I’ve been scratching down Jeith headcanons on every surface I can find whenever I think of something, and finally got around to compiling them all in one place. It’s pretty long, but I hope you enjoy!
James calls Keith “babe/baby”
Keith calls James “darling/doll”
But only in private. In public they call each other bitch, asshole, or go the polite route (cadet, sir, paladin, whatever)
One time James ironically called Keith “Mister Black Paladin Sir” and got punched for his trouble
James is actually really amazed by the lions, especially the Black Lion
After the war, earth starts making and selling Voltron merch (as Earth do), and James buys every Black Paladin/Black Lion thing he can get his hands on
he has a Black Lion charm hanging in his MFE fighter
and a poster on the wall of his dorm
and a stuffed toy of the Black Lion
and he may or may not have a Keith body pillow
He tries to stuff everything in the closet to hide it when Keith stops by, but it’s too late
and he will never live it down ever
Keith: *holding up the body pillow* Hey if you wanted me in bed you could’ve just asked.
Keith eats his food like a fucking rat
He eats the ice cream from between the ice cream sandwiches and throws the cookie away
eats the cream from between the Oreos and puts the cookie back in the box like an asshole
he always takes apart his sandwiches and hamburgers to eat everything individually
It fucks James up and freaks him out honestly like who the fuck eats like that???
Keith had never had boba tea before and when James first gives him some he almost has an anxiety attack because what the fUCK IS THIS WHY IS THERE A SOLID IN MY LIQUID, JAMES
They love going on rides through the desert with no destination, hood of the car down so Keith can stand up and scream while they’re driving and the wind is hitting his face
They can both sing, like, really fucking well
James is more modern while Keith likes country and bluesy music
his drawl comes back with a vengeance when he’s singing and it gives James “problems”
James is secretly a Troye Sivan fan and sings "Strawberries and Cigarettes” in Keith’s ear to see him blush
James has an obsession with Keith’s scars, and is constantly kissing and biting at them, like he’s trying to prove a point (or trying to erase the scars with his kisses)
Keith is normally pretty against people touching his scars at all (especially the one on his face), so when he first lets James kiss his cheek, James had a mini gay panic attack as soon as Keith is gone.
James: He let me kiss his cheek!
Rizavi: Calm your gay self down, boy.
Keith in a cadet uniform is nice
Keith in his Paladin armor is nICE
Keith in his usual casual attire is dangerous
Keith in white tshirt, open blue flannel, and ripped jeans is fucking DANGEROUS
And Keith in his sinfully skintight BoM uniform is FATAL
The first time James sees him dressed like that he just tries to cover Keith any way he can, putting a coat around his shoulders with shaky hands and a crimson face
Keith: What are you doing?
James: YOU’RE INDECENT. COVER YOURSELF KOGANE. WE’RE IN PUBLIC.
no one else believes James when he tells people Keith has a southern drawl
James: I’m telling you he’s just hiding it! He has a Texas drawl damn it!
Lance: Sure he does. I spent like years in space with him, never heard him say “ya’ll” even once.
Keith: *whispers into James’ ear* Well ain’t that a damn southern hill shame, darlin’?
Keith takes James on dates through the stars all the time
With the Black Lion, space travel through the Milky Way is effortless, and Keith likes seeing the way James’ eyes light up when the fly over any of the different planets outside of Earth
James: Keith look, we’re on Orion’s belt! We’re a fashion statement!
James takes a more common route when it comes to dating
Walking day-dates through Plaht City and the alien booths that had been set up
buying knickknacks for each other that neither need but both cherish
purposely staying out too late so James can offer his jacket to Keith like the gentleman he is
Keith likes the simplicity, though
and he likes it when James offers his coat, not that he’ll admit it
growing up in the desert, Keith is used to being in intense heat, he can function in 100+ degree weather easily and is at home in muscle shirts and ripped jeans
this also means he can hardly function in any weather that dwindles beneath 70 degrees (hey same)
He goes from sluggish to entirely useless
naturally he seeks out the closest heat source, but also the safest heat source, so he automatically finds himself looking for James
Shiro has known Keith forever, and he was once upon a time subjected to a little teen Keith trying to hide under his shirt because he was cold, so he tries to warn James in order to prepare him
doesn’t matter though, nothing can prepare him for when his zombie-fied boyfriend shuffles up to him and lifts his shirt to try and hide under it
James loves him, but he’d really rather not get groped by icicle fingers again, so he takes to wearing a coat at all times
That way when Keith shuffles towards him for warmth he can just open his jacket and close it around the paladin
at first people teased him about it, especially the other MFE pilots, but the glare that Keith peered over at them from the collar of James’ coat makes them stop
so people are just used to it now and don’t mention it
Keith is starved for touch and attention, but his insecurities make it hard for him to open up to people, so once he and James start to date regularly, he’s always rubbing up against him for affection
James doesn’t get it at first, but once he figures it out he’s always got a hand on Keith somehow, whether it’s petting his hair, patting his shoulder, holding his hand, or anything else, because the touch makes Keith happy
Cadet: So how did you and Keith start dating?
