#;shance

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Shiro: Can you please put 3 pieces of toast in the toaster?

Lance: But it's not toast until it comes out.

Shiro: Can you please put 3 pieces of future toast in the toaster?

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Lance & Keith: Babe do the thing.

Shiro: ... *Flexes*

Lance & Keith: (breathless) oh my god...

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Okay, so after reading @sir-scandalous ‘s Abuse AU (or something like that, I believe?) I have feelings and thought god dammit, so lets get down to it. I’ve mixed it with an AU I’ve been drafting for a fic as well, which is Mute!Lance/Highschooler!Lance and Cafe owner!Shiro. (Lance is 17, Shiro is 19)

Lance has an abusive father with anger issues, and at the age of 9, Lance suffered severe damage to his vocal chords after a bad bout with his father strangling him. So he is no longer able to talk, which makes it even worse for him because he can no longer voice for help when he needs to, which his father fully knows and abuses this fact. 

Lance is taking the long way hope one day, wanting as much alone time to himself before facing whats at home, and he discovers a new cafe opened just several blocks away from his neighborhood. The big banner over it reading The Noir Lion, and the smell of freshly baked blueberry muffins made his stomach growl painfully.So, he decides to head in and take a seat at a semi closed off booth area. 

Because his other employees are busy cooking and tending to others, Shiro himself dusts himself off and grabs a black waiter apron to wrap around his waist to go and get Lance’s order. He asks the usual way and waits for an answer, to which Lance starts to get nervous and anxious over because damn, it was too crowded today and this handsome gentleman was expecting an answer and oh damn, his phone almost slipped from his fingers. Good job. Shiro notices the boys growing anxiety and holds out a hand, telling him to take it easy and go slow, with whatever he was doing. Lance nodded, smiling small, and took a deep breath, before typing out his reply on his phones notepad. 

Shiro wondered why the boy couldn’t talk, but he wouldn’t pry, instead giving him a nod and gentle smile before going to get Lance  a muffin and a cup of coco on the house because the boy looked so sad and stressed. So when Lance is about to leave he tries to pay for the coco too, but Shiro refuses it and tells him to come back anytime. Later on when Shiro goes to clean the table, he sees ten dollars, to which he simply pockets to save and give back. 

This continues on for a whole month, Shiro learning of Lance’s inability to speak, and always saving Lance’s money he leaves behind rather then putting it in the register. Lance starts developing a crush on Shiro after two months and starting to actually flirt with gestures, brush of finger tips and cheesy as hell pick up lines on his phone. Shiro always makes time to sit with Lances on each of his visits now, and even invites him to a private back room where the employees go for lunch, when Lances come in overly stressed, breathing hard or crying. Lances never outright admits his abusive household, but Shiro already has strong suspicions, but doesn’t force anything yet. 

Just imagine Lance, instead of going home right away, he goes to Shiro’s cafe and shows him his progress in grades and trophies in swimming and track competitions, and Shiro always smiling brightly and occasionally giving Lance a hug when the boy was ready for such contact. 

Then imagine Lance’s father finding out where Lance has been going and getting upset at not knowing, so he goes over one time and publicly humiliates Lance in front of a half filled cafe and Shiro, but Shiro is having none of that and despite Lance’s dad being somewhat bigger than him, Shiro is still hella strong enough to grab the man by the arm and manhandle him out of there and away from Lance, defending his dignity all the while. Lance is in tears for both Shiro defending him and because he was now scared to go home. Shiro invites Lance to stay the night at his place, and until closing time teaches Lance how to make buttercream roses on cakes and how to make his favorite blueberry muffin as distraction.

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Imagine Lance having trouble sleeping unless he has soft music playing, or sounds of rain or the ocean playing.

Imagine since they’ve become Paladins of Voltron, Lance having that issue and although he gets some sleep, Shiro notices how he sways during training and worries that he may faint during an actual battle.

So one night Shiro visits Lance in his bedroom, and Lance’s hair is all toussled and his eyes are slightly red. Shiro refuses to leave until Lance tells him what the problem is and is relieved when he is told.

Lance is embarrassed about this simple solution being known to his hero and crush, and although Shiro does chuckle, he takes off his boots, vest and belt. He slides into the inner side of Lances bed and pats the space next to him, which Lances takes blushingly. Shiro is on his side, head propped up on his elbow and tells Lance to close his eyes. Lance is about to question why Shiro is behaving like this when Shiro gently places his good hand over his eyes, shushing him. Lances smiles faintly and keeps his eyes closed when Shiro lifts his hand off them, and instead uses it to gently rub Lances head, fingers lightly combing the short hair there.

Then Shiro starts making ocean sounds himself, imitating crashing waves and it makes Lance smile, as he legit starts to feel more relaxed, then wakes a bit as he giggles when Shiro imitates a seagull. Lance playfully pushing Shiro’s chuckling face away and telling him to go back to the waves.

Fives minutes of this and Lance falls asleep smiling. Making sure Lance is actually knocked out cold, he leans in and kisses his forehead, before laying on his back, ready to sleep himself.

“Sweet dreams, sharpshooter.”

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3ᴀᴍ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛs (shance)

So during the time when Lance starts staying with Shiro rather than at home, he stays in the guest bedroom. Shiro always makes sure to remind Lance that if he ever needs anything at any time of the night, then to just go ahead and come and knock on his door and he’ll let him in. 

Lance’s mom and his two other siblings are staying with a relative now, and his father still remains at the family house, though not bugging anyone. But with the past severe emotional and physical abuse he put Lance through, it’s given him nightmares.

So one night Lance wakes up from a very bad nightmare that causes him to have a shortness of breath, which sends him into a panic even more. He’s not fully aware yet, still stuck in the images of the nightmare and forgetting he can’t properly speak. So he’s sitting there in bed, clutching the sheet around him, breathing heavy and wheezing out small sounds that are meant to be Shiro’s name. 

Eventually he tries to get Shiro to come into the room by knocking over his bedside lamp, which immediately get’s Shiro to come running in, blinking the sleep from his eyes. As soon as he registers Lance’s wheezing sobs and curled figure, he slowly approaches to sit next to the boy, not wanting to set off anything more, but Lances already knows he’s safe with Shiro. He lunges at Shiro and wraps his arms around his neck, forehead to his shoulder and sobs into his chest. Eventually (as awkward as it is) Lance is in Shiro’s lap, legs wrapped around his waist, and Shiro simply holds him, hugging him tight and humming and speaking softly to calmly bring Lance back from his nightmare fit.

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Lance: When you said you'd do “magic in bed”, this isn't exactly what I was ex-

Shiro: (Holds up 8 of hearts) Is this your card?

Lance: (Softly) Holy shit

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DO YOU TAKE SHANCE REQUESTS??

LMFAO I can feel the excitement behind these caps. But yeah, I suppose I do. I just like writing in general, especially for hella cool ships. Go ahead and come at me for drabbles and stuff. I’ll reblog a RP meme as a sentence prompt starter, go ahead and send one in for any ship you want. 

Look below for what I can write for you, and I’m not restricted to just Voltron either.

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You should really write that abuse AU shance fic, it's a great prompt

Thank you! I’m already planning out the first chapter as we speak, and I’ll announce when it’s been posted on my AO3. 

Warning, it might be a bit angsty to start off ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I live for angst and this AU is perfect for it.