Sanders Sides Oneshots [All Ships]

[33] - Analogical - Three Taps

Warnings: nah <3

Ayrn_Insomniac challenged me to write only 500 words per part, which was definitely difficult ugh lol

5+1 fic, 5 times they used their tapping system to say 'i love you' and 1 time they said it with words, yes this is another 5+1 fic about them saying ily cuz i can

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[1]

Logan was not good with feelings. If there was anything they all knew it was that. He wasn't good at recognizing his feelings, and he was even worse at voicing them. And years of repressing his feelings had certainly not helped.

So, that's why, when Virgil became his boyfriend, it had taken them several months to get to the whole 'saying I love you' thing. It was not unsurprising, with how reluctant they both were to be all touchy-feely.

If both of them were honest they would admit they had no idea how they managed to get together, and even less how they had managed to end up in a relationship that worked so well for the both of them despite their lacking emotional vulnerability.

But, surprisingly, Virgil was the one to take that first big step in their relationship. Maybe not in the conventional way, but in a way that was very them.

They had been sitting on Logan's couch together, Logan with a book and Virgil curled up against him with a blanket and his phone. Then Logan's phone had chimed and he had fumbled it out of his pocket to unlock it.

Virgil had reached over for him, placing his hand on Logan's wrist and letting his finger tap against the back of his hand three times before pulling back and clutching his phone instead.

Logan hadn't thought too much of it, disregarded it as slightly strange but nothing too out of character of Virgil who could, generally, be a bit strange. Logan had somewhat accepted that everything that Virgil did didn't make sense.

He had had a message on his phone, from Virgil, and when he checked it was a link to a tumblr post. Of course he then read it, a post made by someone with the username brighteyedbadwolf (Logan appreciated the Doctor Who reference). It was about saying 'I love you', but nonverbally.

Apparently the person who made the post had been telling their husband they loved him a lot more than their husband had and it had made them insecure. Until they had let it slip that as a kid three squeezes to someone's hand meant 'I love you'. And then, constantly, there had been three taps to their hand or shoulder or any other body part, nonverbally communicating his love.

Logan had read the post twice and then glanced between Virgil and his hand where he had been tapped, and he understood, warmth blooming in his chest. Virgil had been very obviously waiting for his reaction, barely breathing and tense where he sat tucked into Logan's side.

He had only hesitated for a second to reach into his blanket and find his hand to return those three taps.

And Virgil had exhaled and relaxed again, returning to his mindless scrolling, Logan continuing where he had left off in his book. Neither had said a thing during that whole exchange, but the meaning of the gesture was as clear as it could be.

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[2]

It had become a fairly regular thing for the two of them. Saying the words out loud was a challenge that neither of them could face just yet, even if they knew the other loved them.

The words just got stuck in Logan's throat, meanwhile reaching out for Virgil and lightly tapping his hand against the top of his head three times? It was easy, and it made a small but wonderful smile appear on Virgil's face each time, and then he would have Virgil tapping him right back.