#angsty keith made me emotional

[erithel]

I'm surprised you don't include Klance moments in that "fav moments" ask. 😆

Okay, first of all, thanks so much for your blog. Because of you, I start shipping Klance (and I love them). So....

- When did you start shipping Klance (what moment that made you ship them)?

- Can I ask your top favorite fics that you've written (feel free how much that you want to list)? Why they're special to you? Is there a specific inspiration when you wrote them?

- What are your top 5 fav Klance fics ever?

Sorry if you already answered the above questions before (newbie Klance shipper here, just starting last year).

That's fair lol

I'd say I picked my favorite moments based on ones that were truly satisfying, and while I thoroughly enjoyed many klance moments, since they never really paid off, they always left me a bit unsatisfied, so that's why I left them off the list.

To answer your questions:

I think I started shipping klance through stumbling across fanart before even watching the show. There was so much out there when I found it, and it all looked really interesting, and I realized "I want to know more about these two." So I kiiiindof went into the show with a super low-key ship. But if I could pinpoint it, it was probably the "I cradled you in my arms" line that made me go "oh I'm gonna be looking forward to all of their interactions from now on to see where this goes."

I had to check my ao3 to see if I'd even written 5 fics (I have). #1: "Broken Things" This one is special to me for the same reason I was inspired to write it: It was a very tough subject that I was so tired of seeing handled poorly in media. It became even more special when I started receiving comments from people who let me know they had been through similar things and they felt I handled the subject well. #2: "Gone" (a comic, but it still counts) I'm still counting this one even though the experience of posting it turned out to be one that almost made me want to quit before completing the comic. This was also a subject that I had seen handled very poorly, and I wrote it at a time when I had a new understanding of grief, and what it can do to a person. It was very important to me that Lance's side of things was taken seriously, and understood, and unfortunately it really wasn't. But that's kindof why I want to write stories in the first place - to get those thoughts out into the world so they might exist in someone's subconscious, even if they are not fully realized at the time. #3: "Stand Here on the Edge With Me" I started writing this because Chasing Stars was becoming too dark for me to write. I usually stick with angst and love it, but I was writing a really angsty scene where Keith was pining super hard while having their conversation on the lion at sunset and I just thought "wait a minute. What if he's totally fine for once?" and then this fic just kindof materialized. It also has one of my favorite last lines I've written, so that's something to look forward to. ;) #4: "Chasing Stars and Memories" I've always liked stories about traveling to different worlds, and the idea of Klance meeting themselves was always a fun idea to think about. But then I realized that I had never read a fic where only one of them was gender-swapped, and that made it so much more interesting for me, because the angst options just exploded with that one little change. This one's special to me because again, it deals with heavy themes and large emotions and I just adore writing those, and I hope I do them justice and convey the gravity of them. #5: "What If You're Someone I Just Want Around?" I'd always wanted to write a 5-and-1 fic, and I actually wrote this entire one around the third part ("Scared"). It was still pretty early on that I wrote that and I felt like I basically nailed Keith's and Lance's "voices" in that one based on their actual canon selves, so that was a nice little accomplishment at the time!

Basically, my inspiration comes from a lot of emotions, and also because there are specific subjects we see in movies/TV/books that I feel could be handled way better.

I've probably answered the top 5 fics before tbh. I don't know if I have a top 5, but here are 5 I love:

There Nestled Against His Pulse

You're Always Welcome Here

New

In This Moment, You Mean Everything

Terminal Velocity

(Some of these contain NSFW content btw)

There are, of course, many other fics I love, and as always I will recommend anything written by Iybms, Wittyy_Name, or Autumn_Ignited. Sadly, I haven't had the chance to read anything super recently, as I've been trying to read more published books (for pitching reasons), and have been a little disappointed so far unfortunately.

[jacqulinetan]

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged!!!! thank you @ursae-minoris-world, you're truly so so kind to think of me.

I'll be real honest, I'm only on tumblr very intermittently and I don't really know how to use the platform at all. I'm scared that my formatting will be really messy and make people angry if I put a wall of text on their feed. So hopefully I figure out how to do the jump cut. But I just finished a fic so it's very fun to do one of these and talk about my writing. And I always like to see other people too, so I thought, hey I will give it a shot. Here's the questions:

How many works do you have on ao3? Right now I just finished my 74th work on ao3! Fifty four of those are vld, twenty four are sheith proper

2. What's your total word count on ao3? 993,716 words. I'm set to hit a million this year, I think!

3. What fandoms do you write for? LOL can you believe it? We're still loving Mr. Keith Voltron in the glorious year of our lord 2024

4. What are your top five fic by kudos? Oh well, my sk friends aren't going to be impressed--- my kl fics always take top spots for kudos and bookmarks. I attribute this not to talent or popularity but just because that side of the fandom has a much wider reach. For the sake of the questionnaire, I'll answer properly, in order: 'it's you that's haunting me' takes the top spot by a wide margin at 2,591 kudos to date. 'that mullet, etc' is currently at 1,788 kudos, and after that it's 'cross my heart,' 'swapping out silence,' and 'things that go bump in the night.'

5. Do you respond to comments? I do! for me, one of the best parts of fic is the community between authors and their audience. For the majority of my fandom life I've considered myself more of a reader than a writer, so I really treasure it when I leave a comment and an author responds. It's so special. As an author, I do respond to every comment, though sometimes it takes me a long time. I'm always so impressed that people are not only reading my words but digesting them and thinking on them too. It's wild to me. A very precious gift.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Oh, my friend, that fic is yet to come. the wip I've got on my closest back burner has a real humdinger of an angsty ending. I'm excited about it. hmmmm if I had to answer now.....I'm not sure! usually I'm a happy ending kind of girl

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? well well well, now I have to answer this one properly don't I? Are we thinking happiest like 'biggest emotional pay off for the reader'? Or happiest like 'Keith is wildly happy' by the end? I think 'heart nailed open' has a very good emotional pay off (though I wrote it so perhaps I can't judge too well on behalf of the reader). If I am really thinking, in which fic is Keith truly the happiest he could ever be by the end...well, I try always to make Keith happy but, in 'the whole story' he has everything he could ever want AND a very nice couch.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Not routinely. I did, actually, get a very nasty comment on a fic in 2023 and it legitimately hurt my feelings. Made me feel like I should not be writing at all, actually. But, can you believe it? Friends came out of the woodwork-- people I rarely talk to, even-- and jumped in my comments section and really defended me. like, I really had all kinds of people on my side, defending me! So that meant a lot to me, and I was honestly so surprised, and I'd like to give every one of those friends the kindest hand press because I really did feel very taken care of in the aftermath.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Oh, I don't know! I have plenty of E rated fics but I don't know if I will ever master a true PWP. to me, the sex scenes I write are not so original or exciting, nothing to really write home about lol. I'm not a fan of publicly being negative about my stuff, so I will simply say that I wish I could write some really off beat toe curling wild kink, but it's probably just not my personality to do so LOL

Is this getting really long?? should I be embarrassed ? should I close the tab and never think on this again? hmmm no

10. Do you write cross overs? Cross overs with what, my dear? There's only one Keith

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Oh I think 'it's you that's haunting me' strolled on over to wattpad or some such site without my permission back in the day, but I've never really looked into it. What I don't know cannot hurt me, right? I highly doubt that there's been some crazy highway robbery for perfchan words.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? I don't think I have! But I did have someone ask to record a podfic for one of my stories, and I was so flattered and thrilled!!!!!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Nope! I don't have much interest in this, I am very shy about my writing and I fear I would be too cagey to be a very good collaborator.

14. what's your all time favorite ship? Keith x Being Loved and Cherished the Way He Ought to Be

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? (covers face) I don't have any unfinished WIPs.... it's not in my Type A personality to leave things undone.....

16. What are your writing strengths? This is something to really ponder!!! What /are/ my strengths!!! huh!!! well. I figured out early on that my favorite things to write are atmospheric and setting heavy -- both my most popular fic (it's you that's haunting me) and my most personally beloved fic (heart nailed open) have this in common: they have a lot of detail about the setting, and a lot of effort put into ~vibes~ of the story. so I think, if I could be self indulgent and chose which writing bits I'm good at, it's that type of thing. I really like crafting a scene you can settle into with all of your senses

17. what are your writing weaknesses? too many to list!!! I very often read my own writing and I always enjoy it (I wrote it for myself afterall) but sometimes I wonder....why did I spend so long on this particular bit? I think I am not very good at making a story tight. I wish I could master the art of being able to 'trim the fat' so to speak, really be precise with the story, but I simply don't have the chops! I can never understand how to make it better than I already have! perhaps if I keep writing long enough, I will get better at this

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? this question would really open up a can of worms on the kl side of the fandom LOL. I will admit it, I've had Lance speak spanish a time or two. I don't speak spanish myself so in those rare instances I have been VERY careful to keep things straightforward and try really really hard to not be cringe worthy to native speakers

19. First fandom you wrote for? the first thing I posted online was a USUK fic in a hetalia LJ comm. I can distinctly remember the first time I ever read a fic with *there was only one bed* (it was usuk) and WHEN I TELL YOU MY EYES WERE OPENED. I was forever changed on that day. of course I wanted to try my hand at writing after that

20. Favorite fic you've written? You would ask me to chose a favorite of my children!!! Oh! I simply could not!!! No, seriously, it's 'heart nailed open.' I love that fic

This got so long !!!!!! I can't imagine anyone reading all this !!!!!!!! but omg if you did thank you!!!!!! I'm shy about tagging people in the best of times, and like I said at the very beginning, I am very very shaky on tumblr etiquette, so I had better not tag anyone. but if my friends enemytosleep or grem or kacy or monday happen to see this, I would be very excited to read your responses!!! okay bye!!

[johaerys-writes]

I finally have some more time to read fic and I want to make this a regular thing: reccing five fics every Friday, both fics I've read during the week but also older works that I love. So without further ado, here are some newer and older faves:

1. In Repair (Dorian Pavus/Trevelyan, DA, T) by breadbowl: Inky & co are exploring some ruins when Dorian is attacked by Venatori. What follows next is a spoiler lol so I won't say anything else, but this fic was so angsty but also funny in places, with lots of action and banter. It was like extra content from the game which is my favorite kind of DA fic.

