Sanders Sides One Shots

It's Not Real

This is an AU where the Sides are real people in college. Also takes place in my story, The College Experience, if you were interested in seeing the whole story.

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Virgil hadn't been expecting to enjoy the play, much less have his heart ripped out by it.

Roman, one of his three college roommates, had been rehearsing for this play for weeks. It was his last one before he graduated from college, and he had finally landed the leading role. Due to both of these facts, and also Roman knowing that Virgil had never even attended one of his plays, Roman worked his hardest to convince Virgil to come.

Asking Patton had been easy, since the caring man had already known about the play and always wanted to make others happy. It hadn't taken long for Patton and Roman to convince Logan to come because there was a showing of the play that wouldn't interfere with his work schedule.

Virgil was just being difficult now.

Roman had spent the whole week trying to convince him that he would like it, but Virgil insisted he wouldn't. He just wasn't into drama, was his excuse.

After dealing with pouty faces over breakfasts, text message memes from Roman about how awesome plays were, and an amplitude of begging, Virgil finally caved in.

And that's how he found himself sitting next to Patton and Logan on a Friday night, knee-deep in the emotional play.

The Prince lifted his wine glass to the King's toast, just after his father had given a speech about how proud he was that Roman's character had reached the age where he could be crowned. The extra actors also lifted their glasses in a cheer as the music of the party began to play.

Several actors, including Roman, moved to the center of the stage to do a choreographed dance and sing a song that Virgil thought was pretty silly. Halfway through the dance, the make-believe castle doors burst open and the actors all ceased their singing to watch in terror as the King from a neighboring kingdom entered the room with an army of men behind him.

"You didn't think I would forget your birthday celebration, did you?" The King referenced a previous scene in the play where the audience learned of the hatred between their kingdoms.

A brief fight scene takes place where the extras playing the rival King's army drew their swords and ushered the party guests to the side, screams eliciting from the characters being threatened. Virgil lost where Roman went in the chaos of the scene, and the attention of the play focused on where the rival King and two of his men made the Queen fall to the floor, her husband sliding down to protect her.

The rival King gave a hearty laugh as he spoke to the fallen royals. He drew his sword and brought the tip to the throat of the King on the floor. "Any last words?"

"Yes," The rival King flicked his head around to see that Roman's character had drawn his own sword. "Leave my parents alone."

Chuckling maliciously, the King turned around to face the Prince and readied his sword. "I'll end the bloodline right here, right now."

The rival King and the Prince both get into fighting stances, preparing to fight as the extras all look on with awe.

"No, son!" The Prince's father tries to stand up, but stops when a man threatens him with a sword. "Don't do this!"

Roman shakes his head as he courageously readies his sword. "A good King would not back down when others are threatened. That's what you have taught me, father."

Not giving a chance to speak further, the rival King lunges forward and swings his sword at Roman, to which he brings his sword up to stop it. Throughout the sword-fight, Virgil slightly zones out, obviously expecting Roman's character to win because that's how cheesy plays were in his mind.