#roman? oh i'm laughing i'm laughing i have stitches in my side

[fivenamereveals]

According to All Known Laws...

Soulmate September

Day 14 - The first words you hear your soulmate speak are written on your arm

Summary: The first words Virgil hears his soulmate speak look like a shitpost. Because of course they do.

Ship(s): Dukexiety, background Logince

Warnings: some swearing, Remus being Remus

Taglist: @tsshipmonth2020

(This is a bit late, whoops)

Virgil really didn't understand what the big fuss about soulmates was. Partly because he didn't get how there was a special someone out there for him. But mostly because the words on his arm, the ones he would first hear from his other half, made no sense. So he didn't go around sharing it all willy-nilly.

Things changed on the first day of college.

He wasn't running late, but the fact he was zooming through the hallways made it look like he was.

"Hey, Virgil!" a voice called, stopping him in his tracks.

"Patton? You go here?"

"Obviously." Patton pushed his hair back, but it fell right back in his face. "It's been forever since we last saw each other. How you been?"

"Fine. And you?"

"Wonderfully!" He leaned in. "I found my soulmate yesterday."

"Really? Congratulations!" Virgil hugged him. "I bet he'll take you on much better dates than I did." They had dated briefly in high school but remained friends even after the breakup.

"You weren't that bad," Patton said. "You just... have a tendency to knock things over."

"And people, remember? I accidentally tripped and made you fall."

Patton considered this for a moment. "Okay, maybe you were a terrible date."

"Hey!" Virgil pouted and he laughed.

"You're the one who brought it up! Don't blame me." Patton's eyes slid past Virgil and he raised a brow. "What in the world is that guy doing?"

Virgil turned. Two boys were standing together on the other side of the atrium. One of them was waving his arms about in an erratic manner while the other one looked on warily.

"I have no idea. Anyway, I have to get to class. See you later, okay?"

"Yeah. Totally. Bye." Patton waved and Virgil continued on.

When he entered his classroom, he saw a guy sitting alone fiddling with his arm. "Got an itch?" Virgil said in lieu of a greeting.

"Hm?" The boy looked up. "Oh, no. I just — I'm still wondering why the heck my soulmate will say this."

"It can't be any more embarrassing than mine," Virgil said.

"Let's compare then, shall we?"

Virgil shrugged and peered at Roman's arm.

"'Stabbing's fun for him,'" he read. "Let's hope that's not in regards to you."

"Yeah, let's. Now you."

Virgil pulled his jacket sleeve back.

The boy read it and frowned. "You were right, that is worse."

"Yep. I wonder what idiot will say this. By the way, I'm Virgil."

"Roman."

At that moment, the door opened and two people came in. It was the pair Patton had pointed out earlier. The boy that had been doing the weird motions was speaking.

"The bee, of course, flies anyway because fuck humans and their puny little brains."

Virgil and Roman exchanged a glance. Then Virgil said, "You have got to be shitting me right now."

The erratic boy froze, his eyes on Virgil. Then his lips spread in a wide grin. "Hello, soulmate. And hello, fucker." He was addressing Roman.

"Remus." Roman rolled his eyes at Virgil and said, "He's my brother."

"And my soulmate apparently," Virgil muttered. He jumped back as Remus shook his hand vigorously.

"I love the eyeshadow," Remus said. "And the jacket. Did you stitch those patches in yourself?"

"Yeah," Virgil replied slowly.

If possible, Remus' grin grew. "It's amazing. You know, I've always wanted to learn how to sew, but I usually get frustrated and stab the material."

Virgil glanced at Remus' companion, who rubbed his eyes, making his glasses go slightly crooked. "Stabbing's fun for him."

"Really? Have you tried felting?" Virgil asked Remus. "That's basically stab-sewing."

He ignored the look of utter disbelief on Roman's face and the gaping from the other students.

"Felting? No. But now I'm intrigued." Remus' grin looked almost demonic now, and several students backed away.

Virgil, however, had begun to smile. "I'm sure I have something you could use if you're interested."

