October Catch All and Memory Share [open]

[lionunchained]

who: Shiro and YOU
what: memory share + catch all
when: All October
warnings: second memory share = torture reference



Memory 1 - How to Build Voltron
Memory 2 - Black Night - trigger warning - torture
Closed to Keith
Closed to Genji

Comments

[bunnyhopped]

[ Certainly, Hana was different because before the Black Paladin or the team leader of Voltron, she just knew him as Shiro. Without the other paladins around, too, she didn't have as clear of a sense as to how much of his team's burden he shouldered as his own. She knew that he and Keith were close, but their bond really seemed more than just people on a team - they seemed a lot like brothers, to her.

She watched him carefully, waiting for his response, wondering what he would say. She blinked a few times when he said that he didn't think he could. Most people she'd encountered like this in her dreams - either talked about it or didn't want to. That Shiro said he couldn't... It made her heart ache for him. He must have been so deeply hurt by all of this. Which— after seeing what she had, made complete sense and she would never fault him for it.

This time, she really couldn't help it. She raised her arms and wrapped them around Shiro, pulling him into a hug. Against his shoulder, she said, ]

That's okay. You don't have to talk about it if you can't or don't want to.

[lionunchained]

[Keith was different. He practically was a younger brother to Shiro. He was also trusted more than some of the other paladins. He was the one that Shiro had picked to be his successor if something should happen to him. But even so he worried about Keith. He worried about the others as well. Some of them more than others. He had to be the one in charge in order to make sure things went smoothly. Even as they were working together with less supervision, he still did help with the plans.

Words failed him when he wanted to talk about what had happened. There was too much that there didn't seem to be a way for the words to get out without getting tangled. There was just... everything. How could he possibly explain a year? He couldn't even tell the others back home.

But then she was hugging him. She had just watched something he was most ashamed of and she was still there and hugging him. He frowned even though she wasn't able to see and pressed his head against hers]

Thank you. I just don't know how to.

[bunnyhopped]

[ She was glad that he didn't push her away - she wasn't sure, at first, if he would be okay with her doing that even if this was in a dream. It was still a vulnerable moment for the both of them, but him especially. He didn't try to pull away - he even had to hunch over a lot because of how much shorter she was compared to him and he didn't make a move away, instead pressing his head to hers. Still, she kept her arms around him loose and pliable, still, just in case. ]

It's fine if you don't know how to. No one's making you talk about it, 'kay? I'm sorry this happened to you, Shiro.

[lionunchained]

[Shiro just nodded against her, trying to get words to work again, but there wasn't a chance he was going to be able to talk about this. He really just wanted someone to hold onto, an emotional safe haven when his own brain was not working properly. He'd always worried that someone would push him away if they actually saw this, but she wasn't pushing him away]

Thank you.

[bunnyhopped]

[ She wasn't pushing him away. In fact, her arms tightened around him just the slightest when he nodded against her and thanked her. This wasn't real - it was just a dream, but she hoped that the gesture would mean as much as it would have if it happened in person. ]

You're welcome.