#because poor Lance is homesick

[writers-worst-nightmare]

Till new flowers bloom (Lance x reader):

Ask: Hey! :D Just saw that your requests are open, so I thought I could tell you one of my favorite fanfic ideas: How about a Lance (from VLD) x Reader fanfic in which he and the reader eventually start dating post-canon. Everything is absolutely perfect, but he’s a unsure about saying the words ‘I love you’ for the first time. Not because he’s unsure about his feelings, but because he doesn’t want to lose another person that he loves. But, with the help of his friends, he eventually finds the courage, arranges an amazing date, and tells the reader how much they mean to him, and promises to protect them with anything he can.

A/N: this was fun to do! I love the idea of a sensitive Lance (almost as much as a sensitive Keith)

Warning(s): the fluff to angst might kill some readers

Pairing(s): Lance x reader

Word Count: 2,579

Request are always open!

Lance and you had been together since the eighth grade in middle school. You guys fit perfectly together, you where more in the calm side of things while Lance was always up and about. You still remember the day that he said he loved you…it was very…well…Lance to say the least…

***

“Y/NNNNNNNNN!!!!!” Lance yelled, phone gripped tightly in his hands, you perked up and cocked your left brow slightly upwards. The brown-haired male rarely talked to you, but you didn’t take it as a offense. You didn’t talk unless it was required to by a teacher or you where in trouble for something you didn’t do (that happened more often then you would think, the shy and quiet kids always get blamed for the things the loud kids do. Always.

“What?” You inquired, leaning back in your chair as Lance propped his phone up on your water bottle and gave you a sly smirk. Your eyes clouded with even more confusion as Lance went on tiktok and started to playing Electric Love.

”Do you know this trend?” Lance asked, you shook your head ‘no’ before lightly humming to yourself.

”No, but the song sounds nice,” you commented slowly. Picking out your words as carefully as a old lady picking out beautiful blooming flowers for her husbands funeral.

“I know it does…” Lance smoothed talked, doing the classic bisexual finger guns as you. You giggled at the boys attempt to get your attention. But just as the song picked up to the chorus Lance pulled you in by the collar of your shirt and kissed you roughly. You tensed up, muscles bunching up in the toughness that held in the kiss. But, soon, you found it to be comforting and relaxed slightly. Lance pulled away from you and smiled brightly.

”I am guessing this means that you like me?” You giggled, staring at Lance as he curled into you and hide his face in the crook of your neck. You felt your body temperature go up slightly as you hugged Lance back and laid your chin on his back.

***

It was short and sweet, anything that somebody could dream of in Middle School. The tiktok bad blown up to massive number and got both you and Lance a following (your followers demanding more Lance x you content, and you happily gave them it). The relationship through half of high school and training pilot school was so sweet. Even when Voltron was formed you guys stuck together likes two peas and a pod.

But one thing differed

One thing stuck out to you

It was always the same thing…

You would sat the words ‘I love you’ and wait for a response

But it never happened. He never responded with ‘I love you too’ or anything. He would just seem happy that you said you loved him and carried on with the day as if nothing happened. The crew started to pick up on slight hints but nobody got it! They would just say that Lance was being nice and shy but you knew the Cuban boy more then anybody. If you had to describe him personality wise ‘shy’ and ‘quiet’ are some words that too wouldn’t use. Lance's personality is very complex, as he has shown several different, often conflicting sides throughout the course of your relationship with him (even in the classmate side of things way back when). He can be very egotistical, cocky, confrontational, and arrogant at times. At other times, he is friendly, kind, reflective, and shows great intelligence. He is usually the first to make light of a delicate situation, either by joking around or flirting. Lance is noted for his poor-timed or vulgar humor at times, noted by him ripping a fart as a joke. Lance's friendly and outgoing personality allows him to connect with mostly everyone (maybe not as much with Keith) despite their many differences. Around girls, however, Lance tends to focus on flirting, sometimes neglecting his teammates. Lance is brave, adventurous, friendly, and free-spirited, often howling like a wild man during his fights and adventures, showcasing his unrestrained love for what he does. However the moments he is able to let go of those feelings are the times he is able to do the most for his team. He can be quite sensitive, reflective, and distant at times when his teammates are not around or when his guard is lowered. Lance is shown to be quite homesick, deeply missing the Earth and desiring to return to his family, reminiscing on the beach near his home, splashing in puddles, and experiencing rainfall. This is one of the few times he appears sad and he is unwilling to let his friends witness it.

He is often impulsive, not very in control of his emotions and often loses the gravity of the team's mission to dreams of glory, praise, and being the center of attention. Lance reacts angrily when Keith doesn't prioritize the shows Voltron is putting on to gain support, and he is easily the most enthusiastic of the Paladins about performing in front of a crowd. Lance tends to get caught up in the way that he sees the world rather than the way things actually are. Because of this, he is noted to be the least perceptive of his team. Lance was the only one fooled by Pidge's disguise as a boy. He also sees many of Keith's comments as insulting or aggressive when Keith does not appear to mean them that way because Lance believes Keith is his rival, and the "rivalry" between them is entirely Lance's own creation. Lance is insecure about his own abilities and placement on the team, and so often acts as though he has something to prove. Lance admits that he doesn't see himself as one of Voltron's best warriors and suggests that he may not be the best choice for a Paladin of Voltron. Contrastingly, Lance often shows a high degree of situational awareness and tactical skill while on missions, as shown when he corrected Keith's errors twice to protect the Balmera from harm from Keith's reckless attacks. When meeting the Blade of Marmora for the first time, Lance pointed out to Shiro that Keith would become angry and attack someone if taken on the mission. While this was most likely said because of his rivalry with Keith, Lance was correct in his assessment of Keith's character, as Keith's antagonistic nature created tension with the Blade when they discovered the knife in his possession.

Following Shiro's disappearance after the temporary defeat of Zarkon, Lance matured rapidly. He became far more serious in his missions and coordinating battles with his allies. During this time, he also lost much of his animosity towards Keith. Although initially desiring to be leader himself, Lance accepted the Black Lion's choice of Keith as Paladin. He becomes a much more supportive member of the team and steps up to take more of a tactical advisor's role, not sugar-coating his criticism of Keith's leadership tactics but supporting him to move forward all the same. Lance's acceptance by the Red Lion as its new pilot echoes King Alfor: acting as a right hand, trusting the Black Paladin to be a better leader than himself in battle, giving assistance when needed, and supporting his friends.

So he would often be the side character that got only a small amount of screen time and often bullies by other characters and the fandom. Although you loved him and all of his moments. Whether he is sad, cocky, sensitive, or doesn’t say the three words ‘I love you’ back whenever you say it.

It was the complete opposite for you

If someone where to describe you they would say that you where sometimes flirty but not as level headed as Lance. You used to be shy but you think that phase has left your body now (as least you hope with dating the one and only Lance McClain). Usually you flirted a lot with Pidge friendship wise and Pidge would always joke about killing Lance and getting together with you. You woud laugh and laugh as Lance fears for his own life in the corner. But other then the teasing with your best friend Pidge a lot of people labeled you as kind and understanding. You where the one to talk Keith out of leaving the moment he knew who is Mother is. Instead he stayed for a little longer. And when Keith left you defended him with your life. Sometimes arguments would burst out in Shiro saying that you cared more about Keith then you any other teammates. And maybe he was right, but you admired Keith in some way. He was the person that did what you didn’t want to do. The one thing that every half-breed thought of doing but never did in the end. When the days where off and you could relax a playful pillow fight would often kick off or you could be seen watching some anime (usually the gore stuff but sometimes you couldn’t help but watch Ouran High School Host Club souly based on the fact that Haruhi was there and it is Haruhi).

Maybe you where the toxic one in the relationship, maybe you needed to fix something and do something right.

“Y/n?” Pidge asked, snapping you out of your daydream and into reality. Sighing heavily you let down your guard and turned back on your mic to reach out to your non-binary teammate.

“Yes Pidge?” You called through the mic of your helmet. The slight grief that you felt for Lance handing thickly in your throat. You might have gotten use to if. Used to the feeling that Lance was never going to say ‘I love you’ in your relationship but it still felt worse then getting knocked down by Zarkon when you had a tom of weapons and he had none.

“Something happened to Lance I need you to—“ Pidge was cut off by the sound of you racing to get the rest of your uniform on. You where at the spaceship of backup was needed, although they rarely ever needed you. So you just wore your helmet (you thought it looked pretty cool). You pulled the purple uniform over your head and rushed into your lion.

“OPEN UP PURPLE!!” You called, clearly in a hurry. You grabbed your purple taser that Shiro had given everyone at the start of the mission and went in the mouth of Purple.

You where the purple Paladin, usually the person who has the purple Paladin is connected to royalty somehow. Everyone wanted to talk about it but you always ignored them when it came up in discussion.

The truth is that you are Zarkon’s child, being raised on the planets and then brought down to Earth when a war happened. You where raised by a old lady who found you left alone in the cold and brought you in. She fed you and kept you safe although she didn’t know what you truly where (she just guessed you where a human like everyone else on Earth). You covered up the marks on your face unlike Keith. You didn’t want to leave yet. You couldn’t leave…if you left then what would Lance do? No, you won’t be like Keith and leave your friends and boyfriend to rot in the spaceship while war goes plundering on like a lighting storm all around you. You may be Zarkon’s kid but you weren’t like him at all. You weren’t like Keith. You were y/n. And if you had to die to prove it, then so be it. Purple halted in front of Red. Your eyes widened as you saw Lance, he looks beaten up to the point of near death. Your breath hitched in your throat as you jumped out of your seat, making sure to grab the first-aid kit and then bang on Purple’s door to open faster.

“LANCE!!!” You screeched when Purple finally opened the door to let you out. Blue was beat up badly also, parts of Blue’s body was falling off and their usually clear crystal blue eyes where now dusty and clouded with thought. You found a gap in Blue and rushed in to save Lance’s life. “LANCE!!!” You exclaimed, going to Lance’s side and shaking him rapidly. Thick tears starting to prick at the corners of your eyes.

“HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA SJSNEURKNR AHAHHAHAHA!!!!” Keith howled in laughter. You whipped your head around and stared at the black-haired male. You fumbled with your pocket and pulled out the taser. Soon Lance joined in on the laughing as well. Both of them howling like maned wolves on a full moon.

“What are you two laughing at?!” You huffed, arms crossed and staring at the two boys. Soon the rest of the Paladin‘s arrived. All of them laughing together.

“Come in love…let’s get away from them…” Lance suggested, standing up on his own and taking you away. You didn’t have time to notice it before but now you looked around where you stood and there was a bunch of blooming flowers around the place. A small park where some kids sat at the dark navy blue coated bench and watched in awe at the lions and the two of you like you where some superhero’s flying through the sky.

“Where are we going?” You asked, leaning against Lance’s arm and intertwining fingers with him.

“You will see.” Lance chuckled, you rolled your eyes and started following Lance. Totally embraced in the fact that he was still alive. His scent smelled like the fresh clean breeze and coconut mixed together in the most perfect way.

Soon, the two of you went to a small opening in the park, kids where gathered around and staring at you with excitement filling their eyes. “Y/n! Can you read me a story?” One of the kids begged, the kids had curly blonde hair and round blue eyes. You nodded your head and sat down to pick up the book. You opened your mouth to start resting it to the blonde-haired girl before Lance coughed. You turned around and couldn’t believe the sight in front of your eyes. It was Lance on one knee, a dark purple case in his hands and a warm smile on his face. You looked for any sign of joking or a prank but all you could see was admirable and love for you in his tired dark blue eyes.

“I know this is kind of out of plan, but you know what? I am like that…so…” Lance trailed off, looking into your eyes. You stared at each other in silence before Lance spoke again. “I love you…and I am sorry that I hadn’t said it to you in all these years of us being together…but I hope I will make it up you…so y/n, will you make me the luckiest man on Earth and take this ring…?” Lance asked, pulling out the ring from the box. The ring had a small diamond but in it was a lavender flower inside. On the inner ring it had the lyrics for Electric Love in Lance’s handwriting.

“I guess McClain isn’t that bad of a last name…” You teased. Lance laughed softly before he took the ring into his hands and slipped it on your ring finger as a final say that you two where going to get married soon.

[teatimecrumpetsandsugar]

ethereal (voltron fantasy/royalty AU) (set up; part zero)

Heyo! It’s your friendly neighborhood Voltron fanfic aficionado- now your friendly neighborhood Klance writer but that’s honestly besides the point I don’t even know why you’d bring up my increasing obsession with them in this Klance fanfic that I swear everyone else will be in, too-

Today, I’ll be writing from a fantasy royalty AU with my favorite show cast ever, even though it may or may not be solely because I want to put water elemental!king!Lance in pretty dresses and makeup and just go crazy with my descriptions of gowns and other things.

I imagine, here, Lance would be from a kingdom with strong ties to Pidge’s kingdom, who has strong ties with Hunk’s kingdom, making them a powerful trifecta. I also imagine that Keith and Lance’s kingdoms are on very thin ice with one another, so Pidge encourages Lance to sit down with fire elemental!king!Keith. 

I also imagine that Pidge’s kingdom is closely allied with Allura’s and that the two of them grew up together, while she didn’t meet Hunk or Lance until she became queen. Also, I’d like to have my beloved Ruler Pidge go by she/they pronouns, simply because I see a lot of myself in the way she dresses and carries herself and I actually believe that these pronouns would fit her, alongside all pronouns.

Hunk and Lance likely grew up together in a very close ally ship and continue to be close friends well into adulthood because that’s just how they are. I can imagine Lance is very vaguely aware of Allura’s kingdom and would never dream of picking a fight with hers since, by default, allying with Pidge made him allies with Allura, but he probably doesn’t know her very well pre the canon timeline because I kind of want to build that relationship from the ground up to make up for what the show did to me-

Keith is definitely allied with Shiro, and Pidge and Shiro were always friends through her older brother, who, along with her father, abdicated from the throne and joined an adventurer’s guild instead (because they believed that Pidge would be a better fit for a ruler and decided that, given how they are, reconnaissance and exploration fit them better. She agreed with this insight, deciding to rule the kingdom the best way she knew how). Shiro, being a much more experienced king and friends with their brother, likely prepared them for the role as they grew into it; the two are on friendly terms, but allied isn’t exactly the right term as none of the people in their alliance knew Keith, so they weren’t sure they could ally with him. 

