Requested by Pastel347
Ship~ mocexiety (pattonxvirgilxjanus)

Prompt~ one above👆

Warnings~ yelling, crying, unsympathetic light sides other than Virgil, sympathetic dark sides and fluff at the end.

No.
Nononono!
I don't need help!
I'm fine.
I'm their happy, pappy Patton.
I can't be sad.
I can't let them down!
I can't I can't I can't I can't-

Patton jolted upwards as he awoke from his restless sleep. His hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat as his chest moved up and down at an alarming rate.

He grabbed his plushie and snuggled into it. He practised the breathing exercise Virgil taught him and calmed down. He took in a shaky breath and checked his alarm clock.

5:30am
The kiddos will be awake soon.

Patton thought to himself as he slipped his glasses on and began getting ready for the day. He decided that he wanted to cross-dress. Nothing too over the top but enough that he felt happy.

He reached into his wardrobe and grabbed a small box in the back. He took a short crop top with "one smart cookie" written on it and a knee-length baby blue skirt out of it.
After changing out of the cookie-covered pyjamas he was in the night before, he added in some baby blue socks with little bows on the back and to finish off the look, he slipped his Frozan inspired converse over his sore and blistered feet.

He looked in the mirror as he twirled. He felt amazing.

His happy smile faultered when he remembered what Roman said.

"Why are you wearing that Patton? You look like a kindergarten teacher."

Roman had laughed at him the day he decided to play dress up and wear a long, yellow dress with sunflower clips in his hair.

Then he thought back to last night.

"Patton you utterly astound me with how childish and immature you are. Honestly, act your age. You are an adult not a child."

Logan lectured him for being too childish.

He felt the sadness creep its way into his heart when he shook his head.
"Nope! Don't think like that Patton." he whispered to himself as he looked in the mirror.
"They won't mind and you aren't hurting anybody! Now let's go out there and make our kiddos some breakfast."
He chirped as he walked down the stairs.

He finished making waffles for everyone and lay the 5 plates on the table. Soon, Logan came down the stairs with his nose stuck in a book.
"Morning Lo!" Patton called from the kitchen, where he was making Logan's morning coffee.
"Patton please stop being so loud. It's 7am." Logan muttered as he began to eat his food.
"Oh sorry." Patton whispered, placing Logan's coffee beside him and sitting at the one seat without a plate.

Next down the stairs was Roman, with his usual over the top entrance.
"Good morning all you beautiful people! And that nerd." Roman called as he addressed Logan but not the dad character. Patton frowned but smiled after he got a smile from Remus who was sat on top of the ceiling fan.
"BOO!" Remus screeched as he jumped on his brother.
Roman let out the girliest scream as he shoved his younger brother off of him
"GET OFF ME YOU MISTAKE!" the older twin yelled. Remus faltered but covered it up with a dirty smirk.

The twins sat on opposite sides of the table. Roman next to Logan and Remus next to Patton. Patton smiled at the darker man.
"Thanks for the food Pat!" Remus chirped as he shovelled it down his gullet. Patton giggled at his dark yet kind son.

"Patton please refrain from doing that. It is quite annoying." Logan said in a monotone. Patton stopped and looked down muttering a sorry.
"I //agree// with you." Janus lied as he took a seat next to the dad figure.
The two shared a glance and looked away, a light blush dusting their cheeks.

The four ate in silence while Patton coloured in his kitten and puppy colouring book. He looked up to see Logan staring at him.

"What's wrong Logan?" Patton asked.
"You're clothing item is committing a falsehood." The logical side replied.
Everyone looked between the pair, focusing on Patton's shirt.
"What do you mean Lo?"
"You're not a cookie and you are most definetly not smart. You are quite the opposite actually." Logan said as he stared at Patton blankly.

Remus gave Janus a calming look. Janus was about to fucking deck Logan's ass right there and then but he didn't for Patton's sake. Patton was confused.
"I don't get it." he mumbled.
Roman laughed. He stared at Patton.
"He means you're stupid Patton. And you've just proved his point." Roman said as he held back a chuckle.

