He's My Dad

Attic

Virgil'sPOV:
Once the movie finished and we washed our lunch stuff, all of us made our way to the attic. After coughing up a lung from the dust we were snapped into proper cleaning clothes by Roman and given a list of what to clean by Patton.

Gross, there is dust and cobwebs and clutter and just overall gross. I'm not one for messes as chaos tends to make me anxious so I really want to get everything done quickly. Hopefully, my allergies stay at bay as well,

I'm in charge of looking through and clearing memory boxes. Basically, all of the memories Thomas' mind has on each side is in these boxes.

Patton has the most, with Roman and Logan being a tie for second. I, of course, have only about three boxes as I've been here the least amount of time.

I dust them off and start with mine. Might as well get the cringe over with and move onto the more abundant boxes.

Opening one, I am hit with, dust for one, and a weird feeling. The same weird feeling I've been having about that stupid shirt.

Holding back a sneeze I pull out an old teddy bear that had similar patch work to my hoodie except the colours were blue and black.

Oh.

*flashback*
"Daddy!!"

"I brought you a present kiddo! Close your eyes and no peeking!"

"Wow! It's for me?"

"It sure is. You can hug him when you start feeling bad and....I'm not here."

"Thank you Daddy!"

"I have to go back to the other two now darling. See you tomorrow."
*flashback end*
"Virgil? Honey are you alright?"

I snap back to reality when Logan calls my name and turn to him making sure to wipe whatever emotion I had before off.

"Of course I am babe. Just...ya know, reminiscing."

"Virgil..."

"I'm fine Lo. It's nothing like Dad's room I promise. Just some stuff I had when I first ya know...came to be."

I immediately regret saying anything as Logan starts looking guilty and awkward. I stand, about to apologize, when I hear a loud squeal.

"AAAAWWWWWW VIRGIL!! IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS!!"

I brace myself as Dad tackle hugs me, almost bringing us to the floor out of excitement. He starts babbling about how cute I was and my chubby cheeks that "I just had to squish Virgil it was practically law!" All in all he is being really embarrassing, especially in front of the others.

"Daaaaaaaad! Not in front of them!"

Dad just smiles as Roman chuckles and Logan gives his own version of a smile. They both peer into the box while I set Dad on his feet and start asking questions about some things.

I answer some, Dad answers some and it goes on like that for a while. That is, until they pull out that thing.

"Virgil what is this?"

How the hell do I explain that?!?!?!?

Lie!! Protect them! Don't make them feel bad
Don't lie! That'll give him more power over you.
It's the only way to spare their feelings. You'll ruin everything!
You're going to ruin everything by lying to them! They'll send you back! Or worse, use it like he did!

*snap* *snap* "Virgil?"

I break that inner turmoil when fingers are snapping in front of my face. Roman is still holding that stupid thing while Dad and Lo are looking at me with concern all over their faces.

"Dear? Are you sure you're alright? Did we cross a boundary?"

My forever sweet Logan.

"I'm terribly sorry Virgil! I-I didn't know this would um uh cause you distress!"

Stupid but caring Princey.

"Kiddo? Care to explain what is it? You don't have to but it might help?"

Loving Dad.

Maybe....it wouldn't be so bad if I told them....they could help me get over it...

"I-It's a long s-story....and i-it is-isn't very pretty."

I get pulled into a hug by Dad with the others soon following reassuring me that I don't have to tell them but I want to.

"So....we have to start from the beginning really."
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Don't you just love mystery objects?
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