Things that aren't in the story but I thought needed to be addressed:
Who is Virgil's father?
- Virgil's father is a business man, known in there city since he had grown up and lived there his entire childhood until college; having to move to New York to accomplish his dreams.
What was the relationship of Virgil's parents?
- They met when they were in high school. Virgil's dad had just gotten out of a three-year relationship and is completely heartbroken while Virgil's mom was the typical good girl in school. At their senior party, the two crossed paths and, basically, Virgil's mom was a rebound. Virgil's dad had gotten her pregnant when they were in college, he was ready to take responsibility but his past lover wanted to make up and try their relationship again, not knowing that Virgil's dad had gotten some girl pregnant; she was completely clueless. Virgil's dad went back to his lover and left Virgil's mother though they stayed in contact until Virgil's birth. His dad paid for everything to get the two comfortable.
How old are the characters?
- Virgil, Roman, and their classmates, including Logan, Patton, Janus, and Remus are all the same age with months of differences. Virgil's mother is in her early 30's same with Virgil's dad. The ages aren't really specified in the story so I didn't bother to actually have an idea of how old everyone was but I do recall wanting Virgil to be older.
What is Roman's home life like?
- Roman lives with his twin brother, older sister, mother, and father. He also has an older cousin who sometimes lives with them for a week before disappearing and coming back. His mother is a very warm woman, very supportive, and very caring. Roman's father is a playful man, who loves to joke around with his kids. Remus is Remus, he is like in canon but less stinky. And his older sister is like him but more calm and less energetic.
Does Virgil's mother and Roman's parents know about their relationship? After the third chapter/epilogue, what happened to them?
- Virgil's mother herself is bisexual while Roman's parents already know about Roman's sexuality, so the three adults are very happy about them being together. Roman's family absolutely loves Virgil. Virgil doesn't want Roman to meet his mother yet though, as a sort of revenge for 'giving' him up.
- After the third chapter, Roman and Virgil have dates and only become official when both are ready and that is after three months of both of them courting each other.
What are the poems they wrote about each other?
- If I'm going to be honest, the story was supposed to be around how the weather affected Virgil's mood AND the poems which were supposed to bring them together. The poems, I started thinking what to write and completely discarded them because of my little knowledge about romantic feelings and all. Though, Roman did finish his poem for Virgil which was just about him admiring Virgil and halfway is chaos mess of insults and jabs at Virgil. While Virgil's poem was just the line: "An unwanted cold that I never want to get rid of" and is not continued further.
Did Roman ever return Virgil's hoodie?
- The simple answer is; no. He kept it until Virgil asked about it and he was reluctant to give the hoodie back. They made a sort-of compromise. Virgil could wear his hoodie when he and Roman would go out - which is often - and give it to Roman after. Roman would trade for it eventually, giving Virgil his letterman jacket. They would trade back to get their scents in the fabric and give it back.
Facts about ITWM:
- It was supposed to be a five-chapter book, each with 8,000-9,500 words in each chapter but whilst writing the fourth chapter, it seemed to open up more questions that needed to be answered in the form of a story so I cut it short to three chapters
- There was supposed to be a chapter of Roman's and Virgil's first date
- I wrote the first chapter of the story based on a dream I had
- This story was SUPPOSED to be posted last year in December but because of Christmas and how the story kept stretching itself, it was delayed
- It was supposed to be based on the songs seen on top of each chapter
- There was supposed to be a chapter with Remus being a third-wheel
- There was supposed to be a chapter where they read their poems to each other and that would be the confession but I thought it wasn't dramatic enough
- While writing this story, I had to search up 'romantic' quotes that I never got to used in the actual story or even the dialogue
- There was supposed to be a second story, following this one but in Roman's perspective and it was going to be around how he took the others' advice but I didn't do that because of how this story was already difficult to end
- This is not my first story to publish, but it is the first to be a completely finished
- Roman's sister was supposed to have a bigger role
- Virgil was suppose to have a confrontation with his father
- Logan was suppose to be Virgil's step-brother but I changed it halfway
- This story was suppose to have background ships but I didn't bother since this would be a short-chaptered story
- There were suppose to be more 'heated' scenes but I didn't do that since I'm so bad at writing those kind of stuff but I did try and it was a mess
- I write these chapters in my notes app on my phone and edit them on my computer, it made a lot of differences for the dialogue and the format of the chapters
- There was supposed to be a short part of a chapter that introduces Roman's family to Virgil before the supposed-to-be first date chapter
- I drew the cover first before making the story
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it's the weather, man // prinxiety
Fanfiction"Monday the clouds had cried, Tuesday the sky had smiled, Wednesday was my favorite day, and you; you are the unwanted cold that I never want to get rid of." 10/2021 - 02/14/2022
