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the whole team was sick of lance! not that he was bad or anything he was just acting like a child, he was snapping at people and just being an emotional mess and the team couldn't get him to work with them right now!
it was shiro's idea but the rest of the team thought it was a great idea, "if he's going to act like a child I say we treat him like one until he learns,"
"what do you mean by treat him like a child?" keith asked with a confused look
"like if he snaps at us then he gets a time out, choice what he wears, just be the adult and take control, how we treat him will depend on how he acts." shiro explained and the team nodded "so I need someone to get a list of supplies, any volunteers?"
coran excitedly up his hand up "oh! me, I can do it!" shiro gave him the list and he jumped up "see you in a tick!"
(in lances room)
lance huffed, he'd been so sad lately he felt like no one wanted or care about him and he missed being part of a family maybe that's why he's been so mad at the others lately, he felt useless as a teammate and uncared about as a friend so what could he do?
lance hugged his large lion teddy to his chest "at least you always give me attention..." he said sadly, it was late but he couldn't sleep he was just sad so much within him hurt, his emotions were thrown apart and his physical body aced from training and he was having even more internal conflict that caused even more emotional upset, he was questioning his sexuality and he hated every second he thought about it. he finally gave the thinking a rest and hummed himself into sleep "I am a pirate, you are a princess. we could sail the seven seas..." he let sleep take him finally
lance was shook awake by strong arms, shiro was looking at him seriously. lance hated shiro's hands on his shoulders, he didn't want anyone to touch him he felt disgusting because he was so confused but at the same time he just wanted to be held and shown he wasn't disgusting. in anger he snapped at shiro "dude get the fuck outta my room!" he didn't push shiro away though
shiro rolled his eyes "me and everyone else talked last night and we choice to help you. lance you have been acting like a child so we are all going to treat you like on until you learn you to treat your teammates and how to apologies." he explained simply then smiled "now how you act will impact what you do and how we treat you, understand?"
lance gave shiro a pissed look before throwing his lion teddy at shiro and crossing his arms "shiro, fuck off."
shiro tsked at him "you're acting like a three year old so that's how you're getting treated today."
after a lot of fighting shiro had lance in a childish shirt and some shorts as well as a pull up under the shorts, shiro wasn't dumb enough to think lance wouldn't take it off so the duct taped the pull up straps as tightly as he could, lance's face was red as could be. shiro had lance under one of his arms, he picked up the lion that was thrown at him earlier "wouldn't want to forget your little friend, right?" he said smugly before putting the loin under his other arm.
lance thrashed around in shiro's arms while yelling "help! shiro's finally lost it!" keith came round a corner and laughed at lance "oh my god keith! you gotta help me, shiro's gone mad!" he begged and keith laughed harder
"nah, we all agreed that this is for your own good, /kid/." keith smirked at lance, he began walking with shiro to the common room were pidge and hunk were. when they got there hunk and pidge paid no mind to lance, and it kind if hurt his feelings... even when looking this dumb his friends couldn't care less about him...? he wanted to stop thinking about it but he couldn't, soon his eye stung as he tried not to cry but he help the tears perk up in his eyes, he was sat in shiro's lap and he felt helpless and weak but somehow looked after?
he quickly put his arms around shiro's middle and his face in his chest to hide his face, shiro didn't expect it do he was a little taken aback before he began rubbing lances back. he whispered "it's okay, I know you're embarrassed but it for your own good." did shiro think he was just embarrassed? lance was fine with that if it meant he didn't know he was about to cry but soon lance's brain got the better of him, he began thinking about how little his friends cared and how they would be better without him and he started crying softly then it built to small sobs, he chest shook from his sobs "shh, shh it's okay, what's wrong?" shiro lifted lances face which only mad him cry harder
keith was sat next to the pair "aww, lance what's the matter little buddy?" lance could tell he was actually was trying to be nice but lance couldn't take it, he just wanted to be alone with his lion and some music. the thought of his lion made him look around frantically for it, he couldn't see it and it just added to his emotions
"l-lion...?" he asked through a sob. keith pulled the teddy from behind shiro and lance's eye light up, he untangled his arms from shiro and reached for it only to have keith pull it out of his grasp
"ah, ah, ah." he tsked " what do we say?" keith sounded like he was talking to a two year old
"give him back!" lance's lip wobbled as he pouted
shiro butted in now "no, what do you say to keith, lance?"
lance gave keith the finger and shiro sighed "I guess keith will be keeping the teddy until you learn to say thank you." he heard hunk and pidge trying not to laugh
pidge came over "come on, what's wrong lance? it's just a dumb bear anyway." she laughed at lance's anger
"he's not dumb! he's mine so keith needs to give him back, NOW!" keith just kept the lion away from lance as he was kept in place by shiro
"lance, doesnt sleep without laith, good luck keeping it away from him." hunk smiled after adding his comment
"so the teddy does have a name, laith? what does that mean? " keith asked him
lance was so emotionaly full, he felt so maby things right now he just wanted to cry for hours so he started crying again, just silent sobs into shiros chest
lance had cried for about an hour and it wasnt getting any better since now he was in phsyical pain too, his legs buckeled in pain of his bladder, shiro held lance in his arms still and lance sobbed shiros name into his chest,
"yeah buddy?" shiro answered the sob
"I-I need to p-pee." he said bewteen cries, he had such a headache from crying but he just kept crying
"that's what this is for buddy." shiro reasured while he pointed to lance's protection, lance was not about to piss on shiro's lap no matter how mad he was at him
lance was in obviously in pain, all four of them could see it but it was keith that helped lance, he pulled lance off of shiro's lap closer to himself "you're gonna hurt yourself, just go." lance shook his head
"c-cant..." keith hummed in thought
"you know who can help? " lance looked at keith in question "the tickle monster!" keith yelled at he attacked lance's sides. lance began to laugh, it was a way better sound then him crying then there was a soft hissing and lance begged keith to stop but he didnt until the hissing stopped "feel better kid?" lance blushed, he felt phsyical better but he was humilitated, he'd just pissed himself because of keith.
pidge loved teasting lance and this was the best way she could do it to really embarrass lance "aww, does little lance need a diaper change?" she teasted
"fuck you, pidge! I didnt ask for this..." he huffed and pouted
"dont pout or I'll tickle you again, also pidge is right, someone does need a change."
this was gonna be a long day if the team kept this up, lance was hoping he wake up and it be a dumb dream