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“Papyrus?”

“WHAT- OH HUMAN! WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO BE MEETING YOU IN A PLACE LIKE THIS!”

You’ve been waiting for the train to arrive on your platform, bouncing on your feet, giddy with a smile on your face. You couldn’t wait to go home to your skele-friends (and.. more....? ... Hopefully?) to finally get some rest.

When the train came and the door opened... You were surprised to see the tall, sharply dressed skeleton, in a grey suit and pants, a white dress shirt and an orange tie to finish it off, his gloved hand hanging off the train handle, with a smart briefcase in his other.

The pinnacle of professionalism, all he’s ‘missing’ is a brimmed hat to go with it all.

“Why are you on the train today, Papy?” You ask him merrily while you gratefully loop your arms around one of his holding the briefcase, the train car being full that you couldn’t reach any handles nearby. “What about that slick car you have?”

“AH, YELLOW STRIKE IS IN THE REPAIR SHOP!” He makes a sheepish smile. “I DID NOT CRASH THE CAR AS... RED WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU...”

“He did not.” You giggled, knowing fully he definitely would. “I... I didn’t know you’d stop riding your car.”

“HAVE BEEN SINCE LAST WEEK, IN FACT,” He looks away for a bit before looking back at you. “YOU MUST’VE NOT NOTICED SINCE YOU’VE BEEN INDOORS A LOT.”

... You felt your cheeks pink in embarrassment while you hide your face a bit. You’ve... You haven’t been outside a lot, haven’t you?

But that’s going to change. You smile to yourself.

“But that’s going to change.” You said aloud this time, to him.

You saw Papyrus’ neutral face shift, his ‘eyes’ glowing, grinning widely and a happy blush on his cheeks, fully faced to you.

“IS IT NOW? WELL NOW YOU MUST TELL THE GREAT PAPYRUS ALL ABOUT IT- NOTHING LESS, HUMAN!”

........

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

tick, tick, tick... Sans looked as his watch, sighing and trying his best to calm his beating soul.

You hadn’t answered him.

About an hour earlier, you’ve texted him about the fact that you were finished, and he quickly texted you back, but...

Wife I’d Like to Marry: Sans

Wife I’d Like to Marry: I’m ddone

Wife I’d Like to Marry: It’s ocld

You: (y/n)

You: how did it go

You: hello (y/n), you still there

You: hello

You: you ok, how did it go???

Sans had quickly gone into a bit of a panic mode when you hadn’t answered him for close to 10 minutes, wondering if... Something happened, if you weren’t answering him on purpose, if you were upset with the results and isn’t feeling up and up...

Or you could just be not answering him because you put your phone in your bag or something.

... but what if-

He quickly checked your location, if you were in the right place, in the right direction... And sure enough, you seemed to be on the train bound for Ebott-Edge.

... Yeah, Asgore was still naming the places... Though at least it sounded cooler? Maybe?

So. You weren’t kidnapped or anything.

... No, that was not what he was worried about always worried about when you go out alone.

... Ok, you didn’t go out of the house that often, he wasn’t used to it, that’s why he worried a lot.

...

Today...

You had an interview. A job interview. A job interview for a position that you really liked. And because you put so much hope onto it... You had been nervous.

Red being Red, overflowing with confidence, and especially having a lot of confidence on you, hadn’t seemed to be worried for anything. Always behind your chair while you were working on the important documents, always making it that it’ll be the easiest thing in the world to you, you’ve prepared a lot.

Sans had been there to practice with you, throwing curveballs at you and feeling proud when you could answer them easily. Red was right, you wouldn’t have any trouble.

Axe was... Axe was your emotional support, to put it simply. The night before the interview, everyone could see the nervousness in your eyes, the way you looked at the notes you wrote yourself while you were practicing with him, the way you looked close to tears. Axe had quickly and silently picked you up from your position in the middle of Sans’ and Red’s seats while they were patting your back and giving encouraging words, walked to your bedroom and laid you there, telling you to-

“sleep.”

Needless to say, he laid in bed with you while you spilled all your nervousness out to him and clutched his chest, while he gently brushed your hair and listened to it all.

This morning, Papyrus had given you a quick pat on the shoulder while you were eating a hearty breakfast, courtesy of Axe the “you have to eat now” Skeleton, since he worked earlier before your interview- and Edge had left a sweet note on the table saying that you were the greatest human he knows, and no doubt a human he deems as the greatest will get the job- since he worked so early.

The three Sanses and Crooks had been there to see you off, in thick jacket and a scarf (you were going to take them off at your work place) head seemed to be held high, giving them a a wave goodbye.

