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TO GRASP AT STARS (AND LIE THE EARTH BENEATH) by ShatterinSeconds | 2/2 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // multiple settings + immortal au + vampire!keith + witch!lance + friends to lovers + married at present timeline, pining at the others

SUMMARY

“I missed you.” Keith’s words break through the flow of thoughts in Lance’s mind--a sudden breath of fresh air unexpectedly batting Lance in the face.

The corners of Lance’s eyes crinkle. “Yeah?”

“Mm.” Keith’s finger circles the top of his glass, ice cubes clinking together. “It’s boring on my own.”

“Is that why you invited me here?” Lance arches an eyebrow; he has never seen the vampire quite so hesitant before. Never this vague.

“We keep letting too much time pass us by,” Keith begins with an explanation but leaves too much dead space between his thoughts that Lance has to fill in.

“I have a feeling this is more than a little reunion.”

(or a story about two immortals finding each other over and over again)

EXCERPT

“You’re actually terrible,” Lance needs to comment on the obvious.

A glare is sent his way. “What point of ‘I do not know how to dance’ did not get through your thick head?”

“I thought you were being modest,” Lance replies honestly, “But you’re awful; this is fantastic.”

“I’m glad you’re amused.”

“You’re such a delight to be with,” Lance says, eyes wide, “And I mean that in the least sarcastic way possible.”

“You’re going to be the death of me,” Keith mutters with a short laugh.

Lance shakes his head with a grin. “You’re already dead, love.” He spins them around when the beat of the music calls for it, cutting off any response Keith may have.

MY COMMENTS

Hold on, give me a second. I need to scream.

Alright, Christ, this fic is going to be the death of me. This is the trope “I’ll keep on coming back to you” except taken in a literal sense and it’s done beautifully. The way this fic is formatted, scenes and shots from over the years, wrapping up their present ‘timeline’ makes me so soft, my God—

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RIPTIDE by creeshtar | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // the beach + post-s6 where they’re already at earth + fluff + keith almost drowns

SUMMARY

Don't swim against it, he heard Lance's voice say inside his head. Don't panic, swim to the side, let it sweep you out to sea, remain calm.

Don't swim against it, his voice echoed insistently.

So Keith didn't.

EXCERPT

“Hm, not exactly reassuring,” Keith teased, trying not to let his smirk show.

Lance floundered at that, sputtering, “Hey, hey, I’ll have you know I was, and still am, an excellent lifeguard! In fact, mouth to mouth from me would probably improve your quality of life!”

Keith wasn’t sure what prompted the next words that came out of his mouth, because it certainly wasn’t his own conscious will. Perhaps he’d swallowed too much salt water, or he’d gotten too much sun. Or perhaps, just maybe, it was that weird little wiggle in his chest that made him feel pleased that he’d gotten to Lance, and wanted to do it again.

“Oh yeah? Prove it.”

MY COMMENTS

This so so fucking soft you don’t understand. Yeah, Keith nearly drowns, but he’s okay and then everything shifts back to Klance’s usual dynamic after that in an instance ?? Like please, I love them so much oh my God—

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THE TWO OF CUPS by RangoAteMyBaby | 20/20 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Mature // alternate universe — hogwarts + slowburn + the rivalry is still there because these two are dumbasses + mutual pining + love letters + misunderstanding + secret identity + oblivious!lance + pining!keith

SUMMARY

It's been forty years since the Second Wizarding War. Lots of things are different now but some things never change.

The new school year is starting and for Lance it's a chance to learn new skills, make new friends, and achieve his lifelong dreams. All Keith wants to do is get through his classes without anyone getting in his way. These two students clash due to some misunderstandings and opposing opinions. And they both have to wonder if its possible for two people, so utterly different, to be friends? What about something more?

EXCERPT

“I’ll take that action. You lost last time too,” Pidge grins. “He’ll be here. He’s never late if it’s important.”

