#sheithinsummer

[avidbeader]

Here is my contribution to @sheithinsummer - a set of loosely linked fics set in my Sheith fantasy AU world that follow the prompts. Thanks so much to @goldentruth813 for hosting this the last several years!

Title: A Summer Overflowing with Love Pairing: Keith/Shiro Rating/Warning: T, no warnings

Link to fic

[sheithinsummer]

#SheithInSummer is officially back for 2023 so get ready for some fun in the sun, Sheith style!  

Posting July 21st-27th

All art, fic & fic recs that are sheith centric welcome (just tag @SheithInSummer so i can reblog it)

Have fun!

[chibichibisha]

Illustrations for the Sheith in Summer week hosted on twitter!

Link to the twitter thread <3

[chizumaki]

@SheithInSummer Day 5: Beach volleyball another dumb thirst comic. is it me, or the summer theme, or sheith that does this?

[starlitruns]

Whatever happens to the bird app, I am working on a little #sheith medschool!AU fic for @sheithinsummer 🩺

I missed these sweet boys so much! (art by @andyzambie)

[johaerys-writes]

Fandom: Voltron Legendary Defender

Pairing: Shiro/Keith

Summary:

After years at the front, Shiro returns to his hometown a different man: white hair, scars, a prosthetic. Keith, his highschool sweetheart, and the one that Shiro never truly stopped having feelings for, is in a relationship with someone else. He has moved on, and that should be fine; what they had is over, after all... or so they both think.

A Notebook-inspired AU I wrote for the @sheithcheatweek and @sheithinsummer events on Twitter!

Read on AO3 :)

The last time Shiro was in his hometown he was twenty-one. All he had taken with him before leaving was his army recruitment letter, his grandpa’s pocket knife, a strip of photo booth pictures tucked securely over his heart, and a big dream. 

It startles him how little things have changed since he was here last. Upon reaching the long stretch of narrow country road, a few miles off the highway, he is greeted with the town's old and worn sign, and the scenery he grew up with: endless wheat fields, just before the harvest, their golden stems swaying with the breeze. Neat rows of greenhouses, the soft hiss of sprinklers. The distant hum of tractors, cattle grazing peacefully in enclosed pastures. 

As he drives through the sleepy town, Shiro feels like he’s fifteen again and in his grandpa’s pick up truck, the one that Shiro would always sneak out of the garage while his grandpa was taking his afternoon nap.  

He takes a left as soon as he reaches the town’s edge, towards the eastern residential area. The low houses along his uncle’s street are almost identical, with freshly painted walls and white picket fences, the bushes and trees in the yards neatly trimmed. Shiro feels a little bit like he’s sleepwalking when he pulls up at his uncle’s driveway. 

So much has happened in seven years. Shiro’s life has changed completely, yet, here, things are exactly as they used to be. At least, most of them. 

His nephews and niece are all grown up now. Shiro had left two of them babies in the cradle, and the oldest one barely out of her diapers. Now all three of them pour out of the front door to stare at him as he steps out of the car. Their eyes, wide and curious, travel from his hair, silver-white now, to the scar on the bridge of his nose and the one peeking through his shirt collar, before stopping dead in their tracks at his prosthetic. It gleams sharp and metallic in the waning sunset light, a bit threatening to the unfamiliar eye, and entirely out of place in the drowsy summer haze that seems to bleed into everything here. 

“Takashi!” The smile on his uncle’s face is wide and welcoming, almost entirely belying his surprise at Shiro's changed appearance. He probably remembers him a boy still, smooth cheeked and clear eyed, not the ragged, tired veteran that has walked up to his front door. But his uncle has changed, too, in the years Shiro’s been away: he looks so much older than he used to, resembling Shiro’s grandfather more with every day that passes, with his receding hairline and the deep lines around his eyes. The way he clasps Shiro’s hand in his own in a firm handshake reminds him a little of his grandpa, too. 

“Come, we’ve all been waiting for you. Dinner’s just about ready to be served.” 

Shiro doesn’t eat much, despite having had nothing on his long drive there other than his coffee in the morning, and a cold and stale prepackaged sub at the gas station he stopped to fill up the tank hours before. He pushes peas around his plate distractedly with his fork as they talk about this and that: the town and the neighbours, who married whom, who died, who gave birth; the kids' schoolwork and his uncle's job, his retirement plans that are just around the corner. Ordinary, everyday stuff, carefully skirting around the war and any other potentially touchy subjects.

“So how’s civilian life been treating you?” his uncle asks after a brief lull in the conversation. “All good?”

“Better than ever.” Shiro smiles and picks up his beer can. “Nothing beats drinking this whenever I feel like it, right?”

His uncle and aunt laugh politely and nod, while the twins throw spoonfuls of mashed potatoes at each other when they think their parents aren’t looking. 

When his aunt stands up to gather the plates and bring out the dessert, Shiro does too, politely excusing himself. The legs of his chair scrape back against the smooth wooden floor. “Is it okay if I use your phone?”

“Sure, son. It’s just down the hall.”

Read the rest on AO3!

[reyvest]

Day 3 - Tanline for @SheithInSummer

[avidbeader]

(Re)sharing my Sheith fantasy fic from @shirosaveskeith Week because I am adding a sequel of some short fics set in the same world for @sheithinsummer!

Link to fic

[chizumaki]

for @SheithInSummer over on twitter - day 1: night swim ;)

[chizumaki]

@SheithInSummer Day 7: Free Day 

you activated my trap card

 (ref'd from one of the approx. 4 million images i have of harumako)

and with this the summer week is over :3

[reyvest]

Day 6 - Barbeque @SheithInSummer

[reyvest]

Day 2 - Ice cream @SheithInSummer 

I love the depraved Keith

He didn't let Shiro finish his ice cream

if someone didn't understand what kind of ice cream Keith ate, then look at my old art: https://reyvest.tumblr.com/post/183637703490/the-beach-episode-nsfw

[reyvest]

@SheithInSummer day 1: lifeguard 

Shiro tries to seduce a handsome stranger 

No one can resist the sexual lifeguard and his swimming trunks

Bonus here https://twitter.com/KolinReyvest/status/1155945613797675009

[chizumaki]

@SheithInSummer Day 6: Barbecue Keith made his own apron :D

[avidbeader]

If you think you might participate in the fifth Sheith in Summer week and have a Twitter account, dash over and cast a vote on which week works best for you!

[chizumaki]

@SheithInSummer Day 4: Bathing Suits 

i just made them.... small...