cursed mirror for as long as he can remember, he gets his one chance at freedom by sacrifing his only friend.

Left behind: AO3

Zombie au where Virgil gets bitten and convinces the others to leave him behind so they don’t have to kill him only to find that he has a certain immunity and very much doesn’t die.

Rose-Tinted Eyes: AO3

The Dragon Deceit makes a deal with the Dragon slaying prince to spare their life. All the prince asks of them is someone who he can love who won't use him for power. Deceit knows that they will not be able to force anyone to love the prince without breaking their deal so, with the help of shapeshifting and a love potion, they volunteer themself as they figure that they can keep the Prince entertained for the rest of the human's short lifespan.

[orca-iguana]

Aight, so I'm doing @figurative-siren-song challenge/competition/thing with the theme of rarepairs! I chose to do some thomceit, and may do more character!ThomasXsides (Because they are my favorite) but this is what I have for now. @5am-the-foxing-hour made a post the while back with this image

And so this was my reference.

I also had It’s alright by Mother Mother playing in the background, and Thomas saying that to help calm Janus after what went down with Roman, it’s just mmm.  As a result I guess you could call this angsty, but I tried to just keep it comfort to the best of my abilities.

Here's the final piece, it did not go as well as I hoped at all, but it isn’t the worst.  Ill probably do more later to make up for this, but ah well:

The song if any of yall want to hear it, it is a banger:

https://open.spotify.com/album/23W8LJkx5kBafzqasAuU0z?highlight=spotify:track:1NCZMAnGrzUmpBzkBlJjNw

[sparrow-flies-south]

Fic Masterpost

Hey there, here’s my masterlist for all my Sanders Sides fic! I’m a multishipper, so expect a range of shippy and gen fic. Feel free to send in prompts!

If you want to be added to any of my taglists, just ask!

My AO3 account

Works In Progress

Ten Things - Anxceit, Royality, Intrulogical - Ten Things I Hate About You AU - When Roman Prince learns that Patton Foster isn’t allowed to date until his older brother, Virgil, is, Roman is crushed. Roman’s twin brother Remus, however, comes up with a plan: find someone who is willing to date Virgil. And who better to ask than Janus Verona, who according to rumours is willing to do anything for the right price? 36k, wip, rated T AO3 Link - Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four - Chapter Five - Chapter Six - Chapter Seven - Chapter Eight - Chapter Nine - Chapter Ten - Chapter Eleven

I Can’t Deceide (Whether You Should Live Or Die) - Thomceit - Assassins au - Deceit is one of the best assassins in the business. So assassinating Thomas Sanders should not be difficult - except Thomas seems to have the amazing ability to happen to escape from death.And the longer it takes Deceit to kill Thomas, the less sure he is that he even wants to. 6k, wip, rated T AO3 Link - Chapter One - Chapter Two

Multichaptered Fics

Put A Spell On You - Prinxiety, very background Logicality -  Magic University AU - Everyone is acting strangely around Roman. Thank god his best friend (and crush) Virgil seems to be unaffected, because he's going to need all the help he can get to figure out why everyone is confessing their love to him. 7k, complete, rated T AO3 Link - Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three

Remus’s Guide To Mending Friendships (For Fun And Profit) - Platonic relationships all around, focus on platonic Anxeitmus - When he realises that Deceit misses Virgil, Remus decides that the best way to cheer him up is to persuade Virgil to come back to the dark side. Too bad Virgil hasn't wanted anything to do with them since he left. 15k, complete, rated T AO3 Link - Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four - Part Five - Chapter Six - Part Seven

One Shots

First Impressions -  Platonic dark sides - Set pre-series - Deceit and Anxiety are perfectly happy in their side of Thomas' mind - even if Anxiety does keep waking Deceit up at night whenever he has a nightmare or hears a strange noise.That is, until a stranger shows up in their kitchen in the middle of the night, claiming to be Creativity. 2k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

The Good One - Platonic royality - Set pre-series - Two days after King Creativity vanishes, Roman shows up at Patton and Logan’s door. But as time passes, it becomes clear that something is wrong with Roman. And Patton might know what it is. 6k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

Soft Rains - Platonic Thomceit - Whump/hurt/comfort - In order to escape from another dark side, Janus hides in the one place they can't follow - Thomas's apartment. He doesn't expect Thomas to actually care about what happened to him. 3k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

