[As long as Shiro doesn't stand up, Lance can keep his back turned to him and continue trying to avoid this impending conversation. Scrubbing at the little plastic bowl long after the bleach has swirled down the drain, he doesn't know what to say that doesn't sound like the song of a whiner. Just like that guy on the network called him. A whiner.
Well, maybe the one thing Lance is good at is whining.
In the end, it doesn't matter if Jean did or didn't know it was his shop. It still happened, it happened more than once, and Lance was just reminded of how much he lacks in skills and talents. A hard reminder too. With Keith, it was easier to deal with since Keith didn't really give into Lance's poking and no matter what, they still needed Lance to fly Blue. But Jean bites back. And so does Robbie. And there's no Voltron here so in the end, there's no need to keep Lance around. Like he told Shiro already: everybody else has their person and place in this world, in this house. Shiro has Matt and Keith. Now the addition of Jean makes that knowledge a little more bitter.
Honestly, Lance doesn't know a thing about Jean. Doesn't know where he's from, what he's all about. Doesn't even know how much they're alike. But then again, no one in this place keeps Lance in the actual loop. All Lance knows is that on the totem pole of people in this household, he's at the bottom rung and Jean is sitting pretty at the top.]
I forgot to get shampoo.
[God, does it bother him. He doesn't even know where begin describing how going to work is an even bigger drag now, an anxiety triggering thing wondering if today his branch will be the one Jean comes to antagonize. But Lance can't speak the words stuck in his throat, the ones that want to admit that he knows his shortcomings all too well and sometimes just wants to give up trying when he knows he's just going to get nowhere, so he just turns quickly, trying to bypass Shiro and head down to his room.]
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Well, maybe the one thing Lance is good at is whining.
In the end, it doesn't matter if Jean did or didn't know it was his shop. It still happened, it happened more than once, and Lance was just reminded of how much he lacks in skills and talents. A hard reminder too. With Keith, it was easier to deal with since Keith didn't really give into Lance's poking and no matter what, they still needed Lance to fly Blue. But Jean bites back. And so does Robbie. And there's no Voltron here so in the end, there's no need to keep Lance around. Like he told Shiro already: everybody else has their person and place in this world, in this house. Shiro has Matt and Keith. Now the addition of Jean makes that knowledge a little more bitter.
Honestly, Lance doesn't know a thing about Jean. Doesn't know where he's from, what he's all about. Doesn't even know how much they're alike. But then again, no one in this place keeps Lance in the actual loop. All Lance knows is that on the totem pole of people in this household, he's at the bottom rung and Jean is sitting pretty at the top.]
I forgot to get shampoo.
[God, does it bother him. He doesn't even know where begin describing how going to work is an even bigger drag now, an anxiety triggering thing wondering if today his branch will be the one Jean comes to antagonize. But Lance can't speak the words stuck in his throat, the ones that want to admit that he knows his shortcomings all too well and sometimes just wants to give up trying when he knows he's just going to get nowhere, so he just turns quickly, trying to bypass Shiro and head down to his room.]