#Ignore me I just needed to say something and didn't want Shiro to eat someone

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Let’s Watch: Kamen Rider: Episode 6: The Deadly Chameleon

...Those kanji clearly say "shinigami," not "deadly," but that's the perils of localization. You can't just assume your typical English-language Kamen Rider watcher is gonna be a weeaboo who knows what a shinigami is. I mean, they probably will be, but you can't assume. That's not how localization works. Eat your hamburgers, Apollo.

This is former Lieutenant Commander Tatsuo Sunada of the also former Imperial Japanese Navy. He runs the Sunada Gallery and has awesome taste in paintings. Look at that there. I wouldn't even have space to hang that anywhere and I still want that.

Anyway, Tatsuo looks up from his gallery-jobbing and notices someone's painted a fresh swastika on one of the works in the few seconds he's had his head turned. While he's all concerned about that, a voice begins speaking nearby... but there's no one there, except for another awesome painting.

The voice demands that Tatsuo give up the location of the "Nazi secret" that was buried 26 years ago, Shocker having uncovered that Tatsuo is the last man alive with this knowledge. Tatsuo pleads ignorance, though, even after this guy—

—threatens his hospitalized daughter.

The Chameleon proceeds to choke Tatsuo out and go invisible again, puppeting Tatsuo's unconscious body so it looks like the man's walking around by his own power. I mean, it doesn't look like he's walking around very well by his own power, as evidenced by when Shiro, Hiromi, and Ruriko take him for someone who's had a bit too much to drink. Hiromi and Ruriko attempt to help, but are repelled by a mysterious force! (The Chamelon, obvs.)

Shiro is amused at this, up until the three of them notice something real odd. Tatsuo is one guy... but there are two shadows!

"But KC, if something is invisible, that means light would pass through it and it wouldn't cast a shadow—" Yeah listen if you're going to complain whenever one of Shocker's endeavors breaks the laws of physics, you'll wear yourself out. Leave it to me.

Shiro, Hiromi, and Ruriko come to the totally reasonable conclusion of "ghost" and, totally spooked, hightail it to Amigo, where they tell Takeshi all about it. Takeshi, apparently smelling a plotline, goes to the scene to investigate, where his enhanced cyborg hearing picks up something inaudible to common ears: The sound of a person being dragged.

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Tatsuo's daughter, Yumi, is working on some embroidery as a present for her father, mostly because handheld video games consoles won't be on the market till 1979 but also because she knows her fragile constitution puts him through a lot of trouble, so this is her way to thank him. We know this because she picks up a framed photograph of her father from her bedside and tells it so.

Suddenly, though, her papa stumbles through the hospital room door—except, of course, it's not just Tatsuo, but also the Chameleon, and a couple of Shocker mooks I guess he picked up somewhere along the way!

The Chameleon wakes Tatsuo up and restates his offer—either Tatsuo spills about the Nazi secret, or he'll have Yumi tortured. And you know he means it because the Shocker goons immediately start giving Yumi some unapproved chiropractics.

With his daughter being threatened right in front of his face, Tatsuo has no chance to indicate the model ship that Yumi's also got at her bedside. But before the mooks can get more than their grubby little Shocker mitts on it...

And here's where I need to tell you that I had a bad pun here that had to do with ships, something about Takeshi ruining someone's OTP, but tonally it didn't really fit with the recap so I junked it, except now I've told you about the joke anyway so it's like I'm eating my cake and having it too, and for that I deeply apologize.

Anyway: There's a brief fight scene, which Takeshi's well on top of, up till the lights go out. When they come on again, the Chameleon and the Shocker goons are gone—and so is Tatsuo.

Takeshi promises Yumi he'll get her her father back, to which she is immediately all smiles despite everything she just went through in the last five minutes.

The ship, it turns out, can be taken apart. When Takeshi removes the bottom, he reveals—cheese!

I mean, a map! (That was a joke and is much funnier if you know enough Japanese.) The upper banks of the Tama River, Tobee identifies it as, which means Takeshi knows where to investigate next!

Takeshi heads to the marked location, but it's already occupied—there are a bunch of construction workers there, working on building a dam. As Takeshi watches, they set up an explosion which, just in time for Takeshi to see, reveals a mysterious cave. The construction workers take a curious look inside, but are driven out by... gazooks! A g-g-g-ghost! Or, you know, something burning in midair, but apparently this is traditionally what some Japanese supernatural stuff looks like, so chalk that up to differences in folktales. Also there's a mysterious box with a swastika on it, but the workers fail to notice that because they're too busy skedaddling.

