#blind!lance

[theklancecollection]

I Love You Forever - I_D_E_K

Word Count: 763

Summary: A lazy morning between Keith and Lance.

Rating: G

[folded-wings]

Seeing Blue

A blind Lance au that’s been brewing in my mind for a while.

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The last thing Keith wanted was for another person to join his little ‘party.’ He finally found Shiro - who apparently spent the last year captured by aliens - and he wanted nothing more than to sit back and relax with his brother. But then he was forced to tolerate two strangers, Hunk and Pidge, who had helped Keith rescue Shiro from the Garrison. Pidge demanded answers about the other crew members, but relented when Shiro said he didn’t remember much from the last year. Hunk seemed to just be along for the ride, but without him, Keith would not have found this cave. He was so close to finding that weird energy source that had been calling for him. 

So, yeah, he was going to tolerate them. For now, at least. 

But as they looked at the cave filled with strange lion carvings, they heard footsteps approach from the entrance. 

“Oh man, we are in so much trouble,” Hunk whined, being the last to turn around.

The stranger seemed to be staring right past them, but startled upon Hunk’s voice. 

Keith glanced behind him to see what the stranger had been looking at, but he saw nothing there. Save for a few more lion carvings, but nothing different from the others. As he moved to look forward again, he noticed Hunk was wearing a huge grin.

“LANCE!” he shouted, suddenly running forward.

“Hunk? Buddy, is that you?”

Without warning, Hunk wrapped Lance into a hug, effortlessly lifting him off the ground. Lance squeaked in surprise, before a smile come onto his own face. He wriggled until he got his own arms free, wrapping them around his friend. Laughing, he said, “Yep, that’s you. I’d know this hug from anywhere.”

After another moment, Hunk finally put Lance down. Shiro took that as an opportunity to speak. “Hunk, who is this?”

Lance startled again at the voice, before turning his head in Shito’s direction. Except, he was off by a bit, meaning he was staring directly at Keith. Seeing how quickly uncomfortable Keith had become, Hunk lifted his arm up and pushed Lance’s head, so he was facing Shiro. 

“I’m Lance, Hunk’s certified best friend!”

Shiro gave out quick introductions.

“Wait a second,” Hunk said, interrupting before any more words could be said. “Dude, what are you doing here?” Hunk peeked out around the cave entrance, expecting to see Lance’s family, or someone. A frown marked his features when he saw nobody there.

Lance had the decency to look ashamed. “I, uh... kinda... wandered off...?”

“Dude!”

“It’s not my fault!” Lance protested. Pausing for a second, he continued, “Okay, maybe it is, but still.”

“Lance...”

“Hold up.” Pidge put up his hands. “Hunk, what’s wrong? We basically wandered here.”

“Yeah, but we aren’t blind!” Hunk froze at his own words. “Jeez, I’m sorry Lance-”

“Relax, buddy, I get it. You’re just worried.”

“Wait, you’re blind?” Keith asked, feeling a slight flush of embarrassment. He shouldn’t have felt so uncomfortable when Lance turned towards him. “How’d you make it all the way here?” 

“I walked? Dude, there’s a town my family’s staying at not too far from here.” Lance gestured in the direction he came from. “Just because I’m blind doesn’t mean I’m helpless.”

“That’s not what I mea-”

“Alright then what are you doing here?” Shiro asked. He knew Lance would get in trouble for wandering off, but that was  so much better than what he had been dragged into. It was bad enough that he was dragging Keith, Hunk, and Pidge into this whole Voltron mess. He didn’t want to take anyone else with them. 

Lance reached up, resting his hand on his neck as he considered the question. “I was following some weird energy? I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s been driving me apples and bananas. This thing was calling to me, I think. It lead me here too, like it gave me some sort of path?”

“You sensed it too?” Keith asked. "And you got a path?" He couldn’t deny that he was jealous, at least a little. Keith had needed Hunk to create the geiger counter to come here, yet this stranger had apparently just been told where to go. 

“Yeah, ever since I got here. Where exactly is here anyways?” 

"We're in a cave with some weird lion carvings all over the place," Hunk explained, temporarily forgetting he was supposed to be angry with Lance. He led his friend deeper into the cave, closer to the others. "We think that energy you and Keith have been feeling might be Voltron!"

"Voltron?"

