Keith Kogane

Keith knocks on the door a few times and calls out. "Lance? You in there?"

Lance nods, opening the door, “hey babe, ” he smiles, “should have told me you were coming!”

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Keith raises an eyebrow, brandishing his phone, “I did. I texted you and asked where you were.”

“Huh…” He pulls his out, “guess intergalactic phones still need some work, ” he laughs

Keith chuckles noncommittally before pocketing his phone. “Lance? You’ve been acting kinda weird since Allura and Coran told us about their plans to rebuild Altea. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing nothing!” He shakes his head, “it’s fine!”

“Lance,” Keith presses, bringing his hand to Lance’s arm, “tell me.”

“It’s… I dunno… Just, it feels like it’s really over, ” he frowns, “us… Voltron… The war. I love earth and I miss my family like hell, but… I’m not ready to let go of our time as paladins…”

Keith’s heart sinks, and he takes Lance’s hands, “hey. We may not be paladins anymore but what we experienced is something we’ll never forget.”

He gives a small smile, “as… Insane as it was… Ill miss it. Helping and protecting people. Feeling like I had a purpose.”

Keith smiled softly and squeezes Lance’s hands, “you have a purpose, Lance. You can still help and protect people.”

“It’s not the same… I felt like… I meant something as a part of a team, alone Im just… Me, ” he mutters

“You mean something no matter what, Lance,” Keith defends. “You’ve been a big help with recovery efforts and I know where are a lot of people who are grateful for your help.”

“It just feels like something is missing, ” he sighs sitting on the couch of the house, “I know it seems weird… I don’t want to leave earth and my family, but I found a purpose with piloting and helping others…”

Keith thinks for a moment, traversing the space between them before turning to sit down beside him on the couch. “Why not train to become a commander?”

“What?” Lance blinks, “…like at the Garrison?”

“Shiro and I both think you’d be a great commander, Lance.” Keith rests his hand on Lance’s knee. “He’s already put in a word with Garrison staff. You can still help people and you can still pilot.”

Lance was at a loss for words, “Keith… Babe… I-” he nearly starts crying, hugging Keith tightly, “thank you…”

Keith can hear the joy in Lance’s voice, and he hugs back just as tight, resting his head on Lance’s shoulder with a smile. “Why are you thanking me?” he asks.

“Just… For everything, believing in me when when I don’t believe in myself mostly, ” he says with a soft smile

“Someday you’ll learn to believe in yourself as much as I do,” Keith murmurs, turning to kiss Lance’s temple.

Lance kisses him softly back, “the day you do the same, ” lance chuckles

Keith is reluctant to let Lance go, but knows that he came up here for a reason. He releases Lance from his hold reluctantly, “come on, they sent me to get you.”

“Who?” Lance asks curiously, “my family?”

Keith blinks in surprise, “no? Don’t you remember? Today is our Team Voltron dinner.”

Lance’s eyes widen, “shit right! I completely forgot!”

"Get dressed, Lance," Keith sighs, placing a kiss on his cheek. "I think some time with the others will be good for you."

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I’m reviving the goddamn squad!

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Good to have you back homie, but it’s still too early to celebrate Christmas

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THANKS GIVINGS OVER BABE

Ash no.

Denied.

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Good to have you back homie, but it's still too early to celebrate Christmas

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Keith knocks on Lance's door with Cosmo at his side, "Lance? You awake?"

Lance yawns, rubbing his eyes as he opens his door, “yeah, i am now.” He smiles

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Cosmo nudges Lance’s leg with his nose, demanding to be pet. Keith chuckles, “I thought you’d get up when I left earlier.”

“Nope, ” he laughs as he pets kosmo, “you know me. I can sleep through anything.”

Keith smiles and leans forward to kiss Lance. “Hurry and get dressed. Adam’s making everyone help with dinner.”

He chuckles, “alright. We’re gonna need a lot of food. Hopefully mine and hunk’s family can pitch in.”

“You’re the only one we’re waiting on,” Keith informs him, crossing his arms, still smiling. “Your mom and Shiro sent me after you.”