Lance met Keith at a gala years into his reign; they did not get along.

The system of Magic here will likely be dictated by what element one is born in the kingdom of, (i.e., Lance’s kingdom being the Aqua Kingdom, Pidge’s being the Spiritus Kingdom) and the strength of it in each person will be chosen based on a random set of variables that usually depends on the mood of the Gods corresponding to each element.

Lance- Water (Aqua Kingdom)

Keith- Fire (Ignis Kingdom)

Pidge- Life (Spiritus Kingdom)

Hunk- Earth (Terra Kingdom)

Shiro- Moon (Luna Kingdom)

Allura- Light (Lux Kingdom)

I imagine the reason an alliance is called for with Keith and Shiro’s kingdoms is because a traitor to Allura’s kingdom, either Lotor is planning on starting an entire mutiny with the ranks he’s managed to gather and then, consequently, conquer all of the rest of the kingdoms by force in the name of a long-dead kingdom- the Tenebris kingdom. His parents having died in the midst of a total economic crash caused by a codependent relationship with Allura’s kingdom whilst it was under her father’s rule, he was taken in by the state of Lux by Allura’s request, since they grew up together; unfortunately Lotor held lingering feelings of resentment- towards Lux, for causing the destruction of the only thing he could’ve ever considered his own by right, and towards his parents for always making him feel as if he was of no worth. He wants to conquer the entire world just to prove to himself that he is worth something, though, unfortunately, he’s on a path straight to death.

Might redeem him, might kill him off, might exile him- who knows at this point?

Hunk, I imagine, was a commoner who won the title of king through a series of magic-based trials (upon the death of the last ruler) and now keeps his entire family in the palace with him, using his title to take care of his family and citizens as a benevolent ruler. This likely happened when he was quite young- likely when he was 9 or 10, since magic is an innate thing and, in this kingdom, it’s tested in the youngest members of the kingdom in order to deem who is the most connected to their Goddess Terra.

Allura inherited her title when her own father died in the conflict with Tenebris- he went to battle with the people they’d unintentionally doomed in order to protect his daughter and his people, and died in the process; similar to her story in Voltron except her kingdom survives and Lotor and a select few survivors of the Galra become refugees.

Keith became king by beating the previous king’s son in a battle- his mother, being one of the higher ups in the government, sent word to him that the prince didn’t want to be king, so Keith wound up challenging him for the title. He won, successfully making his way into the world of prestige and getting closer to his mother. The prince left the kingdom shortly after- it’s believed that he ran away to be with someone, but no one is quite sure. All anyone knows is that he’s happy.

Lance wound up being king at a really young age- I’m imagining that, prior to his reign, his kingdom was incredibly strictly patriarchal. The previous king likely only had daughters, and the day of his death, Lance was born with incredibly powerful water magic. As a result, at the age of 6 years old, he was forcibly taken from his poor family and raised strictly to be a perfect king- however, he still saw his sister Veronica frequently in secret, the two of them sneaking around to eat baked goods and try on dresses together. When the palace staff found out, they tightened security and warned Veronica that she was no longer allowed to see him unless she wanted to be publicly executed. After his coronation (at age 8), however, he started making drastic changes to the laws that made the laws against commoners interacting with royalty more lax, and, once allowed to dress himself, started wearing dresses and makeup because it reminded him of home and made him feel as beautiful as he knew he was. He gets quite homesick quite often, and he’s still battling to get his family into the palace with him- he has, however, stripped the kingdom of its strict patriarchy. He constantly tells the kingdom that he hopes to one day pass the throne down to his own future daughter and still keeps the three princesses as his trusted advisors because he believes what happened to them was horribly unjust. The story will be told primarily from his perspective.

Shiro became ruler of his kingdom by fighting his way through gladiator ranks when he was only thirteen, winning the entire kingdom by brute force alone and leaving him with a lot more experience and trauma than he’d have liked. Being the oldest of the current generation of rulers and having inherited a kingdom that was closely related to Pidge’s and Keith’s, he guided them both through the process of becoming a ruler and the process of ruling, no matter how difficult it gets. It’s taken far longer with Keith than it has Pidge, since Pidge was raised a royal and has an innate sense of leadership and Keith is... interesting at the whole being a royal thing. Shiro, having grown up with Keith’s mother on the streets of the kingdom of Tenebris, was more than happy to take Keith under his wing- it helps the both of them come out of their shells more, so they have a mutual appreciation for one another.

I imagine this world will be vaguely futuristic and medieval at the same time- they’ll be able to have video conferences and reach other via communicators, holographic calls, things of that nature; but they’ll also be pretty old-fashioned in their manners of dress, their social systems, their currencies, and the vast majority of their laws. I hope that makes sense.

I wonder if it’s visible here that I spent three hours winging this and started getting more and more into it as I went, or if it’s obvious that I spend most of my time working with really obscure fantasy concepts. 

BAHDHAAHAHA I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS- 

If you’ve got any suggestions for relationship dynamics (platonic, romantic, or otherwise), any pitches for traits you think the characters may have based on their slightly altered backstories, or any feedback in general, feel free to share- I hope you all find this as fascinating as I did while I was writing it!

Also, @keefsteefs It’s happening, I’m doing it, it’s gonna be so fricking awesome-

[bionicdragonguardian1]

Voltron Rewritten Defender (1/8)

Also known as My Almost Raging Bitch List for this Goddamn Disastrous Disappointment of a Show

I binged all 8 seasons in under a week, so believe me when I say almost nothing was forgotten between seasons/episodes and I do tend to note that.

If it’s not obvious by the title, I’m planning an entire show AU. I am extremely open to people’s opinions on what I’m currently thinking and when I finally post this I’ll be open to criticism there too. If you would like to avoid seeing anything in regards to this feel free to blacklist #voltron_rewritten_defender because that’s what I’ll be using for this whole thing.

Enjoy, I guess.

Fair warning I am a multishipper, but for this show I leaned towards Klance, so if that bothers you that’s okay, I’m not going to be bashing any other ships (mainly just Dreamworks’ forced Allurance). If you think I missed something for any other ship lemme know! If you wanna have a ship discussion that’s cool too. The only other thing I can think of is that Allura’s attitude in S8 really stuck with me to the point that she bothered me throughout the entire rewatch (I was admittedly one of the people who thought she could be very Mary Sue ish when I first watched this) so that’ll show up now and again.

If you want to look at the Google Doc for the whole show, click the link, if not you can expand this post to see Season 1. I’ll be doing these in chunks, but as some of you know I do a FicRecList on one of my other accounts here @sorcerusdragonbionics​ so I’m gonna be alternating between that and these for the next couple days.

If you do the Google Route it’ll have you ask me for permission, this is normal and if you request it I’ll give you commenting abilities.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t30IRJonrBFh0qvs8recf3ayGoQ0rx02y0Tg1e4NTaI/edit?usp=sharing

Key

Things I kinda wanna bitch about

Things I did genuinely enjoy and like 

Rewatch Thoughts (basically what I remember from further forward and how I feel like it reflects back on earlier seasons)

Ship Talk (behold my multishipping insanity)

Things I think I’ll do in the Rewrite

Writing Notes (mainly for me or as explanation for what I’m planning)

VA and Closed Captioning Things

Other Fic Thoughts

This ended up being music commentary in S8

Season One

Problems with the Season overall:

To be honest if I hated this season I wouldn’t’ve kept watching because by the time I started S3 had just dropped

Episode 1

Here’s the deal, WHY ARE YOU SO LONG BUT SO EMPTY?!?

Yeah, nope, that’s mostly it

Fix the problem of telling instead of showing about the other Lions and remove Allura’s explanation of the Lions if possible (thank you Kross for explaining why it felt so empty- this vid is actually where I started getting the idea to actually go through with a full series AU)

DON'T RUSH THE LION INTROS

Also let the 5 introduce themselves to Allura and Coran

Also Character Drive to Complete Mission Should Be A Thing

Flesh out Paladin Personalities so that the Aris Arrival is End of Part One (making it closer to the length of E1)

Flesh out Lion intros so part 2+3 are more like full Eps without Sendak

Episode 2

75 degrees… that’s definitely in Fahrenheit, which why?

How does no one have a watch with a date on them?

“A man can be driven to do anything if a beautiful woman is just really really mean to him”

More inbetween scenes bc I can

I will accept the transformation sequence here, I’m just not going to write it

Episode 3

Please watch the use of Earth Time Slices please, because it’s confusing

I love the portrayal of PTSD in this show and I would die before I change it

Bye bye transformation sequence

Pidge’s talk with Shiro can please change

Episode 4

“I say Vol, you say Tron” will come up again if it kills me

Lance, how do you know what hotdog water and feet taste like?

I love how Coran is completely nonchalant about the fact that he’s drinking a hair tonic

Shiro, don’t bring down the mood

Goddammit Sendak, you could stay for this arc, but god I want you GONE!

Keith, having an emotion? Really?

The Pidge plot DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT!

Fight me I will change it

Or minimally change the fact that their selfish motivations are revealed to BAD and should be changed

Oh yeah, let’s not give the ONE GUY with notable homesickness a character arc around that

That moment when you realize Allura is like ‘wtf is a peanut’

Allura, don’t push it, some people don’t want to talk about it

You will have something to talk about, BIOLOGY

Decryption happens here, and next attempt to find family occurs… when?

Poor Coran, if there is anyone who was more forgotten than Lance it was him

Keith isn’t wrong, but he also doesn’t know how to say it without getting mad, which mood

Just pointing out Lance is not only smart, but selfless, tell me how he’s not the main character

My inner Shance/Klance shipper is sobbing

“Bomb fuel” mentioned here, occurs… actually it’s ok

Timelines need to be a thing!

Can I make the fight scenes more intense? Yes, I write them for my YJ Scripts. Will I? Almost definitely.

Keith with that much fire your mask should be closed because smoke inhalation is bad

Can we explain Vrepit Sa before s6?

It feels like Coran forgets that 10k years have passed under an evil empire and part of me likes it, but it hurts me

Episode 5

The Katie flashback is hurts me

I want to add Gender Identity

Can we talk about how Shiro is a nickname for Takashi Shirogane?

That’s not how an EMP works

The Coran sitting on Hunk’s shoulders with a machine gun is everything

I know the back x-ray was a joke, but I still don’t like it

Rax is an idiot, just saying

Bonding Moment!!!

Episode 6

“Intergalactic time measuring competition.”

“We had a bonding moment!”

Where is Sendak’s arm?

Fight me, Pidge’s ‘gender speech’

It will be a gender speech if it kills me

Lance, why are you acting the way you are?

“I figured” and “We were supposed to think you were a boy” ARE NOT PROPER REACTIONS!

Rolo, sometimes I want to punch you in the teeth

Lance’s boner is going to get someone killed

Lance had 4sec of logic and then Nyma brings up Keith, which ofc does him in

Let’s expand on the Komar, yeah?

Quiznack means fuck and NO ONE can tell me otherwise

Keith’s ability to fly is impressive and it’s awesome

Friendly reminder that Lance acknowledged the bonding moment

Episode 7

I LOVE the laser gun sound effects!!!

I just realized that Allura has no clue what an Acronym is

We… literally just talked about this and YOU didn’t know that Shiro, I understand the point, but seriously?

LIONS are TELEPATHIC Shiro DID NOT need to say that aloud!

I do actually like the fact that Kieth gets excited before realizing what he did

FIRE and ICE PEOPLE come on! What the hell?! You barely had to try

“Yes sir?” Keith to Shiro, what?

I love them and their cute little arguments

Left vs Right, thank you Zamber

We be lovin’ Hunay bc it’s pure as hell

Thank you Shiro for validating Hunk’s concerns

You could check  a little faster, Allura

I LIVE for this scene

Was it actually Rolo?

Do they have teleporters?

Keith being weird is my favorite thing

I love good big bros who argue tradition to save their baby sis

Zarkon is a bit of a moron

THEIR LIVES ARE IN DANGER ALLURA!

They all came through different doors… how?

What if the answer was no?

I’m ok with Lance embarrassing himself when he’s cocky, some people seem to forget that

Bye transformation sequence, I explained you ONCE and that’s it

Prorock… why are you familiar?

Episode 8

I admittedly forgot that they didn’t know these things would be different

Flying fight scenes I can do, teleporting not so much

Poor Shiro he thought he had an idea and he was wrong

I love Coran’s reaction

Also NO SHIT Allura

UHHHH Pidge said that not and of the other three so how did He know?

Allura may piss me off, but I do love this speech

“Your Altean Energy”??? Coran, you’re an Altean, I’m confused.

The “Sacred Altean” thing I get, but you must be more specific cuz it makes Coran sound like he thinks he’s not a proper Altean.

Oof, angsty

Also, I  know we can’t kill Allura yet, but... 

I love that Hunk forgot they hadn’t formed Voltron

Bye bye transformation sequence

Ummm, they NEED to explain the Bayard Equip bc that’s… two very different things that occurred between Hunk and Keith’s Bayard Weapons

Why is this a scene? It’s not a dog. So, yeah, I’m with Keith here

Episode 9

THIS IS NOT HEALTHY ALLURA!

I just realized that this doesn’t come back until S..7? 8? Whatever, WAY too long

I can’t unhear “Training Dick”

Did they have homework on Altea?

Be still my Punk shipper heart

WHY is he SO pretty?!

Y’know, the glowing red eye is usually a bad sign

I could SO mean and hurt Keith here

That moment when you’re like 90% sure Shiro heard that somewhere

Not what haunted means Coran, but accurate

Why could Lance see Alfor for a second?

I too would like the answer to “where was the Red Lion?”

PTSD IS AMAZINGLY WRITTEN!

It’s a shame this is NEVER treated properly again

Thank you for NOT making the swimming thing a thing

You didn’t need to TRY Voltron, what the hell?!

Here’s the deal,  Altea not being Obliterated-obliterated is actually a really interesting idea

Lance still wins, for the record

If she was infected in any way this wouldn’t drive me crazier than a bot on Halloween

But she’s not so this is BULL

Shallura confuses me SO much…

Ok, admittedly the scene with Allura and Alfor is beautifully heartbreaking

Episode 10

The fact that Zarkon was a close friend to Alfor should be addressed

Also Shiro calling himself “an inexperienced Pilot” hurts

Allura’s a MORON!

