hsdfjkhf sorry these chapters so long. I'm having really sucky writers block for this fic specifically rn :/

Tw: Physical violence, Remus isn't unsympathetic (?) but he does some not nice things

"You like the books kiddo?" Patton asked in a gently tone.

He was sitting on the edge of Virgil's bed. The teenager had pressed himself into corner, as far away from him as he could. A stack of books had built up on the floor in only a few days, all of them brought in by Patton.

He nodded shuly.

"You know you can always talk to me about anything. It must be quite scary to suddenly be taken to a whole new place filled with strangers"

Virgil didn't answer.

"Once this whole ordeal with your father's company is over everything will go back to normal in no time" He lied. In reality he would probably be left at an orphanage while his father rotted in prison.

".....Is 009 here yet?" Virgil mumbled out the question. He looked at Patton with fragile hope in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry kiddo but we haven't heard anything from them"

"Oh...Okay" He crumbled in on himself even more than already had. He was so stupid. He had really thought he would be able to save them.

"I am sure they will be back soon!"

Virgil didn't say anything more. He sat still with a blank look on his face. His hands tirelessly dragging in his sleeves to find Something to hold onto. Patton assumed he wouldn't be able to get anything more from him for the day.

He gently put his hand on the teenager's shoulder and motioned for him to lay down. Virgil buried his head into the pillow as Patton tucked him into bed.

"I hope you have a good sleep kiddo" He patted his head before leaving.

--

When Patton came back a few days alter the first thing he heard was crying. He quietly stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. The breakfast another worker had come with several hours before sat on the floor untouched.

Virgil laid curled up under the blanket of the bed, softly crying. Patton carefully walked up to him, not wanting to startle him. He lifted the cover and moved his hand to wipe a tear away from the teenager's cheek.

"You alright kiddo?"

"Mhm" He mumbled back, trying to keep the tears in.

"Anything you wanna tell me?"

He looked into Patton's big blue trustworhy eyes "...I just..miss.....people"

"Aww that's okay kiddo. Y'know I miss my daughters when I'm away at work. It's only natural"

Virgil suddenly got a serious look on his face "Do you hit them? Your daughters? When they're bad children and doesn't listen to you do you take your cane and hit them on their backs until they're crying and have learnt their lesson?"

Patton froze "No. No of course not. If either of your parents did that that's-"

"Okay" Virgil interrupted, his voice cold "Okay"

The older man was quiet for a moment. Unsure of how to cheer him up. He finally put on a soft smile and looked at Virgil "Say do you have a favorite animal?"

"...Spiders...Oh! Sharks! I really like sharks! They remind me of...a friend"

"Well then kiddo I'll be back in a just a moment"

He returned 15 or so minutes later, carrying something behind his back. Virgil tensed up expecting something a punishment. Maybe crying had been a bad thing. Maybe he'd eaten too much. Maybe giving him such a nice room had just been a trick.

Patton took out what he'd bought. It was a stuffed toy shark with big goofy eyes and fluffy fur.

"Ta-da!!! It's yours kiddo"

Virgil anxiously stared at it for a while before slowly taking it. He'd never gotten anything like this before. Not even from Theo, it was too much of a risk. The fur was so soft he couldn't help but bury his face against it's soft tummy.

When he looked back up at Patton there were tears filling his eyes. "Oh dear. Is there something wrong?" The older man immediately asked in a worried tone.

He shook his head "No...No...These are happy tears...T-thank you" A genuine smile played on his lips.

"Aww no need for thanks kiddo. C'mon don't you wanna name it?"

He bit his cheek in thought before replying "Jaws! He'll be called Jaws. reminds me of my friend. I really miss his hugs"

"I'm sure he misses you back!" Patton knew fully well who Jaws was and the murders he had caused. "I can at least give you a hug, if you want it"

Virgil shuly nodded. Patton opened his arms and the teenager cuddled close to his chest. Like a kitty. He held the shark plushie tight in his arms and closed his eyes to pretend he was hugging Theo or Jaws instead.

