#shiro still looks off to me but idk what it is

[witchering10123]

I don't have a digital art software yet so sketches it is!

[jiveyuncle]

"Lance," Keith sounds breathless. "Back when we found my lion - the glowing symbols. What did you say about it?"

Lance is still staring hard at where Keith's hand rests on the control panel's screen, face scrunched in disbelief. "That is was written in code?"

Keith shakes his head. "No, no, about the Galra not being able to find it because of something to do with quintessence."

Lance's brow furrows further as he tries to recall what all he said so long ago, then his eyes flick up to meet Keith's. "Um? They were directions - quintessence infused." His lips purse as he tries to list everything. "The inscriptions would only be revealed in the presence of an Altean."

Keith removes his hand from the panel and the stars wink out. He strides toward Lance, mind racing. "Lance," Keith exhales. "I saw similar symbols back on Earth. Back when Hunk, Shiro, Pidge and I found the Green Lion in the cave."

Lance's eyes are flicking rapid-fire between Keith's, "But I wasn't there with you that time."

Keith grips Lance by the arms, hands squeezing tight. "Then why did the cave still light up?"

Lance almost looks as if he's stopped breathing.

Keith shifts his hold from Lance's arms, to hold his face. "The whole time I've been amazed at how much a couple of aliens look like us humans," Keith presses his forehead to Lance's, "but maybe I should've been thinking about how much we look like you."

And Keith can see it - in Lance's face - the moment the full meaning of everything clicks, and then Keith's being crushed in a bone-breaking hug. A wet laugh finds its way into the crook of Keith's neck. "Allura and I weren't the only ones to survive."

Keith raises his arms to squeeze Lance back just as tightly and buries his nose in his hair. "I think we're gonna need another look at the cave back on Earth."

A little glimpse at the Humans-are-the-crossbreed-descendants-of-Alteans-that-fled storyline reveal. I tried to layer so many hints and foreshadowing throughout the fic, and the reveal was just so satisfying to write. Idk if it’s been done before (probably) as I joined this fandom wayyy late but this AU is clogging all my brain space. I’m feral. If you ask me, I will scream your ear off about how this fills a ton of plot holes in canon and strengthens some of the choices made by different characters. Actually, I’ll rant about it on the next post since it’ll be the last batch of artwork for the fic. I’m so excited to draw more stuff within the AU. I just have so many thoughtsssss about how everything connectsssss ahhh

Fic: Sure and Indelible on AO3:

[iamumbra195]

MY favourite bleach head canons in no particular order

1. the idea that all shinigami in gigai give off uncanny valley vibes

Basically like Isshin, whose not quite human but not quite shinigami, meets some of Ichigo’s friends when he was a kid like Tatsuki and she obviously met his mom before and she was nice so she wasn’t expecting much from his dad and then she meets him and her first reaction is ‘what the fuck is that???’

The kurosaki kids, who have grown up with their dad and have pretty high levels of reiatsu, don’t actually realize this while their human friends just instinctually avoid Isshin ‘cause they feel like something’s off about him

of course over time and with extended exposure to Ichigo’s reiatsu, the weirdness kinda fades away but anyone outside of Ichigo’s circle generally avoids all the shinigami that come to Karakura in gigai for those reasons

2. all animals hate shinigami except cats and crows

literally for no reason besides the fact that I like them

I love the idea of shinji with his creepy ass smile just perched on top of a telephone pole and if he stays still long enough, crows will start sitting on him XD

I also have cats that I love and I love the idea of Ichigo just chilling on his bed with an orange cat and doing the purring thing with it while he’s sleeping

And then when he goes to a pet store with Rukia because she wants to see bunnies, all the animals go ballistic anf they get kicked out XD

3. the visored + ichigo with animalistic traits

laying down on hot things because it feels nice on their skin and soothes something in their lizard brains

eyes that flash hollow yellow when they feel intense emotion (inspired the scene in the anime where Aizen says that hollowification is faster when agitated so emotions heavily affect their appearance

I like the idea that they get very tactile with people they care about (not in a romantic way) and they get into little wrestling matches over stupid stuff because that’s they’re idea of playing and bonding

Shinji gives cat vibes, you can’t even tell me he doesn’t just look at him. When cats make eye contact as they push something off the table- that’s him

I also really like the idea of the hollowification affecting their zanpakuto. Given that Ichigo was pretty much born with his hollow, he doesn’t notice the different the way the Visored do 

Shinji’s whole standing upside down and reversing the gravity on himself, I like the idea that it came after his hollowification and if he wishes he can do it to others

Idk if there’s any jjk manga readers her but you know that attack kenjaku has where he makes you feel like you’re falling but you’re not really? He does it to Yuji a few times when he’s fighting mahito and I love the idea of Shinji having that ability, just completely fucking up their sense of reality and direction

I haven’t thought of the other visored abilities but from my other AU that I will never write, I mentioned that Kaien was hollowified as well so I love the idea of him just being completely obsessed with everything water related and having an affinity for any water type kido and being able to control minor amounts of water without actually drawing Nejibana and being able to breath under water

4. all zanpakuto spirits do commentary in their weilders head

but only ppl like Ichigo and Toushiro who have incredibly powerful spirits that they can literally talk to in the middle of a fight can actually hear

Like Zabimaru, haineko, and all the other zanpakuto are just constantly making fun or nitpicking the way their weilder uses them

But Ichigo is the only one who has to suffer through Zangetsu (Shiro) cackling in his head while Toushiro gets useful feedback and Ichigo’s just completely done with him

a sadder headcanon: all zanpakuto spirits talk to their weilders regularly however, the Visored because of their own fear of their hollowification have estranged themselves from their zanpakuto spirits and like Shiro is hostile with Ichigo in canon, the others are like ten times worse

5. If Ichigo every actually seals his zanpakuto, he’d be incredibly sensitive to reiatsu (I forgot to add this one the first time and I didn’t wanna make another post XD)

I personally love this little explanation of Ichigo’s powers and you know how Ichigo is just really shitty at sensing reiatsu at the beginning? Shinji commented on it a couple times and seemed pretty confused by it.

I think that part of the reason why he’s so bad at it-- especially after the SS arc ‘cause remember he was actually pretty good at sensing back then-- is because after he achieved Bankai, Hollow Zangetsu was in control rather than OMZ and with that switch in power came a significant uptick in his own reiatsu to the point where Ichigo actually feels like he’s being crushed by his own power and he can feel how close Shiro is for the first time and he’s actually scared of his own power

Hiyori even comments about how he’s scared of his own bankai because the distance between him and Shiro decreases everytime he gets stronger since Shiro gets stronger with him

Anyways, we’re not devolving into an analysis about Ichigo and Shiro but eventually Ichigo learns how to sense things properly even with his own reiatsu

So when he finally seals Zangetsu and he’s no longer covered by his own power because it’s finally sealed, he’s gonna be sensing things so much stronger and get sensory overload only it’s ✨reiatsu sensitivity✨

6. Souls in the Society age until they find an appearance both they and their reiatsu level is comfortable with (Another one because I’m an idiot and I forgot)

Excluding Toushiro’s weird case of appearanc shifting but I guess that could be attributed to his bankai’s weirdness that I don’t know much about

I don’t think we’ve gotten on actual explanation on how souls age so I’ve decided to apply this hc

Basically the reason why ppl like Unohana, who looks incredibly similar to herself from a thousand years ago, the only difference being how much less sinister she looks and how calm she looks

Plus, all the characters from the Turn back the pendulm arc barely changing over a hundred years is wild

I initially thought of it as comparing every decade a soul lives to ever year a human lives but that didn’t feel right so I chose this

[voltronisanobsession]

hi hi! I freaking LOVE your work! I'm glad that you do VLD stuff, even if the fandom is dead and sh!t! Anywho, can you do something along the lines of who, in voltron, do you think is the best hugger/cuddler!

If you dont want to, i understand! ❤️💛💚💙🖤

Paladins Ranked Best to Worst Hugger

Hello, thank you so much!!!! Even if the fandom is kinda dead, I still enjoy writing and just interacting with those who are still alive😍🔥🔥 I had a lot of fun writing this, thank you again for requesting this!!!

I’m gonna rank them from best to worst hugger since I think cuddling should get its own ranking and then giving my reasoning!

Lance

Hunk

Shiro

Allura

Pidge

Keith

Lance

OK IDK IF YOU’RE SUPRISED WITH LANCE BEING NUMBER 1 BUT HEAR ME OUT! I think Lance would be the best hugger BECAUSE his hugs feel like home. We know that he has a big family so I like to think that hes done a lot of hugging and comforting with his cousins and siblings, making him an expert at them! He definitely squeezes people when he hugs them, he just loves giving them!

Plus he doesn’t make them weird! They instantly feel natural and not forced, like Pidge and Keith’s are. You could just go up to Lance and randomly hug him and he wouldn’t even question you, bro would just go with the flow and I love him for that. Yeah his hugs feel like home, he makes you feel included in what feels like small secrets.

Hunk

Next Hunk! I was seriously debating hard about who should be #1 in this list, but I ended up putting homeboy second. Hunk is an automatically emotional and caring person, so imagine that registered into hugs?? Bro gives the biggest yet softest hugs EVER. Same with Lance, hugging him doesn’t feel weird whatsoever, he’s just trying to comfort you!

His hugs feel like a blanket, protecting and comforting. Did that make sense?? He would definitely be the type to pick you up and swing you around in a hug though! Hunk finds hugging to be a really stress relieving thing so be sure to give him one if he looks like he needs one!

Shiro

SHIRRROOOO WOOOO!!! A solid third place, pretty good if I say so myself. I think with Shiro, his hugs are very grounding. He would usually only hug people if they really REALLY need it. But despite how sparse his hugs are, he makes them all worth it. If you ever have a serious conversation with him, just know that he will always hug you in the end, not only to comfort you but to also thank you for trusting him with your secrets and feelings.

His hugs aren’t too tight or too loose, it feels like he’s actually like really holding you. HEAR ME OUT ITS HARD TO PUT IT INTO WORDS! BUT!! You feel seen with his hugs, he actually sees you and hears you, and Shiro is willing to protect the person deep down inside you. His hugs feel like a shield, ready to comfort and provide a safe space for you.

Allura

I love Allura so much omg. I placed her kinda low because I feel like she doesn’t give hugs often at all. Like you would have to go to her yourself and just ask, which she will question you. But if you look like you really need one, she will give you the WARMEST hug ever. Allura’s hugs are delicate in a way. She would hold someone as if they were fragile, being light with her touch because she doesn’t want to accidentally make you uncomfortable.

