#drunk yelling mention
Whumptober 2021
No. 24 - ONE DOWN TWO TO GO
self-induced injuries to escape | flashback | revenge
⚠️ Read the tags for warnings ⚠️
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Keith’s had his fair share of bad foster homes. There was one in particular that Keith’s desperate to forget, It was his sixth foster home, he was 13.
The paladins we’re play fighting with each other when the memory hit him.
13 year old Keith was sat in a living room, there was beer bottles scattered around the floor and football playing on the tv. There was a large man sat in the living room chair, Keith recognised him immediately his name was Dan. Dan was drunk like usual when he stood up and started yelling at Keith out of nowhere.
His yelling only got worse, the words cut deeper and had gotten louder. Keith remembers that feeling bubbling up inside of him, fear. He knew what came next ! Dan continued to yell at Keith until suddenly the yelling stoped, Dan picked Keith up by the collar of his shirt and started to punch his stomach. It didn’t take long for him to have Keith up against a wall punching him anywhere he could reach.
Keith’s nose and lip were bleeding and his body ached from the bruises that where forming. Tears spilled from his eyes as Dan let go of keith and he sunk to the floor clutching his knees to his chest.
The paladins where unsure what to do, Keith was crying and shaking uncontrollably now. At first they had tried calling his name but that wasn’t working. Lance had left some time after attempting to call for Keith to get Shiro who was meeting with the blades.
It didn’t take long for Shiro to be at Keith’s side. Shiro gently reached his hand out towards Keith running his fingers through Keith’s hair. He quietly called out Keith’s name. Keith’s eyes flew open and his breathing quickened. Shiro quickly began calming Keith down and reminding him where he was and that he was ok.
It didn’t take long before Keith was sitting in Shiro’s lap while Shiro ran fingers gently over his back. Keith’s breathing had slowed slightly but he still shook in Shiro’s arms. The paladins watched silently and in shock, what just happened?
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