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DarkSides Family AU

Okay, but: platonic/familial Anxceitmus? I live for it. So I present: Human AU of this.

Janus being the wine mom, Remus being the weird dad/parent, Virgil is their adopted kid who's just as strange as the others

Virgil is a mostly silent kid, preferring music and quietly drawing over other activities

They found him in the foster care system and immediately knew he'd be their child (he was so lonely and sad, c'mon he needs some love)

They fostered him for almost two weeks before officially adopting him

They went out for ice cream and let Virgil skip school for the day, surprising him with the adoption papers after shopping at Hot Topic for three hours

Side note: all three of them like different things from Hot Topic, so it's always a family shopping trip when they go

Virgil was ecstatic when they showed him the papers, he cried, they all cried

They spent the rest of the day doing whatever Virgil wanted as a way to celebrate

They're big on gift-giving and quality time as love languages, but it's more than the average of what you'd think

Quality time is also them just listening to each other ramble about whatever, whether it be a favorite show or band, or even random weird facts Remus happens to think are funny

Gift-giving is more like trinkets and handmade things, like a hand-painted record for Virgil or a little octopus-themed bracelet for Remus or a booklet of sassy comebacks for Janus (they all love Janus' sassiness and it amuses them)

Small touches of affection: a firm hand on a shoulder, leaning against each other, backs against each other, hooking fingers instead of holding hands

When Virgil gets his first panic attack around them, Remus knows what to do almost immediately (which surprises their husband in a fond way)

Remus used to help a friend with their panic attacks, and used to have their own often in high school (Janus helped them through it as they improved)

Remus made sure to keep calm and whisper, uncharacteristically soft with their panicking son (they're only ever soft with a few people, which are their son and their husband)

Janus knew music helped sometimes and grabbed Virgil's headphones and put them gently over his ears, playing a playlist labelled "Calm the Storm" on Virgil's Spotify (it was one Virgil created himself, since he didn't used to have people to help him and just music)

Remus distracted him and leads him through a breathing exercise, bringing him back to reality

Virgil first notices the music, then that Remus and Janus are there, and calms down a little at that realization

Janus helps him through a grounding exercise as Remus carefully holds their son's shaking hands

After a bit of calming down, Virgil clings to his parents like a lifeline

Turns out Virgil gets very clingy after panic attacks, and he needs a lot of physical affection/reassurance until he feels better (usually lasts for the rest of the night/day)

After that, Virgil trusts them both a whole lot more and gets comfortable in talking to them a bit more

Turns out Janus is a very good singer, and Virgil found out on accident

Janus had been humming and singing in the kitchen at like, 2am cause he was trying to calm himself down (he couldn't sleep well, stressful case; he's a civil rights attorney)

Virgil heard the words to "Come Little Children", the calming voice bringing him to the kitchen

Neither could sleep anyway, so Virgil watched quietly from behind a corner to the kitchen entrance

Janus noticed him, heard the preteen's footsteps, but pretends otherwise cause it seems to calm his son

After that, whenever Janus sings, Virgil quietly listens and feels safe hearing it

When Remus hears Janus sing, they fall in love all over again

Remus will literally drop whatever they're doing just to listen to Janus' voice (they're so gay and in love, omg)

And when Virgil enters highschool, Janus reminds him to stand tall cause he's a bad b*tch and most people are just dumb anyway, Remus tells him to let them know if they need to kill a kid for hurting their son (or if he just wants to skip school for whatever reason)

Virgil appreciates them both, but reminds his protective parents that it's literally day one, chill the f*ck out-

And when Virgil DOES get bullied by some little insecure dumbf*ck, he stays quiet about it for a little bit

He knows he can go to his parents, he knows there's not reason to keep it from them, but he feels so scared and the bully's threats to out him in front of the whole school if he tattled and makes it worse

Side note: Virgil isn't out to anyone, not even Janus and Remus quite yet, so it just terrifies him (the thought someone would find out about him being gay); he doesn't even know how his bully found out?? Idk maybe they're a stalker or something

He knows logically he could tell his parents about being gay n sh*t, and they'd probably be okay with it and not care, BUT there's that damn underlying doubt and what if they send him away? He couldn't survive being separated from them now that he was theirs and they were his

After three weeks, Virgil returns home with a nasty black eye that he'd forgot to cover up and Janus immediately notices (he had a day off from his job and chose to chill at home and wait for Virgil to get home since his son had to take the bus bc both parents worked a lot)

Side note: there was always at least one parent home cause Remus worked from home most days and Virgil needed someone there due to a case of separation anxiety

Okay so: Virgil returns home with a black eye and Janus notices, dropping what he was doing to tend to his hurt child

He grabs the first aid and leads Virgil to the couch so he can take care of him

Also his nose is bleeding a little?? Did someone break his nose? Nope, nvm- not broken, Janus examines it and sees no sign of breakage

Virgil is shaking but remains quiet because all he can think is omg he'll ask questions and then find out and then he'll leave me, pls don't leave me, I can't handle being left all alone again-

Before Virgil notices his breath quickening, Janus is rubbing his arm soothingly and humming a random tune to help Virgil calm down

Janus mutters how it's okay and it's not his fault and how he's safe, always safe here in his home

After Virgil returns to reality, he refuses to look at Janus and he's still a little shaky

Janus gathers that he's scared, so he simply lets him breathe and gives a small side hug (he knows Virgil doesn't like big hugs until after he feels better and he initiates it first)

Virgil melts into the comfort of Janus and huffs

That's how Remus returns home from their job (they're a freelance horror writer, and had to attend a meeting with a beta reader over coffee)

They see comfort being giving and wordlessly goes to sit besides their son, now seeing the bandaged black eye and the tiny signs of what once was a bloody nose

They take one of Virgil's hands in their own but he refuses to look at them, to look at either of them

After some moments of silence, Remus basically says "okay, whose kid do I need to kill? What motherf*cker decided to f*ck with the wrong family?"

