(Nightmares)

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Lance knew he wasn't going to make it.
As he lays on the ground, bleeding out, he desperately looks around for Keith.
Every breath he took truly felt like his last.
Lance clutches his side, as he flinches in pain. He felt like his entire body was set ablaze. Warm blood oozed from the wound on his left side, causing him to feel light headed from blood loss. Lance closes his eyes, and tries to focus on finding Keith.
It took every inch of power he had left in him to sit up. Lance felt pain shoot through his entire body. He let out a soft whimper, as he looks around.
"K...Keith...Keith?" He weakly calls out.
Lance begins to drag himself, as he continues to weakly call out his significant other's name.
Finally, he stumbles across a familiar body.
"K-Keith! Keith, c-come on..l-let's go-"
He examines the body more. Lance notices how deathly pale Keith is. He is cold, and clammy. Keith was staring at the ceiling with a blank expression. Not a single breath came from the male. Lance begins to panic, as he rests his hand down on Keith's shoulder.
"Wait...what the-"
He removes his hand to reveal a stab wound on Keith's shoulder. His blood freezes, and his heart skips a beat.
Oh God.
Oh God no.
"KEITH!"

Lance is awaken by Keith shaking him. He shoots up in cold sweat. His heart races, as he looks around. He quickly checks his side, only to find that he isn't bleeding out.
"Lance," whispers a familiar voice.
Lance's breathing calms down when he sees Keith.
His hair is slightly messy, and he seems rather upset to be up.
Lance looks at the time.
2:45 am.
"Nightmares again?" Mumbles Keith.
"...y-yeah..." Lance whispers, his voice cracking.
Warm tears begin to well up in his eyes, causing Keith's expression to instantly soften.
"Hey, hey...it's okay..don't cry.." he says softly. Keith pulls Lance into a hug. To calm him down, he rubs soothing circles into Lance's back.
Lance couldn't help himself. He began to sob while he clutching onto Keith for dear life.
"Y-you're alive. You're s-safe.."
"I am, Lance. It was a nightmare."
Lance runs his hands through Keith's hair with a quiet sigh. He sniffles, then wipes away his own tears.
"It's okay..it's okay.." hushed Keith.
Lance closes his eyes.
It was simply all a nightmare. A terrible, terrible nightmare.
Lance feels Keith's comfort disappear, as he lets go of Lance. He places his left hand on Lance's cheek with a weak smile. He then brushes his cheek with his thumb.
"How are you feeling?" Keith asks in a hushed tone.
"I'm feeling...better. Thank you."
Keith nods. He holds Lance's hand to provide some comfort.
Lance looks down with a small smile. He kisses Keith's hand, which earns him a quiet giggle. The two gaze at each other for awhile. After some time, they're discussing thoughts, feelings, and future plans. Lance lays down, chuckling.
"You really think that Allura and Shiro are dating?"
Keith nods.
"I'm almost positive," he whispers.
Lance gasps. He always kind of figured that Shiro had a thing for Allura.
"They make a cute couple.." Lance points out.
"I agree," Keith responds, as he stares at the ceiling.
Keith looks to his left to see Lance staring.
"What is it?"
"Have you ever considered putting your hair in pigtails?"
Keith goes silent.
"I...uh...no..?"
"Can I put your hair in pigtails?"
Keith sighs.
"Lance, really?"
"Yes!"
He thinks about Lance's offer. Keith quietly mumbles, as he sits up.
"If it'll make you happy, then sure. Go ahead."
Lance turns on the light with a squeal.
(Honestly, who doesn't want to style Keith Kogane's hair?)
Lance grabs a few hair ties, and a brush. He makes sure that he brushes Keith's hair, so it isn't too difficult to work with. Keith sighs. He can't believe that he was allowing Lance to do this. Lance whistles a tune, as he brushes his boyfriend's hair. Keith was too exhausted to even care what Lance's style will look like on him. Despite being drained, and ready for bed, he allows his boyfriend to mess with his hair. It shouldn't have taken too long, except Lance decided to be extra. He grabbed spare bows, and ribbons to decorate Keith's hair with.
"...and finished! Keith, what do you think?"
Keith shakes his head, snapping back to reality. "Huh? Oh. It's um.."
He stands up to go check himself in the mirror.
The hairstyle was...
Definitely something.
"Well..?"
"It's..interesting, Lance. Thank you."
Lance beams. "Anytime, babe!"
Keith rubs his eyes, then walks back to the bed. Keith was ready to sleep, however, Lance was wide awake.
"Oh! Keith! Do you want to do facials?"
"Lance.." he groans, "I'm exhausted.."
"Please?" Pouts Lance.
"It'll be quick, I promise!"
"Then can we go to sleep?" Asked Keith tiredly.
Lance quickly nods. He grabs the facial masks, and tears them open.
"Okay, Keith, close your eyes..."
Keith sighs, but obeys.
Lance applies a mask to Keith's face, then to himself. The two wait for 15 minutes. To kill time, the two played iSpy, and the classic "Im Thinking of A Number Between 1 and 10" game.
Eventually, the two rinse off the masks, and get ready for bed. Keith turns off the light, as Lance stretches, and yawns. He wraps his arms around Keith's waist, then closes his eyes. Lance pulls Keith close to his chest.
"Goodnight, I love you."
Keith smiles.
"I love you too," he mumbles.
The two are out cold within a matter of minutes. Then an hour later, Keith wakes up in cold sweat.

"LANCE!"