#dad roman

Words: 4,473 Warnings: Physical Health Discussion, Exercise Discussion, Financial Requirements Mention, Self-Defense, Food Mention, Passing Mention of homophobia Characters: Roman, Patton, Virgil. Small Janus and Logan Sighting. Universe: Whole Castle Genre: Family Fluff Additional Tags: Logan Sanders | Logic is Extra about Safety, Good Parenting for Nervous Children, Working out Big Feelings™ in a fun way, Familial/Platonic Physical and Verbal Affection, Virgil Sanders | Anxiety is a good big brother

Whole Castle

Chapter 24: Progress

    Roman popped his head into Patton’s bedroom after knocking, and he sat at his table, poking around on his tablet. He didn’t normally pick the tablet over his other options, but he still wasn’t getting outside much. Patton only had educational games, so it was nice to see him playing with them on his own, but this was the fourth day in a row that he’d been sitting on the floor. The occupational therapist said that Patton wasn’t being active enough to catch up with his development.

    “Patton, dear, do you want to go play on the trampoline or go to the park for a bit?” Roman offered softly. Patton shook his head in response, looking up at Roman with mild concern. Roman smiled back at him and said, “Alright, let me or Virgil know if you change your mind,” before closing the door behind him.

Warnings: Dark sides, Deceit, Remus 

(God I love Little Gremlin Virgil too he’s amazing) 

“Woah, hey!” Roman ran forward and snatched Patton up into his arms before he could run off. “Hold on there, pancake. Wait for me and Daddy when you cross the road, remember?” 

“Oh. I forgot.” Patton wormed his way out of his arms. “I’ll wait now. Promise!” He held his hands up so his dads could take them and guide him across the road. 

They reached the Sanders’ house and Patton rang the doorbell. The three of them could hear the footsteps racing towards the door and Virgil flung it open. “Hi!” 

“Hi!” 

Virgil grinned and pulled Patton into the house. “Let’s go play with my toys!” 

“Can I play with the purple cat this time?”

“Sure! I want the bat though!” 

“Okay!” 

Dee chuckled as they raced past him. He hurried over to the door to greet Patton’s dads. “Hello. I’m sorry, come in, please. I’m making lunch at the moment.” 

Roman laughed and followed Dee through to the kitchen. “Don’t apologise at all. I’m just happy you’re having us over, Patton loves coming here. Apparently Virgil has all the good soft toys.” 

Dee chuckled. “Well Patton has a treehouse.” 

Logan rolled his eyes. “That project took more than year and when Ro finally finished it I made him spend six more months making it structurally safe.”

Dee smiled. “I would’ve done the same thing.” 

Remus was in the kitchen, making toasted sandwiches. “Hey, baby. We ran out of cheese.” 

Dee rolled his eyes. “You’re ridiculous. There’s another bag in the fridge. Use your eyes.”

“What, pull them out of my skull? How will I see my sexy husband with disconnected eyes?” 

Dee shoved his arm. “Stop it. We have people over.”

In the living room, Patton was gathering his army of soft toys to face Virgil’s. Virgil had all the bats and bears but Patton’s lap was full of cats and dogs and a couple of rabbits. 

“You’ll never win, Knight! My army’s twice the size of yours!” 

Virgil hissed and wriggled his black bat. “Yeah but we can fly!” 

They played with the soft toys until their dads came back with trays of sandwiches. Patton grinned. “Lunch!” 

“That’s right, babes. Eat first and then you can watch a movie, okay?” 

“Okay!” The boys scrambled over to eat something before they sat on the couch, surrounded by toys and watching Lilo and Stitch. 

“I love this movie.” Remus muttered, joining the kids on the couch. 

Roman and Logan sat next to Patton and turned their attention to the screen. Dee sat with Remus and tossed his legs up over his husband’s lap. “This movie’s amazing.”

Virgil and Patton grinned at each other. “Yeah!” 

Ahhh I’m so sorry this took literally 5ever, but as promised, I’m clearing out my inbox so here you go! Hope it was worth the wait  😘

You and Roman had been over for 2 years. As much as you loved him, you couldn’t get past his constant self destructive ways. It was fine when it was just the two of you and Nadia, due to her not being biologically yours, you didn’t have much say despite your many efforts. But when the twins came along, everything changed.

As much as you wanted to stay with him, you had to do what was best for the children so you took the kids and moved out. Though Roman was extremely angry and hurt at what you’d done, he agreed for you to bring Nadia because you were essentially her mother and you both agreed that all the siblings should be raised together.

