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dotemakesthings · 9 months

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forgotten but not gone

(please be gentle, y’all, this is the first public fic I’ve posted since basically… ever)

inspired by/remix of the cursed light by datfearlessfangirl

okay, so.

the first Split was relatively harmless, believe it or not. it separated out Remus and Roman, sure, but the sides all still lived together and cared about each other.

as a teen/young adult, the sides were in cutesy little pairs.

Janus and Roman, the theater gays.

Virgil and Logan, the couple that considers sitting silently in a room together with headphones on a romantic activity.

and Remus and Patton, the chaotic powerhouses who love nothing more than making messes in the kitchen and screaming I-love-you’s from across the house.

but then

the second split.

it was a crisis of morality and identity on Thomas’s part

so intense that it ripped the mindscape in two

the “acceptable” sides simply got their memories wiped, starting from scratch

while the dark sides were locked away and hurt.

now, neither side knew about the others and the effect it had on them

so when the light sides saw a closet oozing with Bad Feelings, they felt it best to investigate for the good of Thomas

and they were greeted with monsters.

Remus, screaming out horrific imagery and banging his head raw and bloody against the wall

Virgil, spiraling into such a bad panic attack that the shadows around him were lashing out without him realizing

and Janus, fangs and all six arms out, who uncontrollably lied about how they were useless here, how they weren’t wanted, they needed to get out, ssssstupid little sides

the lights screamed

and ran out

the darks chased them

because, here’s the thing

imagine you have known someone all your life. you know their tics, what makes them happy

and you’re not afraid of what they’re like when they’re in distress, because you know what to expect. and you know you’re safe with them.

now. imagine meeting someone for the first time on your absolute worst day.

that’s what happened to the darks.

the Patton of before would have rushed to Remus, gently guiding him away from the wall and crooning soothing nonsense to drown out his babble about death and gore and being alone alone alone

the Roman of before would have nodded and taken none of what Janus was saying at face value, cradling Janus’s hands in his own and humming a quiet tune

and the Logan of before would have tapped out a slow, calm rhythm next to Virgil until he could breathe and handle touch again

but they didn’t know any of that anymore.

all they saw were monsters.

and all the dark sides saw were their friends, family, lovers there when they needed help.

the light sides fled back to the upper mindscape

and the darks slammed into the barrier

screaming and clawing at the invisible wall

for someone to help

for their family to look at them

for someone to explain what was going on

and the light sides closed and locked the door with a sigh of shaky relief.

now, the light sides develop something of an ingrained bad reaction to the darks due to this colossally bad first impression.

Patton: disgust, fear, thin veneer of trying to be polite while getting them to leave the vicinity as soon as possible

Logan: coldness, indifference. not cruelty but no warmth or allowances

Roman: fear masked by anger and intense protectiveness.

and the dark sides all deal with the upheaval, betrayal, and pain in different ways.

Virgil: depressed, afraid, tends to lash out at the slightest provocation. goes from snarky to mean.

Janus: gives up and pretends everything is fine. sees no point in hurting himself to get something back that can't be replaced or repaired. covers heartbreak with snark. can't quite stop himself from flirting with Roman but pretends it's just manipulation. focuses just on Thomas and what's best for him, ignoring all else.

Remus: wears his rotting heart on his sleeve. tries the hardest to get Patton back and is the least equipped to do so. isn't exactly trying to keep the others' spirits up, but more just doesn't lose hope that they can somehow fix this.

the dark sides can only come to the main mindscape at all at night at first.

the barrier stops them any other time

it’s Remus who finds out first, mindlessly banging his head against the barrier to pass the time only to fall flat on his face when it fizzles out

and they all slowly start sneaking in at night to see the home that they were thrown out of

and slowly, the lights start having odd little incidents

nothing in person, at first.

Roman: he finds something in progress and abandoned at the border between the imagination halves that he and Remus both worked on. he can't figure out why it looks so recent even though he can’t remember ever getting along with his brother this well.

Patton: he's having a Sad Night. he thinks he's hiding it well, but someone (Virgil) notices and leaves him cookies that are one of his favorites. not a secret recipe, just ones he likes. there's a little note saying that sometimes it's okay to have a second cookie. Patton can't figure out who would know him this well.

