Tw: A minor crushes on an adult (not reciprocated don't worry)

Remy pressed their fingertips ever so lightly against the glass. Their breathe got stuck in their throat. They wanted to reach out and hold their husband but they couldn't move, couldn't take their eyes off who they were looking at it. It didn't feel real.

"He....He does really look like you...." Remy finally mumbled out.

"Yeah. That's what being twins is all about" Remus replied. 

They were standing outside Jaw- Roman's holding cell. He had been interrogated today so they put him in an isolated room until he had calmed down enough so he could go back to Virgil. Roman was sitting on the ground. He was flapping his arm in a robotic almost twitchy way. As if he could remember that doing this used to make him calm down but he didn't remember how he used to do it.

"Can- should I talk to him?" Remy asked.

He shrugged "He's not much of a talker right now. I...I can barely get through a moment with him without crying"

"Oh honey" Remy reached out and took his hand.

Remus squeezed their hand and sent them a small smile. He rubbed his eyes with his free hand to get some of the constant exhaustion out. "It's fine. He doesn't seem uhm...dangerous...unless ehm someone hurts him or threatens Virgil-"

"Oh shit Virgil"

"Yeah. So uh if you want to I'm pretty sure you could talk to him. Ehm Roman I mean"

Remy suddenly looked over to him "What about Virgil? Hun you said Virgil was here right? So I can like say hi right? He must be so anxious. I can't even like imagine-"

"Now?"

"No next easter. Of course like right now babe!! Let's go! Let's go!" If they hadn't been sitting in a wheelchair they would have already been pulling for him to lead the way.

Remus cast one last look to his brother before forcing his eyes away. He pressed a kiss to his spouse's forehead before grabbing onto the handles of the wheelchair. It was a quiet day at MI6. Everyone had something to do so no one was really paying attention to them. He wondered if they'd made any progress in interrogating Theo.

The hallway where Virgil's room (Patton had told him not to call it a cell anymore) laid was barren. Remy tried to hide some of their worst bruises and injuries by pulling their sleeves and pant legs down. They didn't want to worry the teenager even more.

"I can go in on my own. Kay babe?" Remy said.

"Oh uh sure. I'll just be busying me by polishing my thong collection then" He kissed them on the lips long and hard, in the way that always made them giggle, before letting go of the wheelchair. 

When the door opened Virgil quickly sat up in bed. The plushies and blankets he had been buried under moments before fell down around him. A smile shone up on his face.

"JAwsie? Are you hurt? You've been gone fo-"

The words died in his throat as he saw Remy. They calmly closed the door behind them before looking around the room. They felt relieved as they saw all the books stacking up over the floor, at the drawing spilling over the side of the desk, at the plushies on the bed and the empty plate on his nightstand. At least he seemed to be well taken care of.

At last their eyes met Virgil's. They sent him a chill smile "Sup girl. You doing good?"

"A-AGENT 009?!??"

He threw the blanket away from himself. He quickly combed back his hair and checked his breathe before getting up from bed. His cheeks were bright red as he got up close to the agent and blinked at them. 

"You- you're uh- hurt" He mumbled out. He couldn't stop staring at the new prosthetic finger they had gotten from Logan. He couldn't stop remembering the sight of their newly cut off finger. it plagued his nightmares. All of the their pain did.

"But I'm here ain't I" Remy replied.

"YEAH! Yeah you are! That uh that means-" He shone up even more "It worked didn't it? I gave dad the info he wanted so he let you go right!? I knew it! I knew it would work! I got taken here when I like got the info but it's okay because now you're here too! And JAwsie! We just need Theo! And then we can go help dad so he gets happy again and he calls me a good son and everything will be fine and he won't hurt people ever again! Okay? Okay!"

Remy didn't have the heart to tell Virgil that nothing he had done had helped them. They reached out and ruffled his head "Totally kiddo. You did great"

Somehow he blushed even harder. His hands clammered to hold onto anything so he awkwardly fiddled with the fabric of his hoodie while biting the inside of his cheek.