Hunk rambled off a quick explanation about Shiro's disappearance, and how they had ended up here. As Hunk talked, Lance brought his hand up to the wall so he could feel the carvings Hunk had talked about. He trusted his friend to know that he would want that, and Lance was not met with disappointment.

As his hand landed on the cool stone, the lion carvings suddenly lit up, illuminating the entire cavern. Gasps echoed shortly after.

"They've never done that before," Keith murmured.

"What?" Lance called. "Did I do something?"

The only answer Lance got was a bunch of screaming as suddenly the ground gave out beneath them. It ended a few seconds later with a splash.

"Ugh," Pidge groaned, sitting up. "What just happened?"

"I guess we got deeper into the cave, Hunk," Lance joked, trying to hide his panic. He shook his head, trying to get the water out of his hair. He was starting to feel a little bit of regret with following that energy. His mom was gonna kill him.

Keith ignored Lance, looking around. His mouth dropped, and it took Keith a moment to get past his shock. "What is that?"

Everyone turned to look where Keith was staring at. They could only stare in shock as the blue lion seemed to be staring past them.

"Is that Voltron?" Pidge asked.

Sure, they had all expected Voltron to be a pretty massive weapon if what Shiro said was true, but when actually facing it, it was easy to say they were unprepared.

Keith began walking forward, but to everyone's surprise, so did Lance.

"There's some sort of shield around it," Keith said, turning slightly. He was surprised to see Lance so close without Hunk hovering close by, but he brushed his thoughts away.

Keith put his hands up, feeling the barrier. It pulsed around his hand, but gave no indication that it would allow him to pass. "I wonder how we'll get through..."

"Maybe we just need to knock." Lance pulled his fist against the barrier, knocking twice. He gasped when he felt the barrier fall away.

Suddenly the lion's eyes began to glow brighter than before. No one had a chance to comment on that though as suddenly a vision filled their minds, five lions coming together and forming one robot, a sword in hand.

Lance and Hunk fell back in surprise.

"So Voltron... is five lions creating one robot," Pidge finally breathed, staring in awe at the lion looming over them.

Lance was shaking from his spot on the ground.

"Lance?" Shiro called out cautiously, afraid to startle him anymore. "Are you okay?"

"Holy crow... Holy crow! I saw that!"

"Lance what are you..." Hunk trailed off when suddenly Lance launched himself off the ground. At the same time, the lion lowered its head. Everyone yelped and took a step back, but the lion made no move to hurt them. Instead, all it did was open its mouth, and a ramp lowered itself right in front of Lance.

He didn't even take a second to consider the consequences before he ran into the lion.

"LANCE!" Hunk called following after him. The others decided it would be a good idea for them to come too.

They watched Lance move in the lion with such confidence and familiarity, they couldn't help but wonder if he had been here before.

Pidge had to ask his question out loud. "Lance, how are... have you been inside the lion before?"

Lance paused before a door, continuing when it opened with a hiss. He put his hand on a chair that sat in the middle of the room. A cockpit.

"Nope," he answered Pidge, popping the p. "Its really weird. It's like the lion is showing me where to go. I don't see anything, I'm just... sensing where I need to go?" He sat down on the pilot's chair, yelping when it suddenly moved forward.

"Are you saying the lion is talking to you?" Keith asked, doubt dripping from his voice.

Lance didn't answer him.

Keith glanced at him, wondering what was wrong, before sharing a worried look with Shiro. Lance seemed to be staring out the window into the cavern, but that was impossible. His mouth was open, his shock impossible to misplace.

"Buddy?" Hunk called softly. "What's wrong?"

"...Holy crow..." Lance swallowed down the lump in his throat, and Keith noticed a tear slide down Lance's face when he turned towards Hunk. But he was smiling. Practically vibrating in his seat, Lance turned forward, moving his head curiously.

"Hunk. Hunk! I can see!"

[peachmangomule]

Blind Lance has been stuck in my head for literally five hours now. He goes blind after a particularly bad blast to Blue's face, and... I just need it to get out of my head right now

ANON.WHY.

Edit: This turned out longer than I wanted it to be…So brace ya face

The first time Lance realized he was blind, he started laughing, because he legitimately couldn’t believe it.

It was all nothingness, to the point where he couldn’t even tell whether it was all black or white, or grey, or goddamn purple. 

He laughed, and then he screamed. 

