Voltron One Shots

Red and Blue

Prompt: Hey about Lance hearing red and blue have you considered the lions begging able to possess Lance and the two keep making him do weird and random stuff

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The team has noticed Lance acting strange lately. He was quieter than usual. A lot quieter. And they always found him sitting alone in dark rooms muttering to himself. They brushed it off for the most part, until one day during breakfast. 

It seemed like a normal day, until Lance walked in. He looked like he was still asleep, and for a moment they thought maybe he was sleep walking. He was still in his pajamas and he looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. He barreled into the room and the paladins barely had time to register that fact before he was standing directly in front of Keith. Keith looked startled as Lance hovered in front of him, his face contorted.

"Uh, Lance?" Keith shifted uncomfortably because of Lance's close proximity. "What are you doing...?" Lance didn't respond, instead he grimaced and clenched his fists at his sides, muttering something unintelligible under his breath.

"Lance, what's going on?" Shiro said, stepping closer to the two. Lance's arms twitched at his side. Keith glanced to the side and tried to move around him. Lance's arms shot up and grabbed Keith's shoulders. Everyone froze.

"Stop" Lance whispered. Keith looked terrified. "I'm sorry" he groaned before he leaned down and pulled Keith into a hug. Keith's eyes widened and the whole room went silent. Suddenly Lance pushed Keith away and bent over, panting.

"Uh..." everyone stared at Lance in confusion.

"Oh, fuck you!" Lance shouted.

"What just happened?"

"Red thought Keith needed a hug" he mumbled, not explaining any further as he sat down at the table and began eating. Keith blinked and then crossed his arms, a smile pulling at the corner of his lips.

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The team quickly forgot that odd moment, until a few days later. They were all sitting around the lounge, just hanging out before dinner. Lance was sprawled out on the floor, looking half asleep. Suddenly he jumped up and started running around the room. He darted from one side to another, seemingly with no pattern. He jumped up and smacked the wall, and the dropped to the floor. The paladins watching him, bewildered. He continued to do this for almost a minute before he finally stopped, dropping to the floor again with a groan. Everyone sat in a stunned silence until Pidge started laughing. Everyone turned to look at her.

"I'm really sorry, Lance" she said, holding up a small silver laser-pointer. "I was just testing out a theory"

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Lance had always loved swimming. He swam every day as a kid. The day he found out that the castle had a pool, he was thrilled. The day he found out that Red hated swimming, he was crushed. He always wondered why Keith never went swimming with all of them, and now he knew. Now when everyone went swimming he hung behind, claiming he had something else he had to do. Finally, Keith asked him about it.

"Hey, Lance was sitting in the training room by himself, sparing with one of the training robots. "What's been going on with you?" Lance stopped.

"I don't know what you're talking about" Lance reached for a towel and wiped the sweat off his head. Keith sat on the bench and watched him.

"You've been acting weird"

"It's just... Red and Blue are both in my head now and- and I feel like there's no room for me anymore. Also, they're getting along way to well. They both find it funny to make me do stuff"

"What kind of stuff" Lance groaned and then vaulted across the room towards Keith, coming to a sudden stop a few inches from his face. He lifted his finger and poked Keith on the nose and said, "Boop"

"...Dude" Keith said with a weird look on his face. Lance threw himself on the bench next to Keith.

"Guys, that's not even funny!" he rolled his eyes. "I'm not entirely sure, but I think they're laughing. They're always in my head, Keith. Always. They're driving me crazy"

"You just have to learn how to handle Red. She doesn't like water, but if you ease her in she gets used to it. And she doesn't like a lot of foods, so you gotta briber her. Let her know that she can have the foods she likes if she eats the ones that she doesn't like first, kind of like rewarding a toddler with ice cream if they eat their dinner" Lance nodded appreciatively.

"Okay, I'll try that" he said. "Thanks" Keith shrugged.

"She's difficult sometimes, but

"Hey, Lance" he said softly after a moment. "Can you tell her I'm sorry. And that I miss her" Lance felt his arm move around Keith's shoulder against his will.

"I think she misses you too" he nuzzled his face in Keith's neck. Keith stiffened. "This is Red, I swear"