Sanders Sides One Shots

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Sort of a headcanon... of sorts. So not an AU. No (romantic) ships.

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Being the romantic trait, Roman liked to create good relationships. He would often find himself analyzing (yes, Logan, I do know what 'analyze' means) not only his relationships with the others, but also their own relationships between them.

This week's idea he's thought of to analyze it is by categorizing their friendships into Rock, Paper and Scissors.

Rock: Strong. Might get rocky sometimes, but still stable.

It was easy for Roman to put his relationship with Patton in this category. They were good friends, never really fought, and would often times have the same opinions, seeing as they were both right-brained traits.

It was then that Roman realized that all of the Patton's relationships with the others were considered Rock.

Patton and Logan were definitely rocky over time, but when it would come down to it, they would always see eye to eye. "Because he's my hero", "We get it, you're adorable", and "When the heart wants change, you must listen to it" rang in Roman's mind. Logicality was personally his OTP, and Roman loved when the two of them would concede and compromise with each other.

Although Patton called all of them "kiddo", it was always a well-known but unsaid thing that Virgil was basically Patton's son. Virgil would go to Patton for help with a problem, and Patton would love to give advice. Their relationship got even stronger after Accepting Anxiety, and Roman would often be jealous how often Virgil would flock to his fellow right-brained trait.

There was always one thing Virgil wouldn't go to Patton for. Whether it was because he felt embarrassed, or maybe because it was just one thing that Patton couldn't help with, but Virgil never went to Patton when he was having an anxiety attack. That was always reserved for Logan. Roman himself had never experienced Virgil panicking, but he was glad that Logan would be able to help.

Logan and Virgil's relationship was Rock as well it seemed, although emphasis on the 'rocky'.

Paper: Thin and weak. Easily breakable. No depth. Practically see-through. Bad marriages are often described as 'just a piece of paper between them'.

This one, Roman had skipped over. He didn't consider any of them having a Paper relationship, but the more he added into the characteristics of the category, the more he reconsidered his own relationship with Logan.

They had never really gotten along with each other, even when they have to collaborate on new video ideas. Or even when Roman wanted Thomas to dream big for something, knowing that if you aim high, you'll at least try your hardest. Logan would always crush his plans with too many aspects of realism. Most of the times when they talked, they would only insult each other. "Microsoft nerd", "Great, halfwit", and "So now that you can't insult Virgil, you've moved onto me".

Roman begrudgingly wrote him and Logan under Paper.

Scissors: Constantly butting heads and fighting.

He would admit that he and Virgil haven't always gotten along, because that much was obvious. Even after Accepting Anxiety, Roman had caught himself accidentally putting Virgil down. It had been something he worked on a lot, and thought about even more, but Roman knew that they still had to try harder. Their relationship was not yet fixed.

Surveying the list after completing it, Roman vowed to try and work on his relationships more, since that should be what he was good at.

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You thought this was going to be them having a friendly Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament, didn't you? Well hah!

Happy Easter!