Logan: he’s dealing with an absolute menace of a meeting. he gets back to his room, seething all the way, to see a plain porcelain plate with an unsigned note saying “break me all you want, nerd! I’ll put myself back together!”. he experimentally drops it from a few feet up. it shatters with a very satisfying crack and then, a few seconds later, reassembles itself in his hand. he has a grand old time shattering the plate against the wall again and again until his rage has subsided to a manageable level. he can’t figure out who would come up with an idea like this.

and then there start being little middle-of-the-night interactions. because for some reason, the light sides have a much harder time falling asleep nowadays.

Virgil looks over Roman’s shoulder as he watches a Disney movie in the living room at three AM to try and fall asleep. Anxiety offers a teasing insult to the protagonist. Roman jumps out of his skin, at first threatening to stab him, but then lets him tentatively settle in on the counter behind him. they roast the movie together, gradually picking up steam until Roman actually laughs at something Anxiety says. they both freeze and stare at each other for a heartbeat until Roman sinks out without a word.

Patton finds himself tucked into bed after a too-long day sorting through Thomas' emotional responses. when he wakes up, there's a somehow still steaming cup of sweet herbal tea that tastes like a snickerdoodle. he vaguely remembers a soft voice hissing at him that he needs to pay more attention to his own needs.

Logan is reading philosophy textbooks and muttering to himself out loud. Janus offers a quiet critique. they have a heartbeat of wonderful discussion before Logan "remembers" himself and shuts it down.

eventually, through all this, their memories start coming back. it’s triggered slowly through their platonic interactions with their friends, and then all at once by their romantic partners.

(because the love of friends is just as impactful and important as the love of a partner)

Patton:

Patton is sad and frustrated, muttering to himself and pacing in the kitchen.

someone walks in and he immediately stops and snaps into happy pappy Patton mode. “Oh hey, kiddo-“

it's Remus, who just cocks his head and says "you know you don't have to do that with me, right?"

and after some protesting on Morality’s part

he ends up goading Patton into a very cathartic expression of anger, fear, and frustration, and helps him sort it out.

at some point, Remus has shifted to holding Patton in a loose embrace as Patton waves his hands and rants and sobs.

Patton doesn’t realize that he burrows deeper into Remus’ arms every time he wiggles.

to the point that he’s turned sideways in Remus’ lap, with one arm curled around him and the other one free to gesture.

and then when it’s all over, they’re talked out, and it’s almost sunrise, Remus reluctantly starts to tear himself away.

and Patton, who quite suddenly cannot bear the thought of Remus letting him go, holds on

Logan:

panic attacks? Logan? certainly not. he doesn’t get those.

so when he finds himself gasping for air, feeling like his chest is on fire, and locked into his worst thoughts, he doesn’t know what to do

because he knows how to treat panic attacks

but this isn’t one. definitely

and even if it was, for some reason all his knowledge on how to treat them is slipping from his mind no matter how hard he tries to reach from it

you have to breathe? somehow? but he can’t breathe, can’t think

and somehow through it, he hears a raspy voice

counting steadily and quietly

and he realizes that there’s a stim toy placed in his hands that he’s wringing.

and it looks familiar, but he knows he’s never seen it before

and there’s soft, flowy music playing from a Bluetooth speaker next to him

and that feels familiar too

and without quite knowing why, only having a bone-deep certainty that it’ll help, he slumps over into the person sitting next to him

smells lavender and laundry detergent

feels soft fabric under his cheek

and suddenly everything snaps into place

of course

why does he feel so safe? because he’s with the safest person in the world.

Roman:

okay so

Roman alternates between being scared of Deceit and feeling extremely attracted to him

this, naturally, freaks Roman out

and he expresses this by getting more and more aggressive towards Janus

at some point, he panics and attacks Deceit

Deceit freezes with Roman’s sword to his throat. they stare at each other

before Janus sinks out

a day or so later, he comes back

all six hands up, ungloved, and open to show that he means no harm

“You win.”

“… What?” says Roman.

“You. Win. I’m tired of fighting you. Grant me one last request and you’ll never have to see me again.”

some buried part of Roman is conflicted. but his conscious self jumps at the opportunity. “What do you want, snake?”

“Dance with me.”

“… What.”

“Grant me the honor of one dance, my prince, and I’ll leave. You’ll never have to deal with my presence again.”

And Roman, wary of some trap but eager to be rid of the beautiful confusing disgusting snake, agrees.