YES! MASSIVE ISSUE WITH YOU COMING

Nice puppetry Hunk

What happened to THIS Allura?! She’s reckless but not INSANE (or so boring I might cry)!

Is this the same Druid from Season 8? Pretty sure it’s 8… I forget which, but the one Keith fought

“Don’t walk through that door!” / Keith does/ “I think I told him” // “You are a paragon of leadership, Lance”

Hehheh I love Hunk teasing Lance about Allura

I do actually the fact that I can’t tell what size the purple container is until Keith grabs it

Heheh the Allura interacting with the Galra soldier

The computer sounds like Lance

Also Shiro had that “holy shit” moment

I HATE WRITING TELELPORTING FIGHTS

I’m 99% sure that the ONLY reason I didn’t fall into the Galra Keith rabbit hole was the fact that I binge watched

This scene confuses me… so much now that I know Shallura was apparently never going to be a thing

So confused

Episode 11

That hair flip though...

Coran, I get it, but calm down

Okay, but Keith has a point. Seriously, he’s not wrong. 

For the record, Haggar scares me

So much makes so much more sense now that we know Zarkon is the Original Black Paladin

That… makes no sense… “enough essence to open a wormhole”

Why are you transforming? More pieces to shoot at is usually a smart idea…

Hey hey, THACE!

Why can’t you have two active at once? I’m honestly serious.

I mean too OP, got it, but you can maneuver around that for temporary stuff

Shiro, use your words, yeah?

“Thinking” uh huh you mean “telepathy” right?

I genuinely forgot that Shiro got booted from Black

Damn! Yes Shiro! Kick some ass!

Ok, here’s the deal, Keith’s not listening to Coran, but he doesn’t have all the info (LIKE THE FUCKING BAYARD), Zarkon’s the OG Paladin, and he’s in distress

I HATE TELEPORTERS!

“Could have been” … uh Kuron exists ?? 

Also, Shiro with yellow eyes is fucking terrifying

We ain’t ficking stupid VLD

Zarkon’s a fucking idiot

Written properly his power-hungry attitude works even with him destroying his own ship

But it wasn’t so it’s null

You aren’t even subtle about Galra Keith

How can Allura see through Illusions?

Nobody knows!

Shiro, you have no jetpack, how are you so fast?

“Who cares, wormhole!” mood

I… uh… I want to do SO many things with this idea

Preferably not what they actually do...

[cosmcclain]

GUYS

what if lance guessed chicken when keith was drawing because earth and going back home is constantly on his mind ??? like i’m sure he knows what the theme is, but his homesick brain just starts blurting out earth terms hhhh poor lance

[maychorian]

Weekly Voltron Fic Recs #63

This isn’t really a full rec post, just sort of a wrap up of loose ends. You could say I’m going on hiatus from making recs until my situation changes and I have more time for fics. I’m just gonna stick the recs I hadn’t previously put in a list here, as well as some general recommendations, and finish up with Previously Recced Fics That Updated.

Rules: You can find past weekly rec lists here, and non-list recs in my general fic rec tag. Also follow @maychorianrecs for individually tagged posts, the easier to search and reblog. This is stuff I like, and I have a huge bias toward Lance, hurt/comfort, and general fluff, in that order. Gen unless otherwise noted. Please comment on the fics if you read and enjoy them!

A Sound Like Thunder by Bandity Words: 8,959 Author’s Summary: Hunk’s alone, stranded on a planet with no way to communicate and the world around him is being blown apart. But he knows his friends will come for him. Right? Part 2 of the Senses series, but you don’t have to read the first story to understand this one. My Comments: Absolutely fabulous hurt!Hunk fic with a hefty dose of hurt!Lance as well. The situation was incredibly tense and suspenseful, and the resolution was utterly satisfying. Poor Shiro, too. It’s all good stuff.

Smile by IcyPanther for Bandity Words: 3,661 Author’s Summary: Lance glanced at the mirror. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as he was remembering. Like, the first glance had freaked him out but it really wasn’t that noticeable. He worried his lip in indecision before finally making his way over to the mirror. He had to know. Just… just a peek. Without further ado Lance gave a tentative smile. And despair crashed down once more. My Comments: Poor Lance. Though his issue seems minor, it really isn’t. I love Hunk being there for him no matter what, and Keith trying hard to be a good friend even though he doesn’t really get it. And Coran swooping in at the end for the win, too. Great comfort all around.

Collect Call by LittleWhiteTie Words: 2,479 Author’s Summary: Unsure of what to do about Shiro, Lance calls Keith. The boy on the screen is wearing his old black t-shirt instead of his Marmora uniform; his bad hair is even messier than usual. “Did you need something?” Yes, but for once, Lance’s words have left him. What’s he supposed to say? Hey Keith, I want you to come home because I feel like something might be wrong with Shiro, but I can’t even figure out what the problem is—if there’s even a problem to begin with. Hey Keith, I want you to come home because I’m not you, and Shiro won’t talk to me again, no matter how hard I try. Hey Keith, I want you to come home because I miss you, and I don’t want to deal with this alone. Nope, not happening. “I—I can call back later.” My Comments: I love the way Keith and Lance’s friendship develops here. Very lovely post season 5 fic with great character development and realistic dialogue.

Sounds of Darkness by IcyPanther for CrownsofLaurels (laurel1020) Words: 8,635 Author’s Summary: Lance couldn’t see. Or hear. Or move. The silent darkness was all encompassing and it was pressing in; choking him, drowning him, blinding him. He screamed but it was swallowed whole into the void of nothingness. Lance trembled, pain shaking his limbs, and faintly wondered if he’d even made a sound at all. My Comments: Lance’s suffering in this one is particularly visceral, but the recovery and comforting afterward was suitably intense, as well. I’m a big fan of Shiro and Lance platonically cuddling. Totally worth it.

With All But His Soul by Resamille Words: 28,849 Author’s Summary: Somewhere along the line, Lance lost himself, replaced with something fierce and foreign. The worst part? He can’t bring himself to want to go back. Like this, he’s improved. He’s a fighter, a perfect soldier. No more nightmares. No more homesickness. No more weakness. It’s better, that way. He’s better. My Comments: This fic is dark. I’m not sure I like it, but I do admire it. It sucked me in and I couldn’t stop reading, even as dread and horror built inside me and I began to suspect that I would not enjoy the ending. And I didn’t. Still, it’s an amazing piece of fiction, very well-written and compelling, and if you’re in the mood for something tragic and disturbing, this is the fic for you.

Forge Fire by squirenonny Words: 19,745 Author’s Summary: Keith thought he’d passed the Trials of Marmora, but when he approaches Kolivan looking for information about his mother, he learns there are four more Trials to pass before he can call himself a Blade. Kolivan, Antok, and Thace watch as Keith undertakes the remainder of his Trials, and they remember their own Trials—a grueling ordeal from which no one emerges unchanged. They cannot aid him in the Trials, but they can help him prepare, and they can help him through the aftermath. After all, the Blades are kin, and kin does not let kin suffer alone. One part Dads of Marmora, one part Kolivan introspective. My Comments: I adore the worldbuilding and the emotions and the backstories and the characterization and everything about this, basically. Kolivan’s perspective is so warm and rich, and Keith’s desperation to belong is palpable. The ending was ridiculously satisfying, too, and I just… This story feels GOOD, y'all. You should definitely read it.

Faces of Home by IcyPanther for glitteringconstellations Words: 6,238 Author’s Summary: There were murmured, familiar voices when Lance awoke that quieted almost immediately when he blinked open his eyes. “Easy, easy,” someone soothed as he tried to sit up. Someone familiar. Lance gasped. “Mamá?” Because somehow… somehow he was home. / Lance is injured in a fight against the Galra and wakes to find himself in the care of his family. But… how did he wind up back on Earth? Something isn’t quite right… My Comments: I love it when Lance gets familial comfort and love, even from unexpected places. This got me hard in the feels. So good.

A Long Night by VelkynKarma Words: 2,359 Author’s Summary: A missing scene from “Failsafe.” Shiro takes care of a very ill Ryou while the others are away, but it’s not so easy to do when he just wants a few hours of rest for himself. My Comments: Part of a previously recced series. This installment is just straight cuddling and comfort in the middle of a horrible period in the story, and it’s everything I love. I adore this.

As Cold as Ice by A_Zap Words: 4,326 Author’s Summary: Keith scoffed when Hunk warned him and Pidge to never make Lance truly angry. After all, Lance wasn’t scary. He was like his element: flexible, playful, and able to let things go as easily as ripples in water. Plus, at the end of the day, he was too nice to ever really do anything when angry. Keith had forgotten that water could be just as terrifying and unforgiving as any wild fire. My Comments: Fun fic with Lance being scary and protective and Keith being astonished. Hunk and Lance are totally the scariest when they’re angry, I believe that absolutely.

At a Loss by FroldGapp Words: 2,189 Author’s Summary: Coran sees the gulf grow ever-wider between Keith and his fellow paladins and decides it’s up to him to cheer the red paladin up. It’s time for an intervention of sorts from the universe’s most gorgeous man. My Comments: My heart aches for Keith here so much. I wish he was a little better at communicating so he could tell the others that he’s having a hard time. But I love Coran noticing all on his own and doing what he can to ease things for him.

Bonded to the Bone by spitfire00 Words: 3,322 Author’s Summary: Pidge is missing, the Green Lion is angry, Matt is heartbroken, Voltron is useless, and Pidge may have inadvertently become god of the forest in the meantime. My Comments: Very cool visual images here, I like this concept a lot. And of course reunions and hugging are nice, too.

yellow by m_barcelona Words: 2,654 Author’s Summary: “I, um…I don’t really know what to say here. I guess I should start at the beginning.” Hunk clears his throat and looks away from the blinking red dot of the camera, suddenly feeling trapped by its unnerving stare. This is going to be harder than he thought. Hunk decides to send a video message home to his family, and discovers a lot about himself in the process. My Comments: Hunk is the best. I loved this look into his heart and mind. It felt very intimate and warm.

So here’s the general part. While I don’t have quite as much time for fics, I’m still reading, just authors and stories I’m already subscribed to. Below is a list of the authors I read no matter what they do, because it’s always amazing. BUT THIS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. 

There are LOTS of good gen writers who are not on this list. PLEASE don’t miss out on good fics just because I’m not posting them. Look for yourself. Try every story currently on @maychorianrecs​ and then follow the authors to see what else they’ve done. Follow their bookmarks. I’ve found tons of fantastic stories by reading the bookmarks of authors I like, then following THEIR bookmarks, and so on. It’s like following a trail of Good Stuff, and I’ve wiled away many a pleasant day doing that.

Also, @bosstoaster​ made a filter that removes almost every ship in the Voltron fandom on AO3, so you can find just the gen stuff (with rare canon pairings). Here it is, it’s amazing.

But anyway, the (mostly gen) Voltron authors I am subscribed to at this particular point in time:

VelkynKarma  IcyPanther squirenonny ashinan Bandity birdzilla buttered_onions ChaoticReactions (BossToaster) Emerald_Ashes isabeau25 mumblefox Rangergirl3 WashiPuppy wingedflower yet_intrepid

Some of those folks, particularly Velkyn and IcyPanther, have written some really incredible stories recently. I’m just saying, you don’t want to miss out.

Okay, and here’s the last thing.

Previously Recced Fics That Updated:

mostly void, partially stars (33063 words) As Color Fades Away (317695 words) Shadows of Stars (236851 words) Little Crystals (22176 words) Fusion Confusion (26040 words) The Field of Blood (37587 words) A Dragon in Thy Pocket (14380 words) Young Blood (12360 words) I'm Your Captain (11878 words)

[musicanddancingthroughlife]

So Tired -- Lance Fanfic (Voltron)

Ummm. So I just looked through some of my files (cleaning up cause it’s nearly the end of the term – yay!!!) and I found this? I’m… not sure when I wrote this, honestly. And it was unfinished, so I kinda proofread it and finished it and now I’m handing it off to share, I guess. Hope someone enjoys it! XD If I had to guess, I would say I wrote this�� definitely before season 4 aired. But maybe even before season 3? I’m not entirely sure, but it takes place in the Voltron universe during whenever Shiro was missing, so. Also, I may not remember writing this, but I definitely know it was intended for @taylor-tut, either as a gift or a thank you, so I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s a late birthday/early Christmas (or whatever holiday you want) present, and it’s a thank you for inspiring me to pick up my own writing again and to be proud of it, even if I don’t think it’s any good at times haha. There are loads of others out there who have inspired me, too, especially with Voltron fics, but I can’t remember them all and would hate to leave some out. And, I’m gonna quit talking and get back to my homework now. Hope you enjoy! 

He was so, so tired. Tired of trying. He knew he was smart. It’s just… It took a lot out of him. Taking charge, trying to fill the gap left in Shiro’s absence and Keith’s anxiety. He could take charge, but trying to pull together a group of – well, kids, really – who just wanted to fall apart was so draining.

Especially while trying to fight your own depression and anxiety.

It had just happened a few minutes ago actually. Keith had left training early after blowing up at Hunk for “shooting in his general direction”. Hunk had been aiming a good ten feet away. But Keith wasn’t listening to them. Hunk was close to tears, Pidge was pissed. Lance was trying so hard to fight back his own tears, because Keith had already made some jabs at him. Just the usual stuff, Shiro left me in charge, you’re not trying hard enough, stop taking everything as a joke… Too bad Keith couldn’t see how he spent his nights, huh?

“Keith, buddy, just calm down. Hunk didn’t mean to shoot at you. He’s probably just a little tired.” Lance knew this was true. Hunk had been up all night, talking to Lance. Hunk didn’t often let his homesickness overwhelm him, but every time it did, he knew he could count on Lance to be there. And he was. He stayed with him while the boy cried. Then Hunk had finally fallen asleep, exhausted, but Lance had stayed with him until he woke up. ‘Course, that meant Lance was pretty tired, too, but he needed to take care of this right now.

“C’mon,” he tried again. “Let’s just take a little breather and then —“

“Just SHUT UP, LANCE!” Keith bellowed. Stunned, Lance looked at him. He almost, almost snapped back, but then he noticed the puffiness to Keith’s eyes, and what looked like dried tear trails on his cheeks.

“Keith.” Lance’s voice, suddenly soft, seemed to startle the other boy, who yelled his frustration one last time and then raced from the training room.

