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1. We'll show you what it means to be alive by DisintegratingDragon

   Fandoms: Sanders Sides (Web Series)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   22 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Anxiety | Virgil/Creativity | Roman/Dark Creativity | Remus/Deceit | Janus/Logic | Logan/Morality | Patton (Sanders Sides)
   • Anxiety | Virgil Sanders
   • Deceit | Janus Sanders
   • Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders
   • Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders
   • Logic | Logan Sanders
   • Morality | Patton Sanders
   • Alternate Universe - Pirate
   • Alternate Universe - Soulmates
   • Alternate Universe - Fantasy
   • Vampire Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders
   • Fae Deceit | Janus Sanders
   • Human Logic | Logan Sanders
   • Human Anxiety | Virgil Sanders
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Physical Abuse
   • Mental Instability
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Human Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders
   • Patton is an aquatic hybrid so basically he can turn into a merman
   • All of the sides have magic abilities
   • can you tell I like Janus
   • Virgil gets traumatized. a lot
   • Sympathetic Deceit | Janus Sanders
   • Sympathetic Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders
   • Slow Burn
   • Swearing
   • this is not historically accurate
   • I mean. it's fantasy
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • there is a LOT of anxceit
   • Secrets
   • Lies
   • Trauma
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Basically Virgil is like a hissing wet cat and the others are trying to convince him he's okay
   • virgil is not okay
   • but he will be
   • To be fair none of them are okay but I promise they all will be in the end
   • Aromantic Asexual Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders
   • He's there for the vibes. And also to joke about eating people
   • Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders & Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders Are Twins
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Platonic Creativity | Roman "Princey" Sanders & Dark Creativity | Remus "The Duke" Sanders

   Summary

   In a mystical world where magic, dragons, witches, and dragon witches exist, soulmates bear words on their skin that they've heard used to describe them until they touch one another. If the soulbound have magic or other abilities of their own, they do not come into their full power until after meeting their soulmate.

   Virgil, the son of a navy captain, is expected to be perfect, and to do so, must hide the array of words adorning his skin. The fact that they appear in five different colors is quite distressing, and his father would surely hate him if he knew about them.

   Across the ocean, a pirate ship named The Arcane Queen, manned by five already very powerful lovers, is hunting for their last remaining soulbound. They are known as The Legion, feared by humanity and mystical creatures alike as they scour the oceans for any news or trace of their missing piece.

   After all, the purple words that appear on their skin are quite concerning.

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