Tally Marks (Thomas Sanders PolySanders/LAMP fanfiction)

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Yeah lmao most of you guys knew exactly who I was talking about, glad a lot of you agree on who's the most important character haha. Also, so sorry for the slow updates!! I actually have a good reason for this though-I've been writing another book, which I've just started uploading today! It's called Christmas Competition, an Analogical fanfiction, and it's going to be updated every day leading up to Christmas. You should check it out, if you're interested!! Anyways, since I've gotten that done now I'm going to try and get back to updating in this book a lot and hopefully have it finished pretty soon. So, sorry again, and just know that I'm truly trying my best. Thank you for your patience.

Roman woke up to something nudging his hand. He wasn't sure what exactly it was, at first. It was soft and fuzzy, and a few moments later he felt something wet and cold against his hand and he flinched. Opening his eyes Roman immediately smiled, waking up a little more and realizing what was going on.

"Marshmallow," Roman breathed out softly, laughing quietly. Marshmallow nudged his hand with his head again, and Roman smiled as he pet him. He hadn't realized just how much he missed Patton's dog until just then.

Remembering Patton, and where he was Roman glanced over at the couch beside of him. It was empty, but after hearing quiet noise from the kitchen and smelling food it was obvious where his friends and boyfriend had gone. Roman pet Marshmallow one more time before slowly rising from the couch, stretching out and sighing in relief. They really had to stop sleeping on the uncomfortable couch.

He made his way into the kitchen quietly, standing behind for a minute and looking at the three of them. He remembered a time a while before Roman had left for vacation, before all of this confusing tally mark drama, where Roman had woken up to find Logan hugging Patton while he had cooked and joined the two of them. They were doing the same thing now, Patton making food and instead of Logan hugging him from behind it was Virgil, and Logan was standing behind him.

Roman smiled a little, finding it nice to hear them talking and laughing. He considered doing the same thing he had done what seemed like forever ago, but ignored the thought quickly. It was probably best if he didn't joke like that anymore. It was always just fun teasing before, but he didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable now.

Roman jumped a little at the soft bark that came from beside of him, drawing his attention and everyone else's. Marshmallow nudged Roman's hand again, apparently not happy that he had been left behind. Roman laughed, shaking his head at the dog and going back to petting him. "Alright, alright. You must have really missed me."

"He did." Patton said from where he had resumed making them breakfast. Roman looked over at him after Marshmallow finally seemed satisfied and didn't force Roman to give him more attention. "He looked for you every time Logan and Virgil came over."

"That's... oh. I didn't think he liked me that much." Roman laughed a little awkwardly, not wanting to think too much about that. It was sad. He made his way over to where the other three were, standing beside of them all and leaning against the counter.

"Marshmallow loves everyone! Especially all of you guys." Patton smiled over at him, and Roman smiled back. He looked behind Patton at Virgil, who was leaning his head against Patton's shoulder and looking like he could fall asleep at any second. Logan looked just as tired as he did, also leaning heavily into Virgil.

Roman felt awkward, watching the three of them together. He was happy to be with all of them again, he couldn't even begin to explain just how happy, but it was still weird. He couldn't help but feel a little like he was intruding, despite Virgil being his boyfriend first. It was obvious the three of them had gotten used to being together, without him, and Roman felt like him being there was just throwing everything off.