Im Saturn

SPACE JAM was released 19 years ago TODAY

I need to get up. I wanna get food. I gotta exfoliate and moisturize, cause my skin looking atrocious right now.

What if… [deep breath] What if I die here, y’all? Would anyone even miss me?Like, really?

I want Enrique Iglesias to come save me. Like, the ceiling opens up and like, he comes down from like, a heavenly cloud with my glasses, and he’s singing. [imitating Enrique Iglesias] ‘Would you dance? If I asked you to dance? I will be your hero baby!’ And I just take my glasses and I’m like ‘Thanks yo! Put a shirt on homie!’

But life, life don’t work… life… [prolonged silence]

[camera zooms in on glasses] 

//I wrote some platonic brotherly Prinxiety for this one! I hope you enjoy!

Virgil woke up to his younger brother prodding his arm. Virgil sat up quickly, his mind racing through possible outcomes, Was there an intruder? Had Roman eaten soap? He didn't know the number for poison control! What if Mom and Dad had found them. Virgil's mind was reeling, but Roman tugged on his arm once more, making him snap head in his little brother's direction.

The first thing Virgil noticed was how dark it was, he could hardly make out his brother's face. The second thing he noticed was how nervous Roman looked.

Virgil composed himself, quickly turning on the light. "Ro? What's up?"

Roman was staring at the ground, and Virgil could see tears glistening in them. Virgil pulled Roman into a tight hug, he gently rubbed Roman's back. "Hey... Ro it's okay... you're okay. What's wrong?"

"Virgil? I... I don't feel good."

Oh, Virgil thought, not this again. "Roman, just because you have a test doesn't mean you can skip school.

"But, I--"

"Ro, this can't be a repeat of last week. I need to go to work. I can't stay home because you're faking an illness."

"I'm not faking! Vee I really feel bad. I'm nauseous, and dizzy, everything hurts..."

"Fine. You say you're sick? Prove it. I can't miss another day for no reason."

Roman started to cry, "H-H-How?" He choked out, between sobs. "Vee I'm... I'm gonna throw up."

Virgil sighed, glancing at his phone, three am, that was certainly unusual... Virgil's curious thoughts were interrupted by dry heaving. Virgil snapped his head up to see Roman hunched over on the floor, both his hands clutched over his mouth in desperation.

Virgil's eyes widened, and he immediately went into over drive. He grabbed his trash can thrusting it into Roman's arms, prying away Roman's hands from his mouth.

Roman collapsed against the bin, and Virgil knelt to his brother's side rubbing his back gently, "Let it out, just let it out. You're okay. It's okay."

Roman started crying, collapsing against his brother. "Vee," He croaked, "Vee it hurts... I hate it so much."

Virgil held his brother, rocking back and forth, "Shh I know. I know... I'm sorry. I should have believed you. I'm sorry Ro."

Roman mumbled against Virgil's chest, "I'm tired Vee."

Virgil scooped Roman up, laying him down on Virgil's bed. Virgil kissed Roman's all too warm forehead. "Good night Ro, I'll be right here when you wake up."

Roman's eyes drifted closed, and sleep took him. Virgil sighed, it was going to be a long day.

//Thanks for reading! If I missed any tags or trigger warnings please let me know!

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10 days later...

Summary: Meet Virgil, an average loner in college who just wants to get through life without dealing with people. He doesn’t have many real friends and spends most of his downtime in his own apartment in one of the many student complexes in the city. What he doesn’t know – what no one knows, actually – is that his building is also the home of a borrower family of three.

Then there’s Patton, Roman and Logan, three borrowers who try their hardest to adjust to all the rapid changes in the lifestyles and architecture of humans, which complicate their lives more and more. For their own safety and that of their kind, they are forced to live secluded lives, away from privy eyes. The temperatures dropped when they were looking for a new place to live, and they were forced to seek refuge in a building nearby. The building is old and houses many people, and it is hard to borrow enough to get by, but they’ll be fine as long as they can hold out until spring.

An accidental meeting between Virgil and the borrowers leads to cautious communication, and a hesitant coexistence becomes a slowly budding friendship. But can humans and borrowers ever put their differences aside and truly understand each other? 

Perhaps the more important question is: do they have to?

Word count: To be determined

Warnings: Panic attack, arguing, homophobia, illness, fear, violence, blood, death mention, sickness, assault mention, moderately detailed description of death (in flashbacks) and injuries, casual nudity (non-sexual), self-deprecation. Warnings for each individual chapter will be bold. This list will be extended as I finish writing and editing the last parts of the story.