Lance sighs, “of course im the last one”

“Hey. Don’t look like that.” Keith cups Lance’s chin and lifts it to meet his eyes, “no one’s mad at you, Lance.”

Lance smiles and gives Keith a soft kiss, “thanks babe. I’ll get dressed and then meet you all down there.”

Keith nods and pats Cosmo’s head. Cosmo doesn’t move. “Guess he wants to stay here with you.”

“I’ll take care of him, ” lance chuckles, then smiles softly, “I’ve always been used to big Thanksgivings… But this year’s is going to be the one Im most thankful for, getting to be here with everyone.”

At this, Keith’s grin widens. “This is the first time I’ve experienced a big Thanksgiving. When it was just Adam, Shiro, and I, we always did a small dinner. All the people around is a little overwhelming, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

“Yeah, ” he nods, “for once I actually feel grateful for everyone being around… Guess this makes up for the 6 years we missed.”

Keith takes Lance’s hand, his gaze softening. “More memories to make. Now get dressed before Adam comes after you. You’ve seen how he is on days like this.”

“He gets livid, ” Lance nods and laughs, “ill be quick.”

"Just come down when you're ready, babe." Keith presses another quick kiss to Lance's cheek and releases his hand, turning to walk in the direction of the multitude of voices.

Happy birthday babeeee~ <3 <3 <3

You're right beside me Lance. But thank you... <3

Keith knocked on the door of Lance's room somewhat impatiently. He knows what day is coming up; if the others bustling around and whispering didn't clue him in to some plan, the unusual uncharacteristic silence on the matter from Lance certainly did. "Lance? I need to talk to you."

Lance quickly slid his wrapping stuff under his bed before opening the door, “Keith! Babe! What’s up?”

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Keith is staring at him with the most deadpan expression of annoyance he can muster, arms crossed over his chest as he steps over the threshold without invitation. “You guys are really bad at keeping secrets you know.”

“Secrets? What?” Lance laughs, “come on babe you know me better than that.”

Keith’s eyes droop, disbelieving, “Lance, I know you. I know what’s coming up, and I’m here to tell you that I don’t want you to do anything special.”

“Keith…” lance frowns, “we all want to do something special for you. You were gone two whole years! You’re our leader, and my fiance, I want to do this for you…” He says taking Keith’s hand, “and you’ll have your mom and everyone to celebrate with us!”

Keith looks away, unable to meet Lance’s eyes. “I don’t want to celebrate, Lance. It’s just another day to me.” He doesn’t want to tell Lance about the birthdays he shared with Shiro and Adam, doesn’t want to tell him how the entire time they were in space he feared that they would try to celebrate despite not knowing one day from the next. “Besides. We never celebrated before, so why should we do it now?”

“Because we know it’s your birthday now, come on Keith to you it may just be another day. But for me it’s the day the love of my life came into the world, for your mom it’s the day she had her son that she’s finally reunited with. If you won’t celebrate it for yourself, atleast let us celebrate it because with out you, none of us would be where we are,” lance takes his other hand, kissing Keith softly.

Keith sighs, looking back to his fiance. He’s not smiling, “can we sit down? I think we need to talk this through.”

“Alright…” lance sighs, gesturing to the bed as he sits down.

Keith doesn’t say anything at first. He just stares at their joined hands, silent. Until he gently squeezes Lance’s hand before looking into his lap, “I never liked celebrating my birthday, Lance. When I was a kid, it was just me and my pop. Then when he died and I went to the orphanage, all the kids were entitled to a low budget party with cheap cake. They forced everyone to sing to you. I hated every birthday I spent there. When I wound up with Adam and Shiro, I didn’t trust either of them enough to let myself enjoy my birthday the first time around…”

He trails off, remembering the disappointment on their faces when he declined a celebration and hid in his room. “The next few birthdays though, they were fun. They made celebrating as painless as possible. But, when Shiro went on the Kerberos mission and it was just Adam and I, things were hard. I didn’t celebrate my birthday that year. Neither of us could pretend we were stable enough to do it. It’s been years since I celebrated, and now that I’m back with my mom and we’re back home… I feel guilty. All that time in space, I didn’t have to celebrate. I didn’t have to remember the good times I had because it was over…” He goes quiet again, thinking, brows knit together.

