A Little Death by AsterikaMay | 57.6k+ (4/5) | Keith Whump | Hurt/Comfort | Klance
A Blade mission goes astray when Keith has an unfortunate run-in with a druid. He falls sick soon after, and is handed into Voltron’s care until he recovers. While he’s there, he contemplates his place in the universe, the depth of his illness and its mysterious connection to Lance, and why he’s not getting better.
30 Days of Domestic Fluff: Day Twenty Nine - House Cleaning
Summary: Tim tends to get a little side tracked, even with the most simplest of tasks.
Enjoy! :D
Like what he does most of the time, Tim wonders how he got to this stage. Only this time he wasn’t wondering about how he’s gone from a lonely kid with a camera to flying through the streets on a grapple line, or becoming a high school drop out so he could be a CEO or even how he’s now dating his best friend.
This time, however, he’s wondering about how he’s gotten to the stage where all of his kitchen’s contents are spread out all over the floor because he’s emptied every cupboard and draw in the room
The funnier thing is that he didn’t realise he was at this stage until a voice called his name from behind and grabbed his attention.
Tim stops his cleaning and turns around, he’s currently stood on the counter and was reaching up so he could clean the top of the cupboard so he looks down to the person who called him.
He smiles brightly, “Oh hey Kon, how’s it going.”
From the doorway Kon gives him a perplexed look before pointedly glancing around the kitchen items over the floor, “What are you doing?”
“I’m cleaning, what does it look like?” Tim snips back with a raised eyebrow while waving the cloth in his hand purposely. He does spare the kitchen a quick glance over to find that it looks like a bombs hit it, but all the cupboards are clean at least so that’s something.
“You know, I didn’t even realise we had most of this stuff.” Kon comments looking over their contents.
Tim shrugs, going back to cleaning, “I know, I’m surprised too.”
A few moments later he feels a presence come up behind him but he ignores it. He continues to ignore it even as arms wrap loosely around his waist and as a head rests on his shoulder. Once he’s done with the top he moves to wiping the shelves on the inside.
The silence in the kitchen soon breaks when Kon speaks up, “You missed a spot,” his breath ghosts over Tim’s ear making him shiver briefly before he registers the words that were spoken.
He’s quick to deliver a sharp jab to Kon’s waist before spinning around to shove him away, “You asshole! What are you even doing, is there something you wanted?”
Kon laughs as he’s pushed away and floats in the middle of their kitchen looking at Tim with a goofy smile. Tim has to resist the urge to smile back, instead he mockingly scowls at his boyfriends and crosses his arms over his chest.
Kon eventually puts his hands up in surrender, “Alright, alright, I just want to know what you’re up to that’s all. Is it spring cleaning day or something?”
Tim lets the scowl drop and shrugs uselessly as he looks around, “I dunno, I just came in here to grab a couple of biscuits but saw that the shelf was dirty, I decided to wipe the shelf and here we are I guess like an hour later.”
Kon sighs and shakes his head in fond exasperation, “This is the problem with you dude, once you start something that’s it you’re on a mission till you finish. It’s just as fascinating as it is annoying.”
“Shut up! I can’t help it. I just get… carried away I guess.”
“Anyway what’s the plan once you’ve finished in here? The lounge? Or maybe the hallway?”
Tim shoots him a confused look, “Why? What do you want to do?”
Kon shrugs, “Well you’ve already done the kitchen why don’t we just clean the rest of the house.”
This causes Tim to snort, “Seriously Kon? You want to do house chores? You hate chores!”
“I do! I do hate chores because of how boring they are but I bet if we work together, blast some music out we can make it fun.”
Kon floats to Tim then, he gently grabs his hands in his own and starts forcing Tim to dance lightly like you would with a child learning to stand. Tim shoots Kon an unamused look as he does this. “Right so you’re saying you’ll do housework with me if we put music on and do it together?”
“Yep!”
His boyfriend eagerly nods like he’s a bobble head and Tim debates about it. House cleaning wasn’t actually his plan for that day but Kon wasn’t wrong when he said about doing the other rooms now that he’s done the kitchen. Putting music on and working with Kon may actually be fun, so in the end he nods.
“Sure, let me put all of this away now that I’ve done all the cupboards and we can work on the lounge together. I’ll grab the hoover and you can grab the duster.”
Kon lets his hands drop only to throw his arms around Tim in a hug instead, “Sounds good dude, let’s get to it!”
I didn't want to start from the end, but to me; Start with the hardest emotionally draining task to wind off with the rest.
I remember the intense state of denial after finishing and rereading the whole thing just to be convinced I didn't miss any kind of begged-for hints!
I have never been so angry for a fictional character before or after him. (All the characters I like had the tendency to get maimed anyhow, so you could say I was stepping up) I growled, I protested the unfairness of it, I screamed my frustration to the void of my pillows, all the like. The first time took months for its ache to wear off. He was the character who drew me to HP series, as a top. Eventually, I accepted that he never dies.
I remember clearly.
It was a time in life that everything produced for entertainment in the West takes years to reach. Even if it did, it was hardly popular. Just because I was a gaming fanatic (which was also rare, especially I loved to play for a story's sake, not for sports games) In a PS1 game, the first time where I met him. ( they used to bring only the games on demand, I was lucky to stumble upon the game as it was brought randomly) A shadowy man demanding a red book Harry carried. Instantly I was hooked. I think I was in my 5th grade. First impression: Awed fear.
Near the end
I also remember the face he made. Planted in my imagination, haunted me always whenever I return to its familiar lines. As I read the paragraph describing it, I had to read - stop- breathe deeply- read - stop -breathe deeply, every few words. It was too much, least to say. I tried to recreate it as much as I could.
About the secret bonus
I had to do some ridiculous pose, bite my arm and somehow the sketch just worked itself out (I think)! I hope it met your satisfaction, dears.
(O and it is a known fact that sucking snake bites is the fastest cure in the fictional world! It was a reflected thought, if it's right to say 8x I HAD TO HIDE IT!! )
WIP colors:
Drawn while listening to: Animals glass, 3:32 to 4:14. Baby green..
I just remembered this and wanna shout into the void for opinions or thoughts or other responeses:
Context: We're shopping at UNIQLO
Friend: I'm what our old homeroom teacher would call third sex
Me: You're intersex?
Friend: No, our senior year homeroom teacher
Me: You're not a virgin?
Friend: I'm gay
Me: Okay. So anyway, I like this shirt but it has Kakashi on it and I don't know if my Naruto phase was all that important enough to get Kakashi.
Friend: It's fine
So, was I being rude? Because like, I feel like I should've gone "This is big! I'm so happy you trust me! You are valid!" and all that but at the same time I don't care what your sexuality is because my thought process is if straight people don't have to come out, no one else has to. But I feel like I'm being uber rude. Someone please help.
Also, opinions on that Kakashi shirt. He's my husbando but I don't know if I wanna wear him.
No update today guys. Got side tracked by the thrilling match ORLANDO PRIDE V KANSAS CITY! Go PRIDE!! We got the W so I'm happy.💜💜😄 There will be an update tomorrow. Just need to edit the chapter 👊🏽
I get on the computer to study drugs I get so side tracked by random things. Yesterday I planned a trip to Switzerland that I won’t ever go on. Tonight I’m looking at 200$ spirit Halloween animatronics that I’ll never buy. Eventually I get to the studying. But I always have to allow myself a good 2 hours of side track time.
