Sanders Sides OneShots

Attack (Analogical)

Edited, but may still have some mistakes.

T.W. Panic attack and suicidal thoughts/needs.

All the sides knew Virgil was emotional.

Not the same way Patton was, but equally as bad as he was if not worse.

He never had anything that would help him when it came to his emotions, he would always be sat in the dark of his room, tears falling down his face, and knees pulled up to his chest, alone.

None of the other sides knew when he was having an emotional breakdown, he would make sure he was quiet, and removed any evidence of it, he didn't want to bother any of the other sides, nor did he want to be a burden.

Although they said they were there for him, he was still unsure about going to them, he didn't want to bother them, he didn't know if they were truthful about it, nor did he know if they were talking about him afterwards, being anxiety made him think all of these kinds of negative thoughts during a breakdown, which made the entire thing worse, and he would end up slipping into a panic attack, which he would try so hard to hold back from his host, but the occasional one would slip through, and when it did, he would still be alone, they would never come to him, and when he had calmed down, allowing their host to do the same, he would be asleep, which would make it a pointless venture for the others.

On the days after a panic attack, he would be asked, mostly by Logan, if he was alright, to which he would lie and say he was, and hoped Logan didn't see through his lie, but what he didn't know was Logan always saw through his lies. Virgil had giveaways, that showed when he was lying, and only Logan had picked up on them. Virgil would always play with his sleeves, or rub the back of his neck, and attempt to make eye contact, which usually failed. When he did those things, Logan read him like a book.

Logan tried to talk to Patton to get the fatherly trait to help Virgil, however, Patton would always say the same thing, "he said he's fine, so leave him."

Logan would always try to argue the point, but Patton wouldn't listen, and often Roman would intervene and tell Logan to leave it alone, if Virgil wanted to talk, he would.

The entire thing frustrated Logan, he didn't know why the others were so against helping Virgil, but he didn't know what to do.

He would eventually shut himself in his room and think about how to help Virgil, which meant said trait was left alone for longer, thinking that they didn't care.

One day, after a particularly bad night, Virgil found himself leaving the mind and into the Imagination. He walked for a while, deeper and deeper into the forest, the leaves of the trees covered almost all the sun, causing the entire place to be dark.

The darker trait found himself liking the forest, he could be invisible and it would be easier.

He fell deeper and deeper into this thoughts, his breathing became more and more labored and he felt tears falling down his cheeks, onto his hoodie, his gaze was cast down, the floor of the forest being the only thing he could see.

He reached a clearing, and in the center was a tree stump, he sat there, his tears falling more freely, his breathing more labored and his fists and jaw clenched, sobs wracking his small frame. He was angry at himself for feeling this way, he was angry at hoping the others would care, he was angry. But, he was scared, would they notice if he left? Or if he ducked out? Would it be him they cared about or would it be Thomas they cared about?

He knew he was too far away to be summoned, but the thought crossed his mind too many times, like it usually did when he was in one of these frames of mind. What if they summoned him now? What would they say? Would they acknowledge him? Would they care?