A heartstring-tugging piece by the talented @rou-tan-tan for my latest chapter of Guide and Guard! <3 It’s beautiful and it hurts and I can’t stop admiring it!
There on the bed is Keith. He’s sitting on a simple cot, arms full of his guardian spirit, hiding his face in the creature’s rich auburn fur. The sight of him takes Shiro’s breath away.
“Keith.”
The boy looks up, teary-eyed, a huge smile across his face. Once he takes in the sight of the two of them, however, his smile falls.
“Lance, Shiro! What are- I thought I blocked you! It isn’t safe!”
Shiro charges forward, Lance right on his heels, sweeping Keith up into his arms. Keith gasps, and Shiro pulls back, inspecting Keith. “Did Zarkon get you? Are you hurt?” He eyes the bandages on Keith’s body, and the nasty bruise across his neck. Lance doesn’t wait, and grabs Keith from behind, toppling all three of them to the ground.
Laughing and shaking his head, Keith tightens his arms around his Guide while his Sentinel buries his face in the back of his shirt, tears freely running down his face. Keith sniffles, trying to keep his own at bay.