#mod asteria

[paladinwrites]

request: could you do hc's for the paladins with an s/o who's been really touch-starved for a lot of their life so like, little acts of intimacy (long hugs, kissing, cuddling, etc.) often makes them break down and cry (even though they really want/like the affection)

anon, don’t call me out

but these got extremely long and a tad repetitive whoops

shiro, keith, lance, hunk, pidge

- mod asteria ✨

Shiro

at first, shiro moves his arm to loop over your shoulder

and you kinda just freeze

and lowkey shut down

shiro thinks he’s hurt you by accident when he suddenly feels that you’ve tensed up all of a sudden

and suddenly, he’s worrying like “have I done something wrong? are you alright?”

he immediately moves his arm off and is in front of you and making sure you’re not dying

if the arm he touched you with was his prosthetic, he’s even more worried

when tears start to seep out of your eyes, shiro just dies on the inside and he’s absolutely convinced that he’s something

although by now, tears are visibly running down your cheeks and you’re starting to cry, it’s a little hard to actually form words while you’re crying

shiro’s extremely worried, if I haven’t made that obvious

but when you decide that it’s too hard to tell him verbally, you kinda just lean into him so he’s kinda forced to half-catch and half-hug you

the two of you just stay like that and shiro gradually realises that you actually really needed that half-hug

after a while, you calm down enough to explain to him the specifics

he’s a little miffed about whatever happened when you were younger to make you like this, but he decides to change the fact you’re touch starved

although he’s careful about what he’s doing, he makes sure to at least have some sorts of intimacy because he knows that although you might tear up, you still do want it

Keith

I’ve mentioned before that I have a personal headcanon that keith himself is also touch starved, so expect in here

keith isn’t the type to initiate anything in public so the first time he realises your situation, it’s when you two are in his room

it was a tad sudden, keith suddenly just wrapped an arm around your waist

you just jumped suddenly and tears start to form

keith just mentally shuts down because he thinks he’s done something horribly wrong

despite whatever he may have been doing with you beforehand, he thinks he accidentally blew up at you with his temper and is already apologising

he suddenly seems very cautious to touch you

but when you shake your head, start wiping your tears and start to explain that you just aren’t used to touches like that

but you stress the fact that it’s something that you like/want

as you explain, keith’s face just falls and he understands

when you stop talking, he just awkwardly wraps his arms around you in a hug

the two of you just stay there for some time, dwelling in each other’s company and comfort

the two of you spend a lot of time in each other’s general company, just with each other

it’s two touch starved people together and it’s like a natural balance that just works

Lance

now, lance can usually be quite touchy in a relationship

however, the first time he did physically touch you with an intimate gesture that elicted a reation out of you was a quick peck on your cheek

previously, you had been extremely content with the touches and nothing of the sorts really hinted for lance that you were a little touch starved

but after you kinda looked a little started and tears started to leak out of your eyes

well lance, like everyone else, would be beyond worried

once you explain to him, he’s just extremely sad for you

him growing up in a big family meant that touch starvation (is that a term?) wasn’t a thing in his childhood and hugs were frequent

knowing that you didn’t have the same sort of happiness, per say, it just makes him sad

like, no hugs?

wow, that’s not on

it’s now suddenly a given that whenever lance sees you, he either hugs you or places a gentle kiss on your cheek

over time, if your reaction gradually changes to be flustered, he’s gonna tease you about it and coo that it’s cute

with him, it’s already lots of random touches and kisses

so when he knows that you’ve been needing them, get ready for more because it’s going to be a lot

he just wants you to feel loved

and when you’re with lance, you’re definitely going to feel loved

Hunk

hunk, although he can be shy when it comes to pda, he loves you very much and will show it most of the time with touches

the first time he properly hugged you, he could feel you kinda tense up in his arms

and then he suddenly lets go and goes all “is something the matter?”

and then his mind jumps to the fact that he’s possibly hurt you somewhere 

you’re going to have to pull him back to reality because he thinks that he’s either hugged you too hard or you simply didn’t like the hug

depending on how well you’re currently faring (whether you’re too overwhelmed to talk, etc.), you either explain to him first or just shake your head and hug him back

and just muffled talking of ‘how you just want it’

hunk, a lot like lance, is sad

like he’s had a loving family who also hugged frequently

but you?

wow, he feels horrible, even if he had nothing to do with it

he hugs you back

that’s when you lowkey breakdown and tear up

when he feels the tears on him, his stomach sinks

however dire he thought the situation was before, he believes it to be way worse

like, you’ve been this touch starved for this long?

like pretty much everyone else, the intimate gestures he does are done more often than if he didn’t know you were touch starved

it’s more of the long hugs and the general side-by-side comfort and arms tangled around each other with him

