Summary: Maybe they weren't the most exciting plans for ringing in the New Year, but to Pidge, they were perfect.
This one is set in the same universe as Undefinable but can stand alone.
Pairings: Keith/Pidge ; Hunk/Lance (minor) ; Shiro/Allura (minor)
Also posted on AO3 and fanfiction.net
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-Midnight Kiss-
It had been almost a year since they started dating.
Summer had come and gone in a flash. Those days of running around with Hunk and Lance at the fairgrounds, competing with each other for the best prizes. Their plans of traveling up to Galra County to search for the Galra Forest Cat Monster, which turned into an impromptu camping trip with their friends after everyone found out they planned on being alone for the weekend. Lazy humid nights spent talking on the picnic table in her backyard. The water balloon fight.
Their first day of college came faster than any of them had wanted, but by then they were all settled in at the apartment building recommended to them by one of Hunk's cousins. Lance and Pidge had their place up on the fifth floor, while Hunk and Keith were down on the third, which led to a lot of walking up and down the stairs whenever they visited each other. Their days were at first filled with movie nights and staying up too late playing video games and binge eating junk food, but as the semester went on those days became lengthy study sessions and relaxing with quiet activities.
Christmas vacation brought with it the snowstorm of the century, and though they were less than an hour from their families, they spent it warm and safe camped out on the fifth floor, making up traditions of their own. The highlight had been Christmas Eve, when Shiro and Allura fought their way through the snowy roads and Matt made the harrowing five-block hike from campus through the blizzard to join them. (He may have been the slightest bit dramatic about it, as by that point it was barely flurrying.)
The snow cleared up soon after that, leaving them free to visit family, but they were back soon after that, trying to make plans for New Year's Eve.
“We should go out and do something for once,” Lance argued as he laid sprawled out on Pidge's bed. “We could go to The Lion again! You said you wanted to go back after our last trip there.”
“Yeah, but that was more of a fun thing for us and Allura. Do you really think Hunk and Keith will be okay with the crowd that will be there for the New Year event?” Pidge asked.
Lance groaned in defeat. “No. They won't. So what's your bright idea? Please don't say UHOP, because let me tell you, I love that place, but I don't really want it to be our place, y'know?”
“Not UHOP,” Pidge agreed. “Actually, Keith and I were planning on just staying in.”
Lance stared at her for a moment, his eyes narrowed. “You two are the most boring couple I've ever met. Even Shiro has plans to go out! I mean, sure, it was probably all Allura's idea, but he's still going! You don't even want to go out to eat beforehand?”
Pidge shrugged. It really wasn't that big of a deal to her. Starting the new year cuddled up with Keith, maybe drinking hot cocoa and watching the ball drop on TV sounded perfect. “I think Hunk has plans for just the two of you anyway. Shouldn't you be getting ready for that?”
“Hunk has plans? For us?” Lance sounded utterly in awe by the idea. Seven months in and he was still blown away that he got to call the other teen his boyfriend.
Pidge did not want to be around when those two finally said their “I love you's”. She knew Lance would be unbearably giddy about it, and as glad as she was that the two were no longer pining for each other, there were some days when all she wanted to do was grab her best friend by the shoulders and ask him to please calm the fuck down.
“You should probably go get ready for that. Preferably before Keith comes up,” Pidge told him.
Lance rolled out of bed, a dreamy expression on his face. “Yeah. I should.” And without another word, he was gone, practically dancing out of her room.
Pidge had a few minutes of quiet before she heard the sound of Lance's phone going off, followed by him eagerly chatting with the person on the other end – Hunk most likely. She paid just enough attention to hear the end of their conversation, though that was unnecessary as Lance popped his head in to announce that he was leaving and would probably crash downstairs once he and Hunk got back.
“Well that's good, because Keith's sleeping with me tonight,” Pidge said nonchalantly, realizing a little too late the implication of her words. Her cheeks burned red as her eyes snapped to Lance, who grinned at her hugely. “I didn't-! Not like that! It's just sleeping!”
