or" in my writings in the past, but not for fiction manuscripts. Is it acceptable to use this? It's internal narration in a character's head and

I don't generally see anything wrong with using "and/or" in fiction, but you need to make sure that it is used in an appropriate way. You need to look at your writing as two separate sentences and make sure that they each come across the way you intended.

He planned to let Fields take the lead and try not to slow him down
and get killed.

He planned to let Fields take the lead and try not to slow him down or
get killed.

Another option would be to consider rewriting it all together.

He planned to let Fields take the lead and try not to slow him down,
or worse, get him killed.

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