“Lance! What just happened?” Allura’s voice over the speakers brought his attention to the fact that everyone’s eyes were on him. He clenched his eyes shut. Normally he didn’t mind being the center of attention, but he was so tired. He was really exhausted. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d gotten a decent night’s rest. Hunk last night hadn’t been the first time, either. Before that, he’d spent most of the night helping Allura search for Shiro. Until he and Coran had finally gotten her to go to bed. But by that point, Lance had been dealing with his own homesickness and anxiety, so he’d asked Coran to give him some chores to keep his mind off of things. Coran had seemed worried but Lance brushed off his concerns with a laugh that only sounded a little forced. But it must’ve done the trick, because Lance spent the rest of the night helping Coran out by cleaning the healing pods and other random rooms he came across.

And before that, he’d been helping Pidge in her own search for Shiro, as well as for the rest of her family. At least, until he’d notice her fighting off tears. At first, he’d ignored those, but then she started to become more irritable than normal, and then she’d started to doze off, so once he’d decided it was safe enough to do so, he’d gently closed her laptop and then slid it out of the way as he lifted her in his arms and carried her over to the couch. Maybe it wasn’t as comfortable as her own bed, but the couch was closer. Besides that, he hadn’t been eating much lately, too busy making sure everyone else was making it to meals. And ever since Shiro had disappeared, he’d found it difficult to get any sleep that wasn’t full of nightmares. Lance groaned. What was that? Like 4 nights of little to no sleep? 5??? God, was he tired.

He felt a cool hand cup his cheek, and his eyes flew open at the sudden contact. He found himself flinching away from Hunk, trying to ignore the concern in his eyes. “Lance, are you all right?”

Lance forced himself to grin, though he was sure it looked more like a grimace. It definitely felt like a grimace. “Hey, Hunk,” he said instead, “don’t mind Keith, okay? I know he’s been having a lot of trouble sleeping the last few nights, and since I was busy last night, I wasn’t there to check up on him. My bad. I completely spaced about it. But I’ll go do that now.” He turned, feeling vertigo begin to creep up on him, and then took a deep breath and made a concentrated effort to not fall over as he left the training room.

“You all right in there, buddy?” Lance was met with silence. “Keith?” he tried again. Still no answer. Scratching his head, but at a loss of what else he could do – besides barging in himself – Lance uncertainly raised his hand to knock again. Then he heard a soft chuffing noise from inside Keith’s room, and skipped knocking in favor of opening the door and peeking in gingerly. When he saw Keith’s red eyes and shaking form, he stepped inside. “Hey, Keith. You all right? Did you even get any sleep last night?”

Keith seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then he slowly shook his head. Lance could tell he was trying to choke back sobs. Lance sighed before making his way over to the bed, holding his arms out as he went, silently offering Keith what little comfort he could maybe give. Keith accepted, slumping against Lance as soon as he sat next to him. Lance held Keith in his arms, keeping the hug loose in case Keith became uncomfortable and wanted to pull out. He was surprised when instead, Keith wormed closer to him, clutching Lance close to him and tucking his face into Lance’s chest. Lance let him sit in silence for a few minutes, waiting for him to calm down a little bit before talking.

Once his breathing had calmed a bit, Lance spoke up. “You know you really hurt Hunk.”

Keith was quiet for another minute before sighing, the sound catching in the back of his throat. “I know. I didn’t mean to. I promise I’ll go apologize in a minute. I’m just so tired.”

Lance frowned. “When’s the last time you slept?”

Keith was quiet for a long time. Lance groaned. “Keith. You need sleep.”

Keith still didn’t say anything. He just squirmed closer to Lance, all but sitting in his lap. Lance let out a breath before gently pressing a kiss to the top of Keith’s head. “Come on. I’ll go talk to Hunk and see if he won’t make you something to eat in a bit, and you get some rest, okay? I think we could all use a day off.”

Lance knew he could definitely use a day off. He was starting to see black dots and his vision was fuzzy and swimming. But he fought the sensations, struggling to be there for his team. He could do this. He needed to do this. But his heart sank when he felt Keith shaking his head, when he began to pull away. Lance pulled him back, forcing him to relax against him again. “We need to train! We need to find Shiro!”

“Keith.” Lance nearly flinched when he heard the harshness in his voice. But damn it, he was TIRED! And he was sick of these kids not taking care of themselves, forcing him (another teenager, dang it!) to take care of them and keeping him from taking care of himself for once! “If you get sick. Or if Hunk gets sick. Or Pidge or Allura or Coran. Then we waste valuable time in trying to get you or them back up to full health so we can rescue Shiro when we find him.” When. Not if. When. “You all. Need. Sleep. Actually, Pidge is probably good on sleep, but I know for a fact that she hasn’t eaten in almost a full day. But Hunk needs sleep. Allura needs a break. Coran needs some time to sit and relax, as well. And you need sleep. So go. To. Sleep.”

It took a few minutes, but Keith finally relented. When he finally pulled back, Lance releasing him so he could do so, he could see that Keith didn’t like the idea, but seemed to agree. Though he may have just been too tired to fight him on that. Whatever. He’d take what he could get.

The only problem was leaving. Lance really wasn’t sure that he’d be able to get up. He waited a good minute, in which Keith just passed out, finally tucked in his own bed and under his blankets. The poor idiot must’ve been pretty tired if he could just ignore Lance sitting there like that, but whatever. Mullet was stupid, the sky is blue. Well not right now, but that was too much to think about, so Lance focused on just pushing himself slowly off the bed and making his way to the kitchens where he knew he would find Hunk.

Finally. Finally done. Lance was so grateful that was over with. He’d gotten everyone settled. Keith had eaten a little, then fallen back asleep. Pidge had gotten some food. Allura and Coran had been in their own rooms for the last hour or so, hopefully taking some time to rest and relax (thought it had been hard to convince Allura to leave the ship’s computer and controls to continue searching for Shiro). Hunk had even finished in the kitchens and headed to his room for a nap, as well. It had taken forever. And tears had been shed, though he was forever grateful they weren’t his own. But he was tired. So, so, so tired. He collapsed on his bed, not even bothering to climb under his blankets. Then he heard running in the hall. He heard Keith cry out in his sleep next door. His heart sunk. He couldn’t do it. It was too much. He began to cry. Silently, at first, he didn’t even notice the tears. But then he heard Allura yelling at Pidge for something, and Hunk yelling back at Allura, and he could tell that things weren’t as settled as he’d thought but he was too tired to do anything about it. His door slid open and involuntarily, his eyes slid open to see Keith standing in the doorway, his hair tangled and clothes rumpled from his three hours of sleep. He squeezed his eyes shut and turned away, trying to hide the tears he could now feel streaming down his cheeks.

“Lance, can’t you do anything about their yelling? You’re usually good at stopping their arguments!” Why did he sound annoyed? Didn’t he see how hard Lance had been working? He was TIRED. He heard Keith suck in a breath, and swore under his breath. He didn’t mean to say that out loud.

Lance felt Keith’s hand stroke his hair, and despite his bitterness toward Keith at that moment, he leaned into the touch, loving the way it felt. “Lance,” Keith breathed. “When’s the last time you got any sleep?” Lance’s hands curled into fists and despite the headache creeping up on him, the hot tears trailing down his cheeks, and the nausea in his stomach, he struggled to clear his head and sit up.

“I’m fine. You’re right. Let me go talk to them.” But when he stood to leave, he swayed on his feet and felt Keith’s hand return, this time to his shoulder, gently but firmly pressing him back down onto his bed.

“No. You stay. Sleep. You need it.”

“I’m fine, you guys need me more.” Once more Lance struggled, but somehow, Keith managed to wrangle him back under his blankets, gingerly laying his head on his pillow.

“Sleep. I’ll go tell the others to keep it down, or to knock it off or something. I think you were right. None of us should be dealing with this much emotion while we’re this tired. They’ll understand that you need the break, and so do the rest of us.”

Keith’s hand had taken its place in Lance’s hair again, softly raking his gloved fingers through the strands, lulling Lance to sleep. Despite his muttered protests, Keith kept up the motions, watching over Lance as sleep pulled him under, smiling as he remembered all the times Lance had done the same for him, and the rest of the team. Once Lance’s breaths had evened out, he stood, bending over briefly to press a light kiss to the blue paladin’s forehead. “Thanks for watching over us so well.”

Keith wasn’t sure, but he thought as he turned away that he saw a small smile cross the other boy’s face.

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[thelionshoarde]

sneak peek; shance; i really gotta hand it to you; ch2

sneak peek of ch2 - yeah i really am still working on this, it’s just unbelievably slow going

There was a stranger at the bar; Shiro hesitated at the entrance, scanning the interior of the yula’i. Everything seemed normal -- no other strange faces, nothing out of place, no hint of tension. “You’re so timid,” laughed Isshas, leaning back against the wall behind their little desk, chin on one curved tentacle. “That one’s been here since noon, you know. Won’t bite -- unless you ask, probably.”

“...What?”

Isshas curled two extra tentacles into a complicated gesture that -- despite their differing biology -- Shiro could clearly tell was meant to be sexual. “Thirsty, that one. Spent half a varga chatting me up -- if I wasn’t happily bound to Brssklas I’d --”

“Right,” said Shiro, well acquainted with how detailed Isshas could get when waxing poetic about their mate. “How is Brssklas? Still getting --”

“Yeah,” sighed Isshas. “Miserable as can be. But the incubation period is almost over. Oh. That reminds me -- I’ll need to take leave when the eggs hatch. You’ve been here a while, now. What is it... Two phoeb? Three?”

“Two,” Shiro grimaced, shifting uncomfortably on his feet. At lest he’d come all the way into the yula’i now. Leaning his elbow against Isshas’ desk, he eyed the newcomer warily. “Almost three. I was... I was thinking maybe it’s time I got going, actually. Before I, uh, outstay my welcome. Maybe next movement, I can catch a ride on --”

“Pah!”

Shiro couldn’t help but smile, even as he tensed at the loud exclamation. But -- good, the stranger still hadn’t turned to look. From this position, all Shiro could see were broad shoulders in a dark brown leather coat, stained and tattered from wear. A hint of brown skin between the popped collar and slicked back, darker brown hair. Not a Galra, at least, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t a sympathizer.

Two phoebs -- almost three.

Shiro knew better than to stay in one place so long, but he was tired of chasing after the Castleship. It had been half a deca-phoeb since he’d gotten his transmitter working and proceeded to cart the hunk of junk with him across more than a dozen galaxies, countless solar systems, and he --

He was tired.

Tired enough that he had thought -- helplessly -- that maybe if he stayed in one place long enough then they would notice him. Notice the coded message amongst the stars and come and find him, bring him home. Foolish of him, maybe, but he had dared to hope after that string of good luck, thinking maybe his circumstances had changed for the better, finally.

“While it’s not impossible to outstay your welcome at a yula’i, it’s not something that you have to worry about Katie. A sweet thing like you --”

“Please,” Shiro said, flushing, “not this again.”

“-- would make a fine mate for any Sssa, you know? And Boxxt would hire you in a dobosh, don’t think she wouldn’t. You’ve already repaired half the building, and you’re always available whenever new stock arrives, and --”

“Isshas,” Shiro groaned. “Stooop.”

“-- there was that gss sucking Y’walikth just last movement you tossed out when he was making trouble for poor little Hssals! I’m just saying -- you’re good to have around. You should stay. Our little asteroid may not be much, but you’re welcome to call it home.”

“...Thank you,” Shiro allowed, after a moment of trying to speak and coming up empty. Just feeling flustered and embarrassed, prickly, pleased, and annoyed, all at once, because -- “That... means a lot, Isshas. It does. But I -- I already have a home.”

At the bar the stranger threw his head back and laughed, a throaty, fetching thing. Behind the bar Reske smiled, slow and thoughtful, the spines along her cheek ridges bristling as she deftly mixed a Red Dwarf. Must be charming, Shiro thought. Reske didn’t smile for many, though Shiro had more than once found her to be a kind and avid listener, despite how detached she came off.

Isshas said, thoughtful, “You wouldn’t be the first to find a new home, here. You wouldn’t be the last. Sometimes, what we think we want isn’t what we need.”

“Hmm.”

Shiro watched Reske lit the drink aflame, a hazy red-orange inferno trapped within a simple rocks glass. The stranger leaned across the shining chrome bartop to trace his fingers lightly across Reske’s wrist in blatant appreciation. Her spines quivered, delighted.

“Where’s he from?” Shiro asked, playing at nonchalance. After a full cycle working odd jobs in the City Center he wanted more than anything to go up to his room and nap. At least get off his feet for a while; maybe have a hot meal. But he didn’t quite dare to leave the safety of the yula’i’s one exit, just in case.

“What? Lover boy over there?”

Shiro tried not to flinch, homesickness twisting in his gut; Lance, he thought, I wonder how he’s --

[the-kittens-of-vol-tron]

Ok prompt: Lions can turn into Earth cats and Lance wants to play with them and nothing will stop him even though he's deadly allergic to cats so it's basically the team carrying him away from them because everyone cares and loves him even when he's doing bullshit like this

Nice 

I changed it slightly, sorry!

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“THE LIONS CAN DO WHAT?!?!?!” Lance slammed his hands down on the table, standing up from his chair, ignoring the side glanced he recieved from some members on the team. 

“Lance, inside voice please and yes the lions can turn into non robotic creatures.” Allura crossed her arms from her seat at the table and leaned back into her chair. 

“Whoa, what do they look like?!” Pidge leaned forward slightly, sending Lance a smile before returning her attention towards the princess.

“It’s hard to say, they can take many shapes, they usually base it off an animal from their paladins planet, the do it to make them feel more at home.” Allura glance at Pidge, sending the younger girl a warm smile. 

“Well, lets go check it out! How does it work?!” Hunk questioned excitedly as Coran began to explain how the lions can change and how strong the bond between the lion and the paladin must have for it to work. 

“Well what are we waiting for? Let’s go try it!” Lance pushed himself away from the table and began his quick journey to his lion. “COME ON SLOW POKES!” 

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Lance sat in front of his lion, his legs crossed underneath him. “Alright Blue, you and I have the strongest bond on the team, lets just do this.” He closed his eyes and opened his mind to his lion, letting her see the various animals he had every encounter in his life on Earth. His mind fluttered between multiple typed of animals, to sharks, to cheetahs, to koalas, to dogs and soon a gust of wind blew over Lance and he peeled his eyes opened. He cocked his head to the side, his blue eyes gazing at the animal in front of him, “kitty?” 

