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loveafterthefact · 4 years

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Love After the Fact Chapter 25: Sometimes, You’re an Idiot All the Time

By popular demand, have some boomer dad and his husband, the voice of common sense

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“He has to be up to something,” Alfor growls, pacing his quarters. “I just don’t know what.”

“Who are we talking about?” Coran looks up from his datapad. Lance requested some research on potential trade avenues. Specifically, he wants to know why they were discarded. Coran had been delighted for an opportunity to help his son, delighted that Lance had reached out.

“Keith,” Alfor spits.

Coran sighs, hanging his head. “Darling, you can’t be serious.”

“He is the enemy,” Alfor hisses, trying to impress upon his husband the entirely nonexistent gravity of the situation.

“Really?” Coran turns in his spinning chair, sending his son a file and tossing his datapad onto his desk.

“Yes, really.”

“Okay, Alfor. Dearest. Darling. Light of my life. Star of my sky. Explain it to me. Explain to me how a nineteen-decaphoebs-old kit is our enemy. The same kit who is currently training a platoon of our troops for castle defense. The same kit who is currently holding court alongside Lance every movement now. The same kit who studies in the library, tries to learn our laws and customs, and has begun making mindful alterations to be enacted on the first of the decaphoeb, in accordance with our legal process. Let’s hear it.”

“He’s dangerous. He's vicious. He threw a soldier across the room! He's a trained killer-”

“Enough.” Coran sighs. How can he get this through his husband’s thick, paranoid, traumatized head? He gets up, grabs Alfor’s hand. “Come on. Let’s go for a walk.”

Out in the gardens, walking the path, Coran gives it a few minutes to let the fresh air reach his beloved moron’s overly suspicious brain.

“Alright. So you went to speak with Keith. Is that correct?”

“Yes. Why?”

“So what did you learn about him?”

“That he hates me.” Coran winces. “Also, he didn’t have friends back on Daibazaal. One has to wonder why…”

“Just the facts, darling.”

“Also, he’s a trained killer. He’s a supreme fighter. I watched him from the shadows not a varga ago! He talks about killing the way you talk about the properties of scaultrite! Lance doesn’t have a chance against him!”

“Uh-huh.”

“I caught him earlier flirting with our son! Our! Son!”

“Oh, for- Alfor, they’re married! That’s a good thing.”

Alfor grumbles, scowling. Coran sighs.

“You don’t know that. You don’t know what he’s capable of. You don’t know what his schemes are, what he might do to Lance. That’s our son, Coran!”

“Okay, so, underneath all of those paranoid ramblings, what I’m hearing is that you’re worried that Keith will hurt our son because he is an insidious, evil little monster capable of destroying the world.”

“Now you understand!”

Coran smiles, shakes his head. He really does love this man. Even if he’s being a… what did Keith call Lady Renli the other quintant? Ah, of course. Even if he’s being a ‘fucking idiot’.

“I think I understand,” Coran murmurs, squeezing Alfor’s hand. “It’s been quite hard for you, hasn’t it, learning to treat your lifelong enemies as friends? Then, you’re expected to welcome one into your home, and into your family. In addition, you give him your son, your legacy and heir. Lance is at his mercy, and seems to be getting attached.”

“Well, that’s-”

“I am so very proud of you. You’ve grown so much.”

“Thank you-”

“But you are in the wrong. You’ve only been thinking of him as a Galra. Let’s try thinking about him as a person, okay? You’ve had a conversation with him. You’ve watched his behavior. What have you learned about our son-in-law?”

“He’s…” Alfor wracks his brains. “Young. Just a kit. Too young to be married, obviously.”

“Generally, yes. We prefer that people are adults before they get married.”

“He’s, uh. Shy. Quiet. Smart. Fierce, which is contradictory with shy and quiet but holds true. Uh. Inexperienced?” Alfor’s heart drops into his stomach. “Inexperienced…”

Coran smiles. “Yes, darling. Now, you have your idea of what Keith is, so perhaps you could take a moment to consider an alternative perspective on who he is?”

“Okay,” Alfor mumbles, appropriately abashed.

Change gets harder as they get older. Coran's been lucky enough to have lived an extremely varied life. It makes him more adaptable than his husband. Alfor's only ever really been two things: a soldier and a scholar.

“Imagine, if you will, a child taken from his family and home, arranged to marry, live, and share a bed with a powerful stranger with a less than stellar reputation. This child is out of his depth, drowning in culture and responsibility he was not at all prepared for. Do you really imagine that child is a cold-hearted, calculating spy?”

“No. He-” Alfor’s shoulders drop. “He’s probably very scared.”

“I think that’s an accurate inference. Can you even imagine how he must have felt when Lance pulled him away at the wedding banquet? What he believed was about to happen to him? And yet, that boy went anyway. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t have been half so brave.”

“Killing Lance probably would have been easier for him,” Alfor murmurs. He knows something of Galran mating bonds. If he really thinks about it, that’s a brutal reality to stare in the face. Bonded to someone who does not love you.

“I imagine Keith feels much the same way. Or did, some phoebs ago.” Coran smiles. “You know what I think?”