2. Librarian To The Future (Dorian Pavus/Trevelyan, DA, T) by norwasmeanttobe: The Inquisition needs a book of magic which has been destroyed, so Dorian time travels to the Ostwick Circle of eight years before to find its last copy. There he meets a young Inquisitor Trevelyan, who was the Circle librarian at the time. A truly delightful fic, plus the author's Trevelyan is such a sweetie. Loved this.

3. Chintz (Achilles/Patroclus, Hades/TSOA, M) by @baejax-the-great: Achilles is trapped in a miserable marriage, and in order to escape it -and himself- he starts drinking heavily while also sleeping with his best friend (and long time crush, but no one's talking about that lmao). The pain!!! The misery!!! All the suppressed emotions!!! It hurts so good 😭 My heart broke for both of them and now I am ANXIOUSLY waiting for a reunion that will mend it (i.e. poking Bae with a stick while she writes 👀) 

4. as we circle the moon (Keith/Shiro, VLD, E) by @monstersinthecosmos: follows the events in the show after Shiro disappears post s2, and is then found-- but fem!Sheith 🥺 Kacy's written some of my all time fave sheith angst, and this is no exception: an in depth exploration of Keith's state of mind after losing Shiro and Shiro's own struggles towards recovery, just so soft and sad and poignant and true to character. I love these gorls <3

5. Calamitous Love (Tadashi/Ainosuke, Sk8 the Infinity, E) by @starryskeyes: I read this one a while back, but boy howdy has it left its mark on me. I am a slut and a weakling for childhood friends to lovers to exes back to lovers (no one knows them like they know each other!!!!! ;w;) and this hit the spot JUST RIGHT, Chel's prose and characterisations are divine and made me feel so many emotions. I just want to wrap Tadashi in blankets and keep him safe. 😭

That's it for this week!! See you again next Friday 💙

[astralscrivener]

for the fic ask game! ★✎ϟ (for this one, in my case it's gotta be every angsty moment you write, especially every time keith cries or has a breakdown in soopits lmao <3<33)

★ what was the scene you most wanted to write in [fic]? what was the hardest scene to write?

gonna use SOOPITS for this question as well! in terms of chapters that are already posted, for what i wanted to write:

keith's almost assassination. i had been sitting on that for YEARS. that chapter started as a oneshot idea shortly after s3 aired (and the fandom put together in like 5 minutes that "shiro" was a clone). the oneshot never came to fruition, and then when i started SOOPITS i realized i needed to use it. desperately. the broganes angst. the klance angst. the chaos of "oh okay so we just have a secret assassin on our ship drifting in space. cool cool cool". very among us. i tried to write an among us oneshot a few years later during late 2020 and then realized that was essentially the entire s5-6 arc

the s6 finale (6.06 & 6.07). i had the ending of s6 planned FOREVERRRR i had the scene of lance in the black lion in my mind for YEEAAARSSSSS i had the keith & lance vs kuron + shiro vs sendak fights in my head FOREVERRRR i would constantly make music videos in my head to those chapters on my walks to class for a good 2 or 3 years. i dearly miss walking across the quad with starset or the score or hidden citizens blasting in my head.

the KEITH BREAKDOWN in OPERATION KURON (6.05). another chapter i had rattling around in my mind for years. like hey it sure is fucked up that your older brother is actually a clone who tried to kill you! you know all those walls you had up? it is NOT going to be enough to hold this breakdown off. MAN. MAN

hardest scene? the goddamn TRIAL. before the current chapter which is giving me grief (gameshow rewrite), the trial chapter took me AGES. i started it in like september 2019. by the time i updated it, it was ten months later. july 2020. covid had started. everyone's lives were in shambles. i rewrote it dozens of times. i watched judge judy as "research." i had extensive talks with nicole. i hated writing that chapter so bad but i feel like the ending was rewarding enough

✎ how do you think readers would guess a fic was yours if you posted anonymously?

so i actually do have a reliable answer for this. keith and lance almost always have a very "us against the world" kind of mindset in my fics, and i guess someone reading one of my fics one time didn't look at the author that closely and realized it was me when they did their whole "you and me" "us against the world" shtick so. devoted klance ig! disgustingly in love dumbasses!

ϟ tell me what moment/scene in [fic] made you sicko in the window.jpg to read and i’ll tell you which scene made me feel that way to write

my GODDDDDDD first of all thank you. i also go bonkers over writing keith being emotional. he's very repressed in public / in front of the team and in private he is a mess and emotional. boy has walls up

scenes that made me sicko in the window to WRITE are indeed all the scenes where keith is emotional, especially those scenes in s4 (particularly 4.05) where he tells off kuron. stand UP for yourself bestie !!!

also, all of the scenes in 6.06/6.07 with keith, matt, and lotor, and then in 7.01/.02/.03 with keith, matt, and pidge. i LOVE writing keith and matt as friends/relating to each other, but also i love writing keith and pidge as besties who relate to each other. i am having a GREAT time making matt avoid his own trauma.

oh and also? the entire operation kuron chapter. actually just all of 6.05-6.07. absolutely fucking bonkers. cackling at my monitor the whole time

thank u for the asks these are fun !!

fic ask game!

[isleofair]

This time, OP did say in the tag we could just reblog and answer all the questions, sooo...

1. What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? How did it turn out and would you do it again?

I actually tried many new things! Chapters, POV changes, E-rated scenes... I think they all turned out at least okay, and I would definitely do at least 2 out of 3 again (I'm not committing to more smut, but I'm not ruling it out, lol).

2. How many fics did you work on this year? (They don’t have to be finished or published!)

I guess... 15? There were two I tried writing for the challenge but ended up substituting with other stories because I wasn't sold on them. (One of them is probably getting another try at some point, though.)

3. What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer?

That I can write more than I thought, faster than I thought, and a bit spicier than I thought. 😅

(And also that I have developed a problem with run-on sentences and I really need to do something about it. 🤦)

4. What piece of media inspired you the most?

Well, if this means what I wrote about, obviously Tiger & Bunny. But if it means additional/external inspiration, then I think it's a song: Two, by Sleeping At Last, which unlocked the mood for the whole central section of Intertidal, and one of its main themes.

5. What fandom(s) did you write for this year?

Only Tiger & Bunny.

6. What ship(s) captured your heart?

It's still FireSky all the time, all the way. ❤️💜

7. What character(s) captured your heart?

Nathan and Keith already had it and held it even closer; Kotetsu, Barnaby, Antonio and Ivan also had a couple of moments each in which I really wanted to hold them. 🥺

8. Did you write for a new fandom or ship this year?

Mh. Does making the background Taibani actually visibly romantic count? 🤔

9. What fic meant the most to you to write?

Intertidal was my love song to FireSky as a relationship; Second Song was my love song to Nathan and Keith individually, and I poured a lot of my heart into both of them.

10. What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

Intertidal had me incredibly excited, but I think I might have been even happier to write Three-Step Turn, because it was a gift. 🥹

11. What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

Here, Intertidal definitely wins on its own. I spent a whole half of my summer vacation working on finishing it, and the feeling when I finally posted it was amazing (and not just because I was running a fever, I swear 😅).

12. What fic was the most difficult to write? Did you finish it?

To a Steadfast Heart and Gravity were both pretty difficult; they're angsty, and they have a delicate balance about certain issues, both in the way they're handled inside the story, and in the one I had to choose to present them in my writing. But I finished them!

13. What fic was the easiest to write?

Snowdrift is small and soft, and flowed easily; Three-Step Turn was also relatively smooth sailing, considering how long it is and how long it took me to write it.

14. What were your shortest and longest fics this year?

Snowdrift is 3,050 words and Intertidal is 28,828.

15. Rec a fic you wrote or posted in 2023

OMG. Okay. Okay. *deep breath*

Intertidal (28,828 words, rated E): Nathan and Keith have an accident that leaves them unable to use their powers, and they don't know when, or even if, they'll be able to be heroes again. Nathan's choice of coping mechanism is to take Keith (and his dogs) on a vacation to a secluded tropical beach.

This fic has so many things I love in it: deep emotions, fierce protectiveness, soft familiarity, (half-)naked beach shenanigans, meaningful dream sequences, moonlit flying lessons, and an exploration of how you need to recognize your own worth, along with that of the person you love, in order to allow for a true, full connection with them. 💞💞

16. What were you go-to writing songs?

This is where I share the Playlist for my 2023 Year of the OTP challenge again 😊💚

17. What were your go-to writing snacks?

Tea, Earl Grey, hot (with a dash of lemon juice and brown sugar).

18. What was the hardest fic to title?

Mh. An Honest Mistake gave me trouble, and is probably still the title I'm the least satisfied with.

19. Share your favorite opening line

Looking at them all together now, I think it's the one from Unscripted:

The whole thing starts, appropriately enough, with a wish.

20. Share your favorite ending line

There was some competition, but in the end (ha!) it's probably the one from An Honest Mistake:

John and Johnjohn let out two loud, celebratory barks; a flock of birds, startled, takes off from a nearby tree, and the mad flutter of their wings resonates under Keith's ribs, echoed by his heart as it thrums with perfect, feather-light joy.

21. Share your favorite piece of dialogue

I'm really fond of this line from Second Song:

"I remember loving you in both of my yesterdays."

22. Share an excerpt from your favorite scene

Mh. I think my favorite scene is the one on the hill in Intertidal, so...

"It's probably because I don't make air. I just move it." Keith thumbed his chin pensively, looking for the right words. "It's like... The floating part is the base of it, the canvas where all the colors go. You can paint without the canvas, but it's not as intuitive, so that's the first thing you end up reaching for." Nathan found herself smiling softly down at him. "Like you were made to fly, and the fighting is just an afterthought." Keith frowned, stepping closer until he was looking up at her with his head tilted back, like he had to do when she was in her highest heels. "Do you think you were made to fight?" he asked, serious and sad-eyed. She gave a small shrug, careful to remain nonchalant. "Fire is pretty destructive, as far as powers go." The tiny movement of her shoulders had somehow traveled down her whole body; she felt the ground slip away from under her soles, and wobbled slightly in mid-air, trying to compensate. Keith's hands wrapped around hers, tugging her gently back down to earth. "I don't see it that way," he said quietly, but when she gave him a questioning look, he didn't elaborate.

23. Share the final version of a sentence or paragraph you struggled with. What about it was challenging? Are you happy with how it turned out?

Ooo, boy. Let's pick this one, out of many (from Intertidal):

Because it was unnecessary; because Nathan didn't really bother to cover up the way other women would, because her body didn't have to play by those rules, and she had learned to find relish in that, instead of regret.