A small meow filled the hanger and tiny footsteps filled the room as Blue walked towards he paladin, not noticing how Lance slightly moved away from her. She was a dark blue, nearly black and her ears were small and she was fluffier than most cats Lance had ever seen.

Blue nudge her head against Lance’s knee, purring for any form of affection and Lance swallowed around the lump in his throat. He knew he shouldn’t, he knew he should just leave Blue alone but he soon found himself stroking the soft fur. Ah screw it. 

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Lance wasn’t sure how long he sat on the floor petting Blue, ignoring how his head became stuffy or how his nose itched or how his eyes watered the longer he stroked his lion. He pushed through it, he could still breath, barley, but nothing was going to stop him from petting Blue. It was the first thing he had seen since the space mall that resembled something from Earth. That reminded him of home. 

“Lance! You’ve been in here forever!” Hunk jogged into the room, a yellow lab running right after him. “Look Yellow turned into a dog, isn’t he pretty?” Hunk kneeled down and rubbed the dogs ears, glancing at his friend. “What did Blue turn into?” He attempted to look around Lance. 

“A cat,” Lance’s voice sounded squeezed and Hunk nearly screamed in fear. 

“LANCE! YOU’RE ALLERGIC! GET AWAY FROM HER!” He reached for Lance’s collar and started to pull his friend away from the feline, ignoring the hiss that Blue gave him. 

“Let me go Hunk, it’s something from Earth!” Lance attempted to kick his friend away, stopping when he realized the lack of damage it was doing. 

Hunk pulled Lance out of the hanger, telling Yellow to keep Blue away from Lance for a little bit and slumped the boy in the hall. “Lance I know you miss Earth, but you don’t need to die for a cat. Ask Blue to turn into something else.” 

“But she did that for me, I don’t care if I can’t have it, I just want to be home again.” Lance wiped his eyes and Hunk pulled him off the ground. 

“Come on man, let’s go wash your hands before you scratch your eyes out.” He dragged his friend down the hallway, ignoring the concerned looked he received from their teammates as he pulled Lance into a restroom. Lance didn’t complain as Hunk washed him up, simply sniffling occasionally. 

“You okay bud?” Hunk questioned as he grabbed a towel for his friend. 

Lance bobbed his head slightly, “I just wanna go home.” 

Hunk pulled him closer and held him tight as Lance wetted his shoulder, “I do too.” 

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My poor homesick boys 

I hope you liked it! Sorry I changed it slightly!

Thank you!

[geek-fashionista]

Voltron College AU Idea Dump

Since I have no intention of writing Voltron fic, here’s a dump of ideas from that college AU I was going to undertake sometime last year when I had less sanity.

Warning: This is a really long post. I’m also Shidge and Kallura garbage, so there’s that. 

The Cast:

Basically, if you couldn’t guess, everyone is in university and all roughly the same ages except Shiro and Matt.

Allura is a foreign exchange student and a politician’s daughter. She decides the best way to make friends in this country is to form a team for this online game she likes, so she puts up a recruitment sheet on bulletin boards around campus and hopes for the best.

Meanwhile, we have Keith, a certified orphan. He’s in Air Force ROTC because it’s giving him direction in life and teaching him leadership skills, plus it guarantees a job after school so that’s nice. His mentor/Big Brother Shiro, another certified orphan, did the program when he was an undergrad and convinced Keith to try it. So he gets up pretty hecking early for PT and wears a uniform on certain days of the week. He’s still new to that teamwork thing tho.

We’ll get back to Shiro in a while. Keith shares an elevator several times a week with Pidge, because their schedules work out that way and they live in the same building. Pidge is not in college to make friends. She’s there to study hard and chug Mountain Dew so she can stay up late and play video games online. Her older brother, Matt, has been charged with the task of “getting Katie to socialize with an actual human being,” so Pidge is often dragged around with him and his fellow grad student buddies.

Lance is that guy you’ve probably met in college: he’s at every single party, seems to know every single person, and is the one guy you would never expect to be desperately homesick. And yet, he is desperately homesick. His roommate Hunk is cool, but Hunk works a part-time job and has a difficult major, so Lance rarely sees him. You might find ya boi wandering around campus pretending he doesn’t feel so alone.

Hunk is an engineering major and food lover. When he isn’t working at one of the on campus food trucks to pay his tuition, he’s breaking his brain studying into the night because he WILL NOT let his parents down, bless him. Poor guy is too distracted to notice that rugby player Shay has been flirting with him for a month or two.

Finally, Shiro. Grad student. Mentor. Responsible guy. He lives off campus in a small apartment that probably has a low-hanging light fixture he’s bumped his head into more than once.

The Premise:

What do these six students have in common?! The video game, of course. Shiro notices Allura’s recruitment sheet first and suggests to Keith that it might be fun. Pidge joins so she can tell her worried parents that she’s socializing. Lance and Hunk join so they can bond during the time they actually have together. 

FoRM vALtUhRN

We have a team, ladies and gents. A team of people who don’t exactly know each other in real life, with the noted exceptions, unTIL...!!!

Several Meetings Happen Within the Span of a Week

Did I mention that Keith and Allura are in the same 8AM speech class? No? They had no idea either, until the first project of the semester required them to get up and speak. Vocal Recognition Confirmed.

Well. This is awkward. It’s so awkward that Keith is determined to forget it happened. Which is a shame really, because Allura kind of wants to talk to him...

The irony is that he goes straight from this awkward meeting to the elevator with Pidge, who silently notes that her anonymous elevator buddy looks kind of distressed today. But they have a good thing going not speaking to each other, so she doesn’t comment, and they continue being ignorant of their identities.

Pidge has a lot on her mind anyway. Matt is dragging her to yet another grad student study group tonight, so she decides to hoodie it up and hope no one tries to include her. But darn it! One of them made a mistake in his math and she can’t bear to leave him ignorant of it, so she corrects the whole dang board, leaving the room stunned! Amazed! So this is Matt Holt’s genius little sister!

And then in walks the most handsome specimen she’s ever laid eyes upon. He asks what he missed. He is quickly filled in by the group, and introduced to Katie Holt as Takashi "But We Call Him Shiro” Shirogane.

RIP in pieces, Pidge.

And RIP in pieces Shiro, because this is Pidge. The same Pidge he often catches online in the wee hours after everyone else has signed off. The same Pidge who he engages in long conversations with at three in the morning. The Pidge with the killer wit and the adorkable laugh. And she’s cute.

“I’ll drive her back to her dorm. I’m going that way anyway.” - Takashi Shirogane, definitely.

“I DON’T NORMALLY LOOK LIKE THIS.” - A flustered Pidgeon, in reference to her hoodie. And everything was so awkward that everybody died.

The next day, Keith notices that his elevator buddy is the distressed one this afternoon, and silently hopes she is alright but doesn’t bother to ask. He’s got that lone wolf thing, y’know? And tutoring to attend because he’s fallen behind in bio and---

oh hell, guess who else needs tutoring? Lance.

And Lance, lonely Lance, homesick Lance, will NOT let Keith go. Too bad. They’re best friends now. (Really, Keith, you should have just stuck with Allura.)

“What?! You met Allura too?!?!?! This is great! We can all get lunch together!” Lance cried as Keith begged the gods to smite him.

And So Things Snowballed Out of Control, Much Like This Post

We now have paladins interacting in real life, some of them reluctantly, others eagerly.

Allura ends up crying in Keith’s room one night because she’s homesick so he panics and calls Lance because Lance is the most homesick person he knows. Cue both Allura and Lance crying together in Keith’s room, and Keith going downstairs for snacks because he can’t do this without his Bugles.

Allura and Shay are roommates and Shay is so smitten with Hunk that Allura just has to play matchmaker for them. I mean, come on.

Pidge knows Hunk because after her Mountain Dew benders, the only thing that can perk her up in the morning is Hunk’s food. “Hit me.” “I dunno Katie, you’ve already had four breakfast burritos.” “I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’VE HAD ENOUGH.”

He invites her to hang out with him and his friends one night. Cue lots of finger-pointing and screaming.

“You mean Shiro’s been dating my elevator buddy this whole time?!” “SHIRO AND PIDGE ARE DATING?!?!” “YOU TWO KNOW SHIRO IN REAL LIFE?!?!”

Little does Hunk know that the nice guy who helped him with his homework in the engineering building yesterday was Shiro...

And Then Shiro Disappears.

Because there has to be angst.

Everyone is worried sick. It’s not like Shiro to miss class without emailing Dr. Holt.

He’s not at his apartment. He’s not online. He’s not answering his phone. 

In their desperate search for Shiro, they all miss the email from the university explaining a student got into a car accident the other night.

Dr. Holt is informed. He tells Matt. Matt tells Pidge. Pidge tells the rest.

Shiro has unfortunately lost his arm and been out cold in the hospital for a while. Imagine his surprise when five paladins stumble into his room, simultaneously crying and yelling at him for disappearing.

And Shiro, who hasn’t had a family for a long time, suddenly realizes that he isn’t alone in the world anymore.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Good night and God bless America.

[youreagalrakeith]

I want headcanons abt Lance greeting ppl woth a kiss on the cheek like a v good latino boy (like me), okay???

STARTING OFF 2018 WITH SOME HEADCANONS THAT’S RIGHT BABES I’M BACK

What better way than to start off with my boy, Lance? Who, oh boy, save his soul. 

-Lance picked up the habit from his grandmother, contrary to popular belief (it was not his mother that taught him). 

- In Latin America, kissing on the cheek is typically used between two women and a man and woman; but Lance didn’t see why this should stop him from doing this for everyone. He’s going to greet everyone with his love. 

-Now when he arrived at the Garrison, yeah, it was definitely awkward at first. Especially with Hunk, because he knows its not really customary for boys to kiss each others cheeks, but then he realizes it’s just Lance 

-The same goes for Pidge. Everyone got so used to it, they weren’t even phased by the end of the first week. It was just a Lance thing. 

-Now, Keith doesn’t remember this, but Lance did it to him once when they had a class together early in their Garrison career. But he mistook Lance’s intentions…and well…decked Lance. It wasn’t pretty. Lance is still salty about it

-Shiro was so confused, the poor boy. He made it super awkward because he was too embarrassed at first to ask Lance, he didn’t want to offend Lance by asking what he was doing. Lance knew this, but the little troll he is sometimes, let it happen

-Coran…where do I begin with Coran? He…He mistook it as a basic human greeting. And started doing it all the time. To everyone. 

-Allura was not pleased. 

-Especially when it led to him accidentally getting engaged to a planet’s prince they had rescued. That had been a mess to figure out. 

-Leave the cheek kisses to the Cuban boy’s charm, that’s Lance’s thing. ;) 

-Hunk often will return the favor, especially when Lance is feeling homesick. 

-Keith…doesn’t get it? He still doesn’t get it. Please…please let this boy in Lance. Stop leaving him in the dark. It’s torturing him. What does it mean? 

-Lance has done it to Shay too, with Hunk’s watchful eye of course. 

-Pidge’s favorite story is the time he did it to Keith while he was sleep walking. Keith refuses to let her tell Lance he did it. But Pidge swears it’s the only time she’s seen Keith look like he’d been punched between the eyes by the face he had

save this boy 

~

Happy New Year’s! Here’s to 2018! 

[kirhtbh]

VOLTRON PALADINS WITH A S/O THAT CANT PROPERLY HANDLE EMOTIONS [Requested]

A/N: TYSM FOR THIS REQUEST! I relate to this so much and I'm only gonna do the Main 5 for this also this is my first time doing multiple paladins so I hope everyone enjoys it  :^)

Shiro

Shiro had told you that he was leaving for another mission and your reaction wasn't something he really expected?? 

the last thing he thought you were gonna do was scream “WHAT IF I LOSE YOU AGAIN?” And throw a plate on the ground watching it shatter

he was very hesitant with his next move

a small part of him was afraid to approach you, but he quickly shoved that feeling down knowing you would never hurt him

he wrapped his arms around you rocking back and forth on the spot while keeping you in a loving embrace

he kissed the top of your head and reassured you that he would be okay despite your worries

Lance

kinda scared and doesn't really understand at first

all he did was talk about how he didn't feel good about his role in the team and doubts his importance

you and Lance have a very honest  and open relationship and talk to each other a lot 

but this set you off

he means so much to the team and you and sometimes he just doesn't realize it

you threw a pillow REALLY HARD at the wall right next to him and the poor boy jumped so high

“LANCE YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO EVERYONE AND TO ME WHY CANT YOU SEE THAT GOD DAMN IT!”

he rushed up to you and gave you a long hug why muttering his apology for thinking that way 

Pidge

you were having a panic attack

Pidge walked into your room to see you and saw you freaking out 

you were yelling and throwing everything across the room

she tried her best to calm you down and when she heard why the attack started she got sorta angry?

the reason you were having a panic attack was because you felt so worthless and didn't understand why she loves you

thE RAGE THAT SHE FELT 

but it wasn't at you, she was angry with herself

angry with how she should have seen this coming, or how she should have payed more attention to you so you wouldn't have felt like this 

told you every. single. reason. why she loves you until you calmed down 

Keith

yours and Keiths relationship was new

Matt told you about how Keith tried to sacrifice himself

after you found out oh my god you lost your literal shIT

you were throwing anything and everything 

because it was a fresh relationship full of unsaid feelings and thoughts your mind wouldn't stop playing out what would happen if he went through with it 

as soon as Keith walked into the room and saw the mess, broken things, and how you were distraught and he understood your reaction completely 

he found himself doing just that sometimes 

you yelled at him and told him to please never let his impulses take control of him in that way again 

so many hugs, tears, and apologies 

Hunk

He's seen you like this before, not necessarily to something he's said though

you and Hunk were in the kitchen together

he was making something to eat for a late night snack and you were watching him in an adoring way

but the smell of the food triggered memories from home and a wave of homesickness hit you 

he heard you let out a frustrated yell and dropped what he was doing and rushed to give you a tight hug so you wouldn't throw things

asked you to talk it out with him

he very understanding and does whatever he can to calm you down  

[arbaguth]

Your heart's a mess You won't admit to it It makes no sense But I'm desperate to connect And you can't live like this Love ain't safe You won't get hurt if you stay chaste So you can wait But I don't want to waste my love

(Sorry for my English, theories explanations are coming It’d make me really happy if you read !)

