OKAY OKAY OKAY! So I know what I said on the Royality Ace AU part, but I actually did try. And then Logan's birthday came up and I thought I'll just publish it then, but no. Thankfully I finished it now, so enjoy!

Tw: horrible sleep paralysis demon

This is Logan's secret.

Logan is definitely a workaholic, there's no denying that, but he will never tell the others the real reason he stays up late. The real reason why he drinks so much coffee to stay awake, only going to sleep at night after days of sleep, crashing hard so he won't see it.

Logan thought he was exhausted enough tonight, he thought he's fall asleep with no problem. He laid down on his stomach and turned his head to face the wall, but when a tingling sensation ran up his body he knew. His entire body felt like tv static as he found himself laying on his back, he could only move is eyes as they blinked and wildly looked around the room. When his door creaked open he shut his eyes tight, Logan wanted to call out for someone to help him, to wake him up, but his mouth wouldn't move.

'It's not real, it's not real, it's not real, it's not real.' Logan told himself, but he was still scared of the thing in his room. Logan hated the paralyzing fear this thing gave him, tears leaked from the corner of his eyes and he managed to let out a whimper when he heard the sickening snap of a neck. Logan opened his eyes to see the shadow's frowning face staring at him, the silence was deafening around them.

"W̵̹͕̐h̴̨̳̓̀͐y̴̯͆͝ ̸̯̭̼͆͊̾d̷̤̆͐̍ő̷̪͑ ̵̭̌͆̄ÿ̶̡͚̫́̇̉ó̷̖͌û̴̗̝͇ ̵̥̻͙̈́ī̵̯̅g̷͈͖͊͘͘n̵̻̝̊ö̶̯̺͇́ṛ̷̒e̶̲͠ - ï̷͕͎͓͂͠ǧ̵͖̲̠̂n̸̪͌̋ő̵̫̘̪̀r̸͉̺̈́e̴͕͇͂̔͘ ̸͖̜̣̈͠͝ḿ̴̟̞e̵͔̓̽̔?̵̙̑͘ͅ Ỉ̷͓̚ ̴͍͐́h̸̞̱͊̃a̵̲̱͆͋ṿ̶͕̍e̶̥̅͂n̷̦̑̐͠'̴̭̱͂́͐ț̸͖̀͒̉ ̶͙̿̾̅s̶̩͇̠̄̓̄e̵̢̻̊̕ͅę̷̨̣̑ň̶̛̹̥ -é̴̡̧̿ę̸͔̏͠͝n̸̟̬͚̈́̉̉ ̷̡͔͈͒-̴̳̬̞͘ ̷͙̘̍͛̕e̶͉͉̖̓̆̊e̵̝̍̋ͅn̶͈̹͘ ̷͍̒̄͛-̶̺̮̫̔ ̴̨̧̰̂͛͑e̴͎̭̿̂̚e̸̲̹̓̑̑ṋ̴͖̙̒̈́͊ ̵̣̎-̸̢͇̓̐́͜ ̷̭̣̊̽s̷̤̆͘è̵̻e̶̛̳͋ṇ̸̤̈ ̴̩̫̝̐̋͠ý̴̯̼o̶̬͗͘ṵ̸́ ̵͓́̅̏ȉ̸̳̪͂n̶̛̰͐̌ ̸̺̓̓͌s̶̨̛͂̇ö̸̹͎ ̷͈̈ľ̴̨̩̌͝o̸̠̐̉͝n̸̛͙͌͝g̷̡͇͔̐.̵͇͒̑̈́" The things low whispering voice came from Logan's sound machine he has in his room, it was slightly staticy, but Logan could clearly hear what it said in the silence. The things head turned with another snap of its neck and now the twisted smile was facing Logan.