“What do you think?”

“I think that you’re projecting. You’re frustrated that you don’t have a good relationship with your son and you’re jealous that Keith is forming one.”

“That’s completely unfounded. I have no problems at all! With anything!”

Coran smiles, sly. “Right. So you’re saying you have no problem being virtual strangers with your son while he and Keith go chastely kiss all over the grounds? They’ll probably make love for the first time in the grotto where you taught him to swim and think nothing of it at all-”

“That’s cruel, love.”

“But my point is made, isn’t it?”

“Yes. Your point is made.” Alfor sighs. “He’s my boy. Allura does better without me, but Lance…”

“It gets to him. I know.” Coran lifts their joined hands, presses a kiss to the back of Alfor’s. He sits them down on a bench under a singing tree.

“Keith says that Lance wants to be a hero.”

Coran chuckles. “I wonder where he gets that from." Alfor offers a weak, sad smile. "He wants you to be proud of him, too.”

“I am proud of him! I see how smart he is, how hard he’s working on his marriage, how hard he’s working in court! I’m seeing it! I’m seeing him and it’s beautiful!”

“Have you told him that?” Coran asks, holding one of Alfor’s hands between his in his lap.

“Yes!” Alfor’s face falls. “I just don’t think he believed me.”

“Well, maybe it’s not enough.” Coran sighs as Alfor wilts. “Maybe you need to show him. Show him you’re interested in his life. I think once you've begun to repair your relationship with Lance, you'll feel better about Keith.”

“I… At this point, I wouldn’t even know how. The last time Lance and I had a real conversation about something, he was nine, telling me about how he wanted to live on the back of a cosmic whale.”

“That sounds quiznaking awesome, actually. You just need to find an opening. Then, ask him a question. A simple one. ‘What have you been working on lately?’ ‘How are things going with Keith?’ ‘Do you have any ideas for the Frost Ball?’ Just show that you’re interested in his life and how he’s doing. He loves you, Alfor. Just as much as I do.”

Not sure of how else to convey all the feelings in his chest, Alfor pulls his husband in for an embrace. One that is returned without question or thought. It’s a given, but never taken for granted, that affection offered is affection returned.

Love is a complicated thing. Alfor himself had married and fathered his first child while watching his eccentric adviser charm the court with tales of various interstellar adventures. Inevitably, Alfor had found himself charmed as well. It was ultimately a newly expecting, deeply amused Melinor who told him to go for it. He had, quietly, and found his life beautifully enriched.

In spite of complicated circumstances, some things never change. Adventurer, adviser, lover, husband, king- Whatever they are to each other, Alfor is the provider and protector. Coran is the heart of everything. He feels like home, even after all these years.

The embrace doesn’t last long. The thing about getting older is feeling time slip through their fingers. And they have gotten older. Alfor’s forehead is lined with centaphoebs of worry just as Coran’s eyes are lined with smiles. Besides, there’s little to convey here that hasn’t already been conveyed, that isn’t conveyed in every breath they’ve taken since the very first time Alfor took his hand all those decaphoebs ago.

Coran hums, something catching his eye. Alfor twists on their bench. It’s Lance, smiling as he leads Keith by the hand through the hole in the garden wall. As they watch, Lance whispers something in the Galra prince’s ear. Whatever it is, it makes the Galra laugh, small and quiet. Alfor notes the way his indigo and gold eyes light up as he smiles at Lance.

He feels a very specific kind of heartbreak.

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welcometoyournewhell · 5 years

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It’s Not Always Sunshine and Lollipops

(A lot of swearing, talk of sex life)

“Keith?” Shiro knocked tentatively on the bedroom door. “It’s open,” a meek voice croaked. The older of the two entered the room, a frown replacing his worried features. He shut the door behind him before climbing onto the bed.

Keith didn’t protest. He quickly threw himself into his brother’s hold, sobbing like crazy. “Sh, it’s okay.” Shiro didn’t know what was wrong, he was a little surprised that Keith was crying so harshly.

Rubbing his arm the older tried to soothe Keith. “No... it’s not,” the black paladin hiccuped softly. He left the Blade of Marmora due to Lance’s depression worsening and his anxiety of Keith dying growing stronger.

That and they had two children now and he didn’t think Lance could do it alone. Jerome was eighteen, he wasn’t hard to look after. The only problem was his PTSD, axiety and depression. He could take care of himself in every other aspect though.

Olivia was only six. They weren’t sure if she had PTSD or just awful nightmares about when the Galra destroyed her world. The odd thing was there were Galra inhabiting the planet, but that didn’t seem to matter to Lucius. The small Galran child was also starting to re enter he attachment stage and Keith wanted her to recognize him as a parent, her parent.

But now he might not be able to share such love, depending on how Lance was feeling.

Lance, it seemed anyway, was starting to flirt with other people. He’d wink at random girls, flirt with them at parties. He’d hit on cute boys, allow them to hit on him. It was something he hadn’t done since before Keith and him hooked up, around twenty years ago!