I'm still not 100% satisfied with that "other women", but finding a way to express this concept (of her not dressing or acting like she has a typically feminine body, essentially) somewhat elegantly and respectfully, from inside Nathan's own head, when she refers to herself as a woman, but is not just simply that, and has a history of dysphoria, was not very easy.

24. What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

It was Keith essentially asking for his own chapter, and then slapping me (politely, of course) in the face with the true theme of the story in the middle of it in Gravity. And it did change the story quite a bit; not only did it make it twice as long, but it also made me decide to add the E-rated scene I had initially been adamant about not putting in there.

25. What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.)

Google docs, mostly on my laptop, sometimes on my phone.

26. If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Probably finishing and posting Intertidal.

27. Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

I think I got myself pizza once or twice?

28. How did you recharge between fics?

By re-reading my previous fics and the comments I got on them, playing Pokémon, and sleeping.

29. If this were an awards show, who would you thank?

@nicoroni, first and foremost: I honestly do not know if I would have been able to keep writing so much without their amazing, tireless support. 💙💙💙💙💙💙

And then literally everyone else who ever let me know they had read and liked my fics, especially with comments. I will never stop being grateful. 💖💖💖💖💖💖

30. What’s something that you want to write in 2024?

I have at least 3 AU (or AU-adjacent) ideas I really want to try writing; one of them is a big project I've been thinking about since last spring, and which I'm incredibly excited about... but I have no idea how long it might take, or if I'll even be able to actually put it together in a way that's even close to how I envision it. So... wish me luck, I guess? 🤞💕

fic writer asks

What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? How did it turn out and would you do it again?

How many fics did you work on this year? (They don’t have to be finished or published!)

What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer?

What piece of media inspired you the most?

What fandom(s) did you write for this year?

What ship(s) captured your heart?

What character(s) captured your heart?

Did you write for a new fandom or ship this year?

What fic meant the most to you to write?

What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

What fic was the most difficult to write? Did you finish it?

What fic was the easiest to write?

What were your shortest and longest fics this year?

Rec a fic you wrote or posted in 2023

What were you go-to writing songs?

What were your go-to writing snacks?

What was the hardest fic to title?

Share your favorite opening line

Share your favorite ending line

Share your favorite piece of dialogue

Share an excerpt from your favorite scene

Share the final version of a sentence or paragraph you struggled with. What about it was challenging? Are you happy with how it turned out?

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.)

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

How did you recharge between fics?

If this were an awards show, who would you thank?

What’s something that you want to write in 2024?

[fluffyllamas-23]

Day 5: Insomnia - Keith

This is set at the beginning of season 3.  I don’t think there are any spoilers, but just a warning. Also, I’m really not sure of the timeline of events, so I’m making it up

I really like this one, I was getting so emotional writing the beginning, omg

Keith finds himself wandering the castle at three fifteen in the morning again.  Again.  

It’s going on four months since Shiro went missing, two months since Keith took over Shiro’s position, and he doesn’t sleep anymore. He tries, he really does - he’s exhausted and run down, and knows he needs sleep, but he just can’t.

Not when Shiro is missing and everyone expects him to be the leader.  He’s not cut out for it.  Shiro is the leader.  Shiro has this...innate sense for leadership.  He’s born for the role, not Keith.  Keith is a fuck up.  Keith screws up everything he touches.  Keith drives people away.  That’s why he tries so hard to keep everyone at a distance.

Shiro disappearing is just a stark reminder that everyone leaves.  Everyone leaves, and he can’t let himself get close to anybody else, because he looks up to Shiro so much and now he’s just so broken because his favorite person in existence is gone. No matter how much Keith tries, he can’t find Shiro.

Each time he lies down, he feels his body twitch with desperation and anxiety. Shiro’s face is behind his eyelids and in his dreams, and while it should be a comfort, all it does is make the hurt run deeper.  His chest has been aching and there’s been a lump in his throat since the moment they realized he wasn’t in his pilot’s chair, and Keith doesn’t know if he can take it anymore.

He needs Shiro back, he needs it like he needs air, because he’s a mess.  He’s okay when he’s with people, but the moment he’s alone, that’s when the gravity of the situation weighs on his shoulders. It’s too much.  It’s too much, and Keith isn’t sure how much longer he can handle it.  

He cries every night, to his dismay - he really hates crying.   

At this point, he’s gone two months without sleeping more than an hour or two a night and he feels dead on his feet.

Keith isn’t paying attention to where he’s going until he finds himself standing at Hunk’s door.  

He blinks heavily, swaying on his feet.

God, he’s tired.  

His body is screaming at him to rest, but he can’t.  

Hunk is suddenly in front of him. “Keith?”

“Oh, hey,” Keith says, shooting Hunk a very tired, worn out smile.

“What are you...it’s three thirty...why are you awake?”

“I...um...I couldn’t sleep,” Keith whispers, “did I wake you?”

“Yeah, but it’s-”

Keith’s eyes fills with tears, “I’m sorry.”

“No! No, no, it’s fine, I’m thirsty anyways,” Hunk lies quickly when he sees Keith’s face crumple.  “Since you’re up, come with me?”

Keith swipes at his cheeks, “yeah, okay.”

Hunk knows that Keith isn’t sleeping...everyone knows Keith isn’t sleeping, and they’re all worried.  Nobody's quite sure how to broach the subject though, because the lack of sleep is making him snappy.  

Hunk takes a moment to study Keith’s face, which he can just barely see in the dim lighting.

Keith’s eyes are bloodshot and glassy, and beneath them are bags and deep purple bruises.  His face is void of any color, and Hunk pieces everything together.  

He’s sleep deprived, yes, and that accounts for a lot of his behavior recently. It can’t, however, fully be to blame for how slow and clumsy his movements have been, or how much he’s been struggling to process conversations.  Keith is low energy, and has been sounding increasingly run down, and Hunk finally realizes that Keith is definitely coming down with something.  

“Sit down,” Hunk instructs, pointing to one of the chairs at the counter. “Want anything?”

“Water?” Keith croaks out, grimacing at how dry his throat suddenly feels.

Hunk nods slowly, watching as Keith crosses his arms and sinks lower in his chair.  His eyelids droop, and he nods off briefly, but jerks awake a moment later when his head drops forward.

“Here,” Hunk says, placing a glass of water in front of him.

Keith stares at it for a full minute, blinking slowly before he shakes his head and looks at Hunk.  “Thank you.”

“Are you ready to go back to bed?”

Keith shrugs, “I think I’m up for the rest of the day.”

Hunk chews on his bottom lip, “How about we watch a movie, then?”

Maybe a movie will lull him to sleep.  

“Yeah...that sounds good,” Keith nods.  He sniffles and rubs at his nose that’s suddenly doing an impressive imitation of a faucet.

*

It’s six am, and Hunk’s plan didn’t work.  

Keith keeps nodding off, and is slumped against Hunk’s side. Each time Hunk thinks he’s asleep, Keith jerks awake not long after.  

Initially, Keith was on the opposite end of the couch, but as he began to feel worse and worse, he inched closer and closer to Hunk until he’s pressed into his side.

Hunk’s wracking his brain to think of ways that will get Keith to stay asleep, because Keith really needs to get a decent night’s sleep.

Keith curls into himself as he goes into another chesty coughing fit. He shivers, and Hunk reaches for the blanket that’s draped on the back of the couch. As soon as the blanket is on him, Keith tries getting warmer and presses himself closer to Hunk.

“Are you alright?” Hunk asks.  He brushes his fingertips across Keith’s forehead and grimaces as Keith’s skin burns beneath his touch.

“M’tired.”

“I know...you have a fever.”

Keith is silent and then offers a weak, “Oh.”

He sits up, but he’s suddenly so exhausted that he can’t hold himself upright, and he drops down onto Hunk.  Keith grips his shirt tightly, eyes filling with tears.

“I don’t...I don’t feel good, Hunk.”

“Yeah?” Hunk frowns, “I didn’t think so.  Is there anything specific that’s bothering you?”

“I-I...I j-just...I d-don’t f-feel well,” Keith whimpers, sniffling miserably.

His entire body is aching and heavy, which Keith isn’t sure if it’s because he’s running a fever, or if it’s from sheer exhaustion. Everything hurts - head, throat, muscles; his sinuses are throbbing, and he can feel the congestion rattling around in his lungs with each inhale.   He needs to sleep.

“You want me to see if there’s anything that’ll help you sleep?”

“I have to find Shiro,” Keith mumbles, his tone verging on desperation.

“What does that have to do with sleeping?”

There’s a beat, and then, “If I sleep...I won’t be able to find him.”

“Keith, you can’t find him like this.”

“I know,” he moans, bursting into tears, “I’m useless.  I’ll never be a good leader, I can’t even find Shiro, why would black pick me?”

“Keith,” Hunk breathes, wrapping his arms around his feverish, emotional teammate. “Black picked you because you’re going to make a great leader, you’ve just gotta have a little faith in yourself.”

Keith says nothing, his face buried in Hunk’s chest. “But is that why you haven’t been sleeping? You think sleeping will stop you from finding Shiro?”

He stops crying after a few minutes and tightens his grip on Hunk’s shirt. “I try to sleep...but I can’t. Everytime I close my eyes, I see him.  And then I do fall asleep, and I have nightmares about him...I’m so tired...I just want to sleep.”

Hunk thinks for a few moments, “I’ll be right back.  I’m going to go get you something that will help with that.”

Hunk is gone and back before Keith is able to process their conversation.

“What’s that?” Keith frowns when Hunk hands him two small pills.

“Sedative,” He says. Keith shakes his head, the movement jerky and uncoordinated and it makes his head spin.  “What’s wrong?”

“I can’t...I can’t sleep,” Keith says in a small voice and grips Hunk’s shirt again. “What if something happens? I’m the leader...I have...I have to be alert.”

Hunk smiles softly, “You’re not going to be alert if you don’t get some rest.”

“But what if something happens?”

“Nothing will happen, and if it does, I’ll handle it.  You just need to sleep.”

Two minutes after Keith takes the pills, Hunk feels his grip on his shirt loosen. Keith’s hand falls limply to his side as he finally falls into a deep, dreamless sleep.

[aprxl-showers]

i was feeling a bit sad yesterday and this is the result...