But despite that, her hugs bring a lot of comfort, they make you feel as if everything is going to be alright. Hugs make Allura feel vulnerable so be prepared for long hugs. She hugs you but just know that she needs that same amount of comfort too. Her hugs feel like finding inner peace, all your nerves instantly settle when she pulls you in her embrace.

Pidge

I feel like Pidge is a somewhat closed off person. I think we’ve seen that Pidge can be an emotional person, but when it comes to physical touch, she doesn’t really think twice about it. Like Allura, you would have to ask her for a hug if you really wanted one. And when you do she might feel a little awkward giving you one😭😭I think she’s really used to only giving her family hugs so giving hugs to friends and you may put her off a little. But after the first few hugs, Pidge would definitely grow to enjoy your hugs!

I feel like she’s the type to rub your back, maybe even rock you guys side to side since she can’t keep still for too long. She might tell a joke while you hug too hehe. Her hugs feel like hugging an old friend, making sure to let you know how much those moments mean to her when you guys have a hugging session.

Keith

Rock bottom, he was an easy decision to make, at least for me. As much as I love Keith, I just KNOW he would be pretty reluctant in giving hugs. He’s not at all used to touching other people like that, he views it as something pretty intimate. So when he finally gives you a hug after some time, he’s pretty nervous, so bro is like really rigid and awkward when hugging you. It would take some time for him to finally loosen up, he’s just so tense.

Keith saves his hugs for people he’s close with. Hugging is Keith’s way of saying “hey I care about you!” He rarely gives hugs though unless he feels the need to. He’s also the type to like rub your back while hugging, it’s something he doesn’t realize he does. It feels weird hugging him at first since he isn’t used to being so close to someone, but he learns to just appreciate the small moment. His hugs feel like summer nights, they’re really refreshing and hugging him is like a new experience everytime.

[keiffeine]

hey omg ok so weird but like kinda cute request idk

could you do a keith x fem reader who when keith comes back to earth (season 7 ep 9) and is like fighting the bots and the cadets pop in he sees his best friend whom he’s had a crush on for YEARS and when he sees her again she just looks completely diff ( but in like a good way ) and like on the ride back to the garrison and at the garrison keith is just like basically in shock ab meeting his best friend again and just getting to know that she’s alive?

whew that was long sorry 😭

with female reader.

genre: fluff

a/n: this is so cute!! ty for your req :) honestly might make a pt2 for this ngl

© all rights reserved to keiffeine. reposting, plagiarizing, modifying, and translating is not allowed.

• keith scoffed in irritation as he watched the bots they had been fighting off get shot down by, what he assumed were, three garrison cadets by the looks of what they were wearing and the vehicles they arrived in. “i had it,” he said, furrowing his eyebrows when he realized that this cadet he was looking at just so happened to be griffin (that was a problem he’ll deal with later, no need to get too angry about it right now). the two others were girls, one wearing glasses and unfamiliar to keith, the other was…

• keith squinted his eyes. she seemed like a face he knew—one that he should know, but he couldn’t quite place a name just yet.

• “drones send distress signals when they’re attacked. our weapons neutralize those signals, so unless you wanna deal with a swarm of those things, let us handle it,” james bit back. keith opened his mouth to make another remark, until the other girl (the one who seemed more familiar to him) spoke.

• “hey, focus. let’s get out of here. we have to get these guys back to the garrison, and we can’t afford to waste more time right now,” she said, turning her head towards keith. her serious demeanor quickly changed to that of a softer one at the sight of him, and keith immediately realized—

• “y/n…” he said quietly to himself. several feelings immediately flooded in his chest, mostly relief at the fact that you were still alive.

• keith turned his head towards shiro, warmth pooling in his cheeks when he saw that shiro was already looking at him with a tiny, knowing smile.

• you were his best friend throughout his time at the garrison, and slowly became his crush. keith felt devastated when he couldn’t communicate with you after dropping out, and even more so when he was unwillingly launched into space, only left to wonder whether you were still okay on earth—what he’d been missing out on with you. regret had piled so much within him, with words he desperately wanted to say to you but never got the chance to. but now he can.

• “keith,” you said, catching his attention. he could feel himself nearly melting, noticing the light in your eyes and feeling the tension that hung in the air between you two. you were so different, with the way you carried yourself with more confidence and strength. it’s been years; keith doesn’t even know what to say to you first. what should he say? “come ride with me,” you say after a beat, after staring at each other for what seemed like the longest minute.

• he doesn’t hesitate to follow.

• keith silently steals glances at you as you drive. he wanted to spill everything he’d been wanting to say for the longest time, but he decided to settle on another, more appropriate time.

• instead, he smiles, mostly to himself just knowing that you’re here, and says, “i’m glad to see you again, y/n.”

• your response sends his heart beating faster: “you don’t understand how happy i am to see you, too, keith.”

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[dnightshade0]

Voltron: vampire lance trying to enjoy his blood.

I have this one Voltron AU where Lance ends up turning into a vampire and now has to adjust to his new life.

Important note: when this lance gets his blood, he gets it by catching wild animals, and carefully siphoning their blood through an IV into thermoses to drink later. without harming the animals. This lance has a bit of an issue when it comes to feeding. He doesn’t like the idea of killing for blood.

Lance is sitting on the couch in the common area drinking a thermos of blood when Keith walks in and sits down next to him.

Keith: hay, what cha drinking?

Lance: … um… blood?

Keith: no, I mean WHAT are you drinking?

Lance: … again BLOOD!

Keith: what life form did that blood come from?

Lance: ah, why didn’t you just ask that in the first place?

Keith: just answer the question.

Lance looks down at his blood, turning it in his hand and shrugging.

Lance: hm, meh idk some alien animal we caught back on the last planet we visited.

Keith: what did it look like?

Lance: idk some kind of weird purple hippo-like animal.

At this Keith gasps in anger.

Keith: WTF MAN?! HOW COULD YOU?

Lance: dude what’s your problem? Why are you getting so bent out of shape for?

Keith: HIPPOS ARE MY FAVORITE ANIMAL!

Lance: ok? And?

Keith: YOUR EATING MY FAVORITE ANIMAL!

Lance: omg are you serious right now?

Just then shiro and the others walk in, hearing all the commotion.

Shiro: hay, I heard shouting, what’s going on in here?

Lance: Keith is throwing a fit because I’m drinking his favorite animal!

Keith: HES DRINKING ALIEN HIPPO BLOOD!

Shiro looks so confused right now.

Shiro: … huh?

Pidge: only you two could create drama out of nothing.

Hunk: I don’t see what the big deal is. Lance has to eat too. And it’s not like he actually killed the animal to get its blood.

lance: THANK YOU HUNK!

Keith: still how would you feel if he drank the blood of something you liked? What if he drank the mice’s blood?

Pidge: Keith, the mice aren’t even large enough to serve as an hors d’oeuvre.

Keith: what about kaltenecker?! What if lance ate her?!

Lance: I would never drink kaltenecker Keith!

Keith: and why not?

Lance: cause she is like family! I’d never feed on family! And seriously Keith, I can’t just decide not to feed on everyone’s favorite animal. If I did that then I wouldn’t be able to drink blood from anything period.

Keith: so your saying it doesn’t matter what animal it is, you’d eat it regardless?

Lance: ok let me stop you right there. I may drink animal blood but I do still have my standards. There ARE animals I won’t drink.

Hunk: like what?

Lance: I draw the line at bug-like, cute adorable and babies.

Then Keith mumbles.

Keith: I bet you’d eat a baby hippo.

Lance: NO KEITH I WOULD NOT!

Keith: just you wait lance, someday the universe will exact karma upon you for eating a hippo!

Lance: for the love of god Keith! First off, it’s not an actual hippo! It LOOKED LIKE A HIPPO! Second, I didn’t eat it! I just had it donate a few pints of its blood and it went on its merry way! STILL ALIVE AND VERY MUCH NOT EATEN!

Allura walks in.

Allura: paladins! Get your armor on. We have a diplomatic mission on the planet kolslac. The kolslacians wish to join the voltron coalition and are requesting an audience with us.

Lance gives a sigh of relief.

Lance: OH THANK GOD! Saved by the princess!

Shiro: all right team! Let suit up and go meet these kolslacian diplomats.

(Later planetside)

Lance stood frozen in horror at the sight that awaited team voltron on the planet kolslac. The kolslacians as it turned out were a race of purple bipedal hippo-like aliens.

Lance was mortified.

Lance: (whispers) you gotta be kidding me!

Hunk: (whispers) dude, are you ok?

Lance: (whispers back) no I am NOT ok! I’m surrounded by a race of alien hippo people! This is Keith’s fault! He wished this! He asked the universe to punish me for drinking alien hippo blood and now I’m in hippo hell!

Hunk: buddy calm down! I don’t think the universe is really punishing you.

Lance: oh are you really gonna tell me that after the insane conversation we had about drinking alien hippo blood, that us coming to a planet of actual alien hippo people is just some random coincidence?!

Hunk: …um.. ok I’ll admit that is one hell of a coincidence and it surprises the heck out of me too but still, I really don’t think you’re in any danger here. These guys don’t even know that you drank alien hippo blood. So I think you’re safe.

Lance: yeah unless some mullet goes and rats me out to his new alien hippo buddies.

Hunk: I don’t think Keith would do that.

Lance: you sure about that?!

Hunk: …um…

Hunk then turns to Keith and taps him on the shoulder.

Hunk: (whispers) Keith you wouldn’t tell these kolslacians about Lance drinking “you know what” would you?

Keith looks at hunk then turns his gaze towards Lance and give him the most evil grin.

Lance: I am so dead…😰

Fortunately, the alliance talks go over smoothly without incident and surprisingly Keith says nothing to the kolslacians in regards to lance drinking alien hippo blood. Everyone goes home happy. But Lance, the poor guy. He suffered through the entire thing freaking out about if the kolslacians will want to roast him on a stake or chase after him with alien versions of torches and pitchforks. Or maybe even a mob trampling him to death with their big hippo looking feet.

When it was all over and team voltron returns to the castleship, Lance gives a huge sigh of relief. But as soon as he sees Keith walking in, he turns to him and shouts…

Lance: I HOPE YOUR FREAKIN HAPPY NOW! I’M NEVER DRINKING ALIEN HIPPO BLOOD AGAIN!!!

[summercreolefanfictioner]

so I wrote a random hitsuhina prompt (and idk if I will continue it)

the story goes like this:

They were just reminiscing about the past, how they ended up being this way, from Hinamori's naivety and solid devotion towards Aizen, Toshiro's insecurity over the fact that he wasn't strong enough to protect her, up to the day they were able to move past everything and forgive each other. They knew the past had to remain a chapter in their lives, something that served a valuable lesson.

