Yondu nods to him then looks to Tullk. “Keep me updated on him. I’ll let you know when we land. So you can take him to the Hot springs. Come on carlos. Lets head out.” Rubs Carlos’s ear lightly in affection.
Carlos shivered slightly. He stowed his phone away and stood
up to follow Yondu.
“Good luck, Captain,” Tullk told him as they started to
leave.
“Kill….
not hurt… kill him…. to get you out of the way….aside from Kraglin and
peter you’ve always been my shield. Attacking or killing your mate
would….. have made you … open for attack as well… then they would come
after me. As for who….. I don’t know yet….”Tullk huffed and shook his head, unhappy. “Find out, will
you Captain? I wanna give him a piece of my mind…” He then looked at Carlos
with a frown. “An’ keep your humans close – No telling what they’ll try to do
to your squeeze, here.”“I’m not his squeeze,” Carlos said quickly. At least… not
yet, he thought. Who knew when they would get to that point.“No ones going to hurt carlos. Of that I can assure you.”Smiles at Carlos.
Half whines and stops breathing for a moment then coughs and shifts snuggling against tullks chest.
Carlos’ heart lurched for Half-nut. He looked at Yondu. “Um,
Captain… the medicine,” he reminded.“Right….. “ sets the medicine down then pours more tea and hands it to Tullk and helps him hold halfnut as he starts one of his seizures then settles down. Yondu put the cup to half’s lips.
Carlos just stood by awkwardly, watching them try to get
some tea and medicine into the sick Ravager.It was pretty scary, seeing Halfnut like this. Who the hell would
do this to someone?Yondu watches him then grabs the brush brushing his long black hair. “We’ll be landing on a planet with natural hot springs. They are mineral torch hand the waters have healing properties….you should take him to soak.”
Tullk looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow. “That’s
a much fancier place for leave than usual, Captain,” he said, teasing very slightly.
Tullk though was really grateful.Yondu gives him a look a slight purple to his cheeks. “Keep it up and I’ll have Oblo take Jamie there and you’ll be stuck here.” Blinks as Jamie starts purring from having the brush massage his scalp with every stroke.
Tullk just gave him a toothy grin, but said nothing as
Half-nut’s purring had drawn his attention. He held the youngest Ravager close,
rubbing his arm soothingly.Carlos wasn’t sure what to do with himself. He was tired of
just standing there awkwardly so he went and sat in an old chair at the far
corner of the room. He pulled his phone
out and, as he’d done many times since being taken from Earth, he started to go
through his text conversations with his Dad and his brother. It was sort of a
sad game – just reading and trying to imagine the words in his family’s voices.Yondu looks to him and sighs going over and runs his finger through his hair lightly and smiles at him sadly. “Soon Carlos… Soon.”
Carlos jumped, surprised, and looked up at Yondu. “Huh? Oh,
um…” He dropped his head down, sheepish that Yondu knew what he was looking at.
“Thanks,” he murmured, closing out of the messages. He hadn’t meant to get
caught – he was just trying to pass the time.
He wondered when they were going to leave Half-nut and Tullk to rest.
“Kill….
not hurt… kill him…. to get you out of the way….aside from Kraglin and
peter you’ve always been my shield. Attacking or killing your mate
would….. have made you … open for attack as well… then they would come
after me. As for who….. I don’t know yet….”Tullk huffed and shook his head, unhappy. “Find out, will
you Captain? I wanna give him a piece of my mind…” He then looked at Carlos
with a frown. “An’ keep your humans close – No telling what they’ll try to do
to your squeeze, here.”“I’m not his squeeze,” Carlos said quickly. At least… not
yet, he thought. Who knew when they would get to that point.“No ones going to hurt carlos. Of that I can assure you.”Smiles at Carlos.
Half whines and stops breathing for a moment then coughs and shifts snuggling against tullks chest.
Carlos’ heart lurched for Half-nut. He looked at Yondu. “Um,
Captain… the medicine,” he reminded.“Right….. “ sets the medicine down then pours more tea and hands it to Tullk and helps him hold halfnut as he starts one of his seizures then settles down. Yondu put the cup to half’s lips.
Carlos just stood by awkwardly, watching them try to get
some tea and medicine into the sick Ravager.It was pretty scary, seeing Halfnut like this. Who the hell would
do this to someone?Yondu watches him then grabs the brush brushing his long black hair. “We’ll be landing on a planet with natural hot springs. They are mineral torch hand the waters have healing properties….you should take him to soak.”