Despite whatever resentment he had towards you, he shoved it aside and put all his focus into co-parenting your children.

Though he hid it well, Roman was a complete wreck without you. He wallowed in his grief attempting to self medicate with drugs, hookers and alcohol but none of it came close to filling the void you left. You, alternatively, had put all your efforts into being the best mother you could be. You still loved - and believed you always would love- Roman but it wasn’t only about you anymore. You hadn’t even considered dating someone else until your friends made you go out on a date with one of their co-workers, Avery.

Avery was a catch. Steady career, independent, smart, funny, handsome, great in bed… but he wasn’t Roman. You had continued to see Avery, hoping that you would feel something close to how you felt for Roman but that never happened.  If there was a spark between you and Avery, you and Roman had a wildfire and being completely honest with yourself, Avery was nothing more than a placeholder. You knew it was wrong of you to stay with him for so long, lying to him and yourself about your feelings but  you were terrified that if you didn’t move on now you would be stuck on Roman forever.

You waited seven months before introducing Avery to your children. Roman obviously wasn’t thrilled about this, let alone the whole Avery situation altogether, but you allowed him to do all of the security and background checks he wanted until he no longer had any reasonable grounds to object.

In preparation for this new man entering their lives, he took the family on an impromptu trip to disney world and then let them run wild in Toys R’Us, giving them multiple reminders that “Daddy is the best”, “They only have 1 dad” and “Avery sounds like a girl’s name”.

The kids and Avery had gotten along well. You introduced him as a friend that would be spending more time around as opposed to your boyfriend - though the boys were too young to even grasp what a boyfriend was.

As time went on, the children got more comfortable with Avery and Roman became more comfortable with you having another man in your life. He knew that there was no longer anything he could do to change your mind but if it was his decision, you’d still be with him.

On one of the days Roman was meant to pick up the children, he informed you that he was running late. You were out at a work lunch and the kids were at home with the nanny. Despite your offer to pay her extra, she couldn’t stay later due to her own family commitments and even with you leaving now, there’d still be 20 minutes where the children would unsupervised. Desperate, you called Avery and asked if he could go over to your place early. You’d already had plans to spend the weekend together so it wasn’t too much of a hassle. Under normal circumstances, you would never leave your young children alone with anyone but this was an emergency, the kids liked him and you trusted him. You updated Roman, who was already on his way, of what was happening and told him you’d be there as soon as you could.

When Roman arrived to your home, the sight in front of him made his blood boil. The boys were playing on the swing set in the yard with Avery while Nadia was sitting alone on the porch, looking sad.

Roman parked the car and walked up to her, “Hey princess, why aren’t you playing with your brothers?” he asked, while picking her up and kissing her cheek. The 5 year old wrapped her arms around his neck and replied, “Avery said I’m bad and can’t play and I have to sit here…but I wasn’t being bad daddy!”

Roman wanted to kill him.

“I know you weren’t, sweetheart. Go play with your brothers.”

At some point during this exchange, Avery noticed that Roman had arrived and walked up to him. Before he could say anything, Roman cut him off, “You ever try that shit with my kids again, I’ll break every bone in your fucking body, got it?”

“You weren’t here, you don’t know what she did. She’s a fucking brat.”Avery, not one to step down easy shot back while poor Nadia was still in ear shot.

Roman fought back every instinct he had to snap the man’s neck in half solely due to the presence of his children. He did, however, place a firm grip on Avery’s shoulder, hard enough to leave bruises in the shape of his fingers.

“They’re not your kids. Back the fuck off” Roman growled.

“I would, but your ex seems to want a real man around.”

At this point, you came home to see your twins still on the swings and Nadia looking upset while standing near her father who was clearly furious. Knowing Roman, you assumed that whatever situation you were walking in on had something to do with dumb male jealousy so you rushed over to Nadia, grabbed her hand and led her away from the angry men, over to the porch.

Still having no idea about what the argument was really about, you crouched down so that you were eye level with Nadia and brushed her hair behind her ears.

“Don’t worry baby, Daddy and Avery are just… play fighting. Like your brothers do”

Nadia looked down and shook her head, “Am I bad?”

“What? Of course not sweetie, where did you hear that?

“Avery said it. And he said bad words and that I was a brat” she responded sadly.

You instantly saw red.

Giving Nadia a peck on the forehead, you assured her that she was nothing short of an angel before instructing her to get her brothers and take them inside.

