i went through my files and i found the start of a matolo fic from a few weeks back?? anyways here is the GENIUS au fic im apparently writing "There was this stoner that lived in Matt’s apartment complex. He was handsome, usually wore a beanie, and had a fucking adorable dog named Beezer that he let Matt pet if they passed each other in the hall. None of these things were really all that important, to tell that truth, except for the fact that they were all the traits Matt looked for in a man."
Matt/Rolo but everytime Rolo visits Matt at the castle Hunk takes every opportunity to lowkey shade him. H: So who was it that told you you're good enough for Pidge's older brother. R: ...Nobody? H: So you agree! Glad we had this conversation. :)
anon i fuckign love this
matt: hey hunk, has rolo gotten here yet?hunk: yeah, he stopped by to say that he’s a rotten jerk and he’s breaking up with you for your own goodmatt: hey lance, has rolo gotten here yet?lance: no, he just called to say he’d be latematt: thank youhunk: come on, lance!!
coran: would you mind throwing this in the trash for me?hunk: sure :) [fuckign nails rolo in the face from across the room]
rolo: i know you’re still mad at me for what happened with the blue lion, but i’ve changedhunk: so do the seasons but they always change back :/rolo: [to matt] what the fuck is a season
hunk: [walks into the kitchen] ugh, coran, what are you cooking? something smells rotten.hunk: [makes direct eye contact with rolo] oh, nevermind.
shiro: hunk, matt is a grown adult, he can decide who and who not to trust.hunk: didn’t you say that matt accidentally joined a gang in high school?shiro: …we have to do something.
*Chanting* Matolo kiss headcanons. Matolo kiss headcanons. Matolo kiss headcanons.
are people actually shipping this bc if so…i could die happy
(adding a readmore bc i realized this was really long sorry yall)
ok i don’t know if you’ve noticed this but i like to think way too deep into how aliens are different than humans. so like. i hc that while “kiss” is a near-universal concept that gets translated the same way, the actual action is different for different species? like with vulcans in star trek y’know
like obv there’s some overlap between species, and the most common version is probably the default between different species?
therefore the romcom trope potential is high for romances between different species wherein they kiss but one doesn’t realize it, so it’s pretty much general knowledge that you either 1) kiss the ‘default’ way or 2) kiss your native way but make sure to explain it beforehand. thus, the shenanigan potential is lowered.
except for the fact the humans are not aware of any of this.
SO. rolo, nyma, and beezer all joined the resistance bc, y’know, they pissed off the galra pretty hard and need to hide (and nobody else knows about how they tried to steal a voltron lion thank goodness). matt holt is already an established part of the resistance by the time they show up.
nyma: hey, isn’t that the green paladin?beezer: bzzt-bip-deet (no it’s not. we bonded, i can tell.)nyma: definitely the same species though…hey rolo, should we investigate this or steer clear?rolo: [straightening vest, spraying space cologne] let me handle this
nyma and beezer: [tired sighs]
rolo and matt pretty much hit it off. even though his team warns him to be careful with how much he shares, the first time he hears matt laugh, rolo spills literally everything he knows about the paladins (and pidge)
nyma and beezer: [louder, exhausted sighs]
matt almost immediately shares this information with the resistance leadership and, since they now know they can trust voltron, they begin the slow and careful task of locating/contacting the castle
this definitely helps rolo, nyma, and beezer move up in the resistance
nyma: rolo!! what part of “stay lowkey” did you not get!!rolo: he laughed at one of my jokes?? who do you think i am, nymabeezer: bip-bzzt (weak!!!)
anyway in the meantime, matt and rolo spend a lot of time together. and both feel like they’re getting closer. and one day when they’re sitting next to each other rolo decides to just…go for it. except,
fact #1: the ‘default’ kiss is touching your partner’s neck. it’s a show of trust and can also be soft and sweet so?? but yeah, there’s a bunch of ways you can do it. the equivalent to a quick peck is like. gently touching the back of someone’s neck.
fact #2: matt may have spent the past few months collecting as much information as he could about different species’ cultures and biologies, but it had never occurred to him to learn about displays of affection.
fact #3: matt is ticklish af. especially on his neck.
so rolo gently brushes his fingers against the back of matt’s neck and he jumps a bit and kinda screams
matt: oh geez, sorry!!rolo: oh no no my bad i’m sorrymatt: no you’re fine, really! maybe just, uh? try not to do that?rolo: [internally screaming, dying, blasting space-MCR] oh yeah of course no problem man
nyma and beezer have to deal with his emo ass for like two weeks
matt has no idea what happened
and then they end up getting sent out on a recon mission (nyma: see this is why i wanted us to stay lowkey!!!) but are forced to split up and matt has like. a dramatic emotional moment.
matt: i don’t know what i did to upset you, but i’m really sorry about it because you’re the best person i’ve met during this hellish year and you mean a lot to me and i guess what i’m trying to say is [dramatically pulls in rolo for a kiss]matt: so uh. yeah. i guess i’ll see you back at the base, unless you don’t feel the same way, in which case this will hopefully kill me.matt: [runs off]rolo: …[touches his mouth] what the fuck was thatnyma: did he just try to eat your face or somethingbeezer: bzzt-chh-pip (did he just say he’s trying to die??)