"B̵̗̀ǘ̴̖͎̘t̴̛̺̯̻̍̀ ̷͖̥̓͂y̴͈͊̾͝o̶͙͗̒͠ȗ̴̧͚̐̀'̸̺̟̞̊͂͝r̸̛͓̞͌́e̶̠̊͌ ̷̯̞̉h̵̨̍ȩ̸̳̏̕r̷̘̭͇͑͐ḛ̶̼̀̌͒ ̷̨̤̜̃n̵̡̞̆͗ỏ̸̗w̷̥͖͠ - n̸̬̾o̸̜͙̹͑̚w̶͚͎͔͐̓.̸̰̼̕ ̶̗̺̟̄I̷̯̍̈̔'̷̨̝̩̕m̵͔̟͇͛̒ ̴̢͎̥̊s̶̛͓̏ȯ̵̱̼͑ͅ ̶̛̣͚̜ḧ̷͔̝̘̓̀á̶͖̈́p̷͎̅̊̈́p̵̢͍̖̀y̴̱̪̌ ̵̢̝̜͌͋̍t̷̮͂ȯ̵̞͖̒͝ ̷̢̻̐ĥ̷͉͠ā̸͉͈̼̚ṽ̶̬̑̄͜ë̴̗̹̣́̌ ̵͉͂̾͜ṁ̶̢͓y̶̫͐̐ ̷̯͖́̈́͠ͅf̷̛͉̐͘ṙ̸̥ḭ̷͊e̶̳̙̤͌n̴̫̋͑d̷̢̓̔͛ ̴̫͒͋́b̵̢̬͈̾a̵̺̥͐͛͛c̸̭̞̰̑̚ķ̷̯͓͗̈́͒ - a̴͍͠c̸͓̟͒ķ̵̜̉͒̽ ̷̨̒̐̈́-̴̨̖̟̈̓ ̴̬̑̄̐b̷̟̄ą̶͛̓c̵̺͗k̴̥̈́̓̆.̶̞͈̒́̎" Logan would've shivered at that if he could move, all he could do was take in a sharp breath.

'Please go away, go away, leave me alone, leave me alone, leave me alone, leave me alone!' Logan squeezed his eyes shut again, he was trying to move, struggling to turn over, but this was one of those nights where he couldn't. Logan heard another snap and the thing was probably frowning at him again.

"W̸̗̓ḥ̵̛̹̂̿y̵̗͙̘͑̄͝?̴̛̖͕̙ ̶̖̜͠W̵̘͇̌̎́ė̶̛͉̠ ̶̘͛͊̈-̸̡͎͗̿͒ ̴̦̥̖͗́ẁ̴̬͕̉̊e̸͇̻̅̋ ̶̟̈́ḥ̸̈́̋́a̷͙͖̜͆̆v̵̡͕̄̀͊e̶̻̮̐̀ ̶̭̝͆s̸̛̜̿ò̵͔̭̭̍ ̵͈̭̈́̂̚m̸̰̘͛ų̸̢̂c̷̜̥̈̑̅ḣ̵̖ ̶̗̽t̶͐̚ͅĩ̷̖͚͓m̵̧̗̠͂͠e̸̮͘͘ ̵̨̪̟́̈́̿w̷̲͋̈́i̵̖̟̔ṫ̶̞̪ḥ̸͉͔̒ ̵̡̩̘̅̿͂e̸̫͗̽̈́ằ̸̢̛̘c̵͈̥̈̾ḧ̴͎̯͂ ̸̥̝̅̀͝-̶̺͈͌ ̵̦̬͒̀͋ͅe̷͔̣̤͑̃̈ȧ̸̩̦̘c̴̣͔͇̿̾h̷͓̳͊̌͜͝ ̵̡̽̽-̶̳̎̈́̕ ̸̢̪̓̂̐ͅe̴̱̰͇͊̚ȧ̴͎̦̑̓ċ̶͎͘͘h̵̨̥̟͐̕͝ ̸͍͊̃̾o̶̪̗͂͜t̷̳̝͕͐͠ẖ̷̜̩͆͝ȇ̴̪̩̖r̴̢̪̓.̴͙̌̏͒" The thing sounded like a broken record as it got stuck and repeated words, Logan heard another snap of the neck, "A̵̫͆n̶̻͋̑͗d̸̬͈̳͠ ̵̫͍̇̽͠I̶̩͋̊ ̸͓͒̏w̷͚̟͎͝a̴̫̮̐̐n̶͇̚͝ẗ̶̖̲́̋ ̶̠͕̰̈́̓t̵̻̥̜̾̒ö̵̗́̋ ̵̭̂̾̀p̴̩̀̀͝l̸̢̢̇̈́͋a̴͔̘̾̿ỷ̴̪͓̤̚ ̶͎͓̥̎̉̓-̴̨̥̔ ̷̮̤͍́͝ȧ̶̳̋y̵̦̹͛̇ ̷̡̟͊-̵̡͖̤̉ ̵̹̐p̷̟͔̃l̵̼̉a̸̩̳͆̈̇y̷̠̦͋̈́ ̸̬̮͗a̴̖̺̣̍ ̴̮́͐̂g̴̳̔̎ą̸͙̤͝m̷͓͑ȅ̶̱̱ͅ.̷̳̞̻͊̎̓"