Keith huddles on his bed, hugging three soft pillows at a time to his chest. He takes a deep breath, willing the tears away. He hates this.

Fighting with Shiro always sucked. He and Keith always seemed to be in angsty moods around the same time—more often than not being the cause of each other’s ill tempers—and they’d yell and slam doors until Keith inevitably stormed off. He always ended up in the same place: he and Lance’s bedroom, pressing himself against the wall in order to be as far away as possible from everyone.

His jaw is achy, signalling another impending onslaught of tears and Keith knows it’s probably a losing battle. However, Lance always said letting emotions out was good and healthy and not to worry, he would always be there to give Keith hugs.

Lance isn’t here, though. He’s been away at his parents’ house all weekend for a birthday of some sorts. He had whispered promises through kisses that he’d be back before Keith knew it. But it’s already nine thirty and Keith is reaching a breaking point.It isn’t like he relies on Lance to stop him feeling certain ways. He had made sure of that when they’d moved in together two months ago after ten months of dating. He never wants Lance to be burdened with all his issues and be unloaded onto all of the time. Nevertheless, they still talk. They’re boyfriends, of course they’re there for each other, and sometimes nothing beats being held tightly in Lance’s arms with soothing words pressed to his hairline.

It’s a Friday night which should be a relief but Keith is working all of Saturday and Sunday, meaning he has to get up far too early tomorrow, and he feels like he hasn't been able to take a break this entire week. His teachers have suddenly amped up the intensity of classes and assignments with the upcoming exams. His anniversary with Lance is also on the horizon and he’s trying to save to take him somewhere fancy.

Whenever he does catch an extra moment Keith tries to watch something on Netflix but then the hours fly by like minutes and he’s left feeling shitty again. He initially tried that method when he’d slammed the door shut earlier, angrily tossing his bag off and letting his head fall into his hands. He’d tried to put on a brave face, blinking through tears at the laptop screen as some young, star crossed lovers made eyes at each other across a classroom. It did nothing but remind him of Lance’s absence which didn’t improve his emotional state in the slightest.

He ducks his head into the crease in the pillow closest to his chest as if it will soak in the ball of negativity swirling in his chest, the lump in his throat, his heavy heart. Take it away.

There’s the sound of faint footsteps and jangling keys and Keith hears the door click open as Lance makes his way into their apartment. Keith listens to him as he moves through their home, dumping his suitcase on the sofa, fetching a glass of water and approaching the bedroom door. Keith realises too late that the light isn’t even on.

There’s the sound of a flick and suddenly he sees Lance’s eyes clearly. He watches in horror as Lance’s happy, beautiful expression slips from his face and he places the glass on the chest of drawers.

“Keith?”

He doesn’t want to be a downer on Lance’s day, especially when he’s only just arrived looking like sunshine itself, so he attempts a smile. He also attempts to reply but all that leaves his mouth is a choked, pathetic sob. Lance is diving forward before he’s even registered. Warm hands cup his face and Keith collapses forward into his boyfriend’s chest.

“Lance.”

“Hi, sweetheart.”

“I’m sorry. I just—” His breath shudders.

“It’s okay. Just breathe, I’ve got you.” Lance reaches up to stroke Keith’s hair, shushing him quietly. Keith softly nudges his head into the crook of his neck, breathing deeply and calming for the first time in hours. Lance’s fingers wipe away his tears gently as he presses fleeting kisses to his eyelids. They stay like that for twenty minutes, in silence. Until:

“Fuck.” Keith’s voice is no longer garbled and he rubs his eyes, exhaustion hitting him like a wave.

Lance tucks his bangs behind his ears over and over and over and over. “Seems appropriate. Do you want to talk about it?”

Keith leans back, offering Lance a more genuine smile. Lance returns it. “No. It’s just Shiro. I’ll call him tomorrow and work it out. How was your family? Did you enjoy seeing everyone?”

“Yeah, it was great.” Lance isn’t fully at ease yet, Keith can tell. He cradles Keith’s neck, running his thumb up and down it. “I’m sorry I didn’t get here earlier.”

“No. You don’t have to apologise, you didn’t do anything wrong. By the time you came in I was feeling the last of it. I would have been fine in another hour.” Keith shuffles over, pulling Lance into a proper sitting position on the bed beside him. He gathers his boyfriend’s long, slender finger in his own. “Please, tell me about your weekend. You looked so happy when you came in.”

Lance hesitates but Keith squeezes his hands once more and his angelic grin slowly returns. Keith feels a weight lift from his shoulders.

“If I’m being completely honest, I missed Mama so much,” Lance says, dropping his head onto Keith’s shoulder. Keith doesn’t blame him. It’s almost impossible not to miss Mama McClain. “There’s nothing quite like hugging your mama, you know? I mean—”

“Yeah, I know.” Keith kisses Lance's forehead, banishing the returns of the worry lines. Although Keith misses his parents every day, he loves hearing about Lance’s huge family—who he had met several times for some bigger, plus one events—and encourages him to speak about them whenever he can. Lance’s passion and love for them always shines through, sending swoops through Keith's stomach every time without fail.

“They asked about you a lot, by the way. Nadia, Sylvio are keen to see you again. I’m certain that even baby Elena perked up when I said your name.”

Keith’s smile arrives unbidden and he chuckles. “I miss them.”

“I bet you do,” Lance agrees, laughing lightly. “I’ve been apart from them for ten hours and I already miss them. The last time you saw them was when we moved in and they gave us all those weirdly specific gifts.”

Keith smirks at the memory. Funnily enough, though, he’s used all the McClain gifts on countless occasions. They obviously knew what they were doing.

“I’m happy you’re back, Lance,” he says. Silence settles for a little while.

Lance shifts, lifting his head from Keith’s shoulder and taking a seat in his lap, facing him. He places a tentative kiss on the corner of his lips.

“There’s no place I’d rather be, babe. I love living with you—it’s the highlight of my life so far, hands down.” Lance runs his hands over Keith’s sides. “I love being able to hug you when you’re sad and beat Shiro’s ass when one of you takes it too far.”

Keith lets out a startled laugh.

“I love it when you do that,” he mutters, leaning forward and brushing Lance’s lips with his own. “And I love you, too, so that’s a plus.”

“A big plus,” Lance reiterates.

“Huge.”

“Massive.”

“Absolutely.”

“I love you.”

“You, too,” Keith replies before he slips an inch forward and they’re kissing softly.

Lance always knows exactly how to calm him down and make him feel that much better. Keith knows he would do—that he does do—the same for him if something was ever remotely wrong. Because they’re a team. And Keith loves him.

He’ll talk to Shiro tomorrow, smooth things over, lick some wounds. Ask him if one year is too soon into a relationship to consider marriage. Maybe it is but Keith can’t find it in himself to care.

It may take them months more of emotional breakdowns on both sides, years more of comfort and cuddles, but Keith has no doubt he and Lance will get there. He already knows this is it. Keith pulls him close, a little emotionally drained but happy, smiling wide against Lance’s lips.

[justheretobreakthings]

Whumpmas in July: Day 26

@whumpmasinjuly

What’s a memorable moment that gave you whumperflies?

Hohohohoooo, boy, do I have a lot of these.

The first one that I gotta bring up is one that I know I’ve mentioned once before on this blog, but my Whump Awakening was definitely Prince Philip in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. I can distinctly remember watching the scene in which he gets captured and tied up and gagged by Maleficent’s minions and realizing just how delightful it was to observe.

I’m primarily a Voltron blog, and have been since making this account, and VLD has given me some fantastic whump moments, but the special mention goes to “The Blade of Marmora”, which is the episode that secured Keith as my new favorite whumpee because, damn, seeing him take that intense physical beating and then immediately following it with just as intense an emotional beating is just so *chef’s kiss*, and “The Black Paladins”, which is so angsty and intense and I have rewatched the fight between Keith and not-Shiro so so many times. It’s just as good on fiftieth re-watch.

Earlier in this event I talked about how Bonanza was a big part of my introduction to the whump community, and there were some fantastically whumpee episodes in that series that got plenty of re-watches from me, but my favorite is “My Brother’s Keeper”. Look, if you are a whump fan and are into protective-big-brother dynamics, that episode is a must-watch. It’s just a cavalcade of great whump tropes: animal attacks, gunshot wounds, infections, feverish delirium, accidentally hurting a loved one, heaps of guilt, medical help being out of reach, at-home surgery with no anesthesia, robbery, home invasion, whumpee being carried and cradled by caretaker. All in a single episode.

One show that I know I haven’t talked a whole lot about here on this tumblr - hell, I’m not entirely sure if I’ve ever even mentioned that I’m a fan of it - is the 2003 Teen Titans series. But if you have seen the show, you probably already know which episode I’m about to give a shoutout to. “Haunted” is probably the darkest episode of the series, and my absolute favorite from start to finish. Robin takes more of a beating in this episode than any other, spending the whole episode trapped by paranoid hallucinations of a villain he thought had been defeated, while his teammates can’t see what he’s seeing and are sure that he’s lost it.

Another case of the darkest episode of a series being an absolutely fantastic whump source is the Danny Phantom episode “The Ultimate Enemy”. I know it’s a fan-favorite as well, which makes sense as I know a lot of the modern fandom for that show is made up of whumpers, but the whole evil future aspect of it all was wonderfully bleak, and it’s the most beaten-down and terrified we get to see the title character in the whole series.

Last but not least, gonna give a shoutout to a moment that accounts for half of the posts in my Irondad and Spiderson tag here on my tumblr. I am, of course, talking about Peter Parker’s “death” in Tony Stark’s arms in Infinity War (it’s been three years, it’s not a spoiler anymore, right?) The actors’ performances in that scene is amazing, but I want to give special mention to the sound design in the scene. The silence in the scene’s background broken only by sounds of wind and the crumbling of Peter’s body when he disappears make the dialogue and the cracking, teary voices stand out so perfectly. Good sound design can really take an angsty moment from A to A-plus, and this is a perfect example.

[magnolia-among-the-stars]

Losing You  | Sebastian Stan

Summary: Sebastian has been doing press all week about Endings, Beginnings and the chemistry that keeps being mentioned between himself and Shailene is too much to handle.

Genre​: Angsty as all Hell

Word count: 1600

Note: The amount of responses I got on this idea was overwhelming so thank you for the support and encouragement as I got to explore this idea. This one felt a lot more intimate than I expected but I’m pleasantly surprised and enthused. I tried to really approach this with a maturity and complex nature instead of going for running away. I’d love feedback! (let me know if you want to join my taglist!)