Pidge

pidge herself isn’t very touchy in general

like, this girl tends to prefer a computer over a tree and definitely over attempting to converse with an actual human being

which is also why she’s quite awkward in this relationship

I feel the intimacy wouldn’t happen as much until you two were closer

but regardless, it was this one time you were sitting next to pidge while she worked on some tech in her room

you were technically there to drag her to bed, because think about it, pidge never actually sleeps

somehow, you got distracted with watching her and the two of you just sat there for a long while

at one point, you nagged for a bit and since pidge it kinda sleepy then (she won’t ever admit it), she just leans over and wraps her arms around

and she closes her eyes and just leans against you

we know what happens by now, right?

it definitely caught you off guard

and the tears come

wow, when pidge just feels you shaking, she woke up so fast

she can see that there’s tears coming down your face and she doesn’t know how to react

did she do something?

but when you kinda hug her back, she feels a bit more relived

and when you explain to her about being touch starved and the sorts, she doesn’t know what to feel

like, what happened to your family??

what did they do?

does she go small angry gremlin on them when she meets them?

yeah, maybe she will go small angry gremlin on them

please don’t encourage her

your relationship will definitely have more of those ‘silent-in-each-other’s-company-and-hug’ moments

it’s small steps, but pidge makes an effort and especially knowing you haven’t had that much when you were younger, pidge is determined

[paladinwrites]

importance

Keith x reader

100 follower contest prize: third place (500-1000 word ficlet) @senpaapiii

[Keith & his reaction to his s/o being the paladin of the white lion]

and I feel I rambled a bit too much at the start and didn’t have that much focus on the whole ‘white lion’ thing, sorry!

 - mod asteria ✨

You had known Keith for a long while. From back to your primary school days, to middle school, to the Garrison and down to now. You had followed Keith for as long as you could remember. To you, he was your friend, the only one who really bothered to know you. In all honesty, to him, you were the one who stuck with him through thick and thin and ignored the flaws of his character.

Which was exactly why the both of you ended up staying together in the small shack Keith apparently used to call home after Keith himself was expelled from the Garrison. It was difficult at first, staying together. But years of mutual friendship and bonding did not go to waste and in the end, the two of you were closer ever than before. You joined him in the search for the strange feeling, as he called it. The Lion markings you both found then were strange and did not give any clear answers, but regardless, the both of you continued searching and putting clues together, soon discovering that the fateful day, the arrival the markings spoke of, was coming soon.

And come it did, in the form of a falling foreign ship that Shiro was found in. Three others joined you. Lance, Hunk and Pidge. All three were Garrison cadets, faces that you had seen before and possibly talked to before. Shiro, you knew, but never really talked to. All you knew was that Shiro and Keith had gotten extremely close during the last few years, while you would hang behind. It was then when you weren't too sure about your 'strong' relationship with Keith.

He had seemed so happy with Shiro and Shiro was with him when you couldn't be. In a way, you were scared. Then, you worried about Keith and him running off to race or to do some other not-very-responsible games. You saw less of Keith then more than ever, and you felt so split.

Shiro was a new person in his life that Keith had opened up to and you liked that. However, it also meant that Keith didn’t spend as much time with you anymore. Most of the time, he was off outside, racing with Shiro on motorbikes.

You hadn’t ever felt so alone then.

When Shiro disappeared, Keith was broken. You could see that. His eyes were different, having lost the wild gleam they used to have when Shiro was there. They were dull, empty and completely devoid. Keith was frustrated, angry and broken.

He had lost Shiro and unintentionally pushed you away. He could see it. He thought you had left him, caught up in the life of the Garrison and left him for other friends.

So, it was much to his surprise when he realised that you had still followed him, after hanging out with Shiro for so long, after punching Iverson in the face and after being expelled from the Garrison.

Keith couldn’t see it, didn’t see it. What was it about him? He just didn’t know.

You thought yourself as the outlier of the group. You could definitely see it. Shiro and Keith were almost always together, catching up on what had happened since the Kerberos mission. Lance, Hunk and Pidge seemed to be part of the same group and hung out together often.

You? Normally it was with Keith, but Shiro was back and that meant Keith gravitated towards him.

It all matched, it really did. Shiro, Keith, Lance, Hunk and Pidge worked together well, them being paladins of the main Lions. You?

Paladin of the White Lion. The outlier. The Lion that was useful only when there was a Lion missing. Only then you could join Voltron and form the great weapon.

It wasn’t the best of places to be, feeling like you were useless half the time. Allura and Coran often told you that it was a great job, but you didn’t feel so sure.

You pushed yourself away from the others often. Any sort of team bonding excersise didn’t usually need you, so you kept yourself locked up in your room often, simply sitting there and wondering, wouldn’t it have been so much more easier if you hadn’t done what you had.

Your room became your safe haven, where the others wouldn’t disturb you. You could sit there, eyes closed and steady breathing, not worrying about the terrors and insecurity that plagued your mind.

In one particular moment, you sat on your bed, like many times before, playing with your bayard, a small white dagger. In a way, you felt it did represent you. Small, easily concealable and useless in most cases, such as long range fighting.