As Keith explained this to Shiro he could feel the other becoming tenser. He was waiting for the “I warned you” but it wouldn’t do any good at this point. “Are you sure your not just feeding off Lance’s paranoia,” the white haired male asked as he looked into Keith’s blood shot eyes.

Yes, it was true, Lance had grown rather paranoid over the years with Keith away. He was afraid Keith would find love else where. But Keith wasn’t imagining things!

“I’m not. He does it every party lately. When we go to the space mall he does it too, or any coalition thing. I mean... maybe he’s not serious. He doesn’t do it when the kids were around.” That didn’t make it any better! Shiro was rather shocked by all of this, but Keith’s reaction was the most surprising.

“Keith are you serious? Your just going to brush it off like that?” He raised him better! Okay... .Adam raised him better in this aspect. “No, or course not! But if he,” he couldn’t say the words. A loud sob left his mouth instead.

Shiro knew what he meant. Pulling Keith closer he kissed his head trying to soothe him the best he could. “Keith he still loves you. He’d start sleeping else where if he was upset.”

Keith shook his head. “He’s been going to bed later than me. When he used to do that I’d be woken up from him getting on the bed. He’d kiss my cheek and say good night. Id’ either be spooned or he’d shake me awake until I agreed to spoon him.”

Childish, but Shiro nodded. “And he’s stopped?” Keith looked back up at him. “He doesnt even say goodnight now, let alone cuddle me.” His eyes watered up again as he pushed them away. “He doesn’t hug or kiss me anymore. He doesn’t even try to hold my hand or flirt with me.”

Shiro sighed before running his floating hand through Keith’s extremely long locks. “Maybe his paranoia is getting to him. He might think you’ve already moved on and he should too.” Keith let out a loud wail. “I don’t want to loose my husband! I don’t wanna loose my kids Shiro!”

Shiro wanted to throttle Lance at this point. He kept his feelings down as he slowly rocked Keith back and forth. “Well Allura is throwing another party tonight, maybe you could talk to him about it.” He doubted Lance was coming back to the room until after the party.

Keith shook his head. “Why? He’s just going to try and hook up with random girls,” Keith cried.

But for some reason he allowed Shiro to drag him down to the party when it was time. He was supposed to make an entrance anyway as he was now part of Voltron again.

But leaving the Blade meant leaving his mom, which added to his pain.

Now he stood leaning against a wall, sipping whatever Coran created. It started to taste better with each sip. That was until he noticed his husband on the dance floor. And of course, he wasn’t alone. A few different girl from different races were trying to hit it off with him.

His goofy cocky attitude was showing as he tried to use his “Lover Boy Lance” charm. Tears filled his eyes as he looked around. Olivia was dancing with Amerix by Shay and Hunk, while Jerome was no where to be found.

That bastard was actually...

A hand clamped down on Keith’s shoulder. “Keith?” He didn’t realize he was crying again. Handing his cup to Shiro he strode out of the castle into the lush grass of whatever planet this was. He’d stopped paying attention.

Back inside the castle Lance was laughing as he enjoyed the girl’s company before feeling a tap on his shoulder. Figuring it was another girl who wanted to join the party. “Just a moment,” he tried to charm. He had his lover voice in play.

“Lance.” Uh oh.

Turning around the other was met with a harsh glare. Adam had his arms crossed, eyes narrowed. He looked like he was trying to beam holes in the boy. Shiro was standing behind him with a kinder, but stern stare. He held two cups filled with “punch” in his hands.

“Lance what your doing is completly ina,” Adam cut him off. “I’ll spare you the lecture. Take these,” he took the cups from Shiro before forcing them into Lance’s hands. “Now go beg your husband for forgiveness.” He eyed the girls dangerously.

They backed away before Adam started pushing Lance to the exit. “The hell has gotten into you,” he grumbled before letting Lance walk the rest of the way.

It didn’t take long to find Keith. He was sitting along the pier edge. It looked to be around an eighty foot drop into jagged rocks and harsh purple waves.

Fear took over Lance as he set the cups down and wrapped his arms around Keith. The other yelped in surprise before feeling his body being pulled back. “We’re just not going to do that,” Lance commented.

Keith’s eyes watered at the voice. “Let me go,” he demanded quietly. “I will when we’re far enough away from the edge.” Moving him to the base of a steep hill he ran off to retrieve the cups.��

“Sir, your beverage,” he goofily offered. Keith shook his head, turning to look away from Lance. “I’m not thirsty.” It was a lie, his throat was screaming for liquid. “Oh um... alright.” He reached across Keith to place the cup down before sitting next to him. Taking a sip from his own cup he sighed leaning back.

“I’d say something about the stars but... we see them everyday. They start to loose their beauty... ya’ know?” Keith grunted softly on understanding. His arms were crossed as he looked down. The tears started to streak down his face.

Lance frowned a bit.

He yawned before going to wrap and arm around him. “Don’t.” Okay, maybe not. Keith reached out for Lance’s cup. Before the other could protest Keith was drinking greedily from his cup.