Allura desperately tried to explain that the healing pods could only do so much, that it was able to heal the rest of him completely but that the eyes are a complicated mass of jelly and tissue– it just wouldn’t work. She suggested helping him with daily exercises in case she was able to enhance the abilities of the healing pods

Lance made a note that she sounded exactly like an Earth doctor. 

At first, Pidge constantly questioned him about whether he can determine how different objects felt against his skin, in order to determine whether or not the rest of his senses were enhanced

Lance tolerated it at first, because it made him feel…A little less useless, and it gave Pidge her own way to cope with his condition, but once she began to ask whether he remembered how colours worked, he began to sob uncontrollably. Of course he remembered! Just… Not as clearly.

Hunk helped him do the small things he was used to– Eating, washing up, etc. He also makes a point to always include him in the team’s conversations after noticing that everyone would eventually tune him out after a while. 

Lance begged Shiro to let him practice sparring, he pleaded with this man, but Shiro just kept telling him no, in fear that he could end up hurting himself– and others. He also bans Lance from the lions, mainly so that he won’t get depressed in their presence

But Blue still talks to him when he gets lonely.

Keith,,, Didn’t know what to do, especially since it was due to his actions that Lance had to abandon his post, and had dove in front of his ship to keep him from getting blown to pieces.

 He apologizes as much as he can, even offering for Lance to use him as a human punching bag– But it’s almost like he isn’t even talking. Other than the occasional “It’s fine”, and “Stop apologizing”, Lance ignores him completely (Don’t worry, after forever and a half, he starts talking to him again).

Lance spends a lot of time in his room, mumbling visual things he knows by heart… It usually ends with him sobbing over how fucking blurry everything in his mind really is 

But it isn’t all bad. Matt still makes jokes with him, and makes sure to avoid the little “Did you see that?” gestures, even though Lance isn’t that sensitive, but you never know

He still sings in the shower, especially now that he can hear himself better? Bitch.

His flirting with Allura has been turned up to the max

“Hello princess, looking stunning as always” “You can’t even see me” (She’s still learning how to handle it cut her some slack)“I don’t need to see you to know that you’re gorgeous”

It still annoys Shiro but not as much 

Lance has also been guilty of guilt-tripping Keith into doing literally anything he wants

“Gimme some milk” “Okay” “I want it straight from the cow, Keith. I want you to milk the cow.” “But Lance, that’s disgusting” “I mean, I’d do it, if I could see.”

He also uses his inability to see as an excuse to touch his face all the goddamn time

Lance, running his fingers through Keith’s hair in awe:“Oh my God where did your mullet go???” 

Keith, a blushing, flustered mess that has no idea why he’s suddenly so nervous: “Uh, I cut it.” 

Lance, pretending to be disappointed but is actually enjoying this mental image of Keith with shorter hair “Well that was stupid.” 

Pidge helps him study, which is exciting because now that he has no visual distractions, she can actually get somewhere with him 

Pidge: “What’s 54 times 238?” 

Lance: “Do braille calculators exist? Cause this mental math stuff is ridiculous.” 

Coran also lets him help around the castle, and whenever there’s a mission and Coran can’t be there, you can find Lance talking over the comms, swiping his hands over the holograms at the control panel, telling everyone what needs to be done

He uses his connection with Blue (and sometimes Red) to let him know where everybody is, where everybody’s going, and where everybody needs to be

At first, Shiro doubted his abilities, but after Lance helped them avoid a particularly nasty ambush??? Yeah, he’s all ears

The boy finally feels useful, and sure, he can’t see,  and he can’t fly –for now at least– but he’s doing something. 

He’s not happy, but he’s sure as hell not giving up yet. 

[ohahahahaha]

Blind Lance Headcannon

Lance knows who enters a room by their footsteps. Because of this, when ever the team starts stealth training, Lance is a complete BAMF. The team is shocked and impressed at his skill, and even more so that he can still do it in the dark (Lance barely contains his laughter at this). He also can sense a foreign set of footsteps, which comes in handy when they infiltrate a Galra ship.

[lemonloveheart]

Blind to The Truth

A oneshot in which Lance is blinded by fault of the paladins and “rescued” by Lotor.

