❝ please, help us ❞
⁕ it was supposed to be a simple mission, get in then get out. but what the red paladin finds behind the last prisoner cell may end up meaning more to him then what he previously thought.
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❝ you've change me. and i'll never forget you.❞
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"아빠!" the boy screamed in fear as tears began to fall from his eyes, blurring his tired vision, "아빠, 아빠!" Dex screamed and kicked as Shiro held him in his grasp, trying with everything he's got to get the kid to stop wailing. suddenly, the tears ceased to fall and the boy's wails turning into weak whimpers, sending Shiro and the rest of the group to look over their shoulders.
Keith rammed his body into the wall, unable to stop his fast paced movements as he took the sharp turn into the infirmary with Lance closely behind him; clearly being cautious around the sharpened corner. Everyone already inside the infirmary takes a few steps back, letting room for Keith to sweep Dex up in his arms and shush his whimpers. "shh, shh, it's alright," Keith rocked the tearstained boy, stroking his wild hair like a mother would her own child. Dex looks up from Keith's shoulder and peers into his star stricken eyes, "아빠?" the boy asks hopefully in between a hiccup. Once again, the strange feeling bombards Keith's being, hitting him in the chest like a bullet, sending a slight flush of color crawling across his cheeks, "yes, 아빠 — 아빠 is here."
the team stares at the spectacle in front of them, gawking at how unnatural and yet adoring this scene has become. Keith, the "lone wolf" everyone though he was is now, caressing a young child with tenderly care. But to Keith, this felt normal, and all to natural.
"w-where's Zodi?" Dex asks as he wipes away the remaining tears from his eyes.
"Zodiac's resting, 아가." Keith hums, rubbing circles into the boys backs, soothing his tension.
"b-but, i w-want Zodi." the galra in Keith's arms whimpers, sadness looming over his young features, "when can i see 수대?" the boy asks, fiddling with his tiny fingers.
"You can see Zodiac once she's done with her nap, okay baby~" Keith responds with a warm smile, which without any thought, brings out a similar smile on Dex's face. Keith taps the boy's nose in a playful manner and turns around to face the rest of the bunch. "what?" Keith asks with his head slightly titled to the left as he looks over the shook faces of his friends.
Lance shakes off his complexed, confused stare and looks Keith square in the eye, "are you sick?" the red paladin is taken back by the three words that come out of the blue paladins mouth, "i knew you should've gotten into the healing pod when we came back from our last mission. but noooo. now, i better you have a really bad quiznaking concision or some shit!" Lance throws his hands up in the air in exaggeration but quickly puts them down when Shiro shoots him the "dad look".
"what are you talking about? i feel fine." Keith replies to Lance's outburst in defense. if you were paying close enough attention, you could have seen Lance's right eye twitch at Keith's answer, not buying a single world out of that pretty boys mouth.
"pfft, fine, Keith? Fine? For all things holy, Keith, you're holding a quiznaking child, like, like it's all natural and shit," the teen rambles, "what have you done with Keith?"
the red paladin readjust his posture; placing all his weight on the left leg and snorts, but just before he can make a smart-ass comment, Coran interrupts the soon to be catfight. "Boys, boys, it's nothing out of the ordinary for Keith to be acting this way," the mustached man begins, gaining himself an unspoken 'thank you' from Keith, "it's simple just Keith's galra instincts flaring up, it's nothing unnatural."
instincts? so, Lance was right then, these strange feelings can all be traced back to the night of the rescue mission. it makes sense now that Keith thinks about it, i mean, what or who else could have triggered these feelings? Keith looks down at the child in his arms and squeezes him softly.
"see, Lance, there's nothing wrong with me holding Dex, you're simply jealous it's not you that's in my arms." Keith returns with a slight shit-eating grin plastered on his pale face. the cuban's face instinctively grows a shade dark as the teens words register inside his brain.
a round of laughs and giggles fill the room, shattering the intense atmosphere, but this only causes Lance's face to grow darker. if it was physically possible; steam would be fuming out of Lance's reddened ears, both in annoyance and utter embarrassment.
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Lance wipes the beads of sweat trickling down his forehead as he disengages his bayard. after the slight embarrassment from earlier today, Lance found the training deck an unusual stress reliever, numbing his thoughts as much as possible. stupid, Keith and his stupid mullet, and his stupid mesmerizing eyes too. Lance runs his fingers through his tangled mop of hair, groaning in annoyance. stupid hormones.
the doors to the training deck slid open and an inquisitive child meets Lance in the archway, hands gingerly clasped together. "well, whatcha up to little niño?" the lanky teen crouches down to meet the galra's shy eyes. to be quite honest, Lance found those eyes quite calming.
"nada." Dex replies in an almost natural Spanish accent, sending Lance a wavering sense of shock. "what's in there?" Dex asks, pointing his tiny finger towards the open room in front of him.
"that's the training deck," Lance begins, "but i can't let you go in there until you're a big boy."
"why?"
"because young boys like you shouldn't live a life of war." Lance says as he gently places his hand on Dex's shoulder, "i know your strong enough, Dex, but i don't want you to get hurt, okay?" Dex nods in understanding. "good, now, would you like to see the blue lion?"
the young galra's eyes light up to Lance's offer, he nods his head quite fiercely before replying with a a most definite 'yes'.
hello again! that's right, another chapter! i hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the cute Lance & Dex bonding moment at the end...it was to cute to pass up! oh ya, and, that klancey klance action...boi...writing that made my day!
well, i got to get to bed, it's 12:44AM right now, and i'd rather not have another all night again - whoops. besides, if i want to write another chapter or two tomorrow,
