Sanders Sides One Shots

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This video^^^ is only 7 seconds long.

I'm telling you, something fishy is going on with Roman.

Spoilers for the new SS video.

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Even though they already finished filming the video, Logan and Roman were still uneased. They sank out and left Thomas to film himself signing out for the video, but they still both felt uneasy.

It was hours later, at 10 PM, that Logan rose up into the living room, in his normal spot by the staircase. He had been keeping an eye on Thomas, and when he made no move to get ready for bed, Logan figured he needed to remind Thomas what time it was. Good habits aren't easily formed.

"Thomas." Logan spoke quietly and raised a hand in a little wave to grab his attention. "I just wanted to remind you what time it was. I know you get caught up in your work sometimes, but as your logical thinking, I would hope you would consider my advice."

Nodding vigorously, Thomas closed his laptop. "Yes, yes, you're right. I should try and get ready for bed. Get that healthy sleep schedule worked out."

That having been said didn't go unnoticed by Roman, who was also keeping an ear out for what Thomas was up to. He rose up. "Thomas! I thought we discussed that you can bend your sleep schedule here and there to accomplish goals?"

"That's true, Roman," Thomas agreed, but he still made no move to continue working on his laptop. "But I worked a lot today. We filmed the entire video, and I edited it a good bit already."

Logan stood just a little more proudly at that, straightening his back and trying hard not to let his smirk seem too venomous. "Yes, Thomas, and when you wake up feeling refreshed tomorrow morning, you will have plenty of time to not only work on editing the video, or planning for the next one, but also cater to your basic needs."

The X on the wall behind Logan disappeared.

Roman felt like he just lost. After all the effort he put into expressing his point of view, Thomas still took Logan's side. Thomas still ignored what Roman thought was best for him, and instead trusted Logan more.

He explained to Thomas, and Logan, that there was plenty of time for sleep later. "If he's already in the editing mood, why not let him finish what he's working on? And then when he gets to a good stopping point, he can go to sleep."

"Actually, I'm kinda tired." Roman flicked his head over to Thomas, surprised at hearing that. His shoulders dropped ever so slightly.

"You are?"

Thomas nodded, and it didn't escape Roman's attention when Logan shot him a smug look. Logan adjusted his glasses. "See Roman? Thomas is making his own decision. Don't make him second-guess himself, because I do believe that that is Anxiety's job."

The A disappeared as well.

Roman was stunned. He tried hard not to let it show on his face, but it was hard to hide heartbreak. Luckily, he was a really good actor. He practiced every morning in the mirror when he told himself that he could do better and that everything was fine.

But the real truth was that he felt like Thomas stopped needing him a long time ago.

"Goodnight Logan. Goodnight Roman." Thomas escaped up the stairs after bidding them farewell. It was at this that Roman would normally be preparing himself to leave positive thoughts in Thomas' head to think about as he fell asleep. It would usually take some work to let his ideas of fantasy and hopes shine through Virgil's worries that he'd leave festering behind.