so @tuptaju and I were talking over on ao3 about lance making keith sweaters for the winter...
he tries to make them as ugly as possible.... it’s his secret mission to put keith off so much that he refuses to wear them
keith ends up liking the first sweater lance gives him
he tries harder next time. the colors clash horribly and lance is grimacing the whole time while knitting it
keith still ends up liking it
“this time. this time he's gonna refuse it, hunk. i know it. it's just too ugly, not even keith can ignore that”
lance gets a genuine smile for his efforts
he’s is baffled. how can keith still wear that thing?! that was the most appalling design he could have possibly-
lance: “pidge, emergency session. call hunk in too.”
pidge: “why, what’s wrong?”
lance: “i need your help to design the ugliest sweater you can think of. i’m talking top level ugly. zarkon level of ugly. SUPREME DELUXE EXTRA LEVEL OF UGLY.”
meanwhile keith feels warm and loved because of lance’s presents
keith: “look, he made me another sweater, shiro!”
shiro [sweating]: “oh, that’s.... great........”
keith doesn’t care how horrible they look or how much the colors clash. lance put time and effort into making these. the thread is soft and lance obviously has talent, every sweater fits extremely well
at some point lance just can’t take it anymore
he’s on the verge of tears from both laughter and desperation as he confronts keith about it
lance: “how on earth are you wearing those?! what does it take for you to break?!?!”
keith: “...break? but you made them for me? and they are warm?? i like them, am i not supposed to?”
lance first thinks that keith has to be joking
then he realizes that this is keith, he is 100% serious
lance: “but... but they are all so ugly......”
keith: “don’t say that! you have talent, they all fit really well!”
lance: “that’s- that’s not even the point-”
lance is floored. his boyfriend is so dense. so dense but so incredibly genuine and loving that he just can’t take it anymore
he feels bad for making the ugly sweaters. he wants to make keith real ones now
he tries to take the old ones back and unravel them but as soon as keith realizes what’s going on he hides them
lance: “keith! give them back! i’ll make better ones, i promise-”
keith: “no way! you gave them to me, they are mine now!”
at some point lance gives up and just concentrates on making a new one
keith ends up wearing it over his jacket every time they leave their place
(he would wear the old ones too but lance forbids him to go out of the apartment like that)
(he’s fine with it as long as he can still keep them)