Winter Tree (Voltron: Legendary Defender Fanfic/ONC )

Dishonesty

The place that Lance took him was the communication room of their Castle of Lions. His eyes slowly traveled around the room looking at all the members of the team. That Keith seemed upset about something, and yet whatever was upsetting him seemed to amuse both that Pidge and that Hunk.

Seeing Hunk made Lance feel better until that Hunk glared at him suspiciously. Lance's mouth twisted into a pout and he tried giving that Hunk his classic puppy dog face in order to garner sympathy, and yet that Hunk simply continued glaring. In fact, that Hunk didn't seem as warm and welcoming compared to his Hunk, but that Hunk was all muscle whereas their Hunk was a bit flabby.

That Pidge was of course as nerdy as their Pidge and thus could be ignored.

"Lance." That Keith stood there while his mouth twisted into a weak smile. His arms crossed his chest.

That Lance lifted his hand up. "Sorry for showing like this, but we were outside and saw the crash. Also, Keith from that other universe escaped the infirmary."

"Wait..." That Hunk's facial features softened and looked more like his Hunk. "You left a Keith unsupervised in the infirmary."

"That's a good question." The sound of Allura's voice made Lance turn, but he honestly thought she was just as pretty as his Allura. "Keith is not known for staying put in the infirmary."

That Lance took a deep breath, but his eyes twisted in worry. "He and I had a good talk." Lance didn't like the fact that Lance was worried about any Keith, but watched as Lance turned towards their Keith. "I promised him I'd go and help those on the Atlas. It's what got him to stay."

"Atlas?" One of that Keith's eyes shot up.

Lance let out a rather snide laugh. "Wait. You guys don't have an Atlas?"

"It's apparently the ship we just saw crash, but it likely caused a lot of damage coming down. There's no telling whose injured or not."

Lance watched that Keith's facial expression soften before turning and looking at Allura. "Lance is right." Lance felt good someone acknowledged he was right even if it was that Lance. A compliment to any Lance was a compliment to all Lance's in existence. "Allura, can I trust you to have the infirmary prepped. It's small, but there's no telling if that ship's infirmary is actually functional. Hunk and Pidge, I'd like you to gather the equipment you'll need to make repairs if their infirmary is salvageable and take it out in that direction."

"Gotcha!" Hunk saluted and hurried after Pidge who was so much faster.

Allura smiled and started leaving, but Lance felt he needed to say something. "That's rather sexist isn't it?" That Keith looked at him in confusion, but that Lance back slapped Lance making him reach up and grab the back of his head. "Ow!"

"You obviously didn't know your Allura well, did you?"

"It's not my fault your Allura can't kick butt like ours can!" Lance saw that Keith's eyes widen and jaw drop. That Lance gave him a death glare.

"Well, since I'm apparently only good at women's things like most women are I guess Keith is right in saying my place is in the infirmary."

That Keith started panicking and started after Allura who stormed out of the room. That Lance held up his hands. "Allura's not mad at you Keith, but this idiot here."

"Yeah, but Allura's more than just a nursemaid." That Keith's voice strained.

"She knows that. You know that. You both also know she's the only one other than Coran who can run the equipment efficiently in there, but that it will be a job for more than one person in a worst-case scenario." That Lance pointed his finger at Lance. "As for you, stop looking so smug with yourself. You're a very rude and inconsiderate young man."

"If I am, what does that say about you?"

"Lance!" That Keith snapped. "Both of you!"

That Lance sighed. "Yeah. Let's get our gear and get going."

"Could I change out of this..."

"No." That Lance snapped at Lance's request to change out of prison garb. "Wearing that will not impede you.

That Keith shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry, but our Lance is right. We need to get going." Lance followed after the two men but crossed his arms and stuck out his bottom lip in annoyance. He honestly hated that Lance, but that Lance seemed to have some kind of vendetta against him. That Keith cleared his throat. "So, besides what happened to Allura and this Atlas ship, what else is different about this world."

"Seriously Keith. Don't encourage him."

"Well, I'm certainly different than this Lance."

"That's for sure."

"I'm not a pushover like him."

"Lance isn't a pushover." That Keith glanced over his shoulder in amusement.

"Oh yeah, he is." Lance pointed at his face. "One difference is the Alteans have these marks."

"You're not Altean," that Keith said.

"Of course not. I have these marks because Allura chose me."

"Good for you."

"Keith, really. Don't encourage him."

"Our Allura's also got darker skin than hers, but her hair is more of a whitish blonde." Lance let out a deep sigh. "I don't get why this Lance isn't with her."

Lance watched that Keith look right at that Lance. "Why aren't you with Allura?"

That Lance turned his head so he could glare at that Keith. "Really? For someone who's supposed to be a genius you certainly are an idiot."

"Well, that's not something that's changed." Lance was pleased that Lance recognized Keith was an idiot.Lance's eyes caught sight of something white. "Over there."

The three humans headed over and saw a majorly damaged Atlas. A creaking sound was heard right before Kolivan stepped out with an injured Pidge in his arms.