“Hey.” Your head snapped up at the sudden noise, surprised that someone had come.

It was Keith.

Of course.

His brows were furrowed and his lips pressed together. He was looking at you in a way you didn’t want anyone to look at you. Pity and sympathy. You were a paladin of Voltron (not exactly)!

When you didn’t respond, Keith moved in closer and made his way to sit next to you on your bed. 

“[Name]...”

“What do you want?” Your reply was harsher than you meant it and you quickly turned your head to swing your bayard around.

“We’re all worried a-and you...” Keith’s voice trailed off, never a person who knew how exactly he would put his words together.

“Look, Keith. I-I-” You let out a sigh and turned to Keith. At the sigh of the look on his Keith, your voice trembled and failed you. You turned back to your bayard in your hands. “I’m not needed half the time.”

Keith’s face changed. ”[Name], you can’t really think that...”

“But it’s true.”

Licking his lips nervously, Keith tried to pick out his choice of words carefully. Then he started to speak. “Do you remember what Allura said about the White Lion and its paladin when we first came to the castle?”

“I-I-” Keith didn’t give you any time to reply.

“That it was the most adaptable out of all the Lions and its paladin would also be like that. That it was the one which would stick by everyone’s side in every moment and that would be the last hope in almost every situation.” Keith’s voice began to crack at the end. You sat there, open mouthed, confused at what he was going on about. “Please [Name], you’re much more important than you think.”

“Keith, you can’t- I’m not really-”

“[Name].” He took your hands in his own, his eyes boring into your own. “We need you.”

How had you not seen everything? You weren’t completey useless. The White Lion was a Lion of Voltron. It had a role like every other. It may not have been obvious, but you could see. It was there when another fell and was there when they needed Voltron and another being to fight.

And it needed a paladin: you.

You thanked Keith in your own way when you realised.

[paladinwrites]

sunrise

Keith x reader

100 follower contest prize: second place (~1500 words one-shot) @rosewhore

[keith taking his fem!so to the beach to watch the sunrise on a first date after they get back to earth]

I misread this at first and thought it was supposed to take place in the first episode of season 8 (because sunrise --> sunset --> that one sunset scene in s8) and accidentally wrote 1k words on another idea, so whoops

also, we are pretending that allura never died and only just weakened to the point of near death

regardless, sorry about my mini disappearance! writer’s block & school hit me, but I’m partly back now!

word count: 1.4k

- mod asteria ✨

It was all over. Haggar had been defeated, every reality had been saved and the universe was safe from the Galra. After the years of fighting everyone had gone through, it was almost unbelievable that peace was finally achieved. Keith had been through so much, freeing planets, Blade of Marmora missions, the Quantum Abyss and even a few brushes with death.

So why on Earth (haha) was he so nervous for the date with [Name]?

Granted, as far as Keith knew, he was able to survive everything the war had thrown at him, but this was something emotional and something Keith wasn’t familiar with. The whole ‘asking someone out’ wasn’t his sort of style.

With a bit of help from Shiro (and Lance, regretfully), Keith had awkwardly asked [Name] (whom he had an interest in which he wasn’t even aware of until everyone else pointed it out) out on a date.

The problem?

Keith was a walking disaster and had managed to set it up at about 6 in the morning (Lance almost didn’t believe him, ”You were supposed to say pm, not am!”). Keith was also completely unsure of what he was to do. What did people even do on dates? Eat? Talk? In fact, what would they do if it was extremely early in the morning?

Operation “Make sure Keith doesn’t mess up” started soon afterwards and the paladins were forced to stuff themselves into an abandoned room inside the Garrison. Keith personally felt that everyone was overreacting. Why would they care that much about his date? After a few explanations from Lance and reassurances from Shiro, he begrudgingly agreed to join in on the meeting.

In fact, throughout the entire ‘meeting,’ it consisted of mainly Coran, Lance and Pidge throwing out ideas while one other would shoot it down. Whenever all three (mainly Lance and Pidge) agreed on an idea, it would then be shut down by Allura or Shiro, claiming it was too dangerous, inefficient or just plain impossible. 

Keith was glad those two were there to be the adults of the group, for the ideas being offered were definitely not something he would have wanted to try, especially after having gone through many dangerous situations in his lifetime.

It was only when Hunk spoke up with the simple idea of watching the sunset (how nobody ever mentioned that, Keith didn’t understand) when there was the approval of all everyone.

After that, it was just endless tips and tricks, what not to do, what to do and how not to make himself look plain weird in front of [Name]. One of Pidge and Allura’s advice was particular effective in convincing Keith not to mess up, with both of them smiling too much for his comfort, implying a small threat not to hurt [Name] or to pay the consequences.

And despite how nice Allura tended to be and how small Pidge was, both could be pretty darn terrifying they wanted to.