James: Well he punched me really hard when we were kids, and I think he must’ve given me brain damage from it, because I fell in love with him.
Regarding intimacy, they switch all the time, sometimes James tops and sometimes Keith does, but Keith is almost always the little spoon
James likes hugging things in his sleep, and Keith isn’t opposed to the physical contact, so they have an agreement
They don’t really discuss the fact they’re dating, it sort of just happens
One day James looks around and realizes half of the belongings in his dorm room are Keith’s, and that the paladin had basically moved himself in and made himself at home
So he just goes “oh this is a thing now” and continues on with his business
Keith is pretty oblivious to this kind of thing in general, so it takes him longer to realize it
Pidge: Hey Keith are you off to your date with James?
Keith: *dressed casually in clean clothes and even brushed his hair* What, no, we’re just looking around the venders. After that we’re going to get something to eat and maybe stop by to watch a movie in that outdoor auditorium. You know the one, where they play old Earth films to entertain some of the war torn alien refugees?
Pidge: Yea? That’s a date?
James isn’t as freaked out about Keith being half Galra as Keith had expected, and even seems eager to learn more (”always knew there was something different about you”)
He is, of course, wary about the other Galra in the Blade of Marmora, going so far as to try and stand in front of Keith protectively when they show up
The action is both endearing and somewhat disappointing, but Keith can’t blame him for being nervous, even scared, around the aliens, after everything their race had done
James gets along with Krolia pretty quickly, but remains somewhat nervous and suspicious of the other Galra
James: You sure they’re not gonna try and… like, hurt you?
Keith: James at this point you should be worried about them hurting you. Have fun gaining their favor to date me.
They both have pretty severe nightmares, but Keith’s are just a bit worse, and effect him more
They sleep with a nightlight because it makes things just a tiny bit easier
They’ve discussed going to individual therapy sessions, but in the end they always decide there’s no one better than each other to talk to
(they never fully toss out therapy as a possibility, though)
Whenever one of them wakes from a bad dream they wake the other up, and they either sit on the bed to discuss it, or if they don’t want to talk, they climb to the roof of the Garrison and see who can name the most constellations
So far it’s a tie, but James knows more single stars than Keith does
Keith is willing and ready to punch the lights out of anyone who dares speak badly of James
James is all too happy to do the same with people who should even dare to mention Keith
He gets into it more than Keith does, because James is considered an honored pilot, while there have always been more dubious opinions of Keith
Made worse by the fact he’s half Galra and the one to kill Sendak (even if they were in a war, there are people who give Keith a wide berth because they’re afraid of him)
It bothers James, but Keith seems to not mind
Keith: People have always treated me like an outsider, it’s not like this is new to me.
That just makes James feel worse
They kissed before ever confessing, and saying I love you was never really something they felt needed to be said out loud
But James says it once spontaneously, notices that it makes Keith blush like a nova, and decides to say it a lot more often just to see Keith flustered
Keith takes a bit longer to get used to saying those words, and the first time he says it, it doesn’t click immediately with James
He’s probably up in the MFE for a test run when it just hits him that his boyfriend said I love you that morning and just screams a little into his comms from shock, scaring the hell out of his team
Rizavi: Why are you screaming?!
James: Keith said he loved me!
James: Like eight hours ago!
Rizavi: Then shut the fuck up!
James proposes first, but Keith is such a dense moron he doesn’t realize it, and like a day later he proposes to James, who’s just fucking confused but says okay
So they both propose and they both say yes and neither of them realize it because they’re fucking idiots.
Please feel free to add your own Jeith/Jaith headcanons!
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