"Interested? Oh, hell yeah!"

They sat down together, leaving Roman and Remus' friend staring at them.

"I don't think I've ever seen him look so happy, not even when he was burning ants with a magnifying glass," Roman said.

The other boy raised his eyebrows. "You just said..."

Roman's eyes widened as he remembered what he said. "Stabbing's fun for him... You?"

The glasses-wearing boy nodded slowly. "Logan. And you are Roman, I presume?"

"Yep."

Silence fell between them. Then Logan asked, "So is your brother always so... strange?"

"You have no idea."

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[guigz1-coldwar]

'Lines of our work' : New chapter for "Redemption in a Spirit in a Cold War" is out !

"Lines of our work"

"I'm just very happy to know how much my love is unbreakable with you, Park !"

Chapter Summary : As her days in Laos are finally done, Yirina and the others are flying to the city where Adler is in Stitch hands : Verdansk.....

To read it on AO3, click here !

Words : +3200

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Our days in Laos was finally over, we were able to know where was Adler now and everyone didn't really lose time to prepare their bags as Hudson ordered. This place...it was like if I was living those fake memories for real but I hope I will not put my feets down on these jungles for an long time, it's bringing back bad thoughts after everything that happened in an few days in this country : we lost an friend, we were almost killed because of an trap made by Stitch and the Nova-6 threat was non-existant. We were almost out of options until Naga talked : Adler is in Verdansk, the capital of the Kastovian SSR...in the USSR.

After the briefing, everyone moved back to their former workplaces to prepare their bags as Hudson was making calls to the agents that was positioned in Verdansk to announce our arrival in Russia for the next day thanks to the flight we will have to do, surely arriving at the early morning of the 31th of May at the hideout we are going to use in an safe place located around the city because of Perseus high presence in it. We just all want to not be another trap from Stitch.

As the flight was going to take almost half of an day and that we took our plane at the beginning of the evening, an sleep was obliged for me & everyone as we know for sure that the moment we will put our feets on the Kastovian ground, we will have to be focused on our work, feeling obligated by Hudson. I tried to find anything that could make me relive an memory during my sleep but the plane engines and the noises of people sleeping around me wasn't really helping at all.

When I woke up, everyone were fully awake...except Woods for the moment : Sims & Wolf were chatting silently at their side as Hudson was standing up & watching everyone like an dad making sure that his kids doesn't fool around in the plane while the others were mostly in their thoughts. As I wasn't willing to open my mouth for the moment, I decided to write the last memories I did have for the past few days in my diary.

"Didn't know that you were an writer, Grigoriev." I heard Wolf's voice adressing to me while I was writing down the last memory I had with Freya.

"Uhm...yeah." I muttered, peaking my eyes for one seconds before looking back at what I was writing, not wanting to screw up.

"How long have you been writing ?" He demanded from me as I was just finished to write, causing me to close my book but keeping it in my hands.

"It's been 2 months now actually." I replied, looking at him fully, knowing that he wasn't going to stop his questions towards me.

"It is like an diary ?" Sims was instead the one to ask the question and I nodded to him.

"It help me to remember myself of what I did." I responded but it look like my words was meaning something else for Wolf.

"Wait, you're losing your memories ?" He questioned me.

"No." I breathed, before looking at Hudson, whose eys was on me. "I'm regaining them." I stated, giving him an serious look and he did look away in an kind of shame.

"It's hard to tell, Wolf." Sims expressed, knowing that this book was something for my memories like I told him days ago.

"And I'm sure that you don't want to know." I was surprised when I heard Woods talk next to me, awakening from his sleep.

"Why not ? It could be interesting !" Wolf protested, raising his shoulders to look at Woods. "Right ?" He added, turning to Sims.

"I don't know, I'm like following Woods in his statement." Sims told him, joining Woods as the two know about me but not Wolf. They should think that in this book, I'm talking about an lot of things including what happened to me.

"What do you think about it, Grigoriev ?" Wolf asked me.

