Sander sides one-shots

The Dream of a Peaceful Sleep

A/N: I was inspired by @mind_writing  's one shot Dreams and Control Panels, I was planning to make a bunch of prompts but my mind kinda latched onto roman having to control Thomas's dreams and this happened, I'd advise that all y'all read their one shot first because 1. they are amazing and read their stuff because it be a good and 2. I think's better to read stuff that inspired someone before reading the thing someone else bases it off of. Hope ya like it! 

Warning: depressing/anxious thoughts, burns, lack of self care, a n g s t. nightmares.

Night has fallen and everyone was asleep in the mindscape minus the figure wearing red and white rushing about the control panel pushing buttons, flipping switches, turning cranks, and trying to do his absolute best to make Thomas's dream as happy as possible. 

The dream was a simple one, Thomas is able to fly, but even one as simplistic as that has problems galore. 

If he doesn't pull that switch after he pushes this button three times, hits the F# on the piano control, and hit that exact switch three seconds after he presses the key then Thomas will be falling eternally. 

If he doesn't press that button after every full command he puts into the panel Thomas will be trying to fly with all his might but never able to do so and embarrass himself. 

If he doesn't type in every. single. action. that Thomas does then it will turn into a nightmare. 

If he leaves the control panel for even a second it will turn into a nightmare. 

If he doesn't do everything right then that nightmare will appear in the mindscape. 

If he doesn't do everything perfectly and that nightmare appears it will attack him. 

If Roman doesn't defeat that nightmare before the end of the night then it will appear tomorrow morning. 

If Roman doesn't vanquish the monster before tomorrow morning then he won't have time to clean his wounds and his bruised ego. 

If Roman doesn't have time to tend to his injuries then the others will notice. 

They can't notice. 

He can't let them notice. 

If they notice then they know he has failed them. 

So every night Roman is at the control panel, pushing, typing, flipping, turning, singing, and trying his best to not fall asleep for he won't allow himself to fail Thomas.

As the morning approaches Roman is even busier for this is the time where Thomas will remember his dreams. The other's are never awake at this time for they rise when Thomas does while Roman is dancing around the panel of dreams never stopping and never able to rest.

Sleep is foreign to Roman for the times he does sleep he never is able to truly rest. If he sleeps the nightmares attack his dreams and before he wakes he has defeated hundreds of them and is even more exhausted than before but at least this will mean a night without being at the control panel, the nightmares are too frightened to attack that night and Thomas has a dreamless sleep.

*time skip brought to you by dreams that make no sense*

Roman's shift was done, he conceals the dream panels and a daze and groggily makes his way to his room. Roman gave the others the idea that he sleeps in because he needs his "beauty sleep" when he's truly tending to his wounds and putting on makeup to look like he's had a full night's rest.

Roman walks to his mirror where he grimaces at his reflection, being the embodiment of creativity his eyebags have decided to change from being a bruise like color to a perfect miniaturized replica of the nights sky, as the stars move across the sky in an eternal pattern of night Roman is reminded of his shifts and the sleep he is supposed to do every night. 

Roman walks over to his bed and tries his best to resist sleep but his eyelids betray him as he falls into an unpleasant slumber fighting nightmares. 

A knock on the door is unheard."Rise and shine kiddo! Logan wants to see you today!"

another knock and another. "Roman." Patton's voice changed from his bubbly tone to a stern one. "I'm coming in if you don't speak up." 

Patton presses his ear to the door and he does hear something, a whimper. Morality opened the door and saw Roman in his bed flinching from some imaginary force hitting him and before Patton's eyes, a burn appeared around his throat in the shape of a clawed inhuman hand. 

Patton rushed to Roman and shook him, "Roman wake up!" Roman woke up from this but not from Patton's cry but from grabbing Patton by the shirt and pushing him away from him in his sleep. 

"Patton!" Roman rasped, the burn seemed to mess up his vocal chords as well as his skin. the prince rushed towards the fatherly side, "I'm so sorry are you alright?!" 

Patton was rubbing his throat "I'm alright kiddo although you did give me quite the scare," Patton chuckled but he stopped as he looked at Roman's face, "Your eyes." 

Roman froze, he forgot to put on concealer before he slept he found out this wasn't supposed to happen oh god. 

"Roman breathe." 

Prince let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "It's alright Pat," He said as he walked towards his bathroom, he took out a stick of concealer but Patton grabbed it out of his hands. "Padre I need that!" He tried to sound cheerful but the burn made it so it was a rasp. "No. We need to talk with the others about whatever this is, it isn't right for you to suffer like this." 

Morality grabbed Roman's hand and led him down to the kitchen/dining room where Logan and Virgil were eating breakfast, 

"Ah Roman I have been meaning to speak wi-" Logan stopped speaking as he looked up, "What happened." 

"Roman was having a nightmare when I checked him and that happened." Pat gestured to Roman's throat. Logan stood up and inspected the burn, "Second degree, it'll last for a few weeks before it vanishes, you said this happened while he was asleep Patton?" Dad nodded, "it just... appeared." 

Virgil was staring at Roman but his gaze was just missing his eyes, "Roman, how did this happen."

"Guys relax, it was just a bad dreams."  Roman said as he walked over to his seat and started to eat the food Morality made for him. "dreams? as in plural?" 

Strike one. 

"Sorry I meant dream, I'm still out of it." Roman chuckled nervously. "Roman, are you sleeping properly?" 

"Yes." 

the hissing laughter was heard in the background.

Strike two. 

"Roman, how many hours of sleep have you had in the past week?" "around 6 hours a night Sydney Carton." 

more snake laughter. 

Strike three.

"How much actually Roman?" "....how long ago was 10 o clock?" "that was 30 minutes Roman." "that much." 

You're out. 

A/N: If anyone can tell me how I got the nickname for virgil they get an internet hug, If any of y'all want to continue this feel free to but for me I'm gonna keep this as an actual one shot and not a five kazillion chapter thing,  

See ya my Dreamers, Wishers and Wanderers!