Tullk looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow. “That’s
a much fancier place for leave than usual, Captain,” he said, teasing very slightly.
Tullk though was really grateful.Yondu gives him a look a slight purple to his cheeks. “Keep it up and I’ll have Oblo take Jamie there and you’ll be stuck here.” Blinks as Jamie starts purring from having the brush massage his scalp with every stroke.
Tullk just gave him a toothy grin, but said nothing as
Half-nut’s purring had drawn his attention. He held the youngest Ravager close,
rubbing his arm soothingly.
Carlos wasn’t sure what to do with himself. He was tired of
just standing there awkwardly so he went and sat in an old chair at the far
corner of the room. He pulled his phone
out and, as he’d done many times since being taken from Earth, he started to go
through his text conversations with his Dad and his brother. It was sort of a
sad game – just reading and trying to imagine the words in his family’s voices.
“Kill….
not hurt… kill him…. to get you out of the way….aside from Kraglin and
peter you’ve always been my shield. Attacking or killing your mate
would….. have made you … open for attack as well… then they would come
after me. As for who….. I don’t know yet….”Tullk huffed and shook his head, unhappy. “Find out, will
you Captain? I wanna give him a piece of my mind…” He then looked at Carlos
with a frown. “An’ keep your humans close – No telling what they’ll try to do
to your squeeze, here.”“I’m not his squeeze,” Carlos said quickly. At least… not
yet, he thought. Who knew when they would get to that point.“No ones going to hurt carlos. Of that I can assure you.”Smiles at Carlos.
Half whines and stops breathing for a moment then coughs and shifts snuggling against tullks chest.
Carlos’ heart lurched for Half-nut. He looked at Yondu. “Um,
Captain… the medicine,” he reminded.“Right….. “ sets the medicine down then pours more tea and hands it to Tullk and helps him hold halfnut as he starts one of his seizures then settles down. Yondu put the cup to half’s lips.
Carlos just stood by awkwardly, watching them try to get
some tea and medicine into the sick Ravager.It was pretty scary, seeing Halfnut like this. Who the hell would
do this to someone?Yondu watches him then grabs the brush brushing his long black hair. “We’ll be landing on a planet with natural hot springs. They are mineral torch hand the waters have healing properties….you should take him to soak.”
Tullk looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow. “That’s
a much fancier place for leave than usual, Captain,” he said, teasing very slightly.
Tullk though was really grateful.
“Kill….
not hurt… kill him…. to get you out of the way….aside from Kraglin and
peter you’ve always been my shield. Attacking or killing your mate
would….. have made you … open for attack as well… then they would come
after me. As for who….. I don’t know yet….”Tullk huffed and shook his head, unhappy. “Find out, will
you Captain? I wanna give him a piece of my mind…” He then looked at Carlos
with a frown. “An’ keep your humans close – No telling what they’ll try to do
to your squeeze, here.”“I’m not his squeeze,” Carlos said quickly. At least… not
yet, he thought. Who knew when they would get to that point.“No ones going to hurt carlos. Of that I can assure you.”Smiles at Carlos.
Half whines and stops breathing for a moment then coughs and shifts snuggling against tullks chest.
Carlos’ heart lurched for Half-nut. He looked at Yondu. “Um,
Captain… the medicine,” he reminded.“Right….. “ sets the medicine down then pours more tea and hands it to Tullk and helps him hold halfnut as he starts one of his seizures then settles down. Yondu put the cup to half’s lips.
Carlos just stood by awkwardly, watching them try to get
some tea and medicine into the sick Ravager.
It was pretty scary, seeing Halfnut like this. Who the hell would
do this to someone?
“Kill….
not hurt… kill him…. to get you out of the way….aside from Kraglin and
peter you’ve always been my shield. Attacking or killing your mate
would….. have made you … open for attack as well… then they would come
after me. As for who….. I don’t know yet….”Tullk huffed and shook his head, unhappy. “Find out, will
you Captain? I wanna give him a piece of my mind…” He then looked at Carlos
with a frown. “An’ keep your humans close – No telling what they’ll try to do
to your squeeze, here.”“I’m not his squeeze,” Carlos said quickly. At least… not
yet, he thought. Who knew when they would get to that point.“No ones going to hurt carlos. Of that I can assure you.”Smiles at Carlos.
Half whines and stops breathing for a moment then coughs and shifts snuggling against tullks chest.
Carlos’ heart lurched for Half-nut. He looked at Yondu. “Um,
Captain… the medicine,” he reminded.