Takeshi is less unobservant, though. After hearing out the workers' supernatural concerns, he retrieves the box. Unfortunately, the Chamelon has been watching all of this, which means he knows where the Nazi secrets are too, now. Bummer.

"But KC, how is the Chameleon looking through the binoculars if his eyes are all like—" It's Shocker science don't worry about it.

(Incidentally, Takeshi refers to the swastika as the "Hakenkreuz," which is another name for it in German that literally means "hooked cross." This isn't really important but I thought you might like to know.)

Takeshi's motorcycle ride home is interrupted by one truck coming at him from in front of him while another truck comes at him from behind, which seems to be a variation of a common Shocker maneuver—they pulled this in the first episode, remember? Takeshi deals with the problem the same way: By somehow jumping his bike significantly despite being at a standstill, which I'll remind you is something he could do before he became Kamen Rider. I assume now that he's got the cyborg strength it's a lot easier. Looks like he's gonna, et cetera.

As an added bonus, the jump apparently provides enough wind to facilitate a Kamen Rider transformation. A fight scene ensues, with Takeshi also doing the thing where he's got a Shocker mook contained and tries to interrogate him, only for the mook to be killed by someone else. This episode's method of getting around showing a corpse on Japanese children's TV is "just straight up disappears."

Mooks eliminated, Takeshi heads off, with Chameleon—who's been watching all of this without helping, by the way—swearing vengeance.

At Shocker HQ, the Big Shocker Voice is a bit irked at Kamen Rider having gotten all up in his business so much, and as such has gathered some Shocker scientists to figure out how to defeat him.

One of these dudes is surprisingly white, for a Japanese TV show. Also he's wearing a giant Iron Cross necklace. Call it a leap, but I suspect he might have had some connection to Nazi Germany (which at the time of the episode's airing would have been less than 30 years disassembled).

For the viewers just tuning in, the Big Voice lists off some Kamen Rider stats for the scientists to take into consideration:

Kamen Rider's power comes from the windmill dynamo in his belt.

The skin on his chest is completely bulletproof.

The slits on Kamen Riders chest that give it that whole segmented look are radiators.

He can jump 15 meters (49 feet and 2.551 inches, or 8.814 smoots).

His arms and legs posses "incredible destructive power."

The Shocker scientists talk about themselves, discussing this important matter. Finally, the Nazi Shocker scientist comes to a conclusion:

The genius of Shocker, ladies, gentlemen, et cetera. I guess they really took the leftovers after Operation Paperclip, huh. Even the Big Shocker Voice sounds incredulous, asking if they're sure sticking Takeshi in a locked room is enough to stop him.

To be fair—and I shouldn't be fair, dude's a Nazi and thus better off dead—this is basically what Mantis did, one episode ago. Remember? He had Takeshi pushed into a very narrow hole in the ground and everything, and Takeshi couldn't build up enough speed to get his dynamo to spin and start up the transformation. The only mistake Mantis made there was lowering a bomb after Takeshi, and then when the bomb exploded the force of the explosion set off the dynamo, which I still feel like isn't how that should work but I still don't know enough about physics to refute it. So it really is a solid plan when you take into account the known information on Kamen Rider's capabilities, one that's even already been tested in the field and everything.

Aight, says the Big Shocker Voice. Get that ready.

(And the Nazi scientist responds, "Ja." You know, in case you haven't caught on.)

Takeshi leaves the mysterious Nazi box with another scientist friend—this one's named Abe (that's Japanese, pronounced "Ah-beh"), so I'm pretty sure he's a different scientist than the bat virus guy.

From his initial observations, Abe's figured that the box is made of some sort of "special alloy." More important, he's not sure he can open it, as the box has no lid, which as you know means it can't be penetrated in any way. (Okay, okay, that's probably where the "special alloy" aspect comes in; I assume the implication is that it's something you'd have a devil of a time piercing or cutting into.) Takeshi leaves the box alone with Abe for him to do further research on, which is a brilliant thing to do when an international terrorist organization is after it.

Takeshi and Ruriko hail a taxi to ride to Shinohara Hospital, where Yumi is. Ruriko feels a bit of sympathy with Yumi—as someone who lost her father to Shocker, she doesn't want what happened to her to happen to Yumi. Unfortunately, these two aren't going to get to the hospital any time soon.