Keith perks up at that information. For some reason, it’s an eye-opening revelation for him but it feels like something he should have noticed sooner. Lance’s poor time management makes a hell of a lot more sense now. It's subconscious. He's only late to things he doesn’t prioritize as important... like some of his classes and his dates with Inez.

But Lance never misses a practice with his team. Always on time for his scheduled tutoring sessions. And like clockwork never misses an evening conversation with Lion.

MY COMMENTS

Hello, yes, this fic reawakened by Harry Potter phase—but that’s not the point here. The incorporation of ‘fake-identity’ and love letters mixed with Lance’s obliviousness and Keith’s denial-later acceptance is just adorable

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THE GOOD SIDE OF BAD KARMA by klancekorner | 10/10 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Mature // alternate universe — modern setting + famous!lance + criminal!keith + PTSD + hurt and comfort + angst + fighting + slowburn + mutual pining + misunderstanding + bad coping mechanism

SUMMARY

Lance is a flashy, corny, celebrity talk-show host with a hidden agenda.

Keith is an adrenaline junkie who steals cars for a living and dreams about dying young.

Their paths cross and it turns into a beautiful, stupidly angsty mess.

EXCERPT

“Alright, Kogane. Okay.” Lance says breathlessly, falling onto the couch. “Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag now. We’re boyfriends. We’re bumpin’ uglies. Doin’ the do. All that romantic stuff.”

“What do you mean ?” Keith asks, scowling through his thundering heartbeat. “Can’t we just like, un-confirm it? Say it’s wrong?”

Lance scoffs. “Are you crazy? You met a girl for a minute and a half and they manufactured this entire story with nothing but a selfie and a tweet. You can’t ‘tell people they’re wrong’ in Hollywood.” He stretches out his long legs onto the couch and Keith definitely does not look. “If we meddle, we make it worse. End of story.” He sounds bored; like he’s teaching calculus or proper grammar.

“Well what about your ‘player’ reputation, then?” Keith quips. Lance shrugs.

“Who knows?” He tilts his head back onto the arm rest and throws Keith a wink. “I may just have to break your heart, gorgeous.”

MY COMMENTS

Christ Jesus above, why have I been denying myself this blessing? However, this fic is on the heavier side of things considering it covers topics of PTSD and terrible coping mechanisms and such so if any of these things bother you, it would be best to stay away from this fic. But despite that, this fic is a god-send 

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WHEREVER I WANT by Trashness | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // alternate universe — royalty + alternate universe — fairy tale + prince!keith + forbidden love-ish 

SUMMARY

Keith is a sheltered prince who longs to see the outside world. On a rebellious expedition, he meets Lance and the two become fast friends. More than friends. But when it becomes apparent that the two will not be allowed to be together, Keith becomes desperate to find a solution.

EXCERPT

Lance stares dumbfounded at the beautiful boy in front of him. I love it. The boy with the porcelain complexion and bright purple eyes claims earnestly about this mediocre street food and crumbling place of residence. Lance can do nothing but laugh.

“This?” He asks, with his arms wide. “You love this?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“It’s exciting.”

Lance sighs. He takes a slow bite of his porridge.

“Exciting.” He repeats. He chuckles low in his chest. “More like dangerous.”

“Well I like it.” Keith speaks quietly. He tucks a strand of black hair behind his ear and shuffles closer. Lance can feel the heat of his body against his arm.

MY COMMENTS

Oh my God, this author literally has zero fics that didn’t get me hooked one sentence in what the fuck? The way the fairy tale/magic elements are included in this fic so seamlessly makes me so happy and the way Keith met Lance made me melt into a puddle oh my God, this fic is so soft.

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BLUE by orphan_account | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // major character death + angst + hurt and no comfort + established relationship

SUMMARY

He'd always taken the presence of the color blue for granted. He wished he hadn't. God, he wished he hadn't.