They rise up in an elegantly decorated ballroom

dressed in a fancy suit (Roman) and an elegant ballgown (Deceit)

and they dance

at first, stilted and formal

keeping to the steps and no more

but then Janus seems to come to some internal conclusion

and folds himself in close to Roman

before spinning outwards, skirt swirling, and coming back in

and somehow, without Roman quite knowing why, they’re dancing.

flourishes, leaning into each other, Roman even lifting Deceit into the air at one point

and his heart keeps pinging strangely

aching

(familiar, this is familiar, you’ve done this before)

but eventually, the dance has to end

and they both come to a stop as the song finishes, panting heavily

Janus is smiling through his heavy breaths

and Roman finds he is too

but Janus’ smile cracks and falls and he steps back.

“Well,” he says. “That was the deal.”

and he lifts Roman’s hand, which somehow has his sword in it although it didn’t a second before, so that the blade is at his throat

just like the night before

“One quick cut ought to do it.”

Self Preservation exposes his throat to his beloved.

because he doesn't want to hurt Roman.

because this dance was his last selfish act before he gives up

one last moment to remember his prince by

and Roman pauses with his sword at Janus’ throat.

because Roman can't figure out why Janus, the evil self serving snake, wouldn't take an opportunity to hurt him to save himself

why he asked for this dance at all

why his arms around him felt like home

and all of a sudden

the memories he’s been denying all this time hit him like a truck

and he remembers

(after all that, Roman congratulates Janus on his idea to bring his memories back by dancing together)

(Janus smiles at him and changes the subject)

the barrier weakens the more that the lights feel comfortable around the darks.

the more that Thomas feels comfortable around them.

by the time everyone’s memory is back, it’s like it was never there at all.

#sanders sides #analogical #roceit #intruality #dote writes things #moduke #sanders sides fic #tss fanfic #roman sanders #remus sanders #janus sanders #virgil sanders #patton sanders #logan sanders

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faulty-rob · 1 year

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Aww Remus just wants cuddles too?

#sanders sides #sanders sides fanart #sanders sides fluff #patton sanders fanart #ts patton #patton sanders #ts remus #remus sanders #remus sanders fanart #intruality #moduke

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puzzled-pegasus · 7 months

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Oh my god oh my god oh my god do you know who would be really cute parents??? Remus and Patton Sanders????? Has anyone written anything about this bc i need it in my life please and thanks

#sanders sides #sanders sides au #sanders sides fluff #intruality #moduke #or whatever #patton sanders #remus sanders

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thomas-sanders-shipname-glossary · 4 months

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Sanders Sides OTP Names

Glossary Masterpost

A list of the shipnames of Sanders Sides Characters that include two people! Orange is included with temporary shipnames until we know more about him, as has been voted in this poll! Ordered by however it made sense to me.

All names with a (*) came from this post by @treenissanderssidesstuff which I found to be fun alternatives. Edit: All Sides/Nico shipnames were made by me (as were the King/Roman and Remus ones), as I haven't found any elsewhere. If you have your own ideas for them, please message me!

1) Patton / Roman - Royality, Royalty*

2) Patton / Logan - Logicality, Motivate *

3) Patton / Virgil - Moxiety, Moxie*

4) Patton / Janus - Moceit, Patceit, Dogma*

5) Patton / Remus - Intruality, Momus, Moduke, Duality*

6) Patton / Thomas - Patmas, Thomality

7) Patton / Nico - Patco, Nitton

8) Patton / King - Moking

9) Patton / Orange - Pange, Oratton, Morange

10) Roman / Logan - Logince, Procudure*

11) Roman / Virgil - Prinxiety, Proximate*

12) Roman / Janus - Roceit, Princeit, Drama Club*

13) Roman / Remus - Remrom, Romrem

! For platonic/familial relationship, please use Creativitwins!

