A/N idk I have a lot of ideas, but not many complete ones? So I'll give a few spin-offs a try. God, I thought I'd love Red the most when I first designed and thought of her, but I'm loving Azul more and more… Also, the kissing is what's needed to form the initial bond with a lion – it's not necessarily romantic or anything, so calm your shit when I get to that part.
Pink and Blue
Set during Season 3 and all the lion swaps
"Blue, why won't you let me in?" Lance whined at his lion, who sat back in her chair, filing her claws (sharpening not dulling), barely looking over at her once-partner-in-crime.
She groaned back, "I dunno, I just… I ain't feelin' this no more. Sorry, Lancey, but we're done. It's like, when you're BFFs with someone one year, but the next you sorta lose touch, y'know? I just feel like if we try bonding the transformation isn't gonna work and…" She finally looked at her Paladin, worry clear in her charcoal eyes. "I'm sorry, Lance. I don't want you to feel disappointed, so…"
"So you won't even let me try." He looked pained and a pang of guilt pierced Azul's heart, even though she knew this was for the best. Her thoughts subconsciously passed over to Lance, who looked up, grinning his usual grin. He laughed it off, "Well, you are thousands of years older than me, so I suppose you'd know best, right, Blue?"
She grinned back, revealing bright fangs, but inside she silently pleaded that he'd be alright without her.
-o-O-o-
It became apparent that all the lions would be needed if they were to confront Lotor, and Allura could feel Azul pulling her towards her. Her cerulean gaze met silver and Allura nodded at the lioness.
Azul cheekily whispered a warning, "Excuse me if I step my bounds, princess, but you are a prime specimen of beauty and courage in that pink armour, so I might get a little heated whilst we're together in this relationship." She waggled her brows and Allura nearly laughed at how similar she and Lance were.
Allura braced herself, taking a deep breath. She'd never done this sort of thing before, but if Pidge could do it with Verde, she shouldn't have any problem. She opened her eyes to make eye contact with Azul. "I'm ready, let's do this."
Azul's dark hands placed gently on Allura's arms as they leaned into each other. With the touch of their lips, Allura felt a spark of Quintessence and when she opened her eyes her lips were on the wide nose of the blue lion – yet it still felt warm.
Azul's voice boomed clearly in her mind through their newfound bond: So, princess, whatcha waitin' for? Hop in for a ride~
She rolled her eyes. Definitely Lance's soul sister.
"You better stop that or I'm calling you Lance 2.0,"
"Wouldn't that be really awkward to shout in battle?"
"Err, never mind then."
-o-O-o-
The plan was failing and everyone's high hopes for Black Paladin Keith came crashing to the ground. See, this is why we should've had Black Paladin Lance, people. Meanwhile, Allura had found that controlling Azul was a lot harder than expected. She knew she could be bitchy, but they were both girls, that couldn't be the problem, right? That was when Azul suddenly screamed into the princess's mind as she shut down.
WHAT THE HELL, PRINCESS?! YOU'RE WORSE THAN A MAN PILOT. WORSE THAN EMO BOY. YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR ME OR MY ABILITIES, SO YOU CAN GO DIE.
'So you can go die'
Allura coughed, not sure if she'd heard correct. "Excuse me?" She asked sarcastically with a raise of her brows. She breathed in, starting to feel a little pissed off, "I am the princess of Altea, my people made you and all you can do in return is leave me to die – not just me, but my friends too?"
No response.
Allura's eye twitched and she hit the panel, "You will stop this nonsense right now, Lady Azul, or there will be consequences! I'll… I'll…" She couldn't do anything to a lion of Voltron, idiot. Allura didn't need to hear Azul to hear the ridicule. She felt ridiculous: that outburst was uncalled for and unladylike. She sighed, thinking to herself: What would Lance do…?
She coughed, perking herself up. Resting an elbow on the control panel, she leaned over into Azul and smirked, commenting flirtatiously, "So, Azul, that kiss earlier? Seriously activated my particle barrier, girl. Just thinking about it makes me…" she trailed off, glowing red. She couldn't do this with a straight face – how the hell did Lance not wanna curl up into a ball after saying these crazy things?
Suddenly, her embarrassment was interrupted by a cackling in her mind. Azul yowled in laughter, Damn, you're adorable! But so entirely stupid! Can't you see what you need to do, pompous princess perfect?
Azul's sarcasm combined with alliteration made Allura feel stupid. In fact, she just then realised what she needed to do and did feel stupid. She immediately apologised, "Azul, I'm such an imbecile. I've been trying to force you and command you rather than work with you."
It seemed as if Allura was prepared to go on and make a whole heartfelt speech about how sorry she was, so Azul straight-up halted her. Duh, princess. Anyways, aren't your friends getting killed by the Lotor Squad right about now?
Allura gasped, suddenly remembering their dire situation. She thought for a moment and looked back up, smirking with a confident twinkle in her eye.
"Azul, you can use a sonar, can't you?"
I thought you'd never ask!
-o-O-o-
"So, about the whole 'you can go die' thing?"
The mission was barely successful (but it was all worth it for that Keith grin amirite?) but they all made it back in one piece and feeling a deep bond with their new lions – that is, after all, what happens when you escape the clutches of death together. Allura was still a little ticked off about Azul stating she'd leave her to die, and Azul seemed like she'd forgotten she'd ever said that.
"Uh, did I say that?"
Allura's death glare was a hard 'duh, bitch'.
"Oh quiznak, princess, I didn't mean it! I'm a stupid bitch, y'know? I say stupid shit when I'm pissed and I… I'd never leave you to die! I just, I guess I just needed to give you a slap to make you understand, know what I mean?"
Allura giggled at Azul's instant excuses and desperate pleas for mercy, which made the neko blush.
This partnership was gonna be a good one.
-o-O-o-
Meanwhile, Red was eyeing Lance, her yellow slit-eyes sharper than usual. Lance's instinct felt her piercing gaze and he turned slowly and awkwardly, "Uhh, why the staring?"
"Your driving is absolute wank."
Lance didn't quite understand her full meaning, but he could get the gist of it. He grimaced, knowing he and Red wouldn't get on. That is, until her next words.
"I like you. You're well cool." She grinned showing sharp teeth and held out a hand for a high five (Keith had taught her well).
Lance smirked back, taking the high five – but as his hand moved forward, hers dived down out of the way. She yowled in triumph, "Scuba dive, bitch!"
Okay. Maybe Keith had taught her too well.
A/N Ok I lied that last bit made me love Red more again lol. Oh and I forgot to mention Red's meant to have a British accent - but it's more of a normal one than a posh one, like your average London accent. Hey I'm proud of this I focused on different characters than I thought I would! Woohoo! I have quite a few ideas planned, but I don't wanna spoil anything… huehuehue. Also I can forgive Keith for f*cking up that mission bc of his adorable grin at the end, likeohmygoshIthinkIfellinlove but yeah I stan all of the characters they're what make me love the show~