"I'm like them, there's things that is troubling in it." I exclaimed, sure of my words.

"Nothing is troubling for us." Rivas claimed, stepping inside the conversation to talk to me directly, she was just sit next to Wolf. "Isn't it our line of work after all ?" She said rhetorically.

"Come on, show it." Wolf suggested as Sims rolled his eyes, understanding that his friend won't back down on me.

"Wolf..." I heard Woods muttering in an annoyed voice.

"Why are you so tempting to read her diary ?" Park broke out of her thoughts to defend me, sending an feeling of relief in me. "An diary is supposed to be personal, not to be shared." She continued, sounding very serious.

"Yeah but...I heard that you read it too." Wolf chuckled to her before slowly getting up from his seat to face me. "Please...as an friend." He handed his hands towards me, making some weird puppy eyes, he really want to read my personal diary and he will not be going away from me until I comply and took an deep breath.

"Fine...but at one condition." I resigned myself, slowly giving the book in his hands. It was that or he will stay in front of me forever. "You only read one page and you leave me alone for the rest of the flight." I proposed, still holding the book as he start to took it in his hands.

"Okay, I will." He whispered, having the book in his hands as everyone was curious to see what he was going to read, fear taking over me on which page he is going to fall, same for Park, Woods, Sims & Hudson, looking by their faces.

"Hope it's an good page." I thought to myself in an very low voice, even crossing my fingers to hope better.

"Well, that's...incredible !" He exclaimed as he looked at me...& Park, meaning that he has maybe fall on an page with her. "You two are an thing ?" He demanded, very surprised.

"Oh my god." I moaned, putting my head in my hands as I was blushing, he did say it loudly and everyone except those who already know were astonished. "Yes." I decided, like that, to answer his question and when I removed my hands from my face, eyes all around were going wide.

"Wow, that's an revelation." Rivas expressed, slowly nodding towards me & Park

"I'm surprised, it was under my very eyes during the beginning of when I meet you two." Wolf scoffed, sounding like he was the only one to know that.

"Wolf...you're not the only one to know." Woods put him down, with an little smile on his face.

"Oh." Wolf simply said before looking back at me. "Can I just read another one ?" He demanded but I shook my head.

"An deal is an deal, remember ?" I make him recall our little deal we did just moment earlier, going up from my seat to grab my book back in his hands. "Give me that." I added as I put my hands back on the book and took it away before going back to my seat.

"She's right, you said that you will only read one page." Park defended me, making me smile as she joined her right hand on my left one.

"You did say that !" Hudson spoke up, still at the same position from before and his eyes focused on Wolf. "Now, it's better that you go back to your seat and enjoy the free moment until we land in Verdansk." He ordered, causing Wolf to go back to his seat.

After that little embarrassing moment for me, hoping at every moment that he will not fall on an page where I'm writing about my brainwashing, no one else was bothering me about trying to peak their eyes to look at my book as I put it back well in my bag, deeply in it and the rest of the flight went well, still not opening my mouth to talk to the others as they were having their own discussions, Park was also in the same mood as me.

2 hours after that moment, we were finally landing at the supposed CIA clandestine runway in the region of Verdansk that was supposely located at 10 km from the city. When I stepped outside the plane, carrying my bag with me, I was wondering if I did actually came to this place before all of this because I never had any memory about that place and Verdansk wasn't something familiar to me, having heard the name only two days ago for the first time.

Our hideout was like I thought, an old warehouse like the one we used to live in Moscow...CIA safehouses are never going to change. By the look of it in the inside, the place was already setting up for us, an dashboard near the desk that Hudson was going to use and it was already filled of intels...all for us. Me & Park...we took the desks where the equipment about intercepting upcoming transmissions from Perseus was.

"So, this is the place we're going to be until we got Adler ?" Woods exclaimed after he checked out every part of the warehouse.

"If you're not happy, you sleep outside, Woods." Hudson replied, sounding an bit joking to him.