14) Roman / Thomas - Romthom, Romas

15) Roman / Nico - Roco, Niman

16) Roman / King - Roking, Romking, Kingman

17) Roman /Orange - Rorange, Pringe

18) Logan / Virgil - Analogical, Analog*

19) Logan / Janus - Loceit, Decipher

20) Logan / Remus - Intrulogical, Lomus, Reproductive*

21) Logan / Thomas - Lomas

22) Logan / Nico - Loco, Nigan

23) Logan / King - Loking

24) Logan / Orange - Lorange, Logange, Loge

25) Virgil / Janus - Anxceit, Hissterics*

26) Virgil / Remus - Dukexiety, Vimus, Virus*

27) Virgil / Thomas - Thvi, Thomxiety

28) Virgil / Nico - Vico, Nirgil

29) Virgil / King - Kingxiety, Viking

30) Virgil / Orange - Anxange, Virange, Orgil

31) Janus / Remus - Dukeceit, Demus, Remceit, Receit*, Intruceit, Trashnoodle

32) Janus / Thomas - Thomceit

33) Janus / Nico - Janico, Ninus

34) Janus / King - Kingceit

35) Janus / Orange - Oranceit, Jange

36) Remus / Thomas - Intrumas

37) Remus / Nico - Remco, Nimus

38) Remus / King - Intruking, Kingmus

39) Remus / Orange - Intruorange, Intrange

40) Thomas / Nico - Karrot Kings, Pintroverts

41) Thomas / King - Kingmas

42) Thomas / Orange - Thorange, Thomge

43) Nico / King - Kingco, Nicing, Nicoking

44) Nico / Orange - Nicorange

45) King / Orange - Kingange, Kirange

#thomas sanders shipname glossary #sanders sides shipnames #sanders sides otp shipname list #sasi otp shipnames #tss otp shipnames #remrom mention #thomas sanders #fanders

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doodle-png · 2 years

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sides fankids: analogical

#doodle's doodles #sanders sides #fankids #analogical #virgil sanders #ts virgil #logan sanders #ts logan #fander #sanders sides art

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christelightlavo · 2 years

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What your favorite sander sides ship says about you.

Loceit :- you think the concept "opposites attract" is highly overrated.

Moceit :- your ideal relationship dynamic is romeo and Juliet

Demus :- you ideal relationship dynamic is two bro's chilling in the hot tub four feet apart because they are gay.

Roceit :- your ideal relationship dynamic is hero x villain.

Anxceit :- when you were younger, you parent told you If someone is being mean to you they like you and you never let go of that.

Logicality :- you think the concept "opposite attract" is underrated.

Intrulogical :- some people want to fuck monster's, other want to fuck their teacher. You said "why don't they fuck each other?"

Logince :- you are genuinely angry with the lack of male tsundere's

Analogical :- you are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of comfort zones.

Moduke :- you want to fuck dad's

Royality :- your ideal relationship dynamic is prince x knight. Or just sitcom.

Moxiety :- you don't want to fuck dad's but you definitely want to fuck father figures.

Dukexiety :- you are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of bullying.

Prinxiety :- your ideal relationship dynamic is a bickering married couple.

#sanders sides #what your favorite ship says about you

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cleverwerewolfsalad · 1 year

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adrienbitan · 2 years

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Des stagiaires enthousiastes après le 1er module de la formation en hypnose thérapeutique. Voici leurs commentaires : Très bonne formation, intense. On arrive dès la fin des deux jours à mettre une personne en état d hypnose. A recommander et en attente du deuxième week end. Jean-Christophe La formation est à la fois très dense et intéressante alternant théorie et beaucoup de pratique. Elle s'est déroulée dans un climat d'écoute et de bienveillance. Je suis très satisfaite et en attente du second weekend. Maria Merci à Adrien et à vous tous. Formation très pédagogue et formidablement bien menée par Adrien. Il nous embarque dans la magie de l'hypnose et nous donne envie d'en savoir plus. Pratiques, théorie, mises en situations... Je recommande pour débuter dans l'accompagnement en hypnose. Fanny Un grand merci à Adrien pour sa disponibilité et sa transmission. Une extraordinaire aventure et une formation captivante, que j'ai hâte de poursuivre ! Virginie Adrien est une personne très pédagogue et à l'écoute. Il fait preuve de patience, de bienveillance et sait se montrer très disponible. En 3 mots, cette formation est riche, captivante et intense. Je recommande plus que vivement. Marie Adrien est un formateur très pédagogue et professionnel. Il est passionné et arrive à transmettre sa passion. Personnellement je n'ai pas vu passer la formation tellement cela était interessant. Vivement le prochain moduke. Je recommande vivement ! Faiza Une formation envoûtante et riche d'enseignements. Elle permet de penser différemment notre travail tout en partagant les savoir-faire et les savoir-être de chacun. Merci à Adrien pour sa disponibilité, sa transmission et son écoute active et bienveillante. Delphine (à Centre Hypnose Mieux Etre - Adrien Bitan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch6gjW8qhP7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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haeva · 2 years

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luckily it doesn't because the module is not mandatory to graduate so I can either re do it or choose one of the 15 other modules

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Oh that's great! Then I guess you're just gonna have to consider if you like another moduke better.

