blue lips

(A/N character death, self deprecation, mourning. if you need anything else tagged don't hesitate to ask. song by Regina Spektor) 

He stumbled into faith and thought,

'God, this is all there is'.

The pictures in his mind arose,

And began to breathe.

And all the gods in all the worlds

Began colliding on a backdrop of blue.

Lance couldn't remember what had just happened. Where was he? All he could see was blue, the sky, maybe? The sound of waves washing over sand filled his ears. A wave suddenly soaked Lance, his shirt clung to his body uncomfortably. Lance stood, when had he lay down? Looking around there was nothing for miles, just an empty beachfront.

Blue lips, blue veins.

It was freezing outside, and Lance was not wearing his jacket. Had he been wearing it before? With his shirt and pants soaked through, the bitter wind chilled him to the bone. Where were the others? Lance wondered numbly if they were okay. Taking a step forward, Lance was suddenly hit with a dizzy spell. He stumbled away from the water to go sit somewhere to dry.

He took a step but then felt tired.

He said 'I'll rest a little while'.

But when he tried to walk again,

He wasn't a child.

And all the people hurried fast,

Real fast and no one ever smiled.

Sitting down was a relief, Lances legs ached like he had run a marathon. His entire body screamed at him to just sleep, but Lance needed to find out where he was more. Okay, what did he remember? That's a good place to start.

Blue lips, blue veins. Blue,

The color of our planet from far, far away.

Blue lips, blue veins. Blue

The color of our planet from far, far away.

It was blurry but he began to recall things, his first clear memory was of Keith, of course it was, he was Keith's right hand man. Lance recalled that there had been a distress call and that Keith and him had been sent to respond to it. But what else? It was all too blurry.

He stumbled into faith and thought,

'God, this is all there is'.

The pictures in his mind arose,

And began to breathe.

And no one saw and no one heard,

They just followed lead.

The pictures in his mind awoke,

And began to breed.

Lance was nervous, Keith and him did missions like this all the time, there was nothing to worry about, he knew that, but he had such a bad feeling about this time. Getting to the planet was uneventful and would have been boring had he not had Keith with him in his (well Keith's lion, the red lion) lion. They chatted about nothing, just the usual banter, but still Lance couldn't help feeling uneasy, a constant dread loomed over him. The mission went as planned, the distress signal was a simple problem, one they had dealt with before. But a galra fleet ambushed them, a surprise attack meant for the whole of Voltron. Lance remembered jumping in front of Keith as a galra soldier tried to shoot him from the side, then nothing but pain.