#kjda;fja omg i'm so forgetful

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Living Another Life (Nanny AU)

Klance Nanny AU

Chapters 2/?

Words: 1,895

Ao3

Summary: Keith is saving up money so he can attend his University, so what better to do than Nanny for probably the largest family he’s ever met? Keith’s always been great with kids, but handsome blue eyed men the same age as him- not so much.

Or- The Nanny AU nobody asked for

Lance, does in fact, arrive to dinner late. How does Keith know this?

Keith and Lola are sitting in the living room after the whole family says their good mornings and good byes and are watching tv; except they have an extra guest.

Instead of going up to his room, or anywhere else, Lance just had to sit with them and watch Adventure Time.

Thank god he was minding his own business though. Keith doesn’t know what he’d do if Lance tried to do his job and look after Lola.

He ignores the voices in his head and looks over at Lance, who was lounged across a left seat on his phone. Lola laughs at something on the tv and Keith can’t help but smile. She really was cute.

“Hey, uh, Keith?” Lance asks. Keith, startled, quickly looks back at the boy who called him and begs his face isn’t noticeably flushed.

“Yeah?” He asks. Beside him, Lola is holding onto his arm and continuously laughing at the screen.

“If you have any questions, you can ask.” Lance starts, bouncing his legs on the armrest of the chair. “Just say the word.”

Keith nods. He was grateful for the help, new houses were always a maze. Lola squeezes his arm, causing him to lean a little. He peers down at her, hair in a sloppy ponytail, and she’s wearing the biggest grin he’s ever seen.

“Let’s go outside!” She tugs again. “Please? We have a playset!” Keith chuckles.

“Yeah, lead the way.” He turns off the tv and Lola stands on the couch cushions so he can grab her hand just for her to drag him all the way outside (which took a bit because of how lengthy the house was). Behind Keith was Lance, a smile on his face. Keith feels his stomach knot because holy shit it was a beautiful smile and his heart can’t handle that.

When Lola opens the glass door to their deck, Keith is awestruck by how vast their backyard is. It has a side garden full of strawberries and flowers, and in the back is a tree with a swing on it.

Lola runs faster now that she’s outside, and Keith is surprised by how sore his arm is. Lance laughs behind him.

“Wow Lola, why the hurry?” Lance says, walking beside Keith.

Lance winks at Keith, and he finds himself once again questioning if this was worth the money.

When they finally make it to the swing, Lola is jumping ecstatically. She sits on the swing, still buzzing and smiles, “Push me! Push me!” How can he deny?

Lance leans against the tree’s trunk while Keith pushes Lola. She squeals and every push and giggles at every fall. He couldn’t get enough of this little girl.

“So, Keith,” Lance says, and Keith almost gets hit by the swing, “Tell me about yourself. You’re going to be nannying here for a while yea?”

Keith swallows, “Yeah, I am. At least until I have enough to pay for Uni.” He pushes Lola again.

“Sweet! What Uni you thinking ‘bout going to?” Keith watches Lance from the corner of his eye; he was comfortably leaning against the tree, just, looking at Keith for answers. He wanted to crawl in his skin from the attention.

“Florida State University. My brother and friends go there, and I didn’t have enough money to start this year.” He replies, feeling his face flush. He needed to snap out of it.

“No way!” Lance cries. He pulls his hands up to his chest, “I’m attending that Uni right now!” Keith knew that, but it’d be weird to say “Yeah i know, your mother told me when i asked about you”.

Instead, he goes for, “That’s cool.”

“Wait, you said you have a brother that goes to Florida State?” The tan boy pushes himself off the tree slightly to rest a hand on his hip.

“Uh, yeah.”

Lance shakes his head, “I was just thinking before that there could be more than one Keith in Florida, but by chance is your brother’s name Shiro?”

Keith gawks at Lance, which unfortunately leads to Lola kicking him in the chest. She laughs while he stares at her betrayed.

Finding his breath again, he gives Lola a fast push before answering Lance. “Yup. Shiro’s my adoptive brother.” Lance’s jaw drops.

“Wow! That’s so coincidental! He talks about you all the time, it’s crazy I didn’t immediately recognize you!” Keith awkwardly laughs. Of course Shiro would talk about him. It was an everyday thing he did; bumping into people and mentioning Keith.

He uses one hand to push the swing and the other to pinch the bride of his nose. He groans,”Oh god, what did he tell you?”

Lance waves an arm, “Nothing much, don’t stress it. He just talks about how he’s really proud of you and then he gets his dad face on and is like That boy needs to stop stealing my box of poptarts in the morning- he has his own.”

Keith snorts, “Shiro is a dad. And in my defence, his box is easier to get than mine.” The two grow into a comfortable silence, Keith doesn’t say anything until he gets kicked by Lola again.

He smirks.

Lola gives off a particularly loud squeal that has Keith smiling (he may or may not have pushed her extra high that time).

