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Lance had been to put it lightly a child and a bratty one at that! Ignoring teammates, fighting with Keith and Pidge, yelling and stomping around, not coming to practices, and refusing to eat Coran's cooking! Okay, the last one was the smallest of the crimes but hurt his feelings none the less!
Lance felt so far away from home... He was up in space being told he was a paladin! he'd wanted to go to space all his life but now that he was up there and known his team a while he just wanted to go back home! he'd been in space almost a year how was he not meant to be upset? he'd started having arguments and fights with the other paladins, he'd yelled in Keith's face about what an asshole he is but if he was being honest he liked Keith, he was only mad that his feelings had been messed up by some emo.
He'd never tell a soul about his love for another guy. But on top of all his confused feelings, he was also upset at his team, they were meant to be a family but all he felt was ignored! He wanted love and attention from his team, he loved to be loved! He hoped his sourer attitude would get him the attention he wanted so badly!
The rest of the team had had enough of Lance's bad behavior! He was acting like a child and Shiro had enough, he decided that the only way to get Lance to understand why his behavior was bad what to treat him how he's been acting, act like a child get treated like one! If Lance yelled at his team like a grumpy toddler then he'll be sent for a nap or time out, if he uses bad language then he'd have to suck on a pacifier!
Shiro sent up a meeting with everyone but Lance, "I'm sure we've all gotten tired of Lance behaving like this but there has to be a reason behind it. He won't talk to me so I think I've made a good punishment that will benefit him! He's been acting like a child so why not treat him like one?"
Keith raised his hand, "Do you mean like go full out or what, What are we gonna have to do?" Keith shrugged, he didn't see the benefit in treating Lance like a baby if he's already acting like one!
"I don't think Lance understands he's acting like a child so to make him understand we treat him like one, Also yes, we will be going full out which is why I need someone to go out and get supplies, anybody up for it?" Coran raised his hand yelling me me me like an excited kid. Shiro passed the list to Coran who looked over the list thoughtfully.
"This is quite the list Shiro, are you sure we need everything?" Shiro nodded and Coran went to get the supplies.
"Who's going to be looking after him?" Allura quizzed, looking disapprovingly at him.
Shiro shook his head "Don't worry, you won't have to look after him Allura, I'll probably be looking after him the most anyway."
Allura huffed but she did agree Lance's behavior was out of control! "Fine but this best fix his attitude, I can not deal with working with him while he just wants to argue!"
Shiro and the rest of the team nodded, they left the meeting to finally bring their plan to live once Coran was back with the gear.
(Time skip!)
Lance woke to a banging at his door, He groaned "I'm trying to get my beauty sleep!" He shouted with a huff, the banging didn't stop, he sighed and opened the door to find a slightly annoyed looking Shiro.
"May I come in?" Shiro asked kindly. Lance gave a small shrugged but let the older into the room, closing the door behind him. "So me and the rest of the team talked last ni-" before Shiro could finish talking Lance butted in.
"So I'm not in the team enough to talk in team meetings! thanks!" he rolled his eyes and faced away from the taller male.
"You are part of this team and you need to act like it!" Shiro faced his voice making Lance turn to face him again, this time with slightly teary eyes. "We talked, we decided that you are gonna be treated as you act, because you interrupted me, yelled at me, refused to answer the door and talked back I think you're acting like a toddler, so you'll be treated as such. Understood?" Shiro gave a stern look at the younger who shook his head because no, he didn't understand! "Okay, what don't you understand?" He asked in a much calmer tone.
Lance gulped, "Well I don't understand what you mean by I'll get treated as I act, do you mean if I'm a dick you'll be a dick back?" Lance shrugged
Shiro shook his head at the smaller boy "No, I mean if you throw a tantrum then I'll put you in a time out, If you insult people and curse then You'll have to have a pacifier, if you can't be nice then you'll be told off and if you give attitude, which you have you'll have to wear a diaper or a pull-up. Do you understand better now?" Shiro asked kindly.
"I understand but I don't like it!" He huffed.
"You're not meant to, it's a punishment Lance." Shiro rolled his eyes.
Lance looked heartbroken, "Bu-But don't I get a say in this too?"
"Sorry Lance, It's already being decided, buddy." Shiro gave a sympathetic look to the upset looking boy, "You get a small choice though!" He gave a small smile to the boy who looked slightly happier at Shiro's words. "Do you want a pull-up or diaper?"
Lance's smile was quickly gone with that question, he sighed, defeated. He didn't want to choose, he wanted Shiro to pick for him because to him both the options were terrible! he poked to share "What you what me to pick?" lance gave a light nod "If I'm honest I thought you were gonna kick and scream. I guess we'll go with a diaper to get used to it."
Lance hid his face and cried silently as Shiro put the diaper onto him, he taped it to the poor boy. Lance was dressed in a t-shirt with Stitch on it but wasn't given trousers.
Lance was carried in Shiro's arms, he felt bad not only was he being punished but he liked the physical attention, he'd wanted to be held and hugs and how he had it! was he wrong to like this? He had no time to think as he was put onto the sofa next to Keith, who gave a small chuckle at the younger boy.
Lance huffed "Don't fucking laugh, even dressed in this I look better than you!"
Keith shook his head, "That wasn't very nice, say something like that again and You'll have a pacifier, then you can't talk at all!" Keith made a dramatic face. Lance huffed again and turned away from the taller boy. "Fuck you" he spat. "Okay, that's enough of that horrible mouth!" Keith said as he put a pacifier into Lance's mouth. "Go to the corner and think about what you did."
Lance looked up at Shiro, silently asking for him to save Lance. "Sorry kid, you were warned..." he led Lance to the corner only for the poor boy to develop into tears, In his mind he was being treated like a child so he should act like one so he let all his emotions out. Kicking and screaming and crying at the two men that hurt his feelings. he sucked on the pacifier as he cried, it was actually making him feel better... that made him feel worse! He balled himself up and cried.
Keith and Shiro didn't know what to do, they thought Lance would have taken better to the first time out but Lance just cried and cried. Shiro brought the young boy into a hug, hoping that would stop the crying and it worked. Lance stopped crying and held onto Shiro as if his life depended on it.
Shiro shushed the small boy "You don't have to go to the corner but I would like you to say sorry to Kieth." Lance nodded his cloudy head, it felt full of emotions, like a rainstorm. he let go of Shiro and hugged Kieth, he did feel sorry, he felt all kinds of bad. To Shiro this didn't feel like Lance it felt like all of Lance's emotions without reason and thinking, what it possible Lance needed this more than he thought?
Lance wouldn't let go of Kieth, Lance wanted to be in his arms, he began crying thinking about it, he didn't want Keith to know anything but he didn't want to listen to reason.
This was new, it was weird but Lance Kind of like the feeling out clouds in his head, at least when they were good clouds. How was he meant to explain this to himself? did he like being babied ...? no, he couldn't like this, not one bit! but still...