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moceit week, day 7: anniversary

Patton and Janus in Selfishness vs Selflessness Redux (x)

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Local snake-man gets roped into "bonding activities;" secretly enjoys it

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Janus: arcadence_on_high (IG)

Patton: mythic.mayhem (IG)

Photo: me

moceit appreciation week day 1: baking

relationships: pre-romantic moceit; background logince

words: 482

Janus distracts Patton while he bakes.

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Janus fished another cut strawberry from the bowl, cheekily returning Patton’s fondly exasperated smile.

“You know,” said Patton, “if you keep eating those, I won’t have any left for the pie.”

Janus ignored him, continuing, “Now, I’m not saying you’re wrong. But if you look at it my way, it doesn’t add up.”

Patton laughed as he spread dough over the counter. “So I’m not wrong except from your point of view.”

“Exactly.” Janus stole another strawberry. Patton threw an oven mitt at him, which he caught easily, winking in that smug Janus way that made Patton’s knees weak.

“Maybe they just like each other.” Patton regained the thread of the conversation after a moment of grappling—it was effortless, how Janus spun and jumbled Patton’s thoughts with the little things he did. How rude. “Ever thought about that?”

Janus frowned.

“I like you,” Patton explained, “and not because I need a deeper reason for it. I like you even though you give me plenty reasons not to, actually”—he pulled the bowl of fruit out of Janus’ reach, booping his nose in passing and ignoring the swarm of butterflies in his belly at his indignant little noise—”like stealing all my pie fillings. If you take more of those, I’m gonna make you buy more.”

“Anything for you.” There it was again, that soft, sweet smile. Was he doing it on purpose? No way it was an accident; nothing Janus did happened accidentally. It was too like him to toy with Patton’s heart like that, looking so cute it made him ache while pretending he was entirely innocent.

“Perhaps you’re right,” continued Janus as if nothing had happened, “about Roman at least.” He grimaced. “You know him better than I do. But Logan? Too rational.”

“No one’s too rational for love,” said Patton firmly. “It gets us all eventually; you’ll see.”

“I’ve already seen.” An absent-minded smile, a gentle gaze at Patton’s hands while he worked. Something bright bubbled up in Patton’s chest, making him jittery and unfocused, a nervous smile taking over his face before he knew it. Janus stood, was behind Patton in two elegant strides, his arm around Patton’s shoulders to grab another strawberry from the bowl and pop it in his mouth. “I’ll be off, then.”

“Where are you going?” Patton blurted, praying it wasn’t obvious just how much he wanted Janus to stay.

“More strawberries, remember?” Janus showed off the handful he had taken while Patton was distracted. He took his hat off the coat rack. “Anything else I should grab?”

Patton shook his head. Janus turned to go, and before he realized, Patton grabbed his wrist. “Wait!”

Janus raised an eyebrow.

Standing on his tiptoes, Patton pressed a flutter of a kiss to his cheek. “Hurry back?”

For a moment, Janus was stunned—then he melted into a smile. “Of course—I’ll be back before you know it.”

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Moceit Appreciation Week

April 25-May 1, 2021

Day 1: Baking

Day 2: Aftermath

Day 3: Date Night

Day 4: Animal

Day 5: Family

Day 6: Warmth

Day 7: Anniversary

The Animal I’ve Become

summary: patton can’t get a sitter, so janus decides to bring date night to him, even if that date includes a snuggly 5-year-old.

ship: romantic moceit

other characters involved: kid!Virgil, teen!Logan (nonbinary, they/them), mentions of kid!creativitwins and their other dad Remy (and his partner Emile)

word count: 420 (NOT INTENTIONAL)

warnings: food mention

other: thanks to Danni for helping brainstorm ideas for this!

this was written for moceit week 2021, for the day 5 prompt of “family”

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“Jan, I’m so sorry, I couldn’t get a sitter for Virge, and Lo is busy studying for their SATs, so I have to cancel,” Patton sputtered out over the phone, his boyfriend silent on the other end. “I know the twins are with Remy and Emile tonight, and tonight was supposed to be date night, but… I can’t leave the house tonight.” He heard the jangle of keys in the background on Janus’ end.

Day 3: Date Night @moceit-appreciation-week