[Has Blue washed his hand since Lance fistbumped him in the bathroom a couple weeks ago? At this rate, Blue won't be washing at all.]
He better not expect it on a regular basis. It'll start getting stale.
[Lance is completely and utterly joking. He would never be stingy on the compliments--all well meaning compliments--if it meant someone else wouldn't feel the way he does sometimes. Especially Blue. The crazy Pokemon looks up to him, has looked up to him even before they met, and Lance can't deny that it makes him warm inside. Someone who didn't even lay eyes on him first thinks he hung the moon.
Lance'll have to remember that next time he feels like he's just dragging everybody else down.
He looks up at the solid hand on his shoulder and then follows the arm up to the face of the man that's changed Lance's life more than he could ever know. Shiro may think he can control how they all get their second chances here, but Lance has not and will never blame him for that. Shit happens. They'll just have to stick together as a team as much as they can.]
Do you... Do you mind if you know... maybe you could slap me upside the head with that every so often?
[It's a big step for him to admit that. A huge leap for him to admit all of this, to explain that a lot of his behavior stems from his lack of self-faith. But here in the privacy of his bedroom, between the three of them, Lance feels safe to begin working on it. Life is too short. Life here is too short and any of them could get sent back like Hunk. He just wants to have someone in his corner as he finds his way.]
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He better not expect it on a regular basis. It'll start getting stale.
[Lance is completely and utterly joking. He would never be stingy on the compliments--all well meaning compliments--if it meant someone else wouldn't feel the way he does sometimes. Especially Blue. The crazy Pokemon looks up to him, has looked up to him even before they met, and Lance can't deny that it makes him warm inside. Someone who didn't even lay eyes on him first thinks he hung the moon.
Lance'll have to remember that next time he feels like he's just dragging everybody else down.
He looks up at the solid hand on his shoulder and then follows the arm up to the face of the man that's changed Lance's life more than he could ever know. Shiro may think he can control how they all get their second chances here, but Lance has not and will never blame him for that. Shit happens. They'll just have to stick together as a team as much as they can.]
Do you... Do you mind if you know... maybe you could slap me upside the head with that every so often?
[It's a big step for him to admit that. A huge leap for him to admit all of this, to explain that a lot of his behavior stems from his lack of self-faith. But here in the privacy of his bedroom, between the three of them, Lance feels safe to begin working on it. Life is too short. Life here is too short and any of them could get sent back like Hunk. He just wants to have someone in his corner as he finds his way.]