#hunk big bang 2018

[calibratingentropy]

Finished fic for WIP Big Bang

Story Title: The Rites of Courtship Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14355651/chapters/33135639 Summary:

During the raid on the Galactic Hub, Keith is captured alongside Allura. Trapped amid a multitude of Galra who think Keith smells like sex and have every intention of forcibly taking what they want, Keith has to rely on the one Galra soldier who seems to want to help him. Choosing a consort through an ancient Galran rite is much better than the alternative, but it still means sex with a virtual stranger that Keith isn't sure he can trust. This is just a temporary thing until his friends can arrive to help him escape; Keith can do this. (He's really not sure he can do this.)

Warnings: Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Past Attempted Rape/Non-Con, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Mildly Dubious Consent, Alien Biology, Alien Culture, Alien Cultural Differences, Alien Gender/Sexuality, Alien Sex, Alien Rituals, Imprisonment, Alternate Universe, Keith has Galra Reproductive Anatomy, Keith Believes He's Intersex, Scents & Smells, Scent Kink, Keith and Shiro are Adoptive Siblings, Possible Mpreg, Keith has Three Parents, Quad-sexed Ovoviviparous Marsupial Galra Characters: Keith, Thace, Allura, Trugg, Throk, Original Galra characters, Zarkon, Hunk, Lance, Shiro, Pidge, Coran, Ulaz Pairings: Keith/Thace When I Started: 4/18/2018 How I Finished My Shit: The WIP Big Bang helped me find the motivation to finish!

[linabeanwrites]

Ship Of Fools

Pairings: Hunk/Keith/Allura Rating: Teen And Up Word Count: 25k Chapters: 11 Summary: Hunk had known he was bisexual pretty much all his life, and being on an Alien Space-Castleship had only made that more evident to him. Not that he had gotten the courage to ask either Keith or Allura out, and by time he had gotten the courage to ask them - they were dating each other. So, when they both tell him that they want to date him, he’s more than a little confused, but willing to learn. Read It Here 

This is my Piece for the @hunkbigbang! It was such a fun fic to work on and I love the art that @ladymac111-draws did for Chapters 4 and 8, which you can see here. I also had @madame-kiksters as a Beta and they did a phenomenal job in helping me correct the wording within my fic. They were both such darlings to work with and kept me very motivated during this journey. I hope you all enjoy my fic! Updates will be once every two days until all 11 chapters are posted!

[write-my-dreams]

The Haunting of Takashi Shirogane 1/5

Since the Voltron Halloween Big Bang is now unmoderated, I’ve decided to post this fic chapter by chapter on a weekly basis. Title: The Haunting of Takashi Shirogane Author: write-my-dreams Beta: Blip (will update with tumblr) Artists: @semesadique @ghostremnant Pairing: Sheith, one-sided Allurance (minor), platonic Klance Warning: Mentions of suicide (from the ghosts) Summary: Psychic medium Keith and his friend/partner, Lance, are full-time students and part-time paranormal investigators. When Lance's good friend Shiro confesses his ghostly problems to him, Lance goes to Keith for help. After Keith meets Shiro and hears his story, he's determined to do whatever he can to help him.

Read it on Ao3

[whumptimebaby]

Writing Practice??

Y'know, there aren't very many writing drills that I do, but if I'm bored I will do random writing practice, and today I stood in a lot of lines, sooo

I thought I'd share! Even though this little blurb doesn't have anything to do with any of my wips, it is still part of my process, and it's my blog I'm gonna subject you to the bits of narration I wrote today 👺

It's unfinished, unedited, boring, mediocre, and authentic! I think that's something that is important to share. I'm not like, a big-shot author by any means, but I know there are people who like what I create, and get inspired to create from reading my fics (and that means everything to me, it makes me really emotional just to think about 🥲), and I think it's important when you're in a position like that to show the mediocre, the unpolished, the things that you aren't proud of, because in all honesty, most of what I write is absolute unusable garbage! And that's okay!

Anyways, the writing is below the cut!

After feebly (read unsuccessfully) trying to figure out if Hellevator had different ride cycles, they took to using their phone timer. The only thing that *could* be different was the time the ride waited before launching up, and the time that the ride waited before dropping.

It was a good pastime while they cooled off, and waited for the tiny nibblings of food they'd consumed to settle before catching another ride. They wanted to hit the new one at some point, and maybe (finally) catch a ride on the drop tower in question, but for now, to ease their drop tower anxiety, they would time it.

Operations were slow, and time between cycles was long, so they found themselves waiting a significant amount of time.

All things considered though, the park wasn't too busy. Definitely nowhere to sit, but that didn't matter too much.

For the second time in a row, the ride dropped after eleven seconds. They would wait one more time though, just to make sure.

If the log flume was open, the cooling off thing would have been a lot easier, and a lot quicker. Just grab a ride and you're soaked, but it hadn't opened for the season yet.

They thought about the other rides they wanted to hit. Kettle Creek Mine Ride was the only coaster worth riding (that was open anyway), and it definitely wasn't something they wanted to miss.

That made their current list Hellevator, Kettle Creek Mine Ride, and the new flat ride they'd added this year.

The new ride stuck out like a soar thumb, sleek and colourful in a park full of old charm. That didn't matter too much though. It looked like a cool ride. Each car fit a single rider, and after watching it cycle a few times earlier in the day, it looked pretty intense. The bright purple, orange, and pink gave it a mystical, almost fire-like glow in the beating sun.

Another cycle of Hellevator, another elevens seconds, and they knew all that they needed to. They were still gonna put it off, but that was a later issue. For now, they were gonna check if that new ride was open.

It wasn't. They'd have to check back in later.

So they rode SBF Visa Figure Eight coaster, which had much more kick than anything by SBF Visa should. It was themed to ladybugs, and they wondered who's idea it was to theme hell itself to something as innocent as a cute insect.

Intense was not the right word for the coaster. It wasn't intense, it was uncomfortable. For a 2018 addition, it had no right to be as rough as it was, nor did a ride without over the shoulder restraints have the right to have a head banging problem.

After leaving the satan-spawned hunk of metal behind, they passed Hellevator again (no they didn't, they just chickened out of riding it... again), and got in line for Kettle Creek Mine Ride. A backseat ride was about the closest thing to a solid coaster experience as they were getting.

Just to their right stood the glorious, beautiful, wild wooden coaster. She was gorgeous, and easily the best attraction at the tiny amusement park. Maybe the best in all of of western Canada.

But it wasn't operating that day, so they were stuck with the tiny mine train. The line of which moved at a snail's pace.

That's what happened when coasters only run one train. The only redeeming factor was the single position lap bars, allowing for some killer ejector if you got lucky enough to sit in the back.

To make matters even more irritating, the group behind them knew absolutely nothing of what they were talking about.

They tried to be patient with people who didn't know better, they really did. The three guys behind them were intimidated by rides meant to look intimidating. Where was the harm in that?

It still got under their skin though. Maybe it was the heat, the sun laid a thick sheet of warmth on the back of their neck like an unwanted breath, that was probably the real reason they were annoyed. Alas, the guys blabbered on about how The Beast was a ride to be feared, when it was arguably less intense than the coaster they were in line for.

Luckily for them, being a single rider not only cut their time in line short, but also landed them their favourite seat. Maybe being at a park full of people who aren't enthusiasts was a good thing. Listening to people calling a flat ride a coaster? Annoying sure, but in the grand scheme, sitting in the back was well worth it.

With a whole one of their goal rides behind them, they were a little discouraged. Hellevator wasn't getting less nerve-wracking, and the new ride, newly discovered to be named Sky-something-or-other, still wasn't operating.

They took a seat near the restaurant, in the shade, but also in a spot where they couldn't see either attraction. They were starting to doubt they were ever gonna get to Hellevator. Maybe it was just a ride that they needed a friend for. Maybe that wasn't something to be ashamed of.

It wasn't a safety issue. They knew everything about the intimin drop tower that stood before them. It was the anticipation that killed them.

Sitting, waiting for the ride to launch up, and then sitting, waiting for the ride to drop.

If there was none of that, they'd be fine! Somewhere not so far back in their mind, they understood that it wasn't all that different from a lift hill.

Except on a lift hill, you know exactly how much further you have to go before you drop. Even knowing the amount of time it took to launch on Hellevator, they couldn't count reliably enough to eradicate the "oh my god, when's it gonna drop?" thorn in their brain.

They would come back another time, and ride Hellevator with a hype man. Yeah. That would work. A hype man who could count to eleven consistently.

With that, they were left to rerides, or maybe food? They were finally starting to cool down enough to actually feel hungry.

And in all honesty, with the new ride still not operating and the wooden coaster down for maintenance, they didn't really have much interest in rerides anyway. Maybe it was time to wrap it up? Grab some mini donuts and call their ride?

Their ride was still an hour away, go figure.

They watched The Beast cycle. The line was significantly longer than the twenty minute wait they'd been in earlier in the day. If they had one piece of advice for people coming to this park for the first time, it would be to hit The Beast first, because no matter how long the line is at opening, it would triple by the end of the day.

The Beast was easily the best flat ride at the park, no questions asked. It was worth a ride, just maybe not a two hour wait to get on.

It was a pendulum ride, one of their favourite models. They never understood what made pendulum rides scary to the general public, even back when they weren't an enthusiast. To them, it was barely different from a big swing. The sensation of the air hitting their face, the slight floater airtime when you reach the highest point, it just wasn't a particularly rough or fast ride.

[into-the-afterlife]

Why I Ship Johnny/Female V: Part 1

[Part 1] [Part 2]

When I write shippy fanfic, particularly shippy fanfic about a non-canonical pairing, I like to write up a document like this to keep my thoughts about them together. I thought you guys might be interested in reading Fun/Obsessive Character Analysis, so I’m popping it on here. 

I approach shipping from a transformative perspective. That is to say, I’m not interested in arguing over who the ‘true’ pairing is or what the creators got ‘wrong’. For the narrative and tone that Cyberpunk 2077 has, it makes much more sense for Johnny and V to have a platonic bond than a romantic one, within the constraints of canon. What I am interested in is shipping as possibility. Canon is a bucket of Lego, and I am a sticky-fingered child ready to mash all the mismatching pieces together and see what happens. Canon is a treasure chest, and I am a pirate who wants to fish through the jewels and see what sets my imagination on fire. If canon offers me a self-destructive, gloriously beautiful hot mess to play with, then by God, I’m going to play with him. ;)

I started this thinking it would be a quick little piece of meta, and then it pretty much exploded. So I’m splitting this meta into a few parts, and I’ll link them all to each other as they go up. Click the readmore for Part the First: 

Johnny is canonically bi. Why aren’t you interested in shipping Johnny/Male V?

Interesting question, hypothetical questioner that I’ve made up for the purposes of this essay! There’s a few reasons for this, but I’ll get the big one out of the way first.

Male V’s English-language voice actor sucks ass.

Now, perhaps that’s not an entirely fair statement. Gavin Drea is one of my countrymen, after all, and shouldn’t I be banging the drum of national pride that an Irishman has made it to the world stage? But that’s exactly what’s holding him back.