Yeah, that was just it. Nothing more, nothing less... or so Momo tells herself as Toshiro kisses her deeply, bringing her inside his quarters and slowly undressing her kimono.

They were attending a festival, and Momo was enthralled by the fireworks and everything. Afterward, she and Toshiro decided to sit somewhere and enjoy the view because this kind of peace rarely comes by, so they must always take advantage of it. And during their walk back, they reminisced the happy memories before Aizen betrayed them, the ones Momo and Toshiro happily treasured. Looking back from there, she also remembered telling him her true feelings.

And no, there was no influence of alcohol or whatsoever. She straight up just told him the words she had been wanting to say ever since she realized everything on her own.

"I... I really like you, Shiro-chan."

That was it. The next thing, he was holding her hand all night and they both seemed to agree in silence that they wanted to be with each other for longer. So before Momo could go, Toshiro instantly swept her in his arms, sliding the door from his quarters open as they entered with him locking it.

"Momo," he whispered her name, and his adult voice has never been this warm and needy. "Momo."

He was desperate as if he had waited for her this whole time. Of course, who wouldn't? Toshiro's main goal was to protect Momo ever since and with everything that has happened, he couldn't just reveal his feelings for her in his emotional state. That would ruin everything he worked hard for.

That's why, despite his selfish desire, he was gentle, taking everything slow because he didn't want to hurt her. After all, that's what Toshiro signed up for. He would never do anything against her will and he would do anything just to make her smile.

And one by one, all their clothes fell on the floor. There was nothing hindering both of them, skin to skin and flesh to flesh colliding and melting until there was nothing but soft sighs and passion and romance. And every single time, Toshiro would kiss her lips, savoring her taste because he still believes this couldn't be real. But Momo calling out his name, "Toshiro," has never been hotter than before.

This is real, he told himself.

"T-Toshiro," she moaned, holding onto him as he thrusted deeper.

They made love to each other a few times more after that, then they succumbed to sleep. Their naked bodies covered with the sheets, Momo's head snuggled in his chest as he embraced her tight.

They wished this moment would last longer.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

The day after was a freaking bitch because when Toshiro woke up, Momo wasn't there anymore, saved by the hairclip she uses for her low bun. He sighed, wondering why she would leave without telling him anything.

She said she likes me, and now off she goes like nothing.

But he couldn't forget the way she was saying his name last night.

Toshiro...

He was instantly flustered at that, feeling himself go hard before deciding a cold shower might be able to fix his worries.

[shroomyart404]

Is the Voltron fandom still kicking? If so, I need to make them aware of my 4K dream I had which forced me to focus on this

Context below

So, last night, I had a dream which was the clearest dream I’ve had in YEARS and for some reason it was Voltron?? But with the production quality of a show like the Mandolorian

The basis of what happened was the team had landed on a desolate planet in search of idk something like a rock, however the Enemy were also searching for it. So, with the power of old Altaen tech, Coran and Allura simulate a crash to make it look like no one survived. Like this was a really high stakes mission. Allura and Coran kept going on about how the tech was old and the simulation wouldn’t look or feel believable, plus they don’t know how human bodies work, etc etc.

But uh it was scarily accurate by the teams standards, sent a shiver down Shiro’s spine for sure.

And so the team go off and start searching, splitting up to cover more ground. Managing to get out of sight just before the Enemy arrives. Accompanying the enemy is keiths alien girlfriend, the red lady in the top left of the drawing, who currently is spying on the enemy from the inside. She insists on checking the bodies to “check they’re well and fully dead” as she knows the most about human biology. What she’s infact doing is checking for a specific engraving on Keith’s spacesuit, and when it’s not there, she knows they aren’t actually dead.

I’ve already started coming up with headcanons and other bits and bobs, but like…bare in mind I’ve not watched Voltron in YEARS

[jankwritten]

SOBBING how they all immediately start treating Keith like he's suddenly a different person.....hate this for him....

I think it's very funny that the show set up both Shiro AND Keith as potential love interests for Allura in the early seasons (giving them both solo-missions alone with her, giving them both little side plots/quirks that connect them kinda thing) and giving Lance absolutely nothing. i never watched past season 4 so i hope they Stopped That in later seasons.

It is interesting to see that Keith is next to never portrayed as being "girl crazy" in any way, him or Shiro (this early in the show they can't have had the idea to make Shiro gay yet). Like, Hunk and Lance both constantly fall all over themselves over pretty girls (Lance, duh, but Hunk with Shay and whatnot) but Keith is always left out of it. I'm still hung up on this whole "canonical ages" thing too so it makes me wonder if that's meant to be a hint - like Lance/Hunk are still in the 15/16/17 age range where they're a little more immature whereas Keith/Shiro are closer to the 19/20/21 age range where they're more mature. Shiro is obviously the eldest - he's least likely to get drawn into shenanigans, but he does still sometimes (the spore fight before the Olkari, when they're all making gunfire noises at one point) which to me reads as someone who's still not quite solidly settled into being an adult yet, which reads as younger twenties, not mid twenties.

IDK. I really love figuring this kind of shit out based only on like, context clues, but I also understand that everyone's got different ideas for what means what, and I've never really been one to understand ages and different maturity levels anyway.

I think that Shiro is the eldest as 21-23, Keith is the second oldest at 19/20, and then Lance/Hunk are 16/17 and Pidge (who I DID just type as Bitch accidentally whoops sorry Pidge I love you so much) is the youngest at 14/15. This is based partially on the SUPPOSEDLY canonical ages from that one unconfirmed paladins guide thing, and my own thoughts on how the characters interact/their demonstrated maturity levels. Plus - Keith says "you're like a brother to me" to Shiro, which I think demonstrates they're closer in age. He'd have said father or mentor if Shiro was that much older than him - Keith sees Shiro as somebody he can look up to, but also somebody he can goof around with and whatnot.

Perhaps the thing with me always fucking around with ages in Percy Jackson has started to rub off on me, so now I'm trying to do it in other fandoms too WHOOPS. Oh well. This is my truth, and this is how I perceive their ages - at least in seasons 1-2 since that's as far as I've gotten. I know there's some fuckiness with Keith later on.

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Chapter 4: Who Do You Love? 

Summary: Keith deals with new emotions 

A/N: I used a fantasy language generator for Altean! I'm just trying it out, idk if I should keep it!

Word Count: 6034

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Keith’s POV 

Love. The word circled around Keith's mind like a tune stuck in his head. Galran’s weren't scared of the word. But it was hardly said, or hardly written. Yet, he came to find out that Alteans say it...a lot. Even for things that weren't romantic. They were lax with the word.

They loved flowers. They loved cooking or music. They loved this. They loved that. But neither of the books Lance read to him explained what love was.  

What did it feel like when you were in love? How did you know if the person you loved, loved you back? How do you express love? 

Lance had been Keith's guard for six months now. Six months of walking together, creating a routine, Lance reading to him, and meetings. Six months of knowing Lance properly. 

Being around him ached in his core but being away from him stung. Keith didn't know what to make of it. He found it hard to breathe when Lance wasn't around. 

They had gotten closer over the last half a year. Lance had taught more about Altean lifestyles and culture. What Coran was like in his younger days. He was told about Princess Allura and the two other knights, Romelle and Adam. 

Keith opened up to his knight as well. He made it known what he liked and disliked. The things he wanted to try and the places he wanted to go. Without having to be on a political mission. He began to discuss the life he would want if he didn’t have to take over the empire. 

The life he would never have.

“Oh, boys! Just the people I was looking for!” Kolivan clasped his hands as he made his way over to them. Shiro follows beside him, holding a piece of paper and a small box. 

Lance bowed at the empire, sending Shiro a small nod. “Is everything okay?” Keith asked from where he was kneeling. Feeling a new flower that was planted the day before. 

“Yes, but we just received word of an invitation!” 

Keith sighed, “another party?” He stood.

“Yes, on Altea! King Alfor is hosting it. Along with Blaytz of Planet Nalquod, Gyrgan of Planet Rygnirath, and Trigel of the Dalterion Belt.”

Keith looked at his dad with disbelief, Shiro handing him a copy of the invitation. “The original alliance invited us to a party?” He grabbed the paper, his eyes scanning the words. 

His father grinned, “yes. This is good progress, Keith. The final push in the right direction.” 

“So it’s on Altea?” 

“Correct, which leads me to my next order of business. Knight McClain!” He said enthusiastically. 

“Uh Sir!” Lance said, a bit caught off guard. 

Kolivan motioned at Shiro who stepped forward, holding the box out to Lance. The emperor urged him to open the box and Lance did, slowly. “I know you wear the Altean royal symbols and colors but given your residence here and longevity. I hope you feel comfortable wearing these as well.” 

Lance stared into the box, his face unreadable. 

“Galran’s general wear these on the left side. I’m not sure of Altean culture or which side your medals and symbols must be worn. I hope we can make it work.” 

Lance reached into the box, his fingers shaking slightly. “Sir…Are you sure about this?” He pulled out the Galran insignia, purple chains hanging off it. Just like what Lance wore the first time Keith saw him at the dance. But with the Altean symbol and light blue chains. These were attached to the shoulder cuffs to hang off down the wearer's arms. 

“Positive young knight. If you’re okay with it, I think you could help be the bridge between the Galrans and Altman's. Yes, the alliance is signed and holding strong but we still stay in our own area. You could show that we are breaking down our walls some. Embracing each other.” 

Lance gave a tense nod, placing the chain back into the box; grabbing it from Shiro. “Thank you, sir, I will wear it with honor.” He bowed deeply, holding the box tightly to his chest. 

Kolivan smiled at him, looking toward his son. “We leave for Altea in the morning. I will call for servants to pack for you. Knight McClain, do you need any help packing?” 

Lance shook his head no. 

Keith’s dad clasped his hands together again, “splendid. I look forward to tomorrow!” He turned and left, Shiro following at his side. 

Keith glanced at Lance, whose attention was back on the box. “Are you excited? To go back to Altea?” 

“Um…yeah. It’ll be nice,” he met Keith's eyes. “But I’m still going to be guarding you. I have a sworn duty.” 

Keith turned around, moving to the next plant; praying Lance didn’t see the blush that formed over his skin. “I’m sure I’ll be okay if you take a moment to chat with your friends.” 

“Yeah…but they have their own work to do anyways. Guarding their own people.” 

“Who do they guard again?” Keith began walking, Lance following behind. 