You marched over to the adults, in the middle of an increasingly aggravated argument and gave Avery the dirtiest look you could muster.

“Me and you are finished. You fucking piece of shit” you spat at him then turned to Roman, “You have my full permission to do whatever you feel is necessary. Just make sure the kids and the neighbours don’t see.”

Avery tried to say something but before he could form a full word, you slapped him across his face as hard as you could. You rushed to the door, meeting your kids just as they walked into the house.

Roman smirked at Avery and dragged him into the back garage.

It was hours before Roman entered your home. You noticed he had changed his clothes.

“Kids napping?”

You nodded, continuing to make dinner

“How are they?”You sighed, “The boys are fine. Nadia is…. better. I think we should have a talk with her later, both of us. I mean I told her that Avery was just a bad man who lies and that she’s not even close to what he said but I feel like it might be better if she hears it from both of us?”

Roman nodded his head.

It was quiet then, for a bit at least. You could cut the tension in the air with a knife.

You finally broke the silence, “So Avery… he’s gone?”

Roman nodded once again, “Yep. His car too, there shouldn’t be any trace of him around here but incase the cops come knocking-” “- Say nothing and call you, I remember the drill” you both chuckled then, and it was nice. Like old times, when things were good between you two.

“Did he suffer?”

Roman ran a hand through his hair, “You really want to know?”

You debated for a second before nodding

“Yeah, he did.”

“Good” was all you could respond.

Once again it was quiet.

“Are you okay?” Roman asked, genuinely concerned at you lack of reaction.

It wasn’t what he said or how he said it, but you burst into tears. You were trying to hold them back but couldn’t any longer. It wasn’t that you were sad about Avery. Finding out what he said you your little girl was more than enough to make you hate him with every fibre of your being, you just couldn’t get over how blind you had been. You’d been with this man for over a year now, you went on trips with him, slept with him, brought your kids around him thinking he was this great guy but really, you had no clue what he was capable of. You felt so guilty and ashamed and stupid, like you were the worst mother in the world.

Once you broke down, Roman grabbed you and held you in his arms while you let it all out. He rubbed your back and comforted you as best as he could.

“You know you’re like the best mom, right? I would have never let Nadia come with you if that wasn’t true” You sniffled an nodded your head, keeping it buried in his chest.

“And you weren’t stupid you were… in love” Roman continued, audibly grimacing as he said the last part.

You couldn’t help but pull away form him and laugh, “The only person I’ve ever loved is you Roman, he was just….a warm body to keep me company.”

Roman smirked, “Well what did you expect? You already had perfection. It could only go down from me”

You rolled your eyes and playfully smacked his chest before going back to finishing up dinner.

“I know it’s supposed to be your weekend but do you want to just stay over? We can have family time and take the kids to the park or something? Isn’t the carnival in town? That could be fun”

Word count: 919

Warnings: Crying, running away, passing out

Summary: We gots some backstory

Patton walks into the nursery and looks around. The crib is dusty now, and the blue paint on the walls are starting to chip but it’s the same, it’s always been the same. He drifts his fingers over the crib.

[Roman and Virgil smile at their new child. Virgil’s holding him as Roman sways them both, holding Virgil from behind. “He’s beautiful, just like you my love.” Virgil rolls his eyes, playfully as he puts the child down in the crib. “What are we naming him?”

Roman didn’t get to respond before light blue, loopy writing appears above the child “Patton” They both stare at it. “Patton?” The child turns slightly and reaches up to Roman. “I guess we don’t have to brainstorm baby names.” Roman chuckles slightly.

“You’re not weirded out by the sudden appearance of A WHOLE WORD!??!” Patton rolls slightly and starts crying, reaching up for his parents. “Shoot, sorry Patton.” Virgil wraps his arms around Patton and lifts him up, starting to rock him as Roman sings a lullaby.]

Patton rubs the dust off his hand moving to the wall painted like the sky.

[Patton giggles and claps his hands as Roman finishes singing. He babbles and reaches up for Roman, making grabby hands. Roman chuckles and picks up Patton, leaning him on his side. “Do you like your dad’s singing, Patton?”

“Da..dwa da..dada!” Patton smiles cutely, closing his eyes and clapping. Roman’s jaw drops and he moves Patton in front of him. “Did..did  you just say dada? Virgil! Patton spoke!” Roman shouts, Virgil appears in an instant. “What did he say?”

“Dwa...dada!” Patton giggles again as Virgil takes him from Roman. “Dada!”