So this is something else the Chameleon can do, I guess? Fine, I'll accept that.

The Chameleon raises the divider between him and Takeshi and Ruriko and gasses them to knock 'em out, and you know what? It works. Before Takeshi can break out—or do anything else, in the cramped car interior—he's rendered unconscious, which neatly solves the whole wind turbine issue. Congratulations, Chameleon, you've actually defeated Kamen Rider! What are you going to do now?

I see, you've decided to go full Snidely Whiplash and leave them tied up on the train tracks. Chameleon. Hey, Chameleon. Does this look like a meter-by-meter-by-meter room to you? There was a plan, Chameleon. This is a serious divergence from the plan, Chameleon.

Indeed, the narrator informs us that though the sleeping gas knocked Takeshi out, his enhanced constitution grants him recovery speeds ten times faster than an ordinary person. Which means Takeshi wakes up just in time to break his own chains, grab Ruriko, and get to hanging from the underside of the bridge the train tracks go over while the train thunders overheard. And then the Chameleon doesn't even check his work, so he thinks Takeshi's dead. Always for check the body, man! This is Evil 101. But instead, the Chameleon and his mooks head off to relift the Nazi box.

Meanwhile, at the university, Abe wraps up for the night, bumping into Tobee and Shiro on the way out. Or is is Tobee and Shiro? We just established that the Chameleon can make himself look like not the Chameleon. Disguising yourself as the dude you're supposed to be okay with handing the box to and then coming in and going, "I'm here to get the box handed to me," is a passable plan, right?

... But no, it actually is Tobee, which makes this, what, zero for two for thinking Tobee's involved in something nefarious? My bad. Tobee moves in to get the box, while Shiro tries to dial up Takeshi, and that's when Chameleon and the Shocker mooks burst in. Tobee, sadly, doesn't get to even throw a punch before he's overpowered and the box is taken, but Takeshi also arrives—not in time to stop Chameleon or save the box, but just quick enough to knock out the mook in the back of the fleeing mook squad (an alarm's gone off, see) without anyone else noticing.

Next scene: The inside of a truck. The Chameleon, with the box on his lap, is riding alongside his Shocker mooks, which is a bit weird, if you think about it. Shouldn't they have noticed that one of them's missing? Did the Chameleon not do a post-mission headcount? Did nobody in the mook squad notice that they were one mook short?

Oh. Oh! That's really clever, Takeshi! And neatly demonstrates the potential downside of using a team of faceless mooks. If you don't know what faces they've got, you don't know what faces they don't got. And then you get an infiltration and it's all goodnight Irene. Which, of course, is Takeshi's plan.

The entrance to the Shocker lair turns out to be this building on Lake Biwa, which makes it the second time we've seen a Shocker lair disguised as a religious structure, I think? I can't help but wonder what in production factored into this decision. Who does a building like this belong to, in real life? Did filming the exterior of a building like this cost less?

Anyway, the box—which clearly does have a lid don't worry about it—

—is now in Shocker hands, and the Big Shocker Voice calls for Dr. Heinrich, who turns out to be the scientist from earlier, the one who was wearing the Iron Cross necklace. I didn't recognize him at first, here, because now he's wearing a suit and I cannot recognize faces, but it turns out he's still wearing the Iron Cross necklace, which is a big help. In other words, I have the pattern recognition skill expected of this show's target audience, i.e. very young children, which I actually already knew but it's still kind of a bummer to have proven outright.

With the Box, Dr. Heinrich says, Shocker will be able to take control of the world's economy! But how do you open the box? Dr. Heinrich explains! The box contains a device that emits a specific wave frequency. Emit the same frequency/wavelength toward the box, and the box will automatically open! And fortunately for Shocker, Dr. Heinrich has just the sort of wave-frequency-emitting device that would come in handy in this sort of situation.

He's a Nazi. Don't know if you caught that, yet, but it's good they made it clear.

... Say, do you think that American wave-frequency-emitting devices get little American flags stamped on them? Or maybe bald eagles or portraits of George Washington or something? Someday, someone's going to think of stamping their wave-frequency-emitting device with some other country's national symbol and deliberately leave it about the place to sow confusion.

"But KC, why would they stamp it with anything at all—" Oh, look who's trying to be Mr. Clever Clogs here.