“Coran guards King Alfor, Adam guard’s the queen, and Romelle guards Allura. And I guard you.” 

“I’m still confused why there are only four knights.” Keith paused by the sunflowers, touching the petals gently. 

Lance remained silent, his eyes a bit glazed over. 

“Lance?” 

He blinked, turning some so Keith couldn’t see his face. “There would have been five but he was killed about fourteen years ago.” He took a shaky breath. “We used to have more. At least that’s what Coran told me. But they were…” he trailed off. 

Keith frowned, his mind auto-filling what Lance neglected to say. “We killed them.” 

Lance didn’t reply, and his body didn’t move. 

Keith found his hand wrapped around the head of the sunflower he was admiring only a moment ago. He squeezed the flower in his hand, crushing it under his strength. “It seems that’s all we’re good for.” He opened his hand, and the flower fell to the ground; destroyed. “Destroying and killing.” 

“That’s not true, your highness!” Lance borderline screamed at him, his marks glowing intently. 

Keith stared at him, dumbfounded. No one had ever raised their voice at him. No one ever dared. 

“You can’t blame yourself for what your grandfather did. Zarkon…he doesn’t represent the Galrans anymore. Your father does, your mother does, and you do. Even if you don’t like it. The Galran have created alliances with planets that were fighting each other long before Zarkon's first move. You’re pushing to heal the universe, not destroy it. Galran is not a synonym for being bad or evil.” Lance took a deep breath. 

“Becoming an Altean Knight takes more work than people are willing to put in. More sacrifice than people are prepared to give. It’s not anyone's fault that most people end up becoming guards or military personnel rather than knights.” He froze, the sudden realization of his outburst hitting him hard. 

He kneeled to the ground, something he hadn’t done in the entire six months he had worked under Keith. “Forgive me, I spoke out of turn.” 

Keith couldn’t speak, he couldn’t move. Lance’s words replayed in his mind, causing emotions he didn’t know he could feel. He didn’t even know how to identify them. “Stand.” 

Lance did, keeping his head low, the box left on the ground. 

Keith scanned him a couple of times; he had never seen him lose his composure. But now? His shoulder’s moved up and down as he breathed, his chest rising and falling quickly. His marks still glowing. 

“Look at me.” 

Lance didn’t move. 

He never ignored an order from Keith. 

Keith moved forward, stopping right in front of his knight. “Lance.” He flinched slightly, causing Keith's chest to tighten. He took a deep breath; he wasn’t someone he ever wanted to scare. “Can you look at me…please?” 

Lance turned his head some, his eyes still closed. 

Keith moved his hands slowly, gently touching Lance’s face again. The second time he purposely touched him. Maybe he was imagining this, maybe he wanted so badly to think that Lance had actual feelings for him. But, it seemed as though Lance leaned into his touch ever so slightly. “I’m not mad at you. I appreciate the words you said.” 

His knight gave a half-hearted nod, his marks dulling some. 

“Can you open your eyes?” 

He did, achingly slow. The calm blue Keith had grown to love tinted red. A storm that shouldn’t exist. “Thank you, Lance.” Wait, love? 

He mumbled something in Altean but Keith knew that it wasn’t anything negative towards him. Maybe it was a thank you? Another apology? He felt an overwhelming urge to pull Lance in for a hug but before he could begin the internal battle some voice appeared to the left. 

He quickly dropped his hands, stepping back as Lance grabbed the box that was discarded. Just the gardeners. “Let’s head to the library. I want to read.” Keith began walking before Lance could respond, his body on fire. 

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He found himself wide awake, staring at what would be his ceiling if the room wasn’t blanked in darkness. Lance had left him for the night over two hours ago but no matter how hard Keith tried, sleep stayed right out of his grasp. Taunting him. 

He loved Lance. 

At least he thinks he does. Everything was confusing. He liked Lance, but jumping to love? Shouldn’t that take time? A kiss or two? It had only been six months. It had been six months. Could you fall in love with someone after that amount of time? 

He sighed, pushing himself into a sitting position. Despite being a four-letter word it sat heavy on him. Weighing him down like the cover of a book. Trapping him, forcing him to think about it. 

He found himself pacing, trying to calm his mind. But he was never taught about falling in love, he never read stories about navigating love; only when it’s reciprocated. He found himself in the library, holding the first Altean book Lance had read to him. 

He flipped through the pages, growing frustrated at the unknown language. He wasn’t sure what he was looking for. Maybe a section Lance skipped or glossed over. A ‘what to do when you realize you're in love with someone that you didn't even realize you had a crush on until that moment in time.’ He doubted he would find anything that specific but something along those lines would be helpful. 

“Keith? Why are you awake?” Shiro entered the space, his voice a whisper. 

“Couldn’t sleep,” he kept flipping through the book, a small frown on his face. 

Shiro sat in the chair across from him. Lance’s seat. “What book are you reading?” 

Keith hummed, “I don’t know. It’s in Altean. Lance read it to me.” 

“Lance…read you a book?” 

“Yeah, he had some sent over a couple of months back. Altean’s have a lot of romance novels.” 

“Oh.”

Silence fell between them, the only sound was Keith flipping through the book. “What are you hoping to find?” Shiro asked cautiously. 

Keith closed the book abruptly, “have you ever been in love?”

Shiro looked at Keith like he had three heads, “that’s…what?” 

Keith closed his eyes, letting his head fall back on the chair. “Have you ever been in love?” 

“Of course I have. I love my parents and I have brotherly love for you-”

Keith lifted his hand, silencing the other man. “Have you ever felt romantic love?” 

Shiro stared at the ground, “...no. I don’t think I have. Why are you asking?” 

Keith lowered his hand and rubbed his eyes. He was tired. 

“Keith?” 

“Hmm?” 

“Do you…do you love someone?” 

He didn’t reply, his hand resting over his lips, his chest tightening into a painful twist.

“It’s Lance isn’t it?” 

Keith released a small chuckle, “is it that obvious?” 

“Not the love part but it’s very obvious that you have some sort of affection towards him. Krolia said you fell asleep on him during movie night. And you’ve bent so many rules and broken traditions for him. It’s clear he’s just as important to you as you are to him.” 

“You think I’m important to him? I’m just his mission.” He spat out the words, he knew Lance wouldn't love him even if he could. 

“Maybe so…I’m not sure if all the Altean knights watch their people as he watches you.” 

Keith scoffed, “and how does he watch me exactly?” 

It took a moment for Shiro to respond, but he eventually did. “Like you’re the only person in the room.” 

“Can you even love someone you haven’t been with? I’ve only touched him a couple of times, we haven’t kissed or anything. It’s like…I didn’t realize I liked him until today when I released I loved him.” 

“I don’t know. It can’t be impossible if that’s how you’re feeling.” 

Keith inhaled a shaky breath, this conversation was not going how he wanted it to. He wanted Shiro to say that he had been in love before and tell him how to get over it. Tell him how to ease this tension in his core. “I’m sure all the knights act like that. He’s just doing his job.” 

Shiro leaned forward, placing his hand on Keith’s knee; a comforting gesture. “I don’t know what this feeling is like. I can’t even begin to fathom how you’re feeling but,” he gave a gentle squeeze. “I’m here if you need to talk.” 

“Okay.” 

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“Are you okay Lance? You look like you’re going to puke?” Krolia questioned, moving a bit closer to look at him better. 

“I’m fine, your highness, just…nervous?” Lance did his best to lean back some, pressing himself against the back of his seat. 

“Nervous about what, Knight McClain? We’re going to Altea after all!” Kolivan asked, setting the stack of papers he was reading on his lap. 

Lance swallowed, his eyes looking anywhere but at the Galrans in the room. “Just…I haven't seen the royal family or the other knights in half a year. I don’t know what has changed.” 

“Things have changed but I wouldn’t worry about that. Just enjoy being home for the next day.” Krolia flashed him a toothy grin, sitting back in her own chair. 

“Yes, empress.” Lance lowered his head some. Shiro bumped Keith’s foot, sending him a sympathetic smile. Keith sent him a minuscule nod, his eyes falling on his knight. 

They hadn’t spoken since his moment yesterday. Past a couple of words here and there, the usual bubbly self Lance put on display when it was just the two of them was gone. It bothered him. Somber expressions didn’t look good on Lance. 

They landed on Altea about half an hour later, Lance standing behind Keith as the doors opened. He could feel the anxiety rolling off him but what did he have to be anxious about? 

Keith stepped off the ship, squinting a bright light from the sun. Suns? He looked up enough to see three glowing orbs in the sky. 

“Welcome to Altea!” King Alfor stepped forward, a grin on his face. His wife and daughter stood next to him, Coran standing behind him. 

“It is a beautiful planet,” Kolivan extended his hand, which King Alfor grasped and immediately yanked the other king into a hug. 

“This day is monumental! I cannot wait to have everyone together. We are making history, Kolivan.” He patted his back once before releasing his hold on the other man. He pulled Krolia into a hug as well, and she was immediately grasped by his wife. 

Keith prayed to any god that they would skip him. They thankfully did. 

“Lance! Come here!” King Alfor waved the knight over who looked to Keith for permission. 

Keith nodded and Lance stepped forward; quickly being embraced by his king. 

“It is so good to see you. Now Coran can stop moaning about how much he misses you.” King Alfor broke the embrace, keeping Lance at an arm's length away. “Have things been good? You haven’t damaged your sword, correct?” 

“No sir, I haven't had to use it at all.” 

“Well let me see. I need to make sure you’ve been taking care of one of Altea’s prized possessions.” 

Keith’s ears perked up at the statement. He had never seen Lance’s sword before, he never unsheathed it around him. And was it really that important that the king himself wanted to check the quality? He glanced at his family, interest on their faces as well. 

Lance stepped back some, swiftly pulling the sword from its holder, a crisp schwing sound filling the air. King Alfor leaned forward, his hand remaining still in front of him. “Marvelous. Coran!” 

The older knight stepped forward. 

“Do the quality check please.” 

“Yes sir.” 

Lance turned his body some so he was facing the senior knight. Coran dipped his head slightly, as Lance held the sword up. The blade and handle sitting on his open palms. Coran grabbed the sword, holding it up in the air and then swinging it to the ground. He twisted his wrist, mostly testing the weight, and lifted the sword up to his face. His gloved hand slid along the dull side of the blade. He looked at his glove, moving his fingers together, and dropped the sword; Which Lance caught as soon as it left his hands. He quickly put it back in its holder. 

Keith stared at the metal the entire time. The sword was a silver color with blue running down the blade almost like lighting. It was stunning. Lance didn’t move a muscle the entire time, was he even breathing? 

