"I have tampered with your gun so it should be able to hold more bullets at a time" Logan said while holding out one of Remus' guns to the agent "I'll come with you to Swiss, I assure you that. Someone has to make sure you'll be alright if Remy isn't there"

He took the gun and placed it in the holster under his jacket "Thanks Logie-bear"

"No problem. Just let me check up on your injuries again and then you can go prepare for the mission alright? If you're gonna pass out during work it should be your own fault after all"

Remus let up into a low chuckle "True"

The agent leant his forehead against Logan's shoulders as he checked up on his body. The healing ribs. The new scars on his knees from scraping the skin off. The wound on his neck left from Jaws.

"I wouldn't say you per say look good but you should be able to go through with the mission" Logan concluded. He hesitate for a moment before pulling his friend into a hug, light enough to not press on any of the wounds "It'll go good. It has to. Or else I will be very Very mad at you"

Remus hugged him back "I know Lo. I'll do my best. And if I die I'll just come back as a sexy super horny demon man now from hell. Horny because horns you get it? Huh?"

"Yes. Very funny" He replied in a monotone tone. "I'll be waiting in the car okay? The plane to Swiss leaves in 1 hours, 15 minutes and-"

"Coool. I am looking forward to it as much as I look forward to stabbing my own feet with shards of glass!"

Remus stayed in the hug for just a bit longer before getting up and putting back on his work clothes. Right now some loose black cargo pants and a dark green hoodie. He left the Q branch part of MI6 and went to where most of the cells were.

The past 3 days he'd been busy discussing plans with Janus and fixing up his weapons with Logan but he knew some other agents had been interrogating Theo. He'd willingly given them pages of names of guards and workers. He knew as soon as he said the last name, as soon as he stopped being useful his time was up. Remus knew that too.

He hesitated before going into the cell. Theo was sitting on the bed attached to the wall. He sent the agent a toothy smile "Oh great. I had just started to get bored. How kind of MI6 to send in a clown to entertain me"

"Haha" Remus rolled his eyes as he sat down beside Theo "Gonna entertain you with some bad news"

"Damn. Are you murdering me?"

"Yes. Pucker up motherfucker" Remus pretended to stab him a few times. "I uh actually" His expression turned into more a grimace, a forced smile. He looked won at his hands as he dragged in the end of his shirt "Actually I'm here to...to.."

"It's okay 008. You can say it. I already know I'm in deep shit. At least now I get the news from the failed son of James Bond. Kinda funny"

Remus still didn't look at him "I really did try to talk to the higher ups, you telling us all the names you know have been helpful so I thought that that would help- and it did- but uh you- I'm sorry but you- you're still going to have to go to prison for at least a year and a half"

Theo blinked at him a few times before letting out a breathe of relief. His shoulder slumped down as an exhausted laugh left his lips "ONLy a year and a half!? I was expecting so much worse! And after that if the mission goes well Mr. Impur will be gone from my life?! I'll be free? I won't have to be worried they'll kill my family?"

"Yeah uh that is the plan"

He hit Remus' shoulder, a bit too brutishly, while grinning "Oh this is great! I've already been feeling trapped for years. Either I've been with my family or with Virgil and Ja- your uh brother. I've never been able to protect both" He rolled his thumbs. His smile still looked a bit nervous "I'll be able to contact my family right?"

"I mean it's a prison. You normally can that??? Right?? I've never been to one" Remus, the idiot, replied.

"Makes sense yeah"

"Yeah!"

Theo went quiet for a little while before grabbing onto both of Remus' shoulders "Do you know what will happen to Virgil?"

"I...I haven't thought about it"

"He's already told me you're planning on taking Jaws to the floating palace so" His grip tightened "Could you take care of Virgil as well? At least until I get back? I've already talked to my wife about it a lot and she is okay if Virgil moves in with us or if we like adopt him after that I'm just worri-"

"I don't know if I'm the best guy for that" Remus blurted out.

"Well I hate you. And we're not friends. But I respect you! You fucked me up in fights! And I know Virgil trusts your partner. So...please"

Remus could practically feel his heart shrivel up inside of him out of guilt "..S-Sure. I'll do my best. He uh- you'll probably be uhm...in jail by the time Virgil is back from the mission so uh do you want to like go say-"

"Oh yes please. C'mon"

Theo stood up and went over to the door. Like he was expecting Remus to just let him wander through MI6's halls without any sort of safety measures. Which is of course exactly what Remus did. The pair hurried along to Virgil's room in pretty much silence.

