Goodnight, Travel Well by europa_report (Mature) (341,891 words) (TRIGGER WARNINGS: GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE, MINOR CHARACTER DEATH, GORE)
There's something wrong with Lance; his blood feels like it's turning to ice, and the nightmares he has feel more like warnings than dreams. The black lion might help, but it's not responding.
“Quit being stressed?" Lance stuttered, disbelief marring his features. "I’m sorry, can we revisit this weeks events? I’m the new black paladin, Allura’s pregnant, Pidge just got poisoned by a freaking… Chihuahua, the castle took us to a haunted star system and stopped working, and Keith is… okay, where the hell is Keith?”
“Oh yeah,” said Pidge, peering at him through puffy red eyes. “You know that unidentified ship that was hanging around and you were all, don’t approach the unidentified ship, well Keith just left the hanger and is approaching the unidentified ship.”
OR
When the castle seemingly wormholes itself to a distant star system, the team, with Lance as their newly appointed black paladin, don't think much of it. Until the wormhole returns to take them the next night, and the next, and they find themselves drawn relentlessly back to a dark pocket of space, where the pull of the sole planet and the cave entrenched within it taunt Lance with the awful truth of his family's past.
Predestination by elfenphoenix (NR) (64,822 words) (TRIGGER WARNINGS: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH)
Ten thousand years ago the Blue Paladin was Altean, and the Red Paladin was Galra.
Ten thousand years ago, in peacetime, the Red and Blue Paladins fell in love.
Ten thousand years ago, war broke out, and love that was once encouraged became heresy.
Ten thousand years ago, the Red and Blue paladins made a promise they couldn’t keep.
At least, they couldn’t keep it ten thousand years ago.
Perihelion by EclecticInkling (Teen) (94,835 words) (WIP)
After growing up in the shadow of war, Prince Lance of Altea would give almost anything to bring peace back to his people. So when a Galran ambassador arrives with an offer to make that a reality, Lance knows he can't refuse. Even if it means binding himself to his enemy's prince for as long as they both shall live.
Universal Fates by Celty_me (Mature) (110,387) (TRIGGER WARNINGS: GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE, ABUSE, NON-SEXUAL SLAVERY)
Alfor, Zarkon, Trigel, Gyrgan, and Blaytz set off on missions across the galaxy to gather pieces of an artifact so Alfor can complete Voltron.
Zarkon encounters a human boy with a missing arm fighting as a gladiator.
Trigel encounters an enslaved young human girl whose genius is being exploited.
Gyrgan encounters a human boy who disabled a pirate ship he and his people had been chasing.
King Alfor encounters a young half-galra boy who aids the king and Coran when they are cornered by bandits.
Blaytz encounters an Altean boy enslaved on a slave trading planet.
Each ally feels compelled to rescue and adopt the orphans they encounter, setting the wheels of fate into motion.
While each child carries the scars of their past, they form bonds too strong to ever be broken. They will find friendship and family with each other, and maybe love, even as events threaten everything they know and care for.
(I apologize for being terrible at summaries)
(Loosely inspired by this tumblr post! https://mutantgurls.tumblr.com/post/164459982111/old-paladins-adopted-new-paldains)
