Hi all this one is a bit of fluffy, two people figuring out what to do moment. also a few of you in the review have mentioned something about Yondu...yeah it's going to happen. xx

Chapter 3

When a sex starved Yondu work up in the morning both Kraglin and Peter were gone, but a quick check of the internal computers showed that Kraglin was in the mess, so Yondu dressed quickly.

Making his way across the decks, he was expecting the usual chatter of the crew since none of them could be considered alive before the morning shifts. Instead, he walked in to find Kraglin sitting at the Captains table, and almost every other moved towards him and fifty eyes staring at the boy as Kraglin tried to spoon mush into his mouth.

Peter clearly loving everyone eyes on him grinned like the little shit Yondu knew him to be as he surveyed the crew. Some look disinterested, some looked bored, but most looked jealous of Kraglin, looking like they wanted to rip the boy from his arms and hold him. Yondu mind tapped into a long lost memory of his own father that he immediately banished as he stepped fully into the room.

"What are you doing sitting around like a bunch of bitches, get to work. We've got stealing to do".

Immediately all the men filed out of the room until it was just Yondu, Kraglin and Iztel, who was busy sorting out some dish or another.

"So, the mission, I take it one of us is gonna be left behind?" Kraglin said as he wiped the boy's mouth with a clean rag and held him in his arms.

Before Yondu could answer a voice chimed in from behind him "You can keep him here, get him a box to play in…I'll make sure he'll be alright". Chimed in Iztel, as he stirred a pot. "After all he seems quiet enough, and I'll make sure he's fed and watered".

Yondu and Kraglin both shared a look, remembering the night courtesy of the boy and decided immediately. A few minutes later a large box had been found for Peter and he had been deposited with some toys and a blanket, who gave the pair the goofiest grin as they stepped out of the mess hall, trying not to hide their relief that they had some freedom.

Due to Yondu's expert planning, and a good eleven hours later with the mission having gone brilliantly, with the entire crew happy with the spoils they had found on the backass world that had no idea how to treat it archeologically treasures so didn't deserve to have them.

Yondu and Kraglin both made their way to the mess to check on the boy. Peter was sitting in his box looking happy, as his green eyes lit up when he saw them and he waved his arms in the air expectantly.

"How was he?" Yondu asked Iztel who was cleaning the tables.

"Totally perfect, he got a bit grizzly, but that's because of his teeth. But I froze one of his chew things and he was happy on that". Iztel informed them "So no problems, I was glad of the company really". Kraglin after lifting Peter from the box, the boy settled into Kraglin's shoulder and began to suck his thumb. "He's also been fed, and I took him to the med bay, and found some pads for when he needs changing…which I did before you arrived". Iztel shrugged like it was no big deal "I had siblings once". He gave as a way of explanation which both Kraglin and Yondu understood and didn't question it further.

With the rest of the crew coming into the mess, Kraglin placed the boy down and got to some food along with Yondu. Soon the mess was full of the usual dialogue associated with their kind, as Yondu noticed the men as they stepped past the box taking a moment to look down at the boy. It was beginning to annoy the Centurian; it would do no one any good getting attached to the boy when he was going in a month. Eventually, Yondu decided it was time to leave so picking up the boy with Kraglin following him they returned to their room and settled the boy in for the night.

Placing the boy down in his, Peter had the look in his eyes of being too energised to sleep, but at Yondu turned on his Terran music, his head hit the mattress and he was asleep almost instantly, as Kraglin sent a personal thanks to the spirit of Meredith Quill.

As the days slipped into the first week and a half, by some miracle Yondu and Kraglin established a routine, the boy would get normally get them both up, for example when the Terran music died finally after the batteries gave out their last note and Yondu had to hunt the ship for a solar patch to keep him happy.

They would wash and dress him and he was kept in the mess hall for most of the day staying out of harm's way until he was picked up. Since they were travelling out to the rims and jobs were scarce, Yondu was forced to make a few stops for supplies, even though he had specified food only and some small clothes for the boy since what he was taken in was no longer fit to be used as a rag.

Instead, as he came into the mess hall, he noticed a few new toys at the bottom of Peter's box. Little stuffed animals, one of which Peter had taken as a pillow and refused to let go, next to the table were some small clothes, some of which would fit him now basic generic stuff though there was one with the words "Little ass kicker" that raised a smile out of the Captain, and a few that it was clear wouldn't fit him at that point. Yondu placed down the clothes and picked up the boy, who was waving his chubby arms in the air and giggling for attention, as Yondu finally complied "You're not going to get spoiled boy". Yondu advised the baby, who gave his answer by blowing a raspberry in Yondu's face.

The next day, Yondu was at his chair and his thought begin to wander, he knew Peter maybe the score of a lifetime but the trip to get him there was becoming boring, as he decided to invoke his Captains right to invade everyone's privacy. There wasn't much, two of his junior crew we're having sex in one of the M-Ships that was undergoing repairs, another one was taking the time out to try to fix his red coat and then Yondu switched it to the mess hall and immediately called Kraglin over.

As him and his mate watch the drama unfold in real time beneath them, Kraglin couldn't stop the snigger of the crew standing around holding the boy in their arms as more presents were unwrapped. Peter had a big grin on his face, as he felt the items clearly loving the undivided attention of reducing these fearsome space pirates to a bunch of gibbering messes who were trying to get him to talk, as the boy was passed from one person to another. The boy felt their faces, on anyone else that would have meant their fingers being bitten off, but they were lovingly showering the boy with attention.

Kraglin could only snigger at the sight, whilst Yondu felt annoyed, it would do no one any good falling in love with the boy, it was just a simple mission, but seeing how happy Peter looked he didn't have it in him to go down there and tell him to stop.

After all if Peter was happy then he wasn't a problem Yondu reasoned as he clicked off the image and begun to read the stars. Later on when it was only Iztel, Yondu and Kraglin in the mess the cook finally decided to let them in on what was going on. "The men were bored, so they created a betting ring around the boy. What his first word will be and his first step, if he takes it before he leaves". Iztel added quickly, "There's a lot of units already been put down". He stepped back watching Kraglin and Yondu's reactions who just looked at each other, before turning back "How much in units?"

Even though the men were caring for the boy under false pretences something Yondu gave them credit for, he decided that if the boy was going to walk it was advisable to let him out of the box for once and soon he was crawling around the mess trying to get under everyone's feet, even though no one could complain or else they would get an yaka arrow between the eyes. But then again everyone seemed to like the little shit, he was even happy to sit on Horuz's lap whilst the idiot told the boy tales of his great adventures, and since Yondu was there his efforts didn't really amount to much, so it was no wonder they managed to lull the boy off to sleep.

As the third week turned, as Peter more settled, Yondu and Kraglin found the time to take on a few missions eager to get themselves out of the Eclector, and for Yondu to take out some of the tensions since Kraglin was still denying him some pillow play, it was when they were returning with a huge bag of spoils to sort through, they were distracted by the crew rushing towards the mess and the pitch of Peter's desperate screaming amidst the sounds of punches being thrown.

Without a glance, Yondu and Kraglin increased their speed, as they came to the mess and saw the red blood trail from Peter's box running across the room.