Honestly, Sans (and Red and Axe) had wanted to see you off at the station... But then they’ll also want to see you off to the work place, with Axe possibly asking, no- demanding to go inside to see if the interviewers are to be trusted. And having three skeletons all nervous and fidgety wouldn’t be so... Good on your own confidence while you walked all the way to the workplace.

It was quite deep into the city, a bit far but not too far from the suburbs where you lived with them, a bit of ways from the house. Sans had been a bit sad that you’d work a bit far away but- he knows it’s no real problem.

It’d taken time for you to finish, it was late in the day now, sundown. Sans had just gotten home from his own job, which is why he even had the watch on his wrist right now... Red was pacing behind the couch, finishing his own job a bit earlier than Sans- showing his own anticipation for you that he never shown in front of you, worrying just right the rest. But Axe- Axe had seemed to take it the hardest, he had been sitting on the couch about an hour before you even texted Sans, the TV off while his eyelight stayed glued on the door- and with him being a skeleton, he didn’t need to blink. He just.. Stayed there... Seemingly in his thoughts, the same as the rest, thinking the same.

let her get the job, let her get the job...

Red had felt worried seeing you so nervous. He knew a birdie like you would sing well to anyone, pleasing and pretty sure most people would hire you in a heartbeat. But with you so nervous like that... He was worried your lips would wobble, if you’d need help with pushing yourself through the doors of the building, if you were going to be too nervous and in your head thinking about all the things that could go wrong- which, in itself, was him thinking of the ways it could go wrong. He wouldn’t usually, but... You had started to rub off on him, though he worried about your confidence rather than you actually getting hired.

And Axe? He was just imagining all the different ways he could kill the interviewers should they be assholes, or if they didn’t hire you for a petty reason, you don’t get to make her nervous and just-

“Hi!” You appeared at the door, Papyrus right behind you.

“HELLO BROTHER...S!” Papyrus waved, one hand holding you. “WE’RE HOME!”

“( y / n ) -”

Sans had tripped himself while he teleported to you, falling on you when he reappeared, you letting go of Papyrus’ hand to catch him.

“(y/n) why didn’t you answer me, i was so worried-” Sans had quickly babbled, a hand roving over your face to check for anything that... You’re not even sure what he’s looking for.

“What? Answer what?” You asked after pulling yourself away from him.

“i asked you how was it, what happened?”

“You... You texted me?”

my dear love of my life who is so pretty and smart but does the tiniest thing that send me to my death-

“i- i did,” His brows furrowed, frown twisting further.

“I... I’m sorry, I put it in my bag...”

honey, sweetheart- everything red calls you-

He panted as if he’d just ran over to you, sighing at the end. “you’re going to give me a heart attack, (y/n)... and i don’t even have a heart,”

You were about to giggle when Red had pulled you inside, finally moving from the door with Papyrus closing it and locking it behind you.

“sweetheart- so how did it go, you in? yer in right? please darlin’ i’ve been waitin’ on ya all day i need to know-” Red had you by the shoulders, red eyelights intense in a... Comedic way, to you.

“Uh, whoa whoa guys, what’s going on-”

“(y/n), where’s the address” Axe’s voice came to your notice when he was suddenly directly behind you, “did they treat you right? did they ask you weird questions- are they old men who made weird comments-” Axe spun you around to face him.

.... You’ve... Never seen a scene quite like this... All three of them, eyelights contracted, all looking at you as if you were going to tell them their pet goldfish ‘goldie’ died.

“..... I got in!” You smiled cheerfully to them, putting your hands on Axe’s large hands on your shoulders.

Your smile shined like a thousand stars- attracting the Sanses like moths to a flame, and it only took a second before you were smothered by the three of them in a tight-knit hug, all making sounds of joy while Papyrus watched on with two hands on his hips, a happy smile on his face.

Sans got your left and Red got your right, 3 sets of arms wrapped around you like a bony burrito, Sans rubbing cheeks with you and Red giving quick, unafraid kisses to your head while Axe practically squeezed the lungs out of you while he pressed his nasal to your forehead.

It was all overwhelming on the senses- from love.

“O-Ok ok, thanks for the hug guys but I really need to breath- Gah!” You heaved when they all picked their hands away from you, comedically all in a ‘surrender’ position.

“ah, i knew ya could do it babydoll.” Red’s eyesockets lidded, a look of pride in his eyelights.

“you shouldn’t hold our souls in custody for too long, kiddo,” Sans gave you a meek look, seeming to be tired. “might’ve dusted the one of us from anticipation alone.”

“NYEH HEH HEH! THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING LAZY AND TELEPORTING EVERYWHERE WHEN YOU COULD’VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO GET THE NEWS EARLIER!” Papyrus boasted, attracting all eyes on him.

