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HC: Sans Childhood pt. 2 (Parents, Upbringing)

[Man I have been struggling with coming up with a good headcanon for Sans childhood for a LONG while now. Since I kind of have a Child!Sans thread now though, I HAD to sit down and think about this in order to play him correctly. Please mark, that this is is not a Dadster Sans, and that neither him nor Papyrus are science experiments. They are also not orphans from the beginning. Also, this is kind of completely made up, and has no relation to any Canon information since there is none about their Childhood. However, I tried really hard to think about how and why Sans turned into the kind of Sans I play him as, and yeah, idk if I did good. Also I used horrible grammar on this, because I am lazy. xD I hope it still makes sense!]

General physical description:

Sans was a normal sized child, although always a bit chunky. Only in his teenager years he kind of stopped growing and remained short.

Type of home/ neighborhood:

Wealthy home, a good neighborhood with hardly any crimes or poverty. Sans and Papyrus grew up kind of sheltered, protected from the hardships of Life. At least in their early childhood years.

Father’s name, background, and occupation:

X actually fought in the great Human Monster War and used to be some kind of War Hero. However, when Monsters lost and got banished into the Underground, he was never the same. He fell into some kind of depression and hopelessness, until he met Sans and Papyrus' mother Y. For a while it seemed as if X was doing better, and they lived peacefully and happily together, first giving birth to Sans, and then, 3 years later (??? This can be changed) to Papyrus. It was between Sans and Papyrus birth that Chara fell into Underground, and added another ray of hope to X's growing positivity. It was shortly after Papyrus birth, however, that Chara and Asriel died, and all hope seemed to be, once again, lost. This destroyed everything X had been holding out for and although Y tried everything in her might to support X, he never really recovered after that, until he one day vanished without a word. He never returned. His whereabouts remain unknown, yet it was he likely that he simply fell down. Y, however, never told this to Papyrus and Sans. Instead she made up some kind of Fairytale story about how their Father was left behind on the surface when Monsterkind got banished, deciding to stay there alone because he was a keen explorer and adventurer who didn't want to give up that kind of lifestyle.

Mother’s name, background, and occupation:

Y also was present during the great Monster Human War, however, that wasn't when she met X. Unlike X, she worked as engineer and scientist, helping to build new weapons for the war. That's why she actually never got to the Frontlines. When the war was lost, unlike Y, she never gave up believing that there was a way for monsters to return to the surface. As such she continued her job as scientists, even though she stepped away from her official position as weapon engineer. She didn't want to see anyone suffer any longer, and instead wanted to channel her energy into something productive, into something that would truly bring happiness to people. Thus, she went on to conduct a lot of private research, living off the high widow's annuity she continued to get after X's death (it was high because he was a war hero, his income was also high because of this and that was why they were rich) Still she always needed to look for connections and people to support her, in order to make her research more popular. This was why she was often away from home and left a lot of responsibility to Sans, as the older sibling. Despite everything, she loved her children more than anything, and always tried to protect them from the hardships of life. In her eyes, they had already suffered enough, being forced live without a father and in a place where they'd never be able to see the Sun or Moon and Stars.

Brothers and sisters:

Of course, everyone knows that Sans younger brother is Papyrus. From his birth on, he always was more sensitive than his brother, yet not less clever. Yet, Y, knowing that Papyrus was a sensitive soul, went to great length to ensure that Papyrus wouldn't get hurt. Thus, she tried everything possible to make him happy, in the process maybe even going so far as to spoil him a bit too much. Since Y often was too busy with her research, she put a lot of that responsibility for Papyrus on Sans, as well. A task, that the skeleton more than happily took over, since he too, loved his brother more than anything; and, always having had a great intuition, he took great care not let anything or anyone harm Papyrus innocent view of the world around him.

However, that behavior kind of backfired, as this never really gave Papyrus the opportunity to be able to relate to others properly, turned him kind of isolated. He therefore often got bullied by others, and had a hard time making friends. Trying to compensate this, he built up fake self-esteem, appearing conceited.

Of course Sans knew about this, however, not wanting to break Papyrus heart even more, he'd simply go along with it, not commenting on it aside from the typical teasing you'd commonly find between siblings.

Extra Information (that I'm too lazy to write out in Full Text right now):

- Inspired by Y's stories about the surface and about their father, one of child!Sans biggest dreams is to get to the surface. That and his mother's occupation inspire and fuel his enthusiasm for science.

- Still, when Sans is old enough (about 14) he finds the truth behind their Father's disappearance. Being smart and always a sceptic (inspired by the scientific nature of his mother), he had had suspicions before already, that he then finds confirmed. This doesn't change his ambition to get to the surface, however, although it leaves him disappointed nevertheless.

- When Sans is about ~16 their mom, too, dies in a research accident. Because of this, Sans has now full responsibility over Papyrus and everything else. Since their main source of income falls away with their mother's death, however, they have to give up their high living standard, and move into a smaller home, that Sans can somehow afford by picking up various minijobs next to his studies. He still tries to ensure that Papyrus living style doesn't change much, however, and puts most of his earned money into sustaining that illusion for Papyrus.

#headcanon #tbd probably #child sans #long post

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