You see, he plays V with a neutrally American accent. See the 2018 trailer for one such example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjxS9ciNlII

But his natural accent sounds more like this (skip to 1:22):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M51U9UbCgs8

As you can see, that’s a huge linguistic gap. Drea has completely transformed his voice to play V. For the most part, he does it valiantly enough, only letting the occasional syllable wobble back towards his real voice. But the transformation comes at a cost, and that cost is a three-dimensional performance. Male V spends most of the game sounding flat, bored or occasionally mildly scoffing. His interactions with Johnny come off as less complex relationship born of circumstance and more half-hearted pissing match.

Compare, oh, all of male V’s performance to just one line by Cherami Leigh, the English-language female V, and actual goddess of voice acting (skip to 0:05):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg2tnFr8SAc

This is one routine line from one routine side quest, written to show that V is snarky and daring. But listen to how she delivers it. Her tone backs up the writing, sure, but it also depicts V as energetic, too impulsive for her own good – and also bluffing to perhaps cover some nerves. There’s an investment in Leigh’s performance that’s missing from Drea’s – an investment in the world around her, and real energy and fire put into her interactions. When fictional relationships fascinate me, they fascinate me because of that kind of energy. I love ships where, no matter how much the characters insist otherwise, their energy is put first and always towards each other. And that’s exactly what Leigh’s lines deliver.

There’s also elements of Johnny’s characterisation that don’t make him and a male V feel like a realistic couple for me. My personal interpretation of Johnny is that, while he’s open about his love for Latino hunks’ cheeks, he still has some lingering internalised queerphobia. Here’s why:

Johnny is a guy who acts and talks Like A Man (TM). He puts a lot of pride in his ability to fight, in his swagger and his daring, his ability to ‘get girls’. These traits are morally neutral, and it’s not a bad thing to be proud of them in and of themselves. But it’s clear that Johnny draws a lot of his self-esteem from living up to an ideal of masculinity, and putting down any traits in himself or others that don’t match that ideal.

Canonically, Johnny was born in the late 80s. He remembers a world where any semblance of liking men whatsoever made you a pansy, a pussy, a flaming queer. And that doesn’t just go away because you woke up fifty years into the future.

So Johnny is deeply invested in a model of masculinity that violently excludes the possibility of being attracted to men. He also grew up in a much more queerphobic time. Taken together, it makes sense that he’d be repressed, if not totally alienated, from the truth of his sexuality.

But what about that ‘Latino hunks’ comment, though?

Here’s what I think. Johnny is dealing with his bisexuality in a way that’s unfortunately all too common, where you tell yourself you might want a quick fuck with your own gender, but you can only truly love the opposite sex. Male strippers are fine for Johnny both because it’s casual, and because he gets to stay dominant. But Kerry was a threat not because ‘he had a dick’, but because he represented the possibility of having a meaningful, loving relationship with another man.  (This is something I plan on exploring a lot in fanfic, by the way).

Johnny grows and develops a lot through the course of the game. But I don’t see him getting past that particular roadblock by the time the ending rolls around. Even if he did have romantic feelings for male V, he’s not going to admit it to himself. While he can admit that he regrets not fucking Kerry, Johnny’s spent the whole game jostling competitively with another man. And he can’t dismiss male V as a permanent bottom or a pussy. 

Up next: delving into deeper character analysis of Johnny, Feelings about M/F couples in fiction and how V is written.

[Part 1] [Part 2]

[echotovalley]

so because I’m taking a writing break but still super needy

I figured I would post this outline for a pokemon au that I’m never going to write. it’s basically notes from a conversation I had back in early 2018? Imagine my surprise going back now and realizing this might read much like Detective Pikachu - cubone is just my favorite pokemon

***before we get into anything please know that while I play pgo and I’ve learned LOTS of new pokemon, I’m still the most familiar and attached to the og 150 + 1. I also probably get a lot of canon pokemon rules and history wrong but my heart is in the right place

reblogs appreciated! | come talk at me about your thoughts or literally anything

premise: keith might not be a pokemon person

but pokemon are definitely a keith person

- for unknown reasons keith docks in cuba, he's kind of just been getting work and moving moving always moving because one place never works out for long. pokemon are everywhere but it's not his thing.

it never happened for him besides why would he make an animal be saddled with him? there's no stability there. and again, he's always moving. through so many different regions.

he doesn't have the heart to yank a sandshrew onto a barge across the atlantic or a charmander up the northeast coast of the US. he can barely take care of himself. and it's weird by now. to not have a pokemon by now. they were everywhere and so normalized.

they were part of everyday school curriculum and even in hospitals and rescue stations. which is another reason why he never stayed in one place very long because not having a pokemon didn't incite people to trust you.

bc even team rocket (team rocket still sounds so much better than team galra but team rocket is the galra) had pokemon that bonded and trusted them.

he gets a room and some horrible job on the coast and basically just gets by. tries not to cause trouble or get caught or encourage rattatas or a caterpie to follow him home because they could still smell half the lunch he didn't eat tucked in his bag

- i'm plotting by the seat of my pants but what really kick-started all of this was the thought of Keith finding a wounded cubone in the middle of the night.

it's too dark and raining to tell what animal or pokemon attacked it or if it was a person that fractured the skull he wore enough for a piece to break off along the jaw

the cubone sustained a mean looking scrape to its face and this is not what keith needs right now but he can tell the cubone's crying and kind of just accepted what's happened and it keeps pawing at the missing piece in the skull and keith may not actively interact with pokemon but he doesn't hate them and he still has a heart.

he's docked in cuba and his spanish just gets him by to get food and money and not anger anyone

he didn't think the barge's docking region through all of the way so he's got a cubone to help with rudimentary spanish that sucks on the best day but he's going to try and get the cubone help

he starts rushing through streets and people's yards because he could have swore the town had a gym he passed but in the dark and rain it takes him a full hour to find the gym.

- duh it's closed but he's at least going to bang on the doors and hopefully it's going to set off an alarm or something

the police will show up or someone will be able to take the cubone where it needs to go. his hand is numb from knocking as hard as he could before the door is whooshed open and someone is spitting rapid fire spanish like venom and he thinks he manages to get out that he can really only speak english and shoves the cunbone into their hands.

before he knows it, he's being yanked by his collar into the gym and down hallways and finally into the blinding lights of the pokemon center on sight.

there's more spanish and faces that look so similar that its clear it's a family that runs the gym.

- beep beep guess who's family owns and runs the gym

the pokecenter is actually a rehabilitation center founded and run by the McClain family for several generations

he gets questioned after the cubone is taken back behind the doors and it takes someone repeatedly snapping their fingers in front of his face to get him to come back to the conversation.

his name's keith, he's from the US, he just found the cubone - no he doesn't know if it has an owner, doesn't even know if it’s wild or if it has a nearby pack or how it got hurt or how long it’s been hurt.

but keith,

keith is his name and he can at least answer that.

he stays there over night and finds out that Marco is the one that answered the door. Veronica is the one to actually examine him because he looks like he's about to pass out.

their mother is the one to assure him the cubone would be fine - her daughter Rachel attends to injured pokemon and gets another son Luis to show Keith to a room in their house and keith passes out the second he stumbles to a bed.

- in the morning, when he goes to the bathroom and is in the middle of washing his hands, another son is banging on the door for Marco to get out of the bathroom and that's the first time he meets lance

when Keith yanks the door open he tells him to freaking stop because he's clearly not marco.

an older man, probably come to break up a fight, stops and blinks at keith before shouting over his shoulder about not remembering having or getting another kid (arthur "and who are you???" weasley style)

(our boy Lance has a minor panic about the cute random guy is his bathroom at 8 a.m.)

Keith gets shoved down at a table covered in food for breakfast and can't keep up he definitely has a headache and is ready to throw himself through a window when he's asked about his pokemon and if they need help too

he doesn't have pokeman and never has had one and isn't really interested and this family has centered their entire lives around it

- he sees the cubone again, in recovery and it paws a little at his hands in thanks

over the next few days, he stays with them and somehow gets roped into doing chores around the facility and given an assigned seat at their table for meals and he's just T H R O W N

they literally have an arbok taking a nap in a hammock in their backyard and a pod of seadras in an olympic pool in the gym just hanging out (doing little races between each other or chasing each other)

a vulpix he learns belongs to one of the McClain siblings (Rachel) sunbathes and sniffs at his feet while he’s working in the yard

and there's a persian destroying blinds in the living room window and a charizard in the kitchen

and some random small children he learns are marco's are throwing or shooting across the floor fridge magnets as a game with a magnemite

- begrudgingly on McClain’s part, keith’s assigned to Lance for being shown around the rehab center

lance takes him to the beach and out into the middle of the ocean on a boat

Keith: "this is where you feed me to a gryados"

Lance: "close"

and a freaking L A P RA S pops up out of the water and clicks at lance and makes little waves in his direction and they do a damn forehead touch he's crazy this is crazy

Keith: "YOU HAVE A LAPRAS???!!!!" - because even keith who doesn’t do pokemon knows what the heck a lapras is

Lance "I don't have a lapras. Nobody owns her. We just give her her room and protect or heal her when she needs it"

- the next few weeks see lance having to admit keith isn’t so bad and that just because he doesn’t have a pokemon, it doesn’t mean he actively dislikes them

the cubone is attached to keith - despite his bad attitude, lance says

this is the initial thought that kicked this off: keith asks if they have a 3D printer and once the cubone's injury is fully healed, he makes a mold for the missing piece and fits it in place

lance denies crying

"you've done one (1) good thing, kogane"

- then the real plot kicks in when the lapras is captured and taken from the beach by team rocket

lance blames keith because of the timing, because of keith's vague answers on where he's from, why he has no friends or family, no pokemon

insert painful, raw, yelled, "I TRUSTED YOU"

keith convinces him he's not part of team rocket and the main story starts where lance and keith leave to go after the lapras and return her to cuba.

- before they leave, rachel throws a pokeball at keith "i think your cubone might like this one"

and lance's eyes get huge because he knows what it is and then a pokemon is coming out of the pokeball

and it's a marowak

the cubone very carefully and slowly approaches her and the marowak just watches and waits. the cubone brushes its bone across the marowak's foot and then approaches and okay keith's eyes definitely water as he watches this marowak kind of take in the cubone.