"At least, I will not be able to punch you in case." Woods retorted, this time, laughing as Hudson rolled his eyes behind his glasses, already looking annoyed to be here. "If you're not tempting me..." Woods added in an low voice, meaning it.

"Anyway."  Hudson spoke up to broke the laugh of Woods as I got near the dashboard with the others. "Here's the intels our agents prepared for us." He pointed at the dashboard, showing us the multiples things on it : maps, pictures, everything.

"They managed to find who was Knight ?" I demanded, making Hudson look at the file with 'Knight' written on it.

"Yes." He answered, taking the file in his hands to hand it to Park herself. "I suppose that you maybe know him." He suggested to her as Park was looking in the file with me next to it.

"Roman Gray ?" I whispered, my eyes focused on discovering who was 'Knight'.

"He was an ex-MI6 assassin that enlisted in 1965." Park replied, apparently knowing the man but her voice wasn't so deep unlike when she was talking about Stone. "He was dismissed by us in 1980 due to 'conduct unbecoming' in Afghanistan." She continued, giving us details about the man that wasn't in that file.

"It said that he joined Perseus because he was promised the chaos he like ?" I questioned, looking at the writings about him, an little troubled about that.

"Seems like an serious threat to say." Wolf expressed but he wasn't sure of the veracity of that statement about Knight by hearing his voice.

"And what this dashboard told us, he's been working with Wraith." Sims moved in front of me, his finger pointing to an picture where we could see Freya & Knight discussing, dressed in miltary outift. "We will have to watch out for the two." He added as in me, I couldn't know how to feel that Freya was in Verdansk too.

"For now, we have only that." Hudson told us, scratching the back of his head before looking around. "Get yourself to work, we need to find Adler very fast."

"Understood." We all said in unison, my voice more lower than the other before we split up.

Before actually getting myself to start working, I decided to take an big shower to destress myself and to also clean myself up after that long flight we did since we left Laos...shit, Freya is also in Verdansk, I will have to be ready at any occasions in case we see each other...Bell will have to step in each time to faint to not know her. It's been an week and some days that I didn't speak to her by phone and since I'm working to get Adler back, I couldn't take anymore risk to do that....

After taking that good shower and took something to eat as I didn't eat something since we left, I was finally ready to work and been the only cryptographer in the entire team, I was almost the only one that could bring in some news informations about Perseus moves in Verdansk. Hudson was also there to do that but it was mainly calls from the CIA agents in the city. Of course I wasn't alone thanks to me teaching Park how to decrypt like me.

I was an bit surprised when the first messages we were able to intercept with Park were using my own code, meaning that someone inside the Perseus Collective was either been teached my code thanks to Portnova or they were still using it despite learning that the creator of it was still alive. These messages were minor like things to keep an eye on only but enough to send people investigate with me & Park staying in here to continue decrypt all the transmissions all day.

"I hope this one is interesting." I muttered as I was almost at my fifteenth message decrypted in an day, the evening closing by as it was only me, Park, Woods & Hudson in the warehouse, the others having left to check up with the agents in town.

"It's been fifteenth time that you want an message to be interesting." Park scoffed silently to me, working on her own intercepted transmissions, making me laugh an little.

"It give me hope." I defended myself before she nudged me at my shoulder in an lovely way, knowing that it would destress me. "What about you ?" I demanded back to her.

"Nothing interesting at my side." She responded in an low voice with me looking at her paperworks, her messages weren't important and it was mostly talks between Perseus agents ordering to 'stay put' but nothing to track them down. "I think that they will soon stop their transmissions." She said.

"Maybe but...." I started to say before stopping myself, hearing an transmission coming by through my headset. "Wait, let me check that." I told her, listening to the message before writing down in an piece of paper while Park was looking at me. "Now to the decryption part." I whispered, putting myself ready to decrypt the things I just wrote down....it took me 5 minutes to do so.... "That's interesting !" I exclaimed, holding the paper in my hands.

"What do this say ?" Park asked me as I got up from my chair.

