#their hatred just seems gay and im not sorry for never shutting up about it

[ruby-assassin]

Galton pride

this took me a whole year to write and i’m recyling mood boards....it’s a bad time for me

Nova looked up at the float. Tomorrow was Galton’s anual pride festival, and her team got their own float. “So, it came out nice.” She said looking at the fringe on the side and the signs and posters hung on it. Ruby had hung many “protect trans kids” poster as Oscar hung small bi flags on the elevated part they’d be standing on. Dana added flag from her house that had the words “girls love girls” in pink. Adrian has drawn some good pan posters too. Novas contribution had been the huge “love always wins” sign on the back of the float. She’s decorated it each of their flags for their sexualities, she thought it looked nice. “Nice?” Oscar asked. “It’s totally sick!” He high-fived Ruby who was grinning and covered in blue and pink paint. “Can you imagine us on this tomorrow?” She said as she climbed back on to it. “I’ll be here like ‘Trans right!’ And Oscar will be over here eating cotton candy that looks like a bi flag. And Dana will sit up there being gay and loving women! And Adrian will stand there with his pen and make rainbow renegades pins. And nova will stand here,” she pointed to the center of the float. “And wave awkwardly as she does.” Oscar and Adrian laughed. Dana yelled a ‘hell yeah!’ And high-fived Ruby. “Hey, I’m not that awkward.” Nova fought with a smile on her lips. “You say that now until you see the pictures of yourself tomorrow.” Oscar laughed and held out one of the beaded necklaces in the bi flag colors to Nova. “Wear that tomorrow, for solidarity.” He said as he put his own on. She smiled and put hers on too. “Okay guys, we need to be here at seven tomorrow. So wear a nice outfit and try and include some pride items too.” Adrian said as he shooed ruby and Dana off the float. “Ruby, didn’t you say you had face paint?” Adrian asked. “Yeah! I should have all the colors we need. I might not have all Dana’s colors though.” She said sadly. “It’s alright Ruby, I have my own anyway.” Dana winked at her and flipped her hair over her shoulder. “Okay well, let’s get home and rest before the main event tomorrow.” Adrian smiled at his team.

The next morning Nova showed up to the warehouse they were starting at earlier than needed. She wore a black T-shirt with a small bisexual flag colored heart where a breast pocket would be. Her hair was down as always and she wore a pair of dark denim short since it was hot. The necklace Oscar had given her was around her neck. Her combat boots made an echo in the large building as the only other people here were the council, Adrian and a couple civilians doing maintenance. Adrian waved Nova over to where he and his dads were sitting, an area with a couple chairs and a supply of donuts, coffee and waters. “Hey.” Adrian said with a smile. Nova smiled back and sat next to him. “Hi.” She smiled. “Hi Nova, how are you?” The captain asked. She turned to him, she still felt weird about everything that happened between her and the council. Sure she had tried to kill him, and sure she did hate him from the time she was a small child, but they mended everything with multiple meetings and countless crying session (all of them recorded from the captains office or the interrogation room). “Im good, I’m excited to be on the float this year. I’ve come to all of the pride parades you’ve had so far.” She tucked hair behind her ear. “It’s nice to see that you guys are not only representing the lgbtq+ community but encouraging the people in it.” This was something that’s never changed in her mind. She loved the colorful flags and the face paint and the shirts she bought herself every year, though she had to hide them from the others. Unlike Adrian’s parents, Nova’s uncle wasn’t supportive of this kind of stuff. Most of the Anarchists were like that too, leaving Nova with internal conflict and self hatred that filled her need for her Uncle’s approval. “It’s nice to hear.” Hugh said with his classic smile. Adrian swiped his hand over Nova’s and caught her attention. “Wanna go and put some finishing touches on the float?” He asked as he held up his pen. Nova nodded and stood with him. “I’ll see you out there.” Nova said to the super couple as they walked off, hearing them chuckle.

