I think my favorite Adashi thing is the idea of Adam calling Shiro Kashi
We know that, in canon, Adam is the only person who really calls Shiro by his first name, Takashi.
The only times Shiro ever really used that name (besides with Adam) were when he was being introduced to new people, introduced as this famous and incredible pilot
Takashi means "esteem", or "boasting"
Most of the time, Shiro obviously goes by his nickname. But it means "white". He feels empty without Adam besides him, and even more so being separated from Earth itself while out in space
The thing is, Kashi means "sweet".
It also means "song", and "poetry", among a few other things. Including "visible"
Adam makes Shiro feel seen. He knows he belongs. Adam is his home, and Adam sees him for who he really is. He calls Shiro "sweet", he calls Shiro his "song".
YES let’s hear about shiro and adam’s daughter👁👁👁👁👁👁
YES thank u for asking. in this universe:
shiro and keith have different dads, but the same mom. shiro is eighteen years keith's senior, and keith was a Big Surprise. to say their mother was absent is an understatement. when keith's dad died (he was 4), shiro took him in. he was dating adam then but not married.
keith has pretty much only known shiro as his dad figure, although he does have some memories of his dad and shiro keeps any pictures he has :))
keith was a Menace to adam for several years. like, monster child. he was always scared that shiro would choose adam over him. it took several years from both shiro and adam to convince him that they were both going to put keith first, always.
it was actually something adam did to make keith feel safe around them. it wasn't even something big. but when keith was ten, a call went home from the school that keith was ditching class. regularly. he would ask to go to the bathroom and just not come back. shiro was out at work, adam was home, so he answered. keith fully expected him to be furious, and tell shiro. but he didnt. he told the school to leave keith alone basically (lol), patted keith on the head, and told him he's around if keith wants to talk. keith cried and really started to trust them.
he and adam still drive each other insane for kicks tho. bc it annoys shiro and that is their favourite joke of all time.
shiro Cannot be trusted in the kitchen. at all. sometimes he even manages to fuck up cereal.
adam is a fucken five star chef. hes SO good at cooking. and he hates rich people food, so he only makes comfort food out of spite and it's SO good. his love language is cooking for people and complaining about it.
adam and shiro have always been happy with keith, and when keith started to get older they decided they wanted another kid so they adopted hana!
it is an open adoption, so sometimes hana's mom comes to visit. she calls herself hana's aunt and while hana will never not know that her mom is her bio mom, she doesn't rly want a mother role (she was 16 when she had hana, she didn't want to be a mom but she still wants to be in hana's life, shiro & adam are happy with this)
hana is a Hugely Fussy Baby holy shit. she cannot sleep through the night even a little bit, she can sleep for like four hours max. shiro and adam have not slept properly in two years.
she does, however, sleep a full like eight hours if keith is the one to put her to bed. she loves keith so much. keith is insufferably smug about it (calls himself her favourite) and it drives shiro & adam insane (they do find it adorable but mostly they're jealous lol)
her first word was keke. keith sobbed for like three days. he has the video of it on his phone and he watches it regularly to remind himself that his family loves him.
one day shiro teases that keith is a better big brother than shiro ever was and keith just quietly says "no one in the world can be a better big brother than you were for me" and it shocks shiro so badly that he doesn't even know how to react. he's not shocked that keith loves him, but the resolution in keith's voice when he said that just shook shiro down to his core
when keith moved out he changed his homescreen on his phone to a pic of the four of them.
he comes to visit regularly, about once a week. adam cooks for him.
Summary: A look at the VLD universe if Adam wasn’t killed off in the canon show. Shiro and Adam still broke up before Kerberos, but how would the conversation go if Shiro came back home to him?
shiro and adam like to subtly flirt with each other during a garrison meanwhile all the others look at each other confused and wonder what is going on between them
adam would sometimes dream about shiro returning back to earth and his own reaction to it. sometimes it would be joyful and other times it wouldn’t be. he never thought it would actually happen, giving up the hope of shiro returning home two years after he left earth he even gave up hope of seeing keith again after he disappeared. he grew comfortable in the loneliness with the loss of the family he had before. he wasn’t even there when voltron came back to the garrison, he was teaching a class. he didn’t believe the person who came and told him at first, thinking it was some kind of cruel joke being pulled. he doesn’t go to the hangar where voltron is, instead staying in to teach the class. he’s walking down the aisle of desks after class when he sees shiro come into his classroom and adam stops in his tracks. at first not believing that shiro was really there but a figment of his imagination. but when he walks towards the other man and reaches out to touch his face he begins to cry, both out of mixture of happiness and anger. shiro pulls him in close telling him that he missed him more than everything and he loved him so much. adam doesn’t know what to say, even with all the made up scenarios and the thoughts of what he would say to shiro vanished as he cries in the arms of shiro. he finally tells shiro that he’s happy that he’s back and gives shiro a kiss