Standing outside the door, Keith could definitely feel the sweat building up on his hands. Butterflies tickled his stomach as he lightly tapped his foot against the ground. Keith was beyond nervous. His eyes glanced over to the clock in the distance. It was nearly time. He watched as the seconds hand ticked around and around. 

Until finally, a bit after it was six, the door opened.

Keith didn’t have any words. His jaw nearly dropped open in surprise.

[Name] was standing there, donning an [outfit of choice]. With a simple smile, whatever Keith was about to say completely disappeared and the two of them stood there in silence.

Keith brought a hand up to scratch the back of his neck awkwardly. Shifting his foot from side to side in, he quickly stuttered out his words. “S-so, do you want to go?”

“I’d love to.” [Name]’s soft smile was what relaxed Keith’s nerves.

The two of them soon found themselves wandering along the seashore. The beach was a bit of a walk away and the cool air nipped at their skin, but it was worth it. It was still dark by the time both had gotten there.

Both made their way onto the sand and started to walk. There was no specific destination in mind, but it was nice to just walk and not worry about a possible attack or prying eyes.

[Name] had long taken off her shoes and socks, holding them lightly in one hand and letting her feet feel the sand between her toes.

It was a simple matter and she was enjoying herself. Keith couldn’t help but let a small smile grow at the sight of the girl giggling as she ran about the sand. He made his way slowly behind her, avoiding strange large items that had been washed ashore by the waves.

The two walked along side by side for a little while, Keith watching [Name] with a soft, fond look on his face. Before everything, before he had gone up into space in the Blue Lion, he had known [Name] at the Garrison.

As cliche as it sounded, she was one of the only people who bothered with Keith. At first, he had only really interacted with Shiro, and ignored all of his classmates. But then, a girl his age, maybe younger, walked up to him, held out her hand and asked him if he had wanted to be friends.

He was young, reckless and a pure loner then. He had stared at the hand for a short while, then awkwardly ran off, not knowing how to react. It was only he had told Shiro when he realised that maybe, it was the better choice to accept.

Keith didn’t have much of a choice in the matter. [Name] had come back, day after day, sat next to him and just interacted with him in the best way she could. It was a hard and strange process, but the girl had slowly managed to peel away the walls around Keith’s interior.

That had been the start of their friendship and the tiny blossom of a crush in Keith’s heart.

Four years on (technically one and three for [Name] and Keith respectively), Keith wouldn’t have ever believed he had a chance with [Name]. She always seemed so friendly and so kind the pretty much everyone else, it seemed impossible that she didn’t have someone else.

“C’mon Keith!” Keith looked up and saw that [Name] had run ahead while he was caught up in his thoughts. She was a little further out, but the distance could be covered easily. [Name] waved her arms about, laughing uncontrollably. The wind had slightly picked up, blowing her air around. Keith smiled. How had he got lucky?

He picked up his pace and jogged over to [Name]. By then, she had sat down on the sand and was weaving her fingers between the grains as she waited for him. Realising that he had arrived, she patted the space next to her, urging him to sit down.

Keith did as so. [Name] leaned back and looked out towards the sea. It was dark then, most probably due to the fact that the sun was only just rising. Keith noticed this and followed her gaze.

The sun was bright, nearly forcing the both of them to look away, but the beauty that was unfolding in front of them was too good to miss. Slowly, the deep blue the sky was previously covered in was tinted with brilliant shades of red, pink and orange. In the sky, wisps of colour changed and swirled about as the sun slowly brought light into the sky.

Gradually, as the sun slowly rose, [Name] slowly, but catiously started to lean her head on Keith’s shoulders. The boy stiffened up at first, but gradually he relaxed, liking the contact. He brought an arm around to hold her. The embrace wasn’t tight, but they could both feel it and it was enough.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

“Yeah. And it’ll be the first of many that we can see now that we’re back.” There was a small chuckle from [Name].

“So we’re going to wake up each day and five thirty and walk out here to watch the sunrise?” Keith’s cheeks immediately flared red at her words, remembering his small slip-up from the start.

“I-I-” He tried to stammer out a proper response, slightly embarrassed.

“Don’t worry about it Keith, I don’t mind trading the sunrise for the sunset some days.” 

[paladinwrites]

don’t do that again

Keith Kogane x reader [takes place a bit after season four]

someone stop me, majority of my writing is angst and I have requests & matchups that I should be doing instead of an idea that’s been used many, many times

word count: 1.2k

 - mod asteria ✨

After the stunt Keith had pulled with his ship and himself, he forgot all about it soon afterwards, his mind immediately racing to Lotor and his questionable intentions. His mind didn’t flicker to you much, himself too preoccupied with facing the Galra. You knew he was busy, you knew that the Blade and the Coalition was above whatever feelings you had for the boy.