(THE CRITICAL HIT COMES WHEN THE CUBONE EVENTUALLY EVOLVES. I like to think maybe through poke-magic the skull fixes itself when he evolves and the cubone hands the 3d mold back to keith and gets keith to put it on a chain safe for his skin to wear the 3d mold piece still)

- obv they get the lapras back,

they find out keith's mom was a double agent ofc for the team rocket faction that took the lapras

they meet hunk and pidge and allura and coran and romelle and others along the way to take down team rocket because what’s a pokemon au without the power of friendship

- keith and lance wait at the airport in cuba

it's for shiro, he had let keith travel because he saw that keith needed to find room to grow and find who he was

obviously keith is not 10. he and lance are 17.

anyways he rushes keith and pulls him into a big hug and tells keith how proud of him he is

the first thing lance tells shiro is about the time keith almost stepped on an exeggcute and how they chased him

or the time he almost sustained a skull fracture from a taurus and the time a seel thought keith was its mom

there was also that time with a magby-

keith: “OKAY LANCE WE GET IT THANK YOU”

BONUS:

keith being mildly terrified of the pokemon hanging around the McClain properties

Lance: "if you want to lay in the hammock just move him"

Keith: "just move him?! it's an arbok not a lap dog"

a nest of torchicks gets laid in the backyard and follows keith for two days after they hatch and lance laughs so hard he cries because keith can't shake them and he winds up tripping and they all jump on top of him

keith might not have been a pokemon person

but pokemon are definitely a keith person

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His Gryffindor

Yay, a fic where they're actually together! I liked this one actually, I had struggled to come up with an idea but with the help of a friend on the old Klance Big Bang 2018 server - we're called it something else now - we came up with this idea. Enjoy. Hogwarts

Keith took a small bite out of his toast as he tried to warm up as much as he could before he would be flying in cold weather. He was so focused on his breakfast he didn’t see a tanned person sneaking up behind him until his vision was blocked.

“Guess who?” a voice asked, making Keith laugh.

“Hmm, I do wonder. Is it my 6 foot, really buff Slytherin boyfriend?”

The voice scoffed as Keith got his vision back and felt arms wrap around his neck as the person leaned on him. “They wish they could be as perfect as me. And excuse you, just because I’m in Ravenclaw and not on Quidditch team doesn’t mean I’m not buff.”

“I guess so.” Keith said, turning so he could look at his boyfriend.

While Keith was in Gryffindor, Lance was in Ravenclaw. They had been rivals for best grades in the class, Lance throwing a loud fit whenever Keith beat him. Lance’s siblings were pretty well known, especially his duelling prodigy sister Veronica and that had put pressure on Lance to be just as good. Keith found Lance hiding up in the Astronomy Tower having a panic attack when the end of term grades came in during their Third Year before Christmas.

“I told my parents I could pass my extra subjects with no problems and I almost failed both of them.” Lance had said when Keith asked what’s wrong. “I told my parents I could do it and I failed.”

“So?”

“Oh, of course you don’t care. You’re perfect at everything! Even Shiro knows your perfect and he’s the living embodiment of perfect. Nothing is ever hard for you and you know it.” Lance said with anger.

“I’m not good at everything. I don’t make friends easily, I actually hate being compared to Shiro and I failed Charms. I’ve never been able to pass that class. You’ve seen me struggle not to set things on fire in there.”

“So? You’re still better than I am. Everyone says that you’re always going to win.”

“I’m not. I don’t do well under pressure. I run away, but I have never seen you run from anything. It’s not finals yet so you have time to get better. Stop thinking you’ll lose and prove yourself like you always do.”

Lance hadn’t looked like he believed him at all and left leaving Keith feeling like he didn’t get through to him. He had gotten a letter though on Christmas with a package of his favourite chocolates. All it said was ‘thank you’ and the next time he saw Lance, he had this new determination in his eyes. He was able to pull from Hunk that Lance had talked with his sister, who then told their parents because she thought they deserved to know how much pressure Lance had on him. He’d been sat down for a much needed talk and the air had been cleared between his family and him.

“It’s a little weird though. I was always telling him to tell his family how he felt and he never did. I don’t know why he suddenly changed his mind.”

Keith didn’t want to automatically say it was him, but the timing seemed so obvious. Lance didn’t seek him out until they both tried claiming the strangely only empty table in the library during exam week.

“I think sharing is the least I can do. After your help.” Keith pretended to look confused. “I know Hunk told you. I wasn’t expecting Veronica to go tell my parents but it worked out in the end for the better.”

“I’m glad.”

Lance had drastically improved his grades to something he was proud of and on the train ride back home, invited Keith to come sit with him and his friends. Thing had changed between them and the letters exchanged during the summer was only the start. They started getting much closer in their Fourth Year and on Easter break, Lance asked Keith out. They’d been together ever since. Lance didn’t exactly want to go and hide his relationship, even though the attention made Keith a bit uncomfortable. Keith was already known for being the Gryffindor beater who skills allowed him to join during his first year and everyone knew who Lance was because of his family. But Lance used his new outlook on having to be the best on how they lived their relationship, it didn’t matter, as long as they were happy.

And Keith was.

“I guess those muscles from holding my broom case have to show somehow.” Keith teased.

“Ha ha. You’re so hilarious.” Lance said sarcastically as he climbed onto the bench next to Keith and stole a piece of fruit from his plate. “But speaking of strong people, have you seen the new beater for Slytherin? I don’t think he’s human.”

“His name is Sendak right? I heard he almost got into a fight with Shiro.”

“Shiro probably almost kicked his ass didn’t he?”

“He wanted to but he was on prefect duty.” Keith said, thinking of his brother who was in Slytherin. “But he knows I’m his brother so I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to take it out on me on the field.”

“Try and be careful. I don’t want that pretty face messed up that I can’t kiss you when you win.” Lance said, already pressing kisses onto Keith’s cheek like he couldn’t stand the idea of not kissing Keith. Keith didn’t want to lose that either.

“I’ll be fine. I can take on a 7 foot creature and still hit bludgers to the opposite team. Speaking of which, I need to head down to the changing room soon.” Keith stuffed the last bit of his toast in his mouth and picked up his bag, letting Lance pick up his broom case like he always would, his free hand already linking with Keith’s.

“Where are you going to sit?” Keith asked as they started to head down to the Gryffindor changing rooms.

Lance would usually bounce between the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor stands during the games.

“Pidge actually said I could sit with them at the commenter bench.”

“With the teachers and guests?” Keith clarified.

“Yep. Don’t worry, you’ll understand why when you get out there.”

They reached the changing room to quick in their opinion. Lance pulled Keith close, pouting at the idea of having to pull away.

“You promise you’ll be careful?”

Wrapping his arms around Lance’s waist and leaning more onto him, Keith said, “I promise. The minute the game is over, you can kiss me as much as you want.”

“That’d better be a promise.” Lance said, already leaning in to kiss Keith.

He knew he should have stopped him, he did have to get ready, but kissing Lance made him forget all that. Made him forget a lot of things and Lance knew it. Keith could complain all he liked about how Lance would steal kisses or do it to get him to stop talking but god, it was worth it every time.

“Excuse me,” the two pulled away to see Adam, the team captain, “As sweet as this is, I’d like to be ready when we start.”

“Sorry. Ok, now I really have to go.” Keith said.

“Fine.” Lance groaned, pulling away and pouting a little.

Keith pulled his red and gold scarf and looped it around Lance’s neck before taking his broom case from him. “I’ll see you out there ok?” he pressed a quick kiss to Lance’s lips before following Adam inside.

Keith ducked as Sendak sent another bludger to his head. He hated being right sometimes. Since the game had started, Sendak was sending every bludger to him. Keith just used it to send the Slytherin team off track. Still, some calls were too close. It didn’t help that he could actually hear every scared gasp from Lance from how close he sat next to Pidge. He glanced over at the teacher’s box where a large banner with a Gryffindor lion painted in blue and grey moved with the chilled air. He could see the red and yellow scarf tied around Lance’s neck. He was sure some of the teachers were annoyed at Lance for shamelessly using the space so he could cheer Keith on.

“And Gryffindor has the quaffle! Team captain Adam is heading down the field and Slytherin chaser Lotor and Ezor are headed after him. He dodges a bludger from beater Zethrid, he throws! And it’s in! 10 points to Gryffindor!” Pidge announced. “They’re still 30 points behind Slytherin so here’s hoping they can find the snitch soon. And oh! Gryffindor beater Keith just dodged another bludger from Slytherin beater Sendak. Really, almost gets his ass kicked and decides to take it out on his brother. Like really?”

“Pidge.” Professor Ryner warned.

“What? It’s true. I mean look at Lance, he’s getting anxiety.” Pidge defended.

“Pidge, I have anxiety.”

“See?”

Keith couldn’t help but laugh as Professor Ryner’s scoldings were caught in the mic. They were suddenly cut off though.

“Both seekers have spotted the snitch!” Pidge announced.

Sure enough, two players were speeding off in the same direction. And Sendak just hit another bludger to him.

“Keith, go!” Lance yelled into the mic, getting yelled at by Professor Ryner.

With a powerful swing, he hit the incoming bludger in the direction of the Slytherin seeker who had started to get ahead. The seeker pulled away to dodge giving the Gryffindor opportunity to grab the snitch.

“Gryffindor caught the snitch! That’s 150 points! Gryffindor wins!”

While the rest of his team went to dogpile on their seeker, Keith flew down to where Lance stood waiting for him. He flew close to box and leaned down so Lance could take his face in his hands and press a kiss to his lips.

“And it seems like the real celebration is up here.”

Lance just showed them his middle finger. The scolding had been worth not parting lips.

[ao3-feedshance]

closer to the edge

by scriveyner (trismegistus)

It had been six months now they were together. Six glorious months, and Lance was as happy as one could be. He was caught in the middle of an intergalactic civil war and they lived under the constant threat of capture or death, but, hey, he found himself a mate and they had fantastic, mind-blowing sex on the regular and oh yeah he was just about the best person Lance had ever met in his life and he was freaking head over heels in love with him.

What more could he want?

VLD NSFW Big Bang 2018

Words: 36805, Chapters: 3/3, Language: English

Series: Part 32 of Voltron Fic Collection

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt

Relationships: Lance/Shiro (Voltron), Allura/Keith (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Big Bang Challenge, Omega Verse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Knotting, Partner Swapping, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Threesome - M/M/M, Foursome - F/M/M/M, Shameless Smut

source http://archiveofourown.org/works/17312585

[ao3feed-keithshiro]

soar

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by tootsonnewts

The hand shifts, reaching upward as the shot widens to reveal a man scaling the side of a steep cliff. He’s long and lean, compactly muscled and wiry in the way that someone who lifts their own body weight on a daily basis tends to be. His shoulders are tanned from the summer sun, black hair whipping wildly around his face as he scales the rocks with nothing more than his own two hands and a determined set to his jaw.

He’s All-American wet dream pretty, and Shiro is struck dumb.

The camera drone flies further and further away, revealing an endless landscape of gulches and gorges, bright blue sky overhead. The Voltron logo appears, a professional voice-over marking the end of the commercial spot.

“Voltron makes you soar!”

voltron is the energy drink that makes you soar! with a bevy of famous athletes under the company’s sponsorship, what will happen once a new rock climber is added to the lineup?

Words: 2449, Chapters: 1/9, Language: English

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Matt Holt, Pidge | Katie Holt, Hunk (Voltron), Rolo (Voltron), Lotor (Voltron), Kolivan (Voltron)

Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Allura/Lance (Voltron), Hunk/Pidge | Katie Holt

Additional Tags: VLD NSFW Big Bang 2018, sports AU, energy drink au, everyone does a sport and it's GOOD, this is literally nine chapters of pining and daydreaming and soap opera level dramatics, shiro is a prime fuckboy, keith just wants to climb rocks and make his momma proud, pidge is a shitlord, everyone is praying for release

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[ao3feed-keitor]

The Secrets That Lie in Space

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by SpaceBabyKeith

Keith never thought he would find himself falling in love with someone ever in his life. He never thought he would meet someone he could personally connect with.