It seems like Logan was in for a long night, then the ringing started. It was piercing in his ear, then he heard the thing snapping it's neck over and over again, torturing him with the sound. He felt the thing pry open his eyes and -

Logan opened his eyes to find himself staring at the wall. Sitting up then wiping the sweat from his forehead, Logan decided that he definitely wasn't going to get any more sleep that night. He got up and sat at his desk, turning on his computer and working on editing a very long essay that was due 3 months from now.

The next day Patton asked how he slept, and he replied that he slept adequately. He felt bad lying to Patton, but this is something he didn't want getting out, the others already don't take him seriously, he doesn't need them worrying over and babying him. He had three mugs of coffee that morning before Patton says that was enough for now.

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Logan didn't mean to fall asleep at his desk. He found himself lying on it, and it would've been uncomfortable if there were actually any paper stacks and pencils underneath him like there usually is on his desk, but it was completely empty.

'Not again, please not again. I don't want to go back.' Logan could feel the panic coming in waves, he didn't want to do this again.

"Y̵̰̣͌̀́ạ̵̿͐̉y̷̪͋͐,̸̮̣̋̄̚ ̷̟͚̍ŷ̴͓ọ̷̯̳̔̇͒ú̶̪̯̭̍ ̷̖͓̉͂͛-̵̬̝̜̕͠ ̷͚̠̣̕y̴̪͗̉̕ȏ̴̝̩̔͜͠u̵̗̣͠ ̴͖͕̇̒́-̶͈͋ ̷̬͕̼̀͝ÿ̷̪̬́̐̆ō̴̱͈̣͑ȗ̶̳'̴̟̝̯̏͒͒r̴̡͗̓e̶̟̒͌̈́ ̴͍́̑b̶̧̰̣͗̀à̴̳̜͌c̵̛̼k̴̹̒͐̽ ̷͎̈́̈̚f̴̜͌o̷̧̾r̶̙̱̈́̅̅ ̴͍̪͐ǫ̷͔͠u̴͕͈̇̽͂r̸̡̜̖̃̆ ̵̗̰̰̎͋̿g̶̯͐̄̑ä̶͕̣́̔m̴͓̍̅͘ê̷̬̤͂͜.̴̙̎̿" Logan could've sworn his heart stopped for a second. The thing was on all fours on his ceiling, smile turned to him. 

