Klance Omegaverse/Galtean AU

(64) Blocks

Keith's p.o.v:

He's currently sitting on the side of his mate's cot as he waits for Coran to return, flipping the pages of his book with his good hand and holding one of Lance's with his freshly injured hand. "You're still cooped up in here?" Allura questioned with a sad smile, quietly closing the infirmary door behind herself. Keith simply nodded, not looking up from his book. Allura sighed heavily and took a seat on the cot directly across from where Keith was sitting, silently observing him for a bit before deciding to lay down. "How is he? Still burning up?" She questioned as she tried to get comfortable. He lowered the book and set it aside, putting the back of his hand to his own forehead before putting it up to Lance's. "Still quite warm, but his fever seems to finally be going down.." He answered before picking his book back up. Allura squeezed her pillow and kept quiet, trying to word things carefully in her head before speaking. "It's been two whole days now, you should get some proper rest. You know- Instead of reading in the dark." Allura said with a yawn, she herself finding it hard to stay awake. "I'm not reading in the dark, I'm using the moonlight to read." He replied matter of factly, gesturing down to the book in his lap.

Allura rolled her eyes at that, moving her arm to cover her eyes. "You really should get some sleep soon, you've been under enough stress as it is Keith." Allura rambled groggily. "It's honestly a miracle you got this far along with your pregnancy, considering Coran deemed you high risk phoebs(months) ago." She added with another long yawn. He acknowledged her words but wasn't really sure what to say to that, deciding to just let it be and go back to reading.

. . .

It had been a while since Allura had said anything to him so he looked up from his book, realizing that she had most definitely fallen asleep. Was she really that tired? Why did she decide to sleep here of all places? Surely her own bed would be more comfortable. "..She'll probably get cold sleeping like that." He muttered to himself, moving his bookmark to the new spot and setting the book aside. Keith gave Lance's hand a quick squeeze before he got up and slowly made his way to the closet, quietly groaning when he realized the only clean blankets left were on the top shelf. He poked his head out into the hall, spooking Alrid in the process. "Sorry, Al!" He whispered apologetically. "Need somethin'?" Griffin asked quietly. He nodded and tugged on Griffin's arm, leading him into the dark infirmary and to the closet. "Could you grab two of those for me, please Griff?" Keith asked in a hushed voice. The beta chortled at the request, then took down a stack of two thick blankets from the top shelf and dropped them into Keith's arms. He mouthed the words 'thank you' with a tired smile. Griffin gave him a nod of acknowledgement, patting Keith's head before he went back out into the hall.

He set one of the blankets down onto a free cot, taking the other blanket over towards Allura and gingerly draped it over her. He'd feel terrible if he accidentally woke her up. Keith sat back down on the edge of Lance's cot with a quiet sigh, his heart almost jumping out of his chest when the alpha in question rolled over and groggy eyes met startled ones. Lance slowly sat up and looked around, seeming to slowly realize where he was and what had happened. Keith quickly leaned forward and covered Lance's mouth with his hand, jerking his head in Allura's direction. The both of them watched her for a few moments to see if she'd suddenly decide to wake up, but she didn't and the two of them were once again staring at one another. He quickly removed his hand and looked away from his mate, feeling foolish for doing such a thing in the first place. "Did I faint?.." Lance questioned in a hushed tone. He simply nodded, refusing to look at the other. "Odd.. I feel fine though, you'd figure that my head would hurt or something." Lance muttered. He raised his bruised hand, more or less offering a silent explanation for that. Keith winced when Lance had suddenly grabbed his hand to examine it, cringing here and there as the alpha pressed around the bruised skin.