#lilroman

Is this the same creative anon that sent me the prompt to Calm n Cuddly? If so, send a crown emoji in an ask? If not, then I have a bunch of people sending me ideas on the same day! Also this was THE PERFECT prompt to introduce the place where the dark sides live in the mindscape, because it isn’t in the normal mindplace/ imaginary apartment with the core sides. This also give me a chance to tie them into the story finally. 

Unlikely and Unwelcome Appearances-Agere!Sides AU (pt.22)

Virgil was quite angry with Deceit. In the last Sanders Sides video, all the sides were trying to help Thomas figure out how to ask a very out-of his league guy out. At first, it was Roman convincing Virgil to let them go for it, and when he gave into that, it was everyone trying to figure out how to do it. There was a debate over if a relationship would be healthy at the moment, the best way to go about it, and the benefits of dating the guy.

And when they reached the “how to go about it”, Deceit barges in and tries to convince them to let Thomas make up something interesting about himself, to gain the interest of the guy. It really wasn’t that hard to shoot him down though, Logan providing the logic of lying would entice the guy, but disappoint him later. So Deceit left, and that was that.

But when the sides got back to the mindscape, Virgil was fumbling. “I get it, it was frustrating, but it’s fine. We got him to go away,” Roman knew why Virgil was mad, but was trying to calm him down. Virgil used to live with Deceit, and Remus, and..the others..

In the mindscape, there is the Mind Palace, the apartment/house-like building they all stayed in. There’s the imagination, where anything can happen. That’s also where Memory Lane was held, and the Vineyard Village, which is basically a small universe (with magic and such) inspired by many things, that Thomas made when he was younger. It was full of characters he created, and it became larger when he started vine, and all his characters from his shorts and vines lived there too. Roman basically created the whole village, so he made a point to stop by and greet the characters.

But then, there’s the Dark Side Tower (as they called it). It was made to look like a dark version of Rapunzel’s tower, and the inside basically looks like this. When you enter the bottom floor, it’s the dark-side commons, with a tv, kitchen, and living room set up. Then there is a set of stairs to the side, and when you walk up, there’s a floor that’s Deceit’s (right above the commons), and above that, one for Remus. Of course, there’s more sides, more rooms, but at the very top, there’s another common area where all the dark sides can meet. Now that you have that picture, just imagine Virgil living there at one point. It wasn’t the best.

Virgil was definitely considering going to the Dark Side Tower, but he decided not to. He left it alone, and was just fine. Until Deceit comes into the Mind Palace to mess with everyone about a week later.

Virgil woke up a little later than everyone else, and found a note from Logan on the fridge.

‘Patton took Little Ro to the imagination to visit Remy and Emile in Vineyard Village. I’m in my room preparing some things for Thomas. - Logan’

He nodded to himself, moving to make himself something to eat. He was pulling the milk out of the fridge when he heard Deceit’s tune playing faintly. “No, no, no. Why are you here?” he growled out lowly, slamming the milk onto the counter and looking around. Abruptly, the tune stopped, and Virgil sighed, returning to pouring milk into his coffee.

“Hey there, Anx,” Virgil jumped when he heard Deceit’s voice behind him. He turned, glaring at the partially scale covered face.

“Don’t call me that, you know my name,”

“And you know mine, but you don’t use it.”

“Use my actual name, and I’ll keep my lips zipped about yours,” Virgil bargained, continuing to make his breakfast as if Deceit’s presence didn’t make his anxiety skyrocket.

“Bargaining secrets, hmm? I know so many things I could reveal to that little..boyfriend of yours.”

 "Oh shut up, will you? I’m honest with Roman, he knows me. What do you want?“

"I want you to come back to the Tower, we all miss you. Help us introduce the other unknowns to Thomas, please!” Deceit begged, but Virgil shook his head.

“It’s not happening, Dee.”

Virgil was internally panicking, he didn’t wanna go back. Never, he liked the palace, the Tower was terrifying.

“I won’t be back,” Deceit lied, disappearing. Virgil whimpered, finding himself regressing at the bad memories. He bit his lip, debating on finding Logan to babysit him, but before he could stop himself, the Logical Trait entered the kitchen.

“I’m not delusional..I heard Deceit’s Tune..right?”

Virgil nodded, his eyes tearing over. “I’m sorry he was messing with you, I’m sure I can find a way to keep them out of the Mind Palace, alright?” he reassured.

“Mhm,” Virgil nodded, his voice becoming more childish and quiet. Logan’s face softened when he realized what was happening. He waved his hand, and Mickey Mouse started playing in the living room.

“Hey bat, how about you go watch some cartoons while I finish up your breakfast here?” he spoke in his 'caregiver voice’ and Virgil gave in. Virgil sat on the couch, watching the screen while Logan dumped out his coffee and made some mint tea instead, filling the boys sippy cup.

Then a question hit Logan’s mind.

Did Deceit know about Virgil’s regression?

