#this was really long oh my god im sorry sjfjbsfj

[eleemosynaries]

@ "okay but what if keith’s crush on lance was revealed" wRiTe iT pLeAsEEEEEEEE

i don’t know if you mean write this as a full fic or just continue on with the ideas but,,, i’m super lazy ack! so i’ll just give you the latter as a little thank you gift for all the people that have liked and commented, it means a lot!! so, a continuation of this:

eventually the team manages to defeat the aliens/galra and get back to the castle

everyone’s already on the bridge when keith gets there, and they all stop talking as he approaches

he’s trying to avoid their eyes, especially lance’s because now he knows oh god oh god-

he walks forward and hands allura the retrieved item before turning and walking out the door, ignoring all the calls from his teammates behind him

he just wants to be alone and forget any of this ever happened, but he can still feel the blush on his face and he wishes it would just leave already

he has a lot of pent up energy that he needs to get out but he’s tired from the fight and this whole ordeal, so he decides to go down to the pool to cool off (he asked coran about how to actually go swimming after their last,, mishap,,, in season two jsjsbf)

he does some laps around the pool before coming to a stop and just lets himself float in the water

he stares up at the ceiling for a couple moments before he closes his eyes, going over today’s events in his head

he feels the heat return to his cheeks as he lets his mind wander to lance, and how he’s taking the revelation

he knows he and lance have gotten closer, especially after shiro had gone missing, but he still doesn’t know where they stand

now he thinks he’s just ruined all their progress, just cause he had to get a stupid crush on the guy

he lets his thoughts go as he relishes in the silence, the way the water is still around him, aside from the small ripples from him staying afloat

that is, before suddenly a wave of water is splashing over keith’s face, causing him to flail and splutter as he blinks his eyes open

he can see a silhouette under the water, but doesn’t realise who it is until their head breaks the surface

water drips down lance’s face, and as he smushes his hair out of his eyes it’s left standing up in such a ridiculous position that all the anger keith had boiling in his blood begins to dissipate

instead he lets out a small scoff, and asks “what’re you doing, lance?” in a tired voice

lance gives him one of his brilliant smiles and keith’s stomach does a funny little flip

“i’m going swimming! what does it look like, mullet?”

keith just stares at him with a frown and his arms crossed over his chest, but a small smile tugs on the corner of his lips

it’s hard to be mad when lance’s hair is standing every which way and he’s giving keith such a fond smile

“lance…” he says simply, and lance immediately let his shoulders fall

he lets out a sigh “look, man… i just- i wanted to talk about… today”

keith forces himself to look away, keeping his arms wrapped tightly around his chest

“well, i don’t”

“keith…”

“…”

“keith, buddy,” he says, and starts making his way towards keith until he’s standing right in front of him

keith is still glaring at the water, but lance says in a soft voice, “keith, look at me”

even though everything in the universe is telling him not to, he finds his eyes being drawn up to the other boy’s face

his stomach flips again when he sees how fond lance is looking at him and all he thinks is god im gay

“hey,” he smiles, and keith just melts. “i’m proud of you for what you did today"

keith’s eyebrows quirk into a frown. “what? why?”

lance just shrugs. “it took a lot of guts to say what you did, just to get some weird alien tech”

keith stares at him for a moment before the other boy is breaking out into a grin

“it is kind of amusing, though. youuuu’ve got a crush on-”

“lance!”

lance giggles, and keith heart is pounding in his ears because it should be illegal for anyone to be this goddamn cute

the other boy steps closer to him and puts his hand on his shoulder, and he looks down at the tan fingers before glancing back up at lance’s face, those blue eyes sparkling back at him

“i’m not making fun, i promise,” he laughs, but his smile grows shy as he mumbles the last part, “i- i think i feel the same way”

keith’s eyes are wide and the two of them are just staring at each other, and keith can only hear his heart pounding heavily in his ears

he doesn’t know who made the first step or how they suddenly got so close, but the next thing keith realises is that they’re kissing

him and lance are kissing

it’s soft and tastes like the chlorine from the pool, but keith doesn’t care, because lance just kissed him

or he kissed lance

either way, those butterflies in his stomach are fluttering so much he think they’re going to escape

lance is looking at him so fondly, and keith has the feeling his face holds the same expression

before he can say anything, though, lance is suddenly rushing at him and shoving him so that he loses his footing on the slippery pool floor and gets a face full of water

he quickly surfaces, glaring daggers at the other boy

“lance!?” he yells, but the other boy is laughing so hard, the whole ‘hunched over and holding his stomach’ thing that keith can’t help but start to laugh, too

and that’s how, even after a miserable morning, keith finds himself having a splash war with his crush, who may be more than that now

and he thinks that he may just owe that alien guardian a ‘thank you”

aa i hope you all enjoyed that! i’ve been thinking all morning how i was gonna continue this and i hope this held up to your expectations!! thank you very much for reading! c: