#and hey james was just as awkward and terrible but he's not even galra so what's his excuse

[lilflowerpot]

Did keith have a crush or like some type of feelings for James Griffin?

Because like I remember him being mentioned when keith was going in about people that he wanted to bite?? And considering that biting can be considered affectionate, is it possible that he felt something like that toward griffin?

Also i love u<3

Lmao yes!! Not in any way that Keith himself really recognised at the time, but it's my personal hc that though he and Griffin had a pretty volatile and antagonistic relationship, there was still something about it that pinged the galra part of Keith's brain like "ah yes,, a Challenger,, we must prove we are a Strong and Worthy opponent,, this is a Bonding Experience,," but obviously you can see how that perhaps did not translate all too well into teenage human hormones 😔

[technicallyhauntedduck]

Klance The Spy Who Dumped Me Au

It’s Keith’s Birthday 

He was looking forward to a good night out but it has been ruined by everyone asking after his ex James 

His ex who went missing a week ago after send Keith one last text 

Hey there, it’s over. Sorry 

Keith remembers this time last year when he had first bumped into James at the same bar 

They had a competition to see who could find the worst song on the jukebox 

Pidge, Keith’s best friend is not up for this reminiscing though and sends James a text letting him know that they will be burning his shit

They head home and start to burn James’s stuff when he calls 

He apologises begs them not to burn his stuff and says he’ll be there in the next day to explain 

Cut to Keith at work the next day 

A handsome man buys some gum and flirts with Keith, asking if he would help him to his car 

Keith goes out and the man introduces himself as Lance 

Keith makes an off handed comment about his lack of judgement walking with a stranger and laughs about how people end up in the back of a van 

“Well this is awkward. Get in the van.” 

So it turns out Lance and his partner Lotor work for the government and James was part of the CIA 

Keith who is a terrible liar ends up telling them that James called him last night 

A freaked out Keith races home to Pidge who is on a call to her parents 

Keith tells her about James and everything he saw 

Just at that minute James jumps through the window 

He explains that he was part of the CIA but they wanted the trophy he had left with Keith 

Suddenly the house is filled with bullets and James has been hit in the shoulder 

He tells Keith they are going to go to a cafe in Vienna and give the trophy to someone called Verne 

James is then shot again by a man who charges into the house 

He’s dead, still on the ground 

Pidge pushes the man out the window and the two run out to the car and drive away 

Keith clutching the 2nd place fantasy football trophy tightly 

The two debate what to do and Pidge argues that they should just go to Vienna 

“Do you want to die having never been to Europe? Or do you want to go to Europe and die having been to Europe?” 

“Why are those my only two options?” 

They go to the cafe which is very fancy but when Pidge heads to the toilet Lance sweeps in holding a gun to Keith’s leg under the table 

They make the exchange but the cafe breaks into chaos 

Everyone is shooting and both Keith and Pidge are screaming 

At one point Keith has a gun and shoots down several people without thinking 

Aiming the shots perfectly 

They run out and decide to get the train to Prague, stealing two passports from a pair of people who look like them 

Keith reveals that he switched the trophy for one at the airport and they discover a drive hidden inside 

Pidge marvels at Keith’s gun skills and intelligence 

In Prague Pidge calls her dad who gives them a location of a safehouse they can go to and they realise time is of the essence as they are now on TV as wanted criminals 

The man at the safe house turns out to not be so great, however, when he drugs Pidge and chucks her into the bathroom where Keith is trying to swallow the drive 

Keith reveals that the real Roger is inside the tub 

Dead 

Pidge tries to swallow the drive but fails and the two collapse 

When they wake they are both strung up by their hands in a gymnasium 

A couple called Hagar and Zarkon ask them what they did with the drive but when Keith explains that he flushed it down the toilet they fly off in their helicopter 

Leaving their protege Nymia to torture answers out of them 

Lance and Lotor arrive but Lotor wants to blow the place up without looking for Keith and Pidge 

So Lance knocks him out and handcuffs him to the steering wheel 

Sneaking in Lance pulls some hardcore parkour, saving them and escaping with only a bullet wound in the shoulder and a sprained wrist 

Keith informs Lance that he trusts him now 

“I should bloody well hope so!” 

Lotor is less than pleased though and so is Allura, Lance’s boss 

She puts Lance on leave for four months and tells Keith and Pidge to go home 

Lotor snarkily remarks that Lance should take them home to prepare for his next job as a taxi driver 

On the drive back Keith asks Lance what he would have done if they still had the drive 

Lance explains he would have tried to break the encryption but he wonders why Keith wants to know 

“Because the drive is in my ass.” 