“So, you want to help me paint my face?” Adrian asked as they made it to their float. He pulled out his marker, ready to sketch out some paints. “Sure, though I’m not quite the artist you are.” Nova smiles as she hoisted herself up to sit on the float next to her boyfriend. Adrian smiled back at her as he drew the pots of paint on the different colors of fabric or tinsel that covered the wooden float underneath. “Well, I don’t think a tiny flag will be too hard.” He said as he finally drew a paint brush too. Nova took the small brush from him and dipped it in the blue paint, using her other hand to take his glasses off. “Stop smiling so much so I can paint your face, dork.” Nova said as she patted the apples of his cheeks as he smiled. “Sorry.” He said trying to be serious. “Force of habit.” Nova let out a small laugh and continued the stripes of color on his cheeks. When she was finished she nodded. “Some of my best work.” She said simply and handed the brush to Adrian. “My turn.” She said and leaned her face towards him. Adrian just laughed at her enthusiasm and drew up some purple paint. “You really are excited aren’t you?” He said as he dipped the paint brush in the first pot of paint. “I am.” Nova said, stopping when the paint bust was swiping against her tanned skin. “I’ve always loved the parade. My uncle was homophobic and it made things really weird, especially when I got a crush on a girl for the first time. I wanted to talk to him, but hsse shut down the conversation as soon as I asked ‘is it okay for two people of the same gender to be in love?’ It was scary and new and I had no one to explain.” Nova kept her eyes closed and waited for the cool sensation of the paint on her skin again but it didn’t come. When she opened her eyes Adrian was looking at her with a sad look. “Nova,” He started. “Nope. I don’t want pity. I just wanted to tell you. Some backstory, ya know.” She said and pushed hair away from her forehead. Adrian tried to look less sad as he went to paint her face again but it wasn’t working. “Stop being sad.” Nova said with determination. “No. That was a sad story.” He said and pouted extra hard. “Hmmm, will a kiss make it better?” Nova said as she leaned towards him. He perked up. “Actually,” Adrian said and smiled. Nova laughed and pressed her lips to Adrian’s. They shared a small kiss before they pulled back and Adrian continued to paint her cheeks. When Dana and Narcissa arrived they were talking about the days events and holding hands. They had started dating a while ago and Dana had invited her girlfriend to join them on the float today. She was explaining how after the parade they would all be free to enjoy the festivities and stalls the Narcissa when they arrived next to the float. “Hey.” Dana smiled and sat on the edge of the float. “Good morning.” Narcissa supplied as she leaned next to her girlfriend. “Hi!” Adrian smiled as he finished painting nova’s face. “Hey guys.” Nova said as she turned around to look at them. The group held a steady conversation even as Ruby and Oscar joined until the council stood on their own float and announced that the parade was gonna start soon so they had to get on their floats to prepare. Ruby, who was wearing a trans flag as a cape, climbed up and held her hand out to Nova with a smile. “This is gonna be so fun!” She said as Nova climbed up with her. “I ave no doubts about that.” She said as the others made their way onto the float. 

The sun was hot, but Nova could barely feel it over the vast amount of happiness and excitement she felt as the floats made their way down the street. People waved and called out to them as they waved and smiled. Their float had a built in speaker and was playing various songs the council had approved. Some little kids on the sidewalks danced along as they passed, the sight making Nova smile. Ruby and her were on the middle podium, swaying and singing along to the music with smiled. Oscar was tossing out rainbow bead necklaces while Dana and Narcissa were crouched on the edge of the float talking to a girl who was walking along the sidewalk, she looked to be about 13/14 years old and seemed absolutely infatuated with the two girls holding hands. Adrian was on the back of the float, tossing out the rainbow renegades pins he’d made the night before. It was fun, Nova was having the most fun she had ever had and she was being herself while doing so. She didn’t have to hide in an alleyway and make sure no one saw her face, she didn’t have to stash away her pride wear before heading home tonight. She didn’t have to pretend anymore. Ruby grabbed both of her hands as an upbeat song started and started to scream the lyrics and jump around. She looked so happy. Nova matched her level of enthusiasm, singing along as Ruby had introduced her to the song that was playing a couple weeks prior. As the song came to a close, Oscar came to join them on the podium, making a joke about how Nova was stealing his girlfriend. Nova and Ruby both laughed, Ruby pulling Nova into a tight side embrace, squishing their cheeks together. “We’re in love, don’t even try to come between us.” Nova laughed and turned to kiss Ruby’s cheek, earning a wild giggle from ruby. Oscar pulled his girlfriend away from Nova and swatted at her like a cat. “No this ones mine, Adrian is down there, go kiss him.” HE made a pouty face as the two girls laughed at him. Nova eventually let herself down to stand with Adrian fro the last two blocks of the parade. He smiled at her as she stood next to him, a group of fan girls going wild at the sight of them together. Nova let how weird it was slip as she wasn’t ready to let it ruin her mood. The two of them smiled and waved all the people around them while talking about Adrian’s previous experiences the the parade. Nova laughed along with his stories and putting in her input where it was needed. As the float came to a stop at a street near the park where the stalls and activities were placed, the group hoped off their float and stood by the entrance, Nova’s excitement bubbled up inside her. “You look excited.” Dana smiled at her. “I’m overflowing with positive emotions.” Nova whispered. “Then lets go!” Ruby yelled, leading thier charge into the festivities. 