Ten Of Swords - hurt/no comfort, unsympathetic/villain Roman - After the wedding, Janus goes to the Imagination to check on Roman.Too bad Roman isn’t happy to see him. 1k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

The Other Side - Platonic anxceit - remix of the fic First Impressions - Something has pulled at the walls of the Dark Side, and Virgil is missing. Janus is going to get to the bottom of this, and get Virgil back. 3k, rated T AO3 Link

Choose A Side - Whump, downer ending - Thomas meets another side, and is forced to make a terrible decision. 2k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

Forget-Me-Not - Platonic Thomxiety - hurt/comfort (with emphasis on the comfort) - Virgil loses his memory. Thomas makes sure he knows just how much things have changed. 1.5k, rated G AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

Drown My Fears (Til You All Just Disappear) - Platonic moceit - hurt/comfort sick fic - When Janus gets sick, he finds that he can only speak in lies. He has ways of dealing with this - namely, be alone whenever he’s ill. He assumes this time will be the same as all the others. Too bad Patton cares about him, now. 3k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Dukexiety - Human au - Virgil has a bad day. Remus makes things better, in his own way. 2k, rated T AO3 Link - Tumblr Link

Sk8er boi - Virgil and Janus - After the jam commercial comes out, Virgil pays Janus a visit 1k, rated T Tumblr link

[raidahblossom]

TS x Sides Week- Day 1: Date Night- Thomceit

So I did a thing for the @tsxsidesweek and I based it off of @min-violet 's "Date Night" Thomceit oneshot.

I'm really proud o' this ngl-

Left- Full pic with background, Right- transparent drawing

[shadowling-guistical]

FIC MASTERPOST

Note: Fics posted so far that are linked to ao3 are posted in my main account. Future Sanders Sides work will be posted here. 

My Art Masterpost (COMING SOON!)

Format: Title and Tumblr link//ao3 link//pairings//summary

The University Chronicles

ao3 link

Headcanon link

Pairing: Established married Logicality, Platonic Prinxiety, familial Analogical

A collection of oneshots, drabbles and everything in between exploring the lives of Professor Logan Hart, Mr Patton Hart, and Drs. Roman Prince and Virgil Sanders as friends (or maybe something more) and fellow faculty in the same university. Some told from their perspectives and some from others.

Alternatively, the Sanders Sides Academia AU nobody asked for.

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Milestones

ao3 link for the extended version

Pairing: Platonic LAMP, familial Sleepxiety and Thvi

After deciding to take a gap year, Virgil Sanders expected to enter his freshman year of college feeling anxious and out of place. But not if his childhood friends; Patton Hart, Roman Prince and Logan Croft have anything to say about it.

For The Core of Us fanzine on Tumblr.

UPDATE: Read Miles To Go, the remix written by @sparrow-flies-south

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Dearly (Nearly) Departed

Pairing: Past Remy/OC and Past Patton/OC. Platonic Anxceit, Familial Sleepxiety and future Familial Moceit

Fear (n.): 1. Defined as an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.

Virgil Sanders, aged nine, once read this entry in the library. His only response? A brief glance at the not-quite-human-anymore wailing near a bookshelf, (-peeling skin, spindly twitching claws, crawling across carpets-) and an attempt to cover the trembling of his fingers.

As the years pass by, the steady thrum of fear under his skin turn into a constant, albeit annoying, companion. Virgil only got better at hiding trembling fingers and pretending these spirits didn't exist. But after meeting Declan Janus and later, Patton Hart, Virgil would come to realize that maybe, just maybe, he needed to help the dead to help the living.

Or: Virgil inherits the ability to see the dead after the death of one of his fathers. A Mieruko-chan AU.

For the 2020 Ts BigBang

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See This Ancient Riverbed

ao3 link

Pairings: Moceit

WARNINGS: Angst, Major character death

“One more time...I just need to do it over one… more time…Hold on everyone. I’ll get it right. I swear I'll get this right.”

They were a different type of friends, Patton knew that. Their time together never leads to everlasting happiness. But rather, to ruin, destruction and despair— to other people, to each other, and in some (many) instances, even the world.

But Patton, selfish as he is, wouldn’t stand to let everything fall into ruin without a fight. Not this time. And even if it takes tens, hundreds, or thousands of times, he’d do it over and over to give his friends the happy ending they deserved.

A Puella Magi Madoka Magica AU.