“Um... I got you your own cup.” He laughed a bit. “What, you think it’s poisoned or something,” he joked. “Cheaper and easier than divorce.” Lance’s face fell. Moving Keith’s hair out of his face he was a bit shocked. Keith peered up at him with blood shot purple eyes. His face was soaked from hours of crying.

“Don’t touch me,” he mumbled. Pulling his arm away Lance felt himself start to cry. “Keith I would never try to poison you, see?” He reached over for Keith’s cup. Taking it he drank slowly. “It’s fine. Adam poured them anyway.”

Keith threw his cup. “Are you fucking kidding me Lance? You really don’t care, do you,” he roared. Tears were gushing down his face. Lance sat up in shock. “What did I do?” Keith’s eyes were starting to turn Galra as he looked over at the other.

“W...What did you do?” He shoved his braid aside to see Lance’s face better. “What did you do? Your fucking cheating on me! You don’t love me anymore, but you can’t just tell me you want a divorce? I left my mom’s side to be with you!

“I thought you actually loved me for years Lance! You were my first real boyfriend, I gave you my virginity you prick! A...And all you can say... is ‘What... did I do?’.” Keith brought his hands to his face as he sobbed miserably. “I’m keeping the kids. I could care less whee you go, but they are staying with me.”

Lance felt his heart shattering. “Keith, hey.” His voice was soft. He refused to let the other push him away. “Let me go,” Keith screamed. “Keith would you shut up for two minutes! Can I explain myself?”

Keith looked up in disbelief. “Explain why your cheating on me? I’ve been that awful to you? Really Lance?” Lance huffed softly. “Okay for starters I’m not cheating on you! I may have been flirting... a lot. It really has nothing to do with you.”

Keith looked at him in utter confusion. “What?” He wasn’t protesting to the touch at this point. He needed it, it felt so familiar too. “Well...I just... I always feared you’d find someone better in space.” Keith cut him off. “Is this about Acxa again?”

The other shook his head. “No, your gay, I know. But I... I feel like there are Galran men that can take care of you better than me. That can make you feel better, and I know we don’t... that... often but... I just. I guess I just needed to reassure myself I’m also still date able, in case you ever leave me?”

He sighed looking down. “Now that I’m saying this out loud it sounds.... so stupid.” Keith shoved him a bit. “Cause it is.” He curled into his knees, leaning angrily against Lance. “So you won’t kiss me, say goodnight... or cuddle me because you think I’m leaving you? Thought I left my mother’s side for you, for our family. Olivia was in there tonight Lance. What if she saw you?”

Lance frowned a bit. “I... I really don’t know Keith. I’m sorry. I just felt like our love had gone.” Keith suddenly sat up. “You don’t love me anymore?” Hands instantly grabbed onto him again, he pulled his husband back into a hug.

“No! Well... Keith you are the longest I’ve been in a relationship with. They used to last a few months but we rushed into way too much shit, we’ve been through hell and back and... I miss you. I love you.”

Keith sobbed softly. “Then act like it! Stop just going with your paranoia and look at reality! I came back for you, I wanted to be with my family. Do you really think I’m out there doing some random guy?”

Lance shook his head, “Of course not. Your not like that. Your,” Keith finished his sentence. “Trustable?” Lance’s mouth closed as he nodded slowly. “Starting to click?” He nodded again, looked more pained than before. “I thought you were too. But.. I guess you never really changed.”

After a few moments he apologized. “I’m sorry. That was childish, you never acted like this during our what, two decades of marriage.” The last part was meant to sting a little. “Keith it was nothing serious. I promise, I love you.” He began to unbraid the long hair.

“Stop,” Keith mumbled softly. His heart was aching. “No,” was Lance’s reply. Untangling the long locks, he began to massage Keith’s scalp. “You braid too tight.” The black paladin shook his head. “Please stop hurting me. Your just leading me on now.”

He started to giggle when he felt a finger playing under his chin. “Pulling back he huffed in annoyance. He looked exhausted. “Lance.” The red paladin followed him back, pinning him to the grass.

“Keith I’m not leading you on. I’ll stop, I promise. Before you say it, I know, I know, I shouldn’t have been flirting in the first place. I should have came to you about my fears. But don’t ever tell me I’m leading you on.”

He moved to Keith’s ear. “You thought that our first time, was I serious then? You have two children and a ring on your finger. I don’t want to hurt you, I love you too much honey.” He kissed softly down Keith’s face to his neck. Keith giggled despite trying to stay mad, the kisses were too light.

“Lahance, we’re in public!” He tired to push the other away, but it was no use. “What... it’s not like I’m... tickling you.” Keith’s eyes widened. “Don’t you-- DHAHAhehehre! Ehehe! N-Nhahao!” He started to laugh helplessly ask Lance tickled the his sides. The spandex was doing little to protect him.

“Lance sthhahahp it! Shahaome one chchaould see us!” He gasped when Lance’ started to remove his armor. “Lhahance!” The other smirked as he continued. Keith wasn’t doing much to stop him, maybe he wanted to be tickled.