"So gal it must have been kinda like uuuh fucked to like get forced here so you-"

Virgil suddenly got down on one knee. His eyes were as big as an overly excited kittens as he looked up at them. He reached out and took their hand in his. He squeezzed it a bit too hard.

"Ehm so uh A-Agent 009 now wh-when you're uh here would you would you want to ehm go- or- uhm- go on- on a date with me? T-This is how people uhh ask others out on d-dates right?"

It took a moment of Remy staring at him before they let up into a soft giggle "Oh girl. Can you like help me over to the bed?"

Virgil was practically vibrating from nerves as he quickly stood up and nodded. He let Remy lean on his shoulder so they could move from the wheelchair to sitting on the edge of the bed. He stared down into the floor as he sat down.

"Kay kid that was like adorable but I'm sorry to disappoint. I'm like literally 27 and you're what? 15? 16?" 

Virgil shrugged.

"Either way that would be like tots fucked. I'm okay with you like crushing on me tho. I get it. You don't got any friends your own age right?"

He shook his head.

"I didn't either when I was 15. Don't worry I'm sure with your personality you're gonna get super many besties. Besides my first crush was on my gym teacher so like I really do get it" Remy reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "So I see you've got some books here. Wanna like tell me about them? Or your drawings? They're real pretty. Real Picasso shit"

Virgil suddenly glanced up at them. He was clearly trying to hold back tears. "Your n-name?"

"What?"

"You uh never- you never told me your name. I just- I just wanna know please"

"Smythe. Remy Smythe"

On the inside they were writing adoption papers at the way Virgil got a nervous smile on his lips "That's uh really pretty. I'm Virgil! But uh yeah you already knew that"

"I did know that yeah"

 "So uh you- ehm you're not leaving right??"

"'course not! I gotta spend time with my fav kiddo!"'

"Oh okay then" Virgil quickly got up and grabbed a few drawings before hastily throwing them into Remy's lap "I can uh explain some of my ehm art? Patton- he's a guy that works here- got me pens"

"Coolio"

At least an hour went by. Virgil explained every drawing. Every character and story he had thought of. Most of it was horror. Spiders and blood and vampires in tight black goth clothes and sunglasses. Some of it were portraits. Theo, Jaws, Patton and Remy. Shaky scribbles of people Remy didn't recognize. Maybe his father. Maybe guards who had hurt him.

(Some of them had been drawn by Jaws. They all were in black and white. Most of them showed sketchy drawings of....Remus? It could be. It was hard to tell)

His hands shook slightly when he showed off a paper that had been filled with color so it looked like the pride flag "Patton uh helped me with choosing the colors. Theo had told me there was a flag but I-I didn't know what it looked like"

"Ahh girl!!! Your first flag!!! I remember when I got my first trans pin! And then when I got an even better trans pin from my mothers. Gah! It was great! You'll get yourself a real one soon enough! One out of like fabric! A big one!"

He flapped his hands " That does sound ehm very good"

"Yeah once you get outta here you'll get one. I'm sure"

"......I don't think that's gonna work.....I'll go back to my father won't I?...I don't think he'll....like it"

Remy took a moment to choice their words so they didn't upset him "Okay...well if you didn't go back to him- hypothetically- aren't there some other choices you have? You like the people here right?"

He fiddled with his thumbs "Patton is kind......Living with Theo would be nice- but he- he uh already has kids. I don't think he needs another"

"Good plans. Great plans. But like gal all people here have been nice right? No one has done anything bad rigth? 'cause I will fuck them up" Remy just had a creeping feeling something was wrong.

Virgil forced his smile to stay. His hand moved up to his eye for a moment. Where he'd gotten a black eye.

".....Someone....did hit me....B-But he had good reasons!"

Remy thought they would feel rage but instead all they felt was sadness for him "Oh honey" They gently put their hands on his shoulders "There is never a good reason. Even from your dad kay? So please tell me who it was so I can make sure he never sees you again"

"...It...It was the other Agent....the...r-remus" He nearly whispered out "BUT IT Was weeks ago I promise!"