The bodyguard stood back as Remus opened the door, slowly as to not scare the teen. Virgil was sitting on the bed and Remy was beside them. They were very carefully showing of how the different parts of a gun worked. They wanted him to be able to defend himself if it came to that during the mission. Virgil actually looked annoyed for once.

(Jaws was sitting in the corner, his eyes didn't move from staring at them for even a second. The moment Remy had taken out the gun his instincts to protect Virgil had completely taken over and he'd shoved the agent up against a wall with his hand around their neck. Remy had simply looked into his eyes and calmly told him he was better than this until he let them go)

"Okay and then this part is the magazine release" Remy explained while pointing at a specific part "So when you click on-"

Virgil pulled the gun away from Remy while letting out a frustrated grumble. He unloaded the gun and took out the magazine in a few seconds "Yes I know what it does! My dad has drilled this sort of stuff into my brain! You don't have to show me! I'm not 5!!"

Immediately after saying it he curled in on himself and tensed up. He stared down into the floor as the annoyed look disappeared into worry. He wasn't meant to speak back. This was bad. This was bad-

"Okay kid. Sorry I should have asked you if you knew 'bout it first. Being seen as stupider than you are can like tots be annoying, trust me I know that feeling real good" Remy said "Can I please get the gun back now?"

Virgil handed it back without looking at them "I'm sorry I really shouldn't have I'm sorry that was really rude and bad and-"

"It's fine. Really" The agent looked up to see the pair standing in the doorway "Oh the Theo dude is here"

"Theo!?" Virgil pretty much ran to hug him. Jaws hesitated a bit and gave Remy one last cautious look before also moving to embrace the bodyguard.

Remy got up and went over to their husband who was still standing by the door "I think we should give them some privacy" Remus whispered to them.

"Anything bad happened?"

"Just saying goodbye before the mission y'know"

Remy didn't respond to that. They simply moved out into the hallway and let Remus close the door behind them. They crossed their arms and leant against the wall. There were still bruises on their skin from the torture that hadn't quite healed.

Remus sat down on the ground with his back against the wall. He twirled his wedding ring between his fingers, it usually helped to calm him down. Remy moved down so they sat beside them, not even close enough for their shoulders to touch. Neither of them said anything.

Remy silently reached out and took his hand. Their fingers intertwined.

"You have to come back alright" Remy said it so quietly it was nearly a whisper. As if the words were delicate enough so they could break.

"I'll try my best"

"You have to! Even if I'm mad at you, you have to come back so we can make up and we can watch more of your stupid horror movies and you can be forced along to another stupid shopping trip and I can kiss your stupidly ticklish mustache again! And you better also bring Virgil back okay!! "

Remus leant his head against their shoulder "I promise everything will go good. I'll be back before you can miss me"

"Oh honey" Remy sighed and moved closer "I'll miss you as soon as you leave"

Neither of them said anything more. They sat there together. Remus held onto the fabric of their shirt as he buried his head against their neck. Remy closed their eyes and felt his hair move against their cheek.

If one or maybe even both cried, well no one had to know.

10 minutes went by. Then 20. Then 30. It was just them holding each other in silence. But Remus knew he had to leave. Logan was waiting in the car.

He broke away from them and forced himself to stand up. He held out his hand to help them up as well. It turned into a hug.

Remy looked at him, fully trailed their eyes over every inch of his face. Before they leant in and kissed him. He cupped their cheeks and managed to smile as they kissed.

He kept holding their hand as he opened the door to the cell. Virgil had curled up in Theo's arms. Jaws sat beside the two of them, Theo was ruffling his long hair. There were tear streaks on the teenager's cheeks. 

"We should go" Remus blurted out.

Theo held Virgil closer. He mumbled something to him. The teen's lip quivered but he nodded and mumbled something back.

Virgil got up. He clenched his shark plushie close to his chest as he went up to the agents. He let Remy move their free arm around his shoulder. He glanced back to Theo and Jaws and waved.