Pidge is majorly stoked and even Lance seems to be impressed 

“Does it hurt? Does it not hurt?” 

“You get used to it” 

Keith removes it and they head to a library to open the drive 

Pidge impresses everyone with her knowledge of hacking and immediately starts decoding the encryption 

While she does it Lance thanks Keith for trusting him 

Pidge breaks through and they discover that it’s not terrorist plans but a backdoor to every part of the internet 

They travel again, this time to Amsterdam and hide in a hostel 

They meet Hunk, a large but friendly man who is sharing their room 

Lance and Keith have a moment in the bathroom where Lance lists all the impressive things he had seen Keith do 

He also talks about the first time he saw Keith 

The night Keith met James Lance was watching him over comms because he was on a job 

Lance begrudgingly explains that spys don’t make connections unless they truly care 

They return back to the room but discover Pidge tied up and gagged 

Lotor appearing from behind the door 

Lotor disarms Lance and has the gun trained on all three of them 

Forcing Lance to raise his injured hand 

Lotor threatens to kill them and Keith puts himself between Lotor and Lance 

Blaming himself instead 

But Lotor who is working for Galra, the organisation run by Zarkon couldn’t care less

As Lotor is about to pull the trigger Hunk runs in and grabs him 

Smashing him into the ground 

Using Lotor’s phone 

And his thumb which Keith cut off using a knife 

They locate the drop for the drive and impersonate some Canadians to get in 

Lance and Keith as the Canadian ambassador and his husband 

Pidge as a performer in Cirque du Soleil 

Though Keith has to die his hair blond to fit the role 

At the event things go well until Zarkon and Hagar arrive 

Lance leaves to avoid being blown but quickly stops communicating 

Keith goes after him as Pidge is relucantly pulled into one of the acrobatics numbers 

Keith all of a sudden runs into James 

Who is somehow alive and is pointing a gun at him 

James looks shocked to see him and explains that Lance is working for Galra 

But Keith is reluctant to believe him until James says that Lance was only using Keith as bait to draw in him 

He professes his love for Keith and starts asking about the drive 

Saying that Keith can trust him but Keith is still suspicious 

The door opens and Zarkon and Hagar enter with a bound Lance 

James points the gun at him, and Lance is visibly shocked 

“Griffin?” 

“Hey bro” 

James then proceeds to kill both Zarkon and Hagar 

By this point Pidge has finally managed to get away from the show and is running to find Keith 

She sneaks in, watching as Lance and James try to prove who is innocent to Keith 

Eventually James shoots Lance 

Who appears to be dead 

He and Keith hug 

James promising to take care of Keith as he reaches for his gun 

It’s missing 

Keith points the gun at him as Pidge lobs a cannon ball at his head 

He falls to the floor but taunts Keith who feels anger spark inside him

“To quote a text I got once. Hey there, it’s over. Sorry.” 

He pulls the trigger and watches James flinch before revealing he removed the cartridge 

Dropping the gun and raising his hands as the police enter and take Griffin away 

Keith and Pidge hug only breaking away when Lance groans an lifts his head 

Turns out he was wearing a bulletproof vest 

Later they are recuperating and Pidge gives them a moment alone 

Lance asks Keith what he’s gonna tell people about his first trip to Europe 

Keith says that it definitely wasn’t boring but that he didn’t get to do everything he wanted to do 

Lance is curious and after a moment Keith decides to show him moving in to kiss him 

His hands land on Lance’s chest but Lance moves away and Keith immediately apologises 

Lance is also quick to reply explaining that he wanted to but Keith’s hand had landed on his broken ribs 

“Then suck it up” 

Is Keith’s reply as he captures him in a kiss 

They break apart as Pidge returns to let Lance know that Allura called to say he had his job back and that he would know what to do with the drive 

Revealing that she had it this time having managed to swallow it 

1 Year Later 

It’s Keith’s birthday 

He and Lance are celebrating but this time in Tokyo 

Lance is serenading Keith with a microphone 

As Keith is stood by a custom arcade shooting game and Pidge is waiting in the wings 

Lance slings his arm around one of the less than friendly men 

“You say Happy I say Birthday! Happy”

 “...” 