Anyway, before the Doc can finally open up the box and reveal to us, the viewers, what's actually in the danged thing, the Big Shocker Voice interrupts. He's just received an emergency transmission. One of the Shocker mooks that left with Chameleon Man (that's his name, apparently) never made it back, despite the apparent not-change in numbers! Which means...

Takeshi, rumbled, throws off his mook outfit. Swearing to expose Shocker's plans, he makes for a frontal attack—

—and promptly falls down a trapdoor.

To be continued.

Wait, to be continued? Huh. I honestly didn't expect that. I kept thinking, "How are they going to wrap this up in so little time?" And the answer is: They weren't gonna in the first place. To be continued.

Anyway, competent episode. See you next week, I guess. Or later. I don't know; I'm not a TV show. I don't actually have a schedule. See you.

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Shiro x male galra reader

  ×3rd pov×

M/n!! Please it's me!it's Shiro,  your friend! ", Shiro yells begging for his galran friend to respond.  (m/n) ignores his friends plea as he continues working with Haxus on the controls of the ship.  Sendak chuckles evilly.  " He won't help Shiro. ",  he says chuckling more.  "(m/n)! I know you remember me! You have too! You helped me escape!! ", Shiro yells,  now frustrated.  " After he had helped you we punished him and did some.......upgrading.",  Sendak says smiling at shiro's distress.

    "Sir, you should listen to this. ",  Haxus says to Sendak.  " What is it? ",  Sendak says still staring at Shiro, smirking.  " I found a radio signal,  sir.  We think there is another paladin inside the castle, sir. ", (m/n)  says,  catching Sendaks attention.  Sendak walks over to the pair.  There is static but if you listen hard you can hear the fuzzy,  muffled voices. " Make it clear.", Sendak demands getting a nod from (m/n).  The said boys expert hands flying across the controls.

    The signal gets clear enough to where you can clearly make out the words being spoken. "We now know where the paladin is.",  Haxus says smirking. " Follow the paladin,  then kill them. (m/n) you stay on the controls and wait. ",  Sendak orders.  (M/n)  once again nods as Haxus runs to find the paladin.  "You called me space cow because you read books about earth and you said my hair reminded you of a cow!!! ", Shiro yells,  his eyes full of sadness and hurt.

    (M/n)'s head snapped up and his hands froze. The collar around his neck sparked a little bit. Shiro's eyes widened as Lance laughed at the ridiculous nickname despite them being in a literal life or death situation.  'Why didn't I notice that collar before! '.  Shiro thought mentally smacking himself. " WHO SAID YOU CAN STOP!? GET BACK TO WORK! ", Sendak yelled making (m/n) snap out of his daze. " You never called me champion because you know how much I hate that name!"

    "You always said 'You have to fight it. If you let your arm control you then that means the galra wins.' You would steal food so that I can have something to eat! You were never scared of me even though I'm scared of myself! You helped me escape even though you knew that death is one of the punishments!! ",  Shiro yelled at the ravenette/white haired boy.  ((I think galrans only have black, purple or white hair)) . (M/n)  froze again.  All of the memories flooding back.

    (M/n) falls to his knees, clawing at his head. He screams in pain as he remembers his punishment. The knives, the whips, all of the blood and bruises.  Getting beaten to the point where he thought he would die. He whispers,  shaking and muttering to himself. Then (m/n) finally faints as his collar stops sparking and starts smoking.  Shiro and Lance stare, eyes wide.  Shiro's in shock and regret for leaving his friend. Lance's in shock and sympathy.

    Sendak walks to (m/n) 's unconscious body. Shiro eyes now filled with anger.  " DON'T TOUCH HIM! ",  he yells. Sendak ignores Shiro and taps (m/n) 's foot with his own. He growls turning around,  ready to strangle Shiro and Lance.  As he angrily walks toward the two there is a big boom,  echoing through the halls. The lights spasming on and off before finally stopping leaving everyone in darkness. Sendak yells in anger as his plan to take control of the ship back fires.

    The sounds of grunts and hitting reach his ears. The lights turn back on,  this time glowing blue instead of red meaning it's no longer under galran control. Sendak spins around.  The droids on the floor in pieces Shiro and Lance gone. He growls turning back around toward (m/n) 's body to find that he is also gone. He walks over to the controls and punches the table in anger. He now has no choice but to retreat.  Lance and Shiro runs, (m/n) in Shiro's arms.