Nobody spoke. Not on the Galran side of the Altean side. Instead, they all watched in silence, knowing, even if they were never told, the importance of what was happening. 

“Well done my boy.” Coran smiled before he pulled Lance in for his own hug, holding him tighter than the king did. 

“I told you, love, in no time Lance will surpass your knight.” The Altean queen giggled to her husband who released a loud laugh. 

“Now, my apologies for the unprompted ceremony you all just witnessed,” he turned his attention toward his guest. “These swords hold significant power for Alteans. With Lance being gone so long, we need to make sure he was fulfilling the task that comes with bearing it.” 

“Nevertheless,” he collapsed his hands together, “let’s get this show on the road. If the young prince does not plan on intending this meeting Lance can escort him to your rooms. And anyway the prince would like to explore.” 

Keith looked at his parents, he wasn’t aware there would be a meeting right as they stepped off the ship. 

“My son will not be joining the meeting. I put his care in his knight’s hand.” 

Alfor smiled, “then follow me!” 

---

“What are these called again?” Keith kneeled down, his fingers touching the soft petals of the purple flower. 

“Juniberry. They’re only found on Altea.” Lance remained standing, his gaze on the flower Keith was touching. “Do you like them?” 

“Yes. They’re beautiful.” 

Lance kneeled down next to him, his arm only an inch from Keith’s. “I wanted to say sorry for being quiet yesterday and today. I was dealing with-” 

“No need to explain. It’s okay.” Keith pulled his hand back, resting it on his knee. “Your sword is beautiful. I’ve never seen it before today.” 

Lance’s mark began to glow softly, “thank you. I thankfully haven’t had to pull it out around you. You’ve been pretty safe and easy to guard.” 

Keith rolled his eyes, a blush forming over his face. “Shut up.” He leaned over some, bumping his shoulder against his knight’s, keeping it pressed there. Lance reached forward some, plucking a flower out of the ground. He held it between his thumb and pointer finger, letting it spin as he moved his fingers. 

Keith leaned back more so he was sitting, watching Lance. 

He kept reaching for more flowers, moving his hands rapidly, his body hiding whatever he was doing. “There!” He turned around, holding up a flower crown. “For you, my good sir.” He bowed his head as he held out the crown. 

Keith laughed, “you made me a flower crown?” 

“Yes.” 

“A king does not put on his own crown.” Keith wasn’t sure why he said that and he felt himself panicking as Lance looked at him. 

But Lance leaned forward, gently placing the object on his head. “There you go. You are officially the king of the Juniberry flowers.” 

Keith lifted his hand, gently touching the flowers. He suddenly had a strong desire to lean forward and kiss Lance, so he ended up chewing on his inner cheek. 

They sat like that for a bit before Lance stood, showing Keith more of the garden; the crown still on his head. 

“These are called ‘Virginia Creepers,’ they’re from Earth.” Lance stopped in front of a wall that split the garden. Green vines with a leafy top attached to the wall. 

“They just grow like that?” 

“Yes, and Earth had more as well. This is the only one we could get to grow on Altea.” Lance’s body stiffened slightly. The next thing Keith knew was that Lance’s right hand was wrapped around his back, his left hand covering his mouth. Lance stepped forward some. Keith tripped over his feet but the other boy prevented him from falling. 

He heard something hit the wall with a loud thunk. His eyes widened some, what was that? 

Lance shook his head, stepping back some and drooping his hands when he knew Keith was stable on his feet again. “Guys, that’s not funny!” He shouted out toward the area opposite of the wall. 

Keith looked at the wall, a knife lodged in it, right where Lance was standing. 

“I told you it wouldn’t be funny!” A girl’s voice cut through the air, annoyance dripping off it.

“Blah blah, come on,” a man's voice responded. 

He looked at Lance whose jaw was tense as he continued to look at where the voices came from. Eventually, two people walked into their field of vision; wearing the same style of armor Lance always did. It was a guy and a girl. 

The girl was shorter than the guy, her long blonde hair tied in a braid that rested on her shoulder. The marks under her eyes were a soft teal color. Her skin was fair and despite her smaller build, she walked with the same confidence that Lance and Coran displayed. 

The man next to her was taller, his skin tan and his eyes a grayish color. A color Keith had never seen on an Altean before. His marks were a soft green. His hair was brown, cut short. Mimicking Lance’s hairstyle. He also wore glasses and his lips were turned into a smirk as he made his way over toward them. 

A sheathed sword hung at their hips. Swaying slightly as they walked. “What you two did was not funny,” Lance growled the words slightly and Keith flinched. Lance had never spoken like that. 

“It was just a joke Lanceyyyyy,” the girl said, borderline skipping towards him; freezing in the palace when she saw Keith. “Oh…oh no.” 

“What did you say El?” The man’s eyes also fell on Keith. He sucked in a quick breath, “shit.” 

The knights shared a look before they bowed at Keith, clearly understanding who he was. “Forgive us majesty, we didn’t see you when we threw the knife. We were trying to see if Lance had gone soft, not try to assassinate you.” The man spoke clearly, his voice sounding a bit tense. 

The girl nodded slightly, “yes forgive us.” 

Lance stared at the two, his body tense and Keith cleared his throat. “Uh…you can stand.” 

The knights did, their eyes shifting to Lance who still hasn't eased up at all. 

“Well….are you going to introduce us or…?” The man spoke, another easy smile on his lips. 

Lance mumbled something under his breath before clearing his throat. “Prince, this is Adam and Romelle. Knights to the Queen of Altea and Princess Allura. Who they should be with right now.” He grumbled the last sentence out. 

Both the knights chuckled. “We were dismissed. They’re just in a meeting and they have Coran which is all of us times ten.” Romelle spoke, a bit too happy for the tense atmosphere Lance was radiating. 

“Are you going to be at the party, Lance?” Adam asked. 

Lance dropped his shoulders slightly, “I go where the Prince goes.” 

“You know Nyma will be there,” Romelle wiggled her eyebrows. 

Keith felt an uncomfortable feeling bloom in his chest. Jealousy? Who the hell was Nyma? He had never heard that name before. 

Lance’s expression didn’t change, maybe he looked more annoyed? Any change that did occur was subtle. “Okay…but as I said. I will go where the Prince goes.” 

The two knight’s shared a look, their eyes shifted from each other to Lance, to Keith, and then back to each other. A smile forming on their faces. “Skai cru vaih noiese Nyma. Skai noiese zoic lailakuene cru vaih skai?” They said in unison, their voices lifting some. 

Keith had no idea the words that were been shared. He really needed to learn Altean. But he recognized one word; one name. Nyma. 

He looked at Lance, his marks glowing brightening and his face was scrunched up slightly. Clearly flustered. 

“Poienem soth skai oipie!” 

They both giggled in response and Lance crossed his arms, boring a hole in the ground with his eyes. His marks still glowing. 

Adam and Romelle laughed, holding each other up as their chest moved up and down. The sound echoed around them. 

His chest only got tighter, his mind cycling on the name. He had never heard about this person before. They obviously had a history with Lance, enough that the knights had to bring up that they would be at the party. His stomach turned more. Lance liked someone else, didn’t he? 

He had never asked about Lance’s love life or who was waiting for him on Altea. He didn’t think he would have any obstacles past Lance being his guard and him being a prince. But another person? Someone who had more history with him? Keith felt tears burn behind his eyes. He needed to be alone for a bit. 

“Lance, I want to go to my room.” 

Lance looked at him, he looked relieved in a sense. Keith figured he was imagining it. “Follow me, your highness.” 

“See you at the party!!!” Romelle waved at them as they walked away. 

Keith was a fool to think he had a chance. 

---

He ran his hands through his hair, taking a couple of deep breaths. After a bath, and some very strong-smelling soaps he felt a tiny bit better. Lance had left to get ready for the dance himself but assured him he would be back before he was out of the bath. 

He took his time getting ready, dragging every piece of fabric onto his body. He didn’t mind his formal wear, he thought it did make him attractive but right now it felt heavy. He didn’t want to be flirted with, he didn’t want to pretend to be engaged with people, he just wanted to lay down and cry. He had never felt like this before. 

He stepped out of the bathroom, tucking his blade into its holder that sat on his lower back. Lance was standing on the porch, pacing back and forth some. He opened the sliding door, Lance turning to look at him. 

“Prince.” 

“You look nice.” He moved to stand by him, placing his hands on the balcony. 

“All I did was add the chains and metals,” Lance said, rubbing the back of his neck in awkwardness. 

Keith glanced at him, his chest tightening more. Blue decorated the right side of his armor, naturally blending with the silver color. He wore the same chains and medals as he did all those months ago. The left side was decorated with the pieces his father gifted him. The purple symbol looked a bit off on the silver metal. Not ugly, but it was odd to see an Altean bearing the Galran mark. 

He had a dark blue half cape attached to his right shoulder blade. There wasn’t a scratch or mark anywhere on him. He was a knight in shiny armor. Literally. “Are you sure you want to attend the party?” 

Keith nodded. 

“We can head down when you say the word. That goes for leaving the party as well. If you want to dip after five minutes just say the word, your highness.” 

Keith dipped his head some, “okay.” 

Lance had hooked his arm around his, saying it was tradition for the knights to properly escort their person to the event. Keith didn’t object. They arrived at the party a bit after it started, a couple of hushed voices moved around them as Keith stepped into the room. Yet, he couldn’t tell if they were directed at him or Lance. Lance grinned at everyone they passed, staying true to his word and sticking to Keith’s side. 

“So I guess Alteans and Galrans are serious about this alliance. Look at Knight McClain’s armor.” Someone whispered as they made their way through the room. 

“Knight McClain? You’re serious? I didn’t think he would be here.” A girl gushed in response. 

Keith silently applauded his father, that was a good move on his end. They finally made their way over to where his parents were. Standing off to the side as they chatted with all the other royal attendees. 

“Nice to meet you. Well, properly this time.” Allura stepped in front of him, a soft smile on her face. 

He took note of Romelle standing behind her, wearing the same Altean symbols as Lance. Romelle looked more serious this time, her hands at her side, her eyes scanning the crowd. “The pleasure is all mine,” he grabbed Allura’s hand and pressed a chaste kiss to it. He stood, meeting her knight's eyes briefly. She looked uncomfortable, her eyes going back to the crowd. 

Keith and Allura exchanged small talk for a bit. Mostly about their respective cultures but they bonded a bit over their annoyance with these parties and literature. 

Lance stepped around him as they spoke, speaking softly to Romelle in Altean. Both of them kept their eyes on the crowd. 