#renegades #supernova #archenemies #nova artino #ruby tucker #adrian everhart #dana bell #nova mclain

[tinkslittlebelle]

An Unpurrdictable Outcome

Warnings: deceit, pain, crying, slight panic attack, self-deprecating thoughts, yelling and arguing, tv remote and several pillows being thrown, sneezing, angst-ish, cat, let me know if there is anything else

Word count: 3,057

Parings: LAMP

Summary: The light side were having a movie night when deceit showed up and forced Virgil to reveal something he wasn't ready to show.

Notes: This is the first fic I'm posting on Tumblr! Yay! I hope it's not to bad. This has been sitting in my drive for a looong time. I hope you enjoy!

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They were all sitting on the living room for movie night. Roman and Patton were leaning up against Logan, his arms wrapped around both of them. Virgil sat on the floor in front of his boyfriends, in between Logan legs. Patton was playing with his hair while Roman held his hand. The movie they decided on was the Princess Bride, a classic. Filled with romance, witty jokes, sword fighting, storytelling and was based off an actual book. It was the perfect movie, everyone had something to love, and they fact their gay little selves had a crush on Wesley.

As the credits we're rolling, Virgil had now moved up on to his boyfriends laps like the overgrown cat he is. Patton was still playing with his hair, Logan traced his fingers on his back . And Roman had moved his head from Logan's shoulder to Virgil's butt. As Virgil was starting to drift off to sleep, a small purring like sound could be heard from him. His body was also slightly vibrating from purring. Of course  if he was fully awake, the purring and vibrating would have stopped due to him being self conscious.

When the credits ended, they looked at the peacefully sleeping Virgil. Not wanting to wake him, knowing how hard it would be for him to try to go back to sleep if they did, each grabbed and lifted a part of him. As the started to make their way to the stairs, Virgil's eyes snapped opened. Startling his boyfriends, causing them to drop him. He quickly got up off the ground, and slowly started to walk back to the couch.

“Virgil are yo-”

“Shhhh” Virgil brought his finger to his lips, telling all of them to be quiet. As Virgil stalked forward, much like a cat, he grabbed a remote off the arm of the couch and chucked it at the blinds. There was a clear sound of the remote hitting something that was not glass, it sounded almost like it was a person

“Ow!!!” Deceit walked out from the blinds, rubbing the middle of his forehead.

“What do you want Deceit?” Virgil stood in front of his boyfriends, who were very confused on how he knew he was there and how he nailed him right in the forehead

“You” Deceit smirked, no lies in his voice. He started to walk forward but was stopped when a pillow met his face.

“What for?”  Virgil had another pillow ready to throw at Deceit. Something about Deceit was off. He wasn't lying, he was telling the truth, something that he didn't do unless given good reason to. The way he was telling the truth was very eerie. Virgil knew something bad was going to happen but he had to protect his family

“I've realized that you are constantly lying to your” he stopped and looked over at the others “ family. And Im supposed to be deceit. So I figured out a way to make you suffer and getting what I want”

Virgil could feel his fight or flight reflexes kicking in. He desperately want to run but he doesn't want to leave his boyfriends. The adrenaline from when Deceit showed up was almost gone. He was starting to shake.

