New Fic: Training Program
Summary: Lance knows his close quarters combat isnât the best, so when Shiro tells Lance heâs going to train him he should be relieved because maybe now he can actually protect his team. Except the training seems to be more of a beatdown punctuated by both fists and cruel words and now Lance has to hide the results of such before he makes tensions in Voltron even worse. But thatâs harder than planned on as Keith is both very observant and very, very concerned.
âDo you think the Galra Empire will care that youâre tired?â Shiro interrupted him. âDo you think theyâll go easy on you because youâve been fighting all day?â âNo, butââ âThere are no buts, Lance,â Shiro cut him off. âEither you want to be a Paladin your team can count on or you donât.â
Story snippet:
Lance was not going to make a big deal out of this when Shiro had just been trying to help him and it wasnât Shiroâs fault Lance was just that pathetic and it was Lanceâs fault that Hunk had gotten hurt and then all of this was going to make things even more awkward and tense and it would be Lanceâs fault andâ
And oh, Keith was staring at him.
Heâd said something, Lance realized.
And he hadnât responded.
âWhat?â Lance croaked, feeling his cheeks heating again but Keith continued to only look more and more worried.
âI asked what happened,â Keith said, blunt as always.
âNothing,â was the first thought that came to Lanceâs mind and thus the first thing out of his mouth and Keithâs eyes narrowed.
âNothing does not make you fucking faint in the middle of the kitchen, Lance,â he snapped. âThis is not nothââ he broke off, eyes zeroing in where Lance could feel his wide-necked pajama shirt had slipped to expose a bit of his shoulder and oh Dios, there wasnâtâ
âAre those bruises?â Keith cut himself off. âAre you hurt?âÂ
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