I Love You...

WARNING: Unsympathetic Patton, graphic abuse, angst

"P-Please Patton! I'm- I'm sorry! I'm trying, I'll do better, I promise!"

Patton shook his head, not hiding his grin. "Now, Janny. You messed up. You need to learn your lesson."

Janus shrank back even further, just wanting to curl into the darkness and disappear.

Patton summoned a knife. "You made Thomas lie to his friends. That's not okay."

He took in the shaking mess before him for a moment and smiled wider and got down on his knees, resting his weight on his heels. "Janny, honey, can you come here for me?"

Janus slowly took a breath and moved forward. He was all too used to this.

Patton took his arm and turned it over, far too gentle for what he was about to do.

He rested the tip of the knife on Janus' wrist, turning it around and watching the light move on it, before applying pressure and it broke the skin.

Janus cried out, earning himself a deeper cut as Patton pressed harder.

Patton took an antiseptic wipe from the box next to him and wiped down Janus' arm, smiling as Janus whimpered.

"Come on Janny, up you get." Patton helped Janus stand up and sit down on the bed. He took Janus' other arm and tied it to the bed frame, doing the same with his ankles, leaving his cut arm untouched. "I'm sorry Janny, but Thomas can't be a bad person."

Then Patton began to carve lines into Janus, over his wrist, his forearm, his thighs. "It's okay Janny, my room is soundproof. Scream as loud as you need to."

And Janus did. He screamed as Patton carved words into him, liar and evil and mistake.

After what felt like hours, Patton placed the knife down. "Let's get you cleaned up. You took your punishment so well Janny, well done." He untied Janus' arm and legs and let him sit up against the head of the bed as he picked up the wipes. "Janny, this is going to hurt, but we have to do this to make sure you don't get infected, okay?"

Janus nodded weakly, feeling warm blood trickle down his arms and legs, staining the sheets, surely.

Patton sat down next to Janus, not caring about the blood seeping into the bottom of his pants, and began to clean Janus' cuts.

Janus cried out again as Patton wiped down his arm, pressing slightly harder than necessary. "Shh.. It's okay Janny. I love you."

"I love you too." His reply was barely audible. Patton leaned forward and kissed Janus on the forehead before resuming his task.

After cleaning, Patton stood up and got the bandages, wrapping Janus' wrists, arms, legs.

Once he was done, Patton put away the bandages, wipes and knife in the secret cabinet he made three years earlier.

"Janny, I need you to stand up so I can change the sheets." Janus slid off the bed and Patton pulled the sheets off, bundling them up and dumping them on the floor before disappearing into his bathroom for a minute, coming out holding his bloodstained pants. "I'll be back in a minute with some new clothes, okay honey? Just stay here." Janus nodded and Patton left, carrying the bloodstained bundle.

Janus knew what would happen if he let the others see him like this. They would worry, ask him what happened and confront Patton, leading to him lying and more punishment later on.

Patton walked back in a few minutes later, holding a fresh set of clothes. He handed them to Janus, who made his way into the bathroom, dumping the blood soaked clothes on the floor.

The door opened and Janus limped out, grimacing as he put weight on his cut legs.

"Hey Janny?" Janus turned his head to Patton, sitting on the bed. "Can we watch Disney together?"

Patt was back. Not Morality, the terror he faced whenever he messed up. "Of course, Patt."

Janus sat down next to Patton as the Side pressed play on the remote and snuggled up next to him, resembling nothing of the abuser he had been not five minutes ago.

"I love you Janny."

"I love you too Patt."