The same line was going through your head for the last fifteen minutes as he spoke with her before the interview started. Sebastian was sitting across the living room, in front of his laptop chatting away with his co-star in contrast to you, curled up with a book in hand. You tried to ignore it, not exactly enthused by the chemistry the two had. 

Shailene was a character, so unique and outspoken, she was a force of nature. Your boyfriend had been so perplexed by her, her mere name being echoed in between what was meant to be safe and loving walls of your home and you felt like it was driving a wedge between your emotions and your mind telling you that he loved you. Not her. 

You knew the film had been an intimate experience, unlike anything Seb worked on previously. And maybe you felt a little guilty, upset with yourself for how petty you were reaching but you couldn’t help it. You had gotten used to the luxury of having him fawn over his scenes with Mackie or the brotherhood of working through a scene with Chris. Even when he was fangirling over working with Nicole Kidman, you didn’t give it a second thought because she was with Keith Urban. 

But this was so different, the constant mention of improvising made the scenes from Endings, Beginnings turned your stomach. That he was making choices for the purpose of how he felt chemistry could best be conveyed with her. It felt too personal, too close to home. As his director introduced the interview, Seb caught your eye briefly, giving you a warmhearted smile before returning to the enthusiastic man asking questions.

You tried to block out their conversation but reading the same page over and over again without taking in the context was becoming mundane and the minute Shailene mentioned having fun playing together with Sebastian, you perked up. They kept talking about the authenticity, the realness coming from the three of them throughout the filming process and you couldn’t hear it any longer. 

You slammed the book shut, a scoff escaping your throat without your approval as you threw the blanket that had been wrapped around you to the side. You stomped past your concerned boyfriend, eyes trailing after you as you went. He paused for a moment, wondering if he should excuse himself before deciding against it. There were only a few minutes left and then Seb could go check on you. 

Upstairs in your bedroom, you wrapped yourself up in a pullover and slid onto the bay window to watch the rain fall. The room was still dark, the light switch forgotten as you curled into yourself and tried to calm your breathing. “Y/N?” Sebastian called out a few minutes later, heavy footsteps advancing up the metal framework of the stairs. You sniffled, using the soft material of your sleeve to wipe your face before his face appeared around the framework of the door. 

“Hi,” you tried, gaze still watching the large water droplets plummet from the sky onto the earth with a splash. Your head felt heavy, the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness creeping over your chest so heavy that you felt like your breath had evaporated into the abyss. 

“Are you alright?” his bare feet pad across the room until he’s sliding in front of you and trying to pull you into his warm embrace. You aren’t ready for him to touch you yet. You make a small noise of displeasure and he pauses, allowing you to pull away and lean back from contact. 

“I’m-,” you paused and shook your head as a few stray tears made it through the barricade you were trying desperately to hold up. You took a shaky breath. “I can’t right now,” you finally landed on the wording. Sebastian’s face screwed, his hands now falling to his lap defeated. 

He searched around the room, maybe looking for words to reply or context clues to what had upset you to the point of shutting him out. He came up empty. “Is it quarantine?” You shook your head, forehead coming to rest on the crest of your kneecaps. You took another shaky breath, the sound setting off alarms for Sebastian that this was a code red.

“What did I do?” he said, tone as calm as he could manage. Sebastian knew sometimes he was aloof to his actions, never harmful but sometimes distant in how he approached life. It was a habit he was working on with your help and guidance. He always loved the maturity your relationship had. You rarely yelled at each other, only to the air in frustration. There was never a conflict that the two of you hadn’t been able to push through thus far but he would be lying if he said he had seen your state of mind at the moment. 

Stormy eyes flickered up to glance at his bewildered face. His hands reached out cautiously to you, grazing your bare calf lightly as Seb’s heart began to race. His lips were pressed tightly together, something he did when he was doing his damnedest to not overpower the conversation. “Do you think there was ever a point while filming that you thought about dating Shaliene?” your quiet question smacked him in the chest. He took in the quiver of your lip, the slight shake in your hands.

Sebastian didn’t realize he was already shaking his head in protest before his brain finally regained function. “Oh baby, no,” he exhaled with confidence as his strong hand scooped the apex of your kneecap and tugged you lovingly toward him. 

You let him this time, relaxing into his embrace as he positioned you over his lap so your legs dangled off the edge of the bay window. His scruff scraped along the surface of your cheeks as Seb started showering you in light pecks, each one emoting all the love and dedication he had for you. “I’m yours,” he whispered, nose rubbing against yours fondly as the rough pads of his fingers dancing through the knots in your hair. 

“I just felt like with all the talk of your characters being so real and it being so authentic to how you would all interact,” your small voice got caught in your throat. He stopped pressing kisses against your skin to allow you to speak, giving you time to express your concerns. “God Seb,” you cried out, tears finally falling, “I want to support you and I think you were amazing but I can’t stop replaying the scene of you going down on her, and it’s making me sick.” He felt crushed at your words, pained by how much the film and his interactions with his co-star affected you. 

“I’m sorry,” he mumbled, hazy eyes boring into yours as his own tears started to stream down his cheeks. “I’m so sorry for causing you so much pain. What can I do? How can I make this better?” he begged, the reality of you leaving him now creeping into his own insecurity. He wouldn’t hate you for it, almost disgusted that he hadn’t thought about how the intimate scenes would snake between him and his lover. “I’ll stop doing romantic films. I’ll stop talking to her. I’ll do whatever it takes.” 

You shook your head promptly. You wouldn’t allow your insecurity to stop the man from doing his damn job. That was selfish and unfair. “I don’t know,” the exhaustion falling over you as you took in each other. The air was thick with tension, emotion practically dripping like the raindrops on the window. 

“I’ll do anything,” Seb’s voice cracked, “Please just don’t leave me.” the whisper sent more tears to collect in the corner of your eyes. He pressed his lips together to control his sobs, only small whimpers escaping as he waited for your response, bracing for the worst. 

“You won’t lose me,” you rasped, arms wrapping tightly around his neck and tugging him to hold on with all you had. “I just, we just need to communicate more. I should’ve said something when you were filming,” you admitted, a wet spot appearing on the shoulder of his tee shirt he wore. His hands smoothed across the expanse of your back, clutching the soft material within his fists. 

“I should’ve checked in with you,” he stated, clearing his throat and shaking his head. “I couldn’t love anyone but you and I wasn’t thinking about how those scenes would come off. I’ll work hard to be more aware, I never meant to hurt you.” You pulled his face from the crook of your neck, sweaty forehead pressing against his and taking in his scent. Sebastian always smelt like cinnamon and the sea, the aroma relaxing you. “I’m so sorry,” he repeated, face so close that you could feel his long lashes brushing yours.

You let him hold you, rocking back and forth as the street lights below illuminated your bodies. The pitter pat of the raindrops against the glass behind you a melody as hands slipped under the hem of the pullover, nails delicately running over your hips. You breathed him in again, your heart healing with his touch and affirmation.

Taglist: @sinceahwhen

[levi-supreme]

Here for your Fanfic writer asksss

1.. lol jk you don’t have to answer that. I know its Flegel Reeves that cutie

14, 17 and 34 pleaseee

MRS SMITH MY LOVE <3 Yeah if I love writing for Flegel Reeves, you love writing for Keith Shadis...........

14. How do you feel about your older work? 

Answered this previously here but to add on!!! I wanna talk about Petrichor HAHA. This was one of my earlier work too, and tbh I was actually really excited to post this because rainy days with Levi makes me feel really fluffy, and I always associate Levi to rainy days because I love rainy days, and I love Levi.

But!!! I feel like this fic kinda flopped because I feel like the readers didn't 'feel' the excitement I had while writing this, and probably they couldn't relate to the emotions I tried to portray too. Was it because of my writing? Or because people don't feel the same way about rainy days like I do? Oh well, I will never know XD

17. What fanfic tropes do you gravitate to writing for? 

Obviously established relationships!!!!! The Levi in all my writing is always either reader's boyfriend or husband there's no in between hehe. I just love the idea of living a domestic life with Levi it's all I want in life 😭

Also, my favourite is (childhood) friends to lovers, so I definitely have that in my writing too. I just love the idea of two people getting to know each other and becoming friends, and then the awkward phase of developing feelings for each other and fearing the other realises, and the moment of revelation when the feelings are mutual <33

And idk if this can be considered as a trope lol, but I really love happy endings lmao. I guess the Pisces in me just wants a happy ending anywhere and everywhere haha I cannot deal with sad ending and heartbreaks </3

34. Have you felt emotional while writing a scene before? What scene was it?

I think I always talk about crying happy tears writing my dad!Levi headcanons haha, but I wanna talk about some negative emotions this time round!!

So the fic in question is Ten. It's a collab piece, and my first (and probably only) fic with dark content (tw: cheating, extra-marital affair, one night stand, some spousal violence) and tbh, it took me soooo long to write this fic!!

It was really hard for me to write this because I hate all the trigger warnings stated above, but I was glad I wrote this fic, because it made me explore something that I don't think I ever will, and I liked how this fic turned out in the end. It was rather angsty and negative in the beginning, but it had a good resolution so I'm somehow pleased.

I guess the most emotional scene for me to write was when Levi was trying to admit that he still had feelings for reader after so many years, and even though she's married. And also the part where the both of them crossed the boundary between friends and lovers, and admitting their feelings for each other.

Honestly speaking, I think I didn't do this fic justice haha. I could have written a lot of the plot better and maybe rewrote more of the emotions better, but oh well!!! What's done is done!!!!

Fanfic writer asks!

[erithel]

1. That snippets of fics like the one where Keith sees Lance die idea is a great one.

2. I like to believe that Keith totally refused Lance’s offer of a hug when he got back because he was so unaccustomed to freely given human contact after so long. I think there weren’t many hugs between Krolja and Keith on that whale, and when Keith saw Lance opening his arms, he kinda froze and said something snappy cause he didn’t know how to handle it. There are so many repercussions of being isolated from other humans (because let’s face it, Krolia isn’t human so her needs are probably different than Keith’s) that were never addressed that would have made such a better plot line into Keith becoming BP

If I'm being completely honest, most of the snippet fics I've written are angsty as all hell – but that shouldn't be surprising lol!