"You ready to go?" Remy asked to which he nodded.

The moment it become apparent they were leaving Jaws tried to follow but Theo held him back. He told him over and over that Virgil wasn't going away forever, that it was okay, but Jaws kept calling out for him. Like a miserable human dog. Even after the door closed.

As soon as they'd left Virgil clinged to Remy. He pressed himself to their side and kept his eyes on Remus as if the agent would lash out at any second. Remy held their arm around him as they walked to where Logan's car was.

"So you're gonna take a car ride to the airport and then it's like a 10 hour flight to Swiss. You need any reminders 'bout the misson?" Remy went on in a gentle tone.

"I know what I'm supposed to do" Virgil clenched his teeth as he said it.

"I know you're gonna do tots great! Just like listen to the like agents around you. They'll know what to do" Remy shot a look to their husband as they continued "They'll protect you"

Virgil glared at Remus. He didn't get how the agent would protect him. Or from what.

"Heya Logie!!" Remus exclaimed while slamming the car door open. His friend was sitting by the steering wheel so he slumped down in the passenger seat.

Remy hunched down before pulling Virgil into a tight hug "You'll do great"

"...Sure"

The teen got into the backseat and pulled the hoodie down over his face. He crossed his arms when Logan tried to give him a star trek magazine to keep him entertained.

Remus leant out the window. He reached out for his spouse. Remy leant in and kissed him. He let out a surprised little sound before kissing them back. They kept kissing until Logan reminded them they had a plane to catch.

"I'll take care of Jaws until you come back" Remy mumbled to him. "You better come back in one piece"

He traced his thumb over their cheek and have them another quick kiss "I'll take care of Virgil until we're back then. I love you"

"I know you do" Remy took a step back from the car "Love you too"

They waved as the car drove away. It soon disappeared out of their vision.

--

 It was a private plane they were taking. The plane was sectioned off into the cockpit, a large room with some chairs and a mini bar (how else would the 00 agents survive) and a smaller room with only two lounge sofas. 

As soon as they had gotten on the plane Virgil got as far away from them as possible which meant he pretty much locked himself in the small room. Logan had knocked and asked if he wanted a book or maybe some toothpaste if he was planning on sleeping. He hadn't even gotten a reply.

Logan had gone back to his chair and started typing on his laptop again. His eyebrows were furrowed so you know it was serious. Remus had pushed two chairs together next to him and was laying on them. His friend had given him a blanket.

"Hey dork. Shouldn't you sleep?"

"Not immediately no. I still have some things to conclude. The flight is approximately 10 hours. I only need about 6 and a half hours of sleep before the mission since I will be sitting by the computer all day. You whoever is still healing and is going to run around all day so please do sleep. I do not want you bleeding all over those clothes. I ordered them specifically for you"

"Awww. caring little log bog" Remus reached out and poked him in the cheek just to annoy him.

He rolled his eyes before focusing on his work again. If he let out a small snort neither of them said anything about it.

Remus glanced over to Virgil's room. He gulped. He had to apologize. He had to try. 

He got up with the blanket still around him and slowly went up to the door. He hesitated and thought a bit of what to say before knocking. No response came. It was eerily quiet really. Remus leant his forehead against the door.

"Hey Virgil? Virge? Bro? Duder? Kid? It's uh me Remus. I just....I wondered if...if maybe you wanted to talk...before the mission I mean....."

Still nothing.

"I mean it might be good if you tell me the basic outline of the place before we go in"

Nothing.

"Okay. Fuck it. I really just wanna say sorry. I shouldn't have hit you. No adult should There's no- there's no reason I can even come up for it that won't be a lying excuse-"

The door opened. Remus nearly feel forward into the room. Virgil quickly moved back to his couch and pulled his big blanket around himself. He looked up at the agent through his bangs.

"It's fine really. You don't have to apologize" He mumbled out.

Remus stood there awkwardly before sitting down on the couch. A bit away from him. It was mostly so they got on the same eye level.

"It's not. You've flinched at me. You shouldn't flinch from anyone much less- much less me. I-I should....I should have gotten that you were just a kid....it shouldn't have take  me hearing Theo tell me about your fucked up conditions to get that you didn't have any choice or control in any of this....I shouldn't have thought you were ever hurting Roman...Jaws....Whatever he wants to be called.....If anything you helped him when I couldn't.."