    Shiro stares as (m/n) and notices his purple skin is paler than usual, his body lightly shaking, his eyes going back forth under their lids, and his breathing shaky. Shiro runs faster wanting to help his friend before its too late.

    ×TIMESKIP×

  Muffled talking echoes through the halls. Hunk staring at the stove ((Do alteans have stoves?)) thinking about what had happened. All of the lions we're almost taken and hundreds maybe even thousands of innocent lives were almost killed. And now there's galran in one of their healing pods. Hunk is snapped out of his thoughts by a sizzling sound. 'Balls, balls, balls! I forgot about the food'.  Hunk rushes to mix the oddly bright, chunky mixture so that it doesn't burn any more than it already has. He tuned off the stove and gets plated for the group and scoops up the bright green goop and puts it on each plate.

    He holds all of the plates on his arms like a waiter and makes his way to where the rest are thinking of what to do. He hears yelling as he walks closer to the closed doors. And almost drops the plates as the big door slams open and Shiro stomps away. Hunk regains his balance and walks into the room, nervously smiling at the tense, cold feeling radiating off of allura. He gives each member their plate and shaking makes his way toward allura, pulling his collar as he sweats. He quickly drops her plate in front her and runs to his spot.

×Shiro's P.O.V×

    I angrily stomp my way to the healing pods. I know I should calm down but I can't help it. It's not their fault that they're not fond of galrans but not ALL of them are evil. (M/n) proved that. He was the first to show me kindness and he wasn't afraid to help me. He gave me whatever I needed and he helped me escape with no hesitation. 'He's my........... friend. If the others gave him a chance the would realize he doesn't plan on hurting anyone'. I start thinking about what I had just thought about. 'What is (m/n) to me? '. I shake my head as I open the door to the healing pods. I walk over to (m/n) 's pod and stop. I feel my anger dissapear as its replaced with sadness and regret. My eyes soften as I look at the scars covering his body.

    'I should've taken you with me', I thought. I look at his face, he looks so worried and sad. I put my hand on the glass that separates us. I see his finger twitch and I jump back as his hand shot up. His hand in the spot where I had put my hand before I jumped back. I cautiously step forward reaching my hand out. I put my hand where his is. (M/n) 's eyes snap open and the pods starts opening. I step back again just in case he's still being controlled. But my caution flies out the window as I reach forward and catch him before he hits the floor.

 

 

×(M/N) POV×

    'Where am I? Why can't I move? '. I try to open my eyes but I'm rewarded with nothing. I slowly start to panic as I can't move no matter how hard I try. I stop as I hear muttering. " I should've taken you with me. ". 'That voice..... I know that voice!,I can't remember who that voice belong too.i have to see who they are!'. I again try to move but get nothing. I continue to try and then I feel my finger twitch. 'Yes! Just a little more'. I think as I slowly gain control of my arm.

    I move my arm trying to feel where I am since Im slowly gaining control of everything but my eyes are still heavy. I raise my hand up and I hit something cold and hard. I hear something shuffle and then I feel warmth where my hand is despite the glass being cold. I struggle to open my eyes and when they do I open all I can see is a blurry black shape. I hear a hissing sound and a mist surrounds me as I no longer feel the glass. I try to walk but instead I fall not being able to feel my legs. I put my hands in front of me to protect my face and they hit something warm and hard. I open my eyes and and notice I was in someone's arms. " (M/n)  are you okay!? ", a panicked voice says. I look up and my vision cleared and I recognized the mystery person as " Shiro? What..... where are we? ", I ask confused.

   Shiro holds me at arms length as i grab hold of his arms to keep me standing. He stares at me as I stare back in confusion. I open my mouth to say something but Shiro pulls me back into a hug. He nuzzles into my hair and holds me tighter to his hard chest. I feel him start to shake and I feel something wet. I look up as best as I can since I'm being crushed into his chest. "Shiro? ", I ask softly.

×3rd pov×

    " Shiro? ", (m/n) softly asks. Shiro looks down at (m/n) seeing his confusion. Shiro gently lifts his hand up to (m/n) 's cheek, softly rubbing his light/dark purple cheek. " I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", Shiro whispers to (m/n). (M/n) looks even more confused. "What are you apologizing for?", the galran asks his human..... friend? " I left you. I left you instead of taking you with me", Shiro says laying his forhead on (m/n) 's. (M/n) huffs. "We both know I wouldn't have left Shiro. Someone had to distract the guards and it definitely wasn't going to he you. ", (m/n) says. Shiro sighs knowing that he's right.

