Sanders Sides One-Shots

Can't Help Falling in Love

This is a songfic and a Human!College!AU, I hope you don't mind.

BOLD WORDS ARE THE SONG LYRICS

Fandom(s): Sanders Sides, Thomas Sanders, YouTube

Warnings: food mention, some fear/anxiety and self-deprecation, homophobia

Ship(s): Polyamsanders/LAMP

Virgil could still remember the day they all met. Roman and Patton were walking hand in hand, Logan was rushing down the sidewalk, and Virgil was walking slowly, hands shoved deep into his pockets, earbuds in his ears and turned up as loud as they could go. Virgil had looked up and seen the three other men, his heart skipping a beat in his chest and his face heating up. They all looked so...so perfect, so amazing. He recognized them from their college campus.

Virgil had seen the ones who were a couple walking through the halls. They were friends with the one who always wore a tie. Virgil had ducked his head down again, only to have Logan collide with him a second later, papers flying in all directions and scattering throughout the park. Virgil was apologizing over and over and Roman and Patton had rushed over to help. Logan was in tears, upset and frustrated, and Patton had given him a big hug. When they were done, Logan had invited them all for coffee as a thank you. And that's how Virgil met the loves of his life.

It didn't take Logan long to fall in love with him. They were the most similar after all, and Virgil connected with him the most. He thought he would be satisfied with Logan's love, but every time he would see Roman and Patton, his heart would feel....empty.

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you

When Virgil had proposed his plan to Logan, he was terrified that the smarter man would think he was disgusting. He stood in the kitchen of the apartment that the two of them shared, eyes closed, tears welling up in his eyes. Virgil flinched as he felt Logan cup his cheek and caress it gently, and he tried to relax, but it was difficult.

"Well, isn't this an interesting situation," Logan said with a soft chuckle, pressing a kiss to Virgil's forehead. "I was going to propose the same thing. I suppose great minds really do think alike, don't they?" he added quietly. Virgil opened his eyes in surprise, looking at Logan in bewilderment.

"You...you were going to...?" Virgil spluttered, unable to get out a full sentence. Logan rolled his eyes and took Virgil's hand in his, face turning pink slightly at what he was about to say.

"Yes, I was. I love you, Virgil, so much, but I always felt as if something was missing from our relationship. It knew it wasn't your fault, and then I remembered...the day the three of us met you, how everything felt right. That's what was missing," Logan murmured, sighing softly and shaking his head.

"Do you...have a plan? We can't just rush into this. What if...What if they don't want to be with us?" Virgil asked fearfully. "What if they think we're freaks?"

"That is a likely response, what with society's views on such things, but in all the years I have known Roman and Patton, they've always been open to new things. They will most likely respond positively, if only for experimentation's sake," Logan mused, absentmindedly running his thumb over Virgil's knuckles. The anxious man flushed at the odd affection and smiled.

"So...should we invite them over? For dinner or something, I mean? Maybe tomorrow?" Virgil asked quickly, spelling out ideas for Logan to consider. The bespectacled man smiled widely at his current lover and kissed him quickly, squeezing his hand before rushing over to their collection of cookbooks.

"A brilliant idea! I'll look to see what I should make."

Oh, shall I stay, would it be a sin
Oh, if I can't help falling in love with you?