Chromatober|A FMS Prompt Challenge by LoneRanger253|Written by me

Below

Heehee M angst! Look you can't tell me being in the World Below didn't effect him deeply, that poor boi went through so much in such a short amount of time, he hardly had time to process it all!

I want to hold him aaaaaaughhhhhhh!!!
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M could remember that time he was in the World Below. It was etched unto his brain...it had been overwhelmingly hot, Demon Steve's all around, and a few unfortunate Steve's trapped, unable to be saved from their fates. He had been so incredibly fortunate that Sabre had managed to find him and get him out. Yet he often felt...haunted by his experience. While he never let it show, as he was now a leader and tended to keep his emotions in check to portray a sort of stability, he still was affected by all of these sorts of things.

Honestly, he doesn't know how he hasn't cracked yet, under the pressure and stress of it all. The only time he did actually crack was when he was cursed, and that just isn't the same. He just felt...like he was below it all, just a speck of dust in a giant world. All he really could do was stay strong, no matter how many times the world threw things at him, or how many times he wanted to curl up into a ball and pretend that everything was fine and had always been fine.

Some days, he would have nightmares, horrible nightmares, about what could have happened. What would've happened if Sabre hadn't saved him from the World Below? Would he be some... Demon Steve right now? Nobody would remember him still... not the former leader, who probably wouldn't have become Hypno Steve, and that's a strong probably... not the Professor, not even Assistant Steve! And that would have to be some serious reality bending to get his existence wiped from even a robot!

So he put on a facade, an act, made himself seem upbeat and happy, when most days he didn't not feel this way, yet some days he did. He would interact with the other leaders and Light as normal, keeping his problems to himself, even though it would probably be useful to talk how he felt through with someone, perhaps the Violet Leader, but that? That would be an eventual thing. When he didn't feel like he was so below everyone, he still was getting used to being a leader himself, after all.

He was just thankful the world was calm now, no more worries but his own fears and issues he has yet to work through, day by day he's getting there, and one day he'll be properly okay again.