Luxus - Fluff
Prompt: Protector
For some unfathomable reason Laxus had become her protector.
Eventually Lucy got used to the guild brawls. Unfortunately during those brawls she never failed to get hit by some piece of furniture by the end of it. While she was a Mage, her body wasn't nearly as durable as her teammates. She didn't even know how they managed to come out mostly unscathed after their brawls. She couldn't count how many times she's had to visit Porlyusica to treat her numerous injuries after a guild brawl.
Laxus wasn't sure when he started noticing her. Maybe it was just because she got injured so often. He wondered how long she's last. He figured that a guild brawl would eventually kill her. After all, how many times had he seen a simple blow to the head cause the blonde to be knocked unconscious? Too many times for him to count for sure.
Eventually he got sick of seeing her get injured so often. So he grabbed her by the back of her shirt and dragged her over to the Raijinshuu's table. She put up a bit of a struggle but it felt like nothing to the Lightning Dragon Slayer. He dumped her into a chair and muttered, "You're sitting here from now on Blondie." She griped,
"And why is that Spark plug?" He grunted,
"You get too injured over there. No one's stupid enough to involve us in the guild brawls."
From that day on Laxus found himself keeping an eye on the girl. Found himself trailing their missions. Until he decided more or less screw it, and became her unofficial bodyguard. Natsu tried to protest but Laxus had snorted,
"Shut up Salamander. How many times has she gotten injured on a mission because of your carelessness?" Natsu went silent. "That's what I thought. Now quit tryin' to argue with me. I'm coming along every mission Blondie here goes to, to make sure you don't end up getting her killed."
And that was how Lucy found herself a protector. He stayed true to his word and kept her safe without ever getting in her way or putting her down. And it didn't take her long to develop feelings for the Lightning dragon slayer.