EXCERPT

He was vaguely aware of the others finally moving. Of them having to force him to let go. Of strong arms holding him back as he pleaded with anyone who could hear him to just leave him there. Not to take him away. He knew as soon as Lance was out of his sight he'd have to accept what had just happened. That he was gone. He didn't want that. Couldn't handle that. As they moved him away his eyes desperately clung to anything of Lance that they could. The hand he'd just been holding. The lips he'd just kissed. Soon those were obscured. He instinctively sought out the color blue. It was all he had left. He desperately searched for the blue of Lance's eyes or his suit, or his shirt or jeans.

He couldn't see it.

Couldn't see anything but red.

He was going to be sick.

MY COMMENTS

Leave flowers and some kind words because my heart is officially dead.

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IT ENDS WHERE IT BEGINS by jilliancares | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: General Audiences // alternate universe — modern setting + friends to lovers + childhood best friends + mutual pining + slowburn + hurt and comfort + oblivious!lance + pining!lance + pining!keith

SUMMARY

“I broke my arm last year,” Lance said. “I fell out of a tree and had to wear a cast for a month.”

“I split my chin on the fireplace when I was four,” Keith said proudly, pointing to a small scar on his chin.

“I guess we’re both pretty tough,” Lance concluded. “But if you aren’t hurt, why were you crying?”

Keith’s eyes widened. Lance had noticed it immediately — the other boy’s eyes were still red, after all.

In which Lance and Keith meet as kids, grow up together, and fall in love (with a few misunderstandings and accidental confessions thrown into the mix).

EXCERPT

“Here,” Lance said, holding out the second stick to Keith. “You’ll need this if you want to defend yourself against the evil emperor, Zarkon — he’s a monster I made up. He’s only supposed to come out at night, but these days, he’s been attacking even during the day. There’s no telling when he might come.”

Keith took the stick — an olive branch, of sorts —and his hand tightened around it. “We should probably hide in your fort. So he can’t sneak up on us.”

Lance grinned. “Now you’re talking!”

It was one of the best days Lance could remember having. He’d rarely ever hung out with a friend one-on-one before, and he learned quickly that he and Keith were well-suited for each other. They were wild and energetic and Keith’s imagination was just as good as Lance’s.

MY COMMENTS

Bro this is so soft what the fuck?

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 GOOD GOD, PLEASE HELP THESE BOYS by gigapoodle | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Not Rated // fluff + mutual pining + pining!keith + pining!lance

SUMMARY

Keith and Lance have been pining after each other for months. Their hopeless asses both turn to one person in their time of need so they can whine about how pretty the other one is.

Shiro didn't sign up for this when he joined Voltron.

EXCERPT

“Keith.” Shiro was in front of him in an instant, gripping his shoulders much too tight, still stone-faced and terrifyingly serene. The only thing betraying his emotionless demeanor was the twitch at the corner of his mouth, acting independently, striking fear into Keith’s heart. “I have had to deal with you barging into my room and whining about Lance for god knows how many months now. You have to tell him, Keith. You have to get this over with.”

Keith looked up at him, shocked and trepidatious, suddenly feeling small. “But what if he doesn’t like me back, Shiro? What am I going to-“

“Then you can pine after Hunk next. Now go tell him before I kick your ass.” A swift kick of his boot and Keith was out of his room.

He’d have to remember to ask Coran if there was any way for him to add more locks to his door.

MY COMMENTS

I’m crying tears of joy, I feel so bad for Shiro holy shit. Honestly, these boys are pining so loudly you could hear it from across the room. Unfortunately, Shiro is constantly stuck in said room. Everything about this fic is hilarious from beginning ‘til end holy crap. This fic is simply fantastic, hands down.

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I’M WILLING TO WAIT FOR YOU, I’M WILLING TO WAIT FOR YOU by thepackwantsthed | 8/8 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // canon divergent + angst + fluff + hurt and comfort + yearning + mutual pining

SUMMARY

Lance McClain is hard to hate.

He’s easy to love.

or: James Griffin falls fast and hard for a charismatic cargo pilot, dates him for six months, and then waits for him for five years.