“Kill….
not hurt… kill him…. to get you out of the way….aside from Kraglin and
peter you’ve always been my shield. Attacking or killing your mate
would….. have made you … open for attack as well… then they would come
after me. As for who….. I don’t know yet….”
Tullk huffed and shook his head, unhappy. “Find out, will
you Captain? I wanna give him a piece of my mind…” He then looked at Carlos
with a frown. “An’ keep your humans close – No telling what they’ll try to do
to your squeeze, here.”
“I’m not his squeeze,” Carlos said quickly. At least… not
yet, he thought. Who knew when they would get to that point.
Nods and reaches up and caresses his cheek lightly then kisses his head before heading off towards tullk and halfnuts quarters.
Jamie Coughs hard and wet and moans painfully his whole body hurt his head throbbing.
Tullk was nearby, brewing up some tea for the younger
Ravager to try to drink. “Hang on a second, lad… I got something for you, just
wait.”***
Carlos followed after Yondu, trying to get all his yawning
out before they popped in to check on the sick ravager.Jamie whimpers looking at him. “Tullk………. nothings working……. the void…. got me good……. you know what bacteria is out there……. hurts so much….”
Tullk got some tea into a cup and carried it to the bed. He
climbed in beside the other Ravager so he had something to lean against as he
drank. “Come up here, boy – drink,” he said, reaching to gently coax the other
against his side. He offered him the tea. “We’ll get this figured out. You’ll
be alright soon.”Jamie sips the tea weakly then snuggles back against him groaning and shivering. “Why are… you taking care of me Tullk? You can’t possibly like me all weak and… pathetic…” Coughs.
“You’re not weak, you’re just sick,” the older man huffed. “Don’t
worry yourself. Just work on getting better – you’re driving me more nuts than
you do when you’re healthy.”Jamie snuggles close clutching the front of his shirt. “Love you too… Tullk….” Nuzzles and kisses his chest.
Tullk just rubbed the younger’s shoulder, trying to help
warm him up a bit. Truth be told, he was very worried. People weren’t usually sick
for this long.There was a hesitant knock on the door and Tullk made a
slightly annoyed groaning sound. “Come in,” he said aloud, not bothering to
move from the bed.“Yondu slipped in with Carlos. “brought more medicine. Good…. he’s asleep. Resting more now. That’s good…… ………….Tullk…….. you understand ……. he could … die……….”
Tullk made a slight face, but didn’t look directly at Yondu.
He gave a small nod. “Yes, Captain,” he said lowly.Carlos felt bad. Maybe he shouldn’t be here… He was – well,
he supposed he was the Captain’s sort-of boyfriend. Or maybe his date-mate.
They were dating. The point was, he was connected to the Captain; similar to
how Tullk and Half-nut were. He wondered if him being there was… kinda rubbing
it in their faces. He kept back, a little bit behind Yondu.“But you know I’ll do everything I can to…. save him…….. you know that right…. gods…. I… looked into the hatch…… it…. it was t a accident…..someone did it pourposly…..”
Carlos looked at him out of surprise. Yondu looked at it? Without him? But he thought they were going to look at it together
and get it fixed. He… was Yondu just going to tell him not to bother with it because he fixed it already? Just so Carlos wouldn’t have to go outside? Was that what was happening?However, it didn’t surprise him that someone would sabotage
it. It just gave him questions – questions that Tullk asked.“Who done it?” the older Ravager asked the Captain. “And…
was Half-nut the target? He wasn’t doing nothing wrong – just walking by.”Yondu turns to Carlos nodding to him. “We still gotta fix it. But wanted to check some things first ok.” Smiles at him. “As for if he was the target….. yes….”
Carlos blinked a little at Yondu, surprised that he turned
to the human. Did he have some kind of ESP or something?
Tullk just looked at them, confused and a little angry. “Who
the hell wanted to hurt Half-nut??”
Nods and reaches up and caresses his cheek lightly then kisses his head before heading off towards tullk and halfnuts quarters.
Jamie Coughs hard and wet and moans painfully his whole body hurt his head throbbing.
Tullk was nearby, brewing up some tea for the younger
Ravager to try to drink. “Hang on a second, lad… I got something for you, just
wait.”***
Carlos followed after Yondu, trying to get all his yawning
out before they popped in to check on the sick ravager.Jamie whimpers looking at him. “Tullk………. nothings working……. the void…. got me good……. you know what bacteria is out there……. hurts so much….”
