Literally just vandermatthews one shots

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"Did anything happen to Hosea while you two were out last night?" Dutch questions as he strolls over to Arthur who is reading at the campfire

"Will I get in trouble if I don't answer?" Arthur inquires as he closes his book and looks up at Dutch

"Hmm yes" he decides after thinking for a second as he crosses his arms

"I'm not telling you anything old man, Hosea told me not to tell you!" The kid shouts as he throws his hands around dramatically 'he spends too much time with Sea, he's picking up his sassy attitude' Dutch thinks to himself, knowing full well it's his sassy attitude that influences the kid too' as he lets out a sigh

"Just tell me if anything bad happened to him, come on kid tell me please because he's being all weird around me and it's making me worry" Dutch pleads as he crouches down beside Arthur

"Fine, he just had a bit of a fall he was fine after it so I thought it was nothing to worry about" Arthur sighs finally giving up as he picks up his book again

"Thank you Arthur" he huffs before he stands up to go find Hosea who disappeared on a walk an hour earlier

"DON'T TELL HIM THAT I SAID ANYTHING" he yells before Dutch is out of sight.

It only took him about five minutes to find the older blond, it was getting close to sundown
"What happened to you last night?" Dutch questions making Hosea jump like a scared cat as he walks up to the shoreline of the lake, Hosea was standing in knee-deep water with his pants rolled up and his shirt off

"DUTCH YOU SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME" he screams as he crosses his arms over his chest

"How the hell did you get those bruises?" He asks, extremely concerned as he notices bruises across Hosea's back and hips

"I just had a minor fall, nothing extreme" Hosea lies as Dutch sits down on the shoreline

"Just a minor fall are you kidding me? You're covered in bruises, a minor fall doesn't do that to you" Dutch argues as Hosea turns around to face him, there's another bruise covering the right side of his ribs making Dutch shake his head

"FINE, I got into a fight at the saloon and got shoved down the stairs, it's not a big deal" he explains as he walks out of the water and grabs his shirt off the ground

"Have you taken a look at yourself? It's not fine" he stresses as he watches Hosea button up his shirt

"THIS IS WHY I DIDN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULD STRESS OUT OVER IT" Hosea yells before he storms off leaving his boots and jacket behind

"WHY IS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO STRESS OUT OVER ME GETTING HURT BUT IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD WHEN I STRESS OUT OVER YOU BEING COVERED IN BRUISES?" Dutch shouts as he stands up but doesn't bother chasing after him, he's already pushed far enough

"Are you two going to break up again?" Arthur asks as soon as Dutch strolls back into camp with Hosea's jacket and boots in his arms

"No Arthur and what do you mean again? We've never broken up" he groans as he scans the camp for Hosea, he's sitting alone at the campfire

"What about that time you slept alone by the fire for like a month straight?" He brings up with a smart-ass grin as Dutch puts Hosea's boots down in their tent

"That was for two days, not a month and I chose to sleep outside because that's when the weather was still nice and warm" Dutch corrects half lying as he crosses his arms, Hosea actually kicked him out because his snoring was pissing him off

"Sure it was pal" Arthur huffs confusing the hell out of Dutch before the kid walks away

"What even" he whispers to himself as he walks over to the fire.

"What do you want?" Hosea mutters as Dutch places his jacket over his shoulders

"Just here to say sorry, I shouldn't have pushed you so far" Dutch apologies as he sits down on the log beside him

"It's fine, I shouldn't have kept it from you" he sighs as he scoots closer to Dutch, He was sore and tired

"You don't have to tell me everything but I would appreciate it if you tell me when you get hurt so I can make sure you're okay" he states as he carefully puts his arm around Hosea

"Okay" Hosea nods as Dutch presses a kiss onto the side of his head

"Good man" Dutch smiles softly as he rubs his partner's back.

Author's note: We're currently on summer break so we are going to try to post a bit more and stop dropping off the face of the universe