(Sorry it's kinda bad, but I tried)

T.W. Mentions of Anxiety/Anxiousness

Deceit sat entranced, watching as his snakes slithered around their enclosures under the warm glow of the light. They weren't always very visible, or very active, but Deceit loved being able to watch them, he loved them more than almost anything.

He looked over to the door when he heard a knock, smiling when he realised who was on the other side. Patton.

"Come in." He called, smiling even wider when Patton walked in. He pulled his boyfriend in for a soft kiss, turning back to his snakes as Patton sat in his lap. He wrapped an arm around Patton's waist, leaning forward to let Medusa slither up his arm and wrap her way around his arm.

"Hello, Medusa." Patton reached over and stroked the Rough Green Snake's head, smiling as she looked up at him. "Why must they be kept separate?" Patton tilted his head, and Deceit smiled fondly, loving how adorable his boyfriend was.

"Jafar is a Milk Snake, meaning he needs a drier environment, he also needs to be able to climb on top of the few things he owns and not have too much crowding in on him. Whereas Medusa, being a Rough Green Snake needs to be able to blend in with her surroundings, since it's a primal thing for her. They both require different things too, which makes it easier to keep them separate."

Deceit turned to Medusa on his arm and smiled as she slithered down his arm, and he knew to put her back in her enclosure. He placed the lid on, watching as she made her way back into the greenery of her home.

Deceit used the angle he was sat at to push Patton down onto his bed and end up on top of him, smiling down at him.

"What was that for?" Patton tilted his head and Deceit just kissed him, not caring about answering the question.

Patton wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's shoulders, smiling as he pulled Deceit slightly closer.

Deceit broke the kiss, smiling as Patton pouted and tried to reconnect their lips. Deceit just laughed softly and lay next to Patton.

"You're cruel." Patton pouted, a hint of a giggle in his voice.

Deceit watched as Patton rolled onto his side and open his mouth to talk, only to be silenced by a knock at the door.

"Hey, uh... Is Pat with you?" Virgil's voice filtered through, and Deceit realised how important Patton was to the rest of the sides. He nodded to the door, telling Patton to deal with it, knowing it much be rather urgent for Virgil to have come looking for him.

"I'll be right there, Kiddo, what's up?"

"Uh... I need... To talk..."

Deceit smiled weakly, watching Patton get up from his spot on the bed and make his way over to the door, pulling it open to reveal an overly anxious Virgil.

"Kiddo?" Patton frowned and pulled him in for a hug.

"I hate to... Intrude, but uh... Can I come in?"

Patton let Virgil in and the two sat on the floor whilst Deceit reached into the enclosure and pulled out Jafar, knowing he would be able to help Virgil.

"Something to help?" Deceit sat next to Virgil and offered the Milk Snake to him. He watched as Jafar slithered up Virgil's arm and rested there, wrapping around him so he didn't fall off.

"Thanks." Virgil smiled weakly and ran his hand up and down the snake's body. "Logan and Roman are uh... Y'know, being weird and uh... It's weird..."

"Obviously." Deceit rolled his eyes, smiling at his friend.

"No, I mean... I just... I can't deal with it..."

"Well, Kiddo, we're here for you." Patton hugged Virgil, smiling to Deceit as Virgil visibly relaxed.

"Thanks, means a lot."

"You're not welcome." Deceit smiled and watched Jafar on Virgil's arm.

"His name... Jafar, right?"

"Wrong. He's not the same snake." Deceit drawled, his tongue lazily making the sounds he needed to make.

After a while, Virgil handed Jafar back to Deceit and left the boyfriends to it, knowing he'd interrupted some of their quality time together.

It wasn't that they didn't get to see one another much, it was more that when they did get to spend time together, that everyone seemed to need Patton more than normal.

Deceit moved to put Jenlocsure before sitting with Patton once more.

"I dislike you more than anything." Deceit murmured, pulling Patton closer, smiling fondly at the small squeak he let out.

"Impossible." Patton grinned, connecting their lips happily.

Deceit pulled his boyfriend closer, running his hands up and down Patton's sides, finding it amusing how easily Patton shivered. He soon trailed his hands up to Patton's face, one hand cupping his cheek, the other going to rest in his hair.

Patton giggled as Deceit's hands moved. He was ticklish and it made Deceit smile, which soon broke the kiss since they were smiling too much to continue.

Before long, the two had moved back to the bed, planning on watching movies, playing with snakes (Not like that you heathens) and cuddling for the rest of the evening.

And that's just what they did. They watched multiple Disney movies, cuddled throughout them all, and let Jafar and medusa climb up Deceit's arms, all the while making sure that the snakes wouldn't get too anxious about being away from their enclosure and Patton wouldn't get too anxious about being too close to the snakes for too long.

All in all, they were happy, and neither much cared about anything else, as long as they got to spend time with one another and were able to cuddle.

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Jafar - Milk snake - 4ft https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Red_milk_snake.JPG

Medusa - Rough Green Snake - 3ft https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Opheodrys_aestivus_-_rough_green_snake_cropped.jpg

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