--

Virgil was drawing when Patton came back the next day. The shark plushie laid tucked in under the covers of the bed. He sat down the lunch sandwiches he had with him onto the desk and leaned closer to look at the drawing. He must already be making good progress because the teenager only flinched a little when he got close this time.

To be frank the drawing was clearly amateurish. It showed a tall man with black hair and a missing ear. Theo. He was hugging a smaller skinnier person. Another muscular person with metal teeth and and long hair hanging in front of his face was joining in on the hug. All of them were smiling.

"What a pretty drawing kiddo" Patton said with a smile "Is it your parents?" He asked hoping to get some information about his father.

He hesitated before mumblign back "Wish it was"

"Well I'm sure you'll see them again soon"

"Yeah right. You keep saying that but MI6 are all maggots trying to hurt my dad. You will never let them go" He muttered.

Patton gently put his hand on his shoulder "That's not true kiddo. We're just-"

Virgil stood up so fast the chair fell down on the floor "Stop Lying! I know what you're up to! My father has told me about you for years! All he is doing is trying to create a better life for me and him! And all you do is destroy his plans and hurt him and if you succed you'll take all of them away from me! You'll hurt them! You'll hurt my dad more than you already have!"

"I can assure you that hurting people is exactly what MI6 doesn't do"

"You hurt Theo! You gave him a scar! He was bleeding! I saw it!"

"Sometimes accidents happen but they're just that" Patton assured while holding up his hands to look innocent.

Virgil's hands were shaking from anger "I've been told my whole life that all of you are evil maggots so you have to be!" His entire body was shaking "It has to be that way! You have to be evil! My dad has to be right! Otherwise all I've done is wrong! Otherwise all of the pain and beatings and- and- it will all have been for nothing!!"

Patton took a step closer "Take a deep breathe okay? It'll be alright-"

He hunched down on the ground. With his legs pressed close to his chest he hid his face in his hands "I don't understand. You and the agent were so kind. I don't understand. You're supposed to be bad! You're supposed to be bad! My dad said you were bad!"

"It's okay kiddo. It's okay to be confused" He sat down next to him "Everything will make sense eventually, I promise. And by that time you'll be surronded by good people. Like the agent and your friend and your mother! And me of course! If you'd want me there! And your father won't be able to hurt you anymore!"

Virgil held back the thoughts about how he probably deserved to be hurt "My mom won't be there. I've never even met her! I don't even know her name! No one has ever told me about her"

"Well I'm sure she would be very happy as long as are happy" Patton assured while moving his arm around the teenager's shoulders "And proud. She would be proud to"

He had such a childish look on his face as he leaned into Patton's comfort "Promise?"

"I promise"

Tears welled into Virgil's eyes. He grabbed onto Patton's shirt as he sniffled "It's all so confusing. It's all so confusing. No one tells me anything. I- I just- I swear I'm trying my best" He cried out.

"Shhh. I know kiddo. I know. You're doing so good" He replied while moving him into a hug.

Virgil buried his head against his chest. He continued to cry but this time it was just to let all of his feelings out. He cried and cried until it was nothing but whining sniffles. And Patton continued to hug him and move his hand up and down his back the entire time.

It made him feel safe. Safer than he had felt in as long as he could remember.

--

Remus hadn't slept for over 2 days. Every time he closed his eyes all he could see was Remy. There were endless intrusive thoughts about all the ways they could be hurt constantly eating away at him. He hadn't been able to stop picking at the wounds left from Roman, His clothes had bloodstains from how often he ripped the injuries open again.

There were no leads on where they could be. Not even his mother had found anything. All they had was Virgil.

The agent stood by the corner near the teenager's cell. He watched through the see through mirror. He and Patton were eating dinner, some soup, Virgil seemed to be talking more than usual.

He waited until Patton left. Of course he had access to the room. Every agent had. He moved his keycard and pressed his thumb against the keypad and the doors slid open.

"Pat?" Virgil turned to him. He paled when he saw who it was. It made him nauseous to see just how identical Remus and Jaws were. It was an unbearable reminder that maybe Jaws hadn't willingly stayed with him for all those years.

