An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Sanders Sides (Web Series)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders, Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders, Logic | Logan Sanders, Morality | Patton Sanders, Deceit | Janus Sanders, Anxiety | Virgil Sanders
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Discussions of abuse, slice of life turned major life event, angst with a side of fluff
Series: Part 8 of Found Family AU
Summary:
Fifteen years. That's how long it had been since they had last seen each other. Fifteen years. And in all that time, Roman had never given up hope of finding his brother. But this was the last place he expected to find him.
Roman: oh gods my boyfriend isn't home and I forget the english word for this thing and it's bAD he usually helps but i caN'T
Patton: I WILL ASSIST?
Roman: you know that little sea bug with the stupid hands and it has a home but it changes homes sometimes because it gets too big for it?? what is it??
Smol explanation/summary thing: Okay so Being Human (the UK version) is an amazing show about vampires, werewolves and ghosts and everything related. I had a thought about a Sides au and what it would be like, and as I don't have time to make an entire fic just yet, I wanted to something with this anyways. So here we go.
Warnings: Just a few mentions of blood, deaths, two tiny implications of nsfw, but there's just an implication and nothing more
Note: This turned out much longer than I had expected, but it's fun. I might make a part two of this actually
Roman is a vampire
He was born as royalty in England in the 1300s
Still acts like it sometimes
Like, when he gets very upset with someone, he will start using old language again or he will make references to things no one understands
He is usually pretty adapted to current society though
He is cold a lot, so he often wears a red jacket
His move was to seduce people, to get them into bed and then he would bite
He did this with anyone, regardless of gender, cause the taste of blood just... differs
He is trying to stop drinking blood, though
He hasn't succeeded to stay off it for more than a few months
Through the ages, he has travelled a lot
He has seen most of Europe, big parts of Asia and he is now stuck in America for a bit
Fought in the First World War, because he felt like he needed to serve his country, even if he hadn't been to England in centuries
There, he came into contact with a vampire named Herrick
They sorta maintained contact during the war, but after that, Roman went to America and they didn't speak again
He never understood the feud between vampires and werewolves, but he just sort of goes with it
Logan is a werewolf
He was turned when he was 21
He has always loved nature and he happened to be in the forest on the day of full moon
Unfortunately, a werewolf was there as well
Logan was hospitalised for a few days after the attack
The first full moon was horribly agonizing
It never stopped being horrible, but at least he got used to it
Just a few weeks after he was turned, Logan was cornered by hostile vampires
They were going to kick his ass, but then someone else showed up
He chased the vampired away and immediately checked on Logan
Logan had a few small scrapes and he was bleeding
The guy, who happened to be Roman, wanted to help him up, but some blood from a wound on Logan's arm dripped onto his hand, burning him
Logan had no idea what was going on. How does his blood burn people?
He was going to ask, but Roman shut him up.
“Not here. I'll explain inside.”
So he led Logan to his own house, where he explained the werewolf/vampire feud and how werewolf blood is like poison to vampires
Logan was so confused and trying to understand what was going on
He still didn't understand shit but that's fine
Roman and Logan stuck together, becoming best friends, despite the feud
Other vampires often commented on Roman's scent
But Roman often said he had a dog, because he was scared of endagering Logan if he told the truth
After a particular bad relapse of Roman, where he killed three people, he and Logan moved to Florida
They moved into a super cheap house
Turns out it was so cheap because someone died there
It was a guy named Patton
He died when he fell down the stairs and hit his head
He was 24 when it happened
It was a few months ago
He tripped over something he left on the ground
He never really had a great familiy before that
HIs dad had left and his mom worked two jobs in an attempt to afford food for them
Eventually his mom married another dude, but he never really liked him
When Roman and Logan came in and saw Patton, he was confused they could see him
“Wait... you guys can see me?”
Logan was confused because of course they could see him
Roman however, was familiar with ghosts and he explained the whole business to Logan
Just when you think you know it all, there's another thing to learn
Roman told Patton about them and swore to help him figure out his Unfinished Business so he could pass to the afterlife
The three of them grew super close and after years, Patton still hadn't found his unfinished business, but that's fine cause he finally found a family
Logan finds a job as a college professor
Roman's dream is to be an actor, but it is risky with his not-showing-up-on-cameras and being in large crowds is a risk for him too
So he doesn't
He keeps trying to stay off blood, but it's super difficult
Logan and Patton support him though
He just stops having relationships altogether because all he can think about, is how their blood would taste like and it scares him so much
But then, he meets Virgil
Virgil works at Roman's favourite café
And damn this guy is cute
He doesn't want to date him because he's scared of himself, but damn he is cute and he wants to date him
So he just fucking asks him out anyways
And Virgil says yes
And Roman is just so fucking excited
Their first date is a movie date
It's cliché, but Roman is scared to do anything more... out there
They both have a great time though
When Ro comes home, he gushes to his friends about how he didn't think of what Virgil's blood would taste like once, and he wasn't tempted at all and he's so happy about it
And Logan and Patton are of course just as excited
Roman and Virgil go on more dates together and they eventually make it official
It is tricky, though, Virgil starts to get suspicious
“Why won't you let me take pictures of you?” “Why can't you come in without being invited in?” etc.