He didn’t try to escape until Lance started working on his boots. “N-No! Lance get away from my feet,” he cried. “Keith seriously?’ The other nodded. “Finle I’ll just tickleeee... right... here!” He dove into Keith’s belly earning a mix of hiccups, squeals, snorts, and strangled heretical laughter. “Ghehet ahahahawahahay frhahaom mehehe yhahaou pervert!”

Lance chuckled before moving in closer to the kill zone. He could feel the panic coming off of Keith as he screamed in laughter, rocking from side to side. His hands were blocking his ribs, which intern blocked Lance from his destination.

“Ah, ah, ah, Keithy! Honey bun, love of my life, my ticklish little kitten,” he teased. Keith’s face turned a shade darker of red before he started to kcik his feet out. “Sthahahap it,” he cried.

They both knew where Lance wanted to be. “S-Sthahahap! Yahhahaou knhow hahahaow ticklish I am,” Keith cried. Lance nodded in delight. “Oh yes I do. Now let’s just move these.” He lifted Keith’s arms to the grass above his dark locks. Bringing his head down, Lance grinned.

“N--No,” Keith cried This was going to tickle like something awful.

“Pffft!” Keith shrieked with laughter as Lance blew a raspberry into his underarm. “L-Lhahahance I’m gahahanonahaha pee! Sthahap it!” The younger pulled up with a quizical look. “Really, are you?” Keith nodded, fear and desire in his eyes. “Your eyes say your lying to me Keith. Besides, my Keithy loves to be tickled into a giggling puddle of goo.”

Keith whimpered softly as Lance’s head came down for his other armpit. “Sthahap, dhon’t!” He was giggling in anticipation. But it never came. Sudenly five fingers were digging into each armpit earning worse laughter than before.

Keith’s voice was starting to break as he screamed and begged to be let go. But Lance was enjoying himself. “Okay, Ohahahaokay!” He didn’t know what lance wanted from him. “Sthahap! I’m ghahahahaood!”

The other stopped, resting his hands in the area. kisses were planted all over Keith’s panting, smiling face. “Did that feel nice,” Lance teased. Keith nodded a bit, giggling. Gathering Keith’s armor, he re dressed the other before carrying him bridal style back into the castle.

The girls from before were a little shocked to see Lance holding a man, especially when that man was giggling like he was drunk. The blush on his face didn’t help. Adam tapped Shiro’s arm, glaring at the two. Bouncing Amerix slightly, Shiro was a little shocked to see Keith so happy.

Walking past Coran, Lance leaned forward. “Can we be excused for the rest of the night?” The other was a bit shocked before nodding. “Why?” Lance nodded to Keith. “We need some bonding time,” he lied.

He was going to tickle Keith senseless, just how he liked it when they were alone. Coran nodded before the two lovers scampered off.

At least they were able to keep their marriage in tact.

#domestic klance #ticklish keith #ocs #jerome mcclain #olivia mcclain #klance #swearing #anger #angst #tickle #tickling

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headcanonsformeforyouofmyships · 6 years

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Allura couples rating

This is my Allura couples rating and is based on season 1 to 6, but I am open minded and this may change depending on what happens in the next seasons

Shallura

Rate: 10/10

It's my OTP, and it's not something I hide.

I began to shipped them first for aesthetics, honest it was superficially in the began, I had seen fanarts before watching the series and I felt they looked good together, like a sexy couple of power. Then I started watching the serie and that's where I fell in love with the ship. They have many things that I like in a couple, both are mature, good leaders and seek the same goal. Since the beginning of the show, they have maintained a respectful shared leadership that feels organic, their relationship was similar to that of husband/wife work and both complement each other in a good way: The colors, white lion/male and black lion/female, heart and head and JDS said "If Shiro has sort of been like the edge of the sword, she’s been at the very, very tip of the sword saying like, 'That’s where we gotta go.' " And then there is the fact that they care about each other, Allura sacrificed herself to save Shiro and Shiro returned to save her knowing that was dangerous. When Zarkon attacked Voltron Allura ask for him and when Haggar attacked the castle Shiro screamed her name.

Now, Allura learned to absorb the quintessence in the episode that Shiro died and that is the same skill she used to put the quintessence of Shiro in Kuron's body. Allura was the one who killed Lotor (not on purpose) and also the one who brought Shiro to life. It was the beginning and the end of somthing

they both think highly of each other, The potential and those are details that they have make me ship them so hard.

Lotura

Rate: 9/10

I love them since the third season. Always though that they had potential since I heard the story of Coran and saw the memories of Zarkon, the fact that Zarkon gave the helmet of Lotor to Allura. And the past in common that they had. Lotor found in Allura everything he was looking for in 10 thousand years, Allura found someone who understood her and knew her culture, someone who helped her to be closer to her father's legacy. And I am always to see couples with an hero and an antagonism, they are so complicated relationships and full of different nuances and feelings, the anguish always is interesting, seeing how things will be resolved: if the antagonist could change to be with the hero or if he destroys himself by not being able to change?, how will the hero overcome the feelings has toward someone should not? Will the hero overcome her feelings for the antagonist or in the end forgive him and try change the mentality of the antagonist and show him a better way of life? etc... And then there's the fact that they share many things in common, and Lotor relly love Allura (Naraku wanted and love Kikyo, but in the end he ended up destroying her because he didnt understand and accept his feelings, love is not always good, sometimes it's something violent and passionate that becomes destructive, is a kind of love and relationship that heals you or destroys you. Everyone has the ability to love, only some dont know how to love and prove it)

I'm sure Lotor is going to come back and I want to know what's going to happen to them, It's complicated with a lot of potential for chaos or something really good and is interesting their relationship.

