Hello! I'm a barista at the Sleepy Bean Fanfic Café run over at @tsspromptmonth and this is an order for @kieraelieson! It involves Janus centric angst, a happy ending, only one bed and a language barrier. Hope you enjoy!
Summary: Janus came along to his future stepfathers' cousin's wedding in hopes of getting to visit Germany and see some interesting things and not to have to share a bed with another cousin's son. Especially since they don't speak the same language. Literally.
Content Warnings: Human!AU, Angst, Happy Ending, Flashbacks, Nightmares, Language Barrier, German
Read here one Ao3!
German translations at the end.
~~*~~
“I didn’t agree to this!” Janus growls into his phone. His future stepfather sighs on the other end of the line.
“I know, Jay. But there’s nothing I can do about it! The hotel’s booked out, there are no other rooms. It’s just one night,” Remus tries to reason. Janus can hear the dull sound of more voices in the background.
“Then it shouldn’t be a problem for you to switch with me. I can sleep with my dad, and you can sleep with him!”
“Look, I know you’re frustrated, but you can’t actually believe that it’s appropriate for me to sleep in the same bed as my 15-year-old nephew who I hardly know. Especially since we’re out at a bachelor party right now and will be back late and intoxicated. Neither you nor Patton want to sleep next to us afterwards, I promise you.”
“Who thought it was a good idea to have the bachelor party the day before the wedding anyway? Aren’t you all just going to be hung over tomorrow?”
“Never mind that, we’ll deal. Now, you said you’d be okay earlier, what changed? I may not know Patton super well but he’s a good kid. I can’t imagine him doing anything that would upset you this much?”
“It’s the fact that the dude doesn’t seem to speak a lick of English! How am I supposed to tell him what not to do if he doesn’t understand me?!” Janus glances inside through the glass door that leads from the balcony back into the room. Patton is sitting on the bed with a DS in hand, concentrating on whatever game he’s playing.
“He can speak a bit of English, and I taught you a bit of German, you can figure out the rest. Plus, you both have phones, use google translate if you must. Patton knows how to politely share a room, it’ll be fine.”
“Siblings sharing rooms isn’t the same, Remus.”
“He’s an only child. He’s—” Remus breaks off and for a moment Janus thinks the line died. “Look, I don’t want to go into detail, but Pat’s been through a lot. He’s been sick since he was young and spent a lot of time in the hospital. That’s also why he doesn’t speak English all that well, he’s been homeschooled and his parents reasonably decided to focus on other subjects. He’ll be cordial, you can do the same, I’m sure.”
Janus doesn’t say anything but groans maybe a bit dramatically.
“I promise you, Jay, I talked with my cousin, and she made sure that at the wedding venue tomorrow you’ll have two beds. One night. That’s all I’m asking of you. Go to bed early and it’ll be even less of a problem.”
“Urgh, fine! But you owe me.”
“Sure thing, champ. See you tomorrow.”
“Yeah, yeah.” Janus hangs up, though not before he hears Remus chuckling on the other end. The guy is so lucky that his dad’s infatuated with him or Janus would hit him in the morning. He lets out another sigh before returning back inside.
Patton looks up from his game at the sound of the door sliding open.
“Okay?” he asks, his head tilted to the side.
“Yeah. Has to be apparently.” He mumbles the last part under his breath and ignores the confused look on Patton’s face. Instead, he tries to recall what little German phrases Remus had taught him before they came here.
“Dein,” he says, motioning towards the side of the bed Patton is sitting on. “Mein.” This time he points at the unoccupied side. “Kein fassen.”
Patton blinks at him before repeating the gestures.
“Me. You. No touch?”
Janus nods.
“No touching my stuff.”
“Natürlich. Would never.”
“Good.” With that, Janus decides to ignore his reluctantly accepted companion and gathers his stuff to go take a shower. Thankfully, the bathroom door locks.
~~*~~
He smells the fire first. Then he feels the heat.
Oh no.
His eyes snap open.
The smoke is surrounding him from all sides.
Not again.
He can’t do it again.
Wasn’t once enough?
What kind of sick joke is this?
He tries to call for help but the air, thick with ash, chokes him before he can muster up a single sound.
Where even is he?
He hears wood groaning and splintering. Something crashes to the ground.
“Janus? Janus!”
A voice he doesn’t recognize rings through the dark. It’s calling his name, but the pronunciation is off.
“Janus! Wach auf! Komm schon, wach auf! Du musst atmen!“
He doesn’t understand. What kind of a language is that?
He has no time to dwell on it as something next to him falls. He flinches away but that only leads him closer to the heat. He turns around and is face to face with the flames.
“No. No. Please. I can’t,” he whimpers, unable still to raise his voice. His knees give away under him and he falls to the ground.
The air is thick down here as well and he starts coughing.
Is he going to die this time?
“Janus? Tut mir leid, aber Remus hat gesagt das würde helfen…“
What is the voice saying? He doesn’t—
Suddenly there’s something cold on his hand and Janus gasps.
His eyes fly open, and he sits up as if stung.
“Oh, Gott sei dank.”
Janus is still trying to get his breathing under control as his eyes find Patton sitting next to him, a water bottle in his hand. A drop of water is running down its side.
Ah, so that was the cold thing.
“What—” He gasps for more breath. “What happened?”
“Oh, uhm… Moment, please.”
Janus watches as Patton sets the water bottle aside on his nightstand and grabbing his phone instead. He types on it for a moment.
“You niktmare?” he asks, holding out his phone for Janus to see. It takes him a moment to get his eyes to focus on the screen, his breathing finally calming down. Patton has pulled up google translate, one side reading Albtraum and the other nightmare.
Oh yeah.
That would explain things.
His scars itch at the memory but he pushes the sensation away.
Patton is still looking at him, concerned.
“Yes,” he nods. “Nightmare.”
“Guessed. Called Remus. Coming here. With Logan.”
Janus sinks back down onto the bed with a sigh. So, his dad and soon-to-be stepfather were on their way back to check on him. He doesn’t like to admit it but he’s glad. He likes to pretend that he’s 16 and totally independent but staying in a foreign country with a guy he doesn’t know seems to have stressed him more than he thought if it brought back the worst memories of his life.
“Danke,” he says and Patton smiles.
“Kein Problem. Ich hoffe es geht dir bald besser.“
Janus can only guess what that means but he doesn’t press.
It’ll be okay.
A tap on his shoulder makes him flinch and he looks to Patton who’s holding the water bottle again.
“Drink?” he asks.
Janus wonders for a moment where the bottle had even come from but then he remembered the mini fridge. They’d have to pay extra for using it, but… He could really use a cold drink right now.
He nods and Patton brightens, eagerly unscrewing the lid.
Janus watches him and thinks that maybe the next few days aren’t going to be that bad.
~~*~~
Natürlich - Of course
Janus! Wach auf! Komm schon, wach auf! Du musst atmen! - Janus! Wake up! Come on, wake up! You need to breathe!
Janus? Tut mir leid, aber Remus hat gesagt das würde helfen… - Janus? I'm sorry, but Remus said this would help...
Oh, Gott sei dank. - Oh, thank God.
Danke - Thanks
Kein Problem. Ich hoffe es geht dir bald besser. - No problem. I hope you feel better soon.
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