thatonelampwrap:

Imagine Roman, when Thomas was young and in his teens, being shackled and not being able to meet the other sides. His whole life revolved around the small room he had been created in. Roman couldn’t even talk because he had no one to help him. He knew words and the likes, but couldn’t physically do it.

Sometimes, if he had enough power, he could watch Patton, Logan, and Virgil interact with one another (on the rare occasion that they did). He would always wonder what it felt like to cuddle up to another living creature. 

The shackles would only lessen when Thomas needed to create something, but other than that, he would be forced to stay in the small corner of his room.

His shackles only broke after Thomas started doing Vines, as he needed his creativity and imagination much more than he did previously. The others don’t know this and think him to still be the youngest side.