Getting it Together

Attention All Citizens

TW: Prison escape, scarring

written with @wittlevirgilsanders on Tumblr

"One such Patton Heart has escaped from prison in the mass riot that occurred two days ago. He was last seen by traffic cameras-"

Logan pressed the off button on his remote, his TV shutting off with a small clicking noise.

He felt numb.

Logan stood, moving over to the mirror and loosening his tie. There, on his collar bone were the six stars. His hand moved up, his finger tracing over each star as he stared at himself in the mirror.

Roman, Remus, Damien, Virgil. Patton. Him.

The scars left behind were bright red and angry.

Roman almost spit out his water.

"I'm sorry, can you repeat the question?" He sputters out, choking slightly as the water went down his throat wrong.

"How are you feeling now that Patton has escaped from custody?" The blonde reporter asks, holding her microphone up to Roman's face.

Roman speed walks through the backdoor into the restaurant he was in front of, pulling out his phone with shaky hands to check the news.

They were right.

He'd escaped.

The huge scar on Roman's stomach burns and stings like the day he was stabbed.

Remus coos down at Thomas, cradling him in one hand as he warmed up a bottle with the other.

"Aren't you absolutely precious, yes you are, yes you are." He sings, gently rocking him and feeding him the bottle.

Thomas latches onto his bottle like a tiny leech, eagerly beginning to devour his dinner. The microwave and Remus's phone ding at the same time.

Moving into the living room, Remus lays Thomas down in his pram, moving the blanket to support the bottle so Thomas could continue eating.

Remus grabs his microwave dinner and a fork, pulling a folding tray table over to the couch so he could watch Thomas while he ate.

His phone pings again and Remus goes to retrieve it, smiling at Thomas when he finally gets to sit down, beginning to type in his password.

"Daddy is busy today, isn't he?" He asks Thomas, who giggles in response.

"Smartie." Remus winks, pulling up his messages. "Uncle Roman's buggin' us aga-"

He suddenly cuts off when he sees the messages, one of them being a link, and the second Roman begging them to come to his house.

Frowning, Remus clicks on the link, his phone bringing up a page stating that there was a massive riot at the Strongwall max security prison, where twelve inmates and four guards were hurt, two inmates were killed, and one escaped.

Patton Heart.

"Fuck." Remus goes back to his messenger, telling Roman he'd be there soon and throwing his phone down.

His dinner forgotten, Remus grabs Thomas and rushes upstairs to pack a bag for them.

Virgil held Sela close, his already big eyes opening even wider as Kai told him about Paton escaping.

The puppy wriggled and yapped in concern, licking at Virgil's face in the hopes of calming him down.

"Hey, it's okay monkey." Kai says softly, slowly sitting down next to Virgil. "I promise I won't let him hurt you. Sela and I will protect you."

Sela barks, moving over to Kai and laying down on their lap.

Damien sticks his tongue out in concentration as he finishes the last icing rose on the cake he had spent two days baking. His apron was covered in frosting, and his kitchen floor was covered in flour, but he didn't mind.

"Whoa. Babes, it looks great." His cousin Remy praises, lowering his sunglasses to stare at the three tier graduation cake. "What are you going to do with the letter?"

Damien looks down at his college acceptance letter, into one of the nicest baking schools his parents could afford to send him too.

"Maybe frame it." He jokes.

"You know, some people actually do that."

Damien snorts, his eyes fliting over the letter once more. "Well, maybe I'll make it edible and eat it."

"Ohh hell no."

"Remy I was-" Damien turns, noticing the look on his cousin's face. "What? Did Valerie mess up your room again?"

"That crazy psycho busted out of jail!"

"What?" Damien grabs Remy's phone, staring down at the news article they'd been reading. "Holy shit..."

Patton knew he had to be careful when collecting his family. He couldn't just go back to the old house, now could he? And then there was the matter of his family being...brainwashed into thinking he was evil! The absolute absurdity of it all!

And then of course Roman had written that...entirely untruthful story about the time he spent living with Patton. You accidentally stab him once, and he describes you as "worse than the devil"!

He would definitely have to be punished when he got home.

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