“Why does it have to be over Keith?” Lance says gently, “look earth’s been invaded for the last few years and we saved it. We defended our home, I think now is probably the best time to finally relax and have some fun,” lance says placing a hand on Keith’s shoulder, “if it really bothers you that much we won’t, but know we all want to do it be cause we care about you.”

“I never expected to make it to 18,” Keith finally admits, voice soft. “Let alone 21…22? I don’t even know anymore. “I never expected to survive long enough to celebrate this birthday, let alone go to space, meet aliens, get engaged to the love of my life, save our home from destruction…” Keith turns and drops his head to Lance’s shoulder; while it’s not the first time he’s trusted Lance to show emotional vulnerability, it has been a while since he’s had an honest heart to heart with him. “I’m scared, Lance.”

“It’s okay to be scared Keith…” lance rubs his back gently. In a way he’s missed these talks, and he’s glad to finally be able to have one, “we’re all scared. But what makes someone truely brave is moving past that and facing it despite your fear. And what a great way to send a message to the universe that we’re not broken despite everything it’s thrown at us?”

In spite of himself, Keith smirks against Lance’s neck, “I think you’ve been around Shiro too much.”

He chuckles rubbing his neck, “yeah he rubs off on you after a while. Plus he was saying alot of stuff like that when he was riding with me in Red,” lance laughs.

Keith presses a kiss to Lance’s neck, grinning when he can feel Lance start to redden, “thank you, Lance.”

“Of course Keith,” he says gently, “it’s nice to be able to have a real… talk… like this again.”

Keith hums in agreement, grabbing Lance’s hand and absently playing with his fingers. “I missed it.”

“I missed it too,” lance nods, gazing softly into Keith’s eyes, “I missed you…”

Keith’s violet eyes soften. “I missed you too, Lance.” He doesn’t hesitate to tilt his head and kiss Lance tenderly, smiling.

Lance smiles and melts into the kiss as he wraps an arm around Keith.

When they pull away from one another, Keith murmurs an ‘I love you’ before moving to rest his head in Lance’s lap, looking up at him. “Hey Lance?”

“Yeah?” Lance asks, playing with Keith’s hair.

Keith cracks a smile, knowing. “That present under the bed better not be something unoriginal like a knife.”

“You know me better than that,” lance scoffs, “I got you more fingerless gloves obviously,” he rolls his eyes.

Keith chuckles into Lance’s shirt before looking up at him, “I know you’re joking, Lance. I heard you talking to Shiro about that camera I liked.” Keith doesn’t have to use Lance’s slightly startled look to know that he’s confused. There’s really no way he should have been able to hear them talking as far away as they were when discussing it. But thanks to Keith’s Galra heritage, his hearing is far more advanced that the others’. “Galra hearing, remember?”

Lance groans, “of course… damn and I thought I was being sneaky.” He sighs, “I wanted to see if Shiro agreed it was a good idea.”

“Of course he did,” Keith responds, reaching up to brush a lock of hair behind Lance’s ear. “He knows how much I love photography.”

He kisses Keith softly, “well then I did pretty good. Maybe we can do a short trip and take some pictures of all the places we saw.”

He’s resulting smile is full of hope and warmth. “I’d like that.”

“We could start an official Paladin tour book!” Lance laughs.

"Don't give them any ideas," Keith mumbles into Lance's shirt, nuzzling his stomach contently.

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Uh... No, I'm not. You're looking for a baby version of me, I think.

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YOU ARE SO PRETTY

Uh... Heh, thanks anon.

James, we were kids back then. We've since moved on. You helped save our asses during the Galra invasion, and after all you've done the least I can do is thank you. So, thank you. If you're willing to set the past aside and stop worrying about how you once treated me, then I'd be happy to call myself your friend.

Well, considering you’ve been protecting our asses before we even knew about it, I suppose we all owe you a thank you, as well. And that would be great.

