Sanders Sides One Shots

Wake and see what you've done - Prinxiety

Fantasy AU where Roman is a knight and Virgil is a sorcerer, Roman's been put under a spell by someone who wants revenge on their whole city but Virgil isn't willing to let that happen. What happens when Virgil is forced to fight his boyfriend for the sake of their city. For the prompts: One is mind controlled and forced to fight the other, the other refusing to harm them and getting seriously injured as consequence, the person coming to and seeing what they've done.

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They had heard word from the guards on border patrol that something was trying to infiltrate the walls, they wanted someone of higher power to come take a look at it. Unconcerned by this Roman got out of bed slowly, making hardly any noise with the intention of letting Virgil sleep on. It didn't last though as Virgil was awake when Roman returned, now fully dressed, "where are you going?" Virgil muttered, still not fully awake yet but he made an effort to sit up partially.

"There's something going on at the east border, I don't think it's anything major but they want me to check it out, I shouldn't be too long," Roman answered, hoping it wouldn't cause Virgil to pout or worry much. "Are you sure they need you? Can't you send someone else and stay here with me?" Virgil asked, rubbing his eyes then looking at Roman, his head tilted and an exaggerated frown on his face which begged Roman to stay.

"I'm going, that's final. Besides I doubt I'll be more than two hours," Roman reassured him, running a hand through his boyfriend's hair before placing a kiss to his forehead. "Don't spend too long in bed mind, maybe get up and try to do some work, I know Logan has been dying to show you some new spell books we got in the other week." Virgil didn't answer him, instead he flopped back down on the bed and cuddled into the duvet.

"I'll see you later Verge, love you," Roman said, hanging around the doorway until Virgil returned his goodbye, "love you too, bye." With that Roman was off and Virgil went back to sleep. He awoke some time later, unsure of the actual specific time it was, and was slightly panicked by the lack of his boyfriend in bed with him, until he remembered their conversation earlier.

Virgil lazily got out of bed and got dressed, he had little planned for the day so why should he rush? Once he left their room he ventured down the hallway aimlessly but wound up at the library. It was a large room, well he would probably consider it a collection of a multitude of rooms, but he knew where the best books were. He also knew where their friends would be.

He heard Logan and Patton before he saw them, they weren't arguing more like having a friendly debate but they fell silent when Virgil came into view. "Where's Roman?" Patton spoke up first, "uh, he went out this morning, something about them needing him at the gates," Virgil answers, sitting himself down at their table. "Oh yes, I heard about that," Logan starts, looking up from the books spread out across the table, "that was awhile ago though, wasn't it? It's been at least a few hours since I heard that."

A few hours? Something has to be wrong if Roman's been gone hours. And he can feel it, call him cliche but he can feel that something is wrong. Virgil doesn't reply, he gets up hastily and almost runs out of the library. He ignores that Patton is shouting after him, he needs to know he's okay. He asks any guard he passes if they've seen Roman in a while, none of them have. Virgil runs back to their room and grabs his cape, shrugging it on as he leave the palace and heads east.

It takes him about twenty minuets till he can see the border, it's the closest one to the palace so is the one that gets attacked most often but it has the most guards surrounding it. Except when Virgil gets closer he can see there is little guards here. He is very wary now. Something must be going on.

An explosion diverts Virgil's gaze to the source of the noise. Smoke covers the area, debris hits the floor loudly, and Virgil is increasingly more panicked now. Not only for his own safety but for Roman's.

But Roman is standing right there. Right in front of him. In front of the border where it has been blown up. The guards standing by are dead down, from the explosion or impact of hitting the ground. It makes Virgil feel a little bit sick. But Roman is here, he is okay, everything is fine.

"Roman?" Virgil asks, shouting slightly due to the ringing in his ears, but Roman doesn't respond. He stands stock still for a moment, then advances forwards towards Virgil in a quite robotic manner. "Ro?" Virgil shouts again, Roman's lack of a response increases his worry. Roman doesn't stop advancing though until he's inches apart from Virgil, and there's something wrong. There's something wrong with Roman's blank expression, with the lack of emotion in his eyes.

Virgil goes to speak again but Roman is quicker, "we must overthrow them." Virgil's brows furrow in confusion - overthrow who? - he knows this isn't right, this isn't Roman, but the way he speaks is too alike to his boyfriend that it pains Virgil. "Overthrow who Ro?" Roman continues to stare straight on as Virgil is glancing everywhere for a sign as to what is going on. "The royals," Roman says simply, a slight smile tugging at his lips, "they've had it too good for too long."

This is only confirmation that this is definitely not Roman. Virgil isn't sure if he can talk Roman out of this but he tries, "you can't do that Ro." Roman grins in return, a wicked sort of smile, "watch me." Then Roman is moving around Virgil, heading onto the path towards the city, towards the palace. But Virgil won't let him. He grabs ahold of Roman's arm and tugs him back forcefully, "you can't do that!" He repeats with more vigour, staring straight into Roman's dead and cold eyes.

Roman doesn't respond, he shoves Virgil harshly and he stumbles backwards before falling to the ground. He scrambles up as quickly as he can and pushes Roman back, the back of his mind reminds him of how they used to argue and push each other when they were younger, and he can't help tears well in his eyes. He's too caught up in his thoughts and it's too late to act, Roman punches him in the jaw, the pain almost causes him to fall but he remains standing.

Only then does Virgil realise something is moving out of the corner of his eye. He blocks another of Roman's attacks and throws his boyfriend to the ground in a way that he hopes won't damage him too much. Roman hits the floor but is up soon enough, Virgil catches a glimpse of what it is. Or rather who. Someone is walking through the gap in the border, they're clad in black and wielding a staff of sorts - Virgil deduces they are probably a sorcerer like himself, only they choose to use their power for evil like he used to.

"I can see we're going to have a problem here," they speak up approaching them, distracting Virgil momentarily so Roman tackles him to the floor, immobilizing him. "If you are not going to let us pass then he," they gesture to Roman, "is just going to have to stop you." As if the end of the sentence was a command Roman moves again, shifting atop of Virgil to keep him held still but removes one of his hands off of him. Roman's free hand collides with Virgil face, forcefully punching him, hard. Then again, and again.

"Enough!" The villain shouts, and Roman ceases his movements, "let's get this over and done with quickly, I have a city to conquer." Roman looks from the individual in black then to Virgil, and Virgil realises something. Something different, familiar. There is hurt in Roman's eyes, this is paining him, meaning his boyfriend is somewhere in there still. "Finish him," the villain commands. And Roman does. He stands and drags Virgil up with him by the collar of his cape. He pulls his sword out of its holster and drives it through Virgil's chest.

He removes the sword and Virgil collapses. He doesn't scream or cry out in pain, only fresh hot tears stream down his face. Roman breaks from his trance like curse and screams, and scream, and screams.

The last thing Virgil hears is Roman calling out his name. Shouting at the top of his lungs for Virgil, for him to stay here, for him to keep his eyes open. Roman screams, tears streaming down his face as he attacks the villain, hitting them over the head with the blunt end of the sword and knocking them out. They don't deserve a quick death but rather torture that lasts for years. Roman shouts for the guards, eventually they come and seize the villain. But it's too late for Virgil.

Roman cradles his love in his arms, his tears never ceasing. He carries Virgil in his arms back to the castle. Villagers gaze at the scene, they must have heard the commotion, and they watch as the prince carries his beloved through the streets. Some cry, some do not, some shout, some do not. When they reach the castle Patton cries and shouts, Logan does not. Roman cries silently as they take his body from him as if they had taken a part of his soul. They had.