#and I'll likely respond far later than intended if I lose inspiration

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Another idea: At day care, Sun notices one kid is missing. He goes looking for them and find them laying down one the ground unconscious (maybe he got injured, maybe he just passed out out of sugar in his blood, idk, feel free to write anything). Sun panics, Moon has to take charge even tho the light are on. It's super uncomfortable and somehow it even hurts being awake during light time but he needed to take charge of the situation, for the kid and for Sun's sake.

Maybe Sun having a blackout out of stress after seeing the kid fainted. A bit of angst for Moon to see Sun freaking out and crying from guilty. Maybe some comfort. Maybe you can put some influence of glitchtrap into the kid's accident to make it more mysterious. Glitching starting to affect moon after seeing the kid too.

Idk, just ideas! Feel free to use them or don't!

I am so sorry to get this out so super late after you sent this in, friend, but I got sudden inspiration to write for it!! Better late than never, I suppose

It will not be exactly as prompted, but similar.

Affectionately titled:

A Fool’s Job

Oh jeez— Oh, no. No no no, this isn’t right.

Sun hastily moves through the crowd of children to attend to one lying on the floor.

He isn’t properly trained for this! His optics quickly survey the child’s small form, a familiar panic gripping at the edges of his processors. His fans work overtime to cool off his nearly overheating body. His metal chest heaves with artificial, panicked breaths. He fights through the errors clogging his vision to properly diagnose the child, but he can’t figure out what’s wrong or why. The children surrounding him cry and beg for Sun to help, but he was never made for this kind of thing. He wasn’t made to care for children and the dangers that come with. He was thrown in here after the technicians installed the bare minimum programs it took to allow him to legally work as a Daycare Attendant. With all this information—all these possibilities—it’s impossible for him to sift through them before he malfunctions and ends up on the ground right next to the child.

Softly, as if a whisper, a ping of an order comes from somewhere within his robotic mind. Turn off the lights.

His body moves before he can even process the instructions. He practically sprints to the light switch, turning it off with a force that nearly cracks the thin plastic of the switch.

Sun lets out a breath of relief as he allows himself to fall out of control of the body.

-

As the lights go out, some kids let out screams and others huddle close in fear. Moon takes note of the ones with a fear of the dark and immediately executes the code to play his music box. A gentle, soothing melody hums out from deep within his chassis.

Moon wastes no time as he rushes to the unconscious child, gently ushering the surrounding children away. Methodically, he checks the child’s vital signs and carefully moves them into the Recovery Position. The cause of unconsciousness isn’t clear. Moon immediately pings for emergency services and stays by the child’s side. He lets his caretaker protocol take control of the body as he steps back to soothe Sun and take a breath himself.

Are you okay?

I’m sorry. I-I just- I can’t—

It's okay, Sun. I know. I handled it.

A pause for a moment.

Thank you. I don't know what I would do without you, Moon.

A warmth fills their shared mind and Moon can feel his chest tighten with some unidentifiable emotions. He lets out something between a soft chuckle and a snort.

It's no problem, Sun.

-

In the end, the child is taken care of by EMS and brought to their parents. Sun does his best to soothe the shaken up kids before starting a new round of hide-and-seek. The rest of the day goes by as normally.

Fin