But Roman makes up excuses every time
One time, when the two of them were hanging out at Roman's place, Patton kept teasing them
And Virgil couldn't see or hear Patton
But Roman could
And he nearly gave it away, but he managed to stop himself just in time
However
One day
Roman and Virgil were at Roman's place again
And things were getting... heated
And Roman just... he blacked out
He couldn't stop himself
And when he woke up from his little black out, he noticed blood everywhere
And he just turned to Virgil and saw what he did
He couldn't even think straight anymore and he ran out of his bedroom, to see Pat in his own old room
Patton noticed Roman's panic and the blood and he asked what was wrong
“I think I- I think I turned Virgil, or... or... I don't think there's enough to kill him but, I- I...”
And he just couldn't
“Wow, wow kiddo, calm down. What is going on?“
And he calms Roman down, so he can explain what happened
When he finds out, he reassures Roman, tells him it is going to be okay and he should go back to be there for Virgil when he woke up
So he did
It took him a while, but Virgil woke up
For a moment, Roman was scared he had killed Virge, but then he woke up and he was so relieved
Virgil was confused tho
Why did he feel so weird? Why did his head hurt? What happened?
Roman tried to explain
“Virge, I don't know how to say this but... I am a vampire and I... guess I... accidentally turned you into one too...”
“Accidentally? How the fuck-?”
“I didn't mean to! It was just... I don't know... reflex? I wasn't in control, it was... I didn't know what I was doing until it was too late. I'm sorry.”
He is so scared Virgil is going to break up with him, and for a moment, so is Virgil, but when everything is explained, it is still kind of okay
Virgil doesn't break up with Roman after all. He's going to need help and he loves Ro too much
“So... when were you born?”
“Around 1295.”
“Hm... interesting.”
He has no idea how to respond to this
He smells something vaguely dog he didn't smell before and he asks Roman about it
“Oh, yeah... that's werewolf.”
“There are werewolves?”
Again, Roman has to explain the whole deal
Then Virgil goes downstairs and he sees Patton and just has a fucking heartattack
Poor kiddo having to be faced with everything in one day
Patton immediately takes a liking to Virgil though and he takes care of him
Even though he is very shook still, Virgil is so curious and he asks Roman about every vampire stereotype he knows
“Can we eat garlic?”
“It doesn't kill us, but it can be a nuisance.”
“Do we really not have a reflection?”
“Look into the mirror and find out.”
It's pretty adorable
After a week or so, Virgil moves in with the others because he is scared of going on a vampire rampage when he is alone
He hasn't had any blood though, because Roman told him how dangerous it was
But he is still craving it very very much
They don't live happily ever after but this is as much plot as I have got right now
Warnings: Cursing, vomiting, nsfw mentions, slight gross imagery?? Virgil just got anxious
Pairing: Logicality
Prompt: “I’m pregnant.”
Word count: 2054
Notes: This was probably asked as something humorous but I had a cute thought ok. And this is also probably like.. really bad I’m sorry it’s past 4am
See, technically, the Sides were not people. Therefore, laws that applied to humans did not necessarily apply to them. So, it was entirely possible for a man to get pregnant.
Logan just.. Didn’t think that would happen to him.
So, when Logan woke up for a week straight with terrible morning sickness, he didn’t really think much about it, and therefore never told anyone- managing to keep it a secret.
Until, of course, after a ‘night’ with Patton, and he woke up next to him that morning, he was faced with a dilemma.
Slowly try to get out of bed and risk getting sick everywhere but not waking Patton, or rush to the bathroom, but disturb Patton and get questioned?
In his exhausted, pained mind, the latter seemed much, much more appealing.
Logan had bolted upright in bed, ignoring Patton, who’d been startled awake by the movement, and Logan was thankful he’d put on pants before going to sleep, because he didn’t have time to stop and dress- he dashed out the bedroom door, into the bathroom just down the hall, and fell to his knees at the toilet, just managing to get his head over it before emptying the contents of his stomach.
Patton, who was concerned but still really, really tired, moved slowly as he stumbled around to grab pants and a shirt, jabbing himself in the eye with his glasses when trying to put them on.
He let out a pained whine, then heard the distant sound of vomiting, and his eyes sprung open, suddenly wide awake as his instincts to protect and care took over.
