Langst #1
Prompt: A hard of hearing Lance, who usually gets by with hearing aids because he's in space, miss his yearly tune-up and they stop working. Lance is frustrated and so are the others because he's not listening well and talking really loudly. Credits to anonymous on Tumblr.
Now I did cut off a bit of the prompt which will be explained further at the end of this so yeah.
*NOTE* I use British grammar! *NOTE*
No. of Words: 1.4K
Angst level: 4.5/10
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"Alright, does everyone remember our plan?" Shiro asks while stealthily flying his lion towards a Galra ship.
"Yes, we're all set for the next step," Keith says, following closely behind Shiro.
"Pidge are you inside the ship?"
"Yes, and I've spotted the control centre. I'm plugging in my laptop now as we speak."
"Great job Pidge. Okay everyone, time to lower our voices, especially you Lance. We do not need a repeat of our last mission where you were way too loud and the Galra soldiers heard everything."
"Yeah, how is it humanly possible to be that loud?" Number 5 mumbles under her breath but is still clear enough for our Blue Paladin to overhear.
"Okay fine. I get it geez." Lance says while reaching under his helmet to increase the volume of his hearing aids.
If only they knew huh?
Yes, the Cuban flirt of the Voltron group has difficulty hearing. It wasn't anything tragic per say. He has had a hearing impairment since he was brought into this world. There was nothing his family could have done except buy him some hearing aids. Now so far, no one knew except for the obvious exception of his family. Not even his buddy Hunk.
You see, Lance hated pity. If there was anything that pissed the Cuban other than Keith, it was the pity. He had lived 17 years without anyone knowing he was partially deaf and he prides himself on it.
"Okay, guys. I've got the information. Let's book it." Pidge says as she signals for Lance to get her.
"Hunk, I need you to be on the lookout for any Galra's incoming."
"Yes, Shiro. Be careful Lance."
As Lance flies carefully towards Pidge waving her hands maniacally, he is immediately struck by a beam from a Galra ion cannon, sending him flying in a completely different direction.
He hits his head hard on the controls in front of him and harshly thrown onto the ground of Blue. Barely being able to move he could feel warm crimson liquid drip down his face.
Unable to scream from the excruciating pain of being hit, he pants heavily.
"...ance? ... you... ight?"
He scrunches his eyebrows in confusion.
What are they saying?
Slowly moving his hand to tweak at his hearing aids, he's horrified to see that the said aids were broken into pieces with no hope for repair.
His face loses colour.
Oh shit.
He musters every bit of strength he has left in his frail and battered body and sits back onto the chair.
"Guys! I'm heading back to the Castle. I got hit pretty hard. There's a lot of blood so I need to get cleaned up. Or can someone do it for m-"
"Jesus Lance! Stop fucking talking so loud! Thanks to you the Galra are chasing after me. Keith help me out would you?"