"Remus..."

Remy took a deep breathe and forced themself to hide their anger. They let go of his shoulders and moved the drawings so they were neatly sitting on the bed. They sent him a short smile before moving back to the wheelchair.

"Kay kiddo. I'll see you soon. Just gotta go talk to Remus first"

"Oh- okay"

Virgil slumped down onto the bed. He kept his shark plushie close to his chest as he waved them goodbye. As soon as Remy had left the room he whispered out their name to himself. Just to feel it on his tongue. He let up into a flutter of happy flaps.

There was a 50% murder chance for anyone who tried to look at Remy right now. They quickly rolled through the corridors while glancing around for their goddamn husband. 

They were practically fuming when they ran into Patton. The secretary had a whole stack of papers in his arms but he still did a bad attempt at hugging them as soon as he saw them. There was a huge grin on his lips.

"Remy!! Are you feeling any better? The therapy going well? Both the physical and mental I me-" He asked.

"Have you seen Remus?" Remy interrupted.

"Oh uhm....yeah! I saw him like an hour ago. I told him to go help with Theo. You know Theo?"

"I know"

"Yeah. The interrogations with him hasn't gone well so I thought maybe if he saw a uhhh familiar face- like Remus! We would get some answers! Smart right?"

Remy forced a smile "Thanks Pattio! I'll.....I'll go talk to him then"

--

Theo had fallen asleep with his forehead leaned against the cold metal table. His hands were chained to the middle of the table. There was no light in the interrogation room. No warmth.

The sudden sound of the door opening startled him awake. He somehow rolled his eyes more than any human ever had rolled their eyes before when he saw Remus coming in. The agent did double finger guns that morphed into double middle fingers.

"Hiya bitch. We meet again. FUcker" Remus greeted while laying himself over the table.

"Oh no not the agent I easily could have killed. I am so frightened" Theo replied sarcastically "They should have gotten your dad to do the job instead"

"Sorry he's missing, just like he's missing from paying for the child support. And the info we need is missing from your mouth- Ugh I worded that weird. Just tell us what we want. Please. I think we deserve some after you and your guys cut off my spouses' finger"

Theo let out a sigh "Could I get some coffee? They've been keeping me here for days and all I've gotten is stale??? soup and tea"

"No. You can not" Remus said with a shit eating grin. He leaned closer. His expression turned serious "Really Theo I thought you would help us when you gave yourself over willingly. What happened?"

He leaned back in his seat and glanced away "I fucking hate Mr. Impur. Of course I want to help....I just need to make sure Virgil is alright first but no one is letting me see him! They say they can't trust I won't try to escape with him! Why the fuck would I do that?! So he can go back to being abused by his dipshit father?? They're probably gonna ship me off to jail once they get the info anyway! Which I understand- I-I've done horrible things- I just need to make sure my family is alright first, my whole family"

Remus took a moment before responding "Virgil is okay....I promise....Why....Why did you even work for Mr. Impur if you hate him so much?"

"Do you seriously think Impur just walked up and asked me directly if I wanted to hurt people for him???" Theo leaned his head against the palms of his hands "I used to be a bouncer at different night clubs" He mumbled out "My wife...we were going to have our first baby...and she got sick right after getting pregnant....I couldn't lose both her and our child...I just needed the money and Impur's men contacted me about a job. It payed well and I was desperate. I didn't- I never wanted to hurt anyone"

"...I...I believe you....My spouse never said you physically hurt them. You're still an asshole though"

"I know" Theo lowered his voice "I really did try to protect your brother"

Remus froze. He opened his mouth but no words came out. He felt so stupid for still reacting like this.

"When I started the job I was assigned to be your brother's main guard. I stood in his cell and watched as horrible people eroded his mind and body until...until...." He didn't finish the sentence "I was able to talk to him sometimes. When we were alone. When he was still Roman. He was lovely really. I never understood how kind he could be to me even after I never was able to help him more than getting him bandages and extra food"

Theo looked up and met Remus' eyes.

