When I wrote A Piece of the Sky and Patched Up Satin, I had no intention of including nonbinary Roman in the Pieces verse

and then, once i'd realized Roman was nonbinary even if i hadnt done it intentionally at first, i wasn't planning on writing anything about it until after i'd written the dukeceit

But it felt disingenuous, to continue writing as if Roman was a cis man when I now knew they weren't

first of all, a lot of their problems are coming from the fact theyre in the wrong top/bottom configuration. Percy has significant erectile dysfunction and doesnt like to top, dess has vaginismus and doesnt like to be penetrated, and someone needs to get this woman a strap post haste

that takes longer though - they still dont even have sex for months after this, because they basically have to build their physical intimacy from the ground up. as of the fic, and since Janus's previous visit, they have graduated to handholding and sitting close enough they touch outside of bed, all on their own

with Janus's suggestions, they start with other small things. they both start rolling their sleeves in the house, and touching each other there any time they pass. They've been cuddling with the kids together, but then they start doing it without the kids.

And they're both perfectionists, so once they figure out this is a thing they can learn together it accelerates. every other sentence out of their mouth is a question during this process - was that good, where do you want me to touch you, etc. theyre also already delighted by the revelation their are kinds of sex that dont involve pentration at all and percy joins toby in the 'eating my wifes pussy is my greatest privilege' boat

The first time Dess greets a seated Percy by standing over him and tilting his head back to kiss him the man doesnt speak for twenty minutes, and they start trying Dess on top, and at that point the strap and everything is just icing.

because the main lesson they needed was 'sex is whatever the fuck you want it to be' and not 'cishet brainwashing PIV-only and its over when he cums' nonsense

okay so this is actually sooooo fraught because uh. the thing is. niether percy nor dessa had any more sex education than the fitzboys, and observation of janus and remus is the first time theyre sort of presented with the idea that Sex And Physical Contact With Spouse can be like. good.

so like until Sewing Tears, sex is deeply unpleasant for dessa, and percy yknow isnt a monster, so he doesnt really like it any better. a solid third of the time they just give up part way through, the situation is that dire. it doesnt even occur to them to try anything else because they dont know there is anything else to try

Janus (who taught himself most of his sex ed when he figured out he was queer, from those circles, so its more comprehensive than most) obviously doesnt know this or he would correct it immediately and the plan is for the fic to actually start off as Janus and Percy bonding an percy clumsily being like "i would never dream of asking you this if you were still my sister and not my brother but What Do I Do"

so a horrified janus gives them a crash course and THEN it turns out that one of the biggest reasons theyre struggling is because Percy's a bottom and Dessa a top. so it gets fixed pretty quick once they jump that hurdle and that is The Only Reason Nessa and Billy don't have more siblings because they jumped it well

i want more pieces logicality bondage. probably logan prefers to have patton tied up anytime he's domming for a good long while, so they go through a lot of variations. Logan likes getting patton mostly immobile and patton likes to struggle a bit so they have a cute little back and forth whenever logans tying him up. soft bratting.

naturally this means logan gets just, ABSURDLY into knots. he starts practicing alone in his office with short lengths of rope and roman catches him and thinks its just a stim. extremely funny.