The door closed behind Remus. Virgil backed as far away on the bed as he could. He pressed the shark plushie close to his chest. The agent towered over him as he leaned close to him and grabbed onto the collar of his hoodie.

"You know where they are don't you?" He more growled out than asked.

Virgil violently shook his head "No. No. I don't know anything. I promise. No one has told me anything"

Remus' held onto him so hard his knuckles whitened "BULLSHIT! If you were just some mindless puppet you wouldn't have done all this! I know you tricked them! I know you made Remy tell you everything! I know it! You hurt them!"

Tears welled up into his eyes "I- I'm sorry- I-I I thought- I was- I wanted to- I tried to- I tried to protect them- I tried to protect Jawsie I swear" He let out a broken sob "I wanted- I tried to save the agent. I swear!!"

He saw the shark plushie Virgil was holding. The rage filled his chest, his throat, his whole body. He tore the plushie away from him and held it in a stone grip.

"You're mocking me aren't you? I know it. You're a dirty manipulator doing everything for your father. You're pathetic!" He ripped the shark in two. Virgil let out a scream "Pathetic enough to still try to hurt me in any way you fucking can even after being captured"

"No. no! I only wanted a shark one because it reminded me of Jaws! I wanted him to comfort me! I miss him! I want him near me again!" Virgil cried out.

Remus stared at him in horror "You can't miss him! He's my fucking brother! That you and your father hurt over and over until he didn't even recognize me! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM!"

He threw the stuffie into the wall before grabbing onto Virgil even harder. He forced the teenager down onto the ground and put his leg on his stomach to hold him down.

"YOU TOOK THEM FROM ME!" He yelled.

He threw a punch, right in the middle of Virgil's face. He didn't try to fight back. He froze and stared up into the ceiling. He tried to imagine Theo telling him about Christmas to distract himself.

If he didn't fight back. If he didn't make a single sound the pain would end. His father would stop hitting him if he did as told and stayed quiet. As soon as he'd learned his lesson and stopped being a bad child it would stop.

But Remus didn't stop. He couldn't stop. There was no end to his anger, to his grief. "YOU TOOK THEM FROM ME! THEY ARE BEING HURT BECAUSE OF YOU! I CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE OF YOU!"

Blood was running down from Virgil's injuries. Something in his nose had cracked. He couldn't see from his right eye. And Remus just kept hitting him, over and over and over again.

"ROMAN WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IF YOU WEREN'T THERE! HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HURT IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU YOU PATHETIC BITCH! HE WOULDN'T HAVE BECOME JAWS! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT"

Virgil couldn't stop his sobbing anymore. He sobbed and cried out for help. For Jaws. For Theo. For 009. Anyone.

Something wet landed on his face. Virgil looked up. Remus was crying. He kept hitting him with tears in his eyes.

"You took them from me! You took them from me!" He continued. Voice far too weak. "It's all our fault! I should be hurt instead! You should too! Anyone but them! You took them from me!"

"I-I'm sorry" Virgil sobbed out. "I'm sorry. I wish I was dead. I wish I was dead every day so dad had a better child and Jaws was never hurt and 009 was never taken and Theo could spend all his time with his family. I'm sorry"

Remus raised his fist but he couldn't get himself to hurt him again. He sat in a purgatory of hate and pity.

He looked into Virgil's eyes. He looked like a child. Looked far younger than he actually was. He looked so so frail, like he would break apart at any moment. He had the same vulnerable, frankly traumatized, look in his eyes Roman had when he was bleeding out in Remus' arms. He didn't yet know he was going to be captured.

Remus sighed "You're just a puppet. You can't do anything"

Virgil was still sobbing, still bleeding, still only barely holding onto his breathing. "Not all of MI6 is bad is it?....You're not all maggots are you?......Jaws- Roman was an agent wasn't he?....You can't all be bad then" He whispered out with a hoarse voice.

"The only maggot here is me"

Remus stood up. He looked down at the teenager, at the injuries he had caused. Guilt hurt his heart. He turned to leave.

"We both deserved better fathers......We both deserve to see Roman again"