But, when Keith personally met Lotor, all of that was thrown out the window and he realized that the man had an interest in him and he was not as bad as others presumed he was. Yet, when Lotor persues things, Keith is too scared to let anyone know.

Words: 32590, Chapters: 5/5, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Secrets [Keitor]

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Lotor (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Hunk (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Krolia (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Kolivan (Voltron)

Relationships: Keith/Lotor (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Keitor, Keitor Big Bang 2018, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Verse, Knotting, Secret Relationship, Rough Sex, I'm not good with tagging; what is tagging?, KBB 2018, intersex Keith, Omega Keith (Voltron), Alpha Lotor (Voltron)

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[ao3feed-klance]

lo que siento

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by rainingooblah

Keith tunes out his friends as he plays with his food. He's received a letter each month. Each giving basic compliments and all ending with the author stating that they're falling deeper and deeper with the same, simple words. Keith appreciates the letters, but he still can't help but feel like something is wrong with them.

Maybe it really is a prank? The author joking with their buddies as they watch as Keith slowly goes insane, but who would do it? Keith doesn't necessarily have any enemies. Sure, he has lost his temper a few times, but nothing too drastic that would get someone to try prank Keith with something like love. Keith doesn't even have any exes, so the whole ordeal doesn't make any sense.

Something isn't right with the letters, Keith knows that and he knows that the answer is on the tip of his tongue -- it’s an itch in his brain that is so close to being satisfied. What is it?

Words: 18053, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Underage

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Lance's Family (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Matt Holt, Olia (Voltron), James Griffin (Voltron), Romelle (Voltron), Rizavi (Voltron), Kinkade (Voltron), Leifsdottir (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Rolo (Voltron)

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Established Adam/Shiro (Voltron), Established Hunk/Shay (Voltron), Love Letters, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, Underage Drinking, Panic Attacks, Insecurity, Closeted Character, Bisexual Lance (Voltron), Coming Out, Klance Big Bang 2018, Songfic, Gay Keith (Voltron)

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[martiansonearth]

Day 15: Harvest Festival

Klancetober 2018

List of prompts X by Ikimaru

Link if you want to read it in AO3

this is a long sweet one :)

Words: 8396

Summary: Lance invites Keith to spend thanksgiving with his family, otherwise he would have been all alone during the holidays. He keeps talking about the big parade they have in his town and how Keith is going to love it, not really knowing there have been major changes about that. Between family traditions and holiday feelings, Lance finds out he may have feelings for Keith. 

Every end is a new beginning 

'Come on guys! it’s almost eight' Pidge warned.

'We are not gonna pause it for you' Hunk added. Both their voices coming from the living room.

Keith and Lance had just put the bag of undone popcorn in the microwave.

'We are coming!' Lance yelled and pressed the special button on the microwave that actually said popcorn.

'Why were you so late again?' Keith asked with his back against the fridge.

'I have a paper due on Monday and I didn't want to take it with me for Thanksgiving, although I'm coming back on Friday, still... one less paper to write' Lance said grabbing a bowl and putting it on the counter. 'You know... I seriously want to relax on this couple of days'

'Mmhm' Keith nodded. 'Since when haven't you seen your family?'

'Just since summer... I know it hasn't been that long but I'm not really sure if I'm gonna have time to visit during winter' Lance went over to the fridge and motioned Keith to move. He then opened the door and looked inside.

'Do you have any butter here?' he said moving things over, but not finding what he wanted.

'It's right there' Keith pointed to the fridge door where there was a special dairy section.

'So organized' Lance commented cheerfully, taking the butter.

'Are you seriously gonna put more butter on the popcorn?' Keith asked opening the microwave, as it was ready and beeping, and taking the bag out.

'Oh, shit, hot hot hot' He threw the bag on the bowl, clenching his hands and grimacing in pain.

'Hey, be careful' Lance grabbed Keith's hands on his and examined them 'Jesus Keith, don't do that'.

Keith raised an eyebrow at the sudden preoccupation, and Lance rolled his eyes dropping Keith's hands that fell with gravity and bumped into his legs.

'But yes, I'm gonna put more butter on the popcorn' He said opening the bag and filling the bowl. 'Problem?' Lance asked looking at Keith at the same time he was cut a big chunk of butter and leaving it on top of the popcorn, melting almost immediately.

'The only problem we are going to have is if you don't put more salt on them' Keith snorted and gave the salt shaker to Lance. 'Wanna do the honors?'

'My pleasure' Lance put what in other circumstances would have been an excessive amount of salt, but it was buttery popcorn and it needed salt. Lots of it. Lance mixed it up and took one to see if it was good.

'Oh.' Lance moaned and closed his eyes as he kept chewing.

'Is it good?'

'This is god-level good'

'Let me try' Keith reached his hand to the bowl but Lance moved it away from him fast.

'Lance!' Keith complained.

'Here let me...' And lance took one flake, aiming at Keith, who immediately got it and positioned himself to catch it in his mouth.

Lance threw it and Keith moved, only to take a bite of air, the flake falling to the ground.

'Wow, you suck at this' Lance chuckled, but he thought it was cute.

'Shut up' Keith frowned 'Your aiming was off.'

'Was not.'

'Was too... just give me one' Keith said as he took a handful of popcorn and put it all in his mouth. 'ts goo' He gave Lance two thumbs ups just in case the verbal approval was not understood.

Lance snorted and put the other bag of popcorn inside the microwave.

'What are going to do these days?'

'I don't know... I guess I'm gonna catch up with some sleep... watch some Netflix, do some homework' Keith shrugged and kept eating popcorn from the bowl.

Lance slapped away his hand.

'You are not gonna visit your mom?' Lance asked curiously.

'She is on a business trip, she won't be home'

'Oh...' Lance said silently. 'What about... Shiro? Maybe you could spend it with him' Lance insisted.

'Nah, he's away too, visiting Adam and stuff.'

'Oh... sorry.'

'Don't be, is really no problem, I'm kinda used to it' Keith shrugged again, taking more popcorn. Lance didn't stop him this time, too absorbed in the conversation.

'What? Why?' He asked after what Keith said echoed in his brain 'What do you mean you're-'.

'Guys!' Hunk voice was calling 'If you are eating the popcorn without us I'll make sure you miss the show... somehow'.

'Come on' Keith said taking the bowl with him 'Make sure to put more butter on that one too' He said and left to the living room.

Lance nodded but kept quiet. He couldn't really imagine spending thanksgiving without his family, even less alone. He really liked being surrounded by people for the holidays, eating food with them, and just spending time with the people he loved... That was what actually made those days so appealing...

The microwave beeped. Lance arranged the bowl with popcorn and extra butter and ran to the living room, just in time.

The show started but he couldn't get the conversation out of his head.

________________________

Keith woke up to a loud bang on his apartment door. He grabbed his phone and checked the time. He was still sleepy but he could read the numbers on his phone...

It was eleven am... on a Wednesday... and yes he should probably be awake but... who the fuck was knocking on his door so loudly.

The banging continued, and Keith groaned.

He got up not even bothering to put something on top of his underwear and opened the door while rubbing his eyes awake.

'Yeah?' he yawned.

'DUDE' Lance was pushing him aside and coming inside the apartment 'I've been calling you for at least an hour'.

'What?' Keith frowned, confused. He checked his phone again, and yes, he could now see that he not only had missed calls from Lance but also numerous messages and even voicemails.

'Is something wrong?' Keith asked, closing the door and walking to the living room, where Lance had left his bag and was waiting for him.

Lance was standing in the middle of the living room, both hands on his hips, with a serious, determined expression on his face.

'Get your stuff, you are coming with me.'

'What?' Keith yawned again, still too sleepy to understand the situation.

'You are coming with me, Keith' Lance came closer, grabbing him by the shoulders and trying to shook him awake.

'Where?' He said a bit more awake now.

'To my parents' Lance beamed, letting him go and going to Keith's room.

Keith's jaw dropped and his eyes opened wide.

'What?' he exclaimed following Lance to his room.

Inside Lance already had a bag that was filling up with what he thought could do for the two days of visiting.

'Come on Keith, keep up' He opened Keith’s closet and grabbed two pieces of underwear putting them in the bag.

'I can't go to your parents... It’s supposed to be their time with you... family time!' Keith took the bag out of Lance's hands, stopping him.

'Keith, you can't spend the holidays alone, come on, Thanksgiving in my family is the best-'

'I'm not gonna disrupt your family holiday' Keith interrupted

'My family would love to have you over' Lance insisted.

'I ain't so sure about that' Keith squinted his eyes at him.

'My mom is already waiting for you Keith' He stared at him with an amused smile on his face 'I don't think you want to disappoint my mom' he raised his eyebrows in question.

'I-' And Keith did not know why but he did not want to disappoint Lance's mom, even if he had never ever met her.

'Give me twenty, I'll pack my stuff' He closed his eyes and sighed, completely defeated.

'Yes!' Lance raised his arms in victory. 'You have ten, though'

Keith rolled his eyes and started packing.

________________________

'Dude, you are gonna love the parade' Lance said as he kept driving on the pretty much empty highway.

It was already six pm and they still had two more hours two go, and it totally wasn't Keith's fault. When Lance got to his apartment to take him on the road, Lance was already late to his schedule, and then somehow they had managed to take the highway to the other direction.

Maybe Lance was overly excited about the whole situation, maybe he just didn't notice, maybe it would have been a good idea for Keith not to fall asleep immediately when starting their journey and helped Lance with the navigation... there was nothing they could do now, but they had been sitting in the car for 5 hours already, and Keith was tired, they had even skipped lunch.

'What parade?' Keith asked looking out of the window, seeing nothing but desert out there.

'The Thanksgiving parade!' Lance exclaimed 'Although it's pretty small, it's pretty famous in my town... It's definitely my favorite part of the holiday... you know after the food and seeing my family.'

Keith stomach low-key growled at the mention of food. He didn't say anything though.

'And what do they do in the parade?'

'Well... you know, parade stuff...'

'I don't really know?' Keith raised one eyebrow.

'Yeah you do...'

'I don't think I've ever been to a parade' Keith trailed off.

'What?' Lance asked staring at him with his eyes wide

'Lance... the road, please?' Lance gaze coming back to driving immediately.

'Sorry' He grabbed the wheel with both hands and focused 'but really?' He glanced at him for a fraction of a second. 'Not even like a Christmas parade? Those are super popular.'

'Not really, we did other kinds of things for Christmas... but what's the big deal?' Keith asked genuinely curious.

'Parades are super cool' Lance smiled.

'Why?'

'Uh, because... People are just super happy and have this festive spirit... and... I don't really know how to explain it' Lance said, scratching his neck and blushing a little.

Keith laughed.

'So what do they do in the parade that is so cool?' Keith asked again.

'Well, there's the marching band, the floats decorated by different stores of the town... then the helium balloons...'

'Ahh...' Keith nodded trying to imagine it without much success, but it still sounded like a good way to pass the time.

'How come you've never been to one?'

Keith shrugged and went back to looking outside the window.