"T̶̻̺̒͊͋͜i̶͍̰̔̌m̶̳̖̻̎e̷̫͎͊̅͝ ̷̐͊̈ͅt̴̥̐̈͝o̷͔̻͇͗͘ ̵̡̳̻̿̃̏p̴̪̲̣̔u̸̲̥̰͗s̷̡̘̬͝h̴̺̞͆̈́͋ ̵̟͍͓͂t̵͔̗̅̿͌h̷̫̠͔͌̋͠è̴͚̰ ̴̫͚̖̈́̍r̵̪̚o̷̞̳͝ ̴͕̬̋͜-̸̡̩̻̎ ̵̠͂͑r̷̼͎̾͜ö̷̠̘̬́̅ ̴̣̓͝-̸̤̭̝͆̒ ̸̱͓̇ŗ̶̡̥͋͠ō̷͖ ̵̼̒-̷̩͒̏ ̵̃̾ͅȓ̸͇͓̓͠o̷͖̭̽ḇ̵͘o̶̰̻̭͊͑̑t̴͈̻͖̂̐͘'̵̮̚ŝ̵͔ ̶̡͘b̴̩̯̱̑́ú̴͇̈t̶̺̪̂ẗ̶͍͈́͊ò̶͔͎͝n̴̯͓͂s̵̳̟̳̄̿̓.̴̘̫̎" The thing crawled down the wall till it sat on the top of Logan's desk above him. Logan didn't even register the thing called him a robot, something he hated being called, because the very sharp tip of a knife was very close to his eye. Logan knows it's highly illogical to be scared of something that's in his mind, he knows it's not real. Logan also knows he's actually perfectly safe because he fell asleep sitting at his desk that's still piled with papers, but no matter what he tells himself he can't stop the panic coursing through him. The thing said his name, and repeated it over and over, it's voice changing to someone familiar. Logan felt a weight on his shoulder even though there was nothing there, then he shot awake.

"Woah L, breathe." Logan caught his breath, straightening his glasses.

"Oh - uhh, hello Virgil." Don't get him wrong, Logan was glad to wake up, but he never wanted any of the sides to catch him in that state, even if that side was Virgil.

"Are you, like, good? This is the second night in a row I could feel your panic." Oh gosh what should he say? He's still reeling from what he went through in his sleep paralysis state, so his muddled thoughts were no help.

"Oh - that - uhhh, it was just a - uhhm, a nightmare. Nothing to be worried about Virgil." He slightly regretted saying that last sentence when Virgil gave him a deadpanned look, he was bent down to Logan's height in the chair.

"You do realize who you're talking to, right?" Virgil's face softened, "Seriously though, wanna talk about it?" Logan shook his head.

"I will be fine. Thank you for your concern Virgil." Logan was worried that Virgil wouldn't drop the subject when he hesitated, but he did.

"Alright, if you're sure." Logan nods at that, "Well me and the others are alway available to talk about something if you need to, probably not Remus though."

"I know Virgil." Logan says, Virgil nods and pats his shoulder, which Logan forgot Virgil had his hand on the whole time.

"Well, night L." Virgil stood up in his slouched position.

"Goodnight Virgil." After Logan said that Virgil left. Logan sat back in his chair and sighed, that was a very close call.

Logan will keep this secret to himself, the other sides will never know he has sleep paralysis. He'd never be taken seriously ever again if they found out, he'd probably be treated like a child that just got stitches. Logan doesn't need them worrying over him, he has a job to do.

This is Logan's secret.

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Time done: 10:35 A.M., Nov. 10. 2020

First off, happy late birthday to our adorable cool nerd boi Logan!! Honestly he deserves to be listened to and it seriously hurts when he isn't.

Second, happy late Halloween!! I hope it was very spooky for everyone and I hope you ate a lot of candy! I definitely did, lol. I invited some friends over and we watched movies the entire time and ate and I of course scooped up my cat so they could pet him, Before they got there I was actually stressing over how someone will have to sit on the floor, but eventually we all actually moved to a cuddle pile on the floor. Yeah, it was very fun! 

I was actually really excited to write this, I got the idea from a cool documentary we watched of psychology. That's all for now!

Love you all~
Xxx