Let It Simmer

“Stars! It all makes sense.”“Well, that’s usually how people react when someone had proclaimed they wanted to kill you.” Though Keith had attempted a light tone, the joke fell horribly flat. The silence afterwards was awkward and made Keith’s skin crawl. He berated himself. He had always been horrible at relieving tension from situations and he had to go and make it worse. He should’ve left the jokes to Lance.Keith startled when Lance slowly rose from the floor and sat beside him, leaving a few inches of space between them. He let out a breath.“I am sorry,” Lance sincerely said.---Keith and Lance get a chance to talk about the incident the day before. It goes well until it goes bad. Lance is hung up on Keith's necromancy and his unwillingness to use his necromantic fire and it drives the pyro-elemental witch further away.