Lance laughs, properly resting himself back onto the tree, “She likes you a lot.”

He gives another push before turning his head to Lance, who was staring at Keith.

“She does?” Keith doesn’t like how weak he sounds asking that, but he can’t help it.

“Yeah. I’m shocked by how much- she never acts this way when I push her.” Keith enjoyed children, and has always been good around them. He didn’t necessarily have the best childhood himself, and his goal was to make sure others had the best possible. He thinks he sees Lance deflate a little with his words, and Keith decides maybe for the day the two could share a job.

Stepping back, he holds a hand out, “Want to push her?” Keith really should’ve been more prepared. Lance’s eyes light up immediately and he jumps forward.

“Heck yeah! Thanks man!” They switch places, Keith at the tree trunk and Lance pushing Lola. Lola gives keith a small pout, but he smiles at her and when Lance gives her a big push she forgets their issue instantly.

Her laugh could add lives.

. . .

It was noon, and Keith was in the kitchen looking for things to make lunch with. Yesterday, he hadn’t really realized how large the kitchen was until now. Alex and Mía should be on their way by now, so Keith also wasn’t sure if he was going to make food for one or for three. And a Lance.

Sitting next to Lola, who was drawing on a new sheet of paper, Lance draped himself over the counter and was texting on his phone. A sheepish smile was displayed across his face and Keith wondered who he was talking to. Shoving those thoughts to the back of his mind, Keith focused on figuring out this kitchen.

Lance did say to ask for help…

“Hey Lance?” The boy raises his eyes at the call.

“What’s up?” Sighing in defeat, Keith walks towards Lance and folds his ams over his chest.

“I uh…” The words couldn’t seem to form, and keith frowns; of all days. Coughing, Keith breaks eye contact and asks, “I have no clue where anything is, could you please show me?” If Keith was just able to figure out the damn kitchen, he wouldn’t feel so embarrassed when Lance gave a shit-eating-grin and walked around the counter.

“Don’t worry, It’s super simple and you’ll get it first time around.” Lance directs them to a row of cabinets that Keith was previously looking in.

“These are dry foods,” He points, then slides his hand over to the right, “next is cans and such, and then the last is everything else like spices or junk-food. The fridge is drinks, cold foods, and the freezer foods.” It really was simple, and Keith was mad at himself for not figuring that out.

He huffs, “Can’t believe i didn’t figure that out.”

Lance pats his shoulder reassuringly, which Keith stiffens to, “Hey! Its cool man. New house, new environment- you’ll get the hang of things.” Lance releases his grip on Keith and walks back next to Lola at the counter, who was patiently coloring on her paper until Keith had food.

Was physical contact going to be a thing in this family? Lance’s mom touched his arm exactly the same way the day before, so what else could Keith expect?

The doorbell rings, and when Keith turns around to head there, he watches Lance fly off his stool. María was right, Lance really was always on his feet.

Keith asks Lola to stay at the counter until he gets back, who kindly agrees and continues drawing.

He hears Lance talking to someone, and when he turns the corner is met with Sophie, Alex, and Mía. Sophie notices in a heartbeat.

“Oh Hi, Keith! I was surprised to see Lance answer the door rather than you.” She holds onto Mía’s hand while Alex was occupied with Lance’s leg. María had explained to Keith the day before that both Alex and Mía were in kindergarten, and the school's system was a little different since it was a private school; so the kids got released a little after lunch. Today, though, Sophie had an appointment and needed to drop the kids off earlier.

After lunch was the kids’ naptime.

“He beat me.” Keith shrugs, looking down and waving to Maí. She smiles and lets go of Sophie’s hand to hug Keith. Taken back, he stands there with a dumbfounded look spread across his face. Lance snickers which causes him to snap back to reality and pat Maí’s head. Her hair was unbelievably soft. Why was this family so damn perfect. Keith’s heart aches.

“Well, I have to go. You doing alright? I’d hope so since Lance is here if needed.” Sophie says, resting a hand on her hip.

Keith turns his head back to Lance who was listening to Alex whisper something in his ear. He laughs.

Sighing, Keith answers, “I’m doing alright. Lola’s been really good. Speaking of which, she’s in the kitchen alone right now and I know you have to go…”

Her eyes widen and Sophie nods, “Yes! I really do need to leave, like right about now! Bye kids, be good for nanny-Keith. Oh, and Keith, the two haven’t eaten yet because I took them out of school early. I’m not sure if María informed you of this or not, but they usually eat before they’re sent home.”

“Got it.” Less people to cook for.

“Whelp!” Sophie waves and walks down the path away from the door, “I’ll see you tonight for dinner! Be good, Lance.”

“Yeah, yeah…” Lance grumbles behind keith.

Saying their goodbyes, Keith and Lance escort the two kids into the kitchen where Lola was still coloring.

Lance sits back next to Lola while Keith takes the other two to the living room to watch some tv and eat lunch before they nap.

Today wasn’t so bad.

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