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Old Traditions Bring New Friends

ao3 link

Pairings: Creativitwins, familial Analogical and future Intrulogical

Things are going good for Prince Remus of Himmelstadt. But as his twin would say, it could always be better. And nothing proved it more than when old traditions upheld by his father and their kingdom took a pleasant, surprising turn. The arrival of Princes Virgil and Logan from Fontaine brought something unexpected into his life. The ship from the Bastion of the North had, against all odds, brought him a friend.

For the TSS Fanworks Collective server Secret Santa

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Part of the Job Description

ao3 link

Pairings: None. 

“Um. Oh, is it...Is it really okay?” She asked, cautiously. She didn’t think her kinda nerdy science teacher would be the type to be mean or anything but still…

“Of course!” Mr. Sanders smiled, gathering the last of the materials on his desk, “It’s part of my job description as a teacher after all. To make sure every one of my students has what they need. And now that I know that you’re fasting, I want to make sure you’re comfortable. So you’re welcome to stay in my class for however long you want,”

or

It's Ramadhan, and Zahra found herself receiving support from the most unlikely source. Her sweet but kind of boring science teacher.

Remix of Fangirlwriting’s Career, part of their Creative Trade series

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A Failed Escape

Pairings: Anxceit

On an early December day, Janus made sure his husband wouldn’t escape his clutches. 

For the TSS Fanworks Collective server March Ado About Nothing challenge. 

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Blinded

Pairings: Prinxiety

Against all odds,

Roman found himself falling for an impossible boy.

No, scratch that. Roman had fallen in love with a star, in every sense of the word.

For the TSS Fanworks Collective server March Ado About Nothing challenge.

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Do You Think the Stars are Lonely Too

Pairings:  Unrequited Thvi, background Thomceit.

WARNING: Angst and unrequited love.

Virgil does the most selfish thing he could think of. He told Thomas that he loved him.

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You Should Go (Even If I can’t follow)

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Pairings: Platonic Analogical. 

Logan is about to do something that would be the biggest mistake of his life. Virgil intends to do something about it.

Or: One of the many times Virgil pushed his friends towards something greater.

Side story to You Hear What You Want (But You Never Wanted Me)

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You Hear What You Want (But You Never Wanted Me)

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Pairings: Thvi, unrequited prinxiety, unrequited anxceit, background Roceit

WARNING: Heavy angst, Injury, Major character death, and Unrequited love.

He remembered their eyes. Longing yet so full of doubt that felt so foreign in their expression. The emotion that had felt out of place. That felt so, so wrong. Especially in how it left Logan’s lips bitten raw in a way that made Virgil want to ball his hands into fists. How it had upturned Roman’s eyebrows in a way that made Virgil's heart queasy. How it left Janus’ jaw set hard, and Remus’ manic smile turned into a pensive frown that was so unnerving that Virgil wanted nothing more than to take them by the shoulders and shake some goddamn sense into them.

Because fuck it, doubt was the one thing they never should have had.

Perhaps that’s why Virgil, whose entire personality was the famous G-note personified, who was about as vibrant as a new moon meeting a monochrome rainbow, who had as much potential as a stationary ball, had settled to do the only thing he could. He’d push.

But perhaps it was best if he had realized something sooner.

(If you push too much, don't be surprised if there ends up being distance.)

Or: Underneath concrete and rubble, Virgil Picani-Sanders reflect on his life, his family, and his friends.

[voidlitmoon]

What a Splashing Time to Meet a Snake

@shadow-kitkat gave me a little writing prompt (probably not on purpose dbdiwndh) so I decided to create this!! I dont know if it counts as a drabble or a short one shot but it's something and I thought it was soft enough to post here :) do note I wrote this in like half an hour so if anything is weirdly said its almost 1am

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Words: 724

Warnings: some talk of food, a snek, fear of lightning mentions, nothing much its pretty soft!!

Ships (all platonic here!!): LMP, Thomceit, Anxceit

Summery:

' "I'm not scared of lighting" Thomas frowned, trying not to imagine the bright, sudden flash of light and admit his true fear.

There was a small pop behind him, a gasp and a weird warpy sound. Thomas, ever the curious boy, turned around. '

Meeting a snake is cooler than you think, even when inside your own head

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They were little kids when Thomas realized he could go into his own head, around the age of 7 and just sitting on the couch. He didn't know why his parents always called his sides "imaginary friends",  but at least they acknowledged Thomas when he talked about how Brain reminded him of another test answer he almost forgot yesterday for a quiz!

