A/N
I posted this story yesterday but for some reason the file seems to of gotten corrupted. So when you click on it, it refuses to let you view it. I figured it would just be easier to take the old story down and repost it finger crossed it works this time!
As I said in the original A/N this story is meant to be a longer-term side project just for fun to give me a break from all the normal academic writing I do.
Also, I put this at the start of all my new stories. I have a minor learning disability that sometimes affects my spelling and grammar skills. Since this project is just for fun I don't use a beta reader or have another person edit it. So if you see any mistakes let's all just be chill about it.
"I don't know what all of you are complaining about," Lance said as he stretched out on the couch in the main hall of the castle. "Being separated wasn't that bad."
"You know not all of us were lucky enough to of been rocketed to a tropical Island spa planet, Lance!" Grumbled Kieth on the opposite side of the room. He was the second to last of them to get back to the castle. He had narrowly escaped being trapped inside of an enormous gas cloud, having to rewire the red lions GPS to be able to map out his route.
"That's enough Cadets" Shiro's firm voice carried across the room as he, Allura, and Hunk walked in. "Now that Hunk is back we are a team once again so we can move forward with our mission,"
"Yeah! Team Voltron back and ready to take on the forces of evil!" Hunk cheered sitting down on the couch next to Pidge who was frantically typing into a laptop. Pidge had been murmuring something over the past few days about a new mapping program for the castle but none of the team really understood what it would do. "By the way guys," Hunk continued, "Thanks for swooping in and saving me back there. Who knew that there would be a planet inhabited only by fire-breathing alligators."
"It was nothing," The princess insisted "I really should be commemorating you Hunk on your bravery for breaking into my cell and being the one to save me."
"I can't take full responsibility on that one. All of team Voltron wanted to save you"
Lance made a sound from his laid-back position on the couch "Yeah all of team Voltron besides Keith"
"Lance!" Everyone besides himself and the princess shouted. All astonished that he would bring up what Keith had said about Allura right in front of her.
"What do you mean?" Allura asked Looking from Lance to Kieth when she received no response she turned to the black Paladin. "What does he mean by that?"
"Nothing," he responded making a mental note to have a talk with Lance latter "Now princess please tell us what our next move is"
Allura stepped into the center of the room and pulled up the map of the universe. Filling the entire room with blue holograms of stars and planets and galaxies. No matter how many times Allura did this the Paladins were always amazed.
"We are currently here," She pointed out with her hand to a space near two small planets. "And our current plan is simple. Clearly, we don't have what it takes to bring Zarkon to its knees"
"You have the power to bring me to my knees," Lance flirtatiously commented with a smirk from his spot on the couch
"Lance" Shiro scolded him as he always did when Lance bothered Allura. But something In Shiro's voice today was a little sharper than usual. Sure Shiro would be firm when shutting down Lance's attempts to make an ass of himself but he always found the young cadets comments a tad amusing.
"Like I was saying," The princess continued "We may be too weak now, but if we free enough planets and gain enough allies then hopefully we will one day be strong enough to ride the universe of Zarkon once and for all"
"That's the plan?" Kieth, who had been so quiet the whole time they had almost forgotten he was there, asked. "I'm sorry but that does not seem very detailed plan"
"It's the best we have" Allura insisted shutting down the hologram.
"Hey don't disrespect the princess" Lance shot his words at Keith, leaning across Pidge and Hunk to get closer to the others boy face with the goal of antagonizing him more.
Kieth met Lance's advance as was now leaning in eye level with him "I was not disrespecting her, I was just pointing out that if we want to defeat an empire we need more of a plan!"
Lance leaned in more, just enough to assert his dominance. He was about to fire back his next remark when he realized he had climbed entirely on top of Hunk and Pidge making His face only inches away from Keith's. He swore he saw the other boys cheeks grow pink even in the slightest. He quickly turned his face away from Keith's and towards the princess
"Don't listen to this guy, I got your back babe" he winked.
This caused two of the Lion warriors to have two very different but very important reactions. One unnoticeable and one un-ignorable. The un-ignorable one came from the black Paladin.
"Lance! Seriously? Stop. No one is amused by those comments so please no more, just cut it out okay." He did not raise his voice at all, it was the straightforward harshness of Shiro's words that took everyone by surprise. His overreaction had caused the whole team, even Allura, to raise an eyebrow. A week ago his reaction would have been bothered yet amused, ten minutes ago it was annoyed, but now Shiro sounded thoroughly offended.
They all looked from Shiro to Lance wondering who would speak next.
"I'm… I guess I'm sorry," Lance murmured sitting up slightly straighter on the couch coming to full attention now, rattled by Shiro's words. Shiro alway spoke with an air of formality, hearing the older Lion Warrior scold him in such a straightforward, hold nothing back, no BS, manner shook him. "I didn't mean to disrespect you, Princess… I was just… anyway, what were you saying about the planets and finding allies?" He hurried to change the subject, hoping that was the end of Shiro's scolding.
The other reaction came from Kieth and was almost unnoticeable but was just as telling as Shiro's. After Lance had said his pickup line to the princess everyone was busy looking at either Lance or Shiro.
But if they had looked at Kieth they would have noticed, ever so slightly, that his face dropped upon hearing Lance's words. A look halfway between disappointment and sadness filled his eyes. But no one (this time at least) noticed.
They went on with their meeting, discussing which planet would be the best to free first, if any friends of Allura's family were still alive, how could they improve their lions. Till eventually they all agreed it was time for lunch. No one gave another thought to the two reactions caused by Lance's words.
However if they did this is the conclusion they would have come to.
Both Shiro and Kieth, for the first time ever, were deeply bothered a great deal by Lances flirting with Allura.
A/N
Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed it I know this part was not very plot heavy or had a lot of cute moments heavy but it's only the first chapter ofbiggerstory. Unlike oneshotsthe story has to build over time but thepay offis worth it! (I love stories like that) I hope reposting works!
-VF