EXCERPT

“Even after all this? After all this time?” she asks, though there’s a look in her eyes that makes Griffin think that she already knows the answer.

He wonders if she’s asking not for herself, but for one of Lance’s brothers or cousins. If one of them has heard the stories and doubts that the truth in them.

He doesn’t blame them if they do.

He and Lance had only had half a year of dating. At this point, Lance has been gone longer than Griffin had even known him.

But, well, falling in love with Lance was the easiest thing Griffin had ever done and there still isn’t anything or anyone that Griffin wants more than he wants Lance by his side and Griffin, even at twenty-two, still doesn’t know how to give up on things that he wants.

“Yes,” Griffin tells her. “I’m still in love with Lance.”

MY COMMENTS

Listen, I  didn’t know I even liked this ship until I read this fic. Honestly, the characterization and the way Griffin and Lance’s original friendship wasn’t just based on “I-Hate-Keith-Kogane” blows my mind because that’s usually how their friendship is portrayed. Every bit of this fic is bittersweet to the core, I love it so much. Whoo, I’m sobbing.

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YOUR NAME by demikind | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // alternate universe — modern setting + alternate universe — time travel + angst + angst with a happy ending + hurt and comfort

SUMMARY

In 2008, 6th grader Lance McClain went missing.

In 2017, 21-year-old Keith Kogane's friends have nearly moved on. But after mysterious circumstances, Keith finds himself back in 2008 in his 7th-grade body. Within four days, he has to find out how to save the boy he never knew before he disappears forever.

EXCERPT

Keith had to be there. He had to be at that park. He had to find out what happened.

Don't worry, my Ocean-Eyed Boy. I'll find you. I'll save you.

But Keith only had three days left.

He was running out of time.  

MY COMMENTS

Normally, time travel fics can be a lot little confusing, but I promise you this fic is so easy to follow. The plot is interesting and provides so many new theories around every turn. The resolution was highly unexpected and I really enjoyed the burst of shock and the soft ending I got when I finished the fic holy crap. 

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SPEAK FOR THE STARS by speaks | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // canon universe + canon divergent + angst + slowburn + fluff + mutual pining + black paladin!lance + pining!keith + pining!llance

SUMMARY

All Lance has ever wanted is to prove his worth. So, maybe it’s fitting that the Black Lion picked him right when Lotor betrayed them and Shiro’s clone went rogue. Right when the team was at its lowest and closest to failing.

The desire for glory that Lance grew up with—that drove him to join the Garrison and pursue fighter class, that drove him into his one-sided rivalry with Keith, that drove him after Keith in the Sonoran Desert and into Blue’s cockpit and into space and into the war in the first place—it’s a relic of the past for him now. All he wants these days is to keep his friends alive and the Coalition afloat, and he tries his best, despite the pervasive fear that he isn’t the right person for this monumental task. Despite the growing certainty that Black picked the wrong guy.

This fear will be put to the ultimate test when the mess that ensnares the team after the clone disaster turns out to be a labyrinth more winding than any of them were prepared for. Because Lance might just be the only person equipped to lead them through this maze and into the light.

EXCERPT

Slowly, Lance peered down at Keith in incredulity. Keith was still gazing out the windows at the city, but Lance was finally processing the last of the clues, finally putting the last puzzle pieces in place. The home Keith dreamt of. It was safety. Permanence.

Keith was a drifter. A wanderer. A loner. He always had been and Lance had come to simply accept that as part of what made Keith Keith. But here Keith was, dreaming of a future where he could puts roots down someplace without any fear, without any need for backup plans or safety nets, without threat of war or missing family members. Keith dreamt of a future where he didn’t have to run anymore.

And Lance… Somewhere along the way, Lance had become a part of that dream. Keith had given Lance a place in it, right at the heart. That realization was so profound that it stunned him into doing something really, really stupid.