“Yeah, I went home with him today, heheh.”

“huh? where’d ya meet ‘im?”

“WE MET ON SUNSET STATION!”

“And I was happy to regale all that I did to dear old Papyrus.” You chimed, holding his hand and bowing to him.

“OH, YOU FLATTER ME WITH EARLY ACCESS TO SPECIAL INFORMATION!” Papyrus laughed, a cute orange blush on his cheekbones. “SO NOW, YOU BONEHEADS!” He pulled his hand away from you, turning to the rounder skeletons who had only been watching, “WHAT HAVE YOU PREPARED FOR THE LITTLE LADY, HUH?”

“... huh?” Sans echoed, tilting his head to the side.

“... SIGH.” Papyrus actually said, “HOW CAN YOU LOT NOT BE EDUCATED IN THE SCHOOL OF DATING? YOUR OBJECT OF AFFECTIONS HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING GREAT BY THEIR OWN DOING, ARE YOU NOT GOING TO CELEBRATE IT?”

It would be fun to see the three skeletons turn two shades of blue and the other turn a light coral... if you yourself hadn’t turned red from Papyrus’ proud announcement. Y-you weren’t dating any of them... At least... Not yet..?

“Th-this isn’t a competition or anything, Papyrus!” You spluttered to him, tugging on his sleeves.

“OH HUSH NOW HUMAN, I AM MERELY TRYING TO TURN MY BROTHERS INTO BETTER DATERS. OBVIOUSLY NO ONE WILL BE BETTER THAN I, BUT THEY CLEARLY NEED SOME HELP SOMETIMES.” He sighed, looking back at the 3.... colorful skeletons.

“i mean... he’s not... wrong...” Red was the first to speak, quickly rubbing his cheekbones. “a lady like you should get a lot of... services... for accomplishing such a feat.” He said as he approached, that flirty smile of his back on his face.

“... yeah you’re right paps, she deserves so much,” Sans shrugged, following closely behind.

“i’ll make the food-”

Both Sans and Red got quickly pushed away by Axe who had quickly scooped you up and ran to the kitchen, in yet another act of human thievery.

“hey- stop hogging the hot girl-” Red had quickly poofed into the room, Sans again, the last to appear in the kitchen.

...

They...

They did good.

First and foremost was another warm feast provided by Axe and Crooks, who had appeared midway through the Sanses’ bantering and chiding at Axe for stealing you so often (though Axe had just watched the other two with a smug smile). It was the perfect thing to do first, since you could feel the temperatures dropping that day- and you were thankful that Sans had advised you to put another layer of clothing over your suit, saying “you can just clean up after yourself when you get to the toilet in whats-the-place if you’re so worried about it.”

Next had been an aromatic bath provided by Red... When you finished and started walking towards the bedroom to change, you had smelled... A scent wafting through the hallway, with the crack in the doorframe of the bathroom. When you opened it, there he was... Red, in only his boxers, sitting on the seat of the toiler, the bath almost full to the brim, actual petals of... Rose(?) on the surface and a bottle of bubble bath soap on the side.

“wanna get wet...?” “oW-” He had sounded when you accidentally gave him too hard of a slap across the cheekbone- it was meant to be a joking one.

After the... lovely bath (You did not get into the bath with him), you walked out with the towel still on your hair, to the couch, sitting in the middle of all of your favorite skeletons, when Edge finally showed up at the door.

“HOW DID IT GO?” He asked- still wearing his dark navy guard pants and belt while his top was a red-brown-black sweater with a scarf around his neck... Which didn’t look that mismatched. You were going to answer when he gave a quick sniff and raised a brow at Red.

“RED, WHY DOES THE HUMAN SMELL LIKE ‘SEX ON PETALS’?”

Your face fell while Sans and Axe both snapped their skulls to Red- who’s eyelights have gone, his grin failing- looking to the three of you who were now looking at him with concern on different levels.

“That was ‘Sex on Petals’?” You asked. Well... There were petals, he was shirtless... It wasn’t that... Far of a stretch....

“l-look- hey, don’t lookit me like that!” Red snapped, an embarassed shade of red on his face, “that’s the name of the fuckin’ fragrance oil- and yes, it was specifically fer baths!”

“be honest red, you wanted that.” Sans deadpanned to his golden-toothed counterpart.

“i mean- yes, but you want that too, vanilla.” Red retorted, which in turn left Sans speechless with the same intensity of blue on his face as Red had.

“AH, WHATEVER. SEEING YOU ALL SO HAPPY, I MUST BE RIGHT, YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED WITHOUT FAILURE!” Edge patted you on the head just a tad bit too hard.

