Happily Ever After Masterpost
Logan Sanders thought he had secured a fairy tale ending when he married Kelly Croft, mother to his first child. Perhaps Logan should have spent less time in the non-fiction sections and more time reading actual fairy tales.
Has he truly lost his chance for a happily ever after or were the first twenty years of his adulthood just the prologue to the real fairy tale?
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Chapter List
Once Upon a Time
It Was a Bright Cold Day in April
A Queer, Sultry Summer
The Sun Did Not Shine
Happy Families
A Pleasure to Burn
All This Happened
The Past is a Foreign County
Ships at a Distance
Next story in the series: Objections
This was overdue. When I started posting Happily Ever After on Tumblr, I didn't really know what I was doing and didn't anticipate just how hard it would be to find these posts again.
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Out Camping Part 1
Sanders Sides: Roman, Virgil
Blurb: A Father and Son Camping Trip
Fic Type: Camping AU
Overall Fic Warnings: None.
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His mother had told Roman time and time again growing up that she hoped his kids would be just as rambunctious and energetic as he had been. Everyone who knew him had accepted that as a matter of karma. After all, Roman had practically lived for the spotlight since the very day of his birth and he had gone to great lengths to be the center of attention. Why wouldn’t his child be the exact same?
His mom had been wrong. Mostly.
Roman glanced over to the passenger seat, the corners of his lips turning up in a smile as his usually reclusive eight-year-old son, Virgil, straightened. Roman’s phone dropped unnoticed to his lap as he twisted to fully see outside, his fingers curling against the window as they finally left the last signs of civilization and the more stubborn paparazzi behind.
“Ready for our next grand adventure?” Roman asked, quietly.
Virgil glanced over his shoulder, flashing him a quick smile. “Yes.” Came the fervent response.
He chuckled, returning his attention to the open road before them. “Thought so.”
It never failed to surprise people to find out that Virgil was his son. To the untrained eye, they were complete opposites. Where Roman was loud. Virgil was quiet. Where Roman thrived in front of an audience. Virgil shrunk away, preferring quiet evenings inside instead of days spent at concerts or amusement parks.
Total opposites. At least around people. Roman glanced again to his quiet son, watching his eyes come alight with excitement, his hidden energy bubbling up to the surface with every passing moment until Virgil was practically bouncing up and down in his seat, quietly humming to the music playing in the background as the desert wilderness surrounded them.
“Do you think we’ll see a coyote this time, Dad?” He suddenly blurted out. “Or a rattlesnake? I hope it’s a coyote. They’re cool!” The words tumbled from his lips as he whirled to his father, eyes wide. “Or maybe a mountain lion! A big horned sheep would be different too. Callie from school says you rarely see those, but I bet we can find one. No. Six! We’ll find the entire herd!”
And there was the Roman within his son. Talking a mile a minute and using more words than most people heard from him in a year. Roman flashed a smile, reaching out with one hand to ruffle his hair. “With your animal magnetism, my little Prince, I don’t doubt we’ll be able to find those sheep.” Or whatever else he set his young mind to seeing this trip.
Virgil grinned, turning eagerly back to the window. “How much longer?” He asked, fidgeting in place. “We’re nearly there, right?”
“Uh…” Roman flicked his attention to the GPS on the console. “Does three hours count as nearly there?”
Virgil groaned, flopping back against the seat in the exact same melodramatic pose Roman had used on his parents when he was younger…well still used, actually, on the stage. “That’s fiveever away, Dad!” He complained, pulling at his hoodie strings. “Drive faster.”
“And get another ticket? No.”
“Oh, come on!”
“No.”
“Five over?”
Roman exhaled. “I’m already doing eight, you speed demon. Be content with that.”
Virgil pouted, looking up at his dad with wide green eyes. The exact same shade as his own. “Ten over?”
What had happened to five? Roman let out a laugh, giving in, his foot pressing a bit harder on the gas. And people thought his son was quiet and withdrawn. Ha. “Alright, Virge. Ten over. No faster though, alright?”
Virgil grinned with undisclosed glee, leaning over to see the speedometer inching upwards. “Okay.”
Roman silently sighed. It was going to be a nightmare when his son grew old enough to get his driver’s license. He already knew that from taking Virgil to the tracks to race his dirt bike. The kid could make that hunk of metal go much faster than an eight-year-old had any right to make it go and Roman was sure Remus had jimmy-rigged the thing to increase the speed before gifting the bike to his favorite nephew.
He relaxed his grip on the steering wheel as his son turned back to the window, watching the mile marker signs flash by. That was a worry for a different day. One thing at a time. For now he’d just worry about Virgil attempting to bring home the desert lizards or baby rabbits he’d inevitably find while they were out in the middle of nowhere.
To Be Continued.
Part 2
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Objections
It's 2001, Seattle, Washington.
Janus Pater has fought every obstacle - literally and figuratively - to survive as long as he has. Logan Croft is a young father and is married to his old college girlfriend, Kelly. Their law professor's flippant partner assignment has forced these two disparately orbiting men together.
Roman and Remus Prince are sophomores at the associated undergraduate college. To their fellow students, they're identical, however they approach life and solve their problems in very different ways.
Somehow, (most of) their paths cross in one way or another. Buckle up, because it's a bumpy ride.
Objections takes place chronologically before Happily Ever After but should be read after and contains spoilers for that story.
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Rated: M - CW: domestic abuse, swearing, homophobia, slow burn roceit, slow burn platonic loceit, referenced self harm, referenced suicidal ideation, consent questions, villain OC
Chapter List
Assumes Facts Not in Evidence Pt. 1
Assumes Facts Not in Evidence Pt. 2
Assumes Facts Not in Evidence Pt. 3
Ambiguous
Best Evidence
Hearsay
Asked and Answered
Speculation
Argumentative
Relevance
More Prejudicial Than Probative
Cumulative Evidence
Compound
Non-responsive
Privileged Communication
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REVIEWING ASIDES VIDEO CAUSE YEA!
• roman being joy bc he has to be the main character and he is really trying to fit this role
• patton being sadness
• thomas pointing to the phone and looking at seemingly no one
• janus being perfect, as always
• roman bring up how he's controlling
• his immediately shutting down the idea of scrolling again
• logan doing crosswords without a pencil in hand
• roman saying "lo-gan"
• janus saying "here it goes" implies that this has happened before
• everyone telling remus no
• the very common idea that an animal will get into your plumbing
• logan's face
• roman gripping his hat
• the sound effect
• "joyman" being a play off roman
• patton agreeing with remus on buzzkill roman
• roman holding his tongue after patton said that
• janus yawning
• remus
• the "yay" sound effect
• the deep "i can't do this"
• janus is casted perfectly
• virgil's pigtail hair
• the multiple "oh"s
• roman covering his mouth with a frown on it
• remus's laugh then saying he looks stupid
• janus is amazing
• the thank yous
• janus and remus being bribed
• they have played this in the past
• remus being best friends with virgil
• janus agreeing then bring up Maya Hawke
• roman immediately having a miscommunication error and yelling at janus
• janus just staring at him
• "hi bud" double wave
• all the heads shaking
• remus
• "simply because we both wear neckties. No for other reason."
• roman making logan angry just to prove a point
• roman saying they like virgil better
• the smiles
• thomas's jaw dropped
• patton avoided eye contact
• janus's look
• roman's noises
• logan's face, bring back up his crosswords
• remus saying what needs to be said
• virgil wanted to win in a fight
• everyone agreeing, expect remus
• the look
• "interrupting cow"
• roman singing for 3 hours and virgil threatening to kill him
• "buddy"
• janus face looking like a wine mom again
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