However, the specific details of the fights that day - Voltron’s, the Blade’s and the rebel force’s - weren’t known to you right away. You had been at the Castle, with Coran and attempting to help all three groups at once with their individual problems. You had only been distinctly aware that Voltron had gotten into something bad and the rebels & Keith had taken down the Galra ship - with Lotor’s help.

You simply thought that everyone was extremely lucky without any major injuries.

So when you heard from Matt about how Keith Kogane was about to sacrifice himself and pretty much commit suicide, you did not know at all how to respond to that.

At first, you completely avoided the boy. It did not help that he had picked that time to stay at the Castle for the time being, seemingly taking a break from Blade of Marmora work. Avoiding him for the most part was alright. As long as you stayed away from the training room, his room and the path between the two, you didn’t have to see him for majority of the time.

The problem was that he did soon notice that he was seeing less of you.

He couldn’t understand it. From his view, there was pretty much no reason for you to suddenly act like you hated him. He let it slide, not wanting to confront you just yet and to let you cool down from whatever he assumed had happened.

However, what Keith wasn’t expecting was for you to continue staying out of his sight for the next week. 

He waited.

And he waited.

And internally, he began to panic.

You never did stay mad for that long.

And Keith, being Keith, was unsure of what to do.

He unintentionally spent more time in the training room, letting out the frustration in him at the robots he activated. It was a Keith thing and it was to be expected.

You barely left your room all that time, you mind always floating off to the very idea that Keith Kogane was about to go and kill himself for the sake of the universe.

You knew there was no point mulling over it, especially since what had happened was over now.

But you simply couldn’t shake out of your head that if Lotor hadn’t swooped in at the last moment, Keith would be gone.

And in another alternate universe, the very fact that that hadn’t happened there was a very likely chance, meaning there would be a universe where Keith had sacrificed himself.

That was too much to handle.

You spent most of your time simply contemplating. If he had really died, what would you be doing now? The very same as you were currently? Alone in your room? Tears running down your face every once in a while? Sobs wracking your body and your heartbeat refusing to slow down?

Even if he wasn’t gone, knowing that he could have been was taking the same toll on you.

Keith knew that his time at the Castle was limited. Galra activity was still ongoing and the Blades would need him soon enough. He had spent his time mainly catching up what had happened without him (he was glad not to be there during Coran’s phase) and training for the rest of the time.

However, he knew that on the Castle, there was still one person he had yet to even get a proper conversation with. He was completely baffled. Why did it seem like you were avoiding him?

Keith, being Keith, over-thinking your actions, always headed to the training room when the thought of you was brought up. He took the frustration and confusion building up in him and let it out on the robots he activated.

It made him feel better for the time being, but he knew that talking with you and figuring out what was wrong was inevitable.

Like the past week, you stayed in your room. At first, the other paladins would check up on you many, many times a day, but you always brushed them off. Soon, the numbers dwindled down to about three a day, mainly to check in if you were joining them for food or some other similar thing.

That was why you didn’t expect your door to open up and to show Keith Kogane standing there awkwardly, head scratching his nape. He could see from his distance the faint tear marks trailing down your face. You had been crying.

Keith wasn’t sure on what to do. “So uh, hey.” He took a step in and the door shut close behind. “I’m uh s-”

“Keith.” You cut him off with a single word - his name. Your voice wavered, then cracked slightly as you spoke your next line. “Were you ever going to tell me?” 

At first, Keith’s face scrunched up, trying to remember if he had something to say, something he had done, anything that would’ve elicted this sort of response from you.

At his silence, you continued to speak, tears threatening to spill from your eyes. “Do you really value your life that low?”

Oh. Keith understood. Panic started to build up inside him. He hadn’t been planning to tell you at all, knowing what sort of response you’d give him. He had expected, shouting, screaming, yells of telling him that he had to stop being reckless and to value his own life. But knowing that you had shut him off completely and refused to interact with him? 

That felt like a big stab in the heart for Keith.

He hadn’t wanted to tell you, worried of the emotions that he would’ve brought up.

He hadn’t wanted to tell you because he knew you would’ve been upset.

Yet, it had gotten to you.

Keith could see that your eyes were starting to water, a sure sign that you were going to start crying. Your mouth was trembling, wanting to say something, yet having nothing to say.

Keith moved in closer to you, his eyes softening completely.

“Look, [Name], I-I”

“Keith, it’s just that...” The first tears started to fall.

Keith stopped for a moment, his face crestfallen.

He didn’t want to see you cry because of him.

“Keith, please, just...” You never finished your sentence.

You started to cry, the tears started to flow out. Your nose was tickled again and the sobs started again.

Keith didn’t hesitate. His stomach dropped as he saw. He threw his arms around you and let your head rest on his shoulder.

By that time, all you knew was that you were crying, sobbing your heart out and Keith’s arms were around you.

“K-Keith, I couldn-”

“Shh.” He hummed, awkwardly rubbing your back as you sobbed into his shoulder. “I’m... sorry.”

You knew he was, the fact he was hiding it hinted at that, but you couldn’t stop.