#✨️ anon

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goodieghosty · 2 years

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Apparently I cannot save asks as drafts anymore because they w i l l disappear and I am upset!

Anyways, someone wanted

This

#moduke #nsft #not safe for sanders #sanders sides #goodies.art #remus sanders #patton sanders

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lovecorepatton · 3 years

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[ID: a drawing of Patton and Remus. Patton sits on a counter and holds Remus' face. Remus stands in front of Patton with vaer hands around his waist. The two have their faces touching in a near kiss and are smiling and looking into each others eyes. They're in their canon outfits. Patton has light brown skin and moles. His hair and eyes are brown, and he has black stud earrings. He wears a brown leather watch. Remus has dark purple hair and pale freckled skin. Vaer eyes are red. A few hearts are doodled around the two. There's illustrative typography around them. Half of the font is bright green with a red shadow, and the quote is in a white speech bubble with a cyan shadow. The text reads: 'he said [quote: bill i believe this is killing me!" end quote] as the smile ran away from his face'. Remus and Patton are standing in a room, with a doorway and a shelf in the background. The room is dark and the entire image has a dark blue overlay.

images under the cut are a daylight version with yellow lighting and the lineart alone on a grey background. end ID.]

lyrics are from pianoman by billy joel

there is no reasoning behind the lyrics other than i think that this song is very intruality and i was listening to piano man and got inspired so

alt. versions under the cut

reblogs are highly appreciated, even if you dont have a big following!

#patton sanders #remus sanders #intruality #my art #moduke #sanders sides #sanders sides fanart #ts patton #ts remus #tss #ask to tag #im really happy with this :]

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crownofrats · 3 years

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I saw @remuscore had posted their transparent side icons. So I did what I always do with stuff like that and made a shit ton of Intruality cons with them. Art belongs to them! And ya know what, I love making these, so I'll take requests! Feel free to use and enjoy them!

#intruality #moduke #remus sanders #patton sanders

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izzyfandoms · 3 years

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The Taste Of Poison On Your Lips

This is the immortals Dukeceit oneshot based on this post!

SHIPS: Dukeceit/Demus, Minor Intruality/Moduke

WARNINGS: Poison, attempted murder, implied sexual content

GENERAL TAGLIST: @quillfics42 @aj-draws @phantomofthesanderssides @phlying-squirrel @sly-is-my-name-loving-is-my-game @because-were-fam-ily @imtryingthisout @a-creepycookie @littlestr @spooky-scary-virgil @fuyel @mimsidoodles @soupgremlin @aroaceagenderfluid @birdsbookshiddeninrealbirdsskin @quirkalurk @gingers-trashy-stuff @iinyxtello @justaqueercactus @melodiread @mrbubbajones @pun-master-logan @gayturtlez @k1ngtok1 @yourneighborhooddisaster @alexxander-the-gay @full-of-roman-angst-trash @selfcarejanus

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Janus’s house was centuries old, but he was centuries older.

It had been built for him specifically, and had been renovated numerous times over the years. He knew it as well as he knew the back of his usually-gloved hand. Each winding hallway and trinket-filled room had been etched into his mind through familiarity.

Despite this, he still could not find his husband.

Remus had mysteriously disappeared from the dinner party they were hosting – leaving Janus alone with some predominantly very boring company – and Janus was just a little bit irritated. Now, he had to go find him. So, he had left his brother-in-law, Roman, entertaining the guests with some elaborate story about a play he’d been in, but that wouldn’t last long. He would need to return soon, hopefully dragging his husband along with him.

He marched down the hallway, pushing doors open as he passed them and peering through them into dark rooms, but he was unable to find his husband. He was not anywhere in sight, and Janus had already checked the majority of the house.

Janus let out an irritated sigh, stopping at the end of the hallway and turning around, his skirt swishing around his legs as he did so.

“Remus, you bastard,” he muttered under his breath. “Why on earth did I marry you again?”

He began to march back down the hallway, when he suddenly heard a noise coming from a closet that he passed. He stopped in his tracks, taking a few steps backwards so he was closer to it and straining his ears to listen.

Was that...?

Janus sighed again, reaching out and pinching the bridge of his nose in irritation for just a moment.

Was now really the time for this?

He strode over to the closet, placing his hand on the ornate handle. He then pulled it open, almost dreading what he was going to see when he looked inside.

