L O S T B O Y [k l a n c e]

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"Time for bed" One of the caretakers yelled across the cafeteria. Keith paid no attention to them or the kids scurrying across the cafeteria to get to their shared rooms. He continued to gaze out to the window. "Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Keith muttered under his breath. 

"Keith?" he felt a small hand rest on his leg. He looked down at the small child. his eyes soften from the glare he held while looking at the window. the small boy gave him a smile showing his missing front tooth.

"Hey kiddo, you should be in bed," Keith said while ruffling his hand through the boy's dirty blonde hair. The little boy, Ashton looked down at his feet that were cover with his oversized hand-me-down pj's holding his stuffed hippo. Keith smiled at the little gift he gave him on his fifth birthday. 

"I couldn't sleep" Ashton said who continued staring at the floor. keith got up from his spot at the window and grabbed Ashton's small hand. They walked through the lonely dark hallways with the moon as their only light source. They quietly walk into the room where the rest of the kids in Ashton's age group slept. Thankfully all the other kids are fast asleep. They walk over to the little boy's bed and tucked him in. Once he got comfortable, he snuggled into his pillow that has a light blue pillowcase covering it. "Can you tell me a story?" the little boy asked with his eyes sparkling with hope.

"How about Pan? Its one of my favorites." Keith asked the little boy who was almost asleep. the boy simply just nods and covers his mouth while he yawns. " In a far away place, lives a boy name lance, all the lostboys call him Pan. People say he's very handsome" Keith continues on with his story and tells the boy about Pan's adventures fighting against Zarkon, he fails to realize that someone is listening to him. Not only the rest of the kids in the room gathered around behind him, but someone waiting outside where no one can see him. When Keith finishes his story he looks down and smiles at the sleeping boy. he gets up and turns around to see all the other kids staring at him in excitement. 

"Tell us more!" One of the children whispered. All the kids nod their heads in agreement. Keith sighs and shakes his head signifying a no. He tucks every single kid into bed and wishes them a good night. He then exits the room chuckling slightly. he proceeds to walk back to his spot the window. As he sits down he begins to get the feeling he is being watched. He shrugs off the feeling, enjoying the cool breeze hitting his face. he slowly stands up letting the air hit more of his body. without realizing what he was doing he was already standing on the ledge. His eyes widen. He slowly turns his body to safely get back inside. His eyes meet another.

"Ashton?" with that his leg gives out and he feels the body fall back and his arms let go. He can hear a small gasp coming from the boy in front of him. For one second his body felt as light as a feather but the next feeling was horrible his body felt heavy, almost feeling the impact before it even happened. 

But it never did.

he slowly opens his eyes to be greeted by a pair looking the ocean its self. He can see the concern in the man's eyes yet also a big smug smirk pained across his face. "You're not falling for me, right?" his voice smooth and sweet like honey. Keith was stuck in a trace. The beautiful boy chuckled which was one of the most beautiful things Keith has ever heard in his entire life. "huh, I guess you are" The man winks at the end of his sentence. Keith snaps out of it and begins to glare at the boy who seemed to be around his age. "Jeez, that's no way to thank the guy who just saved your life." Keith sees the window starts to look closer and closer every second. His eyes widened He Was Flying. Keith then puts two and two together.

"Are you-?" before he got to finish his sentence then man cut him off. 

"Yup, Lance in all his glory. Nice to meet you." He gave Keith a small smile, but that soon changed into a big smirk. "So do you really think I'm handsome?" The question caught Keith by surprise. Thankfully they reached the window before he had time to respond. They could hear the quiet sobs coming from the little boy. Keith immediately rushed to the little boy and gave him a tight embrace. 

"Shh its okay, I'm fine." Keith tried to shush the little boy and calm him down. Keith rubbed gentle circles along the small of his back. "It was a cool magic trick, right?" The little boy looks up with glassy eyes.

"Magic?"

"Yup!" Ashton begins to smile. "come on, let's get you back to bed." Keith holds the boy's hand and tucks him back into bed. Keith was away passing the window. He stops for a moment wondering where Lance went, oh well. Keith walked to the room. He had the room to himself.  He changed into a pair of comfortable sweatpants and a loose fitting top. He plopped his body onto his bed with his eyes closed and took a deep breath. He thought over everything that just happened. He opened his eyes only to find a pair staring right into his. He had to cover his mouth to prevent himself from screaming and waking up everybody. He slowly uncovers his mouth. "uh, whats up?"

The man who was floating above him just laughed and kicked his feet up to boost himself higher into th air. "Me!"