“I have no idea what you mean”

“ Ha!! You really think you can lie in front of me!” He strode forward, dodging the pillow that was thrown at him. “ Your appearance! You lie to them about your appearance. They think you look just like them,  just like Thomas.” Deceit was super close to Virgil. A gloved finger poking in to Virgil as he pushed him back

“Stop this!!” Virgil knew full well what deceit was doing. He worked so hard on keeping his secret safe. He worked so hard to be accepted. So hard on earning the others affections. So had to protect his family. And Deceit was about to ruin everything

“No clear physical traits of being a dark side, nothing that shows of who you truly are!”

“ I'm nothing like you!!! I'm not a dark side!!” Virgil was on the verge of tears.

“ Aw! Sure you are Virgil! But why don't we prove it to your boyfriends. you'll be rejected and back with me sooner than you think” the finger that was placed on Virgil's chest was removed and taped onto his forehead, emitting a yellow glow from it. Virgil stumbled backwards feeling the pain erupt all over his body and collapsed to the ground, pulling his hood over his head. It hurt, everything hurts. Being forced into a form he hasn't used in so long was painful. He could feel his ears get smaller as 2 more animal like ears started to grow on the top of head, until the human ears were gone. His nails grew longer and pointier. He could feel his tall bone extending outside of his body, growing a tail, extending outside of his pants. His teeth growing longer and sharper, pricing the inside of his mouth. The tip of his nose and nostrils turning black, with the black pointing down slightly to his lips.  He squeezed his eyes shut for a split second and when he opened them, the world looked different.

“Ha ha well that worked perfectly!!! I honestly thought you would have struggled and fought back more” deceit clutched his stomach, laughing “guess your family turned you soft.” The others walked towards Virgil to see what happened while roman walked towards Deceit, sword out.

“DECEIT!! WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?”

“I made him reveal his true self to you! Isn't that what relationships are all about? Honesty” before Roman could lung at him, he sunk out “ until next time”

Roman turned and looked at his boyfriends they seemed kinda scared to do anything, he made his way over and joined him. Finally Patton spoke up

“ Virgil are you ok?!” He went to put his hand on Virgil's back. The second he did, Virgil jumped up into the air, almost as high as the ceiling, and over his boyfriends. He landed by the stairs. With one quick glance, he looked at their pleading eyes and they saw bright glowing purple cat like eyes. And he ran up the stairs, locking himself in his room.

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Patton was a wreck. Both from crying and sneezing. He would just walk past Virgil's room and he'd have a sneezing fit.  Soft sorrys in between sobs could be heard on the door. Virgil apologizing to Patton for making him sick. Once Patton would stop sneezing, in a sniffly voice he would say that it's ok and that everyone misses him, that he even misses him even if he's allergic or didn't understand. Virgil would not reply again

The others didn't seem to be any better off although they weren't sneezing. It had been a week since Virgil ran to his room. Confused and sad as to what happened to their beloved Virgil. There were countless attempts at trying to get him to leave, ranging from begging, soft comforting voices and bribing with Virgil's favorite food. All proved to be unsuccessful.

The only idea they had of what happened is that he now had a long slick cat like tail and purple cat like eyes. Logan had been theorising on what happened to Virgil. Deceit somehow altered Virgil's appearance. Causing him to run to his room from embarrassment or shame and locked himself in there.

“I mean, it makes sense!!” Roman loudly exclaimed loudly enough for Virgil to hear in his room “deceit turned Virgil into part cat!! Virgil already acts like an overgrown cat, so he turned him into one.”

“Yes Roman we understand that” Logan said sighing into his hand. He had a stack of books around him to  search how to change Virgil back.

“I know that!!” Roman huffed crossing his arms across his chest. “I'm going to fight him!!!”  

“Calm down now, kiddo ”

“I will not calm down!! Virgil is part cat!! And that is not ok!”  Roman's face was red.

“Now now there is no reason for violence. I'm sure will figure everything out” Patton held a tray of freshly baked cookies, holding them out to is two boyfriends.

