Sanders Sides One Shots

Kindergarten

Kids can't be summed up in one word. Some are loud, some are quiet, some are shy, some are brave, and many fall somewhere in between, but Patton could say for certain that he loved working with them, that's why he became a kindergarten teacher. 

"Roman, stop bothering Ann, he doesn't want to play with you," Patton chided when he saw that Roman was trying to drag out of the corner.

"But he never wants to do anything," Roman whined, but he still dropped Ann's arm.

Patton took a moment, not sure how exactly to tell Roman that Ann had his own things that made him happy and one of them was silently drawing in the corner. "Roman just because Ann doesn't want to do the same things you do doesn't mean he doesn't want to do anything, maybe try doing something that Ann likes if you really want to play with him," Patton suggested gently.

Roman took a minute to think about, scrunching his face in concentration and then nodded. He walked over to one of the tables and grabbed some paper and crayons, he then plopped down next to Ann and started to draw.

Ann stole a glance at him before starting down nervously at his paper, Patton could tell that Ann wasn't sure how to respond to Roman, who had now started babbling about his drawing, a prince fighting a dragon.

"He's going to save the princess and get married, well it doesn't have to be a princess it can be another prince. Did you know that princes can get married? My dads told me when I asked why none of the other kids have 2 dads. Do you have a dad and a mom?" Roman asked only pausing at the end so Ann could answer.

Ann glanced up and mumbled, "No, I have a dad though. He teaches big kid math," He looked back down at his drawing and smiled, "He's really smart. He might even know everything," Patton could tell that Roman was ecstatic that Ann was actually talking to him instead of just looking at him, seemingly ignoring him.

For the rest of the day, the boys sat near each other and whispered, normally Patton would have chided them, but he was so happy that Ann was actually getting involved that with other children instead of just sitting silently. 

At the end of the day, Ann's dad came to pick him up. Ann ran towards him saying, "I made a friend today, his name is Roman, but he pretends to be a prince he's really cool and he says we'll be best friends forever," 

Ann's dad smiled warmly and said, "That's great, I'm sure he's amazing!" before turning to Patton and saying, "I'm sorry for never introducing myself before, I was always in a rush, but I'm Logan and thank you for helping Ann come out of his shell," He stuck out his hand and Patton shook it, surprised at how formal Logan sounded.

"No problem, I'm glad to meet you. I have to go, but I'm sure we'll meet again," he replied with a bright smile.

Logan nodded and responded, "Yeah, I should probably get Ann home. See you around," he turned and lead Ann to the car, seemingly entranced by every word his son said. 

Patton smiled. He would be very happy when he got to see Logan again.