    " But they hurt you. I should've come back for you immediately after...", Shiro's voice cracks. (M/n) cuts him off. "No, Shiro. What's more important one life or millions of others? Besides I'm right here in front of you. In your arms. ", (m/n) says sternly but soft. Shiro looks into (m/n)'s (e/c) eyes. Those eyes that have always read him like an open books, the eyes that seem to be staring right into his soul. The eyes that made him melt and go soft. " I missed you.... so much", Shiro whispers after a moment of silence. "Me too.", (m/n) whispers back.

    (M/n) closes his eyes, leaning into Shiro hand as his fluffy purple ears twitch cutely. Shiro silently watches (m/n)  enjoy all of the warmth he's getting. Shiro hesitantly moves forward as he closes his eyes. His lips connecting with (m/n)'s. (M/n)'s eyes flew open in surprise as his ears rise up, he slowly closes his eyes and purr ((i feel like they would purr idk 😅)) enjoying the pleasant feeling of the humans lips on his. There are no Sparks or tingles but there is definitely love. The two seperate from the kiss and look into each other's eyes. " (M/n), I love you.", Shiro says sincerely. "Shiro,...... ". Shiro looks at (m/n) with hopeful eyes. "... I don't know what that means", (m/n) says nervously chuckling as Shiro sweat drops forgetting the galran boy doesn't know most human terms. Shiro chuckles hugging (m/n) again. " My galran boy", he says breathing in (m/n)'s scent. "My space cow", (m/n) says smirking evilly as Shiro's eyes snapped open and narrowed his eyes at his now lover.

   

[no-i-didnt-notice-im-short]

"I didn't ask to be born" (I'm feeling extra angsty right now) with Lance. Let's Say whatever happens and he screams this in front of the others ahhh (obvs i self project so you can take this however you want)

I hope you like it!

Growing up the youngest of 4 is not really a walk in thepark as people tend to make it out to be. Especially when your parents are notreally young, they tend of have already knocked themselves out with thewhole raising-children-thing way before you were even born.

So you are left with tired glances and the occasional hugand kiss on forehead.

This has been Lance’s reality for as long as he canremember. It’s not that his parents don’t love him; they just have a lot ontheir minds with his sister’s wedding and his brothers’ universities. So he decidedto stay on the side lines and let everyone live their lives while he watchedand attempts to live his like everything is normal.

It’s late at night that he starts to have the unwantedintrusive thoughts about how guilty must his parents feel since they just can’traise another child at their age or how by the time comes they won’t t haveenough money to put him through college which basically means they are throwingaway his future just because he happens to be the last born.

So to relieve them of all this, he worked himself to thebone trying to get a scholarship to Galaxy Garrison. And he did.

If anyone was to ask him, he would say it was all for thelook of pride on his parent’s face when he told them about getting the scholarship.But deep down, he realized it didn’t really fill the void and the emptinessthat seemed to reside in him, giving his thoughts the medium to remind him how muchhe was a burden to his family and how relieved they must feel when the constantreminder, that was Lance, finally left.

But things were going great atGarrison. Sure he didn’t get Fighter pilot, but he was finally his ownperson. He can do what he wants without the constant fear of saying somethingthat might upset his parents or doing something that might embarrass hissiblings. He was Lance McClain now. Just Lance. And for once that was enough.

But then Voltron Happened and his whole dynamic shifted uponhis head.

Right from the beginning he could sense the return of thevoid inside him. Small gestures became a catalyst to his undoing, whether it’san eye roll or a Shut up Lance. It all had the same effect of bringingback unwanted thoughts.

And before he could help it, LanceMcClain was not enough anymore.

It’s not that they were ignoring him.

It’s just that they all had more important shit to do.Whether it being technological breakthroughs or battle strategizing or joiningsecret Galra alliances. He just didn’t have a purpose anymore. Hell, even beinga paladin wasn’t that special anymore.

Shiro is back in Black, Keith could come back to Red anytimeand Allura had Blue. Lance could leave at any second and it wouldn’t reallymatter to… anyone.

He started spending more time alone holed up in his roomplaying video games or in the training room, as its former resident went off tojoin the Blade.

No one seemed to notice so he keptpretending. He may laugh too loudly or joke too frequently but it all seemed tobe in character as no one noticed.