MY COMMENTS

Before we begin if you saw me post this before adding the comments, no you didn’t </3

Alright so the situation in this fic is just fantastic ??? The murderous plants that would lead them to their deepest fantasies was simply intriguing and I wasn’t at all disappointed by the writing. I adore the way the author dove into Lance’s instinctual aspect and his brilliant observation skills. The plot twist made me scream a bit there as well. This fic was just so thought through, I love it so much.

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KING AND REAPER by pastelclark | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // canon divergent — post season two + angst + hurt and comfort + mutual pining + pining!keith + ambiguous relationship + angst with a happy ending 

SUMMARY

Allura had told them once that Voltron was their destiny.

If anything, Keith thinks, Lance had proven that while finding the lions might have been on the dime of some greater plan, compliance to their supposed fate was not strictly required in any remote sense of the word.

In fact, by Lance's standard of doing things it was all rather bullshit.

(Or: The story of the destruction of Earth and its aftermath, feat. questionable science in regards to weapons of mass destruction, gratuitous Star Wars references, theoretical chess games with the emperor of most of the known universe, explosions, the greatest bromance of all time, the worst romance of all time, far too many guns, concussions, extreme misuse of the French language, awkward flirting, and Lance in an overly-dramatic trench coat.)

EXCERPT

“Okay, yeah, but I’m not like that now.” Keith says, waving his arms. “I learned to rely on other people! Trust in your teammates and all that crap Shiro used to spout!”

“Oh, really? Who?”

“Well…” He shrugs, slumping forward and dropping his chin into his hands, eyes falling to Lance’s sullen form next to him. “Hunk, for one?”

The corner of Lance’s mouth twitches up, and he opens his good eye to peer curiously at Keith. “Seriously?” He nods, and Lance’s smile grows a little wider. “Good. He’s… a good friend.”

“Yeah.” Keith sighs. “He is.” He hesitates, exhaustion quietly clawing at him, and slowly slumps into Lance’s side, shivering when Lance’s answering hum echoes against him. Closing his eyes, he tilts his head, resting it on Lance’s shoulder, and breathes out a shaky sigh of relief when he feels Lance’s head nudge back against his. “I don’t blame you, for leaving. But… I did miss you. I still miss you.”

Lance stiffens, ever so slightly, and Keith prepares himself to be pushed away, but instead cool fingers find his own, intertwining and palms pressed flat together.

“…I missed you too. Always did.”

MY COMMENTS

Listen, when I first read the summary in a fic rec, I knew I’d be invested in it immediately so I’ve been putting it off for weeks now and boy do I regret it. I should’ve read it immediately because holy shit ?? The superiority of this fic ?? Look, I’m aware this fic is reced a lot and let me tell you; it’s for a damn good reason.

The interaction between Keith and Lance, the way they distance themselves and yet always comes back to each other makes my heart hurt. The fact that Lance still cares despite the fact that they broke off on terrible terms made me feel so many things. The way Lance is described to be so much like who he used to be and yet so different, but he still lets Keith see the softer side of him regardless made me cry harder than I care to admit.

If you haven’t read this fic, what are you doing? Go read it! If you have read this fic, nothing’s stopping you from rereading this glorious fic.

I just— I have no words. This fic, that is all.

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A KISS IS A KISS ( BUT IT’S NEVER LIKE THIS ) by GibbousLunation | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // canon universe + five-plus-one + near death experience + angst + slowburn + hurt and comfort + oblivious!keith + pining!lance + pining!keith + misunderstanding

SUMMARY

“How does this keep happening to us, every time.” Lance grumbled.

“You’d think they’d stop sending us on away missions,” he agreed. Honestly, between the poisonous plants of their last planet, and Lance’s tendency to always end up on the business end of every blaster or pointy ended stick, Allura was just being inefficient at this point.

Or, five times Keith kissed Lance but the situation was less than ideal, and one time Lance finally kissed him back.

EXCERPT

“What if he dies, Pidge? What if the next time he takes a bullet for me and I have to just watch it happen?”

He would, that was the worst part. Keith would invariably charge into something where he was over his head and Lance would inevitably be right there like he always was. Lance would absolutely take a bullet for any of them, he'd probably smile while doing it too. He was just that much of an asshole.