"Follow me, had to say it to Hudson like he ordered." I ordered to her, making her getting up from her seat to follow me to join Hudson at his desk. "Excuse me ?" I chuckled as Hudson was in an talk with Woods himself.

"Yes ?" Hudson breathed at my sight as Woods removed himself to look at me.

"You found something important ?" Woods demanded and I nodded.

"Yes, something useful...and it's about Wraith & Knight." I answered, pointing my hand towards the picture of the two on the dashboard. "Apparently, they're planning an move in the following days."

"Where ?" Hudson asked, curious.

"As I have decrypted, it's at the Mount Yamantau in an hidden soviet base." I replied and when the two heard me saying that place, their eyes went wide.

"Wait, did you said 'Yamantau' ?" Woods moved to grab the paper in my hands to look at it. "I thought it was done with this place." He added before showing the paper to Hudson himself.

"Wraith & Knight...In road to Mount Yamantau...collect the necessary data...hidden soviet base....Stitch." Hudson repeated the message he was holding in his hands. "Like you said, I thought this place was brought to the ground years ago."

"Wasn't the place you & Mason did go 3 years ago ?" I said, remembering that mission that they did at that time.

"Yeah but Hudson did also get in that place too." Woods told us, looking back at Hudson.

"It was in 1968, we needed to find intels about the Nova-6 program leaded by Dragovich, the base was destroyed in an avalanche in the mission." Hudson expressed, looking at me & Park. "Woods & Mason did go back to get the super computer of the base but that base was abandoned for good after that mission."

"Meaning that they're talking about another hidden base in here, right ?" Park suggested and he nodded to her.

"If it's hidden, that means what the soviets got inside is interesting Perseus by an lot." Woods spoke up, thinking about it in my head. "Do you have an idea of what this 'necessary data' could be ?" He demanded to Hudson.

"No, it could anything that could help them." He sniffed, looking at the dashboard.

"Maybe but if we send an team at that place to see what Perseus and maybe if we can steal that data for us to check it, it could help us insteand." Woods proposed but Hudson wasn't so okay with that idea.

"I don't know, we need everyone in here to get Adler." Hudson told him before he looked back at Woods. "In fact, you are maybe right, Woods." Then, back at me & Park. "I think that you two will be going to Yamantau." He suggested.

"Wait, what ?" I proclaimed, sounding shocked to hear that.

"Only the two of us ?" Park stepped in, also offusqued by him.

"Yes, only the two of you." Hudson affirmed in an clear voice.

"Hudson, they're going to need help, let me go with them." Woods protested, even sounding ready to take our places instead and going alone.

"I can't, Woods." Hudson countered him harshly. "Grigoriev & Park are going to the Yamantau while you are leading the others to save Adler." He continued, sounding very sure of his words as I was frozed in place. "Even with all the words in the world, I'm not changing my mind, these two are going." He reaffirmed.

"Just...the two of us ?" Park pointed at me & herself and Hudson nodded in approval.

"It's better that we don't send too many persons in that place." He breathed before looking away from us. "You will be leaving tomorrow, I'll make some calls to arrange your travel to the Yamantau." He added before he got up from his chair, grabbing an cigarette before going outside, leaving us alone in front of his desk.

"Is he serious ?" I demanded to Woods.

"Hudson been Hudson, Yirina." He scoffed, removing himself from leaning on Hudson's desk. "I can't counter him right now, I'm sorry." He admitted, sounding defeated before he left too, going instead into the dorm of the safehouse.

"So, it's all going to be the two of us." Park whispered, leaning herself on Hudson's desk. "I don't know what's on Hudson's mind but I don't like it." She confessed and I nodded.

"Guess we can't do nothing about it and like Woods said, Hudson is always weird." I joked at the end, thinking about Woods's words on Hudson...I wonder if he actually punched him after when I was the one to call him at the beginning of the month. I then refocused myself on the situation, getting next to Park, thinking about what we will have to do next day....

"Seems that we're going to hike in the Yamantau."

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