It was unfair, what he was doing to her. Hunk understood that with as much pain and regret he felt the first time he had betrayed her trust. It had never been his plan to. Spending so much time in space together, so far away from Earth and Shay; things just happened. Now he was leaving her another way.

Looking up towards the vibrant orange sky above Hunk smiles. If only it had been yellow. That would be symbolic in a way. A yellow planet just like his lion. Just like Shay's eyes. If it had been a green sky that would be a different kind of symbolism, and for a moment Hunk wishes it to turn green so his guilt would fill him instead of all this pain.

He recalls the first time he kissed her. He had kissed her. Never was it the other way around. That is a fact he could admit to himself. Ever kiss he shared with Pidge had been on his own accord. She never forced him, never asked him too, and only once did she ever protest. When his and Shay's first child had been born. Voltron's work was never done, and after spending six months on Balmera with her, and his son. Then it was off to space again and the tempting comfort of a friend's embrace.

It had started off innocent enough. They were working on a project together. Which one it was Hunk couldn't remember anymore. After a while working on projects together was just an excuse to spend any few moments of privacy with each other. Sneaking a few intimate touches in between all the mechanical bits and pieces around them. The first time it was before he and Shay became an actual couple. A night (or was it day?) of passion that was an accident. She was smirking. Her eyes filled with a mischievous he had come to expect when she solved a problem. As if she could use anything to cause a little bit of trouble. In truth, she could. Hunk loved that about her, and the kiss was so short. A simple one to her cheek, which then became a few longer ones on the lips, and eventually turned to other actions among other parts of their bodies. They swore to each other it was a one time deed, but it happened again and again.

Never officially together, but always nearby. Maybe that was why she seemed so upset the day Shay asked him out. Perhaps that was why the two were never around each other for long. Did he pit them against each other? If so that would be the thing he was sorriest for. Shay and Pidge could have been great friends if it hadn't been for him then. Shay was kind, caring, always putting her trust in others. Pidge was protective, intelligent, she always took the first shot she got at something or someone. They were both loyal, headstrong, with unshakeable faith in the ideals and people they believed in. Both strong women who deserved so much more love than he could give.

He should have been a better father to his son, and his baby daughter. He should have stayed with them all more, given them all of his love. On the day he promised Shay to stay by her side for the rest of his life it should have been his final choice. That should have been the moment he became hers and only hers, but never had Hunk imagined himself capable of falling for two women. Of tearing them both apart.

He saw it on his final day with Shay. The sadness in her eyes. She claimed it was because he was always so far away, but deep inside he thinks that somehow she knew about Pidge. The bitterness and distance in Pidge's mood and actions spoke volumes to him in the few months before today. He was hurting them both. Now he would hurt them all over again.

Tearing his eyes free from the bitter sky above he pulls out his phone. Opening his gallery Hunk saw the first few images within it. Pictures of his kids and their mother switching to Pidge and the team. His two families and he could not bring himself to do right by any of them. At least now the yellow lion could go to someone deserving of it. Someone who his team could trust, and would keep Shay safe.

In the distance, his lion roars. Somehow it brought itself to do so again, and again. Resting his back against the hard rock he crawled over too when they fell. He can't recall who it was that shot him down, or why he left his lion. Only that they were and he had. Losing so many details as his eyes grow heavier. All of their faces remaining in his mind as slowly the orange sky becomes dark.


Hello, this is my first Voltron fic and I am sorry for how I portrayed Hunk. No, I don't think he would actually cheat but this idea wouldn't leave my head until I wrote it out. Still, I hope you all enjoyed it and I may do another chapter depending on how this one is received.