A Painting of Bruises and Scars (Sanders Sides)

{Just a heads up, I own none of these characters (going by name here), so all characters (including c!Thomas) belong to Thomas Sanders, so go check out his YouTube channel when you can}

⚠ TWs ⚠: [Mentions and small descriptions of scars and bruises (though no self harm or physical abuse, though there will be battling later on with swords and magic and such), self deprecation/self hatred, hiding and pushing down emotions, Roman (and a bit of everyone else) overworking/exhausting themselves, nightmares, etc.] (Will add more trigger warnings as needed)

Roman Sanders always seemed like someone proud of who he was, being Thomas' ego and all, but when he of all sides starts to feel worn down, you know it's getting bad. So, he pretends to be fine, helping the others through stressful times with his false confidence, always feeding them happy and hopeful smiles to keep them going, even though it's starting to eat away at Roman. As a side effect, bruises and scars start to appear all over his body, the bruises for every time he gives one of them a fake smile or a lie about his well being, and the scars writing all of the bad things he thought he was all over his body anytime he thought something bad about himself. The scars seem to fade when he stops believing the words they write, but for the bruises..he must come clean for them to disappear. His foundation could cover it up for now...right?

(TL;DR Lots of Roman angst with all sympathetic characters)