TW: stalking, hospitals, kidnapping, crying

Roman pushed the board further out into the water, looking back at the island. The morning had been... strange.

Roman had woken up in a new room, the smell of the ocean and breakfast foods in the air. The room was themed similar to his old room, except with more beach-ish decorations and less of his own things.

Eventually, he found his way downstairs and to the kitchen where Patton and Logan both were. Patton said a quick good morning, a tight smile following from Logan.

A couple of hours later they were outside, which lead to where Roman was now, on a surfboard in the ocean. It was almost surreal. Being outside again, in the water. He had almost thought it would never happen again. It was peaceful out here. Relaxing.

After a while longer Roman headed back to the island, finding no one there when he was back. Roman went inside, looking around before finding a note from Patton.

Hi! I took Logan for a surprise and we won't be back for awhile. There should be plenty to eat for lunch and enough to do! Maybe you guys can explore a little!

Be safe!

~Patton <3

Roman sighed after finishing the note. Maybe he should look around a little. It would be better than letting his mind go.

Roman looked through most of the rooms in the house before finding a closet. He found a few bags and started going through them, neatly folding the things in them so he could put them back quickly if someone came.

Roman finally found what he was looking for, the camera he had seen awhile ago. The reason...

No. He couldn't focus on that now.

Roman quickly put the things back, going back to his room and hiding the camera.

Soon Patton and Logan were back, Logan was giggly, and Patton swung their hands back and forth.

After dinner, Roman took Remus upstairs, both of them watching Thomas sleep before Remus himself started to fall asleep on his feet. Once he was ok, Roman went back to his bedroom, still hearing giggling from Patton and Logan downstairs.

He quietly closed his door, getting the camera and rolling back through the videos, stopping at one with a focus on Virgil drawing on a paper.

The video started to play, and the camera shakily focused on a small Virgil, colored paper on the table a crayon in his hand.

"What are you drawing, kiddo?" Virgil glanced up to the camera, giggling, before focusing back down and drawing more.

"Us!" Virgil beams, holding the picture up to the camera.

Patton focuses on the image, a crudely drawn Virgil and Kai, standing next to what Roman assumed were their parents. At the end of the drawing, Patton stood next to Virgil.

The next video played.

Patton walked quietly into a hospital room, opening the door as if trying not to wake anyone up. "Vee-baby? You awake?"

"'atton!" A young three year old Virgil squealed, bouncing in place in the hospital bed.

"Careful buddy!" Patton said worriedly. "You'll tear your IV out."

Virgil frowns, glaring down at the small needle at tape on his arm.

"I know, baby. Are you okay? Does your head hurt?"

"Happy baby!" Virgil chirps, his lower body wriggling. "Happy baby, happy babyyyyyyyy!"

Patton laughs.

The next video plays.

Patton.

In. Logan's. House.

Again.

Logan, fast asleep and horribly un-protected, didn't move when Patton crawled under the covers next to him.

Roman hurriedly skipped to the next video.

"Say hello to the newest family member!" An un-known man says, holding a glass up to the audience behind the camera as a teenager stepped forward.

"What's your name dear?" The voice of Amelia's mother asks from behind the camera.

"Blaine."

Roman skipped to the next video.

The camera blurred as it zoomed in on a young Logan sitting in a library. He had a stack of books next to him and was writing in a binder. He glanced towards a clock on the far wall and opened his backpack, pulling out what could be assumed as his lunch.

Most of the students left as they realized the time, leaving only Logan and a few other students still there.

Behind the camera a man shouted "Hey!" and Roman could assume it was directed towards Patton, because the camera slipped out of his hands, and the recording ended.

Roman fast forwarded through more videos, the new boy Blaine in almost every beginning frame with Patton. He stopped on what that looked like it was shot in a school cafeteria.

The lights were down, almost all of them trained on the little stage.

Roman sighed as he recognized the kid on the stage.

The camera focused through the lights onto a 13 year old Roman. The words that were being said were too quiet for the camera to catch. Roman was in a costume with a crown, a fake sword on his side. A young Remus ran through, Interrupting the middle of what Roman was saying, yelling his own lines over Roman's.

He fast forwarded through, reaching the end frame of the lights going up and bows starting.

The camera turned to the side, showing a kid Patton, smiling and jumping in his seat. "What did you think, Patton?" Beatrice's voice came from the camera and He turned to face his mother.

"It was amazing momma, I didn't know Roman was so good!" The video ended there, on Patton's smiling face.

Tears dripped onto the camera. Roman hadn't realized he was crying. 

The door creaked open and Roman watched Patton step into the room

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