“Everyone! If I could have your attention!” King Alfor’s voice boomed over the room. Once the room was silent we raised his glass. “I hope you know that this night is about peace, love, and alliance. We are here to make sure another war doesn’t tear us apart again!” 

The crowd cheered and Keith joined in on the clapping, his parents smiling. 

“Now, for a special event, I present to you the best singer Altea has to offer. Nyma!” King Alfor moved to sit back down in his chair, the crowd cheering louder. 

A young woman stepped onto the stage that was off to the side, everyone's eyes on her. She was pretty, Keith couldn’t deny that. Her face was a cream color that blended into a soft yellow. Her eyes were purple and she was tall. She wore a two-piece outfit, a pure white cropped top, and a floor-length skirt. The gems that decorated it glimmered under the lights. 

She bowed at the royalty that was present, her eyes traveling to Keith. Or at least he thought until he heard Romelle giggle as she elbowed Lance. That’s who she was looking at. 

A soft melody began to play from somewhere in the room and she began to sing. She was singing in Altean, or maybe another language. Keith wasn’t sure. Her voice filled the air, a pleasant sound. She wasn’t a bad singer, Keith could see why everyone was excited about her. 

But he found himself unable to feel joy during her performance. Only annoyance. He hated how pretty she was, she was stunning. He wasn’t sure how well she knew Lance but Lance would be stupid to not like her back. He lost the game he didn’t know he was playing. 

After her fifth song, she bowed, letting the room fill with cheers. Everyone went back to talking, and laughing with each other as more drinks were passed around. Keith grabbed his fifth drink of the night, ignoring how his vision began to swim slightly. He needed to leave. 

He lifted his hand to signal his knight over, dropping it as he saw Nyma make her way toward him. “Prince, it is an honor to meet you. And perform for you.” She curtsies in her dress, sending him a warm smile. 

He tried to match her attitude, tried to seem thrilled she chose him to talk to. He knew he was failing. “Nyma was it? Your performance was spectacular.” 

She blushed, “thank you.” Her eyes drifted behind him, to Lance. “Do you mind if I say hello to your knight? I haven't seen him in a long time.” 

He reluctantly shook his head yes, he had no rational reason to deny her that. He quickly finished his drink. 

She grinned and moved past him, “Lance!” 

He smiled at her, “Nyma.” 

She wrapped her arms around him, his own arms quickly reciprocating. She was whispering something in his ear, his marks glowing with every word she said. 

Keith couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t move either. 

He nodded, mumbling his own words back before pulling away some. Her hand patted his chest, her fingerings lingering on the decoration that he had placed there. She laughed at something Lance mumbled and leaned up. Kissing his cheek. 

Keith’s stomach lurched. 

He found himself fumbling through the crowd, his eyes falling on Shiro. 

“Keith? Are you okay?” His voice was laced with worry, and he reached forward to catch him. 

“I need to go. I can’t be with him right now.” He whispered the words in Galran, praying his parents didn’t hear him. 

Shiro nodded, “can you stand on your own? At least till we’re out of the ballroom?” 

Keith nodded, forcing his legs to support his weight. Was his outfit always this suffocating? 

“Is everything alright?” Lance’s voice appeared behind him, a bit frantic. 

“He’s fine. Enjoy the party Lance, I’ll take him back to the room.” Shiro replied, a fake smile on his face. 

“I can come with him-” 

“Stay here,” Keith growled out, the words sounding rougher in his native tongue. He turned his body, squaring his shoulders. Regretting looking at Lance as soon as his eyes fell on him. 

He looked crushed. Like a kid who was told they couldn’t sleep over at their friend's house. 

Keith wanted to pull him in for a hug. Apologize for his outburst but he couldn't. Not right now. “I’ll see you in the morning. Come on Shiro.” 

He made his way towards the exit, Shiro following right behind. “Did he follow?” He asked as they reached an empty hallway. His advisor moved to help support his body.  

“No…he didn’t even look back.” 

Those words were a knife in Keith’s chest.  He really wasn’t anything more than a mission to Lance. Someone he was ordered to protect. They made it back to his room for the night, Shiro locking the door. 

Keith stumbled to his bed, trying his best to remove his outfit. The buttons kept snagging and he felt more and more frustrated at every small thing getting in his way. “DAMN IT!” 

Shiro kneeled in front of him, “take a deep breath. Let me help.” He quickly undid Keith’s jacket, helping him slide it off his shoulders. He untied his boots and removed the holder for his blade. Leaving Keith in his underclothes. 

A drop of water fell on his hand. Then another. And another. He lifted his hands to wipe his eyes, when was the last time he cried? 

Shiro frowned at him, unsure of how to help as Keith hiccupped. More tears falling.

He was a fool. 

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Poor baby :(

Thank you for reading <3333

[anarchistbitch]

well it's not like according to tradition I replied in a timely manner lmao dont worry about it

sfjkfjsdk me too, i dont usually make playlists, i just leave everything in my liked and shuffle it and let it be what the universe dictates but idk i felt like getting them into one playlist

well if you add pepa pig id burst out laughing in the middle of a call probably and one of my work friends would probably shout "send her to sleep" bc thats what we say when we send clients back bc we cant do anything from our end so it would be funny and we would just ultimately skip it lmao

im looking forward to whatever songs you add, the playlist is long as fuck already tbh so it might take a while for the oli london song to come on

SFGDSJKFGDS well in my defense I had to ask bc i didnt know how long youve been on tumblr so yeah (shiro's cloning and the episode about it and the fight with keith)

anyways i motherfucking hated that they exploded adam and then tried to console us with curtis but anywaaaaaaay the fanfic is dirty laundry which if you were in the fandom i doubt you didnt end up hearing of it or at least the discourse around it but anyway it got deleted but i had it downloaded so have a google drive link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwU9LMiUJoN7RjFWSGZVUlJQd1U/view?

yeah, the whole not enrolling classes in uni is a mess and i try not to think about it too much rn (i am seeing a therapist and i hope that by next year i have figured out what i want to do) but i like my job, we(my team)'re actually planning to rent a house and stay there a weekend very soon to celebrate our supervisor's bday :'3

making choices that will greatly impact our futures is seriously so hard, and i also not qualified for any career advice but manifesting that whatever you choose in the end allows you to be happy

just last night it started raining hard so i got up to turn off the fan but then like two minutes later i got up to turn it on again bc even tho it was raining it is still so fucking hot, seriously hate the weather rn

god mountains are so preetty, specially when the weather is cool and they get all foggy

atsv is a masterpiece and it continues from itsv so damn well, i really do love it and i hope hollywood gets up it's ass and pays their workers what they're owed so we can see it soon

KJSDFJKSDFHJS i am still seeing so many miguel o hara edits everywhere for real, i gotta say tho im in love with hobie and pavitr

JKSHFJS i used to do something similar with fob, i had a lot of them printed out and would put them on my binder cover so that i could memorize the lyrics so i was all day everyday singing them until i memorized it and the changed it for another song

idk how id rank fob albums, its so hard when theyre soo good but i really do love so much for stardust, aside from that one i think my favs are save rock and roll and american beauty american pyscho, mania was the first album i was a fan of them when it came out so it has a special place in my heart as well

my special lyric is part time soulmates full time problem, ive always been a fan of soulmate aus and hhhhhhhh just makes my brain smooth, also we started off as shiny dimes but we got flipped too many times, we did it for futures that never came and for pasts that we're never going to change 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

cheers to us and our interesting meeting jdfshjf

love you and i hope you have a good week :3 get plenty of rest and fun and water!!

-M

i feel like if we had a competition on late replies i would emerge victorious😎(crying inside)

honestly fall is prolly the best time to make playlists[not that im gonna, but sure is a nice time yk] but ahhhh anyway!!!! havent added anything but u will know when i add it <3

check hello tumblr user nonbinarymikaela pls provide access to the drive check [i checked out of any fandom drama cause i had so many exams that yr lmao. only time the edu system saved me]

[this is me actually hi]

honestly idek if i like my degree rn, like i really wanted to go for a history degree a couple years back before i changed my stream[its a whole educational system thats actually fucking fucked in india i hope it dies soon💜] but on the flip side - it was pretty hard to get a spot in my uni anyway so now im just in a whirlpool of smth. bleh

thinking of how next year is so close is like skewering me and roasting me like a kebab😭😭😭😭[but like dont keep a strict timeline yk, ur like seriously cool and i think any decision you take will be the best as along as your the one taking it ] [i wish i had answered this earlier so i couldve wish you good time on ur retreat but i hope it was good anyway💜💜💜💜💜💜💜]

man i need to like seriously cope up with my decisions cause i need to take an exam for my career which is seriously sooo..... but yea thats how its going

omg its raining here too and my college[which is seriously just a reformated jungle] turned into a swamp ish and they STILL didnt cancel classes. and i forgot my umbrella. i came back home like a sad wet cat .

gotta love that near-to-the-equator ass weather with climate change [i need to kill billionaires rn]

hope the strikes come to a fruitful end soon[for saf-aftra & iatse !!! fuck the amptp!!] but also i wouldnt mind waiting a couple years for btsv if the animators need that time to like animate in a safe and healthy manner yk

OH wait also im on my halloween movies watch rn!! just finished the addams family and watching paranorman rn [i need a gomez man btw. need him to be silly and obsessed and intense.and mwah]

[also if u wanna watch an indian series made in heaven is pretty cool(its okay-ish in terms of writing but it covers some very important social issues + the main leads are hot and dubious. what more do i need to watch a show)]

hobie kinda scratched a very specific itch in my brain like i want to be him AND kiss him , pavitr is so slay, and o'hara needs like a massage session thing where they unlock the trauma in ur knees or like a stamlo 50mg.

me & my friends fav fob lyrics was the 'how the mighty fall' cause we would do that "fall out...boi" intro everytime lol

i dont think i have a fave lyric but i think immortals was a top contender for reasons[i like big hero 6 :3]

Song rec: nothings new by rio romeo (saw it in a reels animatic and .. yea)

to many more yrs of late asks 🥂(appy juice cause i dont like the taste of alcohol)

my love and hopes to u💜💜💜 and also an umbrella for this weather☔

p.s. drink water/soup/iced tea + i care for u+ W in the chats

[familyofpaladins]

So Shiro has white hair now

Click on it

I need to be working on my Art Prompts, and this was  a little warm up for those actually.