Roman sighed, his voice now at a normal volume “ I'm know, I just miss him so much. He must be so scared, and he won't let us help him” he looked up at Patton with tears in his eyes.

“Aww baby came here” he handed the tray of cookies to Logan and embraced Roman. “Logan dear, would you bring those up to Virgil, if he doesn't come out, tell him you have them and leave them outside his door.

“Of course, my love” he took the tray and head to Virgil's room.

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Virgil was scowling at his reflection in his mirror, with tears streaming down his face. He's tried everything, he can't change back. His boyfriends will hate him now.  Maybe there was a slight change that they could maybe- no he had lied to them and Thomas. He deserves their hatred. He shook his head, glancing down at is dresser.

“No, they love me for me, not for what I look like. I should've realized this days ago” thinking about how much he missed them and wanted to  see his boyfriends. He took a deep breath and looked back up at his reflection. It's not as bad as he remembers. Maybe they will actually thing it's cute! Running his hands through his hair then his ears.  Taking another deep breath, he walked over to his door, gripped the handle and turned it. His ears twitched.

“I'm going to fight him”  Virgil sucked in a breath, that was Roman's voice. He wasn't talking about him...was he. He listened more, he could hear Patton talking but couldn't understand it.

“I will not calm down!! Virgil is part cat!! And that is not okay!!” Tears were threatening to fall as he let go of the handle, taking a few steps back, covering his mouth with his hands. He knew it , he knew it, he knew it!! They never loved him, they way he truly looks and now they won't ever love him again. He stumbled over to the head of his bed, instead getting on, he slipped right onto the floor, pulling his knees to his chest, head on top, his ears were down flat and his tail wrapped around him protectively. He was full on crying now, his hands still on his mouth, muffling his sobs. He was crying so hard, he didn't hear the knock on his bedroom door. He didn't hear the voice ask if he was ok. He didn't hear the voice saying that it was coming in. He didn't hear the door open. He didn't hear the footsteps walkover to the bed. But he did hear the voice when it was right next to him.

“Virgil?” His head shot right up, glancing quickly at who he assumed was Logan, and dived under his bed. “Virgil, please” logans hand went to reach for Virgil under the bed but Virgil hissed and swatted it away. If is wasn't for this situation, Logan would actually think that this was cute.

Logan sighed and placed the tray on the floor and slid to under the bed to hopefully where Virgil was. “Patton made cookies. He wanted to make sure everyone had some. They're your favorite.” Virgil didn't respond but Logan could hear Virgil slide a cookie off the tray then bite into it. Virgil make a small moan of joy as he kept on eating. “ I was going to just leave them outside of your room and tell you, but you sounded distressed. So I entered without your permission, for that I would like to apologise.” Logan sat there for a little bit without getting a response, he was about to get up and leave, when the tray came sliding back out from the bed, cookie less.

“It’s-It's alright, Lo” Virgil's voice was small and hesitant. Logan smiled to himself. Virgil actually spoke to him again and it wasn't through a door like he thought.

“Virgil, we were hoping that you will join us for dinner again tonight”

“.....no”  Logan sighed, expecting this

“Why not?”

“Because…. because I heard Roman talking about me”

“Whatever do you mean, my love?”

Virgil was growing irritated “ I heard him talking about me!!! Saying that he is going to fight me and that it's not right that I'm part cat!!!” Tears were falling from his eyes again.

“Virgil, he was talking about Deceit. He's frustrated that he turned you into a cat”

“He didn't turn me into a cat! I've always been part cat. I've tried to hide it from you guys for so long, keep it hidden!! And hoped to be accepted!! To hide the reminder of me being a dark side!! The reminder of when all of you hated anxiety before you even know who I was!!!” Virgil was furious, they wouldn't understand, he's a dark side and they are light sides. More tear we're falling, but they stopped instantly when he heard a sob come from his logical boyfriend. He looked out from under the bed and saw the Logan had moved, so he was looking  under the bed, although he couldn't see anything, his eyes darting everywhere. Virgil could see in the because his eyes were already well adjusted to the dark and having night vision comes with being part cat.

He could see how disheveled logan looked, his hair was a mess, tear running down his face, his tie lossed and wrinkly.