Allurance

Rate: 8/10

I love that Lance has genuine feelings for Allura and that he is a better person for her, but even so I think Lance needs to mature (Just like girls who dont feel complete if they arent with the boy they love, their maturity begins when they are alone and love themselves without a man. That's the kind of maturity Lance lacks) I think Lance has to be alone for a while and love himself without seeking recognition from anyone. And Allura loves Lance as friend/family but she has not seen him as a romantic interest. If Allura begins to see that Lance's feelings for her are genuine in the coming seasons and begins to look at it with different eyes, in addition to Lance maturing. It may have a lot of potential but it must be something of a slow fire and not start right now that Lotor is not there.

Kallura

Rate: 5/10

Kallura was a big part of the original tradition of the other versions. But as I said before in another post, this version has changed many things although it tries to maintain the essence of the previous versions (For example, Lotor is not a misogynistic type with harem but is still surrounded by Women, he develop feelings for Allura but in this version his feelings were reciprocated. At some point like the original version Keith was the black paladin, Lance the red and Allura the blue as in the original version but the real black paladin in this version is Shiro and he was never the blue paladin, he had a more active role as leader and he didnt disappear for a long time to be the first paladin that Romelle knew) Kallura may or may not happen.

At this moment I didnt see much of kallura, only in the first few seasons I got to see some pictures that could be read as future romantic interest, but even their relationship was very tense and when they were co-leaders didnt work. Allura was a rookie, she didnt know how to handle her lion and keith wanted to destroy Lotor (he put the whole team and her in danger), when they went to the other reality Keith told Allura not to go (Allura ignored him), they didnt have good communication so much was so that when Shiro returned, Allura gave more reason to Shiro of what Voltron should do, than to Keith who was the current leader. But hey, Keith spent two years with his mother, solving his insecurity of abandonment. Maybe this maturity will cause Allura and Keith to have more chemistry, it's a matter of seeing what will happen in the following seasons. But right now this couple is in pause for me.

Alluratt

Rate: 4/10

This couple could have been higher in my rating, because I think they have potential but the truth they dont have much chemistry and they have not interacted much either (thing that hurts me). But the interest on Matt's part existed, I think it's cool that he found her beautiful and I got a lot of laugh at his reaction, see that he doesn't flirt and is like that with all the girls that he know is something I loved it. I had faith that they would interact more, but I think in the end Matt was just a boy admiring the beautiful in a girl and he is aware that there are many things to do, so he´s more focused on the mission than on finding a couple, something that I find refreshing and is the kind of maturity I expect from Lance.

Pallura

Rate: 3/10

Pidge and Allura have not interacted much and that these two are my favorite girls. I want them to interact more and talk about more things. relley I want that in these seasons their relationship grows.

Allura x Hunk/Shay

Rate: 2/10

it's a bit difficult to see Allura with any of them because Hunay are my second OTP, they are very beautiful. Hunk fulfilled his promise, went to her planet to save her and taught a new way of life. Shay inspired Hunk to really want to be a paladin. Hunk when he can mentions Shay and Shay when she can mentions Hunk. both have a super pure relationship, in addition to both characters share a same core of goodness even though they are big and strong on the outside. They continue to be innocent in their own way.

Allura x Romelle

Rate: 1/10

I love fanArts are super beautiful, but they have not interacted in anything and I still dont trust Romelle at all. In any case the only character at this point with which could see Romelle is with Keith because Keith took 2 years to reach the colony how much did it take to get out of there?, the vortex of time teaches visions of the past and future. That means that Keith and Romelle had to have seen things from them, whether they want to or not. He is the one who takes her out of the colony and the first to believe her story soo he was the help she needed.

(it's based on my personal taste and perspective)

#voltron #princess allura #Allura #Shallura #lotura #allurance #kallura #mattlura #alluratt #Hunay #komelle #keith x romelle

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orrtala · 6 years

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Space Family Relationships Analysis Part One

It’s a liveblog! I only finished season two, please no spoilers in the comments/reblogs!

(more character analyses)

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Some of these are short, some are shorter, but overall it’s pretty lengthy so under the cut we go!

Keith & Coran

Sadly there’s not much to go on, but from what we’ve seen Keith respects Coran, and in comic he, along with other Paladins, was absolutely ready to ‘rescue him’. Older Altean is a member of his newfound family just like the rest of them.

Meanwhile Coran looks out for Red Paladin just like for others and unlike Allura was not bothered by his heritage. He was also the one trying to get him away from fighting Zarkon. And there was of course the moment where Coran just barged into Keith’s room looking for one of Allura’s mice (I’m still wondering what did they take from him) and Red Paladin questioned him about Galra potentially being on Earth thinking the Altean would be the best person to know about that.