“I can’t believe you’re his first word, and not his father.”

“Fa..faffer!” Patton sticks his tongue out as he tries to say the word he heard. “Father!” Patton giggles again. “Yes! I’m your father, and that’s your dada!” Virgil throws Patton in the air, the wall making it look like he’s flying.]

Patton smiles and moves over to sit in the rocking chair in the corner.

[“Ro! He won’t sleep, I need you to sing.” Virgil rocks Patton in the chair as Patton cries. He leans forward and kisses Patton’s head. “It’s okay…dada and father are right here…” Patton cries more as tiny blue wings sprout from his back. Virgil stares at Patton, his mouth agape.

Roman rushes in and freezes. “Are those…” Patton keeps crying as a small halo pops into view above his head. “What the hell?!” Roman takes Patton and holds him in the air. “I’m not dreaming, right?”

“If you are, I am too…” Virgil runs his hand over a wing gently. “they’re so soft…” Patton sniffles as he stops crying, leaning into Virgil’s touch. “W-want fafher…” Virgil takes Patton and sits down, starting to rock him as Patton grips to Virgil’s shirt as much as he can. It quickly becomes weak as Patton falls asleep.]

Patton chuckles as he sits by his old toys.

[“No! I wanna play! Auntie’s mean!” 4 year old Patton whines, stomping his foot and crossing his arms. “But Patton, your Auntie’s been looking forward to meeting you. We can’t stand her up, can we?” Virgil sighs. “We don’t want to be rude, do we?”

“But I don’t like her! She keeps saying I’m naughty!” Patton huffs and turns to face away from Virgil. “You wanna know a secret?” Patton pauses before turning back to Virgil and nodding. “I don’t like her either...but I have a trick. You just imagine she’s a monster you need to defeat, but you need to use kindness.”

Patton looks down, pursing his lips in though. “Okay. I’ll see her, but you have to carry me there.” Patton holds his arms out and Virgil picks him up.

“Cheeky monkey.”]

Patton walks to the window and sighs, sadly.

[“Patton, please. We’re trying to help you.” Roman puts his hand on Patton’s shoulder, he’s 8 now. Patton shakes him off. “You’re not helping me though! You’re being mean!”

“Patton, you have a future, we’re just making sure it’s a good one.” Virgil crouches down to meet Patton’s face. “But I don’t want to be a prince, it’s boring and the teachers suck!” Roman sighs. 

“You need some sleep. You’re rude when you’re tired.” He picks up Patton and tucks him bed. Patton glares at Roman and Virgil as they walk out of the room and close the door.

Patton gets out of bed and opens the window, climbing out onto a pipe outside, connected to the wall. He stumbles down, his tongue sticking out in concentration. He sprints through the courtyard and to the gate, starting to climb.

No one’s noticed the tiny child jumping onto the ground on the other side of the gate. He runs, and runs and runs until he collapses outside a store. The owner sees him as they start walking home. “What’s a kid like you doing out here?” They pick him up and carry him to their home, letting him rest.]

Patton sighs and walks out the room, letting the door close behind him.

[Roman knocks on the door, “Patton?...please answer. I just want to talk.” When there’s no response he opens the door and gasps. The window was open and the blanket was on the floor, like it’d been thrown away. Roman starts running around the palace, calling for Patton. He ends up on his knees, crying in the courtyard. “Roman? What’s wrong?”

What they smell like:

Roman, of course, usually smells lile one of his many expensive colognes. Even after a shower or coming home from the gym, there’s always a faint trace of one of them on him somehow. As if years of using them have left him permanently stained.

While there are definitely times when the kids are all little that bunny smells baby barf, she normally smells sweet. Her favourite perfume is black opium by YSL but she also has some old favourites that she’s loved since high school. I’m talking about those old ass Victoria’s Secret body sprays here guys. Like bunny definitely has a couple bottles of lovespell lying around.

How they sleep (sleeping position, schedule, etc):

I wrote a whole thing about their sleeping position here but in terms of schedule, it varies on how old the kids are, how many times they have sex, nightmares (kids or theirs), if they’re fighting because then they’re both restless, and how early romans meetings start the next day.

Roman definitely gets nightmares and they can get pretty rough. Since they sleep so close, it def wakes bunny up and then she gets him up, repositions them so that he’s laying on her chest, and strokes his hair/forehead softly until he calms down and can fall back asleep.