“Happy” 

And he tasers the man in the neck with the mic 

Keith pulls out the guns of the machine 

Which are in fact real guns 

Moments later the three of them are walking down a hidden corridor busting into the mob boss’s room 

“Happy Birthday Keith”

[saphsilver]

Inktober Day 28: Companion

Prompt from @ttimemachines​ ‘ Inktober

Voltron: Legendary Defender Happy Ending AU: Fly Me to the Moon

Fly me to the moon, Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like on A-Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand In other words, baby, kiss me

Fill my heart with song and let me sing for ever more

You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words, please be true In other words, I love you

-By Bart Howard, performed by Frank Sinatra

This is like 4 days late cuz the power went out while I was doing this and it stayed off for days lmao thanks pg&e anyway 

I followed VLD since 2016 and am veeery fond of sheith. As a form of self-care, I decided to completely disregard the existence of season 8 and I daydreamed a  sappy, romantic ending I would’ve liked to see and am accepting as canon. GAY RIGHTS.

In a nutshell, Shiro and Keith get together and live on Earth. But you can’t tie down a space exploring power couple to one planet, so they go off with the Blade of Marmora. In this picture, they’re dancing to Fly Me to the Moon, celebrating their (kind-of) elopement and new life together.

I wrote a rough outline and bolded the main points. It’s long, so if you want to read it, buckle up and hit that Keep Reading!

Picking up from what little I remember of season 7 cuz I watched it the day it aired in 2018:

After the big battle with the Galra, everyone is chillin. Shiro is officially captain of the Atlas and Keith is like hell yeah I’m the Black Paladin! Idk whatever stuff they did to conclude the fight with the Galra, but I guess they did that. 

Idk why they killed Allura, but that doesn’t fuckin happen. Everyone is happy!

They eventually settle into their new roles on Earth with Pidge/Katie working as a head of the tech department with the Holts. Hunk and Lance handle diplomatic/relief affairs. Allura becomes the queen of the Alteans they found with Coran and Romelle as her advisory. The mice are there too.

As admiral, Shiro gets a cool fancy house. So they throw a house party and the gang and some of the cool Earth/Galran/Altean people are invited too. It’s a great party 10/10 and 3 hours in, Lance gets wasted cuz Allura drinks him under the table. Hunk is getting some water while Pidge/Katie is taking blackmail pictures. Coran is still partying with the mice and Romelle.

Keith and his introvertedness has his social battery run out at this point,  so he finds a porch to sigh upon. It takes Shiro exactly five minutes to notice that Keith isn’t coming back yet, so he seeks him out in the big fancy house.

 Shiro finds Keith sighing on the porch or smth and jokes about this being their easiest time finding each other and Keith smiles at this. Shiro has a beer or smth and Keith asks to try it to break the ice. Shiro teases him about being old enough to drink. Then he’s like uh yeah remember the time I was stuck on a meteor for 2 years with my mom?? Fair point. Shiro lets him try it and Keith spits it out cuz it’s nasty even though bruh probably drank swamp water. They laugh and banter about that too.

The mood settles and then Shiro asks about those two years. And about  their lost time. Keith asks if he took any of Kuron’s memories since he’s got a clone body now. 

He does. He remembers it, but Kuron’s memories feel like it’s him, but he’s taken a backseat and is watching himself do things instead of doing them himself. Then Keith asks him if he remembers what he said when they fought. “You said you love me,” Shiro speaks softly as he turns back to face Keith. “Is that still true?”

Finally they talk about their feelings. Like a well-developed couple should. Keith does still love him and says that he always will. Shiro also admits his feelings too. Thought he was fam. Turns out he was bae. They almost kiss, but the Voltron gang interrupts because that’s how it be.

The two awkwardly get dragged back into the party and Lance is recovering okay. Also, he’s been offical with Allura at this point too. Lance teases them about being a couple and Shiro and Keith are internally screaming. 

The party dies down and everyone starts to go home. The Voltron gang is the only few left and they help Shiro clean up. Lance gets benched cuz he’s still recovering. As they clean up, Shiro begins to notice how large and lonely the house is gonna get. He catches Keith before everyone leaves and slips him a key and says he’s always welcome just in case he gets lonely. Or something.... There’s some Shiro head scratching and Keith knows what’s up.

Everyone leaves. Shiro is alone. He tries to get some rest, but the house is too gotdamn big and unfamiliar. Being alone in a large space is not good for a guy with PTSD. He works out. He investigates his house, etc. Bro still can’t sleep. 

Afterwards, he just gives up and sits at his kitchen going like :( at a glass of water. Then the doorbell rings. Who is it? DING DING, It’s Keith!  With a duffel bag! Turns out he couldn’t sleep either. Shiro invites him to join him in the kitchen with his :( water and they talk a bit.

Then they pick up where they left off at the party and finally kiss. One of them asks if the kiss was okay, and the other is like HELL YEAH and so they keep going. It’s really spicy. One thing leads to another and then they go upstairs to Shiro’s large bed. (I’ll leave that to your imagination.) 

