Like Patchwork

Chapter 1

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2019: 3:23 PM

"... What the fuck?" Virgil questioned, Roman's boyfriends sat on the couch, Roman himself waiting by the stairs, all three watching Virgil carefully.

"Virgil," Logan said sternly, arms crossed over his chest, "We would like to talk to you,"

Virgil pretended to ponder the thought, finger tapping against his chin, "Nah," He moved to continue up to his room, only for Roman to slide in front of the stairs, "Move," He growled, glaring at Roman. Roman did not move.

"Kiddo..." Patton started, wringing his hands, "We want to talk to you about your grades," 'Fuck,' Virgil thought, 'so that's what this was about.'

"What about them?" Virgil asked, faking nonchalance, despite his heart pounding in his chest.

"Virgil, it is the third week of school and you are currently failing all of your classes," Logan stated, pushing his glasses up his nose.

"So?" Virgil scoffed, picking at a thread on his sleeve, "Why do you care?"

Roman frowned, "Virgil, we're your parents," he stated, "Of course, we care-" Virgil couldn't take it any longer.

"You're not my parents!" He exploded, hands curling into fists at his sides, "None of you! Not you, Roman, and certainly not the two of you," he exclaimed, pointing to Patton and Logan where they were still sat on the couch, "I'm sick of all you fucking adults deciding everything for me! You guys are no better than Harvey or Alastor. I hate fucking adults. I hate you!"

Shocked from Virgil yelling, Roman had let his arms drop from where they had been preventing Virgil from leaving the room. Quickly, Virgil pushed past Roman, ran up the stairs, and slammed the door behind him.

Everything was still for a moment before Roman dropped onto the stairs, head in his hands, "I-we..." Patton and Logan walked over, sitting beside Roman, "I'm not," he whispered brokenly, "I'm not, I'm not like, like..."

"We know sweetie," Patton soothed, blinking back his own tears, "We know,"

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Monday, August 3rd, 2020: 12:11 PM

"Who's taking me to therapy?" Virgil yelled, grabbing a pair of keys off of the hooks near the door. Instead of an answer, he was met with all three of his parents racing down the stairs, tripping over each other. Raising an eyebrow, Virgil glanced between Patton, Logan, and Roman, "I take it that means you're all coming?"

"Yes," Logan affirmed, fixing his tie like he hadn't just jumped over his boyfriends to reach the bottom of the stairs first, "We have groceries to get, so we figured we'd make a date out of it,"

"Cool," Virgil replied, popping his gum, "Am I driving?"

"Yeah, if you want to kiddo," Patton replied, "We do need to get some more of your permit hours in so..." he shrugged.

Virgil hummed, double-checking his watch, "Yeah, I'll drive, as long as you guys don't make out in the backseat again,"

"It was one time!" Logan spluttered as Virgil raced to the car.

As everyone got settled in, Roman made sure to give some dramatic exclamation about how Virgil wasn't allowed to embarrass his parents like that. Virgil rolled his eyes, before backing out of the driveway.

Virgil loved his family.

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Monday, August 3rd, 2020: 4:27 PM