Then Lotor joined the team andLance didn’t really mind the guy. He seemed pretty genuine about his attemptsand it saddened Lance that he had to used him as a tool to keep his personagoing, he would act extra dramatically whenever Lotor would talk to Allura orplainly whenever he would just talk. But even that was becoming harder to keepup.

It was all in the span of aminute.

They were deciding on what to doabout one of the Galra ships that seemed to be following them for the past fewdays. It had put everyone on edge as they just couldn’t shake it.

Pidge and Hunk were huddledtogether with Matt trying to find a way to hack into the ship’s mainframe fromthe castle while Lotor and the visiting Blade members discussed the possibleidentities of their pursuers.

Lance was standing on theside-line watching everything in front of him unfold as he didn’t seem to fitinto any of the group’s ‘categories’. It was like his household all over again.

It crossed his mind the idea thatthey could hide on the alien planet he and Hunk landed on after they crashedfrom the corrupted wormhole back after their first fight against Zarkon.

He walked up to Shiro, who wasplanning their course with Allura, and tapped his shoulders. Shiro glanced atLance with the corner of his eye and said,

“Not now, Lance. We are busy.”

“Yeah I know, Shiro. I actuallyhave an idea about where we could hide.”

“Earth is not an option.”

Lance’s words died in his mouth. Earthis not an option. Lance is not dumb to suggest going to earth to hide.Especially with that crazy Galra following them like a tail.

“No, I was actually going tosugg-“

“I SAID NOT NOW LANCE!”Shiro all but lashed out at Lance.

Lance’s blood ran cold. Everyoneon the bridge went silent and stared at Shiro.

Lanceremembered all the times his father would come home and yell at him justbecause he was tired and he still had to deal with a child after a long day’swork at his old age. So Lance was pretty used to this treatment. It’s just thathe thought he had left this treatment back on earth with his parents andIverson. 

He realized he will never truly be enough. Not to anyone.

Shiro stared at Lance. He couldn’tbelieve he actually yelled at one his paladins, let alone Lance.

Shiro had noticed the toned downshift in Lance’s attitude and, contrary to everyone’s beliefs, he didn’t reallylike it. He preferred the outgoing Lance that changed the subject when thingsgot too stressful or lightens the mood when a mission doesn’t go as planned.Shiro would rather that guy but sadly he had to admit that he didn’t prefer himin times of strategy. He needed planners and Lance was not a planner. At leastthat’s the impression he got.

This Galra has been followingthem for a while and it was driving Shiro insane being in the dark aboutsomething like this.He and Allura set up camp on thebridge trying to find a safe haven for the castle.

And truth be told, he hadn’t sleptfor a couple of days and was basically living off the coffee equivalent Hunkmanaged to conjure up from ingredients he got from the space mall. So he wasn’treally in the mood for someone to ruin their hard, but fruitless, work.

Shiro had thought that he finallygot the location perfected before Lance spoke up the first time and completelycut his train of thoughts.

And before he knew it, he hadyelled at Lance in front of everyone. 

Everyone. 

Galra and paladin alike. 

And itsickened Shiro. He would never wish this type of humiliation upon anyone.

“Lance. I didn’t-“

“WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!?” Lanceyelled. Completely fuming. Shiro went pale, ice filling his veins. “ALL IWANTED TO SAY WAS A SUGGESTON! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO ACT ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY! I KNOWI DOn’t contribute much to the team but you really didn’t have to rub it in. Everyoneshuts me up when I talk or rolls their eyes when I do something that isn’t fucking“smart” but I do this to keep all of you from eating each other. But who helpsME? I DIDN’T ASK TO BE FUCKING BORN! FIRST AT HOME AND THEN AT GARRISON AND NOWHERE?! A MILLON LIGHTYEARS FROM EARTH AND I AM STILL TREATED LIKE THIS.”

Shiro knew Lance could probablygo on but his throat clogged up from his sobbing. He wanted so desperately toreach Lance and pull him to the tightest hug he could muster but he seems to befrozen. He knew what Lance did to the team but he always assumed someone must’vebeen helping Lance go through this.

He looked around the room. Alluranext to him. Kolivan and Lotor. Pidge next to Hunk and Matt.

And he finally understood theirmistake.

They all branched up to smallergroups and that was NOT how a team should be.

He went to look back at Lance buthe was already gone.

Shiro could bet his other arm onthe fact that this was long overdue and they all deserved it.