As soon as Virgil hears that, however, he just starts crying and now he's choking on a sob he was holding in since his bully punched him during second period

This immediately stops Remus bc their son is sobbing, like wtf happened?? They were so killing a mf later (not really, they couldn't risk jail and separating from their son and husband)

Janus asks a small "Vi? Hey, it's okay, darling. What's wrong?"

God and that gets Virgil mumbling his anxieties out loud but neither parent can make out what he's saying

After some more comfort and calming down, Virgil mutters out a clear "pls don't leave me, pls", which just breaks Janus' and Remus' hearts as they share a very concerned look

They both reassure him that they aren't leaving, that they refuse to leave him, no matter what

Janus dries Virgil's tears and Virgil lets himself be engulfed into a big group hug by them two

After a little bit longer, a "Who hurt you, darling? You know, you can tell us anything." From Janus, and a "Anything at all, love." From Remus (which was so soft and it made Virgil feel safe to hear them like that)

Taking a big move to trust them, Virgil starts slowly telling them about his bully, leaving out the him-being-gay-and-his-bully-might-out-him part

Remus and Janus nod along and listen, silently scheming to kill a b*tch

But then the dreaded "Why didn't you just tell us?" And Virgil bites his lip, debating

He still feels scared but it's Remus and Janus, and he feels safe with them

So he blurts out how he's gay and that his bully threatened to out him to the whole school, and then he kinda breaks down again as he tells them how he was so scared and terrified of this whole situation

His parents hug him tight and remind how they're literally gay f*cks themselves, ain't no way they'd judge him for something like that

Virgil cries in relief now, the love from his parents flooding into his body like hot cocoa on a freezing night

After finally calming the rest of the way down, they assess what the best course of action would be (Remus suggests murder and a faked accident, but though Janus doesn't rebuke it exactly, he mentions a more legal way like telling school staff or something like that)

They spend the rest of the day cuddling up to Virgil and watching his fav movies and eating takeout and just having a self-care night

Virgil trusts them enough to always come and tell them what's bothering him after that whole debacle

The parents calling Virgil "Vi" as a nickname YES

Janus helping Remus through their episodes of more intense instrusive thoughts

Remus helping Janus through his insecurities about his vitiligo and how stressful his cases get

Virgil helping his parents out the same way they help him, a mutual comfort throughout the family

Idk just FAMILY, y'all. I live for this. Maybe I'll add in some Uncle Roman content later on?

If y'all wanna see more of this, let me know!

#virgil sanders #remus sanders #sanders sides #janus sanders #platonic Anxceitmus #human au #family #thomas sanders #i love them #they deserve happy endings #let them be HAPPY #I am feral #sanders #dark sides #nonbinary Remus #I didn't realize how long this was LMAO #darksides family au

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sleepy-grav3 · 3 months

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Amity Park hates the Justice League but loves Red Hood and sometimes other heroes

A/n: I got this random idea so here it is. Oh, and this is good reveal AU ok?

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Due to the Justice League mocking them and ignoring their villain problems that were also publicly interdimensional problems, everyone hates the JL. It got worst with the GIW coming in, who blatantly went against the meta-laws (which included aliens, demons and so much more that weren't human from the beginning). They started to think the Justice League supported them.

In the Infinite Realms, however, there's a revenant that many adored and others respected. He did not hold back against criminals. Criminals that would rape, kill, traffic, sell drugs, and more to people. He especially didn't like when they brought kids into this. He'd avenge people the way they should've been: by promising that their abuser/killer/whatever wouldn't be able to do it again. And in the place they lived in, the only way for that to be possible was by major injury, heavy social outcasting, and/or death. Most prefer the 3rd.

And after how long the Amitians dealt with the attacks which eventually came to a slow once or twice a week type thing, they started opening their minds to the idea of coexistence. Well, further than they had. So when people started to cross over and start making their small haunts in their side of the veil, the Amitian's began to become aware of the popular hero Red Hood. He was part of the undead community, which was trustworthy in everyone's books.

So Amity Park started making merch. Most of it was for Team Phantom, but there was plenty for Red Hood as well. There were other heroes on the side, like for Superboy 1 (who they renamed to Supernova due to their hatred for Superman for 2 reasons, the obvious and that he rejected a mirror-born), and Raven (the half demon).

And with this coexistence, Team Phantom had noticed the positive feedback about killing in the name of vengeance. So they went on the offensive, and after a good year of that, the GIW lost funding for producing no results and just taking up resources. The acts were still there, but nobody enacted them in Amity, and nobody actually knew or believed them outside of the haunted city.

Then the Justice League find out about the hero group there due to tracking merchandise after they started to sell outside of the city. Superman was the guy everyone liked, so he was sent over. He immediately got thrown out and was now questioning who the heck Supernova was and when he rejected him.

Flash? Outcast. Everyone ignored and walked away from him. they had the police, who never did anything or even had to anymore, kick him out.

Green Lanter? Oh the poor guy. He had his ring taken away and thrown out of the city somehow. It took hours to find it.

Wonder Woman, they had to be ok with her. Not at first, but once Phantom had a talk with her and people learned that they were cousins through Clockwork (Kronos) and Pandora, they were ok. ish. Tolerated was the best word and she got the info back to the league.

The batfamily took a trip there, dragging Red Hood along somehow. And right when Red Hood was noticed, a crowd began to form as everyone practically worshipped him. There were many victims he had avenged and an Ancient (Lady Gotham) came and gave him the gifts she couldn't without scaring the guy.

At one point, the poor guy even cried.