And huh. I actually hadn't considered that option before, and it actually…makes me feel better about that situation. So thank you.

Because it was such a weird way for him to return. Like, I know he had Big News about Lotor which needed urgent attention, but he couldn't have taken even a second to say hi?

Moments like this can make or break a scene. Scenes where a character returns. Scenes where people are reunited.

I'm not sure how many of you have watched Sherlock, so if you haven't – SPOILERS.

But the scene where Sherlock returned from "the dead" and saw John again, in my opinion, was handled well because I think they understood how important that moment was to fans. (And because the of the way Martin Freeman sold the myriad of emotions anyone would experience in a situation like that.) They built up the moment appropriately in a steady climb, and when it happened everything just…leveled out and held its breath.

When you're making a show you know – you know – reunions scenes are built up in the audience's minds, and therefore have to be as much as they are expecting.

And yet what we got was basically the equivalent of Keith returning from a grocery store trip.

This, to me, was the biggest show of "we don't care about the characters, we only care about the plot."

I would have preferred if we'd gotten the full on "touch starved" trope where Lance put a hand on Keith's shoulder and he just, I don't know, broke down in tears, or jumped into a defensive stance, ready to fight.

It would have even been better if they'd really leaned into the isolation and lack of touch/affection by showing Keith as a shell of his former self. Like, you thought he was all about the mission before? Well, look at him, now.

It would have presented an opportunity for the rest of the team to reach out and find out what had really happened in the time he was gone. It would have most likely lead to Lance opening up about his own isolation. It would have given them the opportunity to grow as a team and learn to work together with their new dynamic.

But I guess they just, you know…didn't have time for that.

[lidoshka]

I follow you on Deviant Art and I discovered my favorite Voltron fanfictions thanks to your fanarts. How did you find them? I loved, among the others, "Where the light doesn’t reach", "Eternal Night", Discordiansamba's ones and "Desideratum": do you have more suggestions? We could do an exchange of fanfiction reviews if you want. I like long, well-written stories with Keith as a main character, space worldbuilding and deep emotions. With the Galra Keith trope also.

 You started reading Voltron fics because of me? Really?! That’s really cool!

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Ahh! Yeah, I totally agree, we need more fanfic recs… in the last few months I’ve been doing art for other fandoms, so I haven’t checked new fics, but I do have some I like here so I’ll start!

Now, I don’t think any of these fics is longer than Eternal Night, but they are still cool, I also added some info of what I remember from each fic:

cobbled glass by ShirosRedKnight (SweetFanfics) One of the first things Keith learns about himself is that he is different. AU where Keith was always part of the Blades of Marmora and the Paladin's of Voltron come looking for the Red Paladin.

[Keith is galra but looks human] [can’t remember any pairing]

It's A New Start Series by Darkscales In which Keith, raised Galra and forcibly drafted into Zarkon's army, escapes from the Empire and proceeds to steal (then subsequently become adopted by) the Red Lion.

[Keith is very galra] [can’t remember any pairing]

 your sharp and glorious thorn by arahir

To end the war they inherited, Keith marries the King he lead an army against

[Sheith] [mostly Keith POV] [Keith being galra but still human-looking]

 Collision Course by winterysomnium Keith gets adopted by the Galra empire rebellion, basically.

[Keith being galra but still human-looking]

 Secret of the Blood by exclamation AU version of season 2. When Keith and Shiro were thrown from the wormhole, they crashed by the Blade of Marmora headquarters and were captured. When the Blade reveal the secret of Keith's heritage, Keith must decide if he can trust these people... and if he can trust himself.

[Keith angst] [can’t remember any pairing] [Keith is galra but looks human]

 The Blade of Memory by exclamation (ß same author as previous one!) Kan has no memory of his life before he was found injured and adrift by the Blade of Marmora. When he comes across a slave that seems to be the same species as him, he decides to rescue him. But saving Matt broke a number of the Blade's rules and helping Matt further would mean going against Kolivan's orders.

[Keith angst…ish] [can’t remember any pairing] [Keith is galra but looks human]

 hound by story_monger (is there any rec list that doesn’t include this one?? XD) Keith has a lot of practice being alone; you might almost say he's good at it. When he finds himself seriously injured and stranded on an unknown planet, he knows he's not alone there

[Keith angst] [can’t remember any pairing] [Keith POV] [beign galra is not part of plot]

 baby, you're a dark star by Thesis When the Lions are separated from the castle, hurled out of the wormhole into distant corners of space, Pidge still finds Allura within an hour. Then Shiro, alone, injured, delirious, asking if they've found Keith yet. They force him into the healing pods and get back to searching. They find Lance, they find Hunk. But they don't find Keith for sixteen months. And now that they have, Shiro is starting to think - maybe he didn't want to be found.

[Sheith] [Keith is galra but looks human]

 Insomnia by GriffinRose They reunite after the Wormhole Incident all in one piece. Mostly. But some scars can't be seen. Keith can't sleep, no matter how hard he tries.

[mostly Keith POV] [being galra is not part of plot…or was it?]

 nothing can breathe in space by idrilka The truth is: what Keith wants or doesn’t want won’t bring Shiro back. The truth is: nothing can breathe in space. (Or: the story of how Keith and Shiro come together, come apart, and come together again.)

[Sheith] [Keith angst] [being galra is not part of plot…or was it?]

 The Heat Was Hot and the Ground Was Dry by justheretobreakthings A glimpse into Keith's year living in a shack in the desert.

[Keith POV] [Keith angst…ish] [has a Spotify list on the last chapter] [can’t remember any pairing]

 Small Heart, Made of Steel by inkfishie The fight with Zarkon, the battle with the Galra fleet, the crash; It came back in small measures. Keith finds himself stranded and alone.

[mostly Keith POV] [Keith angst] [survival stuff] [being galra is not part of plot]

 For Everything a Reason by flyingisland

In Keith's life, the only true absolute was that everyone would always leave in the end.

[Sheith] [very Keith angst] [Keith POV]

 these old bones by achievingelysium

He’s always been fascinated with dinosaurs. Keith isn’t entirely sure why—maybe it’s because their footprints are still here, even after so long. Maybe he’s hearing the echoes of history calling for him. Maybe, just maybe, it’s because he sees himself in those old bones. A Keith character study told in three parts.

[Keith angst…ish] [can’t remember any pairing] [being galra is not part of plot..or was it???]

 The Long Way Back by fio As a gladiator, and now Champion, Shiro has given up hope of ever returning to Earth. But when his captors deliver his 'prize'—an omega, a descendant of both Galran and Altean blood used by the Galra to breed with the strongest aliens they capture—he's offered a chance to escape. There's just one catch: Shiro has to get him pregnant to do it. [Sheith] [it’s 40k words] [smut but I can’t remember in which chapter] [Keith is very galra]

 The Faeries' Midwife by zjofierose the line between dream and nightmare, between asleep and awake, has always been a hazy one for Keith. Voltron makes it all that much worse.

[short] [Keith angst] [can’t remember any pairing]

 Sands and Stars by Neyasochi Keith’s no stranger to shit going sideways, but mistakenly assaulting and robbing a crown prince is definitely the peak misfortune of his considerable criminal career. Suddenly in the custody of the royal guard and slated for a swift and unceremonious execution, he figures his short life is over. Imminently. But then Prince Takashi offers him an alternative.

Part 1 of the Bond and Blade Series

[Sheith] [slow, slow burn] [mostly Keith POV] [Keith is galra but looks human] [It’s medieval!au-ish babe!]

 familiar voices and careful hands by bobtheacorn Keith hesitates, then lifts a hand to pat Hunk's arm. It's awkward returning the comforting gesture, but it seems to help Hunk calm down so Keith is glad that he does it. He keeps reaping the rewards of reaching out to the people he cares about, even if small things are the only ones he can manage right now, and he can't help feeling grateful.

[can’t remember any pairing] [team bonding] [keith angst…ish]

 i never meant (i only wanted) by ADyingFlower It's a lot farther to Arizona from Washington D.C. than he thought it would be. The sun beats down on his scalp and dark clothes as he travels the roads of national highways, occasionally trying to hitchhike when he could. Not often, though. His soles burn into his feet, but he doesn’t dare stop.

[Keith POV] [Keith angst] [being galra is not part of plot…or was it???]

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Well, that’s my fav ones about Keith... I didn’t add any WIPS nor any of Discordiansambas’ cause you know those ones already, but just like you I also like long stories with lots of worldbuilding, angsty stories... I love stories where they explore what being a galra hybrid means to Keith!

[askintothevoids]

Poetry Runs in the Family

TW: Death mention, violence mention, murder mention, bad feelings

“You feeling alright?”

Jane’s voice coming out of nowhere about scared the shit out of Buddy. He hadn’t been expecting company, he hadn't for awhile.

“I’m fine.”

He kept his eyes trained on the wooden floor, noticing every grain that tied together into one big piece and every big piece became the entirety of the floor. It felt too big for his world.

“You look like hell, Keke.”

“When do I not?”

Jane looked at him for a moment. He was tired looking, those sticky feelings of failure and emptiness laying in the bags of his eyes. His hair was in shaggy oily curls, their yellowish bronze dying upon the hand of stress.

“I suppose you’re right.” Jane said, sitting on the bed next to him.

Jane gulped down her nervousness. Buddy was still sitting there emotionless, cemented to the spot.

“You shouldn’t be so hard on yourself. You’re a good kid, Keith.”

Buddy trained his piercing slate eye’s at Jane’s own green ones.

“Why do you call me that?”

“Call you what?” Jane asked, tilting her head to the side.

“Keith. You’re only one who does.”

“I dunno. It’s your name, it's a good name. Besides would you rather I call you Keith Guillaume for fifteen years? Even worse, Keith Toulouse, even?”

“That’s fair. What’s with marketable middle names in this family?”

Jane laughed.

“We’re french, we have like nine aunts named Marie Geneviève. Literally, mom gets called Logan Jean by half of our extended family.”

Buddy nodded, somewhat enjoying Jane’s company.

“I suppose Harper Barbara and Daniel Jesse don't exactly roll off the tongue.”

“Nope, the magic of the human name, huh?”

Buddy sat up a little straighter, realizing something.

“I thought you were from a fantasy universe, is France still a thing there?”

“Yep, it’s just a smidge bigger than yours, and more people and magic.”

“Huh, interesting.”

Jane nodded, fondly sighing at the thought of her home.