So it’s settled then. Friends?

Friends.

The team and I are having a celebratory dinner tomorrow night. You and the other MFE pilots are welcome to join us, if you can handle Shiro’s terrible cooking.

We’ll be there.

5pm. Feel free to bring something edible of your own, I think you’ll need it.

I’ll try to make a dessert.

Anything is better than my brother’s cooking. Do you remember the time we had to evacuate because someone set off the fire alarm?

……. was that Shiro?

It was Shiro. He was trying to cook mac and cheese and set the kitchen on fire.

I somehow find comfort in knowing that he is not, in fact, good at everything.

It’s even better being behind the scenes. Everyone sees him as this untouchable hero, but I know that he’s really a walking disaster. Feel free to mention the Valentine’s Day mishap, I’m sure he’d love to tell you guys about it.

If we start bringing up embarrassing dirt on Shiro, Rizavi will start bringing up embarrassing dirt on me.

I don’t think I’d mind that.

Of course you wouldn’t. There are a lot of embarrassing stories she has on me, especially during my pre-coming out phase? That was a trip.

As much as I hate to admit it, Shiro has plenty on me from that time.

Seems to be a common experience to have the most embarrassing and awkward part of life be right before coming out.

You're telling me.

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James? He's... alright. I think he still doesn't like me, but that never mattered to me in the first place.

After Lance's family had eventually all trickled out the door, he carefully got out of the bed. Walking down the hall he knocks and smiles as he enters Keith's room, "Hey man..." He mutters, sitting in the empty chair next to the bed. ~official-lancey-lance

Keith’s eyes are devoid of light as he turns his head to his fiancé and smiles a little. He looks incredibly tired. Kosmo is resting at the foot of his bed, having kept Keith company while Krolia and Kolivan left to check on the others. “Lance. How are you feeling?” Even his voice is weary, drained.

Lance grabs Keith’s hand weakly, “better… What about you?” He frowns looking at him carefully up and down.

“Tired,” Keith admits weakly, grasping Lance’s hand. “Have you checked on the others?”

“Course not,” he says gently, “why would I see anyone before I saw you, you’re my fiance.”

“And they’re our friends.” Keith chuckles quietly, sitting up. There’s a thick bandaged wrapped around his bare chest, and his messy, unkept hair falls over his bruised shoulders. “I can’t believe you still wanna be with me after all I put you through.”

“Hey we were in the middle of space, I think all of us were going a little crazy. Not to mention it was your second time being suck like that,” lance sighs, “I said some pretty rude things too.”

Keith suddenly pulls his serious face, “Lance, it wasn’t right of me to take out my frustration on you, or Hunk. I was supposed to hold it together…” He trails off, and his hold on Lance’s hand becomes noticably more loose. “Instead, I nearly tore us apart. I owe everyone an apology… But especially you.”

Lance attempts to hold his hand tired, a determined look on his face, “you were the one with the most hope in the beginning. The fact that you’re apologizing is enough for me to know that you never meant it.”

“Hunk was the one who held us together,” Keith reminds Lance pointedly, sifting through the hazy memories of their time lost in space. “He was more of a leader than I was.”

“He’s always been the level headed one though, remember?” Lance gives a hollow chuckle at the attempted joke, “and you were doing great until we all started going a little insane.”

“I think out of all the things we went through, slowly ascending into madness in the deep recesses of space definitely takes the cake.” Keith readjusts his grip so he’s squeezing Lance’s hand before he laces their fingers together.

“Well atleast we’re home now,” lance says gently as he smiles, “and our home is safe. That’s all that matters.”

The whispered “for now” is barely audible, a murdered proclamation of doubt stolen from behind chapped lips. Keith can’t look at Lance. If he does, Lance will see just how weak Keith feels.

“Keith…” lance frowns, staring into his eyes, “I will always believe in and trust you.” He smiles, “your not just the future of the universe, you’re my future as well.”