Bunny also totally makes Roman get his peachy ass back in bed whenever he tries to get out. Like the moment she feels him start to leave the bed, she literally reaches out for him, grabs onto whatever part of him she can and mumbles something along the lines of “no come back. It’s still bedtime”. To this he just checks his schedule to see when his first meeting is, sighs, and gets back in bed telling her she only has another hour or two before he really needs to go.

What music they enjoy:

Bunny loves pretty much anything with a good beat. She likes stuff that gets her energy pumping and makes her want to dance.

She also has some favourites that are a bit slower when it fits her mood a bit better , like post Malone, Lana del Rey, Daniel Caesar.

And then of course she has the classics that she adores.

Roman loves LDR, mainly because bunny plays it 24/7. He also likes the darker classical music sometimes. His favourite genre is probably alternative rock.

Bonus: although neither of them actually enjoy it, by the time their on their 4th kid, they know every song to every Disney movie by heart.

How much time they spend getting ready every morning:

Roman - 1 hour and 15 minutes. He spends 45 minutes on his hair alone.

For bunny it depends on the occasion. If it’s on the daily or just to run errands, probably the same as Roman (including a shower but not including the many interruptions from the kiddos)

If they're going out then probably around 2 hours.

For anything, formal bunny would have her hair and makeup done so it could potentially take even longer.

Their favourite thing to collect:

Roman likes to collect expensive limited edition bottles of whisky. Bunny does the same with really old bottles of wine.

They are both travel bugs and bunny starts a family tradition where they take at least one picture all together at every location. She puts them all on one of those digital picture frames and has it in the living room.

Romans absolute favourite thing to collect, though, is based off his own tradition he starts with bunny.

So we all know they met at a club and went outside into an alley to fuck like ... well ... bunnies.

That becomes his thing. Whenever they travel, wherever they go, Roman Snaps a pic of them fucking in an alley.

Left or right-handed:

Both right-handed

Religion (if any):

Nope.

I’d say Roman was an atheist but then based on the church scene in season 3 I feel like he’s not 100% so I think he’s more agnostic?

Same with bunny tbh, shes never really thought about it and doesn’t care to.

Favourite sport:

Bunny doesn’t really have one but if you take her to a live game, she gets pretty into it.

Roman Likes most but his fave is probably basketball

Favourite touristy thing to do when travelling (museums, local food, sightseeing, etc):

All of it.

Bunny is a history nerd so she loves to hit up all the historical landmarks as well as the generic touristy stuff. She also likes to see all the local’s fave spots. When she goes to another country she wants to really see what life is like there, not just the basic stuff.

Roman likes to go to the finest, most expensive restaurants.

Favourite kind of weather:

Bunny loves the sun. That dry intense heat? Yes, please.

Roman likes autumn. Cold enough to wear the soft comfy sweaters he loves but warm enough to not need a parka over it.

A weird/obscure fear they have:

Bunny is terrified of storms and the dark. Like pitch black, power outage dark.

Romans is hospitals. Too many germs for sure

Their biggest ones have to do with their children though!

The carnival/arcade game they always win without fail:

Roman- wack-a-mole. Bby putting them anger issues to use!

“What are you doing?” 

Bunny asked, walking into Nadia’s bedroom only to find her boyfriend rummaging through her belongings. 

“ Good, you’re here. Check under her mattress.”

Bunny sat down on their daughter’s bed, placing the barbie shoe she’d found in the kitchen onto the nightstand. 

“And what exactly are we looking for?” Bunny asked as Roman moved from the dresser, over to the tower shaped bookshelf, continuing his search.

“Diary”

Bunny laughed and Roman sent her a glare. 

Realizing Roman was serious, she stopped. 

“Roman, why are you searching for her diary? Wait, it’s 11am, did you actually come home to do this?”

“Were you not at dinner last night? Did you not hear what the hell she was saying?”

“What was she - oh my god. You can’t be serious”. Roman, she’s 7”

“Exactly. Much too young for a boyfriend.”

At that, Bunny burst out laughing again, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend. 

“So you’re just going to read her diary and expect to find, what exactly?”

Roman shrugged, “I want to find out what this Timmy creep’s deal is”

“Roman”, He’s 7”

“8, actually”

“I know you probably think that makes what you’re doing seem more rational, but trust me babe, it does not. Also, you can’t just read her diary! It’s a total invasion of her privacy”

“She’s my daughter, I can read her diary. Besides, ‘she’s 7′ , the fuck does she need privacy for? What the hell is she doing that’s so private?”

“Would you relax? They probably just hold hands at recess or some shit”

“He TOUCHES HER?”