'My mom is always busy with his job, and you know.. my dad passed away when I was little' Keith stopped, trying to remember if he had ever been to one, but no memory came to mind. 'Maybe I did but I seriously don't remember.'

'And what did you do?'

'Huh?' Keith looked at Lance, who had a weirdly determined look on his face.

'For the holidays, I mean'

'We usually had a quiet dinner and just... hang out, and stuff' Keith answered 'It was good...' He smiled zoning out a bit 'I always have a great time with my mom when she’s around' He ended in a lower voice, and Lance was definitely looking at him with a soft smile on his face, but Keith didn't notice.

The moment was totally interrupted by Lance's stomach growling loudly.

'Oh wow, I hadn't realized that I was so hungry...'

'Really?' Keith looked at him incredulously 'Dude, I've been starving for hours now.'

Lance gasped dramatically.

'Why didn't you said anything?' he said flatly.

'I just didn't want you to be any more late to your parents... you said you didn't know if you'll have time to visit during the winter... you should seize your time with them' Keith explained, not really daring to look at lance.

'Keith...' Lance said softly.

'What?'

'Thank you' Lance gave him a smile.

'Oh.. sure'

'But you know... I actually see my family way more often than you think' He chuckled.

Keith couldn't answer to that before his stomach was making very loud noises.

'But don't worry there' Lance reached his hand and patted Keith's stomach as if it had a baby inside 'We'll be home soon enough and I can assure you my mom has lots of food prepared for us.'

Keith froze to Lance's hand on his stomach, and Lance noticed immediately taking his hand off and pressing his lips together in a tight line.

'Well, that was awkward.'

'Yep, totally weird' Keith tried not to laugh.

'Yep, don't mention it again'

'Aha' Keith agreed covering his mouth with one of his hands.

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It was seven pm when they arrived at Lance's parents. They didn't even know how it happened, but it was already dark and they were tired.

Lance parked in front of the garage door and sighed loudly, cracking his neck and back.

'You should have let me drive' Keith sang taking his bag out of the trunk.

Lance glared at him, but he knew Keith was absolutely right, and to be honest, he didn't know exactly why he didn't let Keith do it.

'Lance!' A woman called coming from the house with her arms open.

'Hey, mom' Lance smiled tired and gladly received his mom's tight hug.

'Kid, we thought you were coming yesterday, what took you so long?' his dad said.

'Ugh I don't know' Lance groaned lifting his head from her mom's shoulder and looking at his dad 'I seriously don't know, we might as well been trapped in a time loop'

Keith snorted and Lance laughed because it kinda felt like that for a moment.

Lance hugged his dad and then looked at Keith who was still standing beside the car.

'You coming?' He raised an eyebrow.

Keith had totally spaced out to the sweet encounter, and to meeting Lance's Parents. Lance was the perfect combination of both, Keith noticed. Almost like if Lance had picked the best features of them for himself.

Keith shook his head.

'Yeah, sorry.'

They entered the house and left their bags at the entrance.

'Mom, dad, this is Keith.'

'Yes, yes, you told us about him. Nice to meet you Keith' His dad offered a hand and Keith shook it.

'Nice to meet you both' Keith smiled super politely.

'Why didn't you tell us he was so handsome' his mom commented, and Keith couldn't help but to blush a little.

Lance rolled his eyes hard.

'Because he isn't' he answered annoyed. 'He really isn't.'

'There is no need to be jealous, Lance' Keith patted him on the shoulder as Lance's mom took him by the shoulders, over to the kitchen.

And Lance sighed loudly following them.

'Want to sit here, Keith?' she said, but it wasn't a question. Keith sat next to Lance and in front of her.

'Where is the rest of the people?' Lance asked.

'They arrive tomorrow.'

'All of them?'

'Everyone except for Marco and the kids.'

Lance groaned and pouted.

'They are spending the weekend with the in-laws.'

'Oh.'

'Now eat!' His mom urged them, and Keith could feel his mouth watering. The table was full of food of different kinds. It wasn't Thanksgiving food though, not yet, but it looked delicious.

Keith spent the first part of the dinner eating silently, just enjoying that they finally got to eat after hours of empty stomachs, after hours of Lance talking non stop about the heavenly homemade food his mom made. But Keith totally understood now that he was actually eating the food. It totally deserved to be acclaimed.

Also, it was time for Lance and his parents to catch up, and he was very invested in telling them about how his semester was going so far.

'What do you think Keith?' He suddenly heard his name and didn't even know what they were talking about.

Lance's parents probably saw that reflected in the confused expression all over his face.

Lance laughed.

'Dude, you okay?' he nudged his side.

'I'm so sorry' Keith apologized, trying to control his embarrassment so his face wouldn't turn completely red.

'Come on' Lance said as he got up.

'Where are we going?'

Lance's mom chuckled.

'I'm gonna show you around'

'Oh, okay'

'And while you are at it, you should get a couple of canned cranberry sauce...' His mom suggested. 'That is if you still want to have some tomorrow.'

'What kind of question is that? of course, I do.' Lance gasped, and his mom laughed.

________________________

'Canned cranberry sauce?' Keith lifted an eyebrow at Lance as the walked on the empty streets of the town. As it was already late most shops were closed or were closing, so after they finished dinner they went straight to the mini market.

'I took you more for the homemade type.'

'Oh I am, and my mom makes a very good one.'

'But?'

'But... I don't really remember the story' Lance said taking one of the cans from the bag he was holding just in case looking at it would make him remember 'There was one year-many years ago- someone bought canned sauce... and I don't know, I wanted to try it...'

'And you kinda liked it?'

'I loved it! So it became like a family tradition to just buy cans out of fun.'

'What is it that you like about canned cranberry? It tastes so fake and the texture is so...' Keith cringed, moving his hands to try to emulate the sensation, failing to do so.

Lance laughed.

'That is exactly what I like about it... it's just so fake and weird that it tastes good.'

'That... doesn't make any sense Lance.'

'But it does.' Lance chuckled.

Keith shook his head and yawned.

'Tired?' Lance asked, tugging his jacket a little. It was surprisingly chilly now.

'Yes... I swear your theory of a time loop seems more plausible by the minute'

'I know, right!' Lance agreed with too much enthusiasm.

'Why aren't you tired?' Keith asked.

'I am, but I like being here, you know?... talking to my parents and stuff.' Lance commented lightly looking at the clear sky.

'Oh... sorry if I was out of it... I mean, I totally was but-'

'Don't sweat it, Keith' Lance gave him a friendly smile 'My parents were very tired too. They have probably been cleaning the whole house for tomorrow.'

'They seem cool though.'

'They are- hey look at that!' Lance pointed to a nearby hill.

'What?'

'Let's take a shortcut' he suggested and took Keith's forearm, leading the way.

Passing through a wired fence, and then through some extense pastureland, they were now walking up a small hill that was just on the edge of the city.

'This is definitely not a shortcut... your house is like all the way to the other side.'

'Whoops, I guess I meant a detour' Lance shrugged as they reached the top.

'Whoa...' Keith gasped.

The view from that hill was amazing. You could see pretty much the whole town from there. Every house, street, and shop. Also the decorations for Thanksgiving, that were not many, Lance noticed but they were there.

'When I was in high school I used to bring girls here and make out' Lance commented lightly.

'Is that why you brought me here?' Keith stared at him with a raised eyebrow and a smug smile on his face.

'What?' Lance opened his eyes wide, feeling his face get hot. 'No no!'

'Lance if you wanted to smooch me you just had to ask-' ...that didn't come out that well. Keith stopped, pinching the bridge of his nose.

And they laughed it out.

'I was... joking' Keith coughed awkwardly.

'Noted' Lance chuckled 'I just... wanted to show you... You get the best view of the city here.'

'It's nice.'

'Look over there' Lance said coming close to Keith and pointing a few streets with his finger. 'The parade goes through those streets.'

'Did you watch it from here?'

'No, no, I was first in line always'

'I kinda picture a small kid jumping non stop out of enthusiasm because of some parade'

'It's not just some parade! you'll see... but that picture is pretty accurate, though.'

Keith laughed.

'Come on, its super late already.'

Both of them walked silently under the light posts that illuminated their way back.

Leaving the cans on the kitchen they took their bags that were still on the entrance, and Keith followed Lance upstairs.

Lances room was fairly small in comparison with the room he had in his college dorm but still managed to have a single bed, a small, and a closet.

'Here you'll sleep on my bed' Lance said dropping his bag on the floor.

'What, no. It's your bed, I'll sleep on the futon' Keith said sitting on the futon claiming it as his.

'You seriously think I'm going to let you sleep on the couch after I invited you here?' Lance said flatly.

'But it's a futon' Keith frowned.

'I don't care, you are not sleeping on it' Lance took Keith's bag throwing it on the bed.

'I ain't moving' Keith said firmly.

'Dude' Lance groaned and tried to get Keith out of the futon. Both of them struggling to get the other out. But Lance was too tired for all this.

'Keith I swear to god if you don't go to sleep on that bed right now neither of us is sleeping at all' Lance said, exasperated, almost on top of Keith, who had his foot on Lance's chest to keep him away.

They glared at each other.

'Fine!' Keith sighed, retreating his foot from Lance's and making him fall flat on the futon 'Why are you like this?' He squinted his eyes at him but stopped complaining.

Keith went to the bathroom to change to his pajamas and brush his teeth, only to find Lance laying on the bed face down when he got back.

'You sure you don't want the bed?' Keith hesitated.

Lance lifted his head and gave him a murderous glare.

'Just asking.' Keith lifted his hands in defense.

'You done with the bathroom?' Lance said with a sleepy voice.

'Yeah.'

And lance got up to do his own. Keith laid on the bed, now a little bit warm because of Lance's body. And he didn't know if the mattress had like superior comfortable qualities or if he was super tired but he dozed off immediately, only to wake up jumping due to Lance closing the door too loudly.

'Oh, shit sorry' Lance apologized and laid on the futon, covering himself with a light blanket.

'You gonna get cold' Keith pointed.

'Nah.'

'Okay.'

'Tomorrow is gonna be great.' Lance said, and Keith could hear his smile.

'Definitely' Keith yawned. He arranged the covers on the bed so he only had his face out. The night was definitely cold.

'Thank you for inviting me, Lance'

'I wasn't going to leave you all on your own' Lance could never leave his friends, not on the holidays.

Keith smiled.

'Good night Lance'

'Night Keith'

Keith closed his eyes and fell asleep almost immediately to the comforting warmth of the bed.

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In the middle of the night, Keith felt someone pushing him over closer to the wall.

He groaned, trying to wake up but failing to do so.

'Keith... Keith!' Lance whispered getting on the bed. 'You mind if we share the bed, I'm like freezing over there.'

'Mmhm' Keith groaned and kept sleeping.

'Thanks' Lance said closing his eyes and following his friend into sleep.

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Keith woke up feeling hot. He didn't understand the heat coming from under him, from under where half his torso was lying, from under his face... he was sure he remembered the bed being a lot softer too, the thought, opening his eyes to find himself laying on someone's chest... Lance's chest.

Lance was already awake and reading a book just like this was the most normal thing in the world.

Keith jumped away fast, hitting his head against the wall behind him.

'Woah, chill' Lance tried to grab him so he stopped moving.

