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His brother was drowning, it was an old memory. He thought about it often, how much he tried to save him but the current was too strong and he was too weak. After that day he started going to the gym, so that it would never happen again, so he would never be so useless.
He met Hunk shortly after, the soft, cuddly teddy bear, asked him one day about the kid in the picture and where he went. Lance had a panic attack when he remembered the water that dragged his only brother under the water, the ocean he had loved and admired since he was a kid. It murdered his brother, it betrayed him and took his brother away.
Lance woke up choking, he tried to spit out the imaginary water as if it would bring his brother back to life. He stood up, feeling a little dizzy. He walked towards Hunks room, knocking lightly on the door. He knew Hunk was a light sleeper, the door hissed open as Lance started to cry. Hunk caught him as his knees buckled and dragged/carried him over to the bed, unlike Pidge, Hunk knew that Lance needed to talk about his nightmares. So they sat and Lance sighed.
"Was it about your brother again?" Hunk asked, Lance nodded "it's not your fault man," Hunk hugged him tighter to his chest, soon enough both boys were asleep.
When Hunk woke up his neck was sore from his awkward position, he looked around and Pidge was sprawled in his and Lance's laps. She always did know when one of them had trouble sleeping, she always showed up in the middle of the night and Hunk was happy for it. He shifted and Pidge mumbled something.
"Hmm?" Hunk responded.
"Lance or you?" She grumbled tiredly,
"Lance..." Hunk answered her.
With that she curled closer to the Cuban boy. It was a small gesture but considering Pidge, it might as well been the biggest. Hunk drifted off to sleep again.