“V-Virgil please, we don't hate you. We miss you. We don't care what you look like, we care for you. Please it not right without you” Virgil was taking back, Logan never shows this much emotion. He's hurt. And if Logan is this bad then the others were worse.

“..... fine…” Logan gasped

“R-Really?”

“.... make sure Patton takes allergy medicine, maybe I'll come down for dinner.” Logan took in a deep breath before sitting straight up again.

“Alright, I'll possibly see you tonight” his voice was still shaking but it was hopeful now. “farwell Virgil”  Logan stood up, picking up the tray, walked out, and closing the door. Virgil sighed, what had he just gotten him self that into.

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As Logan walked down the stairs, he tried his best to contain his excitement. He's usually quite good at hiding his emotions but for reason, he hasn't been. With Virgil gone he has been pretty sad, and the possibility that Virgil will come join them for dinner made him..

Uh… pretty excited.

As Logan walked into the kitchen, he saw the faces of his boyfriends, his excitement fell. They look upset. As soon as they saw him they ran up to Logan

“are you ok, Logan? Is Virgil ok?”  Patton wrapped him in a hug

“yes? What wouldn't I be?”

“you were upstairs for a while. We thought that Deceit or someone had showed up.” Patton let go of Logan, and Roman hugging and kissed him in his place

“We were about to go up there and save you if need be” logan laughed at his emotional lovers.

“No everything is quite good, in fact, I have some good news.”  Patton’s sad face rose into a hopeful smile.

“I suggest you go ask thomas to take some allergy medication. Virgil may be joining us for dinner.”  both Roman and Patton couldn’t help but squee and jump up and down

“Really?!” the two said at the same time.

“Yes but you need to take the medication and remember that this is Virgil. He is probably already really nervous and we don’t want to scare him.” logan pushed up his glasses. “You two need to be on your best behavior. We dont’ want to freak him out, then we’ll be out a boyfriend again for who ever knows how long”

“But he knows we love him”  Roman sounded slightly hurt

“Yes, but he also heard you talking earlier, and made him think otherwise” Roman's hand flew to his chest in offense

“I was talking about deceit! He hurt my love!! And I will not stand for it!”

“Then sit for it because you still have to apologize to Virgil” Roman instantly shut up, not expecting Logan to yell. “ He hasn't just affected you, Deceit has affected all of us. But Virgil the most, he scared and it's hurting him to think about what we think of him now” Logan stared at Roman for a while before moving to the kitchen to get dinner started. Patton walked over to Roman and started rubbing circles into his back

“ It ok Ro! You know how Logan get when it comes to emotions, it's the one thing he isn't very knowledgeable on.”  he gigled and stopped rubbing his back and smiled up at Roman “ Chin up love! We are going to see Verge again tonight and we are making his favorite foods!!” He dragged Roman into the kitchen to start helping Logan. As they were washing their hands, Logan spoke up again

“ Patton, did you ask Thomas about the allergy medicine?”

“ Oh shoot” Patton quickly finished washing his hand and dried them before sinking out to talk to Thomas. Logan glanced over to Roman

“Roman, I wanted to apologize to you. I let my emotions get the better of me and I overreacted and for that i'm sorry.”

“You don't have to apologize. You didn't over react, Lo. I was just letting my ego get to my head and wasn't thinking about how this affected everyone else. I'm just - I'm supposed to be the prince, the one that slays the dragon and rescues the damsels in distress. And Virgil was hurt in our very own living room!” Roman looked down at his feet, shuffling them nervously. “I should of been focusing on helping Virgil not fighting Deceit.

“It's alright, Ro. Let's just agree that we both could of possibly been in the wrong for a bit on our reactions.” Logan held out a hand to Roman, which he took, before pulling him in to an embrace

“Agreed”

Patton popped up a few seconds later, surprised to see them hugging, and made up so fast, after they were just arguing, before shrugging and joining their hug.

#i'll probably change the title later #cat! virgil #virgil sanders #roman sanders #logan sanders #patton sanders #deceit sanders #lamp #sanders sides lamp #sanders sides #first fic #sfw #Tink writes