Virgil fiddled with the strings of his hoodie while looking down. Remus bit his tongue for a moment.

"I..." Remus glanced away "I had a pretty shitty dad too y'know...He's this real famous guy- at least in MI6- and...he...he was never there. Never even met him. Me and my brother we...we wanted so long to be like him....everyone except for our mom talked so highly of him. I thought if I was like him I would be good....everyone would like me.....everyone would be proud of me"

He gulped.

"I- I thought maybe if I was like he him he would come back....he would look me in the eyes and say he loved me.....that he was proud of me..."

Virgil glanced over to him "did he?" He said it so carefully, like the words would break.

Remus let out his usual chainsaw like laugh "Of course not! I could have talked to god and that fucker still wouldn't have given a shit about me!"

"...oh."

"It doesn't matter tho. I still got a family without him. Like life goes on. Who cares about some bio parents. Remy doesn't either. We'll survive without their approval"

Virgil went back to being quiet.

Remus tried to send him a gentle look, which was quite hard because he is a gremlin. "I'm sorry. That's all I wanted to say. I'm sorry for hitting you. It was a real REal dick move of me. You don't have to forgive me but I have to apologize. You don't have to forgive anyone"

"I...I do forgive you....really..."

He shone up into a small smile "Thanks"

Virgil put on an overly extra pout before continuing "I still hate you tho! For being married to Remy! Gonna have to fight you for that one!"

Remus just looked at the teen for a moment before bursting out into a laughter. He clutched his stomach from how hard he was laughing. He could hear Virgil nervously letting out a few chuckles as well.

"Oh yeah kid! It's gonna be the bloodiest battle the world has ever seen! I'm talking spears! Bombs! WAR ELEPHANTS! The whole shaBam!"

Virgil nodded along. He was still fiddling with his hands and there was a slight blush from anxiety on his cheeks.

"It will be so glorious the world will never forget it! Nor Remy!"

"certainly not remy heh" The teen added.

Remus pretended to wipe away a tear from laughter before fully turning to him "So kid are you gonna sleep any time soon? Do I gotta stab some monsters under the bed or something"

He shook his head "...just...not really uhm sleepy"

"Okay. Do you want me to keep hanging out?"

He nodded.

Remus grinned "Okay I got just the thing! You see when I was a humble teenager I was obsessed with the occult and weapons and bloody horror movies and I'm still like that! BUT! I also had an-" He snorted "An emo phase. The most teeny ass music ever" He took out his phone and started scrolling "I think I should still have some songs downloaded if you wanna hear. I can't imagine you've had much music variety"

Virgil hesitated before nodding. Remus had to scroll really far before finding a song. He clicked on the first one he saw. 

'Long ago....Just like a hearse you die to get in again'

As the first part of Helena by My chemical romance played Virgil's eyes went huge like a kittens upon seeing a ball of yarn. At first he sat completely still and slightly tensed while listening but when he saw Remus vibe along and bang his head to the music he tried to mimic the agents movements.

He showed the teen some more of the classics. Fall out boy. Sleeping with sirens. Brand new. The used. All that. Remus reminded himself to ask his mom if he had any old CDs still laying around at the floating palace.

Right as he was about to show Virgil some Pierce the veil, the teen yawned. He tried to hide it behind his hand but it was very obvious his eyelids were getting heavy.

"Time to sleep?" Remus asked "I bet you have lots of revenge fantasy dreams to return to"

Virgil quickly shook his head. He fiddled with thumbs "I uh...I...ehm...sometimes I have a tad bit..problem with uh sleeping....and uhm....sometimes having Jaws....helps" He nervously looked to Remus "You look like him"

"I do. I do" He replied "Don't worry kid. I can stay here. I can take the other couch?"

The teen nodded and cuddled down under the blanket. He made himself small as he crammed into the corner. He hugged onto his shark plushie. Remus let some of calmer songs play as he also got himself comfortable in the other couch.

"Goodnight kid!"

"goodnight"

Soon enough Remus could hear calm snores. He turned off the music and closed his eyes. Under his pillow laid his gun, in his brain paranoia droned on.