Lance told them not to do it. He told them that blowing up the Galra towers with Pidge's vine cannon would be too much and hurt the Relatians, the inhabitants of a planet named Relatia. Of course, the team brushed him off as Shiro had agreed with the plan and he normally knew best. He didn't this time. Currently, everyone except Lance had a plan of action. Pidge would destroy segments of the tower that housed all the Galra soldiers that were destroying the Relatians' home. Hunk, Keith, and Shiro are going to destroy other structures and attack the incoming fleet. Lance felt like a spare part that had no real purpose. He decided that he would help the Relatians hide and keep them safe. While the others went to their positions, Lance headed to the surface of the desert planet and started evacuating the Relatians to the castleship, which was touched down behind a giant sand dune where it could not be seen by enemy forces. He knew the attack had started as vines started to scale the Galra tower, destroying sections of it, so he started evacuating the citizens faster. The fleet was mostly destroyed except for the battleship with a dsyfunctional ion cannon, thanks to Hunk and Shiro. Hunk, Keith, and Shiro arrived to help with evacuation as Pidge flew over, their job done as the vines wound tighter and tighter around the tower. Suddenly, Lance felt a tug at his hand. He looked down and saw a tiny Relatian child, all four tear-filled eyes trained on him as they clutched a stuffed toy, "Mister Blue Paladin, do you know where my mother is?" They murmured when he bent down to listen, "I don't, but we'll find her, promise." Lance grinned, rising his visor so the child could see his smile. The child smiled too and he directed them to the castle where their mother was found. He headed back to the paladins, who were watching the tower to make sure it was done for. "See, Lance, I told you this plan was fine." Shiro offered a half smile to him, which Lance didn't get the chance to return as the tower exploded, hurling shrapnel and debris at the paladins. Four had their shields and visors, and one did not, and he got blasted backwards into the sand, leaving a deep rut and bloodstains. The paladins stared in disbelief, watching open mouthed as Lance didn't get up. Suddenly, a Galra soldier dropped down from the battleship directly over head, and he landed right beside Lance. Hunk bellowed out of rage and sheer protectiveness, rushing at the Galra, who whipped out a gun and fired it into his chest, knocking him backwards into the other paladins. They watched, helpless as the Galra scooped up Lance and flew back to the ship, which warped away as soon as they were inside. When Lance woke up, he wondered if he was blindfolded. He couldn't see anything and his face hurt a lot, "What's going on? Are the lights in the cryopod room broken?" He asked, tugging his legs closer to try and blink the darkness away. "Oh no, deary, you're not with the paladins... They left you." A voice answered him, which made Lance jump and turn towards the source, "Who are you? That isn't true!" The voice sighed, "I'm Prince Lotor, and it is. As soon as you were knocked down by debris from the explosion they caused, they ran back to their lions and ran away. I'm so sorry, Lance." He sounded truly apologetic. "They would never leave me!" Lance protested but that nagging little voice that dragged him down laughed at him, saying that it was definitely possible as he was useless to the team. "Right?" He questioned himself, not realizing that Lotor had taken his hand, "It's alright, Lance, I swear I'll take better care of you than those disgusting paladins who abandoned you in a heartbeat. Luckily, I saw you and rescued you from getting hurt further or bleeding out." Lance attempted a smile, "Thank you, Lotor." He murmured, laying back down and trying to come to terms with this.. He definitely came to terms with it a few weeks later. After a few weeks aboard Lotor's battleship, Lotor had taught him how to navigate and protect himself with his newfound disability. They never heard from Team Voltron, and Lance felt himself believing that they had left him on purpose and weren't coming back. Oh how wrong he was. On the castleship, everything was falling apart. Everyone pretended not to hear Pidge and Hunk crying together in their joint lab, terrified that their best friend might as well be dead. Shiro was terrified for Lance, looking at his metal appendage and worrying that Lance may receive a worse fate. He tried to remember good times, but every single time he was reminded of Lance and the giant gaping hole in his team now that he's gone. Or worse. Keith is worried. He tries not to show it, but he's so worried for Lance. Over the course of their rivalry and "hatred", he's realized that he would have nobody else as his rival who consistently tries to one up him and normally looks amazing doing it. Allura acts like this is just a minor setback, but she can feel the team breaking apart without Lance. She feels so alone, sitting quietly in the room where her father's memories used to be. Coran is the worst. He would never tell the others, but Lance was his favorite paladin. He reminded him so much of himself, and he was such a talented boy who didn't