So as of now we can assume that they do consider each other family, even if they are not the closest to each other. Potential for future interactions? Coran is one of the people who can understand Keith’s loss best. Keith might pilot a Black Lion while Shiro’s gone but he’s still a Red Paladin at heart, and if Alfor is his predecessor, then Coran might have something to say about that. On Keith’s part he could reach to Coran for help with his new role on the team as well as ask him more questions about whatever stuff could come up with a future plot.

They could actually make an interesting duo provided they interacted with each other more. Coran is a quirky father figure of a team who helped Hunk with his character development, tried to poke at Shiro’s worries and make him relax, talked to Lance when wave of homesickness hit him, so why not some interaction with Keith who lost his parents and was lonely for big part of his life? Give them a chance to connect, writers!

Pidge & Allura

Voltron ladies! They… don’t get much screentime together.

Pidge and Allura didn't initially hit off. The introduction to the future Voltron team aside their real first interaction was during dinner which turned into the green goo fight. Altean was pushing them hard, belittled them, shot missiles at them and their Lions, and at the end of the day made them miserable not letting them eat. And Pidge snapped, which is understandable though…

“Oh, the princess of what? We’re the only ones out here and she's no princess of ours!”

…Well. That was rather harsh all things considered. Allura did lose her whole planet, race, civilization, and hearing these words prompted her to send a spoonful of goo right at her head. Keith reacted shortly after and soon everyone were covered in, ah, what they call “food” on the ship and the comment was forgotten after they finally get to properly form Voltron.

In “Fall of the Castle of Lions” upon hearing from mice that Pidge is a girl Allura's initial reaction was “wtq” but soon became “oh yes, maybe I'll finally get some girl talk on this ship”. Aaaaaaand it was pretty awkward. Green Paladin clearly didn't want to talk, offering some information about peanut butter and sweating (unrelated to the peanuts) and tried to escape but Princess insisted on getting information out of her. What she got was essentially “I want to save my father and brother and at least I have a shot at this unlike you” – she was just running her mouth this time and immiedieately asked for forgivness – and “I'm leaving team Voltron.” Yeah, that could have gone better.

During the Castle lockdown they worked together, both determined to save everyone, Pidge running around, destroying sentries, losing Rovers; while Allura told her what to do. After everything Katie decided to stay and told everyone, including the Princess, that she's a girl.

After that not much had happened between them, acting as teammates like with everybody else. There is, of course, a potential for future interaction, given how they both lost people they care about and with Allura becoming a Paladin. There's also a chance for bonding thanks to the Castle's machinery which Pidge is enamored with and Princess knows a lot about. And, well, Katie did wear a dress in a picture, so she might not be averse for some dress-ups, I bet Allura would like that.

Lance & Coran

Lance was the first person who interacted with older Altean and it didn’t exactly go well; Coran attacked Lance and when the Blue Paladin wanted to leave he was rather flippant about Coran, calling him “old man.” Later however Coran took care of him just like of the other Paladins even though they kept irritating him with failing training again and again.

During the party in the Castle the Cuban teenager got homesick, excused himself and Altean followed him. Lance in his Lance fashion opened up and they shared a sweet but also a somber moment where they talked about missing home. After Rover blew up Blue saved Coran’s life (though Coran apparently doesn’t exactly remember this fact) despite knowing him for a little time.

In later episodes they shared little moments. Lance wants to record a siren noise? Go ahead, son. “Lance, you didn’t meet any girls?” Getting the kid into cleaning the pods together, happy to tell him stories from the past and then clearly upset when Blue Paladin seemingly left.

I do expect to see more of these two in a future, Coran is a good person who he could talk about his insecurities (though it seems a little too… easy? But he is a choice here so,) the Altean could share some stories with him and Lance is a good choice if he wanted to find a person who he could share some problems with. Cause sure, Shiro and Allura have problems with opening up to others/don’t want others to know about their trobules but Coran? Most of the time even the audience doesn’t know if there is something that bothers him or not. I could use some more insight and some chat with Lance would be a nice opportunity.

Hunk & Keith

Back in S1 Keith had the least amount of interaction with Hunk when it came to his fellow Paladins. He knew Shiro, made a connection with Pidge, bickered with Lance. Meanwhile Hunk was the guy who, despite having a good read on people accused Keith of being a cold person, but was also the first person to hug him at the beginning and also tried to make sure Keith wasn’t too embarrased (making Keith smile the widest smile so far thanks Hunk.) What I think happened here is that Yellow Paladin not only didn’t have much contact with his Red teammate, but his view on him was most likely tainted by Lance’s opinions. It wasn’t that he didn’t like Keith, but he wasn’t his favourite person either. And Keith isn’t an open person, often coming off as a harsh one and can’t really convey his real feelings.