“Please...” Your crying was growing softer. “Please don’t do that again. Please think everything through before throwing your life away so quickly.”

Keith tried to smile. “I will.”

[paladinwrites]

curiosity

pidge x fem!Reader

old & extremely short idea but then pidge’s birthday happened and although this is late, i can’t just miss it with nothing

also refers to pidge as male for the first bit bc of the garrison thing

an open ended ending :)

 - mod asteria ✨

When you joined the Garrison, you expected to learn how to fly a plane, not to fall in love.

When you first entered, love definitely was not on the top of your list. However, that was before you encountered Pidge Gunderson. When you first saw him, he wasn’t the type of guy that most girls would consider ‘ideal.’ From what you could get out of him, he was just... smart.

Most others would be confused on why you had developed such an interest in him. Most other girls (or boys) would at least form some sort of puppy crush on Lance, or Hunk, Pidge’s other crew mates. Pidge himself? Not their type, they would say.

But regardless, during your time at the Garrison, you grew to notice Pidge almost everywhere. He was such an enigma you couldn’t understand. You didn’t know whether it was you being more observant or if you two were really actually bumping in each other more often.

Every time you saw him, you also told yourself that no, you did not have a crush on him.

It was just a simply curiosity.

Yes, that.

Just a simply curiosity about Pidge Gunderson.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Just a curiosity.

Well, that was an incorrect assumption on your part.

When you joined the Garrison, you were also not expecting to be going up into space in the mouth of a giant, robotic lion with an ex-Garrison student, a not-so-lost pilot and three other students. One of whom happened to be Pidge. Fun.

And now? 

Stuck out in space, while you discovered that aliens existed, were definitely more than ten thousand years old and were currently in an ongoing war that Earth had not been aware of. Which you six had to join. Even more fun. 

You had hoped that being closer with Pidge and getting to know him better would make you realise that there wasn’t anything special with him and that you could simply get on with your life (as much as you could when in space).

Unfortunately, that tactic did not quite work out. In fact, getting to know Pidge better only made you a lot more interested in him. With each night, you found yourself watching him silently as he fiddled about with the many bits and bobs that he had managed to find his hands on. 

“I’m a girl.”

Those three words that came out of Pidge’s mouth left you a little speechless. Multiple thoughts ran through your mind. First, you were surprised. How could you not have noticed? Both of you were the only female humans who were aboard the Castle and you hadn’t ever worked it out. Second, what were your feelings towards her then?

Was it just a simply desire for friendship? Or was it a crush that was just blooming? Love had never been your strong suit, liking a male was already strange enough for you, but there was a possibility that you were attracted to the same gender? It was most definitely something that you hadn’t thought about before. Maybe it even explained a lot more than you thought.

Then everyone else was leaving the room.

And you weren’t sure. 

You turned your head towards Pidge, who was just leaving. 

What should you do?

You watched as she left.

Maybe later.

Maybe later.

[paladinwrites]

request: hc's of the paladins seeing their s/o lose a limb in battle?

shiro, keith, lance, hunk, pidge

 - mod asteria ✨

You didn’t really expect it to go that badly. Really. It was a simple mission. Get into the base, release some prisoners, direct them to escape pods and then get back to the castle. Without dying. Or suffer some sort of injury.

Unfortunately, that was exactly what happened. 

You were fighting. That was all that you could recall. You were surrounded by Galra sentries and fighting desperately to complete your mission. The battle was hard and your opponent was tough. There was a sudden flash of weapons, then you lost feeling in your [non dominant] hand. In your daze, you were knocked down and all you remembered was screaming from your fellow paladins before you dropped to the ground.

Shiro

shiro doesn’t seem to panic on the outside

inside? he’s kinda panicking

first, he checks to make sure that nothing can hurt you while you’re unconscious 

next, he either shout orders at the other paladins to make sure nothing else similar happens

or he charges in and proceeds to take down every single sentry around him

when he knows that you aren’t in any immediate danger, he’s picking you up (carefully) and making his way back in the castle to get you into a healing pod

he’s feels really bad once he discovers that you’ve pretty much lost your [non dominant] arm

even if you brush it off, he’s not going to let go of it

please make him feel better

“hey shiro we match!”

