So, I accidentally may have (very, very) roughly plotted another fic. It was not my fault, I swear. I fully blame Jason Mraz for this one, as it was I'm Yours that set it off to begin with.
This really is super rough, don't say I didn't warn you
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Coffee shop/bar (yes it’s both) - lgbt flavored w/open mic
Bartender/barista/writer Keith (also wears glasses occasionally, which Lance thinks are f’ing adorable)
Musician Lance
Writer Keith
Comes in bc his family doesn't like the idea of him being a professional musician or bi, and it’s a space he knows they won’t know about
Mutual pining for a bit bc they're dumbasses
Lance is def wearing a denim jacket w/a bi pin
Shiro def gives Keith shit about Lance
Has to come to the conclusion himself (w/help from Veronica, who doesn’t speak to them much anymore outside her siblings after she came out in college) that his parents are toxic
Couple of hookups & makeout sessions leave Keith thoroughly confused
He eventually ends their unspoken arrangement bc of all the mixed signals
Lance talks things out w/Veronica (^^^^^), who convinces him to go low-contact with their parents at least for a little while and go after Keith
Which he does, catching him as the bar's closing for the night and Confessing in the parking lot
Mami overheard part of the convo btwn her children & confronts Lance when he gets home
Tells him that she's thought about it and that she just wants him to be safe and happy and that if it's ...not with a woman... then she's ok with that
She also understands if he still doesn't want much to do with his father since he's a bit more old school catholic
Lance says he'll think about it, but that he probably won't talk to his father much if he can avoid it
She asks him if he's seeing anyone and he tells her about Keith
She's still a little unsure, but he's happy, so she lets it go
Lance still goes to open mic nights & they take their newly solidified relationship slowly
Until they're confronted by lances father one night when Keith drops him off
Lance pulls back, afraid that Keith won't want to be with him bc of that
Keith's the one to reach out first reassuring Lance that he's not breaking up with him bc of his parents
Mami finds out about the confrontation and a fight starts
This is at the same time as Luis shows up with Lisa and the kids
He sends them off and goes inside with Lance, backs up his mother and baby brother and tells his father to pull his head out of his ass and grow up
Mami tells him not to speak to his father that way, but Luis says that he's earned this and that she knows he's right
He gets Lance out of the house with the excuse of getting Lisa & the kids
In the car, he tells Lance to come stay with them for a while to get away from their father and the tension he knows will be between their parents
It takes a little but Lance finally gives in
About 3 weeks later, during which time Luis has gotten to know Keith a bit (he's also been formally introduced to the rest of his siblings who have decided they're adopting him) Lance is back for another event at the coffeeshop during the day
He's been a bit hesitant (slowing their relationship down even more after the blowup with his parents but decides that he doesn't want to wait anymore and tells Keith in the way he knows best - through music - and forgoes playing one of his own songs in favor of Jason Mraz
Keith gets it immediately and by the end of the song, so does everyone else
Klance are so focused on each other neither of them noticed Lance's father standing by the door, or when he stepped out just before the song finished
Shiro kicks Keith out from behind the bar, sending him out to the café floor. He ends up just standing in the middle, between tables watching. Or he would be if Lance could keep his eyes off him
Lance doesn’t even bother putting his guitar down, just swings it around to his back to rush the few yards between himself and Keith, where he says that he can’t keep waiting and fuck whatever his father has to say about it. The next person in line for the event takes over the stage area, a bohemian punk (90s-style sundress w/combat boots, leather jacket) lesbian with a ukulele, and quietly hands Lance’s guitar case to Shiro over the bar before starting her own performance
Keith makes the suggestion that they get out of there, and Shiro calls out that he has the case and reminds Keith that all his shit is still in the break room. Finally on their way out, Lance asks if Keith drove in, and he says that Shiro did, which Lance then says means that he gets to keep Keith for as long as he wants for the rest of the day
Lance’s father had been waiting outside, hoping he wouldn’t be staying at the coffee shop for too long. Keith takes Lance’s hand, grounding him, but he still asks why his father’s there. He says that he and mami had several very long conversations, and he eventually realized that he couldn’t hold with that part of his faith anymore. Mami made him realize that he was getting to the point of losing one of his children permanently, and that if it went on long enough, he was going to alienate all of his children. Family is more important than his faith, and while he’s not giving it up, he’s not giving up his children either, and apologizes for how he’s been, and hopes that Lance can forgive him for it eventually. Lance says that he has to think about it, but that he and Keith have plans and he needs some time
When asked after getting to Lance’s car, he says that his plan for the rest of the day was that he didn’t have a plan and just wanted time with Keith, doing anything and everything. Keith says that maybe they should just leave the car there in the shop’s parking lot. He knows that Lance doesn’t know the area as well as he does, and takes his bf on something of a walking tour of the city’s queer quarter. They end up at the end of the day in the park right between the shop and the ocean. The only other thing that’s still bothering Lance is his parents lack of support for him wanting to chase his dream of being a professional musician. Keith says that while having his parents support would be great to have, he does have the support of his siblings, friends, and especially his boyfriend. Lance knows he’s right, and decides fuck it, he’ll never know if he doesn’t try it, and just hopes that his parents will come around eventually.
A few days later, and Lance is at Keith’s city apartment, his exposed brick bohemian writer’s loft a good backdrop for his first video, which then gets posted to various social media.
A few years later, and Keith is there in the front row for Lance’s first major tour, starting in their hometown. He’s already published his first novel and already working on another. Lance may not be selling out in every stop on the tour, but it’s far better than projected, and he’s not forgetting his coffee shop roots, playing a second, shorter show in a queer-friendly spot in every city the next day. Keith is going on tour with him, writing while on the road.
But the last night spent in their apartment (Lance moved in with Keith 6 months after the apology from his father – they’ve made up, with both him and Veronica, and his are parents fully on-board with his music career) is the important one. They’re leaving after the set at their shop the next day, and this will be the last night in their own bed for a while. Lance is wiped out from the show, but Keith won’t let him go to sleep just yet. Both in their pajamas, the only light the moonlight and the strings of warm fairy lights, Keith pulls small a leather box from the back of his nightstand and proposes to his emotional boyfriend. Lance tackles Keith to the bed, and Keith laughs, asking if he can take that as a yes? Of course it is, you bastard.