That was also the day he termed it his "Mind Palace", I mean come on, his Creativity was a Prince!! Thomas giggled as he swayed his feet in the outside world, his Heart (or Dad as he liked to call him) giddy to finally be able to show him around.

He looked around, seeing only one of his sides missing, but Fear was nowhere to be seen. 'Good(?)' His mind thought, a bit conflicted on that one. He was easily distracted as Prince called for him, showing off Disney inspired creations.

They played tag and hide and seek, had a picnic, and just laughed under the sun while the outside world stayed cloudy from the coming rain he heard his momma talking about.

"We could splash in the puddles all day long!!" Prince laughed, imagining up a puddle and rain boots, jumping in and cartoonishly splashing water everywhere.

Brain shielded his book on stars, frowning. "Prince be more careful!" He asked politely before returning to read, Prince rolling his eyes in the background and waving the puddle away.

Thomas walked more into the trees, they were really really pretty!! Flowers covered the ground and he smiled as he picked one.

"Thomas!" He heard his Mom calling from the real world " dinners almost read, go wash up" Thomas's smile dropped before returning, while it meant he had to leave this awesome place (the 'Imagination' Prince would later dub) it was pizza night! His three friends were disagreeing in the background about the rain and what he would do with the puddles.

"Thomas would love to splash around in the puddles! There is no way he wouldn't want to do it" Dad added happily to the conversation.

Brain frowned "but what if there was lightning, wouldn't he get scared?" He argued back.

"I'm not scared of lighting" Thomas frowned, trying not to imagine the bright, sudden flash of light and admit his true fear.

There was a small pop behind him, a gasp and a weird warpy sound. Thomas, ever the curious boy, turned around.

There sat next to the yellow flower he picked was a little two headed snake, yellow with some black markings. His first instincts where to back away, snakes spooked him as well as lightni- no he was a big boy! He wasn't scared of any danger noodles. Anyways, if it was made here where Prince made everything it wouldn't hurt him. He wondered if it was slimy..

Carefully, like the time he got to hold the neighbor's kitten (until he started sneezing) he picked up the little guy, watching as the two heads flick their touch curiosity at him. He giggled as one booped his nose with its tounge, booping that head's nose with his own nose (with both of his hands full of snek).

Its scales weren't actually slimey as he first thought they were.. smooth. And cold, but a cool kind of cold and texture. Snakes were cooler than he first thought.

A popping noise startled him (didn't he hear a similar noise when the snake popped up?) And he looked up, seeing Fear in front of him.

"That's mine" fear stumbled out, reaching for the snake. Confused he handed the noodle to the hooded boy, the side immediately relaxing some when the snake in his hands.

"You uh, you should get to dinner, don't want to make mom worried" Fear told his host before sinking, just before Prince or the others could see him. Thomas blinked before realizing that the side was right, he'd better get going before his brothers got all the good slices!

With a final goodbye to his friends he slid back into his body fully and opened his eyes, running (before being reminded to walk inside the house) to go wash his hands. The trio of sides still in the imagination went back to their home to have dinner themselves.

And off in the shadows of the young boy's mind, Fear and Lies cuddled together.

[twofacedbelief]

did y’all ever doubt that I have an AU problem

Ongoing Fics

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Blessed Warmth (dlamp, soulmates)

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Belief!Dee AU (familial anxceitmus,qpp kingceit, roceit)

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Toddler Dee AU (background qpp analogical, intruality)

Space Explorer AU | Space Mer AU

The High School AU (anaintrulogical, royaliceit, mythological beings/cryptids/magical creatures)

Pride!Roman AU (roceit, anaintrulogical, unintentional unsympathetic remus)

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Parent/Teacher AU (anxceit, intrulogical, analodemus, kid!remy)

Crazy Ex-Boyfriend AU (rosleep, moceit, roceit, anxceit, loceit, dayd/real, anxiety^2, unsympathetic patton)

Tangled AU (dlampr)

Frozen AU (roceit, dukexiety)

Dead Spouses AU (anxceitmus, dukeceit, villain!roman, inspired by corpse bride/coco)

Monster Hotel AU (dukexiety, roceit)

Steven Universe AU

Pet AU

Hogwarts AU

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[blossom-arts]

An Angel Without Wings

Warnings: Religious talk, brief mention of food

Rating: General Audiences

Ship (s): Thomceit, some platonic Loceit and Thomgan in the background, with a brief mention of the Creativitwins

Characters: Janus, C!Thomas, Logan (though only for a little bit) and again, a brief mention of Roman and Remus

Summary: Janus was always using petnames for his fellow Sides and his Centre, flirtatious gay Disney villain that he was, but one nickname in particular had always confused Thomas. So, one day, he asked his Deceit why he was so fond of it.