Okay, so basically, Jeremy Don’t-worry-you’ll-be-happy Shada said that there will be a Lance crying scene... at least it’s what I understood? I don’t have the source I’m sorry (but if you have it give me!)... So I guess, like s7 will be Lance arc, of course we gonna see him suffer in a way or another. My poor space boy ;A; I wonder what reasons would make him cry? I have many ideas.

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The first one is the reunion with his family. Of course it would be so intense and I perfectly imagine him crying by meeting his family again after all the time he spent in space without communicate with them...

However, I think s7 is a bit soon, don’t you think? I mean, we know that the season will be a road trip, and JDS (as I can remember but once again I don’t have the source I’m sorry) said they will not arrive to Earth immediatly. So my theory is that the whole season (let’s admit it will be 7 episodes long like s6) will be a road trip and they just arrive at the end of the last episode... the pace will slow down, unlike s6 who was a rush. But that’s only what I think I can be sure! It rely only on my intuitions xD

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Instead of the “family reunion crying scene”, I imagine more a homesick crying scene. Like, as they are on the way to Earth, paladins are beginning to share some memories and it’s very painful for Lance... JDS said they might not arrive to Earth. Thanks to Jeremy, we know they will, but Joaquim did say that for a reason... So I guess paladins will have some serious difficulties which could make them loose hope. And Lance is the most homesick one. He was the only one who cried when everyone give their message to Sam Holt... so imagine what he can feel, on his way to join his family but they are way too slow, or they are inable to find a solution to reach their goal... You know, this sensation you have when you’re feeling both so close and so far? I can’t imagine how it must hurt Lance...

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The second idea I have (and I think the more likely to happen) is the guilt he feels. You know, for the Shiro thing. I  T O T A L L Y imagine him taking all the responsability for Shiro turning mad and all the stuff that happens because he kinda knew but he didn’t figured it out. He was the first warned but he didn’t arrived to understand at time...

The consequences of that are very, very serious: Lotor ran away and finished his bad stuff, Keith and Shiro almost died, the castle is destroyed... can you imagine someone taking the responsibility of all this? awful... sadly, I imagine Lance this way (but I can be wrong, once again it’s the feeling I have).

Like, Keith saved Shiro, Krolia and Coran had their moment in the castle, Allura also saved the day, and Pidge litteraly saved everyone. So yeah, I imagine Lance feeling, more than useless, responsible for all the awful things that happened in the end of s6...

So, yeah, I 100% imagine Lance explaining himself with Shiro and telling him he’s sorry for not having figured out what happened although he was warned.

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Speaking of that, let’s talk about this:

Jeremy God Dammit Shada again. He said something about Keith’s “attempt of suicide” (and oh my gosh my heart is breaking so hard writing these words), the one which happened in s4. So it can totally be another reason for crying Lance! I mean, he’s totally right. Guys, we, like... we are talking about Keith’s freaking kamikaze suicide action, this is quite violent. This, and the s6, where Keith was litteraly “I’d rather die than live in a world were Shiro is not there”. (for me this one has more the “suicidal vibe”).

Okay, you’ll tell me that Lance has also this thing. But I think Lance is more the, like, sacrificial one. In s1 he get burnt in an explosion because he protect Coran, and in s6, he... well, he basically dies in order to save Allura. But he was always acting on instinct, with this overprotecting vibe.

Keith is more “I deliberetely make the decision to die”. And look at s6, he could just have let Shiro and run away to save his own skin but he didn’t. Instead, he staid with him until the very end, even if he knew they had great chances to die...

So what about that? A scene between Lance and Keith (and maybe Shiro) where they, like, talk about all that stuff. I mean, Lance and Keith really bonded and they will bond even stronger in s7. Keith is litteraly Lance’s stability, and without him he’s lost. I don’t think Lance could now support the simple idea of Keith making the decision to jump in the void, not to save someone but just simply to die with them. It could be a reason for crying Lance, like a kind of “I need you please don’t” scene <3

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And this brings me to the last thing, my favorite part and the theory I’m on: LOVE. And more precisely, bisexual disaster Lance arc.

Come on, we all know Klance is canon. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) So, when will it come out? Well, I guess Lance must make his coming out before. We know that s7 (or, I think more s7 + s8) will be Lance arc: if there is his sexuality arc (and I put my hand in the fire there will) in the show, it’s now or never. I’m truly convinced there will be a coming-out scene, and that will probably implies Shiro (remember this: https://twitter.com/artoflaurenm/status/796245419688738818 )

I bet there will be a scene where Lance becomes totally aware that he like also boys. And that can be very violent to come out to ourselves. It can be such a hard thing to discover that we are not like we always thought we are. I think Lance will have a very hard time struggling with himself and of course, he will need the support, care and love of his second family.

Especially in Lance’s case, like, he really was onto girls. Like if he was overcompensating something... he even thought things could be serious between him and Allura. I wonder, was he really in love or did he just thought he loved her in order to hide the truth? Well, I think he really loved her in a certain way but for the moment his bisexuality is in a subconscious level so he couldn’t know the truth yet... Now, did he realized there is only friendship between him and the princess? I think so: look at his face when he hugs Allura... this is definitely not the face of someone in love.

So I think s7 will be the beginning of his questions (and, PLEASE, don’t rush it! it’s a so much important part of his developpement ;A;). Like, he will become aware that somthing is wrong with himself and he can’t figure out what is it exactly, and then something, maybe in a conversation or something like that triggers then he’s like “...WHAT THE QUIZNACK” then he tries to deny it but it’s so painful and all the stuff which happens next.

So yeah, a coming-out crying Lance scene would be perfect and I’m totally on it. I really insist on this point, coming out to yourself first is the most painful part of the process. It can easily comes to tears! And I feel like Lance is the kind of people easily scared by his feeling, and he might try to deny it which can be a dangerous thing. I just hope he’ll come to term with all this stuff before it’s too late... ;-;

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Hell yeah, I really hope you understood me! I mean, I love making theories. I could watch a show or read a book hundred and hundred times just to find a little clue! Well, to tell the truth I suck at finding clues but I keep exercising     ᕙ( ʘ ᗜ ʘ )ᕗ Also, I hope you enjoy the drawing xD

[freedom-of-fanfic]

I just wanted to vent anonymously for a sec - I was convinced by my girlfriend to watch Voltron and I finished it last night, and I don't understand how it developed this culture of antis at all? There's almost no shippy stuff in Voltron at all. I especially don't understand why I've seen so many people say that kl*nce is a canon m/m couple; they're barely even friends??? How did people convince themselves that they're dating at the end of S3?

the kl@nce fandom has been queerbaiting tumblr into watching vld for the promise of canon gay for over a year now :V it’s incredibly popular and thus widespread, and I’m sure you know how fans talk to each other about their OTPs. I doubt that many kl@nce fans really believe the ship is (currently) canon, but there’s more than a few that really depend on it being VLD endgame.

Reality check: 

so far VLD has proven to be pretty close to a true ensemble show and it’s definitely not very shippy in canon. 

the relationship dynamic between all the Team Voltron members seems to be Found Family.

the target audiences are preteens and adults with nostalgia for the original Voltron (Defenders of the Universe). 

Shiro couldn’t be gone for more than a few episodes because he’s gotta sell toys and by all accounts Dreamworks gets huffy every time an episode passes without a giant robot fight. 

It’s going to be all plot, plot, plot from beginning to end, with maybe a (straight) romance or two on the side.*

If there’s been a relationship that’s driven the plot forward more than any other so far, it’s been between Keith and Shiro - Shiro being unwillingly tangled up in the plots of the Galra and Shiro trying to help Keith grow as a leader, and Keith’s strong loyalty to Shiro for Shiro’s past kindness and his struggle with his own growth as a person. but other important, plot-driving relationships have been the one between Allura and her father, Pidge and her brother (and Shiro), and Hunk’s fast friendship with Shay.

Poor Lance and Coran! So far they’ve just been ‘along for the ride’, so to speak, with their personal stakes in the state of the Universe being their affection for the rest of Team Voltron. I think Lance will do some plot driving soon, though. (Coran, I’m afraid, is trapped in the Comic Relief Zone.)

But part of what makes Lance so great is that he’s an everyman. He’s relateable. He’s insecure about himself, competitive, likes to show off, friendly and open, and deeply homesick. I get why he’s so wildly popular and why people exaggerate his angst and minimize his flaws. It’s easy to see yourself in Lance. I know I do. and favorite characters inevitably get shipped the most, and honestly: kl@nce is seen as a rivalship, and rivalships are incredibly, unbelievably popular as a trope. of course Lance gets shipped with Keith constantly.

IMO: kl@nce isn’t actually a rivalship. Lance considers Keith his rival, but Keith shows no particular recognition of Lance that way. Lance frequently provokes Keith in S1 & S2 and Keith reacts when sufficiently irked, rarely ‘starting it’ himself and being civil - friendly, even - when Lance isn’t sniping at him. Lance wants everything Keith seems to (effortlessly!) have, but Keith bears Lance no returning ill will except insomuch as Lance keeps attacking him for what Keith perceives to be no reason. But they do butt heads when Keith gets pissed and have opposing personalities and I know that’s enough for many people. 

Now I don’t ship it: rivalships aren’t my thing, and rivalships-that-aren’t-actually-rivalships are even less my thing. I’m sure a kl@nce fan could better tell you why they think kl@nce is a likely endgame. But I can see how people who love the pairing would get a lot of hope from the immediate softening that happened in season 3. Lance did a lot of off-screen growing, it seems: he’s able to put aside his jealousy of Keith to support him post-Shiro’s disappearance, and his decision to respect the Black Lion’s choice and accept that Keith will be leading the team from now on does away almost any reason they had to be antagonistic. Keith responds by warming up to Lance very quickly, and Lance is able to relax into doing what he does even better than before.

But there’s certainly fans who take that fast improvement a lot further than I think canon does.

(I’ll reassess when the main tension in Team Voltron isn’t between Keith and Shiro trying to negotiate their changing relationship dynamic as Keith rotates to leadership and Shiro wrestles his PTSD and injured self-worth.)

*I know the creative team mentioned wanting to have queer representation on the show but I will be quite shocked if it’s she1th or kl@nce. The show is rated TVY7 & the relationship focus is on found family, not romance; conservative parents are very sensitive to their kids being exposed to LGBT content ‘too early’; this isn’t the same directors as LoK, and both DW and Netflix aren’t especially ready to stick their necks out for queer rep. I’m betting on some side characters getting a nod or Coran alluding to a boyfriend back in the day or something.

[thesmollostbean3]

Hopes of Voltron Angst

So season 4 is rolling round and I wanted to make a post about what I want to see angst wise from Voltron in the future! 

Keith and Shiro argue, a lot. 

Shiro seems to be putting missions in front of people, something he wouldn’t usually do and something that is getting in the way of Keith leading the team. 

As in, everyone wants to trust Shiro but then someone gets really hurt or they end up unable to save the day and that fault lies directly on Shiro. 

Clone Shiro! Really want that to be a thing as the current Shiro very clearly is sentient and has feelings and memories. 

Clone Shiro dying for the Paladins who he thinks of as family even if he’s not their Shiro.

The consequences of war need to be addressed again. 

Homes destroyed, people enslaved, economies failing and death. 

Galra who don’t agree with the Empire and aren’t apart of the Blade feeling trapped in the lives they are forced to live at risk of death, experimentation and torture. 

Matt Holt and Shiro’s experiences with the Galra. 

The experimentation. 

The gladiator battles.

How far they had to lose who they were to survive. 

Matt having to fight in the Gladiator battles but never interacting with Shiro. 

Pidge being told Samuel Holt is dead and died not long after they were captured, before they were even being sent off to the arena. 

Shiro being able to pilot Black again. 

Lance being the odd Paladin out and running away, letting Allura pilot Blue because Allura is a prodigy Paladin in comparison to him. 

Lance breaking down, his insecurities and homesickness being too much for him to handle. 

Coran having a breakdown moment (guys he lost his entire planet) when he’s alone.

Seeing the Paladin’s with the scars they’ve collected. 

Having an episode dedicated to the family back on Earth and how they’re coping (poor Mrs Holt man…)

Lance freaking out when he has to set off an explosive on a mission. 

Hunk having to come to terms with how much he has changed as a person when he realises how far he is willing to go to save a planet. Even if it’s killing someone. 

Hunk cooking late at night because the nightmares are keeping him awake. 

Hunk creating weapons for the Blade an the conflict of creating weapons of destruction. 

Pidge wanting nothing more than to go home when she finds Matt. 

Allura following her arc about acceptance, racism and diplomacy to an end.  

Allura getting similar marks to Haggar after using too much magic to help everyone. 

Lotor and his Generals messing shit up. Capturing all or one of the Paladins yet not giving them over to Zarkon. Nothing canonically being confirmed about what happened in that time but you never see that character without their jacker/sleeves down again and they have PTSD. 

That character going to Shiro and having a bonding moment between Shiro and someone who (hopefully isn’t) Keith or Pidge. 

Someone getting previously injured, upping the stakes. 

Again it’s a war yet the last major injuries we had was Keith’s back in the Blade of Mamora episode (I guess Shiro was hurt in Season 3 however wasn’t that cauterised almost immediately?)

Just some of the angst I’m hoping to see before Voltron ends!

-Kae

[maychorian]

Weekly Voltron Fic Recs #55

Merry Christmas! For some reason I thought I already did list 55, but when I looked back at my tags I hadn’t yet. So yeah, this one is extra long, but that’s all to the good, hopefully.

Rules: You can find past weekly rec lists here, and non-list recs in my general fic rec tag. Also follow @maychorianrecs for individually tagged posts, the easier to search and reblog. This is stuff I like, and I have a huge bias toward Lance, hurt/comfort, and general fluff, in that order. Gen unless otherwise noted. Please comment on the fics if you read and enjoy them!

Paper Patience by isabeau25 Words: 1,483 Author’s Summary: Someone is making paper flowers for Pidge, and it takes her a while to figure out why. *Takes place during the beginning of season 3, while Shiro is still missing.* My Comments: Sweet and lovely. Pidge’s frustration and fear is understandable, and it’s very kind of her teammate to make this effort to soothe her.