"You were the last thing he remembered. After months of the torture, even after his eyes glazed over and he got the metal teeth. Even after he didn't respond when I said good morning. He would still look at me and tell me he had a brother. He couldn't remember your name. He would just repeat it over and over. That he had a brother"

A tear rolled down Remus' cheek.

"That's when I met Virgil as well. His father forced him to watch people be tortured as a punishment. At least once a week Virgil got sent to watch Roman be hurt. I- I didn't know Impur had a child- I.....I've never felt as much anger as when I realized what Impur was doing to Virgil. He was 10! He- I could barely stand being in that room! I covered his eyes and comforted him but...but he still heard it....he still saw Roman afterwards...Even if Roman was kind to him as well....I would let them talk for as long as they wanted to...We shared meals....Your brothers laugh was something special. I promised myself to protect them, to get them out of there and it took me until fucking now to do it! I'm horrible!"

Remus still couldn't respond. All he could think about was his brother being hurt for all those years.

"After they didn't need to torture Roman anymore I was able to get promoted to Virgil's bodyguard so I could at least tuck him into bed at night and make sure he ate and that none of those GOddamn guards hurt him. I should have escaped with them. I was just so scared that Sp- they- they would kill me or my whole family"

The agent shook his head to try and regain focus. He didn't bother wiping away his tears. Theo had seen him at worse.

"You do realize that we're pressed on time right. We don't know what impur is planning but he's been steadily buying more land. We know you got the info that could help us stop him" He sniffled out "Just Please say it"

Theo shook his head "The only thing important to me is my family, That includes Virgil. I don't give a shit about what happens to anyone else. Let me see him. That's all I want"

Remus reached out and placed his hand on top of Theo's "I'll see what I can do about getting Virgil here okay? And I'll help if some bitches try to send you away to jail for all eternity. You'll get out of here. I promise"

He let out a breathe of relief "Thanks 008. You're still a bastard though"

"And you're a dumbass" Remus let go and got up "I'll get you some coffee as well!" He waved goodbye before leaving.

As soon as he got out into the hallway he shone up into a relieved smile as he saw Remy waiting for him. It was perfect timing. He could really go for some kisses and cuddles after hearing all that about his brother. Maybe he could even use a shoulder to cry on.

"Hunbun!" He exclaimed. He walked up to them with open arms.

"Did you hit Virgil?" Remy asked coldly.

"What" Remus stopped midmotion. His smile slowly turned less genuine as he dropped his arms. They hang lifelessly at his sides.

"He told me you had hurt him"

"I- well-" He sighed "I won't deny it and I won't try to say it was okay. I was just stressed because I'd learnt that Roman was alive and you were gone. it felt like it was Virgil's fault. I just got so angry...I took it out on him. Just one time"

He'd never seen Remy look at him like this before. With that rage in their eyes. It felt like his insides shriveled up.

"YOU WILLINGLY HURT A CHILD?!" 

"I- I'm sorry" 

"Remus he's been abused all his fucking life! Do you understand what you've even done!? Finally he gets out of the abuse and you come here and confirm to him that all of the pain was normal! That adults everywhere are willing to hurt him!" Remy practically yelled it all out.

"I really didn't mea-"

They pinched the bridge of their noise "This would be fucking horrible of you either way but to think that you would stoop to the same level as my biological mom is just so- How- I didn't think you would- You being stressed doesn't excuse this! Never!"

All he could do was crook out another "s-sorry"

"Have you even apologized to him!?"

"I-I didn't think he would want to see me again after I- I've tried to stay away"

Remy looked away "Apologizing is the least you can do" They turned around "I'll stay over at my mother's house. You can sleep at our apartment. I don't want to see you right now"

Remus was left alone in the hallway. With his arms still hanging aimlessly at his sides. His expression blank from shock. Tears filled his eyes.