He followed the sound to the bathroom, where he kneeled next to Logan and rested his hand on his back, rubbing soothing circles in it and drawing patterns with his finger on his bare skin.
“Hey, buddy,” Patton crooned when Logan finally seemed done, groaning in agony as he leaned back against the bathroom counter, letting Patton flush the toilet. “You feel okay..?”
“I feel like dog shit that’s been stepped on.”
“So I take that as a no?”
Logan let out a huff, rubbing his forehead. “I’ve been feeling like this for a week now.” He confessed, “It doesn’t seem like the stomach flu, but that’s all it could possibly be.”
Patton let out a soft exhale, and stood, gently helping Logan to his feet as well. “Let’s go get some tea. You think you can handle some toast?”
“With Crofters?” Logan mumbled.
Patton grinned. “Yeah, with Crofters.”
Logan let himself be led to the kitchen, despite the fact he had nothing but soft, space-themed pajama pants for clothes. Everything was a blur in front of him, his glasses still in his room, but the cold air on his hot, sweaty skin was a relief.
Thankfully, they woke up early, so Logan could sit on the couch and let Patton wrap him in a blanket and make him hot peppermint tea.
Patton helped Logan sip at the tea, before setting the mug on the coffee table and taking Logan’s hands in his own. “Logan, when exactly did the morning sickness start?”
“Uh..” Logan scrunched his face up as he thought, “.. Sometime after the second time we copulated.”
Patton nodded and bit his lip. “Well.. have you ever stopped and.. Considered the possibility that.. You may be pregnant?”
Logan paused.
No, no he really hadn’t.
But now that he thought about it..
“I’m.. pregnant?”
Clearly, they did what any smart person did, and hid it.
And they managed to do this successfully, the whole time- it wasn’t really different for Logan to spend time in his room, and Patton brought him his food during mealtime, and when he actually showed up, he cleverly used the shapeshifting ability to hide his swollen stomach. Besides, a birth of a Side is much different from a human pregnancy. Physically, it looks the same, but once the Side is formed fully (which usually takes a month to two months), they are toddler-sized. And when they are ‘born’ (really, it’s just a blinding flash of light, agonizing pain, and with the light is the essence of the new Side that gets formed into a body) they have a room that is naturally formed in the mindspace, which is relating to the child’s trait.
Logan felt prepared. He knew about what was going to happen- surely it couldn’t be that bad, he told himself.
Up until Logan collapsed and screamed.
It was a calm, content day, setting the dinner table- Logan and Patton cooking, Roman setting the table, and Thomas and Virgil helping with whatever they could.
Logan felt sharp, agonizing pains running down his spine and throughout his body, sending tingles through him and making his hair stand on end. He managed to keep this much hidden, not letting more than a pained grimace show his discomfort.
But when a harsh, burning pain, like a lightning bolt rushing through him, Logan was startled into letting out a gasp.
The others didn’t pay him any mind, probably not hearing him, but Patton sure did.
He immediately swiveled his head around to stare intently at the other, taking in the pain etched in his features. “Logan?” Patton whispered, “You okay?”
Logan exhaled heavily through clenched teeth, “I-I am in immense, gut-wrenching pain, but I think I’ll be good.”
Patton hesitated, glancing at the others before leaning into Logan and whispering, “Do you think you’re..?”
“I don’t know.” Logan replied honestly, when suddenly, pain hit again, like the last strike, but intensified by a hundred.
He couldn’t help it- he screamed, falling to his knees and holding himself, pure agony ripping through his body, shuddering as waves of pain rolled through him.
Patton immediately dropped what he was doing, grabbing a hold of Logan. “Hey! Hey, are you okay? Logan? Is it-?”
“Yes!” Logan sobbed, clutching his stomach as more waves of throbbing pain rushed through him, “Yes it is! It’s him- fuck!”
“W-What? What’s going on?!” Thomas asked in a panic, Roman busy calming Virgil before the poor man worked himself up too much.
“Give us a minute, Thomas-” Patton replied, clutching Logan’s arm- and they sunk out.
And quite frankly, not knowing a thing about what was going on, freaked Virgil out even more, and he spent the next hour rambling about what could possibly be going on- what if Logan was dying? Was he stabbed by a knife? Did a bug crawl inside of him and it’s eating his organs from the inside out-?
And then he was reminded that they seemed to be talking about a ‘him’- and well, that just sent them into a fit of confusion (with a side of panic).
Luckily, they didn’t have to wait long, though- Patton was soon coming back, his sweater on rather than tied around his neck, and holding something in the pocket.
“What was that?!” Virgil immediately demanded, stomping his foot on the ground, “Where’s Logan? Is he okay?”
“Disturb- who? Logan?” Roman asked in confusion, scrunching his face up. There was no one else there?