Space Jellybeans by YukiSetsu Words: 2,274 Author’s Summary: Lance has trouble sleeping and seeks out help from Coran. He gets something to help him sleep, but his body reacts negatively, leaving Lance with little time to get help before it got worse. My Comments: Another great whumpfic. I’m getting so spoiled this Christmas season.

No Place Like Home For the Holidays (But Sometimes Home Isn’t a Place)by WildWolf25 Words: 7,329 Author’s Summary: After a rough battle, Team Voltron decides to set down on a safe, deserted planet to rest and let the castle’s defenses recover. And if that planet happens to be covered in snow, well, there’s no harm in having a little winter fun while they’re at it. (Written for Lórien for the Voltron Secret Santa event on tumblr. Happy holidays!) My Comments: Cute, cuddly winter vacation with Team Voltron, including snow fights, ugly sweaters, and a cuddle pile under the stars. Implied Polydins but reads as gen.

for lack of advice columnists by againstmygreeleaf Words: 5,798 Author’s Summary: Hunk isn’t sure when he noticed the rock, doesn’t recall noticing it at all. The rock is within reach and his bayard isn’t. My Comments: Fantastic Hunk whump, and fantastic exploration of the consequences of war and how that affects Hunk in particular. I loved the team taking care of Hunk, all in their own ways.

Keith’s ‘Physical Contact’ Initiation Program by alisayamin (sh_04e) Words: 26,522 Author’s Summary: Keith didn’t move and neither did Pidge. It was a little awkward until Keith finally said, “Maybe we could officially officiate this..?” “What do you mean?” “Fist me.” Pidge recoiled and sputtered, “Keith, what the f-” She was cut off by Shiro’s bellowing laughter from the observatory deck.With his straight face unchanged, Keith lowered his left hand with the stopwatch and lifted his right hand, fisted. Pidge actually sighed with so much relief, “OH. You mean fistbump! Right.” She slapped her forehead to remove the very very wrong image her imagination drew for her, “Holy shit, Keith, we need to work on that but yeah sure, I’d be honoured to officiate your physical contact program whatever.” Or That one time Coran realized Keith was too distant and decided to make him undergo the 'Physical Contact’ Initiation Program which then led to –> 5 times the paladins realized Keith was an actual cat. My Comments: A little over the top and a touch OOC, but if you’re in the mood for paladin cuddle puddles and platonic cuddling and hugs and affectionate touches and all that good stuff, this is very much the fic for you. It’s incredibly indulgent and cuddly and really scratches that itch. Mentions of past child abuse.

Flu Season by YukiSetsu Words: 2,099 Author’s Summary: Lance comes down with the flu before a mission. And although he tries to ignore it to do his job, it turns out to be a bad idea once things take a turn for the worst. My Comments: Delightful sickfic plus whump. Poor Lance, lucky us.

Hippo You’d Better Come Home by pinstripedJackalope Words: 3,847 Author’s Summary: What if Keith had a little stuffed hippo hidden in one of the pouches on his belt, you ask? This is your answer. My Comments: This is absolutely adorable. Keith’s generosity bites him, a little bit, but it was so cute to see the whole team appreciating his precious hippo, and the ending was lovely.

Little Princess by Eastofthemoon Words: 7,488 Author’s Summary: “It was that weird bracelet,” Lance snapped as he struggled to keep his voice down. “I found it on the shelf, handed it to Allura because it was sparkly and I know she likes that stuff, she puts it on,” he pointed to her with his thumb, “and wham! Next thing we knew she was a kid!” “I still find it weird the clothes shrunk with her,” Pidge whispered. “Pidge, that’s the least of our concerns right now,” Hunk stammered as he cupped a hand over his mouth. My Comments: Wonderful deaged Allura with tea parties, makeovers, and various messes. I loved how much Lance and Hunk got into it, with the other paladins dragged into things with varying degrees of acceptance, and poor Coran’s heart got a bit of a workout. So good.

Varadero by 5557 Words: 2,109 Author’s Summary: While on Vacation at Varadero beach, a restless Lance cannot sit still and sleep when all the adults are away and having fun. Something is out there, calling to him. And it might just be worth the trouble. My Comments: Beautiful, vivid and lush, this story transported me back to the joy and curiosity of childhood. Lance is a cutie pie, as always.

Stranger Danger by YukiSetsu Words: 2,768 Author’s Summary: Lance makes a new friend at the school pool, and the others feel something is… off. And although Lance initially brushes off the warnings, even he starts to notice that his friend might be a bit more dangerous than he expected. But by then, it’s a bit too late. My Comments: Dramatic without being cheesy and whumpy without being unbelievable, just the right mix for me. Naive Lance and protective-everyone-else is my jam.

Coming Home by Vialana Words: 4,211 Author’s Summary: After the battle, Keith needs to decompress. So do the other paladins. My Comments: Absolutely beautiful. I loved the way every teammate checked on Keith, all of the hugs and cuddling and touches were just lovely and wonderful. And the tears, too. Very warm and soft and healing. I love this a lot.

Slippery Steps And Broken Cups by YukiSetsu Words: 2,062 Author’s Summary: Modern College AU. Lance had been busy planning a big Christmas party with Hunk, Shiro, Pidge, and Keith, only to go missing on the special day. Keith goes to check in on him, and ends up having to deal with way more than he expected. My Comments: Dizzy Lance with a high fever and somewhat grumpy but concerned Keith. Absolutely delightful.

déjà vu by mangotangerine Words: 3,501 Author’s Summary: Team Voltron finds themselves trying to convince a previously unknown planet to join the Coalition but they’re having trouble - these new aliens won’t do anything unless their God ordains it. Enter Lance, who knows a bit more than he’s supposed to and doesn’t know why. My Comments: Interesting little Star Trek fusion (no knowledge of Star Trek is necessary). I really enjoyed the mystery, and I would love to read something much longer with this concept.

Ghosts of Christmas Past by Swump (Zelan) Words: 1,841 Author’s Summary: Pidge crash-lands in the middle of a blizzard, where the others can’t get to her, and must fend for herself until help arrives. My Comments: Great whump, great Hunk and Pidge at the end.

Below Freezing by YukiSetsu Words: 2,495 Author’s Summary: The Blue Lion crash lands on a planet with extremely cold temperatures, leaving the team in a race against time to get Lance out alive. Shiro risks going down before the snowstorm subsides to get to Lance faster, but even he can only hold out for so long. My Comments: This fic REALLY hit the sweet spot for me. Lance with hypothermia, Shiro huddling for warmth with him, and just a touch of angst. Perfection.

Taste of Home by umbraja Words: 2,402 Author’s Summary: “I don’t know, Lance. I think Pidge is right. Waffles are superior to pancakes,” Hunk’s gentle voice drifted through the door. “Traitor! How could you say that? And after having my abuela’s pancakes,” Lance gasped dramatically. Hunk started to reply but Pidge cut him off, “Because pancakes are just flat disks of cooked batter no matter who does the cooking while Waffles are a masterpiece of culinary engineering with built in pockets for holding syrup and a crisp shell for the perfect crunch. It’s just a superior design, Lance.” The Paladins are all homesick and banter about missed food puts Keith in a talking mood, even if it’s just to Shiro. Somewhat of a character study. Or - I might have grown up on a farm in the Panhandle (that’s north Texas, btw) and every now ‘n’ then I get a mite nostalgic. My Comments: Warm, soft, and melancholy. I love how Shiro draws Keith out to reminisce about things long gone, and Allura was a sweetheart, too, surrounded by homesick paladins and trying her best to understand.

a grass in the beginning by coyotesuspect Words: 5,308 Author’s Summary: Pidge starts a garden on the Castle of Lions. Or: seven conversations Pidge has while standing next to a tree. My Comments: Lovely, rich, and touching fic. All of Pidge’s conversations with the others are just right, and the descriptions are vivid and entrancing. This was relaxing and warming to read.

Eat In Moderation, Kids by YukiSetsu Words: 2,013 Author’s Summary: Lance loves Hunk’s food, and for good reason. But when one Christmas cookie baking session gets out of hand, Lance bites off more than he can chew and his stomach suffers the consequences. Luckily, he doesn’t have to deal with it alone. My Comments: Sometimes it nice to have a problem that’s not that big of a deal, but everyone pitches in to help, anyway.

Rational Paranoia by TheQueen Words: 1,886 Author’s Summary: A story of Lance and Pidge, crashed on a hostile planet, waiting. My Starboy: A Lance Zine piece My Comments: Painful, but very well-written. I hope they get rescued soon. Tagged as possible romance but reads platonic to me.

Even Space Can Be Warmed Up By Christmas by YukiSetsu Words: 2,391 Author’s Summary: Lance leads preparations for a Christmas celebration on the Castle, only to be sidetracked by a bad fever on the big day. Nevertheless, he wants to continue with the party. My Comments: This has just about everything I love, fluff and team bonding and Lance getting sick and being cared for and loved. So very heartwarming. It was like drinking hot chocolate.

Learning Curve by psyraah Words: 2,498 Author’s Summary: The Galaxy Garrison has a name for training some of the best and the brightest. It’s rough, tough, and many would agree not an all together pleasant experience. Lance, Katie, and Hunk can all attest to that. The Paladins of Voltron are legendary, unmatched in their intellect and fighting prowess, and the only hope against the Galra Empire. Everything the Garrison should have trained them for. But Lance, Pidge, and Hunk know that there’s something that the Garrison didn’t teach them, something that took being light years from home for the three of them to understand: Heart. My Comments: Wonderful character study of Hunk, Pidge, and Lance and how they handle failure both at the Garrison in the past and now as part of the Voltron team. It’s great to see how much they’ve grown. And how much they trust each other.

What Keeps Him Whole by LightPinkTheColorOfMyAura Words: 6,398 Author’s Summary: Lance struggles in space. He knows that he is doing good by being part of the Voltron team, but everything is just constantly moving, difficult, and unrelenting. He’s tired. He doesn’t know what’s keeping him going anymore. My Comments: A little over the top and the writing’s a little rough, but this is a great scenario for Lance angst with lovely team comfort. Klance.

Five Stages of Grief by Sandyclaws68 Words: 5,058 Author’s Summary: There are five stages to the grieving process, but when you’re consistently lied to about your brothers’ “deaths” you might just get stuck in anger. My Comments: Great characterization and plot, and I loved the relationship between Pidge and Keith and Pidge and her mom.

Detonate by IcyPanther for heyheroics Words: 9,824 Author’s Summary: “Keith, please,” Lance pleaded, voice breaking. “They can’t lose you too.” / A routine mission takes a deadly turn. There are but literal ticks counting down until the end and Keith has a decision to make: leave Lance behind so he can escape or go down with him? It’s a good thing Keith is so stubborn. / Gen fic, Langst, whump My Comments: Excellent scenario, excellent whump, excellent protective Keith, excellent platonic Keith and Lance, it’s just all good. This one really kept me on the edge of my seat.

The Sound of Family by Anonymous Words: 8,623 Author’s Summary: As Keith swung the weapon in his hand, which he quickly realised was a bayard, it transformed. But instead of the usual comfortable weight of a blade, he felt the weapon tip forward, completely unbalanced. He made a noise of surprise, only to notice this voice was too high-pitched, too smooth to be his own. He looked down and saw blue armour instead of his black suit and in his right hand was a red rifle. “Keith?” he heard his own voice say. The figure tried to crouch but fell down with a grunt. “Keith, buddy, is that you?” His vision refocused and when he was able to see clearly again, he found himself gazing into his own… eyes? “Who are you?” he demanded. [When Keith and Lance accidentally swap bodies, hidden scars and wounds, both literal and metaphorical, are revealed and the two boys realise that there are some things that really shouldn’t be avoided any longer.] My Comments: I’d never thought about the fact that if a body swap happened, the brain chemistry would stay with the brain, not the mind. So what if there was a body swap and one of the bodies had depression? Great concept, explored very well. I love Keith and Lance’s mutual comfort and protectiveness. It was a fun scenario and a sweet fic. Ambiguous Klance, can be read as gen. Mentions of past child abuse.

each a perfect porcelain doll by panaili Words: 42,634 Author’s Summary: A new mission presents Team Voltron with the opportunity to get important information about Galra movements. Unfortunately, in order to successfully pull it off, Allura needs to be in two places at once: both shape-shifting to sneak into an alien server room and acting diplomatically as the Princess of Altea. Luckily, even though she is only one able to pull off the shape-shifting infiltration, disguising one of the paladins as the Altean princess should be much easier. [Set Season 2 at some point maybe] My Comments: This is everything I could have wanted from the premise of Pidge dressing up like Allura to fool an alien race. There’s bonding, fluff, whump, hurt/comfort, great action scenes and thrilling rescues, and, of course, Disney movies. This one grabbed me from the beginning and pulled me right along, and I loved it.

Earth, Meet Voltron by Gods_Writing_Fan Words: 2,181 Author’s Summary: What happens when the paladins try to warn Earth of an incoming attack? They freak out the entire population! Also, Lance gets to see his family again. My Comments: Packed full of emotion in not many words. I hope Lance gets to see his mom like this someday and give her a big hug and explain what he’s been up to.

What Not to Do in Chemistry Lab by Engineer104 Words: 2,458 Author’s Summary: Hunk’s to-do list for this semester consists of only one thing: making sure Lance doesn’t kill himself - and Hunk - in lab…and passes organic chemistry My Comments: Fluffy little modern AU in which Hunk is both amused and horrified by Lance’s shenanigans and Pidge mostly snarks from the side. Some hints of background romance of the college hookup variety, but the relationships on page are gen.

Interlude by LittleWhiteTie Words: 4,123 Author’s Summary: “Where are you going?” Keith asks, just barely catching Shiro before he collapses. “My room, or just… not here. Please.” Shiro should probably stay here in the infirmary where he can be monitored, but his eyes are pleading. “Alright,” Keith concedes. “But I’m not leaving you alone.” – In which Keith takes care of Shiro after The Journey. My Comments: So soft and indulgent and comforting to read, ahh, I love it, and something like this DEFINITELY happened in the gap between those episodes. Tagged as either romantic or platonic, but it did not ping me as romantic at all, just very intimate and brotherly.

