Thomas Sanders Sides OneShots 4

Code words - Patton & Roman & Logan & Virgil & Remy & Deceit

"I promise!" He grinned, "no one can take me away from you, I will fight them!"

Patton giggled, brushing away some of Roman's growing hair from his face. "Only fight them if they grab you, okay? Never try and attack, only to get away. And if they do pick you up, forget all manners that I've taught you, and do everything in your power to get away" Patton spoke in a stern tone so Roman knew this was serious; that made him nod reluctantly, because he's always wanted to fight someone, but he trusted his dad, and would rather follow his rules than anything else.

"And make sure to scream" Patton added, "scream as loud as you can, repeat over and over you don't know who that person is, that they're not your mom or dad, okay? Can you do that?"

Roman nodded once more, smiling when his dad pulled him into a hug. "I love you, Little Prince"

"I love you too, padre!"

A few months later...

"I should be free this weekend, how is Roman doing in his new school?" Logan asked on the other end of the phone, Patton giddily exploding into the topic, explaining how he had made many friends already, and he was heavily getting into theatre productions and acting in plays. Logan scoffed lightly at the idea, reminding his dad to make sure Roman focused on his school work, too.

Patton chuckled, "Logan, I have five kids, I don't think I need lessons on how to be a dad"

"I am only caring about his education" he excused, Patton imagined him waving his hand around lightly as he spoke. That made him giggle lightly, ready to fall into another topic when his phone buzzed. Pulling it away from his ear, his eyes widened when he saw a text from Roman.

Little Prince 👑 - Please answer the phone

"I need to go, little nerd! Stay safe!" Patton called with no explanation, hanging up before Logan could reply. Almost instantly, his phone began to ring from Roman, and he answered hurriedly.

"You okay, Kiddo?" Patton worried, standing up and biting his nail.

"My friends want to go to the pier and I want to go to, can I? Please, father?"

Patton tensed, "no, Roman, where are you? I told you to come straight home from school today! I'm picking you up right now"

"But father!" Roman whined on the other end, glancing at the boys with wide eyes, desperately trying to hide his fear. They were older than Roman, and had somehow managed to get him this far away from school, the last place he wanted to go to was the pier with them, though, which was what brought him here, using the code system to get home. The boys rolled their eyes and huffed, for Roman had put the phone on speaker, so they could hear Patton's response.

"No, Roman" Patton spoke coldly, hating speaking to his son like this when he had done nothing wrong. "Where are you?" He asked again, holding the phone to his ear by his shoulder while strapping in his other kids into the back seats. Roman begrudgingly told him his whereabouts, and Patton smiled, proud of his sons acting - looks like the theatre practice comes in handy.

Not too long later Patton found Roman standing a little ways away from a group of boys who were egging him on to do something he obviously didn't want to do. Turning to his three other sons, he told them to stay put before he was marching over to his son, arms crossed.

"Roman? What are you doing?" He demanded icily, inwardly wincing after when Roman flinched at his sudden voice. The boys snickered and scampered off, once out of sight Patton knelt down and hugged Roman tightly, heart shattering when he felt his trembling form. "I'm sorry, dad" he whispered, allowing Patton to pick him up, even if he was getting heavy.