A/N: I just wanna say that this is an adorable idea and if you got anything else for me PLEASE send more prompts, Cute Prompt Anon

Calm n Cuddly-Agere!Sides AU (pt.21)

“He’s acting…weird..” Virgil stood in the doorway of the kitchen, glancing over at Roman on the couch, who was more calm than usual, watching cartoons. Roman was the type of little that was really goofy, and hyper almost all the time, he never “settled down”. Yeah, you could turn on a disney movie to get him to sit in one place, but he’d still be talkative and bouncy. And yet, he just sat there on the couch.

He also seemed more tired than usual, he had basically thrown a fit when Virgil tried to get him out of his pajamas that morning. He still sat in the red pajamas now. But even his temper tantrum was less bratty than usual. Virgil noticed that he didn’t stomp his foot, or shout, he just quietly said no. And when Virgil pushed it, he just pouted and kept repeating that he didn’t want to. Usually, he would of shouted, or maybe even thrown something to the floor. Virgil gave in and let him stay in his pajamas.

He didn’t want to play after breakfast, he requested cartoons. When they played movies and cartoons in the morning, Roman still played. He enjoyed multitasking in that sense. “You think he’s sad about something? It seems like he’s upset?” Patton and Logan stood so that they were in a half circle that blocked the kitchen doorway.

“It does, it would be different if he was usually like this. But he’s not, he’s always energetic and this doesn’t make much sense. He’s kind of acting like you when you’re little, Virgil,” Logan observed. Virgil nodded, this really wasn’t normal for Roman.

“I don’t know, I’m worried though. Did one of us do something yesterday that upset him? He left his bedroom light on, and I don’t think he actually fell asleep until pretty late last night,” Virgil pointed out.

“If he went to bed late, then how come he woke up at usual time?” Patton questioned.

“When someone gets used to waking up at a certain time, they will tend to continue to get up at that time, even if they didn’t go to sleep at the usual time,” Logan explained.

“So he got only a little bit of sleep, and woke up little? I wonder what kept him up,” Virgil thought, trying to figure it out.

“Well, you stay up late without an actual reason. He might not of had anything specific that kept him up, he probably got sidetracked and started doing something, losing track of time,” Logan offered the explanation that seemed to make the most sense.

“Wait…I think he was working on ideas for Thomas. Thomas, right now, is planning tons of videos with ideas that "came to him late at night”. Roman probably just had a lot of late night ideas, that he wanted to write out and have Thomas work on today,“ Logan and Virgil liked this conclusion.

"So he just worked hard last night, didn’t go to bed until late, and he woke up little?” Virgil asked, and the other two nodded.

“Vee?” Roman whined from the couch, “And Lo, and Pat?”

All three of the men looked to the kid-like trait on the couch. “What is it, Ro?” Virgil asked in a soft voice.

“Could you please watch the movie with me?” he bit on his lip lightly, and Virgil nodded, making his way to sit in the corner seat on the couch. Roman scooted over towards him, biting his lip again nervously as the other two sat on the other side of him.

Virgil looked at him, “Y'know you can ask for whatever you need, right?” Roman nodded.

“Cuddles?” he mumbled, and Virgil pulled him closer. He wrapped his arm around him, and Roman cuddled into his side, burying his head in his chest.

“A certain little one didn’t follow his bedtime rules last night, did he?” Virgil teased. He knew Roman wasn’t little, so he didn’t have to follow the rules, but he wanted to tease him. Roman shook his head, still quite quiet.

Patton was quick to get up and gather blankets, throwing Roman’s red fluffy one over the two of them. “I’m sleepy..want cuddles from everyone,” he admitted, and Virgil chuckled.

“You’re so cute, but I don’t know how all of us can give you cuddles at once,”

“Like this, Virgil,” Patton intervened, motioning for Roman to get up. He did, and Patton scooted closer to Virgil, having Roman sit back down between them. He got comfortable, Virgil and Patton wrapping their arms around his shoulders.

“So do I just get left out of this cuddly adorableness?” Logan fake-gasped, pretending to be shocked, crossing his arms and rolling his eyes. Roman pouted, and Virgil stuck his tongue out.

“Only nice caregivers get to cuddle with the cute kid,” Virgil teased.

Logan playfully glared at him, causing Roman to giggle. “Lay down, this way,” Patton instructed.

“There’s not enough room..”

“With your head on our laps, idiot,” Virgil said, and Roman hit his arm, lightly and playfully.

“That’s mean, daddy!”

“Do as I say, not as I do,” Virgil ruffled his hair. Logan laid down, laying against Patton’s legs, and his head in Roman’s lap. They all got comfortable, and they were all snuggling against Roman in some way. He was quite affectionate, playing with Logan’s hair, and shifting slightly to cuddle against Patton and Virgil at the same time.

It wasn’t long until he was asleep, the other three cooing at him. Logan attempted to get up, but Patton pushed him down. “By little law, you are not allowed to move if a tiny human requests affection and falls asleep,”

Virgil chuckled, “It’s true, move, and he could wake up from lack of affection,” Logan glared at him and he only stuck his tongue out again. He sighed and shifted to watch the disney movie on the screen. Soon, they all fell asleep, not awaking until a few hours later, when the now well-rested Roman was his hyper bouncy self again.

The quiet, cuddly, and calm sleepy Ro was gone, and back came the hyper, goofy, and bratty Ro. He was playing, talking about anything and everything, and being bratty over tiny things for absolutely no reason.