Bunny rolled her eyes as Roman continued to look through all of Nadia’s belongings with even more ferver than before. 

Coming up empty handed, Roman grumbled about it probably being hidden in the playroom but Bunny grabbed his arm as he was about to go check, “Rome, have you not considered that no one really has diaries anymore?”

“Good point, it’s probably on her Ipad”

“That’s not what I meant!”

So sorry this took so long, hope you like it!

9 - “You can’t banish me! This is my bed too!”10 - “The ladies love a guy who’s good with kids.13 - I lost our baby.”

You didn’t think you were asking for much, it was his child after all but the way he was acting made it seem like you were requesting to chop off his own tongue for your own amusement. Somehow, in the past 3 years Roman had never been left alone with Nadia, and the idea of it made him spiral. Normally the nanny  or you would be there but it was her one day off and your old friend who had moved to Sweden was unexpectedly back in town and had a bit of free time to go to lunch.

You tried and tried to convince him that everything would be fine and that he could watch his own daughter for a few hours but then you realized the one thing that would always work.

“You know, the ladies love a guy who’s good with kids” you winked at him, trailing one finger down his chest. “I think we’re past the point of me needing to impress you to get laid” he retorted. You dragged your finger all the way down to his groin and into his pants, softly clasping his member. “ Yeah, but if you don’t I won’t finish”

Roman decided to spend his alone time quirk Nadia at the park. It was a place where she could be entertained for hours without too much effort on his part, meaning less chance of him screwing something up. He was wrong.

When you came home, you greeted Roman with a quick peck and then ran over to Nadia, giving her all the hugs because you hadn’t really been apart from her for this long before and missed her like crazy.

“How did it go?” you asked Roman.

“Fine, really good actually. I don’t know why I was freaked about it before” he lied.

You turned back to Nadia, still holding her, “How was your day with daddy? Have fun?”

This is when things turned bad.

Nadia, the little chatterbox she is, went on and on about the day she had had. I sounded innocent enough, however you picked up on a few troubling things like “playing with the birdy but the birdy not moving anymore and then daddy said its a secret and then I got ice cream”

As Nadia prattled on about what Roman tried to bribe her into not telling her mother, he refused to make eye contact with her but already knew she was glaring daggers at him.

Once Nadia finished her story, you picked her up to settle her into bed for her nap. When you arrived back downstairs, Roman already knew he was in for it.

“Care to explain?” You asked

Roman sighed, “so… I lost our baby. It was only for like an hour  though! We were playing hide and seek and Nadia may or may not have ran in the woods and then when I found her, she may or may not have been playing with the caracas of a bird.”

Your eyes almost popped out of your head. The way he said it was so casual and nonchalant as though it was the most normal thing in the world.

In the middle of you lecture yelling at him, he interrupts you saying that he took her to the doctors and she was FINE, so your reaction was completely ridiculous and dramatic.

You wanted to kill him. Children run off all the time, that’s not what you were really mad about. It was that he lied to you about it and the way he was acting towards the whole situation. Then on top of it, he tried to bribe Nadia into not saying anything ti you! Furthermore, he was so cavalier about the whole thing, even daring to call you dramatic, you wanted to grab his head and shake him.

In the heat of your argument, you tell him to fuck off and ignore him for the rest of the day. When bed time comes around, you’re already cozy under the covers when he walked into the room. As he’s about to come into bed with you, you face him, “What are you doing? Go sleep on the couch or something”

Roman rolls his eyes at you, “ 1. we have 7 guest rooms. 2. “You can’t banish me! This is my bed too”

He had a point, and this technically was his house, so as he crawled into bed you crawled out.

“Fine, I’ll go” you decided to sleep in the room across from Nadia’s.

In the middle of the night you wake up to the sound of Nadia’s door opening. Thinking she might need something, you into check on her but instead you just see Roman sitting the edge of her bed, clasping her little hand in his gigantic one.

Searing you come in, he turns to you,

“Hey” he whispers.

“Hey” you look at Nadia questioningly then back at him

“She’s fine, I.. I needed to make sure she was here, ya know?” You can’t help but hear how upset he looks and sounds.

You nod and join him on the ground, leaning your head on his arm.

“That hour where I couldn’t find her as the most terrifying moment of my life.”

Hearing how upset he really was broke your heart, You felt terrible for yelling at him now, knowing how sad and guilty he really felt.

Unsure of what else to do, you gave him a kiss.

“Want to put her in our bed tonight?