#manipulative patton

Patton will rip it out when no one else is looking. He's always relieved when he gets to "turn off" and his real personality comes back immediately. Emotionless, bitter, evil, and out for blood. Patton is exhausted from faking all day, he tends to act a bit dazed.

Patton's heart runs on a "juice" that runs out after a certain amount of time. If Patton isn't careful he could expose his true colors right in front of the others while he's low.

All of his real thoughts will internally start to bubble up to the surface. The "love" he's giving and receiving on a constant basis that makes him irrovacably nauseated could cause him to vomit right in front of them. He actually has this problem often.

Patton's fake heart can leak at times when he's at a critical point after all the kindness he forces himself to endure and perform. His juice will often seep through his mouth uncontrollably and Patton is itching to set himself free and let off some steam through his real personality, violently or otherwise.

Patton tries to avoid being around everyone when he's like this. He knows if he's critical enough to leak, it'll cause suspicion and not to mention freak the others out. Patton can't go behind their backs if the pests are swarming around him worrying if he's ill. Much less them finding out about his heart.

I JUST HAD AN IDEA

So Roman is canonically a dumb bitch and would fight something he can’t handle, even if he’s injured and stuff, right?

So he decides “I feel like shit, gonna go save some made-up villagers from like fifteen dragons so I can feel like a hero again”

And then there’s U!Patton who knows that sides can’t die, but he wants Roman to lose his faith in himself for Manipulation purposes so he’s like “Yeah! Go save those villagers!! You’ll be a great person if you do that!!” completely knowing that it is going to end b a d l y. And there’s no one else there to save him from himself, so he goes and gets completely beat up and shit.

Warnings: Unsympathetic!Patton; Manipulation; shit gets real(if I need more please let me know)

Ship(s): Platonic RemRom/Creativitwins

Okay so Im going to start this by saying, Virgil is a toddler, and Remus and Roman are 10.

Just clearing that up here! This is after they split physically but before they had to leave each other? You'll get it..

I hope.

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They were sitting in the living room together, playing around, minding their own business. "Remus look!" Roman said as he picked up his drawing that he made.

It was a drawing of a knight fighting a dragon, with his prince by his side. Remus starred in amazement. "Wow! Look at mine!" Remus said, holding his drawing up.

It was a drawing of an octopus, destroying and eating people on a ship.

Roman looked back at it with amazement. "That looks so cool!!" Roman enjoyed Remus' art and was used to the gore and violence that came with it.

The two looked at each other with excitement, marker and glitter on their faces and hands. For some reason, they found this quite amusing and fell into a pit of laughter and giggles.

"We should show Dad!" Roman said, standing up. Remus looked at his drawing and frowned. "I dunno.."

"Oh come on, Rem!! I'm sure he'll love just like I do!" Roman said, holding out a hand for Remus. "Okay.." Remus took Roman's hand and stood up.

Together, they went to go see Patton.

He was in the kitchen as per usual, and he smiled at them brightly as they walked in. "Dad, look!" Roman said, showing off his drawing with pride. "Oh my gosh- That is so good, Roman! I love it." Patton said holding the drawing. "How about we put it on the fridge?" He said and Roman nodded. After they put it on the fridge, Roman turned to Remus. “Remus made a drawing too!” Roman said, nudging Remus. “Oh! Uh yeah. Look.” Remus said, holding his drawing up. “Oh Remus that’s- uh-”

“Isn’t it great?” Roman said, cheerily. “I- Yeah. Yeah Remus it's great.” Patton said, forcing a smile. “Really?” Remus said. “See? I told you he would love it! Let’s put it on the fridge too!” Roman said, taking Remus’ drawing and placing it next to his many others of knights and princes. Not a single drawing on the fridge was Remus’.

Remus smiled brightly, happy to see his drawing on the fridge. “Come on, Remus! Let’s go draw some more!” Roman said, dragging Remus to the living room.

As soon as they were done, Patton took Remus’ drawing off the fridge. He looked at it with disgust and sighed.

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Patton knocked on Deceit’s door. “Come in.” He said firmly. Patton slammed open the door. “What the hell?!” Deceit said, surprised. He turned around and saw Patton. Deceit groaned. “What do you want?”

“I want you to look at this!” Patton said, showing Deceit the drawing that Remus made. “What about it?” Deceit said, looking at Patton.

“What about it?! It’s- It’s hideous! It’s terrifying! Think about the nightmares it could give Virgil!” Patton yelled. “It’s really not that bad.” Deceit said. “Not that- Not that bad!? It’s terrible! He’s a bad influence on Roman. I can’t stand it anymore. He HAS to go!" Patton said, crossing his arms. "Go?" Deceit said, raising his eyebrows. "Yes! Go! I can't have him ruining Thomas!" Patton yelled.