Those words strike Keith like a sword through the heart. Keith was such an asshole to Lance during the game show when Lance was being truly genuine. Why had he reacted like that when he chose Lance for a reason? “Lance…”

“Things are going to work out Keith. We all have our families now,” he smiles, “even you. And maybe something else tries to kill us, which to be honest I wouldnt be suprised by, but we’ll protect our home and the ones we love.” He gently kisses Keith’s hand.

There he is, the tender side of Lance only Keith gets to be exposed to. It’s also the side of Lance that, when first exposed to, Keith panicked over and hid himself in his room for an hour. But details. “How did it get so lucky…” Keith whispers fondly, gazing into the oceans trapped in Lance’s eyes.

“Because I love you,” lance says simply, “because you’re perfectness, amazing looks, and headstrong personality all pissed me off because of how attractive it made you,” he chuckles.

Keith smiles, bemused, “for someone who was pissed off by me, you sure came a long way.”

“Well I grew up and realized what it was,” he laughs, then frowns, “even if I’ve needed to be reminded along the way.”

“Shiro?” Keith asks, knowing full well that of all the members of the team, Shiro was the one who helped Lance through his romantic epiphany the most. He remembers that night like it was yesterday, somehow overtaking all other memories of that time. It was a few nights after the bonding moment, and Keith was walking to his bedroom to sleep when he overheard Shiro and Lance talking. Though he knew better than to eavesdrop, curiosity got the better of him and he ended up doing it anyways. It was clear he had missed a large chunk of the conversation, but he distinctly remembers the exact thing Shiro told Lance: “there’s no shame in feeling the way you do, but you need to realize that by holding it in, you’re only doing more damage than good.”

“Yeah,” lance nods, a small smile on his face, “who knew the brother of the guy you like could be the best at relationship advice?” He chuckles.

“Shiro is too wise for his own good,” Keith huffs with a false bitterness. “But I guess it’s payback for me being his wingman with Adam.”

Lance frowns, “I uh… had a question… what happened with Axca? The other two… they said she… you know…”

Keith grimaces and shakes his head, “I have no idea what the hell they were talking about. Acxa is nothing more to me than an ally.”

“Thats… good to know,” lance sighs, “just with everything… I keep feel like we’re… slipping apart some how,” he rubs his neck, “and it feels like it’s my fault.”

“What? Lance, no.” Keith takes both of Lance’s hands in his own and holds them like he never plans to let go. “It’s not just your fault… We’re both to blame for what happened. But we’re reunited now.”

He sighs, “I just wish…” he bites his lip, “sometimes… that none of this had happened. That Shiro hadn’t gone on the mission… and you hadn’t been kicked out… and we never found out about all this stuff. It was fun at first but now… I almost lost my family…” he gazes into Keith’s eyes, “I almost lost you…”

At first, Keith doesn’t say anything. He just thinks, thinking on how to proceed with caution. He settles on a fond, “but you didn’t. And thanks to you, we’ve saved so many lives. We saved Earth. Our families are safe, and so are we.” He chooses to leave out the lingering for now.

“But… what about the next thing that comes?” Lance frowns, “Atlas barely destroyed that machine. Voltron is much weaker than We thought it was. Zarkon, Lotor, every foe we’ve come across has nearly destroyed voltron… what if we can’t beat the next thing?”

Keith should have known that Lance would give voice to their shared thoughts. He sighs, “we’re no longer alone. We have more technology, more allies, and a temporary fix to a long term problem. Once we’re all healed, we can begin work on the castle and start making advancements to the technology here on Earth. We’re not powerless, Lance. We’ll finish this, once and for all.”

“Yeah…” He mutters, frowning, “yeah I hope you’re right…” He sighs, not quite believing it, “I just… don’t want to lose my family permanently, that includes voltron,” lance gazes at Keith, hoping the and you was understood.

“You won’t lose us, Lance,” Keith murmurs softly, raising Lance’s hand to his lips and pressing a gentle kiss to his knuckles, a repayment for the earlier gesture of love. “I’m never leaving you again.”

Lance gives a small smile, leaning onto keith’s shoulder and placing a kiss on his head, “…im glad. And if you ever do, red and me will find a way to find you.”