“Let me tell you, my brother, Keith, he was just great.” Jane said, “Obviously you’re him, but not quite. I’m sure you feel the same way about me. But my brother, he was smart as a whip, and could make any tune. Excellent talent, he could’ve been a bard.”

Buddy quirked his eyebrows in confusion.

“Did something bad happen to him?”

She nodded, a pained look in her eyes.

“Yeah, he uh, he was killed in a ransacking of his home, beaten with a club. His husband and his kids made it out safely though.”

Buddy swallowed uncomfortably. He’d never been good at icky, sad ridden emotions.

“That’s good, not the dying part, but the people that survived.” Buddy awkwardly consoled.

Jane shook her head, giving him a tough smile.

“It’s fine. I’m no stranger to death, no need for condolences.” Jane stated, “I sound like one of those angsty graphic novels. It’s fine, stuff happens. People hate people.”

Jane laughed sadly.

“There’s only tragedy in love and war, Keith.”

[voltronfandomhag]

Why do so many of the Voltron remakes make Keith an angst pot or hardass? I don't get it.

Well, I don’t know for sure! It was a pretty common thing in fanon, though. Almost every fic made Keith an orphan for example. No, really. Fans could give him almost anything for a backstory, but him being a traumatized orphan was regurgitated over and over and over and OVER again to the point you were hard pressed to find literally anything else. And many Kallura fics made him an intense workaholic who was unable to see his own worth. This fanon may have influenced some of the earlier Voltron remakes, as the people behind them may have believed angsty Keith was what fans wanted. 

Also, I admit this is very subjective, but I personally find DoTU Keith kinda static and a bit of a blank slate. So maybe these writers, who felt the same, tacked the tragic backstories  in an attempt to give more meat to his character. The thing is, he still has defined personally in DoTU to expand upon and have fun with. Like, DoTU Keith does have an adorkable quality to him that gets overlooked by both DoTU fans and the makers or every Voltron incarnation. He’s idealistic to point of being starry eyed, has his goofy moments, and is shy about his feelings for Allura. He’s serious and focused on the battlefield, a good leader, accomplished, but still has a silly, boyish quality about him around those he loves and, despite his supposed cool headed-ness, and has some strong emotions. He can have a tough shell, but there’s a gooey, sweet marshmallow core at the center, if you ask me.

 However these aren’t the traits people choose to expand upon or develop for some reason. Maybe it’s because these traits aren’t seen as deep or glamorous? Also, I think sometimes people confuse angsty and troubled for deep. Like, I feel like it’s sometimes seen as an easy way to give the character more complexity. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with troubled, traumatized characters with  a lot of baggage; there’s a lot of good characters out there in that vein.  But I don’t think Keith, as presented in DoTU, really fits that mold and it’s not the only way to give a character depth. Not to mention there’s nothing wrong with simple characters; sometimes just making the character likable and fun is enough. 

[hi-there-buddies]

I was looking through my google docs for nostalgia and I found the beginning of what looks like an angsty Lance Voltron Fanfic, so here you go I guess lol. I think it’s based around when Shiro wasn’t... yknow....Shiro? Like, after the second season finale.

Anyway, here you go: the beginning of an Evil Shiro and Lance angst fanfic:

As night fell upon the paladins of Voltron and their comrades, all but one fell into deep sleeps after a grueling day of madness and relief.

Shiro had finally returned to the Castle of Lions, escaping yet another Galra “capture”, if it could really be called that. As almost everyone got settled in with their original leader, they all went to their rooms satisfied and happy. Well, most of them, that is.

Lance had an undying loyalty to Shiro and Voltron, and he believed himself to be rather close to the team, but two things kept him awake that night, breathing heavily and holding back his emotions.

First, although Lance was glad Shiro was back, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was...off. Shiro literally just vanished after a major fight with Zarkon, only to finally come back with long hair, a beard, and torn up clothes, castaway style? On top of that, he had nearly no recollection of what happened before he escaped either. And, as heartless as it may sound, Lance believed if Shiro really had tried to escape from the Galra by himself, as he confessed to, he would certainly not make it a half a lightyear away before getting shot down by Galra tech or being recaptured. Everyone seemed to brush these facts off, but for some reason, Lance couldn't shake the weird feeling he got whenever he thought of the circumstances in which Shiro returned to them.

Second, since Shiro finally returned, he would have to go back to piloting the Black lion, right? And Lance was sure Keith would demand Red back, but he couldn't just take Blue away from Allura. They already had bonded and become so close, it wouldn't feel right to Lance if he just took her back. He also couldn't just hang around and help Coran, considering he knew next to nothing about the castle, Alteans, the Galra, or even the space region they were in. That only left one option for the misunderstood “hero”.

He would have to leave Voltron.

Lance hated the idea of being separated from his new family for even a couple quintants, but as he looked at his options, it was the one with the best effects for the rest of the team, even if it didn't quite work out in his favor.

Speaking of the rest of the team, as Lance sadly drifted into sleep, he could only think about the reactions of his “friends” as they found out he wouldn't be around anymore.

Shiro would be glad to have a better and more focused Blue Paladin.

Keith would be relieved that Lance wouldn't mess up anymore missions.

Hunk and Pidge would be happy to not have a selfish lowlife annoying them whenever they were working on new ideas, whether they be for the castle or cooking.

Allura would be ecstatic that the perv Lance is wouldn't be there to harass her anymore.

Coran would be able to be proud of the better, fully functioning, and new Voltron team.

As Lance continued to imagine what the others really thought of him, he realized he probably wouldn't be able to go to bed anytime soon. Lance slowly sat up and quickly wiped away the tears budding at his eyes, as if to fool himself that they were never there. He then slipped on some shoes and quietly started walking around in the halls of the gigantic castle.

‘Maybe a little water will help me sleep,’ Lance thought to himself as he tiredly made his way to the kitchen, which seemed weird when Hunk wasn't in it testing out new recipes. As he opened the weird Altean fridge, Lance couldn't help but cringe at the sight of nunvill, and quickly took a bottle of what looked to be sparkling water. If he remembered correctly, they had gotten the water from Olkarion the last time they had visited, and it seemed to be drinkable. Thankfully, after Lance’s first sip, he realized he was right, and nearly downed the whole bottle in a couple of giant gulps.

Once he finished his late night drink, Lance sighed with satisfaction and threw the bottle into the trash compactor. As he started to make his way back to his room, Lance suddenly remembered how easily lost he could get in the castle, so he decided to pay attention to the halls and take his time. This, however, did not go quite as planned once Lance started hearing footsteps behind him. He turned around, only to be greeted by the smiling face of his leader, Shiro. Lance was a little stunned Shiro was up so late, but he quickly brushed off the awkwardness in the room and decided to address his leader.

“Hey Shiro. It's been a while, hehe,” Lance shakily breathed out as the atmosphere between them got extremely uneasy and the Black Paladin’s smile slowly vanished, “anyway, what's keeping you up so late?”

All Shiro did was stare blankly into the Blue Paladin’s eyes, which set off something in Lance. Some sort of warning sign, that had been gnawing at Lance since Shiro returned, finally started screaming inside his head, telling him to run as fast as he could, for as long as he could, until he reached safety. Lance finally acknowledged this urge to flee, and decided to go with it.

“O-ok then...I'm gonna go if that's ok with you, bye!” Lance announced, as if he wasn't talking to a real person.

As Lance turned towards the halls again, he started walking, only to be interrupted by the former Galran prisoner.

“You're not going anywhere,” A malicious voice, sounding of death, told the now horrified Blue Paladin. This voice, whoever it belonged to, was not Human, Altean, or even Galran, and it certainly wasn't Shiro’s.

After the voice spoke, Lance could hear sudden loud and fast footsteps behind him. He didn't hesitate, look back, or trip as he bolted through the nearly labyrinth styled castle walls. Lance could hear his telltale heart beating inside his chest, as if it were going to explode. His running stayed consistent for a couple of moments, until he slowly and terrifyingly realized he had gotten lost.

As the thing behind him got closer, Lance grew more and more anxious. His head darted around the walls of the castle, making sure there was another path to go through. Finally, Lance managed to lose his so called leader. As he slowed down, his lungs felt inflamed and he rested onto the wall in front of him.

“Wait,” Lance started as he continued to hyperventilate. He stood up slowly and backed away from the wall, “that means-,”

“You've hit a dead end, Paladin,”

Oo cliffhanger. Well, more of “I stopped writing this just when it was getting interesting because school was going crazy”. I think I wrote this like 3 years ago, jeez. Anyway, hope you enjoy. If you guys like the prompt I might pick up where I left off, but I forget everything about voltron lol. The finale destroyed me (lance deserved BETTER)

[peg-legz4]

peggy's klance fic rec :)

this is my first fic rec and i know its really sloppy but one of my friends said she wanted it do I an forced to post it after procrastinating finishing it for a month. enjoy!

Best Friends to Lovers

Hearts Don't Break Around Here - klancekorner

AHHHHH okay okay okay this is the first klance fic i ever read and it set the bar soooo high. basically keith and lance have been bestfriends since foreverrr and it jumps between flashbacks and present day where keith is realizing hes just been In love with lance for like the whole time they've known each other and lance calls him snickers and its s l o w b u r n bc they're both oblivious idiots but theyre also pining and aghhghhh AND THE WAY THEY START TO REALIZE THEIR OWN FEEELINGS IS! IM- it's super cute pls read!!!

with love - allinadayswork - 8,888  AHHHGGGGGGGs high school au! this is so cute they're both so smitten basically they're best friends but lance is also keiths secret admirer and ahhhhh!!!!!! so cute pls read i beg of you + valentines day and overprotective shiro!!!!

