T.W/ Crying, Panic Attack, Roman Hate mentions(does not go into detail) brief u!roman mention (blink and you'll miss it, also he's not unsymp), Hurt/Comfort
Prompt-ish (from @friendlyyalienn ): patton holding roman close,,, saying everything will be okay,,, going through breathing exercises,,, giving him comfort objects,,,, hnngggg,,, m somft,,,,
Post Date: July 26th, 2020
Roman had been reading through the Roman tag on Tumblr. He loved seeing what the fans thought of him! But then he came across something, something that made him want to cry. It wasn't labeled, no tags other than Roman Sanders. It turned out to be a Roman hate post.
Roman was crying it hurt, hurt to think that no matter how hard he tried, how hard he tried to be the best he could the fans still thought of him as bad or even dare he say unsympathetic.
Then he heard a knock on the door and he immediately tried to wipe away his tears. He needed to be strong! He was the Roman Sanders after all.
"Roman, are you okay?" Patton called through his room. Dammit anyone but him. Patton would immediately know something was wrong.
"I'm fine!" He cursed to himself, now Patton would definitely come in. As he had predicted Patton walked into the room.
"Roman what's wrong?" Patton asked sitting next to him on the bed. The soft words and gentle air to Patton broke him. He started crying and hyperventilating.
"Oh Roman, can I touch you?" He nodded slightly being pulled into Patton's lap. "I've got you Roman I promise, can you do a breathing exercise with me?"
Roman nodded "please?" Roman said putting his ear to Patton's heartbeat. "Okay in for 4 seconds" Roman did his best to follow along but failed and let out a small cry.
"It's okay Roman, I promise, try again, breathe in for 4 seconds" Roman took a deep breath. "Good job Roman! Now hold for 7 seconds" Roman held for about 4 seconds before letting out his breath.
"You've got this Roman, let's try again, breathe in for 4 seconds" Roman took another deep breath. "I'm proud of you, can you hold it for 7 seconds?" Roman held his breath. "You're doing great! Now out for 8 seconds" Roman let out his breath.
"Do you need to repeat or are you okay now?" Patton asked, rubbing Romans back soothingly. "I'm okay now, thank you Patton"
"Do you want to talk about why you're upset Ro?" Patton asked, grabbing Romans favorite hoodie, the one from his brother, and handing it to him so he can wear his comfort item.
"Thank you Patton, and can I?" Roman said as he smiled and put on his hoodie. "You're welcome, and of course Roman, I'm always here for you"
"Okay um what if it's uh a little stupid?" Roman asked fiddling with his sleeve "Roman if it upset you it's never stupid."
"Okay, um well I was scrolling through Tumblr on my tag and there was um an unmarked Roman hate post. And it hurts because I try so so hard to be my best for our fans! And… and they still hate me. Why do they hate me Patton?" Roman said, starting to cry again.
"Oh Roman, they don't hate you, there are many many many fanders who love you and even kin you! And the ones who write hate posts and don't tag them? Don't listen to them. They don't know how amazing my prince is."
Roman sniffles a little "Thanks Patton, that really helped" Patton smiled and hugged Roman. "Of course, now how about we go get some chocolate chip cookies and cuddle?"