Warnings: Crying, abuse, homophobia, bullying, a lot of angst

A/N: I made this before Remus was introduced so please don't ask where Remus is-

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Roman stared out his seventh-grade class window. He always had trouble focusing, but every time he'd try to tell his mother she would scold him.

Roman sighed happily as he looked at the wind blow through the grass, making it look breathtaking.

Suddenly the bell rang. Roman snapped out of it and sat upright. He looked at his blank piece of paper and sighed, crumbling it up and stuffing it in his pocket.

As he walked out though, the teacher stopped him. " Roman Callisto, your grades are getting ridiculous, I have no other choice than calling your parents." He said, huffing out an annoyed breath.

Roman's eyes widened, his mother wouldn't like that at all. "B-But Mister-" The teacher held his hand in front of Roman's face.

"I said what I said, hopefully, they'll get you a tutor." Roman winced at the word they. Roman remembered when it was okay, when it was a happy, cheery family of three.

Now it's a broken and corrupted family of two. Roman sighed.

"Yes, Sir."

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Roman's mother was fuming. "Why the hell can't you just be normal?!" She yelled at her son, feeling no remorse as she hit him.

Roman whimpered, feeling his tears streaming down his face, matching the streaks on his back from his own mother's belt.

"Mother-"

"Did I tell you to speak?!"

Another hit. Roman shrieked as the belt came in contact with his skin. He cried, earning another hit.

"You're the reason your father left." She spat, smacking him across the face.

"Go to your room and cover-up, I don't need CPS over here, understood?" The venom in her voice made Roman shiver.

"Yes, mother."

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Roman walked through the school halls, trying to hide from them. Fate decided otherwise as he ran into them, literally.

"I-I'm S-S-So-"

"S-s-s-s-o-orr-ry! Ha! I guess we didn't have to find ya this time." Roman backed up as they came closer.

"What are we gonna do to him, Sam?" The shorter one asked, Sam smirked.

"Grab him, Adrien." Roman struggled as Adrien grabbed his shoulders. Sam growled and kicked his leg.

Roman gasped, dropping to the floor. Sam kicked him harder as Adrien held down his arms. He didn't dare to try to fight back, why try anyway?

Once they were finished Sam spit on Roman, kicking him in the shoulder. "You tell no one about this, got it?"

Roman rolled his eyes, knowing they were on the school's cameras. Sam kicked him harder, making him yelp.

"Got it?!"

"Y-Yes, Sam."

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"Hey, f*g!" Roman winced, knowing they were talking about him. He turned around, getting ready to get punched, but what he saw surprised him.

A boy wearing a hoodie, headphones, and a black backpack was being pushed into a corner as another boy with a black shirt and a tie trying to pull the jerks away.

The boy with the black shirt ended up getting punched and was pushed to the floor as the boy with the hoodie seemed to be curling in on himself.

"Hey!" Roman called out, not sure why he did that, but at least they had their attention away from the boy in the hoodie.

"What do you want, freak? Protecting this boy? You probably wanna fuck him, huh? Is that what you like?"

Roman's hands shook but he took a deep breath and punched him in the face. The jerk staggered a bit before holding his nose.

"You... You hit me!" He shrieked as blood ran down his face, Roman looked confused. The jerk then ran off, probably to find a bathroom, his posse following him.

Roman sighed, he was going to get jumped for that, but he didn't care at the moment. He turned back, helping both boys stand.

"Thanks for saving me... I'm Virgil, this is Logan, my twin." Logan rubbed his jaw as he waved.

"I'm Roman, are you guys okay?" He asked the two.

"We are now, but are you okay? You seemed to be shaking." Logan stated. Roman lied and nodded.

"Yes, I'm fine."

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Roman was sleeping over Virgil and Logan's house, his mother drunk and too dangerous for him to go home.

Their neighbor, Patton, had brought cookies and brownies to share. They all thanked him as they dug in.

Soon, they were getting ready for bed.

"Goodnight everyone!" Patton got a chorus of goodnight's back.

But after Roman fell asleep, he had a terrible nightmare.

"Father! Please! Don't leave! I love you!!"

"I'm sorry my Prince..."

Roman screamed as he bolted up, covering his mouth, remembering he was over someone's house and not with his heavy sleeping mother. He wept quietly, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Roman?"

Roman jumped at the noise. Patton quickly scrambled over the twins.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, breath for me." Patton's soft words were foreign for Roman, but still calming.

As Roman calmed Patton had to ask, "Are you alright?"

Roman opened his mouth, getting ready to spew out another lie and say yes like he always did. But he stopped, Patton was my friend, my caring friend, I can trust him.

So while he choked on another sob he opened his mouth, telling the truth this time,

"No."

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