You sure you wouldn't rather be getting more of that beauty sleep right about now, Shiro?
[Because absolutely nobody would blame him for wanting to not be dealing with the apocalypse right upon waking. It's an earnest enough question, asked with just a tiny smile -- something earnest in the midst of some of his more forced attempts to keep them both from wigging out.]
Cuz I was starting to feel a little bad for being glad about having you around. Y'know... leading like you used to.
[There's a lot to dissect there. For starters, Shiro being a whole lot less touchy and moody than Lance had gotten used to is just such a wonderful change, even if he always cared about Shiro regardless and wanted to do his very best to prove himself in his hero's eyes. But that isn't what Lance is getting at primarily, and what he is getting at leaves him feeling just a tiny bit guilty in the pit of his stomach. After all this time, he just doesn't really know if he trusts Keith to lead their group through this mess. But he does trust Shiro.
But as for that final question, he furrows his brow, then sighs and lowers the rifle a bit to look over.]
...Well, it's something I guess I've been thinking about for a while. I just. [He breathes out heavily, biting the inside of his lip.[ It's silly, I totally get it. I just want to be stronger so that things like what happened in the simulation don't happen again. Guess I've been having nightmares about losing you and Allura.
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[Because absolutely nobody would blame him for wanting to not be dealing with the apocalypse right upon waking. It's an earnest enough question, asked with just a tiny smile -- something earnest in the midst of some of his more forced attempts to keep them both from wigging out.]
Cuz I was starting to feel a little bad for being glad about having you around. Y'know... leading like you used to.
[There's a lot to dissect there. For starters, Shiro being a whole lot less touchy and moody than Lance had gotten used to is just such a wonderful change, even if he always cared about Shiro regardless and wanted to do his very best to prove himself in his hero's eyes. But that isn't what Lance is getting at primarily, and what he is getting at leaves him feeling just a tiny bit guilty in the pit of his stomach. After all this time, he just doesn't really know if he trusts Keith to lead their group through this mess. But he does trust Shiro.
But as for that final question, he furrows his brow, then sighs and lowers the rifle a bit to look over.]
...Well, it's something I guess I've been thinking about for a while. I just. [He breathes out heavily, biting the inside of his lip.[ It's silly, I totally get it. I just want to be stronger so that things like what happened in the simulation don't happen again. Guess I've been having nightmares about losing you and Allura.