@poorrichardslegacy so this is my submission (sort of) for Day 7 of Kacxa Week 2020: Author's Choice
I haven't had any time to write the last two weeks cus life is a bitch but I def had ideas of what I wanted to write. I hope to eventually sit down and write it. So here it goes.
In an AU where no one dies *cough cough Allura* they hold a giant celebration throughout the Atlas.
Being the terrible influences they are, Veronica and Lance decide to spice things up when they spike the punch.
Shenanigans start to ensue as one by one everyone starts to get drunk. At first it's Pidge and Hunk and they reunite to become Team Punk and they start to scheme and get everyone else on the team drunk. Zethrid and Ezor are having a great time, challenging Matt & N7 & Nyma & Rolo to a drinking contest. Pidge gains some confidence and asks pretty boy James Griffin to dance which he blushes and says yes. That makes Lance ask Allura, and Hunk ask Shay. Pretty soon everyone is having a drunken good time. They're laughing and dancing and celebrating.
Everyone but Keith. Keith has been watching as one by one people come up to Acxa and ask her to drink, as members of the Atlas crew hit on her and ask her to dance. He hates it. He hates that these random people have more confidence than he could ever have. So he drinks. Liquid courage is better than no courage at all.
But Keith being Keith, it doesn't go as planned and he drinks to much and makes a fool of himself. Acxa thinks he's sick and takes care of him. He confesses that he's embarrassed b/c it should be easy to tell the most beautiful girl he's ever met that he loves her.
But Acxa being Acxa thinks he's referring to Romelle since he only ever sees the two of them together (Keith and Romelle have big found family siblings vibes). She goes and fetches Romelle and leaves. Keith of course sobers up by time Romelle arrives and he gets her advice. Romelle tells Keith that she definitely had a crush on him but after seeing that he was hopelessly in love with Acxa and after meeting and befriending Acxa realized that there was no better match then each other. She pulls him up, kicks his butt, and tells him to be himself and tell her.
Gaining the courage from Romelle, he finds Acxa trying (with the help of Ezor) to take Zethrid to her room. He wants to talk to her and Ezor gives a wink and takes Zethrid herself. There they go back to the party (long abandoned) and tells her how he feels and asks if they could dance. Romelle (who knew what he would do) was there and puts on a slow song. They sway back and forth and start a new chapter in their life, together.
