Sanders Sides Oneshots [All Ships]

[8] - Prinxiety - Leaves

Warnings: none

this is... an old one

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Virgil squinted at the streaks of sunshine that broke through the crown of the trees, caught in the morning mist that was beginning to evaporate as the sun was slowly warming the world. He pulled his hoodie tighter around himself, having no plan to ever admit that he was a bit cold.

Leaves laid tangled in between pine needles that sprouted from grey twigs, covering the ground and slowly falling through the air. Yellow, green, red, orange and brown and slowly decaying where the wind had carried them until they got stuck.

Virgil flinched as a leafless branch almost smacked him in the face and he sent an annoyed glare towards Roman who was walking a few steps before him.

"Hey! Watch it." He mumbled. "You're going to end up sticking my eyes out."

"Sorry." Roman slowed down a bit until he was next to Virgil, reaching out and grabbing his hand. Virgil allowed him to entwine their fingers but pretended not to really think of it even though the small action had Virgil feeling as if there was something fluttering in his chest.

It still surprised him sometimes, just the fact that he felt this way for Roman. Even more that Roman felt the same and wanted a relationship with him.

Virgil glanced between the tree trunks, branches and bushes. Nothing living could be seen or heard, except for birds in the treetops chirping as if it was spring and not late autumn. Other than that the only sounds were the slight breeze in the trees rustling the leaves and the crunch under their boots as they stepped on twigs and dried leaves.

He whipped his head around as something rushed through the leaves and he caught sight of a rabbit that zoomed between the tree trunks and disappeared into a thick bush. He saw Roman's amused smile as he turned back.

"You've got nothing to worry about, Virgil." Roman said, not condescending, not rude, only reassuring and soft but Virgil scoffed anyway.

"I'm not worried." He said.

"Are you sure about that?" Roman raised his brows and Virgil pretended not to see him.

"All I'm saying is that if a big animal attacks us and we die in the middle of nowhere in this forest then I'm never forgiving you." Virgil said quickly, almost stumbling on his words. Roman stilled, pulling Virgil to a stop too.

"I promise you that nothing larger than a deer is prowling these forests, I created the animals myself and know what exists and what doesn't." He said, his words actually calming Virgil a bit. Roman lifted their clasped together hands up to his mouth, pressing a kiss to the back of Virgil's hand and Virgil ducked his head so his hood would hide how flustered he was.

"Right, well, you also frequently run around in the imagination to fight a dragon witch, so excuse me if I don't feel completely calmed by your words." Virgil just had to argue a little bit, mostly to let out his annoyance at the fact that Roman had made him blush, not because Roman actually had him reeling with anxiety. Not this time at least.

(A few weeks ago when Roman had showed up to Virgil's room to confess his feelings he'd been nervous enough for Virgil to actually think something was seriously wrong, and when he had finally gotten his confession out then Virgil had been so relieved to know that no one was dying that his first reaction was to just slump against Roman and call him a 'pretty idiot', which, now in hindsight, Roman had started to think was very funny and Virgil had continued to think was very embarrassing.)