believe in himself as much as he should. He stared blankly at the floor in his chambers, ignoring the mice who tried to get him to eat the plates of half-assed food Hunk made for everyone. They work tirelessly, trying to find Lance until they come to a very familiar battleship with a completely torn off ion cannon and a strange emblem on the side that they didn't notice before. "Everyone, to the control room now!" Allura orders over the speakers, "This is urgent, we might have found him!" This statement gets everyone up and running to the control room, where they stare hopefully at the ginormous ship when a hated face appears on the screen, "Hello paladins of Voltron." Lotor smirks at them, "I wonder if you'll hand the lions over this time. I also have something I'm sure you want back." He hummed, drumming his nails on the arm of his chair, "Give Lance to us! Don't hurt him, please!" Hunk nearly sobbed out of relief that Lance was still alive. "Oh, silly paladins, I'd never dream of hurting Lance, he's... Oh I'm sorry, give me one moment." He turned to the side, smiling lovingly at someone off screen, telling them that he's a bit busy right now. "With what?" They answer and the paladins feel like they've been stabbed through the heart. "Lance." Keith whispers, even though they all know. They know that voice that told them jokes, that reassured them, and that comforted them. And now that voice is speaking to Lotor with the same doting tone that he used on the owner of that voice. "Just those paladins, they aren't worth your time, dear." Lotor nods and Lance immediately comes over, sitting on his lap with his eyes narrowed and his face angry, "You monsters!" He screeches at them, "How dare you show your sorry faces here when you left me to die!" He screams. "Lance, no, that isn't true!" Pidge protests, reaching to gain his attention by waving their arms, but Lance ignores them... Or so it seemed. Lance took a shaky breath, turning to Lotor, "I want them dead." He whispered, his voice quivering with anger. Lotor smiled a bit, "You'll get that soon enough, Lance. First we need their lions." Lance smiled a bit, leaning his head on Lotor's shoulder. That's when they saw the scars crisscrossing his face and the whiteness of his unseeing eyes. "Lance, buddy? Can you see us?" Hunk murmured, looking afraid. Lance and Lotor burst out laughing, "No of course not! You left me blinded and it was all your fault! I told you what would happen and look at me now! It was probably just a plot to get rid of me, I was just a useless seventh wheel. You never needed me in the first place!" He started out laughing but descended into screaming at them, angry tears running down his face. Lotor bit his lip, gently brushing the tears away, "It's okay, Lance, you have me now. I promise I'll always care for you." He hummed to him before flashing a smirk at the paladins. "Lance no! That isn't true! We would never leave you! We always needed you, right from the start!" Shiro protested, before being joined by Hunk, "Please buddy! We're your friends, we need you! Lotor is lying to you!" Lance scoffed, "Why would a person that I love and who loves me back lie to me?" He rolled his eyes and Lotor nodded, "I'd never lie to you darling. Those disgusting paladins trying to trick you until the end." He gently kissed Lance before pulling away and barking an order to the general, who started the attack. Lance smiled softly, "I wish I could watch you be destroyed." He hissed towards the screen before standing, kissing Lotor's cheek, and heading to his quarters. Lotor grinned a bit, starting to laugh at the paladins, who were trying to scramble to their lions, "That was so entertaining!" He told them, hooting as he nearly doubled over with laughter. "You monster! How dare you brainwash him!" Allura screams, firing an onslaught at his ship, which was deflected by a barrier. "Oh no, there was no brainwashing at all. After being told that you left him, he willingly accepted his new life with me. And I must say, I'm quite enjoying it as well." He smirked with a harsh laugh, "Bring me your lions before you are destroyed." He sneered at them before cutting off the feed.

[isassifras]

Keith and Lance from @thespace-dragon’s fic Meet Me on the Battlefield!! 

I’m bored so if you want to request a sketch, feel free to dm me <3

[santeria]

guess what got really out of hand

... @waste-ful your comment inspired this :P

lance loses his sight and keith argues he’ll get better for sure but shiro can see that if the healing pod cant help lance, nothing will be able to.  So now he’s trying to keep keith calm and rational; meanwhile lance wakes up and realization dawns on him,, but he’s just so,, done and disconnected with it. bc now he cant even call himself a seventh wheel, he’s not even part of the car. he thinks he’s truly useless now. 

but he’s not!!! of course he’s not!!! and keith and shiro and the rest of the team will make sure he knows that!!! aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHSJDKHGLASKJ

[pessimisticdreamer]

HELP FANFIC

Okay so I read a fanfic about voltron where lance was blind but no one else knew and there was klance in the end I think and I rembere the last paragraph was lance touching Keith's face, would love help!!