Patton huffed, and shifted the pocket of his sweater, revealing a head of a small kid, perhaps one or two, with a head of messy brown hair and freckles dotting his face, tiny fists curled in Patton’s sweater.
“This.. well, we actually don’t know who he is yet. Logan was gonna figure that out whenever he wakes up..”
“Wait, what?” Thomas sputtered, “I’m confused, what’s going on-?”
“There’s a new Side,” Patton replied, slightly vexed, “This little guy right here- who happens to be the- ehm, child of Logan and myself.”
“Wait-” Roman started again, but Virgil cut him off.
“You two fucked?”
“Virgil!” Roman scoffed, slapping the Anxious Side’s arm, but Virgil didn’t react.
Patton’s face flushed at the blunt wording, but nodded. “E-Essentially, yes- and now we have him!” He chirped, trying to move past that particular subject as he bounced the sleeping kid in his sweater pouch.
“… Logan takes dick-?”
“Virgil!”
Logan woke up to muffled speaking from below him, and he groaned, rolling onto his side before flinching at the pain that resulted.
He laid there for a few, agonizing seconds, then got up slightly, a dull, throbbing pain in his abdomen and spine.
The others were probably all downstairs, with Patton and- and.. Their son.
Oh, shit, the realization was setting in.
Logan and Patton had a son.
Logic and Morality had a son.
Holy fuck.
He scrubbed a hand across his face and grabbed his glasses from the nightstand, slipping them on his face and getting up from the bed, pleased to note that Patton had made him comfortable and removed his jeans and tie in exchange for soft pajama pants.
Much too exhausted still to bother changing again, Logan wobbled on shaky legs out of the bedroom. He needed to figure out who the newcomer really was.
Leaning against the wall for support, Logan limped down the hall, and pushed the newest door open in the mind palace’s hallway- a tall, pastel green door, that had a silver handle. It was, by far, the most colorful door.
He looked into the room to find it stocked full of books and action figures and stuffed toys.
He limped inside, taking in the surroundings, taking in the blue and green color scheme of the whole room, and then the books- which were solely focused on video games and tv shows and their history, lore, characters, etc., and it clicked.
It contained the trait of Logan’s love for knowledge, his adoration for books, and Patton’s love for cartoons, games, and other entertainments-
The son of Logic and Morality was Geekiness.
Logan heaved a breath, and he shook his head. A feelings-y Side. At least he still loved books and learning.
Wait. Did he have a name?
Logan supposed he didn’t know who named the main Sides- they didn’t really have parents or anyone who named them. They just formed, and knew their names. Would it be the same for Geekiness, or would Logan and Patton get to name him themselves?
He refused to believe he was excited by the thought of hand picking a name for their son.
“Logan?” Came a small voice from the doorway, and Logan turned to find Patton, watching him study their son’s bedroom.
“Patton.” Logan greeted quietly, “I’m.. sure you’ve figured out what, ah.. Our son represents,”
“Geekiness.” Patton confirmed with a wide grin that lit up his expression, “It’s so cute! Logan, I’m a dad! Again!” He giggled.
Logan’s lip twitched into a small smile, and he chuckled.
“Does.. he have a name? Or do we pick it?” Patton questioned after a second of silence.
“I don’t know,” Logan replied honestly, “I suppose we can pick it ourselves, call him something for now. And if he does end up having his own given name already, we can bump it to middle name.”
“You’re so smart!” Patton gushed, “That’s a good idea! What do you want to call him?”
Well.. Logan actually hadn’t thought about that.
“.. Let’s ask the others for their input.”
“Roman Junior.” Roman had immediately declared the second Patton told the others their dilemma.
Virgil scoffed, but didn’t try to pitch in with his own name- it’s not like he could. Roman and Thomas were spewing three names a second.
“Elijah?”
“Adrian!”
“Or Lukas.”
“Evan,”
“Connor?”
“Jared!”
“You’re just giving musical names.” Logan scoffed, cradling his sleeping child in his arms.
“Virgil?” Patton asked, “You wanna give a name suggestion?”
Virgil squirmed a bit uncomfortably as all eyes turned to him suddenly. “N-No, not really-”
“Falsehood.” Logan cut off, “You looked like you wanted to cut in multiple times.”
“It’s a stupid name-”
“Virgil! C’mon!” Patton whined, and damn it, Virgil couldn’t say no to his puppy eyes.
“.. August?” The Anxious Side finally managed to get out.
“I like that.” Thomas smiled, giving Virgil a thumbs up, and Roman shrugged, “It’s not bad.”
Logan and Patton looked at each other, as if asking each other if that would be fine.
“I think it’s adorable.” Patton finally confessed, wide grin settled on his face.
“Then August it is.” Logan settled.
And August Sanders, Geeky Side to Thomas F. Sanders, came into being.
