Meaning Of A Purr (Sanders Sides - LAMP Fic)

Chapter 30: Home Again

Hello again, alright so this chapter includes mentions/references to past rape/non-con and abuse, heavy mentions and depictions of blood and injuries, non-sexual nudity and touching of privates, and self deprecation. As always take care of yourselves and thank you for reading.

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“Almost there, Virgil. You’ll be home soon,” Roman said, kissing the top of his head as Logan reached through the wooden planks to turn the doorknob and push the door open. 

Virgil couldn’t bring himself to reply. His throat hurt, his head felt foggy, there was no point in speaking. Roman frowned a bit at Virgil’s lack of response, rubbing his back gently as he looked over to where Patton was crawling through their little opening. 

“Logan, can you give me a hand with Virgil?” Roman asked, nodding to the hole they’d need to get the unresponsive male through. 

Logan looked over, his brow softening ever so slightly with sadness. 

“Let me go through first and I can help him through from the other side,” Logan replied. 

Virgil’s head fell deeper into Roman’s shoulder. He shouldn’t have to make the others take care of him. He could do all of this himself, he was just being selfish by letting them go out of their way like this. He was such a burden to them. 

“Alright, here we go. Sorry, mi amor, you’ll have to move a bit on your own, okay? I know you can do it, we’re right here,” Roman whispered soothingly as he nuzzled the top of his head and placed Virgil’s feet back onto the ground. 

Virgil reluctantly let go of Roman’s neck and turned so that Roman could guide him down to grab into Logan’s outstretched hands. Virgil took hold of him and followed Logan’s gentle pull as he crawled under the wood. Logan then pulled him back up onto his feet, one of his hands gently brushing back Virgil’s messy banges. Virgil looked away, unable to embrace Logan’s warmth and love immediately, not after what he had done. 

Roman crawled through after Virgil and Remy, who had been trying to ask Patton what happened, dropped his coffee cup to the ground. Roman’s white colored clothes made it much easier to see the bloodstains as opposed to the dark gray hoodie Virgil wore. 

“Damn Girl, I’m guessing that whole ‘don’t get caught’ thing didn’t work out, what happened?” Remy said, walking over quickly. 

“A lot,” Roman replied, closing the door to block out the commotion still going on downstairs. “We need to leave now before Remus goes even crazier than normal.” 

“Alright, I hear you loud and clear,” Remy replied, not needing to be told twice to get out of the filthy room. 

The room melted and shifted around them returning back to Virgil’s far more normal room. Virgil’s gut twisted as he looked around. This room wasn’t very welcoming anymore. It wasn’t his. It was just a gateway hiding everything he hated about himself and his past. He wanted it gone. There was nothing in this room he’d miss. 

“Wanna go…” Virgil managed to mumble out despite how difficult his throat was making it for him. 

The more his adrenaline faded the more pain he realized he was in. He mentally scolded himself for even thinking of his pain. This was far from the worst pain he’d been in, he’d hidden so much worse, he shouldn’t be acting like such a child right now. He was a capable, strong adult who has faced and defeated the biggest fears in his life. Pain should be nothing at this point. 

“I believe it’s for the best for all of us, evacuate this area. There is no guarantee we won’t be followed,” Logan said, lightly rubbing Virgil’s upper arm in an attempt to sooth him.