“yes [name], that’s not necessarily a good thing”

his dad mode turns on for the first few weeks after the incident and trying to help you work your way around without the use of an arm

will eventually ask allura if there’s any altean tech which can help you or which can replace your arm (like his kinda did)

Keith

keith just turns scary

once he realises you’re injured with some not very pg-13 rated injuries, he’s really mad

he just kinda turns into a fighting machine and within a few seconds or so, whichever enemy had injured you is also gone now

as well as any surrounding sentries

actually, every other enemy they were fighting previously

to be honest, it’ll be up to mainly the other paladins to make sure you’re safe as keith is already running off to destroy enemies

he does not care if the galra have some sort of sob story they plead him with, they hurt you and they’re going down

shiro has to calm him down afterwards because although it’s normally you calming keith down, you kinda physically can’t at the moment

afterwards, he mopes around in front of your healing pod and hoping desperately that you’ll survive

he sits there, looking at you and where your arm once was and feels really bad about not protecting you well enough

he heads to the training deck every now and then, letting out his frustation out at the training bot

once you’re out, he doesn’t leave your side and just low-key clings on you

if you need anything, he’s there and ready to help

Lance

lance freezes at first, then he sees that you’ve gotten hurt

he rushes to you, sees the extent of the damage and his heart feels like it’s stopped

he says something reassuring, although you can’t hear him

and from next to you, he’s suddenly shooting every enemy with some scary accuracy

soon, pretty much it’s all safe and lance just picks your unconscious body up and gets back to the castle as fast as his legs will take him

you’re immediately inside the healing pod and he waits outside the entire time

a lot like keith, he also stares at where your arm once was and feels really sad

like, how are you going to just survive in general?

and he mentally declares that he’s going to stick by your side to help you wherever he can

once you’re out, he does just that

it gets a bit annoying sometimes to the point where he’s carrying you around everywhere bridal style

if you tell him to stop, he’ll pout and stop for a bit

like shiro, he’ll eventually go to allura or coran to see if there’s any altean tech that can be used to get use of an arm back

Hunk

hunk feels extremely conflicted

he’s scared, annoyed, angry and sad all at the same time

he panics at first, then once he calms down, he’s hauling you up as carefully as he can and making sure that you’re not dying on him

might throw up if he focuses on the fact that you’re lowkey bleeding out and no longer have an arm

once you’re in the healing pod, he visibly relaxes

but he’s still worried

his time is spent half watching you and half stress-baking

when the paladins get hungry, it’s nice, but it got a little out of hand

when you wake up, he’s already hugging you and rambling on about how sorry he is

even if you comfort him, he’ll still continue to feel really bad about letting you get hurt

he’s a sweet boy and he’s constantly helping you with whatever you need

he’s not like lance tho, he can tell when you really don’t want him to baby you

he’ll probably employ pidge to build you an arm after a while because he can’t bear to see you struggle when you need to do something with two arms

Pidge

pidge freezes and she just stops

she’s terrified for the moment because she thinks that she’s going to lose you and having lost her brother & dad before, that’s not good when you’re her s/o

she stops what she’s doing, shouts to the other paladins that she’s heading back with you and just zooms as fast as she can to the castle

her heart is pounding and she just wants you to be alive

she can see the fact that you kinda don’t have an arm, but she pushes her feelings down

once you’re safe inside the healing pod, she moves all her equipment to the infirmary (?) so she can be there when you wake up

when you’re out, she’s just quiet

she doesn’t know what to say or do

scold you for not being careful?

cry and apologise for not doing better?

you make the first move to hug her

it’s a bit awkard because your arm is kinda not there

pidge then gets to work building a prosthetic arm because she can do that and she will do that for her s/o

[paladinwrites]

request: could i have the paladins w/ an s/o who regards their birthday as a normal day? since they never really kept touch with friends and so didn’t really go out to celebrate!!! (ive been feeling like this for the past few years heheh, plus my birthday just passed^^)

ahsjskhd sorry im going out of order for requests, but my birthday was literally three days ago and anon’s birthday here just passed and I thought I should get this done quickly

shiro, keith, lance, hunk, pidge

 - mod asteria ✨

You never did think much of it, your birthday. Like it was nice that it was the day that you appeared in this cruel, cruel world, but apart from that? Nothing much to celebrate, really. Of course, you did try to celebrate other people’s birthdays - they thought much higher of it than you did - and just awkwardly attempt to wish them a happy birthday, but yours? Nada. Nothing happening for you.

It was only when you casually dropped the bomb to your s/o that your birthday was in a few days when they realised that you hadn’t ever told them your birthday before.

Shiro

shiro is a bit sad??

he feels like he’s probably messed up somewhere along your relationship for you to just not care about your birthday

he’ll probably ask about it really subtlety, but you just tell him that you don’t mind

okay, this man suddenly feels obliged to at least do something

I feel he won’t go over the top like lance does, but he tries to at least make an effort

maybe just help you with small things and at the end of the day he’s set up a small celebration where you two can just sit and relax & do couply things

from then on, each year, he vows to make you realise that your birthday is worth celebrating about

Keith

it seems that keith probably lowkey feels the same? that his birthday isn’t too much to fuss about and that he understands?

but at the same time, he feels like that as your s/o, he should do something

at first he considers asking lance for advice, but as soon as he does, he regrets it

so he goes to shiro instead, who tells him to just make you feel special

well he does try, he kinda hangs out with you a lot more that day and ends up bringing you to this planet and just spending time with you

lance is totally convinced you two kissed at some point, but neither you or keith say anything

lance may or may not have been right

Lance

okay, this boy is lowkey insulted???

