A/N:
Hey there! So, I was having a little writer's block, and decided to shake things up. I got this idea after I read Tempest In a Teacup by AkaVertigo, and I used the idea of a one word prompt for a sentence, which is from the website Live Journal. I changed one or two of the words, just so that they fit better into my story. I hope you enjoy it!
Have a great day!
1. Comfort
Lance found it strange at first, but over time, the soft tones and compassionate sentiments of his teammates started to mean something.
2. Kiss
His skin, oppressed by the inky darkness of space and taunted by the dim glow of starlight, yearned for the reassuring touch of the sun.
3. Soft
The texture of his blankets, and the sheer luxury of his matress, always surprised and secretly delighted him.
4. Pain
He received a kick to the ribs in training one day, and the blow ignited more than old bruises.
5. Potatoes
His homesickness reminded him of many things, even the randomest, and most unexpected of subjects.
6. Rain
The constant and reassuring sensation of thousands of water droplets splashing across his skin and cleansing his weary soul was something that could never be replicated in any simulation.
7. Chocolate
"It's more than a taste, it's a feeling," Pidge said one day, and Lance couldn't agree more.
8. Happiness
Sometimes, it flirted with his brain, tantalizing his senses, but never genuinely giving itself to him.
9. Telephone
One day, late at night, Lance remembered the old telephone he once saw in a museum, and wished that he could use one to speak with the people he missed the most.
10. Ears
He was always able to tell when they were talking about him.
11. Name
Whenever someone called him a Paladin, it reminded him too forcefully of who he murdered.
12. Sensational
No one knew that his favorite way to cope is to run his fingers along guitar strings, and because he hadn't touched a guitar in years, he resulted to rubbing his fingers together, searching for fading callouses.
13. Death
He couldn't escape the jet black fingers that reached for his mind when silence fell, and he was unable to stop the old habits he developed during a time when ending everything meant the end of suffering.
14. Love
He used to think that he felt it, especially for a certain white haired princess, but now he couldn't feel anything.
15. Touch
He still flinched when someone laid their hand on his arm, or caressed his cheek, or wrapped him into an embrace.
16. Weakness
He refused to allow the tears that clustered in his eyes to fall before the others.
17. Tears
They saw them anyway.
18. Speed
The others thought he'd heal faster.
19. Wind
He couldn't decide if he'd rather feel a gentle breeze sift through his hair, or an icy blast slap his face.
20. Freedom
Even in the middle of an infinity with endless possibilities, he still felt confined in his own mind.
21. Life
Lance knew he should appreciate his more.
22. Jealousy
Lance didn't understand the burning that engulfed his heart whenever he watched Hunk laugh.
23. Hands
The only time his hands stopped shaking was when they cradled a blaster.
24. Taste
Lance forgot that food had any flavor at all.
25. Devotion
"We're here for you."
26. Forever
The eternity of space around him paralleled the endless nightmares that plagued his nights.
27. Blood
While Lance knew that he would forget many things in the future, and hoped that many of his terrors would become hazy dreamlike sequences, the sight of scarlet pouring from his body was not one of them.
28. Sickness
"If we were on Earth, we could find someone to help you."
29. Melody
Like ghostly apparitions that appear for a second and flicker away before one can really see them, Lance heard songs in his dreams, and he sometimes found himself humming a tune that he didn't recognize.
30. Star
"There used to be stars in your eyes," Allura whispered one night, choking on her tears.
31. Home
While home might be a place, it is also a state of mind, and Lance wasn't sure he'd ever arrive.
32. Confusion
No one knew why he snapped at them over trivial things.
33. Fear
The stench of sweat and the sensation of his body temperature rising dilated his pupils, and he had to spend thirty minutes alone, holding his knees and hyperventilating, in order to escape the overwhelming feeling of helplessness.
34. Lightning/Thunder
As a child, the flash of lightning never scared him, neither did its booming aftermath, and, ironically, those years of fearlessness were repaid with moments of immobilizing terror after any quick spark of electricity.
35. Bonds
He didn't realize until Keith rested his arm across Lance's shoulder, and Pidge hugged his waist, that he'd never been closer to any other group of people in his life.
36. Market
When Pidge and Hunk disappeared in the crowd, Lance only felt confusion, but when they returned, a beautiful, makeshift instrument in their hands, and excitement in their eyes, he could only feel gratitude.
37. Technology
No one wanted to admit that they used the comms to listen to the sound of his calm strumming, and the soft whisper of his voice.
38. Gift
Lance refused to let go of his new guitar for days, using it during the hours of silence to drive away his demanding, and rather exhausting, memories.
39. Smile
After he finally mastered a difficult chord progression, the smile that burst across his lips made everything worth it for Pidge and Hunk.
40. Innocence
"How'd you get those cool scars, Mister Paladin?"
41. Completion
Lance believed that he left a part of his heart on that operation table.
42. Clouds
Dark clouds usually reflected his current mood, while soft, pure ones displayed who he wished he still was.
43. Sky
Once, after he'd felt that he'd mastered the ocean, he had wanted to conquer the sky, but Lance now knew that neither sky nor sea could be defeated by the likes of him.
44. Heaven
Forgetting everything but the music that he created through his fingertips and tongue, Lance felt true peace only when he sat alone with his instrument.
45. Hell
The paranoia, the isolation, the trauma, the mental games, or the nightmares; Lance couldn't decide which was worst.
46. Sun
The sun could never compare to the warmth of Hunk's reassuring smile.
47. Moon
Like moonlight leading him through the pitch black of night, Lance fixated on one of his teammates' eyes whenever shadows began to swallow him.
48. Waves
If he closed his eyes long enough, he could hear them crashing against the shore during a storm.
49. Hair
When brown trusses tangled in front of his eyes and effectively blinded him, he knew he'd spent too long ignoring his appearance.
50. Supernova
"Do you think I want to be like this?!"