 Your Smile Makes Me Awkward - Lancelee (ashleeforreal) - 8,791

another best friends to lovers (hehe) lance gets his braces taken off and keith is in a gay panic because lance looks hot and he doesnt know what to do and theres miscommunication but its all good in the end this was so cute

One Heart Missing - starlightment - 24021 HSWOQSJKNQJNIU BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS AU IM A SUCKER FOR THESEEE they’re in college and keith finds out he loves lance nd then they have a fwb thing going on and ppor keith but also poor lance for reasons i can’t disclose anD THE REOCCURRING THEME WITH THE ICE SKATING ITS SO CUTE AND DEHQIJOjqsk please just read it oh my god 

Soulmate AU

between two points - Alltheroads - 20,589 red string of fate au!!!!!!! keith is one of the few people in the world who can actually see the strings though, and lance seems not to have a string, just like keith. its them falling for eachother and keith teaching him how to repair a motorcycle and 50′s themed diners its amazingggg

Tell Me It’s My Name Written In Your Skin - Ivnars - 15,636 soulmate au where the name of your soulmate appears on your wrist once you fall in love with them (i think?) and lance thinks his is unrequited and of course he also has a martyr complex and is willing to die for the team and almost does and then omgomg i just its so great pls read

Bend It Like Soulmates - Reader115 - 23,998 HHHHHHHHhh SOCCER SOULMAtE AU AND THEYRE SO GOOD TOGETHER AND OMGOMGOMG SO MUCH PINING AND TENSION AND IT SJUST SO HAPPY AND AMAZING  IT HAS THEM BEING THE FAMOUS SOCCER SOULMATE COUPLE PLEASE READ READ READ YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SOCCER

there, nestled against his pulse - hiuthyn SHAOAMALAL ITS A SOULMATE AU I LOVE THESE HJDJSJSJSS AND ITS CANONVERSE (im pretty sure this was a one shot first and then I came back and it was a multi chapter fic and I read and it was like 1000× more amazing ajsjska) this was one of the very first klance fics i read and it’s definitely the first one that made me like gasp and scram cause oh my god,. okay basically the first and last words your soulmate says show up on your wrists and keith hides his wrists because he thinks he k words his soulmate and there’s miscommunication aND KEITH’S BACKSTORY AND IT GIVES LANCE SO MUCH DEPTH??????? and it has a really happy ending and its slowburn and angsty and pining and i’m a sucker for all those things which made this amazing!!!!!!!

College AU

i just wanna be (with you) - aknightley - 8,020 COLLEGE ROOMMATES AU LETS GOOOOOOOO there’s a lot of tension and pining and they give eachother gifts all the time i’m sOFT pls pls pls read

reasons why keith is the worst - MellodramaticLawliet - 5517 lance and keith are roommates and to cope with his hate for keith, he starts a list of why he hates keith and it just turns into a journal abt keith and lance is so oblivious and there’s also fencing tournaments which is cool hadjalkj read ittt

You Should Date Me - petalloso ahhhh lance and Keith are both freshman in college and they have little adventures and it's just super cute and fluffy ajskkasna

Canonverse

The Art of Secret Telling - jilliancares - 4,880 so to form another coalition, voltron has to form another coalition and lance has, 1, never kissed anybody and 2, has a crush on keith hehehe

a culmination of things - viscrael ahhh it's super cute and short and basically jumps around in time and they're just in looovee

instincts - godsensei lance n keith are getting their groove on when red mistakes Keith's pleasure for distress and comes crashing through the wall ajsksksmsna

i can’t help but want - aknightley  lance and Keith's lions get stranded on different islands but their comms get through so they're just talking and bonding and falling in love while they get their lions fixed akssjal so cute pls read!!!!

never saw you coming - dimpleforyourthoughts HOLY HELL OG MY FREAKINGNS JUEUSS I LOVE THIS FIC SO MUCH IVE READ IT LIKE 20 TIMES AND EACH TIME IM BLOWN AWAY BY HOW BEAUTIFULL ITS WRITTEND AKAK its canonverse and goes in depth with my boys and lance has a martyr complex and keitHS BACKSTORY AND LE PETIT PRINCE AND THEY WOULD DIE FOR EACHOTHER AND ALMOST DO AND IT MADE ME CRY AND GINGER THE TABBY CAT PLEASE READ OH MY GOD ITS SLOWBURN AND THEYRE BOTH S O SMITTEN AHHHH

Terminal Velocity - speaks tHE ANGSTTTTT. i'm like, a whore for angst. but basically. voltron gets captured by these alien empaths and this guy feeds off of other people's pain(???) and so he tortures lance and makes keith watch and oh my. this is so good I felt so many emotions pls read.

Keith McClain - orphan_account 🥺🥺 keith sees visions of him and lance in the future on the space whale and its v soft

In English, Please  - orphan_account this is a fic I'll always remember omg so lance flirts with Keith in spanish but pretends they're insults and he thinks Keith wont find out (he does)

how not to be a cat: 101 - jilliancares- 8,113 kEITH KEEPS  accidENTALLY TURNINg INTo A CAT aND THEN ENDS UP CUDDLING WITH LANCE I”M SOFTTT THIS FIC BROKE ME WITH ITS CUTENESS HAHIUSJK 

 moderation - Katranga - 21, 613 HSJHKJAJOIHQQ keith gets bitten by a love bug and sees lance first and then allura gets bitten and sees hunk so he just tries to act how allura acts so it doesnt give away his actual crush on lance hsjksskjs

Public Displays of Affection by hattricks lance n Keith are undercover on a mission and they see guards and they hide by making out ajkaka

the waiting game - they frick frack a lot but basically Keith and lance make eachother wait through a week without sex and only teasing sksjakak

To Bite, Or Not To Bite - jilliancares - 11,433 lance gets bitten by a vampire!!!! and he turns into one!!!! need i say more? and the way it like happens AND THEN THE WAY HIM AND KEITH DECIDE TO OMG IM THIS IS GRESR

feelings on fire i guess i'm a bad liar - melancholymango - 22679 a witch curses lance and now he can’t lie to Keith or anything having to do with Keith and its really funny i cackled sjhkah

The Loverboy Trials - PM_Writes - 20,838 THSIEIHWHIJIHJI I LOVED THIS ONE AHHHHHHH.basicaly the aliens think keith is their god of fertility and stuff so they’re like oh we need to do a ritual thing where people fight for his virginity and voltron is like oh fuck no so then lance has to compete to save keith i can’t get over it it’s- i’m softttt

Sorry, Who Are You? - sjskakaja lance and keith were childhood best friends but keith is bad with faces so when they meet at the garrison lance is really salty and keiths backstoey and the way he find out i'm- its great trust me pls

it might not be that bad - Katranga - 16,416 omg i adore this fic okay so. basically. keith doesnt know the difference between jealously and attraction because of him clinging to the closet in middle school and now hes trying to find out why his and Lance's definitions of jealousy differ and Keith's bad at feelings please readd

Everything Else

read all about it - starlightment AHAKAKAL HIGH SCHOOL AU!!!! i just read this one and it’s great!!!1 Lance is on the newspaper and writes and articles professing his love for Keith, the star quarterback that everyones in love with. it's such a good read and oh my goshh this made me throw my phone and squeal out of freaking excitement i love it so much 🥺 idk how but this made me feel as if i was living out senior year through this fic??? it was just that amazing

it's you that's haunting me - perfchan 

suuuper cute youtuber au where Keith hunts gosts and enlists lance as his cameraman. (includes a haunted mansion ballroom dance scene) and its just great oml oml i love it so so much!!! there’s also like 4 sequels so that makes it even better!!!1

Dirty Laundry - 

this is a staple and if you havent read it you're either new to the fandom or living under a rock but its a fake dating au where keith spends winter break with Lance's family and they bondddd and its great!!!! 

alright i just realized the author took it down so uhhhh

adaigo by shipstiel

lance moves in next to keith and Keith likes to play piano at the ungodly hours of the might where lance is just trying to sleep. this ones so cute!!!!!!

eyes to you wide with wonder - aknightley

an office au where Keith is shiro's secretary and lance always comes up to his desk to annoy him and they mask their affection under playful banter and lance also ends up being Keith's knight in shining armor ajskssnns it's so great!!!!

okay i know that you are not my type (still i fall) - quidhitch

ajoasbak nyma cuffs lance to a bed during a party and then leaves but then the bed turns out to be none other than....Keith's bed!! so they like talk while Lance is only in boxers and cuffed to Keith's bed

you never stood a chance - kagshina

it's a snapchat fic!!!!!!! lance accidentally snaps keith a shirtless pic and then Keith snaps back and it's just 😳😳 the whole time it's great omg

Cold Hearts Looking for Love - swang_is_trying typical enemies to lovers where lance is the son of a rich businessman and visits the orphanage that Keith hangs around to visit Pidge??? but its fricking jam packed with them thirsting over each other sshsksksm (i must warn you, its incomplete)

Of Don Juan And Elvis - shipstiel 

Keith is a starbucks barista and lance always comes in and orders with really weird names ehehe

And Now Presenting: Rielle and the Forbidden Meringue

tsbkakaK this ones so cute keith is a galra guard and hes guarding a garden (ooh alliteration) and climbs a tree and then falls into lance's arms (who's an altean guard) and its really cute sjkssahajaj

how to not keep a diary, or, lance’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad semester - glitterfreezing sjskasla they're sophmores in college and roommates pidge forces lance to keep a diary and he just ends up ranting about keith but he’ oblivious to his won feelings heheh

Lance and the Search For Keith's Boyfriend - haikquu - 9497

lance is jealous bc everyone keeps talking abt keith’s boyfriends but he doesnt know who he is (it’s him)

bus buddies - WhatTheBodyGraspsNot - 8033

lance notices Keith doesnt have a bus buddy on a 3-day-trip to save the bees so he goes and sits with him and it's so cuteeeee

got got got it bad -  kairiolette - 10,377 so keith is bad at feelings so he asks what its like to have a crush on someone and then basically tells lance that he has a crush on him and lance just casually brings it up

Only Fools Rush In (but I Can't Help Falling in Love with You) - Fangirl_on_fire_ - 13,524

OMGOMGOMG LANCE IS A MAFIA .BOSS AND IT STARTS OFF WITH A ONE NIGHT STAND AND THEN THEY AHAAKSJSKSM ITS GREAT PLS READ

The Bitter And The Sweetness - The_Real_Karaage - 66337

its a klance youtuber au!!!!!! I love these!!!!! okay so keith makes like conspiracy theory videos and knife throwing ones and lance does like vlogs or storytimes with pidge and they also do dance and then they meet irl but lance doesn't know keith is the YouTube guy cause he hides his identity and omgomggg also Keith is from Texas so he acts like a stereotypical emo cowboy and as a Texan I find it extremely funny

nobody puts baby in a corner - orphan_account - 3,950

 its like the 23rd century and aliens are on earth and keith is a royal galra and lance goes clubbing and and they meet and dance and wOOHOO 

okay thats all for now but i'm probably gonna make a part 2 cause i have a whole bunch saved to my notes app lmao have fun reading y'all