like in the way where he’s mentally like ‘your birthday is coming up and you don’t seem to care about it??’

as soon as he finds out, he’s getting everyone else to help him throw the best birthday celebration you are going to have

lance employs everyone else to help him

hunk cooks, shiro & coran are there to make sure nothing explodes, pidge & keith set up and he distracts/hangs out with you

to say the least, you were extremely overwhelmed

Hunk

hunk just feels really sad and sympathetic for you

you don’t care about your birthday?

hunk does

he gets ready this entire feast for you because he wants to be able to at least do something

so if you enjoy food a lot, well have fun :)

afterwards, he just kinda brings you away and tells you that your birthday should be celebrated and suddenly rambles on about how birthdays are special for everyone and shouldn’t really be brushed aside as ‘just another day’

this boy loves you, okay? love him back

Pidge

pidge isn’t sure how to respond

birthdays for her, being in a loving family and all, have always been nice and she wants that for you

so she researches

not too much into the technical side, but more like, what should she do? what should she prepare?

those sorts of things, so she knows what to so

she doesn’t have much experience, she’s kinda awkward like this

but on the day, she kinda sets up this huge hologram-like thing of your favourite place in your/her room and you two just kinda sit and pinic

not too fancy, pidge just wants you to be happy :)

[paladinwrites]

request:  Paladins+James HC for having a s/o who works hard to excel at every single thing they do (and succeed) but they tend to overwork too much but they're able to hide it(excel at acting) until one day their standing beside their s/o and they notice that their kinda of staring at the ground blinking their eyes hard to stay awake and swaying a bit so they watch them a bit and before they can ask if their s/o is ok they collapse from exhaustion. Angst+fluff plz

I’m not too with writing for James just yet, so I’ve left him out for the time being! However, feel free to ask about it later on and see if I’m ready! ^^

the angst in this was extremely minimal, sorry about that! uwu

shiro, keith, lance, hunk, pidge

 - mod asteria ✨

Lately, you were stressed. Even more so than usual. The amount work to be done was making you crack and show chinks in your attempts to hide it. Lately, with the later nights and earlier mornings, it was getting a bit much and you desperately wanted to hide it from everyone else, scared from what they would possibly say. 

Of course, like all things, your attempts to hide it would all fall apart. You were simply standing there with everyone else. You could feel your eyes drooping as you blinked rapidly to keep them awake. You were swaying slightly, you could feel it. The last thing you heard was the call of your name from your s/o’s lips as you finally closed your eyes and fell.

Shiro

he has a mini heart-attack

not literally, but he is so scared at first

he’s been pretty suspicious about you and your health, but it’s a lot worse than he thought

will gently pick you up, excuse himself and place you down to sleep

once you wake up, he will make sure you stay in bed 

while you’re sleeping, will end up taking on whatever jobs you have at the time

Keith

extremely surprised and shocked

at first, he is terrified because he thinks you’ve somehow gotten injured

but then he sees that your eyes are closed and your face is kinda peaceful, he relaxes

will carry you off to your room

although he doesn’t show it, he’s prety worried

it’s pretty likely he will go off to the training room to let out some stress

but when he sees you up and walking again, he stops and goes ‘nope’

“you should... go rest...”

after that, he stays by your bedside and sits in a chair next to your bed

falls asleep after some time while still sitting up

if you’re awake and you witness that, you’ll make sure he doesn’t forget you cooing over how cute he seemed 

Lance

panicking!!

he’s super worried and feels really worried

lots of fretting

most panicky out of all the paladins tbh

“oh gosh, oh no, [name], are you alive??”

yes, it turns out you are alive and lance is relieved

he drags you off to rest and won’t leave your side until you next wake up

“did you see me from across the room and faint from my beauty?”

of course he pulls off a pick up line right as you wake up

you’re not entirely sure how well the situation and his line matches up, but you laugh anyways

he’s a great boyfriend and will continue to put your mind off work and will make sure you’re in bed resting

Hunk

hunk is initially shocked at first

he’s been bugging you about sleeping earlier, but turns out you hadn’t heeded his warnings and instructions

this boy just sighs and carries you off to your room

when you wake up, he’s right there, holding a bowl of soup and some other comfort food

if you try and get out of bed, he will make sure you’re not going to

“nope, nope, nope, you’re staying and eating the food I prepared”

Pidge

don’t tell me pidge hasn’t ever nearly done something like this before

she’s kinda half annoyed that you haven’t been taking care of yourself properly

but considering how often you would usually deal with her and her sleepless nights, she shuts her mouth

considering there’s a pretty high chance pidge is physically unable to carry you all the way to your room, she gets asks either hunk or shiro to help out

she’ll probably temporarily move to work in your room and take care of you

in a way, she’s paying you back for all the times you’ve had to drag her off to sleep or take care of her :)