Platonic LAMP/PolySanders, Hogwarts AU. This is one of the Christmas gifts for my friend, Winchester_At_Heart

Virgil hated his Hogwarts house.

It wasn't for the reason most might hate Slytherin. He didn't think that they were evil, although he knew some who may fit that stereotype. He hated it simply because he didn't fit into it.

He had never voiced his opinions on his house with anyone before. That was, until he had met his Hufflepuff friend, Patton. Patton had also been the one to introduce him to his other two friends, Logan, the Ravenclaw, and Roman, the Gryffindor. It was when he had off-handedly mentioned how he felt as though he didn't fit in anywhere that the conversation began.

"What do you mean you don't fit in?" Patton asked, a frown tugging at his lips. It was unusual to see the Hufflepuff frowning, but he cared for all of his friends so much that if they felt bad in any way, he felt bad too.

"Nothing." Virgil said a little too quickly, and the other three shared a glance. "Really, forget I mentioned it. It's nothing."

"Clearly it's not nothing! If something or someone is bothering you, tell us and we shall destroy it!" The Gryffindor exclaimed, not noticing as both Logan and Virgil rolled their eyes.

"Yes, even though Roman is being overly dramatic, we truly are here for you if you ever need us, Virgil." Logan offered his friend the tiniest of smiles, lasting only a second before returning to his normal expression. Virgil sighed as the three of them looked expectantly at him, and shrugged.

"I guess I just... don't like my house." He muttered, the three of them barely catching it.

"Why don't you like being in Slytherin?" Patton questioned, trying to better understand what was causing Virgil to feel bad.

"Like I said, I don't... fit in. I don't feel like I belong." He explained, frowning and making himself appear smaller.

"What do you mean you don't fit in? Of corse you do! The Sorting Hat couldn't be wrong... right?" Roman wondered, looking between the three.

"Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Why should the Sorting Hat be any different?" Logan answered him, although he looked as though he weren't entirely sure about what he was saying. "Why don't you think you belong in that house?"

"Well... Slytherins are ambitious, cunning, strong leaders. Does that sound like me at all?" He asked, and the other three shared a glance, frowning. "Exactly."

"Well, what house do you feel like you would fit in better?" Patton wondered, and Virgil just shrugged.

"None of them. I've thought about all this before... probably too much. Can we just... drop it? It's not a big deal. I've never fit in." He muttered, and although the others wanted to disagree with him, to tell him it did matter and that he mattered, they all needed to get to their next classes.

The topic didn't come up again, and Virgil was glad that they hadn't made it a bigger deal than it was. He had to admit, knowing that he wasn't really a part of a house like all of his friends were did make him feel horrible. He wished he had a group of people just like him, but he was just Virgil.

One day, the four students were walking together down the halls and talking when Patton suddenly stopped with a gasp. "Oh, right! Virgil, I made something for you."

Virgil was confused, but Roman and Logan both seemed to already know what Patton was giving him. He handed him a folded paper, Virgil hesitantly taking it from him. "What's this for...?" He mumbled as he opened it, frowning.

Inside was a photograph, moving, like all of the pictures did, of the four of them. Patton had dragged him into the photo, and at first he had a frown on his face. Then he looked to his friends and slowly, his frown turned into a small smile. Looking down at the photo now Virgil still couldn't help but smile.

"Read the note!" Patton urged him, grinning. Virgil hadn't noticed the note until he had said something, slowly unfolding it as well and reading what was inside.

Virgil,
The three of us haven't forgotten what you said about feeling like you don't fit in anywhere. It makes us all really sad that you think that! We all just wanted you to know that, even if you don't fit into a Hogwarts House, you still fit in with all of us. We love you, Virge!
Love, Patton, Roman, and Logan

After reading the note, smiling still, Virgil felt his eyes sting with happy tears. Roman chuckled, wasting no time in pointing this out. "Getting emotional over there?" He teased.

"Wha-no. Shut up." Virgil shook his head at him, but didn't try to hide as he wiped his eyes. "This is way too sappy and ridiculous for me. But... thanks. I love you guys too."

"You're crying happy tears, right?" Patton questioned, receiving a small nod from Virgil. "Aww!" He jumped forward to hug Virgil, dragging Roman and Logan into the hug as well. "We're so happy that you're happy, Virgil!"

"So, does this mean you feel better about not fitting into your Hogwarts House?" Logan questioned, and Virgil frowned.

"I mean... It still kinda sucks, but you guys are right." He shrugged, hugging them tighter. "I don't need a house to belong with all of you."

Merry Christmas!!!! I hope you all have had wonderful days so far, and that you got everything you wanted.

It took me way longer than expected to write this(I started a week or so ago...), because I'm very easily distracted but I hope you enjoyed it. I wrote it cause I know my friend loves Harry Potter, so I decided to do something with Harry Potter and the Sanders Sides. I hope you like it. ^•^

Tell me what you all got for Christmas! I got a lot of stuff I really like, but I think my favorite present is this cat hoodie i got.

It's just like the one Patton wore and I love it so much I can't wait to get home and put Vaughn in it haha

Oh, I also got a Stranger Things T-shirt, which I'm wearing underneath the hoodie

In the picture my sister took it kinda looks like I have a skirt on but nah, this shirt is just really long haha

Then of course, I got Sanders Sides pins!! They're amazing, and I'm really happy with everything I got.

Again, hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. I am gonna upload another oneshot right after this that is also a present, and then if I have some time later on I have another Christmas themed oneshot that is not a gift that I need to finish. If I get that done today, I'll post that as well.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed this. I'm gonna post two ring pop suggestions, cause they're both Christmas themed and I have an idea for my next one, so here!

Thank you both for the suggestions! Merry Christmas! Remember to take care of yourselves, don't eat too much junk food lol. (I say this, and I'll probably eat way too much candy in just a few minutes) I love you guys. Bye!-Bob