"You can't just kick him out. He's still young. Without guidance, he'll just get out of hand."

"Fine. Then you go too." Patton said.

"Do you- What? Do you even know what you are suggesting?"

"I'm not suggesting it. I'm telling you to do it. Me, Logan, Roman, and Virgil, will live a perfect life and help Thomas without you two." Patton said. "You do realize that by doing this, you are going to split the mindscape?"

"I. Don't. Care. You two are toxic and aren't needed to make Thomas happy."

 Deceit knew there would be no changing Patton's mind. If he wanted something, he was going to get it.

Deceit sighed. "Fine. But I'm taking Virgil with me." Patton scoffed. "No you aren't! He's mine."

"No. You are clearly too unstable to take care of a toddler. I will not have you brainwashing him. He'll grow stronger and you'll end up hating him as much as you hate Remus." Deceit said.

"Dad? You- hate me?" Remus said, standing in the doorway, tears in his eyes. Patton turned around and Deceit stood up. "I- no- I don't hate you! You're my child! Dads don't hate their children." Patton said walking up to Remus. "Some do." Deceit muttered and bent down to Remus's height. "Hey hun, go say goodbye to your brother."

"But- but why?" Remus asked. "I'll explain it later okay?" Deceit promised. Remus nodded and went to go see Roman.

"Happy? You made a child cry." Deceit said, walking off to go get Virgil.

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"Why do you have to leave?" Roman asked and Remus shrugged. "Deceit didn't say. But I think it's 'cause Dad hates me.."

"He doesn't hate you!" Roman said.

"Yeah he does. I heard them talking about me.."

 Roman wrapped Remus in a big hug. "I don't want you to leave.." Roman said, crying. "And I don't wanna leave." Remus said, hugging Roman back as he started crying.

Deceit, carrying Virgil, and Patton walked into the living room, to see Roman and Remus hugging and crying.

Patton pulled them away from each other. "Time to go, Remus!" Patton said, putting on a fake smile. Roman grabbed onto Patton. "Why!? Don't make him leave!"

"I'm sorry Kiddo I-"

"You hate him! You hate him! Why!? Why?! Why?!" Roman yelled, hitting Patton's legs.

"Roman, Hun, listen." Deceit said, placing Virgil down and leaning down to Roman's height. Roman turned to look at him. Deceit put his hands on Roman's shoulders. 

"Remus, Virgil, and I have go. There's no other way. I can't expect you to understand. But please try and be that strong prince I know you can be, okay?"

"But why do you have to go?" Roman said, voice quiet and cracking.

"It'll be better this way, okay?"

"Can you leave Virgil and take me? Please? I'll go! I can be strong there!" Roman pleaded. "Roman.. You can't go. You have to be strong and brave here. You'll be the knight in shining armor here, and Remus will be the one where we are going."

"But.."

"The world can be a cruel and dangerous place. So, you gotta be strong, okay? For me?" Deceit asked and Roman nodded. "Good. Love you tons." Deceit said, kissing Roman's forehead and standing up. 

Patton glared at Deceit and Deceit glared back. "Come on, Remus. We gotta go." Deceit said, picking Virgil back up. 

"Okay.." Remus said, heartbreak in his voice. They all turned and began to walk towards a door, with a dark and eerie glow. "Wait!" Roman yelled, running to go hug Remus. "I love you." Roman said. "I love you too." Remus said. They let go of each other and the three went through the door.

Roman ran up to Patton and wrapped his arms around his legs. "Why'd you make them leave?" Patton sat down on the couch and pulled Roman into his lap. "Well, it's because they are a danger to you, me and Logan. And even to Thomas!" Patton said, rubbing Roman's back. "But how?"

"Well, Kiddo, Deceit lies all the time. He can't stop lying."

"So all the nice things he said?"

"Were lies."

"But what about Remus?"

"He's even worse! He wants you to think that the things he thinks about or says are okay, but they really aren't! They can make Thomas do bad things!" Patton said. "But what about-"

"That's enough questions." Patton said, cutting Roman off. "Clean up your mess and get ready for dinner." Patton said, pulling Roman off of his lap and standing up.

Roman sniffed a little and took a deep breath. "Okay.."

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"Why'd we have to go?" Remus asked. "Well, Hun, I'm going to be completely honest with you. Patton made us leave."

"But why?"

"Well because he thinks we are bad- well evil."

"Are we?"

"No! Of course not! It's just that there are ways that society views things. And well, not all of the standards society sets are good ones. But we have to live this way.. Unfortunately."

"But- nevermind." Remus cut himself off. "What were you gonna say?" Deceit asks. "It's nothing. But what are we gonna have for dinner?"