AO3 ~ Wattpad

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“Oh honey,” said the snake-like Side. “Believe me, you have no idea how long that took me to think of- be grateful I even took time out of my incredibly packed schedule to try and come up with it.”

Thomas laughed brightly at the remark that came from his Deceit. “Well, I’m glad ya did! Thank you so much for helping out with the Patreon, Jan, it really means a lot.” Janus smiled a coy smile and bowed slightly.

“The pleasure is all mine, though I am just doing what I can,” he said, coming up from his bow as the two heard a loud crash come from what seemed to be the living room but could only be the one in the Mindscape considering they were the only two people in Thomas’. Then the sound of Remus cackling as he was no doubt being chased by Roman. Janus, forever suffering, sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Well, duty calls I’m afraid. Do try to look after yourself and relax, won’t you dear? You’ve been working hard and the unexpected need for productivity gives me the worst headaches, honestly- “

Another loud crash. “Those two, I swear to Hades…” Janus muttered. “As I was saying, look after yourself- I will be checking in on you. Adieu, mon ange,” he bid goodbye with a flourish, sinking out.

Thomas waved him goodbye but was left incredibly confused. That nickname was certainly… new.

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The next morning, Thomas decided to pay a visit to his Sides after breakfast (a nutritious helping of Crofters on toast), just to check in with them- especially after the apparent fiasco from the day before. He got comfy on the couch and laid back, closing his eyes, and sunk into the Mindscape (well, mentally at least).

He opened his eyes to the living room in chaos.

Furniture was knocked over, glitter was all over the place, tinsel and clothes were strung around everywhere, there were several multicoloured stains on the walls- and he absolutely did not want to find out what they were in the slightest. Suddenly he heard talking come from the stairs as two people came down, both clearly exasperated.

“Janus, I hope you do realise this will take all morning to clean up to a satisfactory state and that I will require your assistance,” came a curt voice he recognised as a very annoyed Logan.

“I’m well aware, Logan, though I’m not looking forward to it. I just can’t believe we still need to put those two into timeout if we want them to behave for a little while, if even that. Honestly, the glitter is going to take ages to remove, how can those two be so childi- “ complained Janus vehemently, suddenly cutting himself as he saw Thomas standing in the midst of the chaos, who gave a sheepish smile and a small wave.

“Uh, hi?”

“Thomas, darling, good morning- so sorry for the mess, you know what the twins are like, come here will you- the kitchen isn’t as much of a wreck, please- do sit down,” greeted Janus, suddenly all smiles as he brought Thomas to the kitchen out of (potential) harm’s way, hand on his back.

“Do… I even want to ask?” Thomas asked hesitantly in reference to the state of the living room.

“Absolutely not,” came the joint response from both the logical and deceitful Sides. That said enough. “Did you eat, dear?” Janus suddenly asked looking down at him with mild concern.

“He did; a nutritious breakfast Thomas, I highly approve,” Logan answered for him, smiling.

“Aw, thanks Logan- I figured you’d appreciate it!” came Thomas’ reply.

“Well, to what do we owe the pleasure, mon ange? You must have had a reason for your visit, considering the time of day, was there anything you needed?” asked Janus. There it was again, that petname.

“Oh! No, no- I just wanted to check in with you guys, see if you were okay after- well, you know. It looks like you’ve got it under control here though…?” he trailed off uncertainly, remembering the two’s complaints. Logan reassured him that they would in fact be fine, and that he didn’t need to worry, advising him to rest considering all his hard work from the day prior. Janus naturally seconded that statement. Thomas decided to take them up on their advice and sunk out- resolving to just chill and watch some cartoons for a bit…

But not before he found out what Janus had been calling him.

As he opened his eyes once more and sat up, he wondered what Janus could have said. It was definitely French, so either he’d have to bust out those 10th grade French skills or work with the wonders of Google Translate, definitely being more inclined towards the latter.

He grabbed his phone and decided to use the voice feature with French to English and repeated the phrase exactly as Janus had said it- his French may be rusty, but his impersonation skills definitely weren’t. According to the translator, Janus had been calling him his angel.

Huh.

