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Part 15 of Cosmo , Part 7 of Galra Keith , Part 14 of Team As Family , Part 24 of My Favorites
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Fetch

Summary:

James says some hurtful things to Keith, which really gets under his skin. Fortunately, Cosmo is by Keith's side and helps get his mind off the MFE pilot

Notes:

Author Note: This takes place between seasons 7 and 8.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

"Fetch"

"You are only the Black Paladin, because you stole the position from Shiro. What else could you expect from a Galra?"

James's words reverberated in Keith's head no matter how hard he tried to forget them. He yanked his helmet off his head and gazed into its reflective surface. He could see the only physical reminder of his Galra heritage, purple cheek stripes.

"What else could you expect from a Galra?"

Keith growled. "£μ(|<¡Ω& Griffin!"

Keith threw his helmet down the corridor with all of his might, panting heavily. The loud noise didn't startle Cosmo, who had been walking next to his master. The space wolf looked down the hall, when Keith threw his helmet. He knew Keith was going to need his helmet when he went on the next Paladin mission, so he disappeared.

Keith didn't really register when Cosmo disappeared from his side or when he reappeared either. He was used to it. A nudge drew his attention, and Keith looked down. Cosmo had his helmet in his mouth and was nudging Keith with it. Keith took the helmet and, after seeing his cheek stripes again, chucked it down the hallway again.

Cosmo looked down the hall and then back at Keith before he disappeared again. He reappeared with the helmet in his mouth, once again nudging Keith with it. Keith blinked as he accepted the helmet again. He looked from his helmet to Cosmo, back to his helmet and then again to Cosmo. Keith remembered back on the space whale when he tried to teach Cosmo to fetch, but it seemed Cosmo didn't understand what Keith was trying to teach him. However, Keith now realized that Cosmo didn't want to chase simple sticks. He preferred to fetch items that would be useful to Keith.

Keith raised his arm and shook his helmet before tossing it down the hall again. Cosmo gave a playful woof before he disappeared again. He reappeared with Keith's helmet in his mouth. He gave it a little toss in Keith's direction. Keith caught it and tossed it down the hall again, a smile gracing his face. Cosmo barked and fetched the helmet, giving Keith the distraction he so desperately needed and keeping his mind off James and his hurtful comment.

Fin

Notes:

Author Note 2: Even though Keith didn't give James the reaction he was looking for, that didn't mean he got off scot free. Shiro assigned James to the MFE cleanup detail, but only after Krolia sparred with James. Pidge hacked James's data pad, copied his pictures, and deleted everything from his data pad. Lance convinced Veronica to make sure James got the worst assignments. Hunk made sure that James never got a piece of any of the desserts he made. The human Paladins (and Shiro) made sure that James understood that his treatment of Keith was not tolerated.