These are a series of headcanons regarding Lyon Vastia. Do submit any headcanons and I'll try to write them. :D
i. Lyon grieved for Gray during those long, painful seven years.
The news had spread like wildfire.
Tenroujima was eradicated by Acnologia. The entire island vanished. No one survived. The Black Dragon, after destroying the island, disappeared from sight.
The moment the news reached Lamia Scale, Lyon had been the first to volunteer for the search. With the help of Blue Pegasus's war ship Christina, they had combed the entirety of the sea, to no avail.
And after six long, tedious months of searching, Lyon started to feel his hope waning of ever finding any survivors.
Out of all the guilds, Lamia Scale was the nearest to Tenroujima. Lyon could hardly remember how many times a week he would head out to sea. With every passing day of failure and lack of results brought him a step closer to admitting defeat.
Giving up meant acknowledging that Fairy Tail – GrayGrayonlyGray – was dead. And imagining Fairy Tail (Gray) dead seemed almost an impossible task. Because Fairy Tail (Gray) was just so alive, who lived as if every possible day was their last, who was so crazy and insane and out of the world that sometimes Lyon had to wonder if they were humans and they were really gone, weren't they
To his guild, he never showed any signs of giving up because giving up meant that he had lost. To his guild, he remained strong and staunch in his belief that the missing Fairy Tail members were still alive. To his guild, he was barely affected by the tragedy.
But back in his room at the end of the day, he felt his façade broke, too tired to hold the shards together. At the end of the day, he grieved.