“I can’t do it, I can’t.” He sobbed, it felt like a burn beneath his skin. Every sob only enraged it, made the burn fiercer. Pidge’s cool hands against his cheek were a welcome relief, clawing him out of his panic for a brief moment.

Pidge’s eyes were wide, brimming with something like a spark in their depths. “Keith, you idiot. He’s in love with you.”

MY COMMENTS

Only Keith would be able to be a pining disaster whilst also somehow being the most oblivious person holy shit. I love the way this fic is written so much holy fuck. The fact that these two definitely will cut each other off before the other can confess saying “I know you hate me” while being in love with each other oh my God. It’s really fluffy in the end though—you know, once they get past the whole self doubt and self blaming issue.

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ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, LANCE by gigapoodle | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // major character death + angst + last moment together + dying

SUMMARY

Lance has the tendency to end up in a lot of near-death situations, and Pidge ends up being the unlucky soul that has to get him to safety. This time, though, that near-death experience is shaping up to be more of an actual-death experience, and Lance is damned if he isn't going to be an asshole the entire way there.

EXCERPT

“I….” Keith was never good with words, much more a man of passion than rhetoric. But he was trying, Lance could tell, and man he was going to miss that cute face when he was tangoing with the devil. Maybe the devil was better at dancing, but he loved every second of stumbling around clumsily with Keith, feet stepping on each other and snuck-in kisses on the mouth that tasted like peaches and sweat. “I’m the asshole who got lucky. You know. You make me re-“ Keith hiccups out a really, really painful sob – “r-r-really happy.” Keith’s eyes twitch down, if only for a moment. “Don’t die on me, Lance.”

Lance ignores that statement, because it hurts too much. “I probably never deserved you-“

“Don’t say stuff like that-“

“Just let me have this.” Lance is unusually stern, because his heart hurts, and he’s dying. “Let me be sappy. Ok? I need this.”

Mutely, Keith nods, and god, it all hurts so much.

MY COMMENTS

Why the fuck did I decide that reading this fic in class would be a good idea what the fuck? I’m crying holy shit. Despite the fact that I read the warnings, it still hurts. Everything just screams pain and I’m crying holy shit. I’ve got to hand it to this fic; the angst game is fantastic. This fic isn’t the longest, but it still hurts in so many different levels holy shit. If you’re searching for a good heart wrenching fic, this is the one.

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NEVER SAW YOU COMING by dimpleforyourthoughts | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Mature // canon universe + slowburn + character study + mutual pining + hurt && comfort + misunderstanding + angst + angst with a happy ending + pining!lance + oblivious!keith

SUMMARY

Three months in space on his own would have been fine. Three months in space with Lance McClain is a whole other fucking story.

EXCERPT

It hits Keith over the head like a sack of Balmera crystal, how truly fucked he is.

Keith had spent all this time trying to make sense of Lance, figure out which version of Lance was the real one. The cocky talkative jokester, or the gentle soldier, ready to throw himself in front of any bullet heading for his friends. Keith had been trying so damn hard to figure out which one was real, because his whole life it had been simpler to read people quick and sort them into whatever box they belonged in. He’d never had time to know someone well enough that they deserved a second thought.

That Keith might love both the jokester and the soldier, the boy who danced circles around him just last night and the boy who sat quiet and talked about missing rain, missing home, feels impossible. Yet there he sits, in all of his contradictions, buttering toast and smirking at something Hunk says and tilting the axis of the world. Lance the pilot. Lance the friend. Lance the mama’s boy and Lance the loudmouth and Lance the incorrigible. All these people that Keith has been trying to parse out, they’re right here in front of them, and oh how fond he is of them all.

MY COMMENTS

I’ve been looking for this damn fic since the last time I read it and forgot to bookmark it. I adore this fic with every inch of my being. The final sentence sent me reeling, crying and grinning like a fool, but it was worth it. Honestly, the way Keith tries to figure Lance out only for Lance to pull out a wildcard move and throw Keith completely off balance is a dynamic I want to see more of. I just— This fic, man. This fic.