Blood Brother, Space Brother by wingedflower Words: 4,826 Author’s Summary: (taking place around mid-season 4) Pidge has finally found her brother and Lance was happy for her, he truly was. But after filling the role of her big brother for so long, he couldn’t help but feel like he was… left out. My Comments: This fic literally made me cry, which is exceedingly rare. Lance’s feelings of loneliness and loss were so vivid that I felt them in my stomach as well as my chest. It’s all resolved beautifully, but yeah. Wow. This hit my buttons super hard. Going into my personal favorites.

Daily Interlude by Vialana Words: 1,540 Author’s Summary: “I need a hug.” Keith paused, spoonful of goo halfway to his mouth, and stared at Pidge. My Comments: Very cute and funny, with a touch of sweetness. Tagged Klance, but can be read as gen.

Previously Recced Fics That Updated:

Little Crystals (13555 words) As Color Fades Away (237268 words) The Purity of Sin (41134 words) Back from the Edge (5074 words) Taking One For The Team (38446 words)

[lordofthebigtimesupernatural]

Hello! Would you write 20 year old Keith, no longer living with shiro (because college) going back for a weekend and getting sick/hurt and his father takes care of him and reminisces about Keith's childhood?

Hello there! Thank you for your patience and I had a lot of fun with this one. Poor Keith is homesick and Shiro is reminiscing about Keith’s childhood. Hopefully, this is the start of a roll and I can get out a bunch of asks. Thanks for sending this prompt nonny! Enjoy!

x.V.x

              Keith was a perfectly independent man at the fresh age of twenty-five.

              He was halfway through getting a teaching degree in college. He had his own apartment and he even had a boyfriend, who seemed to be sticking around. He paid his bills, received benefits from his military service, walked his dog and made dinner all by himself.

              In fact, Keith had been an independent man since returning home from service at twenty-three. He had only spent about six months at his dad’s place before moving into the dorms (which had been a complete nightmare).

              All in all, Keith was an independent man who did not need a parent to take care of him.

              Or, that’s what he kept telling himself.

              Life was good; it really was. His boyfriend was in the top five sweetest people in Keith’s life next to his father and his dad. He was just beginning to understand that this relationship might just be what love was like. His dog was great (even if he missed Red with all of his heart), school wasn’t too much of a challenge and he even had a small job as a teaching assistant at a dance studio.

              His choice in careers had been rather shocking to everyone. Everyone, even Shiro, had expected Keith to become a pilot of some sort. So, they were rather shocked when Keith announced that he wanted to become a dancing instructor. Better yet, Keith wanted to become a dancing instructor for kids with special needs or disabilities. However, everyone had supported Keith’s decision, especially Lance who was always telling Keith to let him know when Keith decided to open his own studio, and Lance would become his business partner in a heartbeat.

              Life was good, but Keith often found himself missing his old life from time to time. He missed his father’s constant presence. He missed the smell of fresh coffee in the morning, even if he despised coffee himself. He missed his grandparents coming over almost every day and annoying his father to no end. This was what it was like to be homesick.

              Keith’s shoulders slumped in realization. He was homesick.          

              His dad wasn’t really all that far away. He was about six hours or so from where his dad still lived. It was a bit much to try and drive home at 2pm. Besides, his dad didn’t need to be bothered with these silly worries that Keith had. He knew that he had to simply grow up. He couldn’t rely on his dad forever.

              So Keith continued on, not finding the time to take a trip down to his childhood home, to visit his dad, for several weeks. The more and more that Keith went on, the more stressed he was becoming. His moods were slowly dropping, despite his friends’ and boyfriend’s attempts at cheering him up. It was getting harder and harder to keep his sadness at bay. He found his insomnia beginning to return and his appetite decreasing.

              Even Keith’s students at the studio had noticed his sudden depressed moods and while their attempts at cheering up their teaching assistant were adorable, even they couldn’t keep a smile on Keith’s face for long.

              It was then that his boyfriend knew he had to do something. Something to bring back that spark in Keith’s eyes. Quietly, he slipped out of the room during one of the rare chances where Keith had managed to fall asleep, due to exhaustion, before dialing a familiar number on his phone.

              “Takashi? Hi, I think we need to talk.”

x.V.x

              “Keith, you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.” Shiro was smiling despite his words. He resisted the urge to take even more pictures than he already had. Keith was already plenty embarrassed for a ten-year-old. On the ground, from where he was pouting, Keith crossed his arms over his chest and merely sighed loudly. Beside him, Lance giggled but continued with his stretches.

              “Yeah, Mr. Grumpy pants. If you wanna do ballet, you gotsta loosen up. You’re too stiff when you’re grumpy.” Lance announced after he finished stretching. His own leotard was a deep, royal blue with lots of sparkles and glitter adoring it. Lance looked absolutely drop-dead, adorable in his leotard. It was fairly obvious that he was far more comfortable in the ballet studio than Keith was, and that this was his element. Shiro always remembered watching Lance’s gymnastic performances and he had to admit that the kid had talent.

              “No. I’m here and that’s enough,” Keith grumbled, not bothering to move from where he had planted himself on the floor, even when the teacher had arrived. His own leotard was plain black, without any sparkles or added to it. Just the way that Keith liked it. It was looser than what most dancers would have worn, but Keith vehemently refused a skin-tight suit.

              Lance rolled his eyes but Shiro was surprised when Lance didn’t fire back an argument. Instead, he smiled slightly and headed over to the teacher with a bright smile. The other children all flocked to the beautiful dancer, and even Shiro smiled in greeting to her, but Keith was seated firmly on the ground.

              Sighing, Shiro knelt down.

              “Hey buddy, you don’t have to sign up for ballet if you don’t like it,” Shiro said softly, as he tried to get Keith’s attention. Keith puffed his cheeks out in a pout and shook his head. “Come on buddy, it’ obvious that you’re very uncomfortable and that you don’t like this. We can go home, before class starts. How about that? You and I can go home and cuddle up with Red and watch movies on the couch?”

              For a brief moment, Keith looked as if he really wanted to go with Shiro, but in the end, he shook his head once more. “No daddy, I can’t.”

              Feeling like this was going to take a while, Shiro finally sat down on his butt. “How come baby?” He gently stroked a finger up and down Keith’s cheek. For a split second, Keith’s eyes glanced over at Lance and Shiro almost thought the worst.

              Could his baby boy, have a crush on Lance? Was he doing all this to impress a crush?

              Shiro was too young to be worrying about boyfriends. Keith was too young.

              “Lance really likes ballet, and he’s been wanting to try it,” Keith mumbled quietly as he fiddled with his thumbs. Shiro felt his heartbeat beginning to pick up in speed. “But some kids at school were making fun of him for it. Said it was for stupid girls. Not boys.” Keith admitted quietly and suddenly Shiro’s heart began to crack. Oh.

              “They made Lance really sad and he didn’t want to be the only boy, in case they were right, so that’s why I gotta do this daddy,” Finally, Keith looked up at Shiro and Shiro was stunned at the fire and passion in his son’s eyes. It made Shiro fall in love with his son all over again. “So Lance won’t be alone and he can be happy, and to show those dummies that ballet can be for boys too.”

              “Oh, my little star,” Shiro beamed proudly at his son, before scooping Keith up into his arms. “You have no idea how big your heart is. Never, ever, lose your heart baby, no matter what happens, okay?”

              Keith giggled as he tried to wiggle out of his dad’s arms. “Okay, daddy.” The two sat in a quiet embrace until the teacher began to call for her students. Keith wriggled some more. “Daddy, I gotta go. Put me down now.” Reluctantly, Shiro put his son down with a kiss on his forehead before Keith was walking over to Lance and the other kids.

              Never lose your love, Keith.

x.V.x

              Shiro smiled to himself at the memory that had come to mind as he leaned against the wall outside of the rehearsal room. Of course, only once Keith was old enough did he and Shiro have a good laugh on how ballet was not Keith’s thing. Though, it had been the start of Keith’s passion for music and eventually led him to other forms of dance that Keith enjoyed much more.

              After receiving the call from Keith’s boyfriend, Shiro had packed up for a weekend trip to his son’s home the very next day and left bright and early in the morning. He’d been dying for a reason to visit Keith or have Keith visit him, after not seeing his son for nearly six months straight. Shiro knew that as Keith got older their time together wouldn’t be as much as it was when Keith was a child.

              He grew homesick without his son, despite staying home.

              Apparently, Shiro hadn’t been the only one and upon hearing of Keith’s sadness, he was ready to drop everything.

              He’d gotten into town about an hour ago and after dropping off his stuff at Keith’s and welcoming Keith’s boyfriend with a hug, Shiro had driven all the way to the studio where Keith taught at. Granted, Shiro was aware that Keith was a teacher assistant and while he had seen pictures and some videos, he had never seen Keith teach in person.

              Before greeting Keith, Shiro wanted to take a few moments to observe his son and watch him. To see the man that his little boy had grown up into.

x.V.x

              “No Daddy,”

              “No?” Shiro sighed tiredly. It was late in the evening and Keith still wasn’t in bed. Keith’s bedtime had passed about three hours ago, and the boy had yet to even get into his bed.

              “Daddy, no,” Keith repeated. His butt was firmly on the ground, and his face set into a pout. He was missing his pajama pants but Shiro had managed to wrangle a shirt on him. Keith had been learning to become very vocal since uttering his first words a little over a month ago. Before Keith barely even breathed too loud but now he was talking every day and while Shiro was thrilled with happiness that Keith was talking, Keith’s favorite words seemed to be “Daddy” and “No.”

              Not only that, but Keith’s sentences can still sometimes be frazzled and Shiro didn’t always understand what Keith was saying which frustrated Keith.

              “Keith, you know that bedtime was at eight o’clock,” Shiro tiredly explained to the four-year-old. “And what time is it now?”

              “No time daddy!” Keith shrieked. Shiro winced, forcing himself to take in a deep breath. He had expected outbursts and tantrums like this. Of course, he did. That’s how kids worked. Keith might be one of the most well-behaved children that Shiro ever knew (and no, of course, he wasn’t biased) but even Keith wasn’t immune to temper tantrums and fits.

              “No, Keith’s it’s past eleven o’clock,” Shiro said firmly, hands on his hips when Keith slapped the floor. “Way past your bedtime mister. Past daddy’s bedtime too.”

              “No,” Keith slapped the floor again. “No. No. No.”

              Sighing, Shiro bent down to pick Keith off the floor, only for Keith to meltdown in a fit of screaming and crying. His heart would twinge with every shriek, but he was honestly just so exhausted right now. Keith must be tired.

              “Keith, no. Don’t hit people.” Shiro grunted when Keith whacked at his head. He managed to grab Keith’s arms only for Keith to continue to scream and cry before going limp in Shiro’s arms.

              “It’s time for bed, honey, you’re exhausted.” Shiro pleaded tiredly one more time. Keith’s cries only increased in volume, but he remained limp in Shiro’s arms.

              “No, no, no. Bed, no. Time, no.” Keith hiccupped. Shiro wouldn’t have been able to understand Keith on a regular day, but when his brain was fried with exhaustion and he was covered in tears and snot, he didn’t have a chance.

              Eventually, Shiro sat down heavily on Keith’s bed and began humming. He closed his eyes, beyond exhausted as he hummed alongside Keith’s cries. Until, eventually, all that Shiro could hear was his own humming. Shiro glanced down at Keith with one eye open and nearly sagged in relief upon seeing Keith asleep.

              Finally.

              As careful and as quietly as he could, Shiro tucked Keith into his bed (forgoing the pants for one night) and crept out of Keith’s room. He practically faceplanted into his bed out of exhaustion.

              Don’t worry Keith, the sun comes after the rain.

x.V.x

              That hadn’t been Keith’s first or his last meltdown. But after each and every one of them, there was always smiles and laughter.

              Shiro smiled even wider at the thoughts in his head while watching Keith with his students. Shiro could clearly see that Keith’s smile was fake and that he wasn’t putting his all into the lesson, but despite his own inner turmoil, he was extremely attentive to each and every student. Any time one of them asked for his help, Keith gave them his whole attention and made sure to keep helping them until they no longer needed it. He constantly praised the form, routines, and looks of all the students.

              Shiro was so proud to call Keith his son.

              In the next second, Keith glanced up from his students to look through the window where most of the parents were waiting for the lesson to end when his heart stopped upon seeing his dad. He had to blink several times just to be sure that his dad wasn’t a trick of the light.

              However, the longer that his dad stayed the waterier his eyes became.

              His dad was here. He’d come when Keith had needed him.

              Quickly, he turned back to his student, embarrassed, and refused to cry in front of them. This left Shiro laughing quietly to himself.

              x.V.x

              “Keith, what do you want to be when you grow up?”

              “A dog-training, fire-breathing, astronaut pilot, for the army!”

              “…wow, that sure is…a job.”

              “Or I’ll just be daddy.”

              “Like me?”

              “Yeah. Being daddy sounds great. You were the best.”

              “Aww, Keith. I’m so touched.”

              “Yep, ‘cept I won’t have a lame-ass haircut as you.”

              “Keith! Language!”

              “But daddy, that’s what Uncle Kuro and Antok always say. I agree, but Uncle Kuro’s hair is just as bad too.”

              “Can’t argue with that.”

x.V.x

              “What are you doing here?”

              “You know a, “Hi Dad, it’s so great to see you, wait how about a hug,’ would have been just as nice too.” Shiro chuckled while Keith glared at him. “You were really good out there. Those kids love you and you really help kids that other people don’t know how to help.”

              A small blush slipped over Keith’s cheeks at the praise and Shiro beamed. “But I missed you. It’s been over half a year since your last visit! Besides, I wanted to see how you and your man were settling into your new place.” Shiro smirked, wiggling his eyebrows and Keith rolled his eyes. He playfully punched Shiro’s shoulders before waving goodbye to his instructor and the kids.

              “So you were lonely?” Keith asked, refusing to admit that it had been his fault that Shiro had come up for a visit.

              “Yeah. Can you blame me? My friends are all out of town on a camping trip and Uncle Kuro is traveling overseas, and my only baby boy is six hours from me. Plus, it’s embarrassing to go to my parents’ house every day at my age. I’m beginning to think they’re cleaning up my old room for me to move back into.” Shiro shuddered to himself and Keith snickered.

              “You wouldn’t be able to fit in that racecar bed.” Keith chuckled causing Shiro to laugh.

              “I’ll have you know that it was a limited edition, giant lion robot warrior that defended the universe from evil aliens.”

              “Dad.”

              “Yeah?”

              “Thanks.”

              “Anytime sweetheart, anytime.”