"Hey you okay?" Shiro noticed lance sitting in the kitchen area alone, he looked upset to the captain.

"Huh? Oh hey, yea I'm fine, what's up?" Lance smiled back at him. He's always been able to rely on shiro, not that clone or whatever was before, who yelled and was rude to him. That wasn't Shiro. This was the Shiro he knew.

"You look mad still, because of the fighting before with Lotor?" Shiro joined him sitting across from the Paladin.

"No, I'm not really upset about that," lance shook his head.

"So there's something else?" He frowned worried.

"There's a lot, I think Allura still has feelings for lotor, I have to face my parents soon, I'm getting dirty looks cause everyone knows I was a general, for being back home I kind of hate it here," lance sighed flicking a crumb away.

"Adam was your fiancé right?" He looked up at his idol gently.

"Yea.. before everything we were engaged," Shiro pursed his lips. Technically they broke up but he hasn't spoken to Adam yet.

"Did your family accept you for being in love with a man?" He asked looking down. Shiros face soften as he looked at lance.

"Not at first, it's not that they were against it, I just never told them till I was 18, I didn't date much before either, I told them before I went to garrisons, they didn't believe me either, but I came home with Adam when I was 20 and they loved him, and they saw how happy I was with him," Shiro chuckled softly and Lance gulped a little.

"My parents don't know I'm bi, neither do my siblings, My grandma actually is the only person that knows," lance bounced his leg anxiously.

"I don't need their permission, or their approval, I don't care, but my parents are old school and they already hate me, I just... I don't know, maybe I won't tell them because I mean I was dating the fucking galra prince but still..." lance put his hands in his hair keeping his head down.

"I don't need anyone's approval for who I date, who I love, but I just wanted to show them I was happy with someone who took care of me, maybe it.. I-I thought maybe they'd-" lance slammed his hands on the table and clenched his fists.

"They're your parents lance, you still want to see them proud of you, it's normal," Shiro touched his hand gently.

"After chloe died it was like they were completely different people, they threw me out two days after she died, they didn't let me go to her funeral, Veronica helped me, but before we were so happy, I loved my parents so much and I was going to come out to them, chloe knew, she asked me questions about boys and girls and that and I told her it was okay to like both, and she agreed, I was going to tell them, and maybe they'd accept me before,"

"But now she's dead and that's on me, I know," he whispered as tears stung his eyes at the memories of his baby sister.

"It's not your fault Lance," Shiro frowned.

"If they treat you like shit then that's not your family, family isn't always blood, it's about people that care and love you, Keith is my brother but we're not blood, it doesn't matter where we came from," he explained calmly.

"You don't need their approval but you don't owe them an apology, I know you and the Paladins are rocky but your family to me Lance," he smiled as lances eyes were glossy as he sniffled a little.

"Fuck dude, I'm so glad your back Shiro," lance laughed wiping his face.

"I'm not going anywhere," Shiro nodded.

"And I'll have your back whenever you need it," he smiled.

Lance felt relief flood through him, he let out a deep breath nodding with a small smile, he needed to hear that now more than ever.

"I'm glad I have you and V," Lance gulped a little.

"So what's going on with you and Adam now?" He smirked. Shiro blushed.

"I hope we can talk, I do still love him, I hope he's not still mad at me for how we left things, I'm not sick anymore," Shiro shrugged a little and lance smiled.

"Knowing you I'm sure he'll be willing to listen," lance grinned and the older man chuckled.

"Guess we're both hopeless in love idiots," Shiro teased and lance giggled shaking his head.

"Am I stupid for still feeling something for Lotor? Is that insane?" Lance asked softly.

"No, I don't know how you two use to be but you care about him, a first love always makes you feel stupid and insane, just be careful, with the war and the past just be careful, you have a good heart but don't forgive him to easily, not until we know what happened during that battle," Shiro sighed a little leaning back.

"He said he doesn't remember, Axca and hunk spoke to him and he didn't remember much," lance swallowed a lump in his throat.

"Yea, I've checked in with hunk before," the white hair man nodded slowly.

"I'm not ready to forgive him, I'm still pissed, I spoke to Axca and she gave me a little more of a understanding and it pissed me off, I don't know what was going through his head but that wasn't the man I was loyal too, that person that attacked us wasn't who I loved,"

"But you weren't there, Allura and them were just.. arrogant and rude and just-just it was his breaking point, axca told me he saw honerva, his mother, a whole other story, and he was cornered, I think he was breaking into something more than a meltdown, he was already struggling with ptsd from his father but... it was just to much,"

"And I'm not justifying him, but I think I'm the only person that knows that wasn't all him, so his memory being lost during it isn't completely unreasonable, it would make the most sense," lance sighed running a hand through his hair.

"We all have a breaking point and someone like Lotor... it's understandable," Shiro agreed as he listened to the boy.

"If he doesn't have a trial or actually punishment besides helping us, I want him to make amends, I want him to apologize and admit his wrongs to not just me, to you guys, axca, ezor, zethrid, admitting it to them too I think will prove his regret," lance said calmly and Shiro smiled at that.

"Good, I think that's good for him," Shiro smiled kindly and lance nodded.

"I'm getting a new arm tomorrow, bring Lotor, they've got something for him too probably, I am worried since my body is a clones that it will be a bit more complicated than lotors prosthetic," Shiro touched his missing arm and lance looked a little hopeful.

"That's good to hear, for both of you," he chuckled softly rubbing the back of his neck.