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ETERNITY ( WAS IN OUR LIPS AND OUR EYES ) by thespacenico | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Teen and Up Audiences // canon compliant + following up The Fued! episode + angst + hurt && comfort + misunderstanding + near death experience + oblivious!lance + pining!keith + angst with a happy ending + langst + klangst

SUMMARY

Lance feels like he's on the cusp of a life-changing revelation.

"I told him not to tell you."

And this time, Keith doesn't seem to have trouble asking the unavoidable question: "Why?"

Lance looks at Keith, and everything falls into place.

A life-changing, mind-blowing, head-splitting, earth-shattering revelation.

EXCERPT

"I didn't ask for that!" Keith snaps back, his eyes burning with something Lance can't place. "Lance, I never asked for—to be away for so long—"

Lance wants to scream at the irony. "Keith, you absolute moron, what did you expect? You left us!"

"I left because of you!"

The words hang in the air for a fraction of a second, shocking Lance back into silence before they hit him full force. And they sting. They sting and burn and bite and fill Lance with such an overwhelming sense of hurt he can't believe he's still standing. It hurts.

He blinks the tears out of his eyes. "I can't believe you," he whispers.

MY COMMENTS

*to the tune of Final Countdown* it’s a mental breakdown 

Honestly, I don’t know what else I was expecting. Even from the first words, I knew it was going to be angsty, but I pushed forward and read it anyway and I regret nothing. Oblivious Lance in this is so painful and the way Keith thought Allura and Lance were a thing when really, they were just discussing about how Lance was feeling after the thing with Bob. The dynamic in this fic broke my heart and the way Keith literally risked it all for Lance ?? Added with the angry confession ?? And the misunderstandingTM ?? Hoo boy, I’m crying

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CORES OF DIAMOND by speaks | 1/1 Chapters

RATING && TAGS: Mature // canon universe + get together + angst + fluff + hurt/comfort + smut + things get complicated + pining!keith + pining!lance + oblivious!keith + angst with a happy ending

SUMMARY

Falling in love is easy, as it turns out. Painfully easy. All it takes is one smile, one tender unguarded second with the boy beneath Lance’s bravado, and that’s it. He’s done for. No questions, no bartering, no phase of denial. But if falling for Lance is the easiest thing Keith has ever done, then learning to express it is the hardest. So if he can’t say it, can’t put into words the way the entire world hinges around the moment Lance barged into his life—

—well then he’ll just have to settle for showing him.

EXCERPT

A long shuddering breath works its way out of him as Keith touches his cheek with his fingertips, experimentally.

“You understand, right?” Lance whispers. “I’m not bluffing about Alpha Centauri, Keith. I would have gone with you on that mission even if it took a hundred years. I’d go anywhere. I’d follow you into hell if that’s where you were going.”

He leans his face into Keith’s touch, eyes searching, boring into Keith like two drills, searching.

This is the part where you’re supposed to say something, he tells himself. But he doesn’t know how. He’s not the wordsmith Lance is, doesn’t know how to take something larger than life and make it tangible. So he does the only thing he knows how to do beyond a shadow of a doubt. He shows what he feels, by flattening his hand out on Lance’s cheek and placing his own lips gently on his.

Every kiss before this has started with a glare, or a smirk, or a challenge. This is the first time Keith kisses him chastely. This one is a promise. An answer.

MY COMMENTS

Did I completely ignore my Math class to read this fic instead? Yes, yes I did.

Was it worth it? Absolutely.

The word count was pretty intimidating the other day since I was sleepy and I wanted a short fluffy oneshot and I might’ve completely forgotten about this fic since then whoops, but I finished it. I felt my heart clench in my chest more times than I care to admit. This fic broke me holy shit. The angst was bad enough on it’s own, but topping it off with a very soft ending? I’ve short circuited.