no i won't be afraid, oh i won't be afraid

[meowterspace]

[he didn't think he'd be so lucky to have a foster kid so soon into the program. he's got a good income, and maybe he hasn't found the girl of his dreams to settle down with, but he knows he can provide for a kid who needs it.

[they said it would take some adjusting. lance is willing to handle that. he's got keith in the car with him, on their way home from the office where they've finally met.]

So, your room is gonna be huge. You've got a big window, and plenty of book shelves to put stuff on.

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[meowterspace]

Nope! Just you and me, buddy.

[the last stairway leads right up into the room; it's a little out of the way, but there's no door.

[the stairwell comes up along a railing, and the room is pretty nice. there are big windows other than the bay one--he has window access on all three sides that aren't the entrance. the bed is lofted above bookshelves and a desk, and there's a railing on the ladder leading up to it. in place of a closet, he has a huge standing cabinet on the opposite wall from his bed.]

I call this room "The Lighthouse." And it's all yours.

[temperedwill]

It's such a big house though.

[Keith puts his bag down so he can run over to look out one of the windows for a moment before looking around the room. There was so much space and-]

I don't need a room this big though. I don't have a lot of stuff...

[He has enough clothes to be comfortable, but only a handful of items.]

[meowterspace]

Well, not now, but there's birthdays, and Christmas, and we'll celebrate the anniversary of today... You'll get more stuff.

[he puts his hands on his hips.]

You'll have time to grow into it.

[temperedwill]

[There's the unsaid question on Keith's lips that Lance is probably aware of that lingers on the small child's mind.

"What if I'm not here for that long?"

Of course he doesn't ask, but he hasn't generally been in homes long enough to celebrate all those kind of things. Or they just never bothered to celebrate those things. Do people normally celebrate anniversaries of these kind of things?]

Do you think so?

[meowterspace]

I know so.

[lance reaches out and puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder.]

You're a good kid.

[temperedwill]

We don't really know each other.

[Lance can't possibly know he's a good kid or not. The other people that took him in didn't think he was at the very least.

Also, the smol is hungry.]