'Fuck' he screamed silently, becoming fully aware that he wasn't in his house. He grabbed his head slowly laying back on the bed on fetal position.

'What the fuck are you doing here?' Keith whispered in a high pitch, still full of pain.

'I told you.'

'You told me??' He opened his eyes and looked up to Lance sitting up staring at him.

'Yeah? last night?'

'What?’

'I was cold last night and came here... I asked you.'

'You asked me?' He furrowed his brows.

'Yeah?'

'Are you serious?! And you actually thought I heard you?' He raised his voice.

'You answered me...?'

'I was totally asleep!' Keith yelled making his head hurt a lot more. He grabbed his head harder.

'S-sorry...' Lance stuttered 'I didn't mean to upset you.'

And Keith could hear the distress in his voice.

'No, just-' He sighed. 'Don't worry about it, it’s fine. It’s not like we haven't shared a bed before too.'

'True'

'Aaah' Keith hissed as he rubbed the back of his head.

'Sorry about that.' Lance crunched his nose 'Let me take a look.'

Keith sat up and turned the back of his head to Lance, who carefully and lightly passed his fingers where it hurt.

Keith had a bump.

'I'm going to get you an ice pack' Lance said and left the room fast.

Keith touched his head, hissing again. He did have a bump.

He reached his hand to get his phone on the nightstand. It was already noon.

Lance got back, closing the door behind him and getting in the bed.

'Here' He said handing the cold package to Keith.

'You know what time it is?' Keith asked him, putting the cold against his head.

'Oh yeah, we definitely overslept' Lance shrugged.

'Ah'

Lance laid back on the bed and Keith did the same. Both of them staying quiet for some time.

Lance muffled laughter interrupting the silence.

'What?' Keith asked curiously.

'Man, I didn't know you were this cuddly' He said, still trying to hold his laughter.

'I'm not!' Keith argued.

'Keith, there is no point on denying it' Lance smirked.

'Lance, I swear!' Keith barked.

'I'm just kidding' He chuckled. 'But seriously, how did you sleep?'

'I uh... good... pretty good actually' Keith admitted.

'Me too' Lance nodded.

They heard a knock on the door.

'Hey Lance, can I come in?' a female voice asked.

'Yeah sure' Lance said automatically without thinking about it until he turned toward Keith just to see him with wide eyes motioning the two of them, together on the same bed.

Oh shit.

'Wait no-' Lance tried but the door was already open and his sister Veronica was coming in.

'Woah there-' she stopped before even taking two steps. She opened her mouth and closed it again 'You know what? I don't wanna know' she shook her head.

'What?' Lance shrieked 'No, no is not what-'

'Hey there, I'm Veronica, Lance's sister' She offered a hand to Keith, and he shook it.

'I'm Keith' He hesitated, very uncomfortable.

'Nice to meet you, Keith, what happened to you?'

'I uh... just hit my head against the wall.'

'Lance' She said turning to him with a malicious smile 'you gotta take better care of your boyfriend here.'

'We are not-he's not...jesus' Lance groaned 'I WAS COLD LAST NIGHT!... and the futon was not ideal.'

'But our rooms were empty...' Veronica frowned.

Keith opened his eyes wide, looking at lance with exasperation.

'Why are you here?' Lance asked pinching the bridge of his nose.

'Oh yeah... you have potato duties.'

'Okay-thanks' Lance said flatly. 'You can go now'

'You are welcome... also, you missed lunch' Veronica said before closing the door behind her.

Keith opened his mouth, but Lance talked first.

'Don't, just don't' He said getting up.

Keith squinted his eyes at him but didn't say anything.

Like Veronica said, they did miss lunch but grabbed some store-bought waffles and head to the backyard where a not so small bag of potatoes was waiting for them, along with potato peelers and two low stools

Lance sighed, sitting on a stool and taking a potato. 'You don't have to do this.'

Keith sat down and started peeling too. 'Was that your eldest sibling?' He asked focusing on his task.

'Veronica? No, she is the second... Marco is the oldest, then Veronica, Luis, Rachel and then there's me.'

'You are the youngest?'

'Yes.'

'Huh...' Keith said leaving the finished potato on a plastic bowl that was on the ground.

Lance was still peeling his first potato.

They could hear many voices talking very loudly, from inside the house.

Lance smiled.

'Is it weird to now live with only one other person?' Keith asked.

'It was a little... depressing at first?? but that's not the word' He corrected himself immediately 'I guess it was just so quiet... even If Hunk and I talk a lot during the day... but it was definitely different from here.'

Lance zoned out and Keith didn't dare to bother him with more questions.

He kept peeling potatoes, a chore that somehow he had an unknown talent for. Lance, on the contrary, wasn't either enjoying it or good at it, he was fairly slow, to say the least. It was a monotonous task, that was a given, but Keith took pleasure on doing it. It relaxed him for some reason.

The back door opened and Lance's dad handed them a small bowl, smiling at them and taking notice on how Keith was exceeding the assignment.

Lance glared at Keith.

'You can't just come to my house and just do things better than me.' He complained, checking the small bowl.

'Then do better' Keith snorted.

'Want some?' Lance handed the bowl to Keith 'Its candy corn'

'I'm not really a fan of candy corn' Keith pursed his lips.

'Nobody is... I don't know why they're so popular' Lance left his peeler and the potato he had been struggling with for a few minutes down and took the bowl with the candy in his hands.

'Keith' Lance called and started aiming at Keith’s face.

Keith noticed and immediately left his duty positioning himself for a better catch.

'Don't miss' Keith warned.

Lance closed one eye and threw the candy, that landed directly in Keith's mouth.

'YES!' Lance exclaimed high fiving Keith.

'That was all on me, though' Keith said, chewing the awful treat.

'Was not, here..' Lance took another piece 'Don't move, I'll put it straight in your mouth-' he stopped looking at Keith, amused.

'Yeah... that's what he said' Lance snorted.

Keith rolled his eyes and shook his head but opened his mouth nonetheless.

The shot was so perfectly aimed that the candy almost went straight down Keith's throat, making him cough a little.

'Oh shit, sorry' Lance apologized after making sure Keith was alright 'But it was a great shot' he smirked

'I guess so' Keith 'Do it again' He dared him.

They spent the next ten minutes throwing candy into each others mouth. Lance was clearly a better shot than Keith was, whose half the candy he threw ended up on the grass below them.

'Oh, so that's why my potatoes been taking so long' Lances mom scolded them with fake anger.

'Whoops.' Lance smiled at her with his mouth full of candy. She shook her head and laughed, looking over the side where Keith’s had his potatoes peeled.

'Lance, are you seriously making Keith peel all the potatoes?'

'No, he isn't' Keith answered 'He's just too slow' He sassed, looking at Lance.

Lance choked on the rest of the candy he had on this mouth, his mom patting him on the back.

'Alright alright, you are free to go then.' She smiled 'Dinner will be in two hours.' she said, taking the peeled potatoes with her and entering the house.

Lance cleared his throat. 'Wanna go get some ice-cream?' he suggested.

'Is Lance Mcclain inviting me on a date?' Keith exclaimed putting a hand on his chest dramatically.

Lance rolled his eyes. 'Sure, yeah, whatever. Let's go' He said flatly.

Keith just laughed.

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'Should we be eating when we are so close to dinner?' Keith asked biting his chocolate ice cream.

'I mean...' Lance licked a drop of his strawberry one before it could reach his hand 'we have only eaten like a waffle and some awful candies in all day... besides, you are still going to eat all my mom's food.'

'Yeah probably.' Keith admitted.

The spent the rest of their walk talking about college, their classes, their professors, the people they didn't like, or just life. They wandered through the whole town. Sometimes Lance said hi to people, who would ask him about his life, and he replied politely and smiling.

They didn't notice when it was already time to get back.

I'm pretty sure I remembered the streets and stores way more decorated than now...' Lance commented looking at a show-window that had a cutout turkey stuck to it.

'Maybe they spent all their time on the parade stuff?'

'Maybe... I'm going to ask my mom. Come on, she'll kill us if we are late for the Thanksgiving dinner' He said quickening his pace.

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'The parade WHAT?!' Lance yelled with his eyes wide open after asking his mom about the decoration.

'I'm so sorry Lance' she smiled sadly.

'But...' Lance sat on a kitchen chair holding his head with both hands 'But why was it canceled?'

'They changed it for Christmas'

'But it was a Thanksgivings' Lance mumbled

'I'm sorry son' His dad patted him on the shoulder.

Lance sighed.

'It's fine' He said but stood up and went upstairs to his room. Leaving his family and Keith in the kitchen.

'You should go check on him' Veronica told Keith.

And Keith did.

When he entered the room he saw Lance laying on the bed, face against the mattress.

Keith sat on the edge.

'Hey, Lance...'

'No' his voice muffled by the bed.

'Come on you still have the Christmas parade' he said rubbing his back, trying to comfort him somehow.

'Yeah but...' he mumbled before turning his head to the side so he could talk better 'I liked it being on Thanksgiving, it... made more sense to me as a kid?' He trailed off. 'Like... celebrating because of the harvest... and stuff... I don't know...'

'Makes sense' Keith thought about it.

'I guess I like seeing the big turkey float'

'Big turkey?'

'Yes!' And his eyes sparkled 'There was this giant Turkey made with real individual feathers... it was totally handmade... one of the local stores made it every year, and each year it had different colors and ornaments... like one year the turkey was made with different hues of pink... another year was blue... another year was the real color... it was the main attraction.'

'Sounds like it was a lot of fun.' Keith smiled.

'I really liked it'Lance's voice was muffled again by the covers. 'I was so excited... I really wanted you to see it.'

'It's gonna be fine Lance...' Keith rubbed his back again. 'Cheer up' and he really meant it, he didn't want to see Lance sad while begin here with his family.

Lance sighed loudly.

Keith couldn't help to feel warm by how much Lance wanted him to see the giant turkey. It was an amusing picture in Keith's head, but he did understand the sense of home it brought Lance.

keith remembered the Christmas before his dad passed away, they got sparklers and played around on their backyard. They hadn't done it since then, and it was something that had actually had upset Keith as a kid, although now he understood why his mom didn't want to do it anymore. But he totally comprehended the feeling of having a special tradition for a holiday. And he knew this was different but Keith didn't want Lance to feel like he felt those times.

Maybe they should start doing it again. He thought for himself.

'I'll be right back' Keith said and he left the room.

Lance groaned to himself.

He really wanted Keith to spend a more or less traditional Thanksgiving. Like really really wanted to.

Maybe it would have been a better idea to just leave Keith alone back at the dorms. Keith could have been having so much fun, or doing something productive like he told Lance he was actually gonna do. But due to Lance insistence he was dragged here to do nothing, and now everything he had promised was just not there, and he couldn't do anything about it.

When did everything just change so much?

Lance sighed and dragged a hand down his face.

He shouldn't be thinking that way though, he knew. He remembered when he met Keith first year of college, and how awkward he was, but how cool at the same time. Lance remembered admiring Keith for always being the one pushing forward on every project and stuff they had. It was funny how they did not get along at all in the beginning, but then they actually got to know each other, and how close they were now that Keith actually came with him... to his home.. for a holiday. Something first-year Keith would have never done... Lance wouldn't have invited him over during the first year either.