Fortunately, neither of the men inside of the closet were naked. But Remus’s shirt was almost entirely unbuttoned, and the hand of one of their dearest friends – Patton – was placed on his stomach, creeping downwards. They were kissing passionately, and Janus saw a flash of tongue between their mouths.

They had not seemed to notice Janus, and Janus waited, tapping his foot against the wooden floor, impatient.

And, well, it wasn’t exactly the worst sight to see. In any other situation, Janus might not have complained. Remus was undeniably the handsomest man Janus had ever met – excluding his occasional decisions to avoid hygiene – and Patton was certainly not unattractive.

But they were hosting a dinner party, damn it. Now was not the time to sneak off to make out with your lover. Janus certainly wouldn’t have done that, and perhaps it had been naïve to hope that Remus would not either.

Perhaps, in hindsight, inviting Patton had been a mistake.

He waited, and Patton seemed to notice him first, pulling away from Remus, who chased his lips before he realised that Janus was watching them. Remus pulled back, grinning at his husband, his arms still wrapped around Patton

“Baby!” He said. “Do you want to join us?”

Patton’s face began to redden, and he coughed awkwardly, removing his hands from Remus and adjusting his crooked shirt collar. There was a smattering of fresh hickeys on his neck, though of course there wasn’t a single one on Remus. He healed far too quickly for Patton to be able to leave marks on him. Not that Patton had realised that that was the reason why Remus never let him try before.

Janus glared at Remus.

“Darling, did you forget that we were hosting a dinner party?” He said, his arms crossed. “Or were you too busy thinking with your dick to remember that?”

“Um. The second one?”

Janus sighed.

“You are unbelievable,” he said, before he turned to the awkward Patton, who – to his credit – looked quite sheepish. “May you give my husband and I a moment?”

“Oh, um. Sure,” Patton said. “And, uh, sorry, Jan,” he added sheepishly, running his fingers through his hair.

He glanced at Remus, who immediately grinned and winked at him, before blowing a kiss. Janus rolled his eyes, but Patton let out a giggle, covering his mouth with his hand, before he turned and walked away, back down the hallway.

Janus waited until he turned a corner and was out of sight, before he turned back to his smug husband. He walked over to him, and began to button up Remus’s shirt from the lowest button upwards.

“You know, I despise you sometimes,” he said.

Remus laughed. “Do you now?” He said, amused and like he absolutely did not believe him.

“Yes, I do.”

“Sure.”

Janus rolled his eyes, finishing buttoning up Remus’s shirt and now fixing his collar. His hands landed on Remus’s shoulders.

“You are quite the annoyance. You know that, right?”

“Yup!”

Janus sighed, smoothing out the wrinkles in Remus’s shirt.

“You know, I had a surprise prepared for you during dinner, but if you are going to act like this, I might just take it back.”

“No!” Remus whined. “No, I love surprises!” He grabbed Janus’s hands, cupping them in his own. “I promise, I will not sneak off again. I’ll stay and chat with all our so-boring guests.”

Janus gave him a look that showed that he absolutely did not believe him.

“Babe,” Remus said, attempting to be serious, for once in his life. “Would I lie to you?”

“Yes.”

They had been alive for centuries. It would have been impossible for Remus not to have lied to Janus in any of the numerous moments they had spent together. And Janus could come up with dozens of examples just off the top of his head. Remus wasn’t exactly the most honest of people, even with his husband. But neither was Janus, so he really couldn’t judge.

“Okay, but would I break a promise?”

Janus thought about it for a moment.

“Yes.”

“Okay, but I promise I won’t this time.”

Remus released Janus’s hands, closing his fingers into a fist, excluding the little finger, which still stuck out, like he wanted to make a pinkie promise.

“I would never break a pinkie promise. They’re too important,” Remus said seriously.

Janus rolled his eyes, but obediently linked his pinkie with Remus’s.

“I pinkie promise that I will not abandon you for the rest of this dumb party.”

“Thank you. But calling it ‘dumb’ is rather impolite, you know. I might just take offense to that.”

Remus flashed a grin. “You invited my dumb brother. That makes it dumb.”

“Your ‘dumb’ brother is currently entertaining our guests for us. We should be grateful for him, not insulting him behind his back.”

Remus blew a raspberry. “You and your dumb rules.”

Janus took one of Remus’s hands in his own, squeezing it.

“Let’s just return to the party, dear, before Roman runs out of interesting stories to tell.”