Tullk got some tea into a cup and carried it to the bed. He
climbed in beside the other Ravager so he had something to lean against as he
drank. “Come up here, boy – drink,” he said, reaching to gently coax the other
against his side. He offered him the tea. “We’ll get this figured out. You’ll
be alright soon.”Jamie sips the tea weakly then snuggles back against him groaning and shivering. “Why are… you taking care of me Tullk? You can’t possibly like me all weak and… pathetic…” Coughs.
“You’re not weak, you’re just sick,” the older man huffed. “Don’t
worry yourself. Just work on getting better – you’re driving me more nuts than
you do when you’re healthy.”Jamie snuggles close clutching the front of his shirt. “Love you too… Tullk….” Nuzzles and kisses his chest.
Tullk just rubbed the younger’s shoulder, trying to help
warm him up a bit. Truth be told, he was very worried. People weren’t usually sick
for this long.There was a hesitant knock on the door and Tullk made a
slightly annoyed groaning sound. “Come in,” he said aloud, not bothering to
move from the bed.“Yondu slipped in with Carlos. “brought more medicine. Good…. he’s asleep. Resting more now. That’s good…… ………….Tullk…….. you understand ……. he could … die……….”
Tullk made a slight face, but didn’t look directly at Yondu.
He gave a small nod. “Yes, Captain,” he said lowly.Carlos felt bad. Maybe he shouldn’t be here… He was – well,
he supposed he was the Captain’s sort-of boyfriend. Or maybe his date-mate.
They were dating. The point was, he was connected to the Captain; similar to
how Tullk and Half-nut were. He wondered if him being there was… kinda rubbing
it in their faces. He kept back, a little bit behind Yondu.“But you know I’ll do everything I can to…. save him…….. you know that right…. gods…. I… looked into the hatch…… it…. it was t a accident…..someone did it pourposly…..”
Carlos looked at him out of surprise. Yondu looked at it? Without him? But he thought they were going to look at it together
and get it fixed. He… was Yondu just going to tell him not to bother with it because he fixed it already? Just so Carlos wouldn’t have to go outside? Was that what was happening?
However, it didn’t surprise him that someone would sabotage
it. It just gave him questions – questions that Tullk asked.
“Who done it?” the older Ravager asked the Captain. “And…
was Half-nut the target? He wasn’t doing nothing wrong – just walking by.”
Nods and reaches up and caresses his cheek lightly then kisses his head before heading off towards tullk and halfnuts quarters.
Jamie Coughs hard and wet and moans painfully his whole body hurt his head throbbing.
Tullk was nearby, brewing up some tea for the younger
Ravager to try to drink. “Hang on a second, lad… I got something for you, just
wait.”***
Carlos followed after Yondu, trying to get all his yawning
out before they popped in to check on the sick ravager.Jamie whimpers looking at him. “Tullk………. nothings working……. the void…. got me good……. you know what bacteria is out there……. hurts so much….”
Tullk got some tea into a cup and carried it to the bed. He
climbed in beside the other Ravager so he had something to lean against as he
drank. “Come up here, boy – drink,” he said, reaching to gently coax the other
against his side. He offered him the tea. “We’ll get this figured out. You’ll
be alright soon.”Jamie sips the tea weakly then snuggles back against him groaning and shivering. “Why are… you taking care of me Tullk? You can’t possibly like me all weak and… pathetic…” Coughs.
“You’re not weak, you’re just sick,” the older man huffed. “Don’t
worry yourself. Just work on getting better – you’re driving me more nuts than
you do when you’re healthy.”Jamie snuggles close clutching the front of his shirt. “Love you too… Tullk….” Nuzzles and kisses his chest.
Tullk just rubbed the younger’s shoulder, trying to help
warm him up a bit. Truth be told, he was very worried. People weren’t usually sick
for this long.There was a hesitant knock on the door and Tullk made a
slightly annoyed groaning sound. “Come in,” he said aloud, not bothering to
move from the bed.“Yondu slipped in with Carlos. “brought more medicine. Good…. he’s asleep. Resting more now. That’s good…… ………….Tullk…….. you understand ……. he could … die……….”
Tullk made a slight face, but didn’t look directly at Yondu.
He gave a small nod. “Yes, Captain,” he said lowly.
Carlos felt bad. Maybe he shouldn’t be here… He was – well,
he supposed he was the Captain’s sort-of boyfriend. Or maybe his date-mate.
They were dating. The point was, he was connected to the Captain; similar to
how Tullk and Half-nut were. He wondered if him being there was… kinda rubbing
it in their faces. He kept back, a little bit behind Yondu.
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