Season 2 turned me from a casual Voltron fan into a complete Sheith disaster. The first two steps after that were:
1. Start a Shiro appreciation blog (and spend hours upon hours digging through and queueing up the gorgeous fanart)
2. Work through the AO3 tag and compile a list to rec to others who’re new or who need some extra motivation to fall into this fandom
Here’s the first batch of Sheith fics I’ve enjoyed thus far (it’s a long list, so make sure to view under the read more). Another set hopefully coming soon, as I have the time to continue reading.
Stargazer | Miaou Jones ( @miaoujones ) | 1,020 | Teen | 2016-09-05
Shiro is gazing out into the universe when Keith turns to him, and Keith can't tell whether Shiro is looking at the stars or the space between them, but he'd bet Shiro has always been a stargazer and always will be.
easy now, with my heart | @amillionsmiles | 1,137 | Gen | 2016-06-20
And for a fraction of a—second, tick, whatever it is up here in space—Shiro closes his eyes. His hand circles around Keith’s wrist lightly and then he squeezes, and, for the first time, Keith lets himself hope.
Moment Of | unalignedant ( @likeawarmdrink ) | 1,237 | Teen | 2016-06-29
It isn’t that Shiro is ashamed of his mechanical arm, exactly.
An Open Doorway | Miaou Jones | 1,344 | Gen | 2016-07-15
Keith is going to see Shiro now because he wants to, and not because anyone would call him a coward if they knew anything about it and knew Keith hadn't done it yet. And also not because Keith wouldn't be able to disagree if he were called a coward... No, Keith is definitely going to talk to Shiro because that's always been the plan when Shiro came back.
in this desert land i know some rain must fall | amillionsmiles | 1,777 | Gen | 2016-09-09
Some people, like rain, are worth waiting for.
// or: Keith leaves, and Keith returns.
til you set fire to my atmosphere | amillionsmiles | 2,062 | Teen | 2016-06-22
And it’s like the first punch Keith ever landed on him: quick and glancing, right at the ribs, out of left field and yet simultaneously a long time coming.
The Body Burns Away | Carrionflower | 2,534 | Gen | 2016-07-04
His arm was gone, replaced by inorganic machinery that clicked and whirred, but the physical memory of its loss remained burned into his nervous system. It translated as a haunting pain that spiked and ebbed but never fully receded, always constant like a needle digging into his brain.
Shiro's coming apart at the seams and Keith is the only one that can see it happening.
this corner of the universe | amillionsmiles | 2,656 | Teen | 2016-06-29 to 2016-06-30
“PDA in uniform can result in a demerit of fifty to a hundred points,” Shiro murmurs.
“Good thing we’re not in public, then,” Keith mutters hoarsely.
What they once had, they don't anymore. Keith still wants it.
Grow Fonder | fio | 2,826 | Gen | 2017-01-22
Really, after everything that's happened to the both of them, it's not actually that weird. But it still feels a bit hard to wrap his head around.
SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2, specifically episode 8.
good grief | @billionairevolleyboysclub | 2,973 | Mature | 2016-08-18
Shiro brings it up when he's got Keith pinned to the training mat, arm twisted behind his back and body pressed up along the line of his back.
"Are you going to winter formal next week?"
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A quick fic on Garrison prom, drinking, and bad communication skills. Not necessarily in that order.
Too Young To Die | @themorninglark | 3,037 | Teen | 2016-07-11
Among the jagged, disparate shards that lie strewn across his recollections, it's startling how immediate some things feel. How, if he closes his eyes, it's like yesterday, for past the swathes of blurry images and broken memories, there's a time that lies untouched, untainted: the klaxon peal of Garrison bells, the earth-rending whoosh of mission launch - like the world's largest breath being sucked in - and, at the most unpredictable of times, the sound of Keith's footstep in a corridor.
Victorious | themorninglark | 3,223 | Teen | 2016-07-03
"When you come back - " says Keith, again, and then he can't finish the sentence for the enormity of it, so he stops short. Leaves it hanging like a promise, waiting to be fulfilled, and settles for reaching out to rest his hand on Shiro's shoulder instead. Lets the contact linger for as long as he can, etched like life lines and heart lines into his palm.
Shiro nods. He doesn't break promises.
Neither does Keith.
For the Damaged | @commodorecliche (x_carnivale_x) | 3,246 | Mature | 2016-06-26
You've held your head up
You've fought the fight
You bear the scars
You've done your time
Listen to me
You've been lonely, too long
transgalactic, 1:30 AM | themorninglark | 3453 | Gen | 2016-08-23
"Replay transmission," Shiro murmurs.
By the dim light of an Arusian constellation, one that's shaped like a different kind of scar, he hears him.
"Hey, Shiro? Does this thing work?"
In which Keith goes, and Shiro waits, for a change.
I get a shiver from broken hearts | cherryvanilla | 3,630 | Teen | 2016-09-16
The first time, Shiro pushed him away with a firm hand to the chest, Keith just barely tasting his lips.
“We can’t,” he said, regret heavy in his voice.