It would surprise Janus if Roman did run out of stories to tell, as he was just as ancient as Janus and Remus, though none of their guests knew that, so he had a limited number of stories he could tell without making them suspicious. But the majority of their guests had never been to a party at Janus and Remus’s house before, so Roman could retell all of his favourite, more modern stories to entertain them. His life, like Janus and Remus’s, had been quite the adventure.

Janus then began to lead Remus back down the hallway, towards the large room that their dinner party was held in. They passed numerous paintings of Janus and Remus hanging on the walls. Some were modern, but many were from years ago, created by artists who were long since deceased.

They were beautiful – just as beautiful as Janus and Remus – though Remus had despised sitting still for the amount of time it had taken to paint them. But he had done it, for Janus’s sake.

Soon, they arrived back at the large dining room, and they stepped through the large doors to see Roman surrounded by their wide-eyed guests.

“And that was when I took the knife from him, hit the handle against his temple and knocked him out cold,” he said, gesturing dramatically with his hands as he spoke. He did not seem to immediately notice Janus and Remus’s entrance.

Janus glanced at Remus, who rolled his eyes at his brother.

“Woah, you’re amazing,” said one of the guests, staring at Roman like he was some kind of god.

Roman smiled, and let out a charming laugh, one that had not changed in all the years he’d been alive.

“Well, thank you. I suppose I am.”

His eyes then landed on Janus and Remus, and he straightened up.

“Ah, Janus and Remus, you have returned! How wonderful.” He clapped his hands together. “Now, when will dinner be? I am quite famished.”

Janus checked his watch.

“Oh, about now,” he said. “Come on, let’s everyone take our seats.”

***

Janus was sat at one head of the table, and Remus was sat at the other. Their guests all had named cards dictating where they sat, and Janus had made sure that Remus and Roman would not be seated together. The last thing they needed was a brotherly argument to disrupt this wonderful evening.

Especially because Janus had a surprise prepared for Remus tonight.

Food had been served, along with a delicious red wine that Janus had picked out himself. He kept an eye on Remus’s glass in particular as they ate and, predictably, Remus drank more than anyone else.

Remus caught Janus’s eye halfway through one particularly long sip of wine, and Janus smirked at him. Remus stared at him for a little longer, before his eyes flicked away.

The two people sat on either side of Janus were dreadfully boring company, which made dinner just a little bit unbearable, and Janus regretted inviting them. They were colleagues at his new job – he liked to switch it up every once in a while – and he had wanted to make new friends there, but, apparently, they were all the dullest of people. But at least he had Roman to make the party more interesting, and Remus had Patton at his side, chatting happily with him. Janus was almost jealous, but he enjoyed Patton’s company, too. It was a shame that he was sat on the other side of the table from them.

Janus only half paid attention to the people speaking on either side of him. They were talking about work – about some case they had taken that Janus could not have cared less about – when suddenly, Remus started coughing.

His coughs were loud, drawing all attention to him, one hand covering his mouth and the other gripping tightly onto the table.

Janus could not help but smirk, lifting his glass of wine to his lips and taking a sip from it.

“Oh my gosh, are you okay?” Patton asked, placing his hand on Remus’s shoulder, a look of concern on his face.

Remus could not answer; he was too busy coughing.

Janus watched him smugly.

He stood up suddenly, kicking his chair back and knocking it over, and began to sway as he tried his best to straighten up, still coughing aggressively.

Janus took another sip from his drink, before he, too, stood up, a look of false concern appearing on his face, like he had just put on a mask with false features.

“Remus, darling, are you alright?” He asked.

He began to walk around the table, moving slowly towards Remus. But just before he could reach his husband, Remus collapsed to the floor. He landed with a loud thump, unconscious, and multiple people – including Patton – stood up from the table, gasping.

Roman stayed in his seat, sipping from his wine, and looking almost bored. He had been around long enough to be used to Janus and Remus’s shenanigans by now.

“Someone call an ambulance!” Patton exclaimed, moving towards Remus in a panic.

“Oh, not just yet,” Janus said, before anyone could pull out their phones. “Let me check on my husband, first.”

He reached Remus, kneeling down beside him.

“Did you poison him?” Roman asked, sounding like he already knew the answer to that, and also sounding quite bored.

Janus let out a fake gasp.

“Of course not! I would never hurt my husband!” He exclaimed. “How dare you accuse me of that!”

Roman snorted, taking another sip from his wine.

Patton looked stunned, looking between the two of them, before he turned back to Remus, his stunned expression turning back to an expression of worry.