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A week went by, and Thomas was still thinking about the new nickname for him that Janus seemed to be so fond of, puzzling over it as he did the dishes.

Things like ‘sweetie’ or ‘honey’ or ‘darling’ made sense, that was just Janus being dramatic and gay, but angel? Again, it could just be chalked up to Janus being the way he was, but it was the nickname he used the most out of all of them. It must’ve had some weight to it. But… why that of all things? Angels were heavenly and perfect, Thomas wasn’t. And Janus knew that. He knew about every imperfection that Thomas was afraid of, had hidden away- so why call him an angel? It just didn’t sit right with Thomas- he had to ask about it.

As he dried up and put the final plates away, he worked up the courage to summon Janus and ask him about it… but only after doing some editing on the couch. He couldn’t ask straight away, he knew that- it was such a silly thing to summon him up for- but the curiosity was eating away at him, so he gave himself some time to form a way to ask him about it.

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The hours went by, and Thomas still hadn’t summoned Janus, despite having finished editing ages ago. At this point he was just doom-scrolling on Twitter (an infinitely bad decision), convincing himself that he was just stalling for time, in complete denial.

Which, naturally, summoned his Denial.

“Thomas, sweetheart, don’t you think it’d be best for you to stop scrolling? You’ve been staring at your screen for hours now, you know that isn’t healthy for you- or should I get Logan?” he half-jokingly asked. Thomas startled, not realising he had come up until he spoke.

“Oh- jeez, Janus- hey! No- uh, you don’t need to get Logan, you’re right I should probably stop. Um… Janus? Can… can I ask you a question? It might be a little silly but- “ Thomas started, before he was cut off by a raise of Janus’ gloved hand.

“Whatever you intend to ask me, I can tell it means something to you, and if it means something to you then it isn’t silly, darling.” Thomas swallowed, looking down. Why was he so nervous?

“Right! Right… just, um… y’know how you always call me and the others petnames?”

“Yes?”

“Why do you… why do you call me angel? Something about it doesn’t… sit right with me. It’s not that I don’t like it or anything, I actually think it’s really sweet- it’s just… I’m… no angel. I’m- I’m not perfect or like, heavenly, so why do you call me that? It’s the nickname you use most for me, so I’m assuming it means something or the other, so what- “ Thomas asked, once again cut off by Janus, but this time he had put his laptop to the side and was sitting next to him without him having realised. He had now placed his fingers under Thomas’ chin, turning his head towards him and smiling at him with a softness that took his Centre’s breath away.

“Darling, I know full well that you aren’t perfect. I myself am a manifestation of that. But when I call you angel… I don’t mean that you’re perfect. If I may use one of my many religious references, angels aren’t deemed as perfect, only God is- angels aren’t perfect solely because they don’t have a freewill, Thomas,” Janus started, softly.

Thomas blinked. “Lucifer?”

A realisation came onto Janus’ face, and he laughed, clarifying: “My apologies, my dear- I should’ve clarified which religion I was referencing. From an Islamic viewpoint, angels aren’t perfect because of their lack of freewill.”

“Oh,” Thomas replied, face slightly red from embarrassment.

“No worries honey, I don’t blame you for assuming- I do love my religious metaphors pertaining to Catholicism,” Janus reassured him, chuckling a little. Thomas hummed in response.

“But as I was saying,” he continued, again speaking softly and taking Thomas’ hands in his own, “Angels aren’t perfect, only God is, because of the lack of freewill angels have. But angels are undoubtedly good, no? Even though they have no control over their actions, they’re still good. Flawed, but good. That’s how I think of you. Because, Thomas, you have a freewill. And you use that freewill to be the best person that you can be, and I believe, from the bottom of my heart, that you are a good person.” Janus moved to cup Thomas’ cheek. “Yes, you make mistakes, but that’s just what makes you human. A beautifully moral, beautifully kind, beautifully imperfect, a beautifully angelic human.”

Janus stood in front of an overwhelmed Thomas at his final words, bent down- still cupping his cheek- and pressed his forehead against his Centre’s, smiling ever so gently.

Thomas had the sudden urge to lean into Janus but was beaten to it as Janus’ cupped hand gently stroked the side of his face and grasped his chin, the serpentine Side placing the softest of kisses atop his forehead.

“I do hope that cleared things up for you, sweetheart,” he whispered as he pulled away, then standing up. Thomas gave him a weak nod, starstruck. Janus stepped away.

