The Wizard and The Serpent (A Beauty and the Beast/Sanders Sides AU)

Epilogue

The next day, after a morning of sleep, an afternoon of celebration, and a good night's rest, Logan was packing his things to leave. "I know, Thomas. Believe me if I could I'd stay here forever." Logan sighed in response to Thomas's complaints. "Why don't you?" Janus asked from the door, smirking as Logan turned to look at him.

"You know why." Logan chuckled, playfully rolling his eyes as he stood up and dusted himself off. "Yes, yes. I know. It's just a pity to see the love of my life leave so soon." Janus sighed dramatically as he walked over to Logan. "I'll be back, and I'll visit often." Logan assured him. "I know." Janus assured him before placing a hand on Logan's cheek and placing a kiss on his forehead. Logan smiled and wrapped his arms around Janus, resting his head on Janus's chest.

Downstairs, the staff were setting up a banner over the door. "He's coming!" Remus called before running to hide. The rest of the staff hid as well, they found it much harder now that they were human, but they didn't mind that of course. Thomas was the first to come running down the stairs, then Logan and Janus came behind him. "Oh? What's this?" Logan asked as he studied the banner. "Farewell Logan! Come Back Soon!" The banner said in large letters.

"Surprise!" Everyone then yelled, startling both Logan and Janus as they came out of hiding. "Haven't you all done enough partying?" Janus hissed, irritated due to being startled. "Oh, lighten up Jannie!" Remus huffed as he put a party hat on Janus's head. Logan chuckled as Roman came over to put a party hat on Logan.

"Aww, now they're matching." Remus snickered. "A match made in Heaven." Roman agreed with a grin. "So are you two going to want matching mounts on my wall, or..." Janus threatened, though he wasn't really serious. "Do you really want to risk having Remus as a ghost haunting your castle?" Virgil pointed out as he joined them. "Yeah! Also lighten up. This is your boyfriend's goodbye party." Remus snickered. "Yeah, Jan. Don't want to chase him away again." Virgil snickered. "I did not chase him away." Janus defended. Logan chuckled and held Janus's hand with a reassuring smile.

After the celebrations, which Logan enjoyed, everyone waved goodbye to Logan as he began to take his leave. "Oh, Thomas." Logan began, turning to his dog. "I want you to stay here and make sure Janus doesn't get too lonely. Also, to protect this castle from squirrels and other creatures. Do you think you can do that for me?" Logan requested. Thomas barked in agreement before returning to the castle. Janus smiled as he pet Thomas.

"Goodbye everyone, I promise I'll be back to visit, and I'll be sure to write." Logan called, waving goodbye one last time before making his way down the walkway. Everyone cheered their goodbyes and waved, a bittersweet feeling. They were happy that Logan and Janus were going to be working on themselves, though it was sad to see Logan leave.

Logan smiled as he excited the gates, nodding to Dominic and Terrance. "Good luck Logan!" Terrance cheered, waving him goodbye. "Thank you, Terrance." Logan replied, smiling as he looked back at the castle for a moment then turned to take his leave. "Admit it, Dominic. You'll miss him." Terrance teased. "We barely even interacted with him." Dominic retorted. Terrance rolled his eyes, then smiled as he continued to wave goodbye.

Back at the castle, everyone was going back to their usual business. Janus knew this peace wouldn't last long. They might even have to go through a war with France again, though hopefully France would continue the peace agreements as agreed upon years ago. For now, however, the only thing Janus could do until he got all the soldiers back was rest. That and trying to work on becoming better than his father, and trying to work on finding himself.

Janus was about to return to the West Wing when he found Emile sitting with Elliot. The two of them were working on origami together, and Janus smiled at the sight. "Might I join you?" Janus requested, and they both looked up in surprise. "Yes, of course!" Emile agreed, smiling as Janus took a seat. Elliot hid a little, behind Emile, staring at his paper.