they all end up making it back safe, thankfully. but matt is like. really nervous around rolo? and so he has to stop moping and actually confront matt like “hey what the fuck was that”. and matt is like “uh a kiss??” and rolo is like “a what now”
rolo suddenly remembers that.. oh right.. matt is basically the first contact of his species and doesn’t know the subtleties of interplanetary culture
so rolo explains the whole kissing thing and matt is horrified bc of course the one cultural thing he wasn’t prepared for flew over his head and almost ruined a relationship. shit. fuck. goddammit.
so matt is like “ok so…the general way to kiss is like…this?” and lays his entire hand against the side of rolo’s neck and rolo almost combusts
matt: uh?? are you ok??rolo: i am very oknyma: [walks in, immediately claps hand over beezer’s eyes] GET A ROOM
once matt makes the vulcan connection he gets better at the subtleties of it so he’s not like making out in public lmao
matt also gradually relaxes at the touches and starts to really enjoy them. rolo still makes sure to warn him when they’re coming lol.
rolo’s species is one of the many for whom this is the regular kiss anyway, but that doesn’t mean he’s any less interested in learning about how humans kiss
rolo: …is this it?matt: dear, you aren’t supposed to talk while it’s happeningrolo: doesn’t that get boring?matt: ok, well, if you would stop talking and let me show you,
rolo ends up really liking it once he figures it out. like, a lot. matt created a monster.
rolo: [passes matt in the hallway and smooches him] hi
rolo: [interrupts matt while he’s talking to kiss him] sorry, what were you saying?
rolo: [sits on matt’s desk and kisses him] what are you up to?
rolo: [leans over to matt in the middle of a meeting and gives him a kiss] :)matt: honey, please,
the downside: after they reunite with team voltron, shiro tickles matt’s neck like he used to do whenever he teased him but matt just like. stares at him in confusion. and rolo looks like he’s about to cry.
shiro: wait, are you not ticklish anymore?matt: …OHrolo: matt who is this is he your boyfriend are you guys togetherhunk: wait is that fucking rolo
the whole thing gets cleared up very quickly, but rolo still has to learn how to cope with matt and shiro’s constant faux-flirting, and hunk has to learn how to cope with not fighting rolo on sight
Do you have any Matolo headcanons for Rolo and Pidge hanging out???
hm ok so i feel like. at first pidge mostly likes spending time with nyma and beezer. bc robot and cool older sister. but since rolo and matt are dating, they like?? feel obligated to at least try hanging out with each other??
rolo: guys, help me out. what do i talk about?nyma: the difficulties of being a woman in a male-dominated environmentbeezer: bzzt-bip-chrrp (compare programming codes and methods)rolo: i…feel like that won’t work so well
so they have a few occasions where they like…try to hang out. but it’s really forced so they quietly agree to be friendly but not necessarily interact.
one day, though, pidge notices rolo trying to modify his ship and her eyes just light up
pidge: rolo!! i just figured out how we can bond!!rolo: ???pidge: have you ever modified a giant magical robot cat??rolo: !!!
they swap ideas (rolo, nyma, and beezer’s ship gets the invisibility upgrade) and teach each other how to add stuff to their respective ships
hunk: hey pidge, have you seen– OH COME ONpidge: hunk–hunk: no pidge!! one rule!! i had one rule!! don’t let them in the lions!!pidge: what’s he going to do, override green’s connection with me and fly her away?rolo: [from across the cockpit] woah, i think you could actually hotwire this if you tried hard enoughhunk: pidge
since hunk also regularly helps pidge modify and repair the lions, i imagine this would be a good way for hunk and rolo to start getting along
they end up talking a lot while they work and rolo finds out that pidge is still kind of insecure about her piloting (basis for this hc: when she was freaking out to shiro in s1e1) and offers to help her.
they practice in rolo et al.’s ship bc pidge is paranoid that the only reason she’s decent at flying is bc green is helping her. and it turns out. that’s a liiittle bit true. but she’s still not terrible!!
rolo teaches her the basics and congratulates her when she does well. but like. in a cool way. bc he has to keep up his Cool and Chill Facade.
nyma and beezer (and matt now lmao) are the only ones who get to see rolo Not Chill so pidge beams with pride whenever he gives her a nod or a “nice job” bc she knows he rly means it
then on one mission, The Bad Guy is getting away with some member of royalty and everyone else is too busy to go save them, so pidge pulls some amazing maneuvers and saves the day. everybody is ridiculously proud of her. rolo smiles really wide and tells her how amazing she did. it gets emotional.
lance: wow, they’re getting along really well now, aren’t they?matt: [about to start crying too] i’m so fucking happy right now
Hunk: *walks in on Matt and Rolo making out in the closet, holds his hands up, walks back out* Matt: Kid, can you KNOCK? Hunk: WHY THE HECK WOULD I KNOCK ON THE CLOSET - "
Okay, but I'd like to think that Matt is lowkey petty too and he just starts praising Rolo for the sake of getting back at Hunk. *Rolo standing near a pot of water in the kitchen* Matt: BOI I LUV WHEN MY MAN COOKS!!! Hashtag when he fries that transparent soup just right!!! 👌👌👌✔️️💯👌
you’re killing me anon....i’m laying here, dying.......
Your Matt/Rolo post is killing me because when I wrote that Zombieland AU fic awhile back I had actually considered making the nameless cashier Rolo at one point.
