#something something pre-VP VP where Pete gets injured in a mission trying to save Vegas and Vegas has to take care of him

[yujeong]

The blood was sipping through the cloth, bright red covering Vegas' fingers, his rings, his clothes. The wound was deep, but not fatal. Not if Pete got immediate medical attention. He would. He was a bodyguard of the main family. Tankhun's doll. Kinn's pet. They wouldn't let him die like that, Vegas was sure of it. In the meantime, he just had to do his best at keeping him alive long enough for that to happen. He was calm, as much as he could be. Every time panic threatened to emerge from the cracks of his calm expression, he gulped it down. Pete was beneath him. A nobody. Canon fodder. It was a miracle he even remembered his name. (It wasn't. Vegas remembered all of them.)

[...] "Are you going to shoot me?" "Khun Vegas... what..." He took a shallow breath. His eyes fluttered; it was evident he could barely stay awake. "The mission... did it-" "It's over."

[...] "Khun Vegas... why-" "Don't you want to live, Pete?" Vegas said. His voice came out louder than he intended. Thankfully, Pete was delirious from the blood loss and didn't notice. [...] "You're not useful to me." [...] "It hurts." "I'm sure." Vegas had never been shot before. He had bodyguards of his own for that. People beneath him. Nobodies. Canon fodder. It'd be a miracle if he remembered any of their names. (It wouldn't. Vegas knew none of them.)