The next morning, Keith woke up first and almost freaked out until he remembered where he was, then he noticed that he was pressed firmly against Lance’s chest, Keith’s face lit up a bright, cherry red.

Keith’s POV:

Oh, my, gosh! Lance is cuddling me! Don’t freak out, try not to freak out, Keith. I thought to myself, I took time to study Lance’s face. He looked very peaceful and at ease, his chest rising and falling at an even pace. I smiled at how peaceful he looked, then, the nightmare from the night before flashed through my mind, the sight of his limp body in my arms, I tightly shut my eyes to keep the tears from falling. Suddenly, I was snapped out of my trance by Allura’s frantic voice: "Attention all paladins! Please report to your lions immediately! We are under attack by an entire Galra fleet! I repeat: all paladins please report to your lions immediately! We are under attack by a fleet of Galra!” Without any hesitation, I spring from the bed and run to the area where we keep our suits, Lance sluggishly follows behind me.

Lance’s POV:

I was peacefully sleeping when Allura’s voice blared through a speaker, scaring the heck out of me, Keith was already up and out the door, I crawled out of bed and joined him, we ran, or, more like he ran and I walked, to the area where we keep our suits, Hunk, Pidge, Keith, and Shiro were already making their way to their lion’s hangers, while I was still suiting up, as soon as I put my helmet on, Shiro’s voice blasted into my ear: “Hurry up, Lance! There’s a whole fleet of Galra! We need you quickly!” The fear in his voice gave me a boost of energy, I suited up quickly and ran to my lion, quickly joining the others to fight a whole fleet, like, hundreds of Galra ships! Like a whole army! This would be a brutal battle! After defeating the Galra ships, the paladins flew back to the castle, exhausted, they all either went to their rooms or plopped down on the couch, Keith and Lance sat on the couch while the rest went to their rooms.

Keith’s POV:

“Whew! That was one heck of a battle! When my head hits that pillow, it’s going to bed light’s out for me” I tell Lance, to which he laughs and stands up. “Yup, I’m heading that way myself" Lance replies as he stands up. "Goodnight, Keith" He calls out as he heads to his room. "Goodnight, Lance" I call back as I head to my room. That night, I have another nightmare that’s worse than the last. I once again wake up screaming Lance’s name at the top of my lungs with sweat dripping from my brow and tears streaming down my face, I sit up in bed shaking, then, I hear a knock on the door and a familiar voice: “Keith, you okay? I heard you scream" Lance's voice called outside my bedroom. Lance’s POV:

I was just about to fall asleep when I heard Keith scream my name, I jumped out of bed and bolted to his room, lightly knocking on the door, I could hear him crying, this is the second night in a row. “Keith, you okay? I heard you scream” I call out, waiting for a reply, I hear him shuffle around his room and open the door. At first, Keith had his head hung, so he wasn’t looking me in the eye, I heard him sniffle and he looked up at me, tears streaming down his face, it hurt so badly to see those eyes filled with tears, I hugged him and allowed him to bury his head in my chest. “Nightmare again?” I asked with a warm smile as I rubbed my hand up and down his back, slightly ruffling his hair. I felt him nod his head against my chest and his arms tighten around my waist, almost as if he were afraid of letting me go, like I would disappear or something, I sigh internally. “Would you like for me to sleep with you again?” I ask. He nods again and slightly pulls away from the hug, I wipe away his tears, take his hand and walk back inside his room.