Man i self projected this a little more than i would like to admit. I am so sorry this was so shit.

Part 2

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fic idea: deaf keith but he hasn't told anybody about it because he didn't want anybody to think badly of him until he almost frEAKING KILLS EVERYPNE on a mission because he didn't hear something and he has to tell everybody. and lance is like???? what the fuck is wrong with you I'd still love you no matter what and he accidentally admits his feelings

YES!!!! Okay, here we go! I hope you like it!!~~~~~Keith liked silence. He had to. All his life, he has only heard silence. Because that’s all he can hear. Keith was born into silence, never hearing the wind rustle through the leaves or the voices that would try to talk to him. People had always felt sorry for him and he hated it. He wasn’t weak, he just couldn’t hear. But whenever he would tell someone he was deaf, they would automatically take pity on him and give him the you’re-like-a-puppy-that’s-been-abandoned look. So that why he stopped telling people. He stuck to himself to avoid unneeded conversations, ditched the sign language (unless it was an emergency, studied how to effectively read people’s lips, and he put himself through years of speech therapy. He could fly under the radar and pass as the normal mysterious kid. Of course this caused some issues for Keith, but he got over them easily. It never put his life in danger. That was until he became a defender of the universe.~~~~~“KEITH! KEITH LAND RED, ARE YOU NOT LISTENING?!” Lance screamed. But of course, Keith didn’t hear him. Red was currently down and Keith was flying it all manually. This wouldn’t have been a big deal, but Red had become Keith’s ears. Whenever the team would talk, Red could send the conversation right to Keith’s brain and Keith could hear what they were saying. He cried the first time it happened. But now, Red wasn’t here. So Keith didn’t hear the shouts of his team; he kept on fighting. A Galra fleet had appeared out of nowhere, and the team had only a few mere seconds to respond. So here they are now. The other Paladins heard the orders from Allura to fall back because she was preparing a wormhole. The only problem was that Red was already down at that time, so Keith didn’t hear her. While the others fell back, Keith was still fighting, so all the attention from the fleet turned to him. Keith was going down fast. “Lance, why won’t Keith respond?” Shiro shouted. “I don’t know, but I’m going to get him!” Lance sped off with Blue toward Keith and Red. Lance flew straight into Keith, knocking both their Lions toward the castle. “Lance, what the quiznak are you doing?!” “Oh so your comma DO work! Why have you’ve been ignoring us?? Did you always have to save the day?!” Lance was answered with silence. “Ugh, you’re insufferable!!” Lance continued to push them until they were both in the hangar where the others joined them. As soon as they landed, Lance’s stormed toward Keith, ripping his Blue helmet from his head. “Are you fucking crazy?! Did you not hear Allura or any of our shouts?! You could’ve gotten us all killed!” Lance shouted. Keith held up his hands. “I didn’t mean-I just couldn’t-” “Couldn’t what Keith?!” “I COULDN’T HEAR!” Lance stumbled back. “What? But your comms. They were fully functional.” Keith eyes fell to the ground. “That doesn’t matter. Without Red, I-I can’t hear anything.” The team looked at him in shock. Shiro stepped forward. “Keith…are you..” Keith suddenly looked up, tears filling his eyes and fists clenched. “Deaf? So what if I am?! Just because I can’t hear, doesn’t mean I’m weak!” Tears began to spill from his eyes. “I’m not some weak defenseless kid who needs your pity.” Lance chuckled and shook his head. He took a few steps toward Keith, gently tapping him on his cheek. Keith looked at him. “What do you want Lance?” Lance smirked and he swiftly signed “Nobody thinks you’re weak, dummy.” Keith gaped at him and his hands. Lance suddenly flushed as he hands continued to sign. “You scared me. I care about you, and if something happened to you, I don’t know what I would do.” Keith stared at him with wide eyes, face the same color as his Lion’s. Lance rubbed the back of his neck and began to ramble “Uh, one of my cousins is deaf, so I learned sign language so I could carry on a conversation with her. Keith, if you want, I can do the same thing with you so you don’t have to always talk! I can study more on sign language, since I haven’t done it in a while. Maybe you could even teach me-mmph!” Keith lips were suddenly on Lance’s. Lance could feel Keith smile, and couldn’t help but smile as well. “Oohhh, love on the battlefield!” Pidge teased. Lance and Keith pulled away as the others laughed. Lance laced his fingers through Keith’s. “Come on guys. Let’s get something to eat.”