Summary: Shortly after Accepting Anxiety, Patton finds out that Virgil has never before been cuddled. Needless to say, the situation must be rectified.
"Hey, Patton," said Virgil.
Patton looked up. "Yeah?"
The pair were alone in the living room of the mindscape, since Logan, Roman and Thomas were busy working together to come up with and narrow down ideas for the next video. From what Virgil had heard before they'd left the mindscape, they were leaning towards a video about sorting the Sides into Hogwarts houses, which somehow seemed to have something to do with Thomas dying his hair.
"Do you have a favorite stuffed animal?" Virgil asked.
"Oh, I could never choose a favorite! They're all great at something, and I love them all. Mike is the softest, and Tortoiseshelly is the oldest, and Jared is the best for cuddling. Of course, people are better for cuddling than stuffed animals."
"I'll take your word for that."
Patton paused. "What do you mean? Wait, have you never been cuddled before?"
"Well, no," Virgil said. "The others aren't very… cuddly."
"We're going to have to fix that! Unless you don't want to, of course. I'm obviously not going to cuddle with you if you're not comfortable with that."
"It's… fine, I guess?"
"All right, come over here." Patton reached out his arms and Virgil moved to sit next to him. Patton wrapped his arms around Virgil and pulled him a little closer.
"So, like, what am I supposed to do now?"
"Oh, cuddling isn't a very active activity, you can just keep doing whatever that is you're doing on your phone."
"2048," Virgil told him. Patton nodded. Virgil relaxed into Patton's embrace, and they lapsed into a comfortable silence.
After a while, Virgil commented, "This is actually really nice."
Patton smiled. "Can I play with your hair?"
"Sure, go ahead."
Patton reached one hand up and settled it in Virgil's hair. "Whoa, it's so soft!"
"Is it?"
"Yeah, I love it!"
"Thanks."
After a few minutes, Virgil put his phone down and squished himself further into Patton. Patton giggled and kept running his fingers through Virgil's hair.
"That feels really good, you know."
"I'm glad you like it."
More silence, eventually broken by Virgil yawning.
"Are you tired, kiddo?"
"Yeah, a little bit."
"We're right here, do you want to take a nap?"
Virgil hesitated. "Would that have a bad effect on Thomas or something?"
"I don't think so, but I can wake you up if we need you or anything happens."
"That would be great. Thanks, Pat."
"No problem. Can I keep playing with your hair while you're asleep?"
"Of course."
"Thanks."
"Mhm."
Virgil closed his eyes and would have leaned back, had he not been fully leaning into Patton already. Patton was soft and warm, and the hand in Virgil's hair felt soothing, and he quickly drifted off to sleep.