#redbonded

[arespilot]

hell is empty all the demons are here

[arespilot]

@redbonded

    he’d been banking on keith being unconscious when he showed up -- by all accounts he should’ve been: head trauma, fractured ribs, more minor bruises and cuts, strained muscles, ligaments. if griffin had been in the same condition he’d almost wish he was unconscious, ask to be put under, to make it easier to deal with being useless, bedridden for days, weeks.

   but keith was awake, sitting up in bed. on the floor just inside the door his wolf sat blocking the threshold, guarding it. no better deterrent for unwanted guests than a cosmic space dog, huh? for a long moment james is silent. when he meets keith’s eyes it doesn’t harden his resolve. “i thought you’d be asleep.” not the best way to start a conversation. his jaw clenches as he holds up the bundle in his hands for keith to see. “the other infirmary has better blankets.”

[arespilot]

"Little ostentatious, don’t you think?"

IRON MAN STARTERS

    the cruiser he leans against is a prototype version of the one his squadron uses, completely functional as a vehicle but not quite up to specs in durability and resistance. it was used mostly for short range transportation, across the garrison property, treks to the farther desert outposts and back but james is sure it hasn’t been taken out since the war ended, bundled up in some hangar, waiting for someone to remember it. he cants his head toward keith, appraising. 

    “what? you don’t like it?” his smirk is measured, precise – griffin has to be sure his manufactured assurance is convincing, or at the very least believable. keith is the only one that can ever see through it. “i seem to remember you taking your fair share of joy rides back in the old days.”

    he boosts himself up into the vehicle without waiting for a retort, settling into the driver’s seat. the controls are basically the same as his cruiser and james doesn’t hesitate before starting up the engine – the battery has two-thirds of a full charge. more than enough to have a little fun. “well? you comin’?” // @redbonded

[largehearts]

“I wish we knew each other sooner.”

@redbonded // send me things!

krolia could — take this as a jab. if it wasn’t for how long they’ve now spent together, the fact that she knows most of keith’s bitterness is gone, she likely would. not that she would ever be offended, because he has every right. but — it doesn’t feel like that. it feels like a simple statement, perhaps a request for commiseration, so she takes it at simple face value.

she gets up from where she’s sat on the ground, leaning over his seat and taking a single moment to stare out into the vast emptiness of space through the black lion’s eyes. “me too,” she says then, wrapping her arms loosely around her son. “believe me, me too.”

[arespilot]

“I’m a game changer.”

LATE NIGHT STARTERS

    he knows it’s not a brag – keith isn’t the type for it, a quality that was equal parts admirable and irritating – and it’s almost surprising how quickly griffin comes to terms with the truth of it. when they were younger, all sneers and jeers and knobbly elbows, he couldn’t have imagined a day when the future of the planet depended on them, depended on keith, but he’s seen it come and go, and he knows there’s always a chance it will happen again. the low lights of the war room cast shadows over keith’s face, soft ones that still make the scar on his cheek look far deeper than it really is. not for the first time, james wonders where he got it.

    “i know you are.” griffin doesn’t have to swallow his pride to admit it, but there’s something else in his throat as he speaks, something tighter and more private, something he’s ignored before, suppressed before, and doesn’t hesitate to now. in the dim light, their eyes are dark when they meet, lock, but aren’t completely guarded. “so what do you suggest?” // @redbonded

[madefate-a]

       ❛ Y’know, I wasn’t expecting you to catch up with me this quick. ❜ Sure, there’s a hint of petulance in his words, sparked up by winning by such a close margin, but the grin at his lips is flush with the exuberance of a race well run -- toothy and just biting back an affection laugh as Keith kills the engine of his bike beside him. ❛ Those are some impressive moves. ❜ 

// ( @redbonded. shiro ❤. )

[madefate-a]

redbonded replied to your post “redbonded replied to your post “what laur*n says. sh iro’s bad at...”

dont let keith find out he's never going to stop bringing it up in front of people.....

sb: says something gushy / starstruck abt shiro 

keith: hey, did you know that one time -- 

shiro, immediately: are you sure you want to go there tho :) 

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redbonded replied to your post “what laur*n says. sh iro’s bad at one thing, and that’s romantic...”

matching bruises....come on that's just Gold

sb: oh what happened !! 

sh iro, immediately flashing back to the moment when he accidentally SLAMMED his head into the side of a dam’s face: i’m so sorry i have to leave Immediately,