“How do we help him? Do we call an ambulance?”

“I have my phone!” A woman said, standing up and waving her phone. “I can call an ambulance!”

Janus looked Remus over. He wasn’t breathing, and there was now a thin line of blood trickling out of his mouth and running down the side of his face. It dripped onto the floor, which was a shame. It would be an inconvenience to clean that up.

It was moments like this that made Janus wish they still had servants, but he had discovered that it was much harder to hide immortality and assassination attempts when they had people around them at all times.

Well, they would just have to clean up the blood themselves later.

“No, there’s no need for that,” Janus said calmly, retrieving a tissue from his pocket and wiping away the blood on Remus’s face, his touch gentle. “I am sure he’ll be quite fine.”

Patton stared at him, wide-eyed.

“But- but he’s hurt! He needs help!”

“He does not,” Janus said, standing up and turning to face his guests. “I assure you, Remus is going to be just fine.”

“But-”

As if they had planned it, Remus suddenly sat up, gasping loudly. His eyes were wide – wild – and he looked around at the stunned guests who were watching him, before his eyes finally landed on Janus, who smiled.

“Darling, I was wondering when you were going to wake up. It usually doesn’t take you so long.”

Someone behind him repeated the word ‘usually’, so quiet that Janus almost missed it, but Janus just ignored them. He simply smiled at his husband, holding out his hand to help Remus up. Remus took the hand, and Janus pulled him back up into a standing position. Remus swayed slightly – not completely better, but almost – and his gaze locked onto Janus’s eyes.

Janus stared back for a single moment, before he turned back to look over his stunned guests. Some of them looked worried, confused, even one looked downright horrified. Roman took another sip from his wine, looking almost... bored.

“Would you give my husband and I a moment?” Janus asked. “Enjoy your meals in our absence.”

Janus then wrapped his hand around Remus’s arm, and pulled him out of the room.

As soon as the door shut behind them, Remus grabbed Janus and smashed their mouths together. His lips tasted like blood, wine and poison. Delicious.

Remus’s hand made its way to the small of Janus’s back, pushing their bodies closer together, like he wanted them to fuse into one being. Janus’s arms wrapped around Remus’s neck, and he wanted nothing more than to keep kissing his husband forever.

When they pulled apart, it was because Janus wanted to take a breath. Remus chased his lips, pressing his to Janus’s with one more quick peck, before he pulled back, though his arms remained wrapped around Janus.

“Are you trying to poison me, too?” Janus asked, his voice breathy, but also amused.

Remus laughed, also sounding just a little out of breath. He nodded.

“Well, I suppose that’s fair enough,” Janus said. “But did you enjoy your surprise?” He continued, gently caressing Remus’s face with his hand.

“I adore you,” Remus said, which was its own answer.

Janus smiled, his hand cradling Roman’s cheek.

“I despise you, too.”

“Oh, I’m gonna get the best revenge for this,” Remus said with a grin, pulling Janus in closer.

“Will you now?” Janus said, looking his husband over, amused.

Remus nodded eagerly. “Oh, you’re going to feel so much pain. Maybe I’ll have you kidnapped! We haven’t done that before.”

He had not. Their attempted murders of each other was a new pastime of theirs. It was thrilling, the most exciting thing that had ever happened to their relationship, and Janus couldn’t get enough of it.

Janus hummed, tracing Remus’s cheekbone with his finger.

“Don’t give it away, darling. I’d love to be surprised.”

“It’s gonna be the best surprise ever,” Remus said excitedly. “Oh, I have so many ideas.”

“I cannot wait.”

Remus grinned, and then leant in and kissed Janus once more: just a quick peck, but still leaving the taste of blood, wine and poison behind.

“Can we-” he began to ask.

“No, Remus,” Janus interrupted him, already knowing exactly what Remus had been about to ask. “We have guests to entertain. And we need to make sure they don’t call the police if they’ve realised that I poisoned you.”

Remus pouted, giving Janus his best attempt at puppy-dog eyes, but Janus did not back down. He took Remus’s hand into his own and squeezed it.

“Come on, let’s return to dinner. We can do whatever you want later.”

Remus immediately perked up.

“Really?”

“Mhm,” Janus hummed with a nod. He squeezed Remus’s hand again. “Now come on.”

He led Remus back over to the door, and as he pushed it open, his mind was full of racing thoughts.

He had so many ideas for the next time he would attempt to murder his husband. Oh, it was just so exciting.

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