Either way, morning comes and Shiro wakes up with Keith in his arm(s). (HELL YEAH) Guess they got REAL official. He asks about the duffel bag. It’s literally everything Keith owns. So like. 3 outfits. And some weapons. Hygeine products. Etc. (Dude is a minimalist.) Kosmo is in the living room or smth. Bottom(lmao) line is, Keith planned on taking Shiro up on his offer the whole time. He literally just left to pack lmao (HELL YEAH) Shiro gives him his own closet and drawers since the room is big. Guess they live together now yeehaw. 

Eventually, everyone finds out they’re official and is like FINALLY and so they continue their lives on Earth with Shiro as admiral and Keith as captain. They sort out the war damage for a year-ish or so and then do whatever leaders do in peace time. Probably train their people idk. Shiro is up to his neck in papers. He’s not really digging it. He enjoys his peaceful life on Earth, but he often thinks about what it would be like exploring the galaxy now that the Galra aren’t a threat.

Allura and Lance get married. Lance still gets those blue marks but idk why. Why not lmao. It’s a big wedding and Lance throws the boquet. Keith catches it. He looks to Shiro and DING DING, the lightbulb goes off. The Altean Queen and King have many babies and they all have the marks too. Happy family. Goofy dad. Badass mum. Gotta rule the new Alteans too. That’s all good. They either live in space or get their own land cuz racism doesn’t exist on this earth. Cuz I said so. Either way, Lance and Allura visit the others often with their kids. Hunk and Pidge are GREAT with kids.

The Blade of Marmora calls. Krolia is like hey wus poppin’ son. Keith tells her he and Shiro are a couple and she’s like oh finally thank god. That guy was the only thing he’d talk about for the two years and like honestly it’d be awkward if they didn’t get together. But also, the Blade of Marmora needs Keith. For a while. Like, at year at least. He has a few days to decide to go with them. Keith’s torn between his people on Earth or his people in Marmora. 

Shiro tells him it’s okay to go. But before that, he kneels on one knee and presents Keith with a ring. An engagement ring!!!! It’s specially designed by Pidge with a one-channel track that won’t get in the way of any signals or whatever, but they can find each other, no matter where in the galaxy each is. (Since that’s been a recurring problem throughout the series.)

Keith goes. Keith Galra Facetimes whenever he can. Weeks pass. Months pass. Seasons fly. Shiro terribly misses his fiancé. Nothing goes terribly wrong since this is the endgame, but Keith is away for a looong time. More than a year. He misses Shiro terribly, but he knows his duty is to the Blade of Marmora, which has become a relief effort and guardians of the galaxy. No talking trees or raccoons, unfortunately.

Eventually, Keith makes his way back to earth. Krolia, Kolivan, Axca, and the other Blades are with him. Krolia has a mother-son moment with him and asks him what he truly wants. Keith wants Shiro, but he also wants the life with the Blade of Marmora. It’s way better than on Earth, (no offense.) Then Krolia asks, “Why not take your man with us? His skill is going to waste at that desk.” And Kolivan is like “Shiro is a man of honor. He will always have a place with us if he so desires.” And Keith is like :0

He tells Shiro to come with him and Shiro’s like :O But he’s got papers! And Duties! And... the ability to train a successor to be Admiral! He gets on it. But low-key. Cuz he doesn’t want everyone to freak out. Like All Might and Deku, but not as life-threatening a situation and no consumption of hair. It’s probably that guy who thought Keith was his rival. Jack? Jacob? James! Or someone else idk. Who’s Curtis? We can sprinkle him in, I guess. Not sure if Hunk would want to be admiral. But either way, Shiro steps down from his position and gives it to someone very capable.

Then the Blades are back on Earth. Keith leaps into Shiro’s arm(s) all dramatically and gay as God intended. Shiro and Keith get married!!!! Everyone is there and it’s such a happy day like wowie.

After the wedding/goodbye party and preparations, the newlyweds announce their leave into space. And they fly off! Shiro is part of the Blade of Marmora. They’re a happy family and visit Earth and Altea whenever they can. Everyone still gets together every year for Christmas or something.

The last scene is the space ship leaving earth with Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” playing. The planets and space stuff fade further in the background. They’re in a field of stars. It cuts to Keith in his uniform holding Shiro, who’s in his earthly clothing and kissing his husband’s hand. A golden ring shines on each of their fingers and they continue to dance. Gosh, they’re so happy and in love. The two never lose each other again.

THE END!!!