Sanders Sides Oneshots

Cool Kids

Random highschool AU and trans Patton & Virgil because I said so. Warning for transphobia, drug/sex mentions, and swearing!

Patton hummed to himself as he walked through the halls, friends all following behind him. Anyone who knew him, which was a lot of people, knew he was walking much faster than usual. But, this little break would be the only chance he would have to show his friends the video.

He jumped a bit as  he turned to enter the bathroom and almost ran headfirst into another kid, this one much taller, with deep purples in his hair, an odd scar on the side of his face, and known for subtly bullying people until they cried. Nope, he did not want that, and neither did his friends.

Of course, he instantly took notice of the group, and he didn't waste his time "Oh, need the whole group just to help you fix that mess you call makeup, cuntboy?" He sneered, looking down at the boy who was already much shorter.

"Hey! Piss off, fucker!" Roman, the tallest of their friend group, but still shorter than this guy, moved up and into his space, poking a finger at his chest. "Nobody talks to my friends like that, especially not some idiot who thinks selling drugs to kids behind the school and fucking everything with a pulse makes him cool."

With that, he pushed past, the rest of them quickly following. Roman instantly moved to the mirror to fix his makeup, Logan followed, and Thomas watched the two quickly get into an argument over which lipstick shade was better. Meanwhile, Patton went to take out his phone, but paused at the sound of a quiet sob from the other side of the bathroom.

He frowned. That wasn't right. While his friends were distracted, he started towards where he heard it, noticing the end stall, the one with the faulty lock, if he remembered correctly, was half open.

He quickly got over to it and peered inside. Sitting on the ground was one of the kids who always seemed to be alone, curled up in a ball inside his sweater and wiping his sleeves under his eyes. Patton knocked quietly, his friends also following once they noticed him leave.

The boy jumped, looking up with wide eyes and an audible gasp, seeming to only curl in on himself more as he tried to stutter something out. Patton recognised him as Virgil. He paused, before speaking softly "Are you okay?"

Instead of answering properly, the boy just sobbed, catching the attention of the others, who moved closer to see what was happening, and he forced out a soft "Sorry."

Patton frowned "What? For what? You didn't do anything!" He moved closer, kneeling down in front of Virgil so they were eye level, the others also slowly making their way in, giving gentle smiles.

"Well... He... He said I... That I was a.. a useless tra... Tra.." He sniffed, and just started crying again before he could even say the word, but Patton seemed to understand, and he seemed upset now.

"That's not true. Whatever he said, it's all lies. He just tries to make himself feel better by attacking other people, you shouldn't listen to him. Um.. Can I..?" He held out his hands, offering a hug. When he got a nod, he wrapped his arms around him, letting the smaller boy cry into his shoulder.

Once he pulled away, one of the others, Thomas moved closer, putting a hand on his knee "Hey, it's alright. Everyone has some type of issue."

Roman nodded, moving closer and kneeling down as well, adding on "Yeah! Like, I'm totally over confident and all that, but really I'm just hiding my issues and my actual lack of confidence behind that mask!"

Logan did the same, moving closer "And I don't understand a lot of humour. Really, most jokes go... Over my head?" He glanced back to Thomas, who nodded, grinning, and joined in.

"You can't really tell, but I'm pretty much a ball of anxiety a lot of the time." He crouched down.

"Yeah, and I'm annoying!" Patton added, causing Virgil to actually give a tiny smile.

"Um.. Thanks... Thanks, guys." Virgil sighed quietly, though he was still smiling, and he wiped away his tears.

"Hey, I have an idea! Why don't you stick with us? We could all be friends!" Patton offered, and the others nodded.

"Yeah, you can join us for lunch tomorrow?" Roman added.

"And sit with me in our classes together? Plus, I'll help you out, if you need it." Logan smiled.

Thomas took a moment to think, before he grinned "You can come to us if you need anything!"

"I... I'd love that." Virgil smiled.