Lance sat in the passenger seat of keiths truck stiffly, doing everything in his power to focus on the pain ricocheting in his skull, instead of the man behind him and all the things he knew he must confess.
"Lance you dont-" keith began only to be cut short by the rattled man beside him.
"Yes keith I do. I do need to tell you, and I will- just give me a moment..." lance muttered , pinching the bridge of his nose between his fingers in frustration with himself.
"Look, I left back in highschool for a reason. And you can probably guess after what lotor said but..." lance stopped for a second, and took a deep breath "I'm a trans guy.." lance looked at keith from the corner of his eye to see his reaction, part of him expected so see that same look of disgust that lotor bore in his eyes, the one his mother wore as well.
Keith was staring intensely at the man beside him, there was no disgust or hate lance noticed. Just- curiosity and confusion..
"I dont see it." Keith said at last, earning a bewildered look from lance
"How could you not??" Lance exclaimed, absolutely flabbergasted by keith reaction.
"You're just so- Man." Keith stated, gesturing to lances body, the confusion only growing in both keith and lances minds.
"You think I look like a man?" Lance asked uncertainly, a grin barely suppressed masked by the shock of keiths statement.
"Yes I do." He said, crossing his arms over his chest, glaring half heartedly at the giddy man beside him.
Lances demeanor cooled as he looked at keith with a serious expression
"Does this mean we're ok..?" He said, almost too quiet for keith to hear.
Keiths expression softened as he smiled at lance.
"Of course we are..you being trans doesn't change how I feel about you- as a person!" Keith stated, his voice cracking slightly.
Lance, seemingly oblivious to keiths condition sighed contently, relaxing into the beat up seat if keiths truck.
"Thats good to know.." he said looking at keith with his eyes half lidded and a soft yet sincere smile on his face. "Thank you keith. For everything, not just for standing up for me but for being my friend in the first place... I never would've gotten this far without you and the others." Lance said, turning to face keith properly, a serious expression replacing the soft one from moments ago.
Keith blushed slightly at the confession, take aback by the information.
"Nah..I think you would have made it, you're the strongest person I know after all." Keith said, giving lance his signature dazzling grin.
Lance laughed softly "no I bet the strongest person you know is pidge."
"Yeah but she's hardly human, I mean c'mon." Keith said with a laugh, also turning to face the other fully, leaning his side against the seat crossing his arms he smiled at the man beside him. Keith found it endearing seeing all of his emotions and troubles played through his eyes, that even in that clouded sea blue, a blue that usually holds such secrets, were clear as day to him. Almost like lance wanted him to see.
"-yeah you're right." Lance says pulling away from keith having noticed how close they had gotten. Lances phone went off before the atmosphere could grow heavy "oh!'its my sister, I have to take this." He said smiling shyly at keith before getting out of the truck
"O-ok." Keith said to empty space.
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"Jaz.. hey."
"Lance! Its good to hear your voice...but this isn't a call for pleasantries im afraid..." jaz said seriously
"What happened? Is sofia ok? Mateo??" Lance asked with an edge of panic as he looked to the truck from the corner of his eye from where it sat on the otherside of the lot
"No, no...nothing like that but..." the woman signed sadly "oh lance...im so sorry.." she choked,
"Jasmine what happened??!" The panic in his voice becoming more obvious
"Lance mami got into an accident...we-we need you-" the rest of the womans words were cut short as the phone fell from lances hand and crashed loudly to the floor. What had happened to his mother that was so bad they needed him back...?
Lance took a deep breath, calming himself before leaning down to grab his phone off the ground as he headed back to the truck.
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The atmosphere between the two on the drive back to campus was tense, something had happened with that phone call that caused lance to simply shut down.
When the man had gotten back to the truck he sourly instructed keith to take him back to his dorm.
Keith of course obliged with little argument after seeing the desperate look on lances face.
"Do you want me to uh..walk you in?" Keith asked hesitantly as he parked in the courtyard of dorm building C
Lance smiled sadly at him, he didn't want to take out his foul mood on keith, so he didn't say anything, just shook his head and exited the vehicle.
Lance made his way back to his empty room and sat on his bed with a heavy sigh.
"Its like some god out there refuses to let me be happy.." he muttered into his hands as he tried to rub the tiredness from his eyes. He layed there for a while, his thoughts lingering on the conversation he'd had with his sister and fear started to seep in- Is mami ok??!
There was a bang on his door causing lance to bolt upright. He hurried to get the door as the banging continued furiously, lance swung the door open with a glare on his face that was quickly wiped off when a fist came into contact with his nose getting a grunt of pain from him and a surprised squeak from the banger
"W-what the fuck??!" Lance growled, stumbling back with a hand gripping tightly to his nose, feeling the thick warm fluid already dripping through the cracks in his fingers.
"Oh my god lance im so sorry!!" A familiar voice said, lance looked up to see his sister in a panicked state, she was digging for Tissues in her purse
"Jasmine? What are you doing here?" Lance mumbled from behind his hands
The woman stopped and looked at lance, her expression went confused to anger, like she'd just remembered something important
"I told you mami had an accident and you hang up!?!" She snarled, pushing a handful of tissues into lances face "Lance we need you! Mami needs you..." she said quietly, losing her steam
"Lance I know she was horrible to you...but please..she asked me to get you, she has something to say." Lance looked at his sister hesitantly as He tried to stop his bleeding nose.
He sighs, having no energy left to argue the boy simply agrees
"Fine. I'll go..but the second she says anything hurtful im gone." He says sternly
"Yes that is totally fair." She smiles at him thankfully "she'll be so glad to see you.."
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This came out later that expected
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And hey this chapter wasn't even that angsty
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Fanfiction(this fic is currently undergoing a full rewrite, and will not be getting updates until all chapters have been redone) This is a Trans Lance au in which Lance having been ashamed of who he is, fled his unsupportive home to like with his aunt, leavin...
