sadly the fic, WHICH IS RLY GOOD, never got posted [long story, not mine to tell ;u;] but this was a telepath!keith/blind!shiro AU. basically keith is a captured BoM, and is sent to the arena in chains to be executed by a beast, but then a blind galra is thrown in to the arena was well, with a weapon. keith is able to convince him they can work together and using his telepathic link, shiro is able to defeat the beast.
afterward, they are thrown together more often in the arena and over time keith learns shiro is actually a human who has been experimented on and altered heavily. he also ends up teaching him about galra culture and how to navigate some of the wierd shit galra go thru [since shiro is experiencing a lot of galra instincts lol].
meanwhile the BoM are working on freeing keith, but keith will not leave without shiro :')
so in this scene, we have keith tracing coordinates on shiro's back, in hopes that he will be able to use them to escape. i do hope viper posts this fic one day but if not, just know it was rly good and liek the perfect slowburn.
extras under the cut!
so as i keep saying this was a rly good fic. i had like 5 diff scenes i rly wanted to draw but i realized i was NOT going to be able to fit any of them into only 3 pages lol… that didn't stop me from TRYING more than once tho…
attempt #1, 3 pics:
this scene is them bathing [PLATONICALLY] after a round in the arena. keith is lamenting about shiro geting hurt due to keith's reckless fighitng style leaking into shiro thru the mind meld, and thinks about how shiro still moves like he has his human body too, which shiro picks up on thanks to the mind link [which is something of a habit at this point lol]. shiro is angsting about the fact he actually dosen't know the extent of what has been done to him thanks to the injury that blinded him, and after asking to see how he looked as a human, keith ends up reassuring him that he's still a cutie lol.
the page with the dialogue only is when i realized there was no way i was fitting that scene into 3 pages lol.
attempt #2:
this scene is basically near the start to the fic. keith is brought in to the arena and chained to a pylon. he hears a bunch of rly loud monster noises and pounding at the door across the arena and is like, wow i am actually fucked 8D then shiro is brought in and thrown to the ground, along with a weapon. keith watches him try to feel around for the weapon and realizes he's blind, then calls out to him. shiro immediately goes into attack mode but keith is able to convince him that they can be allies, and briefly explains he's a telepath before melding their minds so that shiro can see through his eyes, and after a bit of clumsiness they are able to beat the beast this way :D
my designs for the boys. i have unclothed versions too that show off all their markings and scars but i feel like that would get the post flagged so these will have to do lol. i did post them on twitter tho, if you wanna bother looking there. also yes, this design is rly similar to the other contribution i did for this zine, which is because i rly like the idea of keith having these specific markings LOL. this is p much my official go to glara!keith design.
just two lil chibi guys
i actually finished this with shading, but for the life of me cannot find it, so old phone pic it is. this is post-fic, after shiro joins the bom. [so uh not so shocking spoiler, they both survive and escape lol]
I am working with Clip Studio Paint and wow it blends so well! I've really been wanting to draw @gummibois Blind!Shiro au for a while now so I thought it would be good practice
Hey @whoalookingcooljoker! I really liked your idea of both of our fics taking place in the same universe, so here’s some married Sheith making holiday cookies! I also had to include the ugly Christmas sweaters they got each other bc I loved that part so much :D
They were sprawled on a couch in a pile of blankets and pillows, Shiro tucked comfortably under Ulaz’s chin. An Altean movie played on a monitor nearby, more for ambient noise than anything. Shiro wasn’t paying any attention, not able to understand the language, and not able to watch for context. Instead he was focused on the slow thump of Ulaz’s heart. The other paladins had long since gone to bed, but for Shiro this was a sleepless night. Tonight was a battle with insomnia he just could not win. A clawed hand carded it’s way through his hair, an attempt to relax him that would normally put him to sleep.
“No.” A lie, but Shiro had a feeling the question was not really about whether or not his blindness bothered him. Ulaz had never outright admitted it, but Shiro had always figured he felt some sort of guilt over his blindness. He had seen Galra with prosthetic eyes during his early days in the arena, but he also knew that they found it much more entertaining to watch a blind man fight for his life. Shiro took the other man’s hand, threading their fingers together. He didn’t blame him. He wanted Ulaz to understand that.
They laid there there in silence for a while longer, Shiro gently using his thumb to stroke the fine fur on Ulaz’s hand. “It’s not your fault, you know.” There was a noise from the Galra that Shiro knew as discontent. Ulaz never seemed to want to address this. It was frustrating. “We have to talk about this eventually.” Ulaz would not let him get away with avoiding subjects for long, and damn if Shiro wasn’t going to return the favor.
“Why did you want to watch this movie?”
“Ulaz.” Shir was fed up with his dodging, his own insecurities starting to bubble up like a bad case of heartburn. “Do you really care about me? Or do you just entertain me because you feel guilty?” And there it was, the thought that had been nagging the back of his mind for so long finally coming to the surface. There was no avoiding the question now. If he tried that would be its own answer.
Blind Shiro is nothing new to the fandom but what if he did it to himself on purpose to protect the others. He can still pilot Black blind but outside his lion...
I am a sadist bastard yes. This was done with super speed because I had to get it out of my system.
