Sanders Sides One Shots

Night Light

The dark is terrifying. You have no idea what is lurking in the shadows, waiting to murder you. That was Anxiety's viewpoint on it, and one of the many reasons he never slept. Speaking of his lack of sleep, it was starting to worry the other sides. Most mornings Anxiety was so tired that he didn't even bother to try and hide the dark circles under his eyes, causing the others to actually take notice and care about him, so Morality took it upon himself to figure out what was wrong. 

"Ok, we need to talk." Morality said obviously concerned, about a week into this new morning routine. 

" Bout what?" Anxiety said, oblivious to their concern.  

"Your sleeping habits. They're not healthy for you." Morality answered.

"Don't worry about it. I'm dealing with it." Anxiety said, trying to brush it off like it was nothing.

"How are you dealing with it. I may be able to help you find a better way." Morality said, still trying to help the other get at least one good night of sleep. 

"Well, I guess you should know that I'm kinda afraid of the dark"-he paused- "so um... I use a nightlight, but it kinda doesn't work that much anymore." Anxiety confided in the older.

"WHAT ANXIETY IS SCARED OF THE DARK!!!! THIS IS PRICELESS" Prince shouted, butting into a conversation he wasn't even a part of. 

Anxiety hides his face in shame, and for once in anyone's memory, Morality was angry. He was grinding his teeth in an effort not to yell at Prince.

"Well if you find this so amusing, tonight you'll sleep in Anxiety's room with him on the floor to help him feel safe enough to sleep, while I see if there are any other ways to help him." Morality said in a controlled voice, even more, terrifying than if he would have screamed. 

"WHAT WHY?!?" Prince complained.

"You're the hero right? You help people, so help him." Morality said before turning to Anxiety and saying, "You're ok with this right?"

"Yeah" he mumbled still embarrassed that Prince knew his secret.  When night came, Prince knocked on Anxiety's door.

"Hey, so I'm here and ready to sleep on the floor like a dog," He said glumly, resigned to his fate

"You don't have to sleep on the floor. There's enough room in the bed for both of us" Anxiety said, opening the door wider so Prince could come in.

"OK, that's actually a bit better," was the somewhat happier response. As they both laid on opposite sides of the bed, trying not to get any closer than necessary to the other.

Anxiety sighed before saying, "You're going to cuddle me or something of the sort because this is helping 0%"

"Ok, if you really want to," Prince said before scooching to the middle of the bed and then pulling Anxiety into his arms. Anxiety made a content noise before drifting off into his first good night's rest in a long time.

When they woke up each of them realized their crush on the other.