Lance laughed.

He needed to cheer up. Maybe there was no Thanksgiving parade this year but he could still have a good time. He had his family... and Keith.

Keith entered the room.

'Lance... dinner is ready.'

Lance smiled to himself and got up.

'Let's go' He beamed.

And Lance was right. Thanksgiving dinner was great. Her mom and dad had surpassed themselves, as they did every year, and they had cooked absolutely everything. Stuffed turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce. Absolutely everything.

He looked at how Keith was talking so easily with the rest of his family, Lance had never really noticed how good Keith was at conversing. Not that he actually talked a lot, but he could keep up the conversation like nothing.

Lance also noticed how Keith had a few slices of the canned cranberry sauce on his plate.

He smiled.

'How are you doing from all the turkey businesses?' Veronica asked him. She was sitting beside him and she also had canned cranberry on her plate.

'Its fine, I'm fine' He stabbed a potato and put it on his mouth 'I guess I just wanted to show Keith the parade... I kinda hyped the whole thing up during our ride here' He smiled guiltily.

'Oh, sorry about that' She said sincerely 'But he seems to be doing a lot better than you.'

Lance squinted his eyes at her, but she was absolutely right.

'It’s fine' He repeated 'I'm still here with you all... Also, Keith is here too, so that's gotta count... I mean, he would probably be eating mac & cheese or something back at the dorms... although he is lactose intolerant... but I'm pretty sure I've seen him eating mac and cheese before' He rambled fast, trying to think if he really had seen Keith eating mac & cheese before.

'He's cute' She commented side-eyeing him.

Lance didn't deny it, he didn't say anything. He just shrugged and kept eating.

After finishing dinner Lance's mom said they had to wait a little longer for the pie to cool a little, as it was freshly out of the oven.

'Don't take too long, honey' She said to Keith with a smile.

Lance was sitting on the couch, looking at them with a furrowed brow.

'Come on' Keith said, helping him stand up.

'Where exactly?' Lance raised an eyebrow.

'Just hurry' he urged him.

Keith led the way, and Lance didn't ask anything, too intrigued by the whole situation... that until he realized they were in front of the make-out hill.

Lance panicked a little, opening his eyes wide, looking at Keith's back as they were going to the top. He wanted to say he liked Keith, more than other people, but that he definitely was not expecting this from him... like... they have had a pretty fun weekend and all but...

'Uhh... Keith?' he hesitated. 'What are we...'

'Don't worry' He heard Keith laugh 'I didn't bring you here to make out with me.'

'Oh...' And Lance felt a little disappointed at that, although he wasn't sure if it was the exact emotion... but right now was not the time to figure that out.

'I just guessed... I mean like we can see the whole city from here... but there is no parade...' Keith said when they reached the top, contemplating the view.

'Yeah, so?'

'Maybe you can tell me'

'What?'

'How the parade was! How was it years ago, how did it feel, how did it look!'

Lance opened his mouth. He was not expecting that but...

'Okay...' He smiled 'Yeah... yeah, sure' He said more enthusiastically. 'I mean-okay, okay, get a good view of the city and then close your eyes' He said sitting on the ground.

'You too then.' He said sitting closely to Lance.

'Alright.'

They both closed their eyes and Lance cleared his throat.

'Okay so.... we are on the main street, standing on the first row. The streets have fairy lights all over... on the light posts, on the stores, on the trees... and it looks magical, like straight out of a Disney movie. The trees still have their leaves... they haven't fallen yet but is that precise moment when they are all shades of orange, and red, and yellow... and they just add something to the fairytale aesthetic.'

Keith chuckled.

'The air smells... like cinnamon, and pumpkin pie... so weird' He pointed out 'The owners of the stores go first, they all have small floats decorated by themselves... there goes the ice-cream truck too... sometimes if you dare to go in the parade he will give you an ice cream cone... although not many people dare' He laughed 'Then goes the balloons, not so small but not so big either... they are the perfect size for the streets. They are all shaped like animals, or foods... or animals that are now food' He chuckled 'There is a pig, and a chicken, a roasted turkey, and there is someone that is holding a canned cranberry sauce balloon.'

Keith snorted.

'Its true, and not to mention that that was my favorite balloon'

'Of course it was.'

'And everything just feels so... cozy... even if it’s so chilly outside... maybe it's the people, or just the... energy... And it's the perfect night to go on a date with someone you like...'

'Did you?'

'No, never' but Lance opened his eyes wide and turned to Keith, who still had his eyes closed... was that... like... a date?

He wouldn't mind, he thought... and it was almost like an intrusive thought. He didn't know if he had actually thought that himself or if someone had whispered that to him.

But Keith did look good under the town light splendor, and yeah... Veronica and his mom were totally right because Keith was, in fact, cute.

'So what else?' Keith asked, making Lance come back to their little game.

'And then... oh then... The big turkey would appear in the most amazing float ever. Everyone cheered and applauded, and it was so beautiful... the turkey was behind a smaller sized cornucopia... and you could just feel the- there was such a feeling of abundance... not only about the food but everything... and the turkey was so gigantic!'

'What color?'

'What?' Lance opened his eyes, confused.

'You said it was a different color every year... what color would be this year?'

'Oh.. yeah, yeah' He closed his eyes again. The color...

'This year it's made out shades of purple...'

'Purple?' Keith hesitated.

'Yeah, definitely... out of tiny little red and blue feathers, and purples too... so carefully assembled, so beautiful... and it always looked so soft... and somehow- because seriously ... when the turkey passed in front of you... you could feel the smell of thanksgiving... all at once... the food, the spices... everything... I never knew how they did that, but you could totally smell it... and it was good.'

'Wow!'

'Yeah...' Lance smiled opening his eyes.

'That's probably the best parade I've been too' He smiled looking at Lance.

'You are the worst' Lance punched his arm, playfully.

'I mean it though!' He said rubbing his arm.

Lance rolled his eyes but laughed.

'Thanks Keith...'

And Keith smiled at him and it was soft and so sincere that it made Lance warm.

'We should get back though...'

'No, come on, I want to stay here a little longer' Lance pouted, and he really did want to. Just sitting there hanging out with Keith... it was nice, really nice... it felt good.

'Your mom told me that if we were late, they would eat all the pie' Keith said.

'She would never!' Lance gasped and reluctantly got up. Keith doing the same.

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As they got to the house, they noticed it had all the lights out. They went in but no one was there.

'Hello? What's going-'

'Finally' Rachel exclaimed coming out of the darkness and making Lance screech a little. Keith chuckling behind him. 'Come outside, Keith had the best idea ever' She grabbed Lance by the arm, dragging him outside.

'What?' He turned to look at Keith, but could barely make out his silhouette.

'Did you find any?' Keith asked her.

'Oh yeah, we got plenty.'

The whole family was in the backyard waiting for them. Lance noticed they were holding little sticks.

'Keith what the-'

'Sorry... I should have probably asked you, but you seemed so sad that I just didn't know...'

Rachel handed Lance one of the sticks and with a match lighted it up.

The stick started emitting sparkles of different colors.

And that was it, it was a sparkler.

The rest of his family and Keith did the same, illuminating the yard with the fireworks.

'My mom and dad would light sparklers for the holidays sometimes... I mean, it was always for Christmas but still' Keith shrugged moving it around in front of him, admiring the light that emitted.

'It was the truly greatest idea!' Veronica approved from the other side of the yard. She was too moving hers in the air, leaving a small almost unnoticeable trail of light.

'Yeah, maybe this can be a new family tradition' His brother Luis added and joined Veronica, trying to film and take pictures with his phone.

'Come on' Keith nudged Lance on the side and joined the rest of his family.

Lance didn't move. He just stared at his whole family having fun, with the little fireworks... and Keith...

His chest tightened, in a good way, but still overwhelmed ... like if he was suddenly washed over by a huge wave of feelings.

And he kept staring at Keith, and his heart just felt... so warm... so full.

Lance joined them when his sparkler burned out.

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'I may have eaten too much pie' Keith said entering the room after brushing his teeth.

'There is no such thing as too much pie, Keith' Lance said laying on the futon.

'True but still I think I'm going to explode'

'Same'

'What time are we getting up tomorrow?' Keith asked opening the alarm clock app on his phone.

'Seven?'

'Really?' Keith glanced at him, with fear.

'Eight?'

'Eight is... better' Keith groaned but set his alarm and left the phone on the nightstand. 'Are you going to insist to be the only one to drive?' He asked getting in the bed.

'Oh heck no, we are taking turns.'

Keith smiled.

'Thank god we don't have classes tomorrow'

'That's the real blessing' Lance chuckled, getting off the futon and getting in bed, scooching Keith over to the wall side.

'I ain't sleeping on that futon ever again' Lance stated firmly.

'Uh... Should I move to the futon?' Keith asked, hesitantly.

'Nah, I don't mind' Lance said closing his eyes.

'Oh... okay.'

'I mean... If you want to, you are totally free to do so, but I don't recommend it.'

'Nopes, I'm fine.'

'Good'

They were laying on their backs, shoulder to shoulder. Lance opened his eyes slowly and glanced at Keith.

'Hey, Keith...'

'Mmm'

'Thank you... for today'

'Are you kidding? Thank you for inviting me here... to your family'

'They think you are cool'

'I think they are pretty cool too... you must be the douche of the family' Keith joked.

'Hey!' Lance nudged his side.

Keith laughed.

Lance shook his head and sighed tiredly.

'I can't believe there is no more thanksgiving parade' he stared at the ceiling.

'Stop it with that.'

'It feels like the end of an era.'

'Maybe... but you know... when something ends, something begins too'

Lance opened his eyes wide, turning his head to Keith, and staring at him. He looked so peaceful trying to sleep, and Lance could swear his heart bumped a little bit harder for a moment.

Because that was it...

He kept staring at Keith...

'You know what?'

'What'

'I'm going to take you to the Christmas parade' Lance decided.

Keith opened his eyes, and turned to Lance fast, without really knowing they were that close already, bumping into each other noses and lips grazing.

Keith jerked back, with his fate hot. Lance just closed his eyes and laughed.

'Its fine' Lance kept laughing and Keith joined laying back on the bed.

'Christmas parade huh?'

'Yeah, that's the new era... that if you want to come, of course.'

'Yes.' Keith said way too fast, and Lance couldn't help to smile at that 'I mean, sure... I'll like to come.'

'Cool'

'I have to check with my mom-'

'I know, I know.'

'But yeah...'

'Good.'

'Great.'

'...'

'...'

'Goodnight Keith'

'Goodnight Lance'

Sleep crept on Lance faster than he thought it would, his eyes closing heavily, but it made sense. It had been a rollercoaster of a day, and he was tired... but happy.

He smiled.

Maybe there was no parade this year, but it was still good, great actually.

The beginning of a new era, he thought... as he felt his heart do a little jump and as he could still feel Keith's lips grazing his.