“succeeded without failure...?” Sans turned to him when Edge walked behind the couch to go to the kitchen.

“SH-SHUT UP TURQUOISE WORM! EVEN THE GREATEST OF ALL CAN MAKE MINOR MISTAKES!” Edge huffed, slapping Sans with a bit of his scarf.

“... i’m not even turquoise...” Sans whispered quietly after Edge went into the kitchen, leaving you to bend to your knees, Red snickering and Axe just happy to watch.

“Hahah, no, you’re more of a... cyan?”

“just blue.” Sans shrugged.

The four of you fell into comfortable silence after that, watching the TV light up your face with the lights turned off- a movie was on. The night, the warmth of the house and the bony yet fluffy skeletons surrounding you... You started to lean onto Sans, eyes drooping.

“... hey, kid.” Sans nudged you. “you should go to sleep.”

“... Don’t wanna move...” You replied honestly, closing your eyes to prove a point.

“which is exactly why you need to go to bed. you’ll be asleep if you stay longer.”

He slowly hooked his arms under your back and your legs, picking you up so that you were still in a sleeping position. You just groaned and wrapped your arms around his neck, putting your face on his clavicle- and he made a choked noise.

“o-ok, you must be really tired to just do that to me.” Sans would’ve been rubbing the back of his neck if his hands weren’t occupied. “time to go to sleep, working lady.”

You smiled and hummed at that, sleepily.

“g’night darlin’, dream of that fragrance oil~” Red snickered, while you hid your face more onto Sans- just because you were sleepy didn’t mean you didn’t register what he said.

Axe slowly stood up, making his way over to his tinier self with you in his arms... Giving you a quick kiss to the head. “goodnight, petals.” Axe chuckled when you whined at him, shifting in Sans’ hold.

“Am... Am I your kid or... What is this right now,” You looked wearily at them.

“well... ya can call me daddy-”

“okay, that’s enough for tonight.” Sans cut in and jumping straight into your room.

“... Ok indeed.” You raised your head from his hold, blinking while you registered what Red just said.

“calling him daddy?” Sans raised a concerned brown at you while he lowered you to your bed.

“N-No- I mean- technically yes but- I mean- ‘Ok’ that that was a- Ah nevermind.” You quickly gave up trying to explain, letting yourself go limp on his hold while he gently lowered you onto the bed.

“heheh. alright kid, i’ll tell him that.” He smirked, tucking you in.

“No! Don’t tell him that!” You fumed a bit, while gratefully snuggling under the covers.

“ok, i won’t,” Sans raised his hands in a surrendering gesture, “but if you want me to keep my promise, you have to kiss me.”

“Ok- wait what?”

Sans chuckled, throwing a hand in a ‘whatever’ motion. “joking.”

“...” You squinted at him... And you pulled his skull closer to you with a hand, pressing a quick kiss to his cheekbone. “There. I kissed you.”

... Sans turned a bright cyan at that holding the cheek you’d kissed him on.

“... Had to make sure.” You grinned back at him, pulling the covers around you more. “... I knew you’re more cyan...”

“wh- uh- hahahah, uh what,” Sans’ eyelights shifted this way and that, before breaking into a more sincere laugh. “well, i guess my cheekbones are right now, but i am just blue, ok?” He tittered, slowly thumbing your cheek.

“... well kiddo? good luck on your job. if your boss ever gives you any shit, don’t hesitate to tell me ok? ... and just me, because... red doesn’t use subtlety when it comes to people like that and axe... well... he’ll want murder.” Sans sweated a bit, smile crooked. “but-! if you really say it’s as good as it is, i’m sure we’ve got nothing to worry, right?”

“Yep! They were really nice today, patted me on the back when I was nervous,” You reminisced for a second, before shifting your focus back to the... charming skeleton in front of you. “Thanks for worrying, Sans.”

“hahahah, i should get thanked more...” Sans rubbed his neck, before shaking his head when he saw your concerned face. “ah, it’s ok kiddo. i’m good, we’re good.”

“Ok...” you laughed softly.

“... ok, i should really leave before this conversation sends us to 2 AM.” Sans looked at the watch still on his wrist, reading 12 AM. “so... goodnight, (y/n).”

“Good night, Sans.” You answered while he turned off the light. “... Ok, I really feel like a kid right now- I’m not your guys’ kid right?”

“hahah, no. and- you don’t have to call me daddy.” He winked- having eyelights for eyes, visible in the near darkness while your eyes hasn’t adjusted to the change in brightness.

“Pff- ok ok, good night Sans.”

“good night.” Sans chuckled, turning to leave... But then changing his mind and turning back, giving you a quick kiss to the temple before disappearing into thin air.

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