“Well, I’m afraid that I’m needed elsewhere, so I really must be going,” Janus said as though nothing had happened. “Do remember to relax, will you? You’ve worked hard. Adieu… my angel,” he practically purred, sinking out with a bow.

Thomas gave a weak wave, still stunned and cheeks red. “Y-yeah, will do… thanks Jan.”

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Heyyo!! Thanks for reading- I have to say I'm pretty proud of this oneshot- the boys give me much inspiration sjdhjsdhs

Also!! This is just in time for Christmas so consider this my present to the Thomceit stans dhfdjf <3

I like to imagine that not long after the two realise fully just how gay that actually was and start gay panicking- which makes Janus just start freaking out and going "WHY DID YOU KISS HIM?!?! YOU IDIOT, WHY WOULD YOU- W H A T -" and Thomas just starts going "Oh goddamnit I shouldn't have made him hot, why did I make him hot? That was the worst decision I've ever made oh my GOD why is he so smooth oh jeez- AHHHHHHHHHHHH-"

Anygay, thank you for reading!! It means so much to me, and please do leave a comment- I'd love to hear from y'all!! <333

~taglist: feel free to ask if you want to be added or removed!~

@thomasxsides @creative-lampd-liberties @ptolomeia

[alwaysanotherrainbow]

The 77th Feedback Loop

Ships: pining remrom (Remus), pining thomceit (Deceit), platonic demus. The prior two are here as backstory/background information. Warnings: past/current eating disorder (Remus), past alcoholism (Deceit), discussion of the former two, extended discussion of recovery, ventfic, swearing, typical Remus violent statements

Remus and Deceit have always supported each other. Tonight is no different.

notes: This was meant to be a prologue for a fic, but once the plot changed, the context became much different. This has little relation to that fic anymore. Regular content is coming soon.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Remus rocked a crimson sash back and forth in his hands. He barely noticed when the soft fabric of a glove made contact with the back of his hand, but when the sash was tucked back into its drawer, his eyes slid open.

Deceit stood, cloaked in shadow and dappled half-light. The warm rays like sunshine spilled from the lamp on the table, but it wasn’t enough to conquer the darkness in the room. It was reflex to check the way that he walked over to the bed, but he didn’t sway at all, and when he spoke, it wasn’t with the strange warmth that seeped in when he was drinking.

“Thanks,” Remus said. “How long was I…?”

“A good three minutes. The door was open, so I hope it’s okay.”

“If the door’s open, you can come in, rattlesnake. Tough night for you, too?”

Deceit nodded. “The others are celebrating, which means alcohol, so I decided I wouldn’t stick around that scene.”

Remus groaned. “Damn it. I’m so sorry.”

“It’s all right,” he said. He couldn’t tell whether it was Liespeak or not. “How’s the book going?”

“Stopped working on it for tonight. Too much stuff in there.” He smiled and walked to sit next to him before stopping in his tracks. “Wait. Aren’t you meant to go to therapy with Emile today?”

He frowned. “Yes, but I cancelled.”

“Deceit!”

“Seriously, who on Earth wants to hear me ramble? that’s got to get old at some point.”

“The entire point is so that you can talk about whatever you want so that you can feel better!” Remus groaned. “You’re the self-care guy, silly. Why not take care of yourself?”

He shrugged.

Remus sighed and sat next to him. “Look, you had a close call today, so what? You didn’t. And even if you did, I wouldn’t be mad, just a bit sad, that’s all, because you deserve to feel better.”

Deceit nodded.

It was ridiculous to still be craving that night, right? When he was pleasantly drunk (before his tolerance built up, back when there could be enough), when Thomas was gazing at him as if he made and saved the world. Everything was perfect. It was such an indescribable high, calm coursing through him as it had never done so before. The warmth next to him could masquerade as Thomas in his baser thoughts, but—

There’s a person right next to you that needs you, Deceit. Don’t be so horrible.

Besides, he wasn’t ready to put himself through that again. If he slipped up, he might not get back up, and he’d have to start at the beginning because no way in hell was he staying there. Detox was horrible, but the idea of staying where he was before?

Yes, that was way worse.

That was why he had to take good care of himself, he reminded himself. If for no-one else, for Thomas.

Remus wrapped him into a hug, which he accepted gracefully as they leaned back onto the bed.

Looking over Remus’ shoulder, Deceit noticed a framed picture of Roman.

