Sanders Sides One Shots

He Smiled

A deep breath. The smell of rain. The storm had finally passed, but you could still smell the rain. The ground was wet and muddy. He was wet and muddy and his voice hurt, but he felt ok, not great, but ok. 

 He smiled. How long had it been since he smiled? Too long, far too long, but even though he was wet and muddy he smiled. Even though his throat burned from screaming he smiled. Even though his eyes were red from tears he smiled. Even though his heart still ached he smiled. He was not great, but he was ok and ok is a great place to start. 

He got up. They would be looking for him. He would tell them about how he was feeling, how long he has felt like his world was crumbling, hopefully, they would help him. He may have been the embodiment of anxiety but during the storm it had been too much, it had gone too far. 

A laugh started to bubble out of his chest. He didn't know why, but he had to laugh. If he didn't he would cry again. He took a deep breath.

 "Setbacks do not erase progress. I am farther along today than I was yesterday. I will be better than ok one day" it started as a whisper, than a mumbled, soon it was an anthem forcing him to take a step forward, toward the house.  He hoped it would give him the courage to confess that he was barely ok and most days he was far from ok. 

"Where is he? Oh god, I hope he's ok." Morality said sounding on the verge of tears.

"I yelled at him. He didn't deserve to be yelled at." Prince said, regret filling his voice. 

"Calm down, he can't be too far away." Logic said, trying his hardest to keep it all in.

"I'm here." Anxiety meekly said. The others ran to him, wrapped him in their arms and cried in relief.

"You worried us!" "Are you ok?"  "Thank god you're here." said all on top of each other, no one could tell who said what. 

"Physically yeah I'm fine. Mentally no, I'm not, but I'm finally ready to talk about it." Anxiety said, and he did. He told them everything and they listened. In the future when he felt bad they were there for him.

He smiled, on his bad days he remembered, setbacks do not erase progress. I am farther along today than I was yesterday. I will be better than ok one day. One day came and he smiled the biggest and the brightest he had in awhile.