Lance chuckled, but didn't take the opportunity to tease her. “Well, either way, I'll see you in the morning. Happy early New Year, Pigeon.”
Her face still felt hot as she repeated the words back to him and then he left. It took her a few minutes to recover from her embarrassment, and once she did, she got up to begin preparing for her night in with Keith. They'd talked about it a little, debating on whether or not to join in with whatever their friends had planned, but from the sound of it Hunk had something romantic planned for him and Lance, while Allura had every intention of dragging Shiro to the big New Year's Gala her father was throwing. So they decided to do their own thing.
She checked her messages, confirming that Keith was on his way back with pizza and drinks, and then set about getting her room ready for them. She raided the closet for extra blankets and dug out two TV tables that Lance had squirreled away in his room, before setting up her game console for a few rounds of MarioKart. She figured they could eat while deciding what tracks to race, and once they got tired of that, she had a few episodes of their favorite ghost hunting show for them to watch. Pidge figured by the time they were done with all of that, it would be close to midnight.
She was a little nervous about it, which was ridiculous, but it was the first year she had a boyfriend to welcome in the New Year with. The first year she would have someone to kiss as the clock struck midnight.
Pidge heard the sound of keys in the lock and got up to go help Keith with the food.
Maybe it wasn't the most exciting way to start the year, but it was perfect to them. (Even if Keith did accidentally throw a slice of pizza at her in his attempt to stop her from picking Rainbow Road.)
And when midnight rolled around, Pidge didn't feel the slightest bit nervous as she crawled into Keith's lap and kissed him.
Summary: Keith and Katie take a vacation together on a planet covered in snow.
Also post on AO3 and fanfiction.net
Previous - Masterpost
I've wanted to play around with the idea of half-Galra, half-Altean Pidge for ages, so here's just a little bit of the world I have in mind if I ever get around to properly writing it.
-Dancing in the Snow-
Her gasp was soft, almost breathless as she stepped out of the shuttle and her feet sank into the fresh layer of pure, white snow. It coated everything around them, giving the landscape an ethereal glow. It was one of the most beautiful things she had laid eyes on.
“We should go. You're too unprotected here, Katla.”
She took another step, enjoying the way the snow crunched underfoot. A cold breeze swept over her, gently ruffling her hair. “You worry too much, Keithir. This place is safe. That's the whole point of us traveling all the way here.” She turned to face her companion, her golden eyes soft as she took in his tense posture.
His fluffy ears twitched this way and that, listening out for any sign of danger, as violet eyes scanned their surroundings. He looked as though he was a quick tick away from scooping her up into his arms and hiding her away back on the shuttle, where nothing could sneak up on them.
Despite that, Katla couldn't help but giggle. There were thick snowflakes falling from the sky, speckling his lavender fur with white.
“Katie, I'm serious. It could be dangerous,” Keithir said, sounding frustrated.
She stepped forward, winding her arms up around his neck. She smiled when she felt his own wrap around her waist, pulling her closer. “The only thing I'm in danger of is frostbite,” she told him. “Kolivan vouched for our safety here, remember? Do you really think he'd lie about that?”
Keithir's ears flicked back. “No... but he's also a pureblood. Nothing would dare threaten him.”
“Keith...”
He sighed, knowing she was right. Kolivan wouldn't have okayed their vacation on the planet if he thought there was the slightest chance they would be in danger. He needed to relax and enjoy what little time they had been able to get to be alone together. They only had a few quintants and then it was back to Marmora, where they would resume their roles as the princess and her bodyguard under the careful scrutiny of those around them.
“Dance with me?” Katie asked, when it became clear to her that Keith was starting to relax.
Keith frowned. “But there's no music.”
“Dance with me anyway? Please?”
The added 'please' had his lips curving up into a smile. There had been a time in their relationship where she'd been wary of asking him to do anything, afraid he'd take it as an order. They'd moved past that after several late nights of sitting up until sunrise and talking, but sometimes she fell back into the habit of making it clear that it was a request, not a demand.
