Gray sighed as he studied Natsu’s sleeping face, his gaze lingering for the dark bruises decorating one side of his boyfriend’s face, bruises which le up to where a bandage was wrapped tightly around his head, hiding the injury that had landed him the infirmary yet again. The healers had assured him that the Dragon-slayer would be fine, but he knew that he wouldn’t be able to believe it completely until Natsu was up and about again, and driving him up the wall like normal.
“Just once…once…I want you to stop trying to protect me,” he pleaded softly, reaching out with a trembling hand to ghost over the bruises, before gently brushing wayward hair away from the pale face. He knew it was a futile request, Natsu had never been one to let his nakama get injured when he could have prevented it, but that protectiveness had reached new levels since they’d started dating and he feared that one day it would land Natsu in the kind of trouble you don’t come back from. I can’t…I won’t let that happen…
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Fairytail Drabbles
RandomA collection of 5 Sentence Drabbles - a mix of fluff, angst, romance and everything in-between. The Ships/characters involved are written in the chapter titles.
