The Logical Exception

Light giggles filled the air as Patton squirmed away from Remus. "Re, stop." He tried to wiggle away between fits of laughter.

"Never, if this is the only way to keep you in bed then I will keep tickling you until you burst at the seams and Patton goo gets all over this bed." Remus' smile was bigger than it had been in days, months even, and it was a soft genuine smile as he looked down at the man he loved. Despite his statement he did stop tickling Patton's side, giving the man some time to catch his breath. Patton was recovering remarkably fast, even for someone with powers. Remus wasn't sure if it was the detailed schedule that Logan had set up, or Patton's own healing abilities.

"I can't stay in bed forever, my little cephalopod, I have to help."

"You just woke up, you're still recovering, can't you just forgo helping someone for once?" He pouted, laying his full body weight onto Patton so that the shorter male had no hope of getting up. He also conjured a small hoard of baby cuttlefish with wings. They batted at Patton with their tiny tentacles causing Patton to giggle again.

"You know that's not how it works," His hands began to gently guide through Remus' hair, feeling his boyfriend slowly begin to relax and watching the cuttlefish dissipate. It was no secret, even to Patton, how tense Remus had been while he was still recovering. "I have these abilities for a reason, and I can only assume that reason is to help people."

"You are so sweet, I just want to eat you whole." Remus sighed, hiding his face in Patton's neck. "Why did you choose me?"

"What?"

"That other guy was pretending to be you. He got us to break up, but he had some valid points. I'm wild, chaotic, not really good and not really bad either, so why did you choose me? Wouldn't Roman have been better?"

It was Patton's turn to sigh, his strong arms wrapping around his boyfriend and pulling him in closer.

"I'm not going to lie and say that you are better than Roman in every way. Lying only hurts people when they find out, but Remus, you are perfect in your own way. I know you don't believe in yourself a lot of times but you are so creative and so amazing. That book you are writing, it's such a great thriller novel, a little hard for me to read but I know people are going to love it. You say you are wild and chaotic, but I see it as eccentric and spontaneous, which I love about you. I never know what to expect, and you always keep me on my toes. I love you just because you are you." Patton played with the little streak of white in Remus' hair.

He had explained once, in high school, Remus had gotten so pissed at being compared and mistaken for Roman, that he dyed his hair with rainbow streaks. That was the first time that he and Roman had really fought, and that was the first time they had really out right promised that nothing would get between them again. It was the two of them against the world, and Remus kept that streak in his hair to remind himself of that. Now it was the three of them though, with Patton and his brother by his side, Remus was sure he could take on anything.

"I love you PATronus."

"Awe, a Harry Potter themed nickname, I love it." Patton leaned up and gave Remus a gentle kiss, which Remus would have been happy to deepen, had he not heard a fake gag.

"Would you two get a room?" Virgil was slowly pushing himself up, his body shaking with every movement.

"Virgil!" Patton tried to wiggle out of Remus' arms and wasn't stopped this time. He quickly made his way over to the emo's bed, putting a hand on his shoulder, but his hand phased right through. "Virgil... what happened?"

"I... I don't remember much." Remus frowned, they had asked Logan, who gave them a surprisingly succinct account of the events. He normally talked a lot more, and at the time, Remus hadn't cared.

"I think... I think Zero Sum injected me with the power serum, again, but if that's what he did, I shouldn't be alive. How did we get out? Where's Logan? Damn, he's okay right?"

"Language kiddo, who's Logan? Remus told me we all got out in one piece for the most part."

"Logan is Logic."

"What? Really?" Patton asked, "We are working with Logic? Is he... how did that happen?" His eyes darted back and forth as he tried to piece together what had happened.

"Since Dreary Sue is awake, maybe the two of us can fill you in." Remus took Patton's hand, pulling him back to the bed. "Then you can meet all of the fresh meat we've acquired." He smiled but it didn't reach his eyes and Patton wondered what they had all gotten themselves pulled into while he was away.

"Okay, but after that, we need to figure out what's going on with Virgil, it feels like his body isn't even there."

AN: I have today off! You know what that means, extra chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it. I know it's a little shorter than our normal chapters, but I thought a little more softness would be nice!