(Edit: I cropped the picture, and fixed a couple of tiny details)

[souichioneshots]

Souichi x Farmer!Reader

Souichi goes to visit one of his oldest farmer friends for some straw. In return, he makes her a voodoo doll and things get a litttlleee steamy

ahaha idk lol

Souichi heavily breathed through his mouth as he continued to walk down the treeless path. The summer sun shining down on him was making him sweat bullets, and having a large leather satchel cling to his body was starting to make him feel sick.

“Why does she have to live so far away…” Souichi mumbled to himself as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Passing a couple more rice fields, a large Japanese-style cottage finally came into view. It was surrounded by a couple of mango trees and 2 PVC greenhouses. He could see from the outside that they were once again filled completely with strawberries and tomatoes.

As he approached the house, he realized that all of the cars were gone. He thought for a second that he came all this way for nothing, but then he heard a familiar voice echoing in the distance.

“Kuro! Way to me! Shiro! Lie down! Hairo! Lie down!!” Souichi quickly made his way to the back of the house, where the voice was coming from.

As he pushed past a large bush, he finally saw you. You had been herding a large trip of white-tan goats and your 3 dogs, Kuro, Shiro, and Hairo were also doing their best to keep the goats in place.

“Y/N!” Souichi called out from a distance, getting your attention.

“Hmm? Souichi!!” You turned around and called back, jumping slightly in the air.

Souichi laughed as the goats also turned in his direction and let out a little “meh” sound as a greeting.

“Give me a second. I’ll be done in a bit.”

Souichi watched from under the shade of a tree as you continued to order your dogs to do their job.

You and Souichi had been friends for as long as he could remember. It was actually his grandmother who introduced him to you when he was younger. She used to get straw and other ritualistic material from your family when she practiced magick, and now he was getting stuff from you as well.

Today, he had come for his usual satchel fill of straw, and anything else you would give him as a gift. You loved to give him gifts. From fresh rice, to mangos, and even white strawberries.

Everyone in the town knew your family used magick because there was no way mangos nor white strawberries could grow in the weather conditions this part of Japan had to offer.

“Sorry for the wait!” You held onto your straw hat as you ran up to the boy. “We actually built a new barn last week for the straw. It’s this way.”

Getting up from his spot, Souichi walked with you to a small open barn located on the other side of your house.

“Woah…” Souichi looked up in awe at the massive amount of straw you had stored up this season.

“Pretty impressive, right? It’s the largest haul we’ve had in years. Praise Ninigi.” Turning towards the sun, you bowed once. Souichi quickly turned with you and did the same.

You laughed a bit at his sudden action. You knew that without his grandmother around, he wasn’t sure how to act in these types of situations. So, he mostly just copied you.

Putting your hand out, you gestured for Souichi to give you his satchel.

"Do you need me to tie them up or can I just stuff it in here?" You asked as you walked over to a large pile of loose straw.

"Just like that is fine." Souichi replied.

Picking up a handful of straw, you neatly placed it inside. When it was finally full enough, you closed it up and handed it back to the boy.

Although it was a lot, it still felt surprisingly light. Hopefully, it won't go to waste this time.

Sitting on a large straw stack, you took off your hat. You shook your head side to side as your long hair flowed from inside the hat and down onto the straw you were sitting on. You had been growing your hair out since kindergarten. Never cutting it once. Just the sheer length of it made you look like a goddess yourself. Although it was a big distraction when you worked, you planned on using your ‘virgin uncut hair’ in future rituals. At least, that’s what you told Souichi.

Patting the empty space next to you, you asked Souichi to sit next down.

“Ma actually took away the voodoo doll you made me last time you came over… Think you can you make me a new one…” You said in a sad voice as you looked at the boy.

“Again?” Souichi replied, sighing loudly.

Although your family practiced black magick in order to keep the farming business alive, you were strictly forbidden from practicing curses and other types of voodoo until you turned ○○. In the meanwhile, your mother forced you to tend to the farm and learn how to be a proper worker. That’s why whenever Souichi came over, in exchange for whatever he wanted, he would teach you anything he knew about black magick in secret.

Currently, you were learning how to make straw voodoo dolls.

You didn’t really have anyone in particular that you wanted or needed to curse, but you wanted to be prepared just in case anything happened in the future.

You smiled widely as the raven-haired boy took out a pair of pruning shears and red string from the front pocket of his satchel.

Grabbing a couple handfuls of straw, you placed them on your lap for him to freely use.

“Don’t look at me like that. You’re making it by yourself this time.” He sternly said.

“Eh~? But I’m tired from doing chores all morning…I’ll give ya a kilogram of rice if you make this one for me~” Souichi just shook his head no. He would need a better incentive if you wanted him to do this for you again.

“Hmmm…Aha! I’ll give you a whole box of fresh white strawberries as well!” Souichi smiled as you offered him exactly what he wanted. There was a reason your family sold their strawberries for over 20,000 yen a box. Getting them for free from you was one of the best parts of coming over.

“Fine. But this is the last time. And pay attention this time.” Humming happily, you handed him a handful of straw.

“First, make a circle with your thumb and index finger. Then place enough straw to fill it completely. When you get the right amount, you use some string to… Uhh... Hold this.”

Handing you the bundle of straw, he used the shears to cut a couple pieces of string to use.

“…Hold it up straight up…Yeah, like that. You tie up the top end around here. Next, you repeat this with another section of straw. When you finish that, you slide one section into the middle of the other. Then you just tie it up here, and here. Lastly, you part it in the middle for the leg sections… And then you tie up those ends and…Done!”

You let out a small whine as your mind failed to keep up with Souichi's speedy motions and vague explanation. You wanted to ask him to do it again, this time much slower, but you knew he would just go at the same speed again.

Cutting the extra pieces of straw that stuck out from the ends of the voodoo doll, he made it look presentable.

“So, what do you think? Pretty good, right?” Souichi proudly said as he handed it to you.

“Yeah! I think it might even be better than the one you made me last time!" You replied as you examined the doll in awe. "So, all I need in order to curse someone is their picture?” The straw crunched in your fingers as you opened up the chest section a bit.

“You can also use their hair, and at times when your hatred towards them is at its peak, you can just write down their name on a piece of paper, stuff it in the middle there, and it’ll work.”

You hummed in amusement as the boy once again explained to you the way straw voodoo dolls worked.

“Hair, huh…” You said to yourself in a voice so quiet not even Souichi could hear.

Moving closer to him, you spoke in a loving voice. “I never did thank you for the last doll you made me, did I?” Putting the doll down on the empty space next to you, you moved to place a quick kiss on the boy’s cheek. “Thank you.”

“Ah! Hehe…I-It was no problem… I can make you more anytime you want really…” Souichi turned his face away from you, trying to hide the blush that had grown on his cheeks.

You were always the affectionate type.

“Then, I should probably thank you in advance~” Bringing your hand to his face, you turned him towards you. Souichi’s body burned with embarrassment as you placed multiple kisses on his cheek again.

“You know, you can also thank me for always giving you so much straw~” You teased as you tapped your own cheek, hinting for him to give you a small kiss back.

Closing his eyes, Souichi moved to plant a kiss on your cheek. However, you also moved back to face him as well.

Souichi’s eyes shot open as you pressed your lips against his.

The remaining straw on your legs fell to the ground as you moved to straddle the blushing boy.

You were perhaps a bit too affectionate really.

But Souichi wasn’t complaining.

Souichi’s eyes fluttered closed as he melted into your kiss. Your hands caressed his face as you quickly deepened the kiss.

Souichi playfully bit your bottom lip as you tried to pull back for air, forcing you to return back to him. He liked to experiment with different ways of teasing you every time you spontaneously kissed him like this.

Slowly, your hands ran through his hair, making it messier than it was before.

"Ow!" Souichi pushed you back and yelled in pain as you suddenly pulled his hair.

Moving to sit up, you gloated.

“Haha! Now that I have your hair, you have to follow everything I say or I’ll curse you to death!” You laughed as you help up a single strand of dark hair. You were expecting Souichi to try to get it back from you, but he didn’t.

Looking back at you with an equally victorious smile, he moved his hands in front of you, showing off the contents it held.

“That makes two of us~ Kekekeke~”

Your smile dropped and your eyes widened in shock as you saw the shears in one hand and a large amount of your hair in another.

Bringing your hands up to your head, you felt the difference in hair length on each side.

“How could you…” Tears ran down your cheeks, making Souichi stop his cackling.

“I hate you!!” Pushing yourself off the boy, you got onto your feet and started to run towards your house. “I’m telling Baphomet!!”

The goats in the barn loudly cried as you mentioned the name of the deity your family religiously worshiped.

“Crap! No!! Y/N!!” Jumping off the straw-stack, Souichi threw your hair and the shears onto the ground.

“Wait!! I’m sorry!!” Souichi exclaimed as he chased after you.

Just before he could grab ahold of you, you ran into the house. You were so upset that you didn’t even bother to take off your shoes.

Souichi slipped on the grass as he tried to stop himself from going any further. He knew he couldn’t enter your house without your given permission.

Souichi felt his mind go into a panic as he saw you approach the large altar in your living room.

The goats in the barn cried even louder and banged their horns against the wooden walls as you pointed towards the boy outside your house.

Just before he could run away for safety, your three dogs surrounded him. Souichi let out a high-pitched cry of fear as the dogs barked and growled, forcing him to stay in place.

He made a big mistake messing with the daughter of the Baphomet worshiping family.

[keiffeine]

hello! i love your writing so much, especially for voltron! Can i maybe get a voltron legendary defenders headcanons with James Griffin, Matt Holt and Takashi Shirogane where s/o has recurring nightmares and didn’t tell them until they had a really bad nightmare, and they just help them through it? thank you!

with gender-neutral reader.

genre: fluff/comfort (maybe angst?)

a/n: i feel like i made this too dramatic but. idk. hope you like!!

© all rights reserved to keiffeine. reposting, plagiarizing, modifying, and translating is NOT allowed.

you’ve been having recurring nightmares for quite some time now—but they were usually bearable despite how terrible and scared they made you feel. you’ve grown used to the nightmares, usually occurring once every so often, but this time, it was different.

this nightmare you were having felt worse in comparison to the others. it was still the same but there were slight changes that made it feel weird in the most terrifying way possible, and for once it actually felt like it was real. for once it actually felt like you weren’t going to wake up from this one, and you jolted yourself awake with cold sweat, chest rising and falling rapidly, physical tears running down your cheeks.

takashi shirogane

• shiro gets roused awake with alert, looking at you with worry.

• “hey, it’s okay, you’re okay,” he says, swiping the beads of sweat dotting your forehead and rubbing the small of your back. “it’s okay, it’s not real.”

• “shiro,” you whimpered, voice shaky, “shiro it felt so real. it’s normally not like this, i was so terrified.”