The universe is such a lonely place (without you) | anditwasstinky (thewicked) ( @percybitchshelley ) | 3,804 | Teen | 2016-07-06
Keith comes out, and Lance decides it’s time to step up as a wingman.
The Color in the World | Miaou Jones | 4,576 | Explicit | 2016-08-07
The furrow of Keith's brow deepens. He thought maybe Shiro wouldn't answer him, wouldn't be able to, but his voice sounds steady, his breathing even. "What are you doing?"
"Letting you look." Shiro's back rises and falls with the breath he takes now. "Letting you look as long as you want."
"What about touching?" Keith moistens his lower lip so his words won't get stuck as they try to come out. "Is it okay to touch?"
See Me Running, From You, To You, From You | fio | 6,449 | Gen | 2017-01-05
Shiro is sixteen when his mother remarries and he meets his new step-brother. He already has a brother, so he thinks he knows what to expect, but Keith is nothing like Ryou and it's less like getting a new sibling and more like a roommate.
Caught in the Tide | @skalidra | 6,769 | Teen | 2016-12-27
Keith's starting a new job; night guard at a seaside research facility. During introduction, him and the other two new recruits are taken around and shown all the facility's creatures, including the only merman ever taken alive, who seems awfully friendly considering the warnings they're getting about how aggressive he is.
we're on the road to messy | cherryvanilla | 6,898 | Explicit | 2016-08-28
LATER, after Shiro’s found his way back to Keith yet unsure of how to move forward, he’ll be told how Keith spent countless hours holed up in Shiro’s old quarters that he’d picked the lock to get into, poring over blueprints and notes and digital images, unwilling to accept or admit defeat.
NOW, Shiro hasn’t even found his way there yet.
the interior of a heart | billionairevolleyboysclub | 8,347 | Mature | 2016-08-04
He hears Shiro's voice through his earpiece frantically ordering him to -stay close Keith try to stay as close as you can- before the wormhole's gravity pushes upon his chest and makes his vision swim. His mind slowly goes blank as his body slumps forward.
And Keith dreams. Keith remembers.
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Everything needs a creation story.
we were shotgun lovers | cherryvanilla | 8,890 | Explicit | 2016-10-18
Keith knows the deal. A lot of people his age who leave the system end up back in even at 18, 19, 20 just because they can't adjust. He doesn't want to be another statistic. His literal one bag was packed and ready to go day of his birthday.
At the Beginning | locketofyourhair | 13,179 | Explicit | 2016-12-19
It’s the first thing parents are supposed to teach their children: that the words mean nothing, that the marks don’t mean there is a match for you. The universe is cruel and cold, and plenty of people never meet the one whose writing is emblazoned on their skin.
Keith doesn't believe in soulmates, no matter what his skin says.
A soulmate AU where the words on your skin aren't always the first words you hear from your soulmate. Sometimes it takes time.
Hello @basukerotics, I’m your @sheithsecretsanta2016 pinch! I’m so sorry it took me that long, I wanted to make it warm and cozy, hope you’ll like it! <3333
basukerotics replied to your post:4, 15, 31 and for 40: how much do you want
I LOVE TERRA TOO, MY SWEET WALKING MESS OF A CHILD and i feel you on spellican. i was so fucking lucky i beat it in my first couple of tries or else i may have just never finished that fucking game i hate it so much
yeah like literally the first world you go to i was like UM DID HE JUST KILL SLEEPING BEAUTY WHAT THE FUCK DUDE. and then it only goes downhill from there with him literally being fooled by EVERY SINGLE DISNEY villain and then by the time you’re aqua you just go around to worlds like “young man with big pants Ruined Everything pls assist” BUT I LOVE HIM ANYWAY
i played on proud mode so i could get the secret ending more easily (i don’t even want to think about it on critical mode ugh...) and i was just like i have made a huge mistake........... i probably shed actual real tears when i actually beat it honestly
4, 15, 31 and for 40: how much do you want to murder that fucking spellican
4. in bbs which character order do you play in
terra > ven > aqua bc that’s the order the guide told me to play in and i’m boring. also i like playing as terra even tho he’s a human disaster
15. favourite/most used drive form
i loooove final form when you can finally fucking get it. i suffer through turning into anti form to get it!!!!!!
31.favourite keyblade
i like oathkeeper bc it’s cute. and also fenrir bc it represents cloud and it’s like i-it’s hIM IT’S MY CHILD…!! although sidenote i’m still not sure why sephiroth is in the game like stop beating up kids and an anthropomorphic dog and duck! GO FIND UR MOTHER
40: how much do you want to murder that fucking spellican
I HATE SPELLICAN SO MUCH LIKE??????? WTF I STRUGGLED W/THAT HORRID BIRD FOREVER SO I WENT AND LEVELED UP AND CAME BACK AND IT WAS STILL HARD LIKE???? AND THAT DUMB RACING AROUND THING IT MADE YOU DO BEFORE YOU COULD ACTUALLY FIGHT IT LIKE i hated it i hate spellican it waS AN ABOMINATION I HATE IT (it was worse than that kh1 riku fight–you know the one–and i’m not being dramatic IT WAS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN THAT)