Patton's heart stopped a bit. He wasn't stupid right? No he was just a little slow. But what if its actually true. Maybe he is stupid.
Patton was snapped out of his spiral when he felt two slender arms wrap around his shoulders from behind.
He looked behind him to see Virgil smiling down at him.
The side snuggled his face onto the crook of Patton's neck.

"You aren't stupid Pat." Virgil muttered before sitting next to his boyfriend, Roman.
Roman kissed Virgil's cheek before being brushed off by the anxious side.
"No kisses for you. You made Patton spiral." Virgil scolded as he began to eat the waffles. Roman growled slightly but only Virgil and Patton seemed to notice.

The rest of the time at breakfast was sat in silence until Virgil abruptly stood up and slapped Roman across the face.
"We're over!" he screamed and ran off crying. Patton went into dad mode and chased after him.

"Kiddo it's me." Patton said as he knocked on his son's door.
"D-dad?" he heard a faint little voice ask.
"It's me buddy. Can I come in?"
Patton heard a click as he was rushed by a small boy clad in purple.

Janus had shown up and was calming Virgil down while Patton went to get his kiddo some cookies.
He had just taken them out of the oven when Thomas summoned him.

He brushed off his skirt of cookie crumbs and rose up.
Roman and Logan were there and they were staring at him.

"Hey dad." Thomas beamed as he saw his favourite moral trait.
Patton smiled back.
"Morning kiddo!"
"Patton may I ask you a question?" Logan muttered.
Patton turned his attention to the side across the room.
"Sure Lo! You can ask me anything."

"Why do you act the way you do?"
Thomas and Patton both seemed taken aback by this.
"What do you mean by that Logie?" Patton asked as he looked between his two fellow sides.
"He means why are you so goddamn stupid Patton?!" Roman yelled.
Patton would have corrected him about his language but the overwhelming breaking off his self esteem was too much to bare.
"I-i-" Patton stuttered as he felt tears prick his eyes.

He didn't hear much after that. It was like he was underwater. Logan and Roman were yelling at him while Thomas was trying to stop them.
He zoned out as he started crying.

Janus popped up next to Patton and held him close. He flicked his wrist and shut the two other sides up.
"And you call yourselves the good guys."
Janus hissed before he sank out, taking Patton with him.

The two sides rose up in Virgil's old room where Virgil was cuddling three plushies in a blanket cocoon. The plushies were a yellow snake with a bowler hat, and puppy with a pair of glasses and a purple spider on a stormcloud.

Patton was led to the bed as he felt two pairs of arms around him. He sobbed openly for what felt like months when it was only a few hours.

When he calmed down, Virgil said something that gave him hope.
"Do you want to be our boyfriend?
Patton lifted his head and looked at the two men cuddling him. He smiled as he kissed them both on the nose.
"Yes I would love to be your guyses boyfriend."

~present time~

Patton was sitting on the floor, sewing up Janus' cape when he felt kisses on both of his cheeks.
"Good afternoon you two." Patton giggled as he saw Janus and Virgil sit down on their respective sides.
Virgil moved the now sewn up cape and situated himself in Patton's lap while snuggling his face into his neck.
Janus snaked ((heh)) his arm around his two boys as he pulled them both close to him.

"We wanted to have cuddles." Virgil mumbled as he looked up at his boyfriend with puupy dog eyes.
Patton hummed and wrapped his arms around his bottom boyfriend while snuggling up to his top boyfriend.

Patton loved this. He loved them. It was so much nicer than back at the light side. That's why he became a dark side. And he wasn't planning on going back any time soon.

And in Remus' words,
"Roman and Logan can go suck a dick."

The end

Thank you to Pastel347 for the request.
I had fun looking for an outfit btw UwU.

I'm going to make an alternate ending for this and explain what happened between V and Ro at breakfast.

Requests are still open.

Stay safe💜💛, stay great and stay proud🏳️‍🌈. Oh and don't forget to procrastinate.

Peace✌️
Kadence~