• “normally?” he asks.

• “it’s—i have these recurring nightmares. i just didn’t want to say anything,” you said, “but this one was just so…” your sentence faded off, not even knowing how to describe something like that.

• as someone who had recurring nightmares—and still did—shiro knew exactly what it felt like.

• “i understand,” shiro said, urging you to lay back down, “try to get back to rest. i’m here for you, if you need me,” he assures, laying with you and wrapping an arm around your middle, wanting to make sure you were at ease before he can fall back asleep.

james griffin

• james wakes up immediately, looking over to you and taking in how panicked you seemed.

• “what happened?” he asked, a hand on the small of your back and rubbing gently. “are you okay? do you need water?”

• “no, just—” you pause for a moment, eyes blown wide as you looked around the room before your attention finally settled on james. you quickly felt a sense of relief wash over you. “i’ve been having this same nightmare too often, and tonight it was just—i don’t even know why, but it was different and worse. it scared me…it just felt too real…”

• you sighed into the dark, still shaking after the nightmare you’d just had.

• james pulled you into a tight embrace, pressing a gentle kiss to your cheek and still rubbing your back to calm you down.

• “you’re okay now,” he whispers in the dark, “i’ve got you.”

matt holt

• “y/n?” matt asks, waking up seconds after you had, instinctively taking your hand and squeezing. “is everything okay?”

• “yeah,” you nod, chest rising and falling with heavy breaths, feeling completely shaken, “it’s—it’s these stupid recurring nightmares i’ve been having lately. normally they’re easier to deal with but the one i just had was different and terrifying, matt,” you whimper, leaning against him.

• he held you close and tight, sweeping away the tear you hadn’t even realized was rolling down your cheek.

• “do you need anything? water, maybe?” he suggested, turning on the lamp on the bedside table.

• “i’m okay, just,” you nuzzle your head against the crook of his neck, “hold me for a little longer, if you wouldn’t mind.”

• “of course,” matt murmurs, kissing your temple.

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[mimiri22-6]

Let's do this. One last time.

Ducktales 2017. I didn't think I was ready for the end, but the finale was too perfect to be sad nor angry.

There's so much to say-too much to say...and I'm going to try my best to say all of it.

EVERYONE IS HERE!! ENDGAME WHO?! DUCKTALES!!!!!

Seeing Webby and Scrooge interactions now, after watching this once, is just-They're So Soft! AND everything is just-AH I love it. It's so weird, but when is the family tree not screwy(also, Webby=Scrooge's clone? Webby=female? Trans Scrooge=Cannon?! I think Fucking So!)

Aaaaaaannd that's all we get from Gladstone and Fethry. If there's one thing I wish was in this episode more it would be more cousin interactions and Daisy. Though, Daisy not being too into it makes sense. Loved what we got of her tho. At least we got a little bit of them this episode, it was already pretty character packed

Well...Launchpad is only half wrong.

Oh wow. Oh Wow, I love this dynamic between LP, Drake, and Fenton...ot4? because I refuse to leave Gandra out. I love how Drake doesn't know about Fenton and Gizmo while it seems like everyone else in the world does. Still, LP/Drake and Gandra/Fenton some of my faves. So good

OH YEAH! Even the other 2 Caballeros are here!!

And the last adventure STARTS

I find it Fantastic how Dewey and Launchpad will probably die thinking F.O.W.L used the last level of a videogame as their secret layer layout

*sigh* This is why I avoid previews and wish I was better at avoiding theories from after those previews. I would have been more surprised and probably would have enjoyed this ep even more if I had Nothing to expect. But the theories were right. Tho, I did not expect how (or should I say Who) Webby was cloned from...though also I was spoiled by that when I was looking for the ep. Some ass used "Scrooge is Webby's dad" as a video title. I didn't think it was real, but I was wrong.

Awwww. Don has such a soft spot for kids

I love Lena and her development.

...*sigh* ok. "you've already got sisters" with this line, I am obligated to drop the Webby/Lena ship. I'm sorry, but it's one of my many rules for being ok with a ship. If the characters Ever say, even just once as an afterthought, they see each other as siblings or something similar, I will see them as that. It's why I've never been ok and have been uncomfortable with Shiro/Keith since Keith saved Shiro from...his clones...huh. So, from now on, I'm going to be Very uncomfortable with anything Weblena...even though the thought of them in the future was cute

HOW does a show about building ottomans have plot???

I wasn't sure how to feel about the clones All throughout this

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO HUEY JUST FIRST NAMED BEAKLEY!!!!!

GOLDIE AND DAISY ARE ON THE BOARD!!! SCORE!!

Oooooh. That picture of Webby's parents...is fake. It's like some picture Beakley took off the internet.

I saw a post saying how Della had to convince Donald to go on one last adventure and how she had to watch him almost die, but she really Didn't. She helped him pack and she was ready to let Donald go on his adventure("but Daisy's my adventure" They are too damn cute for their own damn good. I love them. donsy for the win), but an actual Crisis came up and he had to stay. Donald nearly dying by void was not Della's fault and if I see any more posts about how she roped Donald into a death mission, I will go up a wall and break a neck on my way down

Man, it's weird hearing this and knowing that Webby's parents don't exist

Wow! Beakley just knocked out Scrooge! Damn!

Oooh! The girls are fighting

...Woah. I just realized, the blood and brain of Scrooge McDuck and the training of Bentina Beakley. Webby is even more of a beast than we knew.

IS THAT DEVELOPMENT I HEAR!!! YOU KEEP THOSE KIDS BEHIND? YOU LOSE!!! GOOD DAY SIR!

Pepper. Just Pepper. She seems like one of your parent's nice coworkers that brings you brownies and pinches your cheeks

"Look after your brother." YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I JUST WANNA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DADRO YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS OFICIALLY BOYD GEARLOSE NOW!! YEEEEE!!!!

I also really like that you can't tell which Gyro is telling that to

God, I Fucking Love the concept that is Manny. He's one of those things that if someone asked you about him outside of the fandom, you wouldn't even know where to start. It's absolutely FanFuckingTastic. He's the most magical thing in the universe? Fuck Yes, give that to me Now!

HE SPEAKS!!!!!!(I couldn't place his voice actor, but I when I looked him up I realized recognized him for Glossaryck from SVTFOE)

(Edit: Just found out that the scene with Manny was a Gargoyles ref. Nice!)

Once again, I love everything about LP, Drake, and Fenton

And then Lena Died

Aww, they both have such soft spots for children

LUDWIG VON DRAKE?!?!!!?! WHAT THE FUCK?!

(that had to be a different font because really, what the fuck)

He really did just say he was too busy to die. This duck is too powerful

(I really just don't have too much to say between all of this. I just love all of it)

Woo! Louie with the motivation!

Pft-how both of them are singing? Love to see it...wait, we don't see Don Karnage after this...DID HE DIE IN THAT CRASH?! DID DEWEY COMMIT HIS FIRST MURDER?!

"Welcome home, April." I hate you.

Of course he dabs

"he was like this when we found him." Nice to know Gos knows what to do in the event that she kills someone

Oh that's horrendous. I hate that

"Now, let's get down to business." TO DEF[get's shot]

Why is Manny like actually the best?

God, Drake and LP really are two halves of a whole idiot huh? They're soulmates, your honor

"I. Am." "Not alone in this." That was so sweet, but also JUST TELL HIM!!

And now Glom is dead

Oh, that's a lot of mind control

"Even by our standards, this is a weird day." Couldn't say it better, Lena

"How do you think Della found out about the Spear of Selene?" OH, YOU MOTHERFU

"Oh, Bradford, how villainous." DAMN! HE REALLY DID JUST DO THAT, HUH?!

"MOOOM!" "NOOO!" OH NO, MY HEART! IT FUNCTIONS!

"Do you know how replaceable clones are?" Oh yeah, that's right. You're probably not the og Gyro

Man, we don't ever have Von Drake for long but I always love him

Those lights are really only there for dramatic effect, aren't they?

...Close enough.

Launchpad moment! Yeah!!!

HEY! I just noticed. While wearing the suit, Launchpad didn't crash...idk what to do with this info

The fine print is usually good to read...we people just don't do it apparently

"...your most trusted ally?" *picks Donald* Wow. That's right there with the feels ain't it

"it's not worth the risk." Fuck, I love them

Oh that sounds so weird. Scrooge has never been a dad, always Uncle. So Weird

And Gandra, Gyro, and Von Drake are dead. There is a Body Count this episode

"Donald Duck." "Uncle Scrooge." I SEE YOU! I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE! AND I LOVE IT!

Hehe. From Bitchford to bird brain.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ENDING SCENE IS THE BEST!

Beakley thinking she's no longer accepted? Nah, she was granny first and foremost

ANOTHER FENRA KISS?! DON'T MIND IF I DO!

DADRO AND GOSALYN AND DRAKE?! LOVING IT!

MORE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS?! WOO!

DONALD IMMEDIATELY ADOPTING JUNE AND MAY?! ONLY THE BEST FROM HIM!!!!

PROTECTIVE SCROOGE?! YOU DON'T SEE ME COMPLAINING!

"We're smarter" "We're tougher" "We're sharper" And we'll earn our way square." AH-I'M GOING DOWN LIKE THE SUNCHASER, GUYS

AND THE END CREDITS WILL NEVER BE MATCHED!!!!!

I don't know what else to say.

This show was amazing from beginning to end. I may not have cried, but I didn't need to cry. It wasn't sad and there was nothing bittersweet about it. Just pure perfection, just like the rest of the show.

Perfectly Preen, not a fether out of place.

Goodnight Ducktales, you were perfect

[tina-rocket]

Kei x Yaku EP 1 liveblog

- My friend keeps posting about this show on her Twitter and since we have similar taste, I might as well give this a shot

- Idk what that opening scene was but I loved how it went from "cute couple on a date" to "they look like they are out to kill someone. Possibly each other"

- Already love the vibes tatooed blonde guy has

- Oh shit, hope the police lady is somehow still alive, I love her just based on these flashbacks 🥲🥲

- Holy shit, the chemistry between the leads is ELECTRIC. The scene where Shiro wipes blood off of Ichiro's lip? It's their first meeting and there are already sparks flying, this enemies to lovers is gonna be THE shit.

- Shiro is police lady's brother??? Didn't see that coming at all!

Overall an amazing first episode, loving everything so far but especially the leads and the setup of enemies working together ♥️♥️ The only downside is the weird music choices for some scenes, but that's just a minor thing and doesn't bother me much. Will liveblog the other eps too, consider me hooked!