#cold freezing

The heat felt like it was blasting as Virgil finally finished dinner. He could be home any moment now.

The door creaked open and Logan slipped in, dusting snow off his coat before he hung it up before spotting Virgil in the doorway.

"Ah. You're already down here. Did you make dinner?" Logan came over and gave Virgil a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Mhm. I got off early and I thought maybe this would be nice!"

"Yes, well, I certainly hope this isn't a last ditch attempt to get out of a punishment Virgil. You know how upsetting that would be, don't you? Having a nice dinner only for it to be a bribe of some sort?"

"No! Of course."

"Very well. Let's eat."

Virgil waited until after dinner to broach the topic. Logan always seemed nicer after he ate, so Virgil waited until they were curled up on the couch together, which in hindsight was a terrible idea.

"Lo, I don't think we can do this anymore," he'd been working up the courage for 20 minutes. He barely had it.

"Do what? Cuddle?"

No, this. Us. I just- I've never-"

"You want to end us. Over what, Virgil? I've done nothing but help you through everything! When you couldn't pay for school, I paid for it-"

"Which I've tried to pay you back for!"

"When you had to go to the hospital, I paid for it, therapy, everything! I've taken care of it!"

"I know! Which is why I don't do this lightly! I love you, Lo I do, it's just-"

"It's just what, Virgil. What could it possibly be?"

"I talked to Patton and Roman. They said that they didn't like how you were getting, and I agree!"

"You're- you're getting back home later, and you-you don't seem to get as upset when you have to do the punishments, which I-I know! I know I need, I want to be better, but you're just- you're becoming more-more cold and emotionless with every single one!"

"I'm cold and emotionless? I'm cold and emotionless? You wanna see cold and emotionless? Fine, I'll show you cold and emotionless!" Logan grabbed Virgil by his hair and dragged him towards the door. Just before they went outside he grabbed a coat and put it on.

"Don't you dare move." Virgil didn't dare disobey him now, he never should have even thought about this, he deserved everything he got for disobeying Logan.

This train of thought continued on until he was shocked out of his thoughts by a belt cinching his hands behind his back and his feet being cinched together before being forced into the ground by Logan. Another one connected both belts as Logan started gathering the snow that was still falling hard and placing it around Virgil, who was still jacket less.

"Wh-What are you doing?" Virgil had started to shiver as Logan built it to his waist, still going, "Logan! Stop! That's cold!" He started to move around.

"That's the point, Virgil. Stop moving. This is a punishment." The cold was getting worse as Logan continued building. Virgil couldn't get anywhere while still tied and he could feel himself continuing to freeze.

"There, now you're cold and emotionless like me." Logan had it built up to just below Virgil's nose, so he could breathe, but he couldn't talk without a face full of snow. Logan left to the house, leaving Virgil alone and shivering outside. They were miles away from a road that wasn't made of dirt. Virgil had practically no chance of being found.

Logan, of course wasn't so terrible that he'd let Virgil die. Virgil just... deserves a few hours to think about what he did before Logan could bring him in.

He did bring Virgil in, sit him by the fire, and got a doctor friend to come in and asses how bad Virgil was. One that could keep quiet, of course.