"Well what do you want?" Deceit asks. "Pizza!" Virgil says from his new crib, giggling and smiling. "Yeah. Pizza."

"Okay. Pizza it is!" Deceit says, standing up to go get it.

Remus went up to his room.

So it’s pretty clear that Logan and Virgil are introverts and Deceit I would say is an ambivert

And Patton is very clearly and extrovert

And we all agree it may as well be canon that they have movie nights and family dinners/bonding time

What if every once in a while Logan or Virgil or Deceit skip these to have some alone time because they’re socially drained

But then Patton accuses them of favouritism or scheming against them with the dark sides or some bs like that

And they start skipping them more and more because they can’t take Patton anymore

But then Patton just freaks out and so they go to every single one religiously

And as the days go by the three of them get more and more drained

Logan starts becoming more emotionless and depressed again

Virgil is very quiet and almost at breaking point

And Deceit is permanently wearing a dull expression,so close to screaming at Patton

And one day,they all do

It’s that week’s movie night and Virgil,Logan and Deceit all skip it because they just need to recharge after months of going and spending time with everyone day after day,night after night.

So Patton knocks on their doors telling them that they’re late (and he does that fake happy-go-lucky giggle)

So they say ‘sorry Patton I’m not going tonight,is that okay?’

And Patton loses it

Because how is he meant to keep them his little puppets if they don’t comply with every little action?

So they all trudge downstairs and Roman gives them a sympathetic look because he knows,he’s tried to get out of it before but he’s just given up at this point

And they start the movie night

And Virgil pulls out his phone after a while because of a notification

He smiles at it (it’s a shitpost or something idk)

And Patton starts lecturing him about how he never talks to them and how he’s always on his phone even though he hasn’t for months

And so he puts it away

But just a few minutes go by when Deceit,Virgil and Logan collectively lose it

So they start off quietly

And then Deceit and Virgil are screaming at him about how they can’t do anything anymore

But Patton says you never come to family nights

And Logan whips out a list showing each and every single goddamn time they were all forced to go

And Patton tries to attack him,say it’s not true, anything to protect his oh so precious image

But they’ve all had enough

Patton apologises

And they all start doing things that make them happy again

They don’t religiously go to family nights anymore

Just when they socially can

And they’re okay with that

They’re happy

Patton slowly but surely chips away at Janus and Virgil's relationship until it fades.

Hhhghgh sorry this took awhile anon! I got distracted earlier and started watching a show 😅 Imma try to get a few of these done tonight before bed and then finish the rest after school tomorrow. Hope you enjoy!

Warnings : Implied Unsympathetic/Manipulative Patton (I couldn't help it, sorry if you don't like this aspect!), threats

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Virgil hugged himself tightly, side-stepping Deceit to go to the kitchen. But Deceit seemed far more motivated today than any other, and Virgil would have normally been impressed. He would have normally been happy that Deceit was worried for him. Normally.

But things hadn't been very normal lately.

Whispers from a second fatherly figure to Virgil began plagued his mind, and the threats he had been told still rung clear in his head.

"Virgil, I haven't seen you in a few days." Deceit stepped in front of Virgil once more, frown deep and eyes pleading for an answer that Virgil could not give. "Please, just tell me why. We miss you."

Virgil swallowed thickly, looking up at Deceit through his bangs. Deceit looked desperate, and that hurt Virgil to his core. He yearned to lunge at Deceit, tackle the trait in a hug and just sob because Deceit had been right. He'd been right all along about the so called "light" sides.

But he couldn't. He could feel his eyes on them, listening close, just waiting for another reason to sneak into Virgil's room late at night for a little 'chat.'

"I..." Virgil couldn't lie either. Deceit would surly know he was lying. He took a deep breath. Oh, how he wished he could go back in time and scream at his past self to not leave. To not trust Patton's welcoming words and reassuring smiles.

He'd recently been denied access to visiting the others, his previous family. And that hurt more than everything before. It felt like a knife, plunged into his stomach, slowly being twisted and dragged up towards his chest; towards his heart.

I have a strong feeling our dear friend Deceit will try paying you a visit, his mind recalled last night's words. Maybe we should make him some tea, some scauldering hot tea that could burn off those scales of his. It'd be a shame if we spilled some on him, would it not?

"I don't want to talk about it, sorry Dee. But, maybe you should stay with the others." Virgil let only a sliver of sadness etch onto his face. "You were right after all. And I think it'll be better if you stay away."

Deceit stared down at Virgil, and then glanced down the hall towards the core rooms. Virgil tilted his head towards the door, crossing his arms. He mouthed 'I'm sorry' to Deceit, and Deceit spun on his heel.

His heart hammered in his chest dangerously, and he went to find Remus.

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