It was actually a pretty standard photograph. Did Remus see him the way that Deceit saw Thomas? Did features that most people call ‘plain’ suddenly appear as exquisite as if crafted by Pygmalion? Even holding him, Deceit could tell that the Duke was clearly lovesick.

“Do you ever worry,” started Deceit before freezing. “Nevermind, it’s not a very good question.”

“Ask away! It’s okay! Hey, a rhyme! I’m becoming Dr. Seuss!”

Deceit smiled, lightly tapping Remus on the head with a cylindrical pillow. “We’ve got ourselves a poet, have we?”

Remus shrieked with laughter. After they had tired themselves out with giggling, the question came back into play.

“Do you ever worry that you’re too far gone?” Deceit managed to say. “Like you’ve just fucked up your chance to get better, and you’re just gonna stay this way forever?”

Remus made a soft noise of agreement. “That doesn’t mean it’s true, though. Lots of people get better! The worry still fucks with me sometimes, but hey, if they can do it, no good reason why I can’t.”

“I know, I just feel like it’s a bit late for me to get better. I can’t forgive myself for taking this long with it..”

“Want an anecdote? I mean, I know our problems aren’t exactly alike, but—”

“No, anecdotes are fine.”

Remus shrugged. “Personally? I can’t worry about that. I just need to think ‘hey! I’m here, so best assume that means it’s not too late’. Besides,” and here he moved his hand to Deceit’s shoulder, “remember what you told me?”

“Glad to see we’re getting even more specific, Creativity.”

He stuck out his tongue. “I meant by the camellia gardens.”

“Which—? Oh. You mean… you mean that?”

Deceit remembered. He remembered the feel of Remus’ hand. He remembered the horrible things that he said about himself, and how he berated mind and body alike. Deceit had helped him clean up the wrappers, held his hands (without any gloves!), given him a handkerchief to wipe his tears away with, and said:

“I told you that ‘forgiving yourself is an important step to recovering from any unhealthy behavioral pattern’, and that ‘recovery is self-love’,” he said softly.

“There we go!” Remus smiled. “Not too shabby. No-one needs ol’ Logan to tell you that reaching out at all is super brave! Braver than fighting a horde of many-eyed three-legged alien dogs! With a crowbar..”

“You still remember when I said that?”

“Don’t think I could ever forget it, Deceit.”

“Janus is fine.”

Remus blinked.

Shit. He hadn’t told anyone that name before, right? He opened his mouth to try to say something, but the only thing he could think to do was turn away.

“Your name? Do you prefer it? I can forget about it if you want.”

“...I suppose I do prefer it, it’s just that I didn’t mean to tell you. You can call me by it if you like.” Please call me by it.

Remus smiled. “I’ll remember that! I’ll embroider that onto my soul!”

He laughed before freezing up. “Wait. What time is it?”

“It’s 15:83.”

He was used to translating times from Remus. “That’s 4:23 PM, right? I think I have enough time to reschedule the appointment.”

Remus’ grin only grew wider. “Self-care! Good for you, Janus.”

Janus got up and adjusted his cape. He slipped on his gloves (when had he taken them off?) and was almost out the door when Remus cleared his throat.

“Hey,” he said softly, “today’s been a bad one for me, too, and with everyone else celebrating… whatever it is they’re celebrating… it’s gonna be tough.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah.” The Duke sat up. He was gazing at the ground, swinging his legs off the edge of the bed. “I was wondering if maybe, just to keep each other on track, you could come over after your appointment? I can summon us some popcorn, you can have your soda, we can make a night of it?”

Deceit smiled. “I’d love that.”

[sandersidesbigbang]

Chessboxing for beginners (and other exciting post-apocalyptic sports)

Writer: Min | @sometimes-love-is-enough

Beta: Lucy | @houser-of-stories

Rating: Teen | Multi chapter

Warnings: Suicidal thoughts/ideation/behaviour (no actual suicide), mild violence, apocalyptic setting, some dark humor, Remus being Remus and therefore being gross and borderline-NSFW just by being there, some mortality and existentialism, swearing.

Characters: Virgil, Logan, Remus, Roman, Patton, Janus, Thomas

Ships: Minor background Thomceit, mostly gen.

Summary: Virgil is about to throw himself off a bridge, Logan is the owner of a quiet gym with a focus on a very strange hybrid sport. Some stories just kind of write themselves.

https://sometimes-love-is-enough.tumblr.com/post/661714984798191616/chessboxing-for-beginners-and-other-exciting