voltron one shots !1!

🌷tulips🌷

guys who let me ship shance in 2019 🤮

ship(s): shance
tw's: swearing
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lance mcclain had loved tulips. ever since he was a child, in fact. he liked the smell, the look, the feel. he even had one sitting in a vase on his bedside table. light pink to be exact.

takashi shirogane, on the other hand, was not very fond of them. his father had been allergic to most flowers, so he never really paid much attention to all the different types. sure, he thought they were pretty, he just never took time to really study them as lance did.

on the day that the whole 'shiro's back from the kerberos mission, keith went to find him, everyone ended up here in the castle of lions' scenario happened, lance and shiro first met. and, if you were to ask lance, that was probably the best day of his life. and for shiro, well, he couldn't remember much. but from what he remembers, it was a great day.

lance and shiro started officially talking and becoming friends outside voltron and team bonding a month or two after they all met. lance had been running through the hallway, not paying attention, and ran into shiro. they both fell, in opposite directions.

now, shiro didn't mind too much. he actually had been looking for lance, he wanted to get closer to him. he had taken a liking to lance. but with all the crazy things happening, he didn't have any time to talk to lance one on one.

"fuck,, shit- shiro im sorry!-" lance started, scrambling to stand up.

shiro chuckled. "it's okay, lance." he said, standing up and holding a hand out for lance to take.

lance hesitated for a second before grabbing shiros hand and pulling himself up. he smiled awkwardly and let go of shiros hand.

"where were you doing that you were in such a hurry?" shiro asked, smiling back.

"uhh.. just uh going to the kitchen to eat, it wasn't really a hurry. im just hungry aha.." lance said quietly.

shiro nodded. "alright. can i tag along? im actually quite hungry myself."

lance shrugged, mumbling a 'sure' before starting to walk in the direction of the kitchen. shiro jogged to catch up with him. the smile returned on his face. 

"so, how's your day been?" shiro asked.

"hmm.. okay, i guess. i kinda miss my home though. with my mama and my papa, all my siblings, my niece and nephew.." lance said, trailing off. he looked the tiniest bit sad, but he was obviously trying to hide it.

"oh... is there anything that reminds you of home that i can somehow get?" shiro said softly. he felt bad. but not only did he feel bad, he didn't like seeing lance distant and upset.

lance thought for a minute, before nodding. "yeah- it's actually quite silly, but um.. there's this one light pink tulip that sits on my bed stand. it's just a small thing that i used to enjoy taking care of and stuff.. kept me on track.. " he trailed off again.

shiro smiled. "i can try to find one, if it'll make you happier. you've been quite down lately."

"actually, that'd be pretty nice." lance replied, looking down at his shoes as he smiled softly.

"then that's on the agenda. 'get lance a tulip,' any specific colour?" shiro asked, realizing the had gotten to the kitchen.

lance nodded as he started rummaging through cabinets. "perhaps a light pink would be nice, if that possible."

"definitely." shiro then made it his goal to get lance a tulip.

-time skip to uhhh like a month later-

shiro ran around the space mall, until he finally found what he was looking for. he popped into the store and smiled a friendly smile at the cashier, which was a young alien girl.

he picked up a light pink tulip in a clear oval vase, walking over to the counter. "how much for this?"

the girl scanned it on a scanner, looking back at shiro. "30 GAC." she said boredly.

shiro pulled a handful of coins out of his pocket and set them on the counter. he grabbed the tulip and ran out, thanking the alien.

-time skip agAIN, this time about a day later-

lance laid on the couch, zoning out. shiro popped in.

"pssst, lance-" he whispered, poking lance.