Keith started to sway with her in his arms and before too long they were spinning each other around, laughing and enjoying the sharp chill of the snow falling around them. It was only when he noticed her exposed skin was turning as purple as his own fur in response to the cold, that he pulled her back in close.
Katie eagerly curled into him, hoping to find some warmth to rest her face against, but his clothing was too damp from the snow to be of any comfort. She shivered and tilted her head up to look at him, which was when he noticed the purple markings which identified her as being part Altean were starting to blend in with the rest of her skin.
“I think it's time to get you warmed up,” Keith remarked.
“Oh?”
Keith barely had time to register the flirtatious tone to her voice.
“I might have an idea or two about how you can help warm me up.”
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keith & Pidge | Katie Holt, Keith/Pidge | Katie Holt
Characters: Keith (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Matt Holt, Lotor (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Kidge - Freeform, KidgeFest2017, Alternate Ending, Season 4 Spoilers, character disappearance
Series: Part 1 of Kidge Fest 2017
Summary:
Katie watched for a few more moments, the slight curve on Lotor’s lips that suggested to her at least that Zarkon’s son was exactly where he wanted to be. And after his determination to put the Galra prince behind bars, everything he’d given up helping the Blades, to protect Voltron from Haggar’s ship, Keith was gone.
Summary: When Pidge was a little girl, so made up a spell so she would never fall in love and sealed it with a wish upon a star.
Also posted on AO3 and fanfiction.net
-Wish Upon a Star-
When she was young and still believed that magic and things like making wishes on stars were real, Katie Holt made up a spell so she would never fall in love, and sealed it with a wish upon a falling star. Only then was she able to rest easy, knowing there would never come a time in her life when she would fall in love, and therefore would never run the risk of dying of a broken heart, like her Aunt Clarissa or her grandfather.
As she grew up, she began to forget more and more about the spell she'd cast, until finally the memory faded away to the deep recesses of her mind. There it remained, undisturbed, for many years.
And then she met him.
Pidge hadn't thought much of him at first. He was just some stranger who got mixed up in the same crazy, intergalactic adventure that she did. The only thing they had in common was that they were Paladins of Voltron. That she felt a strange longing to get to know him meant nothing. Nor did the way she felt her cheeks heat up whenever his violet eyes met hers.
In fact, it wasn't until after she got Matt back safe and sound, after the near-failure that was their mission to take back a third of the planets conquered by the Galra, that something jolted the memory back to the forefront of her brain. It was returning to the Castle afterward. Seeing him standing there, unharmed, head bowed under the weight of what he'd nearly done. Her heart squeezed painfully, nearly taking her breath away, and she remembered.
Spinning around under the stars, gazing up at them as if they held all of the answers.
Curling up underneath the old oak tree, notebook in one hand and tiny LED lantern in the other.
Carefully writing out her little spell, describing a boy who could never exist.
Clutching that paper to her chest as she stared up at the night sky, waiting for the right moment to make her wish.
Pidge stumbled as she backed away. The logical part of her mind screamed that it wasn't possible; magic was not real. At least, not that kind of magic.
Her fear won out over logic and she fled the room for another corner of the Castle where she could be alone. It was just her luck that he found her a short time later.
“I'm sorry,” his quiet words reached her from across the room.
Pidge flinched as though she'd been physically struck. “Please don't. I... I'm the one who should be sorry,” she whispered.
Keith frowned as he stepped into the room. “Pidge, what are you talking about?”
She couldn't help but spill the whole story to him. He deserved to know the truth. All of it. She knew it sounded crazy, but she didn't think she could go on without him knowing the mistake she made all those years ago.
He was oddly silent as she rambled on, waiting for the end of the story with more patience than she thought possible. And when she was done, her teary eyes cast to the floor in fear of his reaction, he crossed the room to her side. Keith knelt in front of her and tilted her chin up.
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December 31 - Midnight Kiss
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