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Nothing Holds Me Down [Prinxiety] (Epilepsy Awareness AU)

On the previous oneshot a gorgeous human being by the wattpad user of Me_is_Royalty said that they have epilepsy so I offered to make this oneshot for them because everyone deserves representation.

I don't know much about epilepsy aside from the bright and flashing lights setting off something neurologically in your brain, causing muscle spasms, extreme discomfort, and possibly could render you unconscious. I did as mich research as I could but if I represent anything incorrectly, please correct me and I'll fix it at once. 

STORYTIME!

How would it feel if you weren't allowed to go to your own prom? Devastated? Heartbroken? Furious or Depressed? Now what if you weren't allowed to go to your own prom because there were too many bright, flashing disco lights. Would you feel stupid? Insignificant? Powerless? Because that's been Roman's entire life. He never went to his prom, he never went to parties, he could never do the things he's dreamed of doing and being cool and popular like he wants to be because of this damn epilepsy holding him down.

Roman is a pathetic adult now, dealing with his stupid epilepsy that prevents him from doing everything he loves. Roman has tried everything. Special glasses, therapy to get rid of it, trying to train himself to get used to bright, flashing lights, but everything ends up in a spasm or ends with him unconscious. He hates it! Why does life like to spite him so?! 

"Hey Roman? Have you seen Sipps Recently? I checked his enclosure and he wasn't there so I didn't know if you took him out or not."

"What do you mean Sipps isn't in his enclosure?! Well, umm, maybe he went on a quest to find some bugs around the house?"

"Ha Ha very funny. Sipps only eats locusts and you know that. He's a very picky eater like someone else in this house. Can you stop moping and help me look for our pet chameleon? He is our child after all."

Roman stood up, following behind his boyfriend. They were at his apartment. Roman hated going home because Remus was a little asshat who likes to flicker the lights on and off just to see him do the 'crazy person dance' and no matter how many times his parents scolded his twin brother, he wouldn't stop messing with him. So he was staying at his boyfriend's place. And his boyfriend, Virgil Stokes, has a pet chameleon named Sipps. Roman never liked reptiles, thanks to Remus shoving an entire corn snake down his throat once when they were both six and scaring the living daylights out of Roman, but for Virgil he would learn how to deal with it.

Virgil sighed a breath of relief when the chameleon wasn't just chilling out on the desk next to his little enclosure. The apartment only really has two actual rooms and a living area, so his little office area had to be in the chameleon room. Virgil didn't mind and loved having a little study buddy to help him manage his stress and anxiety as he worked. Roman didn't mind it either, he just gets a little creeped out by the reptile. Virgil picked up the chameleon, softly laughing as it climbed up slowly along his upper limbs.

"Guess I freaked out over nothing... again... I know Sipps wouldn't go too far."

"Of course he wouldn't. He loves you Virgil. Plus he's, like, really really slow. You'd have to be gone for hours for him to even leave this room, and even then he would get too cold. He needs that UV lamp and that heat lamp."

"Yeah, this is the best place for him. He's living a happy little life even though he kinda can't do much. He doesn't need to go on adventures to be happy. Nothing holds him back from happiness."

Virgil cooed to the chameleon as he placed him back in the enclosure, grabbing some of the locusts from the drawer and dusting them lightly in calcium powder before dumping them in the enclosure. That's should feed Sipps for a good three days. He's not a very gluttonous chameleon. Roman's smile fell and his eyes cast to the floor. For some reason Virgil's Words hit him really hard. Nothing holds him back from happiness? That's a lie. Plenty holds him back from exploring the world. Like his weird sight, how slow he is, his cold blooded ness, a lot of stuff holds him back from what should make everyone happy: adventure.