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Oh Brother | Complete | Ch. 6/6 | 17k | T

Tags: Modern AU, fluff, humor, salt, sidepairing Matt/Allura, one-sided kl

What do you do when your boyfriend is in the hospital and they only let in immediate family? Lie and say you’re married? Not if you’re Keith, you don’t. Thanks to Keith’s inner turmoil, he and Shiro are stuck pretending to be brothers while he recovers. But Keith has to admit, “Mr. Shirogane” has a nice ring to it. 

The Gravitas of a Mattress | Complete | Ch. 7/7 | 16k | M

Tags: College AU, fluff, humor, oh my god they’re banging each other’s roommates, sidepairing Latte

From the prompt: My roommate got it on with yours yesterday and I don’t think I can face them for a while after hearing the sounds they made last night. Mind if I stayed with you for a while?

Keith gets sexiled from his dorm room because Matt and Lance won't stop hate-fucking. He decides that it's only fair that he gets to crash in Matt's room if Matt gets to keep him out of his own. Shiro is confused but accommodating. Very accommodating.

Matt and Lance have their own fun side adventure in learning to like each other and play nice. Pidge doesn't like it. Allura might.

Flowers don’t always mean “I love you” | Complete | Ch. 8/8 | 14k | T

Tags: Flowershop AU, Slow Burn, pining Shiro, PTSD, fluff, humor

Takashi Shirogane had fulfilled his dream of becoming a test pilot, but after a terrible accident that left him without an arm and in sudden need of a new career, he moves back home and starts working at a family friend’s flower shop while he focuses on recovering and finding a new direction for his life.

Things are going as well as can be expected until an attractive stranger shows up out of the blue, and keeps coming back. Who's this guy buying all these flowers for?

DDY 1138 | Complete | Ch. 3/3 | 7.2k | T | My favorite thing I’ve ever written

Tags: Modern AU, fluff, humor, meet ugly, disaster gay Shiro, smooth Keith

alternate title: Have you ever seen a man so beautiful you crashed your car?

Shiro learns that it's possible for the best day of your life to coincide with the worst day of your life in the dumbest way possible. He gets into a fender bender due to some distracted driving, and his cute mechanic doesn't make things any easier... until he does.

Hat Trick | Complete | Ch. 2/2 | 6.5k | E

Tags: Modern AU, Frat AU, Frat boy Shiro, Frat boy Keith, light angst with a happy ending, humor, crack played straight

No one has ever seen Takashi Shirogane without a hat on his head, or so the legends say.

...

“I tell you what,” Matt said after Keith told him he'd figure out Shiro's secret, the real secret. “If you find out the true story behind Shiro's hat before your initiation ceremony, I will personally pay your dues until you graduate.”

Keith's eyes glinted as he took another long swing from his beer. The steep price of brotherhood had been one of the few reasons he'd been wary about pledging. “What if I don't?” He asked suspiciously. It hadn't taken long to work out that Matt was an agent of chaos. No matter how confident he was in himself, he had to make sure it was worth the risk.

Matt smirked. “You have to wear a Santa hat to the Christmas party.”

Keith furrowed his brows. The punishment didn't add up with Matt’s smug look. His face paled as the realization dawned on him. “Just the hat?”

Matt's smirk shifted into an impish grin. “I knew you were a smart one.” He said with a wink, sticking out his hand. “Do we have a bet, then?”

Never one to back down from a challenge, Keith took Matt's hand and pumped it twice with determination. “You're on.”

Hey Sugar | Complete | Ch. 4/4 | 5k | G | I’m gonna rewrite this one soon rip

Tags: College AU, fluff, humor, pining Shiro, disaster gay Shiro

Autocorrect can be a beautiful thing. It can also be a Very Bad Thing. Keith accidentally sends a text with an embarrassing autocorrect to the hot guy he's been crushing on all semester.

Check Yes Juliet | Complete | Ch. 2/2 | 2.8k | T

Tags: College AU, fluff, humor, mistaken identity, Shirogane twins

Who knew a little Shakespeare knowledge could get you a midnight kiss from the hottest guy at the New Years party? However, young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes... Just ask Keith.

Melt | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 1.4k | G

Tags: AU modern setting or Post-canon, domestic fluff, established relationship

It's way too hot outside, and the AC is busted. Short and sweet domestic fluff featuring Spot the fluffy wonder and a trip to the store for some much needed ice cream.

Canon-Verse:

The way you looked at me | Complete | 17k | M

Tags: Amnesia, crack played straight, one sided fake dating, shiro is a mess, humor, fluff

Keith wakes up in the hospital and he's not sure of much, except that he and Shiro are definitely together. Shiro doesn't have the heart to correct him- much to their friends' amusement.

It’s not you, it’s me (also it’s you) | Complete | Ch. 3/3 | 7.5k | T

Tags: Canon-verse, pre-kerberos mission, humor, miscommunication, disaster gay Shiro, Matt is a Bad Friend

Keith catches Shiro doodling hearts in his notebook. When asked who the hearts are for, he blurts out Matt's name so he won't have to confess his feelings for Keith. Now Keith has made it his mission to help Shiro woo Matt at all costs. Matt is very unhelpful.

The Sweetest Apology | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 2.3k | Gen

Tags: College AU, fluff, humor

Everyone hates those tiny little desks every college feels the need to cram into huge lecture halls- they're way too small and there's never enough of the left handed ones. Keith thinks he scored big time getting the only left handed desk in his new class, but didn't realize he'd be stealing it from a classmate who's missing his right arm... How do you even apologize for that?

Not the right time | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 2.3k | T

Tags: Canon-verse, angst

fic request: Sheith and "It is always not the right time for us, isn't it?"

They've had so many chances to tell each other how they feel, but for Shiro and Keith it just never seems to be the right time.

Ringing in my ears and one on my finger | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 1.5k | T

Tags: soulmates, shiro is trying, fluff, humor

Canonverse soulmate AU: Colleen notices a soulmark on Shiro's finger... 

Head over heels | Complete | Ch. 1/1| 1.5k | G

Tags: Canon-verse, established relationship, fluff, humor

Keith's lost an entire Saturday to detention because Iverson is jerk. What better way to get revenge than a practical joke?

from the prompt "Shiro getting caught up in Keith pranking Iverson"

With a little help from my friends | Complete | Ch.1/1 | 1.4k | G

Tags: Canon-verse, pre-relationship, everyone loves Shiro, thirsty Keith

A malfunction in the engine room has left the castle a sweltering nightmare. Hunk has deemed it time for a team underwear party, but Shiro's nervous about his scars. His friends help him feel a little better.

p=mv | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 1.4k | T

Tags: Canon-verse, humor, meet ugly

The story of how Keith and Shiro met at the Garrison.

Or, the first time Keith saved Shiro.

Or, how a concussion led Shiro to the love of his life.

Or maybe it was all 3.

Love, Shiro | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 1.3k | G

Tags: Canon-verse, fluff, established relationship, humor, kerberos mission

Shiro and Keith decide to write each other letters while Shiro is away on his mission. This is a collection of some of Shiro's.

Getting there | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 1.3k | T

Tags: Canon-verse, hurt/comfort, Shiro whump, fluff

A lot of things changed in the year they were separated, but Keith's feelings aren't one of them. Shiro needs a little convincing after everything that's happened, especially with how much of an obvious physical toll it's taken. Keith is happy to oblige.

Just In Case | Complete | Ch. 1/1 | 1k | G

Tags: Canon-verse, humor, fluff, established relationship, pre-kerberos mission

Shiro is accidentally late for a morning inspection because he spent too long snuggled up with Keith. His commander isn't super thrilled about it. 

Series: It’s killing me when you’re away | Complete | Works 4/4 | 4.8k | T

Tags: Canon-verse, Keith’s time in the desert, angst, pre-kerberos mission

Keith’s devastated over losing Shiro

Tumblr Drabbles

Sheith Month 2018 | Canonverse Pre-Kerberos | 20k | G-T

My collection of prompt fills for Sheith Month 2018. All of them are pre-kerb fluff and/or humor!

As Many Drabbles As It Takes | Mix of settings | 10k | Ch. 14/? | M

Collection of sheith drabbles and prompt fills originally posted on Tumblr!

Posted WIPS:

Series: Easier with you | Ongoing | Works 6/? | 15k | M

Tags: Modern AU, Veteran Shiro, Veteran Keith, hurt/comfort, PTSD, Mutual Pining, Shiro Whump, Shiro & Matt, Allura/Matt,

Shiro's just returned back from the military, having been medically discharged from service after losing his arm. Matt is his best friend and is trying his best to help him deal with the loss. He convinces Shiro to go to a VA support group that will end up changing his life.

Best laid plans | Ongoing | Ch. 1/? | 2.3k | T

Tags: Canon-verse, crack, humor, fluff

Was Keith proud of the fact that petty revenge was his first thought upon being given an amazing stealth suit? Not particularly. But was he going to let that stop him from enacting said petty revenge? Absolutely not. Turns out, Karma isn't so much a bitch as a… well, you'll see.

Or, how to attempt to counter-prank your buddy and end up stuck as a cat, a memoir by Keith Kogane.

We’ll fix it in post | Ongoing | Ch.1/? | 2k | T

Tags: Modern AU, Barista Keith, humor, mistaken identity, Shirogane Twins

Shiro is a producer on the hit animated show "Voltron: Warden of the Cosmos" and a huge fan of it himself. Keith is a new barista at the coffee shop across from his studio and a lover of his show. A fortuitous meeting leads them on the path to romance, but there's just one problem: Keith thinks Shiro is his brother, Ryou, voice actor for Keith's favorite character on the show.

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lo que siento

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by rainingooblah

Keith tunes out his friends as he plays with his food. He's received a letter each month. Each giving basic compliments and all ending with the author stating that they're falling deeper and deeper with the same, simple words. Keith appreciates the letters, but he still can't help but feel like something is wrong with them.

Maybe it really is a prank? The author joking with their buddies as they watch as Keith slowly goes insane, but who would do it? Keith doesn't necessarily have any enemies. Sure, he has lost his temper a few times, but nothing too drastic that would get someone to try prank Keith with something like love. Keith doesn't even have any exes, so the whole ordeal doesn't make any sense.

Something isn't right with the letters, Keith knows that and he knows that the answer is on the tip of his tongue -- it’s an itch in his brain that is so close to being satisfied. What is it?

Words: 18053, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Underage

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Lance's Family (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Matt Holt, Olia (Voltron), James Griffin (Voltron), Romelle (Voltron), Rizavi (Voltron), Kinkade (Voltron), Leifsdottir (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Rolo (Voltron)

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Established Adam/Shiro (Voltron), Established Hunk/Shay (Voltron), Love Letters, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, Underage Drinking, Panic Attacks, Insecurity, Closeted Character, Bisexual Lance (Voltron), Coming Out, Klance Big Bang 2018, Songfic, Gay Keith (Voltron)

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by hastyquickbeam

A chance encounter and a magic necklace brings two strangers together in a singular dream world. Romance blossoms, but things are not as simple as they seem.

Words: , Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Lance (Voltron), Original Characters

Relationships: Hunk/Pidge | Katie Holt

Additional Tags: Angst, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Magic, Hunk Appreciation Big Bang 2018

via AO3 works tagged 'Hunk/Pidge | Katie Holt'