why you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell

It had been a hell of a fight. There had been blows and angry words and, in the end, a messy breakup involving some of the most spectacular emotional fireworks that the others had seen in some time. But then again, such displays were normal for Lance; when he loved, he loved hard and fast and passionate--and he fought with just as much energy as he loved. Especially when it came to Keith. There was just something about the other boy that brought out the best and worst of Lance's highly developed emotional scale.

Normally, the other members of the team took no notice of the on-again off-again relationship between Lance and Keith. They broke up and hooked up so often that these fights were accepted as normal and no one paid any attention to them. The two boys would always get back together in a few days, they'd have a healthy dose of make-up sex, and things would be back to what passed for normal for the team. Some times, these make ups occured in a just a few hours after the fight as Pidge had found out after hearing muffled cries coming from a janitor's closet and, mistakeningly thinking that someone needed help, he opened the door to find Keith and Lance engaging in acts that Pidge had always thought to be physically impossible. Needless to say, the young boy was scarred for life and could never look at Keith or Lance without blushing horribly and getting a minor nosebleed. The couple had offered many a time to 'desensitize' the young boy, but Pidge always declined most hastily.

Anyway, the fight shouldn't have been too big of a deal. Except that it was a work day, and there was a death scene to shoot. Even under normal circumstances, death scenes were a bit sticky and not just because of the copious amounts of fake blood. No, death scenes were tricky because there was always someone who either got too into the whole killing sensation, or someone who turned melodramatic and hammed it up for the camera, or (and this was usually Keith's favorite option) someone who refused to even participate and be killed. But the reason why this death scene was extra sticky, was because Lance was supposed to kill Keith today.

The director handed Lance a large broadsword, stren expression on his face. "Okay, Lance, I really want you to get into this role; it's very important that you seem like you want to kill Keith. You need to feel the anger, the betrayal, sense your motivation for this action. I want Keith's death to be as real as possible. Do you think you can do that?"

Lance grinned broadly. "Not a problem." He hefted the broadsword. "Not a problem at all."

Keith, who was tied down and gagged to prevent any sudden strikes on his part, sighed. He knew that he shouldn't have dated someone inside the cast. After all, as his Aunt George (Keith came from a very messed up family) always said: "Never dip your pen in the company inkwell."

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