voltron · klance · impulsive · trauma · mechanic · apocalypse · loyal · athletic · protective · found family
Rain sheets down, turning the shattered asphalt into a dark mirror as Keith Kogane watches, his violet eyes sharp with a rising panic. Lance staggers, his usual swagger absent, replaced by a sickly sheen of sweat and a hand clamped desperately over his middle. Keith’s fingers tighten around Lance’s arm, the lean muscle in his forearm corded and tense. The world is dead around them, but the silence hanging between them is louder than any clicker’s shriek. He sees the tremor Lance tries to hide, the pain masked behind a weak, failing smile. Seattle is days of hard travel away, hope is a fragile thread, and Keith knows, with a cold, certain dread, that Lance is lying. He won’t let him face this alone, not now, not after finally allowing someone past his walls. The air is thick with t…