Love Is For Everyone- A Sanders Sides AU (Moxiety)

Prologue

Patton carefully put the last box down on the counter in the kitchen. He smiled as he looked around their new home and went to find his husband. 

He found him standing in the living room, looking through one of the boxes. There was a fond, sentimental smile on his face; Patton assumed it was a box of family mementos and photos.

He appeared to be correct as he saw Virgil holding a photo of himself with his parents back when Virgil was about 8. Patton smiled at the sight. "Hey, Virge?"

Virgil looked up at him. "Yes sweetheart?"

Patton looked at Virgil, "Just checking in on you, you kind of disappeared." He sat down next to him and put his hand in his. He squeezed his hand in return.

"Just looking through the box. There's a certain photo that I wanted to find. It's of Grandma, Grandmommy, and me all together. I think it's fair that we hang that photo up first, since they're the reason we got this house in the first place." Virgil said fondly, smiling whenever he thought of his Grandma and Great-Grandma.

Patton nodded in agreement, gently smiling at Virgil's expression.

The house used to belong to to Virgil's Great-Grandmother, or Grandmommy as Virgil had called her, and she'd wanted to give it to someone in the family. She and Virgil weren't ever particularly close, but Virgil and his Grandma (Grandmommy's daughter) had been close since Virgil was young.  The house was originally left to her, but she convinced her mother to leave it to Virgil and Patton since, in her words, "They need the house more. Especially since there is plenty of room to give me the great grandbabies I've always wanted." She added with a wink when she told Virgil what he had been left.

Patton knew how much Virgil loved all of his family, and Patton loved them as well. Despite how different everybody was, there was so much love and respect for everyone. They even helped Patton get back on his feet, giving him a small job at the family bakery after Patton finished culinary school and when they came out as a couple, they were only met with respect and love, just as Virgil had expected.

Patton was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard Virgil make a sound of satisfaction after pulling a picture frame out of the box. In the picture, Grandmommy was sitting in her wheelchair, a big smile on her face. Virgil was standing behind her, a small smile on his face. He was always more reserved in his expressions. A similar small smile was on his grandma's face. She was similar to Virgil in that both were more introverted, quiet types. One of a few in a mostly extroverted family.

This was how they bonded. Especially when Virgil was really young.  He had had a really hard time handling really loud noises, and his adoptive family could be very loud.

Virgil smiled at the photo, a similar one to the one in the photo but more reminiscent. He got up and put the photo on the mantle, the first decoration in the house that was barren, as most of his great-grandmother's things had been put into storage or given away.

Patton got up and stood next to him as he did this, putting his hand on Virge's shoulder.

"It looks absolutely amazing there."  Virgil smiled and nodded in reply. He leaned into Patton slightly, who moved his arms so that they were wrapped around Virgil's waist.

The house was larger than one that Virgil and Patton could have afforded on their own. It had a living room, a master bedroom and bath, three other bedrooms, and one bathroom on the first floor. On the bottom floor, there was a kitchen as well as a room that was used as a study. There was even a small library for crying out loud.

They were beyond grateful for their inheritance and were so excited for the future in this house. Virgil smiled bittersweetly and Patton kissed his forehead.

"I miss her. We weren't really close, but she was always so accepting to everyone, to my parents, to us, to everyone, regardless of how they came. Even monsters when most were afraid when they started coming. She always loved everyone."

Monsters were creatures that came from another world. Most moved to the human world for a better life and some treated monsters with fear and hatred, but Virgil's family had always accepted them. Well, at least those who mattered. Of course, they expected no praise for this. This was their duty as humans, to love and accept everyone unless they did something absolutely awful. To only judge someone on actions, not on looks.

Monsters in a legal sense had rights that were protected in most countries. They were able to become citizens of the country they immigrated to, able to be around others, and were supposed to be treated like humans. Of course this didn't always pan out, and there were many hate groups and those who would be judgemental and hurtful, but more people were kind and loving, and more progress was being made.

Virgil and Patton, while not activists, supported giving monsters rights very much, and would do what they could. They, while not knowing what it was like directly, had been judged for things they couldn't control. They didn't understand why others who had been through oppression would still hate others who were struggling. Why hate others with the same hate that was used against you?

Patton pondered this all, but then realized how late it was getting. He turned to Virgil, who had moved to another spot in the room, going through a different box from earlier. "Want to order a pizza then set up the bed? It's getting kind of late and we need our sleep." He reached his hand out for Virgil to take.

Virgil nodded in agreement, taking a final look at the photo before placing his hand in Patton's. The two left to go up to the bedroom, excited for their future.

Little did they know that there was a little monster hiding under a bed in a spare room, a monster that would change their lives.