Then “The Belly of the Weblum” happened and we finally got to see these two in action together. It was right after everyone learned that Keith is part-Galra, Allura was giving him a cold shoulder, and now Hunk was asking him uncomfortable questions. “Hey, so now that you’re Galra you’re like different?” “…I’ve always been part-Galra, nothing has changed.” And, well… Yes and no. Keith is still Keith and Hunk didn’t really knew him that well. But at the same time mullet boy gradually opened up to others and here, he calmed his teammate down (in his own way,) even inititating a psyhical contact by touching his shoulder, and, at the end, praised him. Also attempted to make a joke which was the favorite point of this conversation for Hunk.

During their little adventure, despite not trusting the mysterious Galra Hunk decided to trust Keith’s judgement, though he had his own opinion. After everything was set and down he asked Red Paladin about next moves, again, trusting his decisions.

When Hunk said “I think turning Galra has made you a better human” he meant that he sees Keith for who he is and that Keith has accepted himself as well, that he’s more approachable now. And he trusts him.

I think the creators said that these two are the ‘unusal’ duo in the show, which, sadly, probably means we won’t be seeing them together that frequently. But I’ll be here, waiting, for any future interactions between these two. Like hugs. Hunk is the best hugger, Keith wants hugs. Please, I need it.

Lance & Allura

The first time we meet Allura she wakes up from 10 000 years sleep, falls down and almost breaks her nose if Lance wasn’t there to catch her. She looks up, asks for a name, and… surprising absolutely no one he flirts with her. The Princess in turn gets angry and attacks the newcomer with hideous ears, “How do you have the Blue Lion? What happened to its paladin?” doesn’t understand how he could obtain the Lion. Which is emphasized later, during the Lion assigment. Allura is about to explain Blue Paladin’s qualities, Lance interrupt her with flirty remark and… yeah, she doesn’t look like a person who’s confident with Blue’s choice, is she.

Their interaction consists mostly on flirting. One-sided flirting. But most of the time he tries to lighten up the mood. Everyone is kind of worried when he stumbles out of the pod? “Talking? Eating? Are you asking me out on a date?” Allura huffs and everyone is like “yeah, he’s alright.” Allura is worried about Ulaz? He decides to stay behind with her. Allura thinks she’s responsible for Zarkon tracking them? Flirts with her to distract her.

And Allura for most of the time exasperated, but the only time I can think of where she turned angry is in comics (aside from the pilot, of course,) and one time she actually kind of picked up on the flirting, wanting to go to the mall as well.

Lance, while he might look like a hopeless flirt most of the time respects Allura a lot, absolutely okay with taking orders from her while harboring a crush. And here’s a thing; Lance’s fliritng is what he does, he does it to validate himself, he wants to be liked and Allura is a badass alien gorgeous Princess, what’s not to like here?

Princess is not interested in Lance in slightest, but aside from the beginning where she doubted him (and, let’s be fair, she doubted all the Paladins) she didn’t question his abilities and was friendly towards the guy. And, again, can only think of only two times she was angry at him.

Lance is a person who has set connection with everyone. He’s Hunk’s best friend, Pidge is a part of their Garrison Trio, he interacted with Coran a lot and while there’s a lot of work when it comes to Keith and him it’s obviously set up for better interactions later on. The only exceptions are Shiro (topic for the next post) and Allura. And with Altean piloting Blue Lion and joining the team? There’s a lot they could do together to understand each other better now! Allura as a new Blue Paladin will have to work like Lance at least to some capacity and she could turn to him for some help with that. Working together on field will be a new experience for them both. There could be a point where Allura talks to Lance about Red Paladin’s role, especially if it was her father who used to be one with Lance piloting Red now, although I’m not holding my breath for that. And, of course, there’s a matter of Blue Paladin’s qualities which are technically still unknown. Allura and Coran are the only people in team who have extensive knowledge about that, but it would be much more fitting if the Princess was the one who revealed them.

Shiro & Hunk

At the very beginning Hunk didn’t really know how to approach Shiro, vary enough to be the only one member of Garrison Trio to not shake his prosthetic, alien hand back in the shack, clearly afraid and unsure of it. He does catch on the fact that Shiro the most experienced and safest person around (duh) and thus proceedes to hide behind him whenever someone or something potentially dangerous happens.

In “Taking Flight” Shiro agrees about not letting anyone into the Castle. Sometime after Hunk takes Shiro on a side, and expresses his concerns about Rolo and Nyma. And Black Paladin listens, actually considers his words and explains his viewpoint despite the fact that our resident engineer seemed like a jerk a little bit.

There was also this little sweet moment where Hunk thanked Shiro in lifting Balmerans’ spirits up.

So yeah, there’s not much interactions between them, but from what we’ve seen there’s obvious mutual respect. Hunk, like other Paladins, recognized that Shiro is a leader from the day one, Black Paladin helped him before the character arc kicked in and Hunk gained confidence and stopped hiding behind him.

What I would like to potentially see is Hunk fullfilling his Yellow Paladin duties. Shiro has less interactions with legs than arms and given how Hunk and Lance are the support while Shiro hides his insecurities it’s not accidental. Except Lance kind of seeks Black Paladin and his attention, while Hunk has much more neutral stance here. As a Yellow Paladin Hunk is a good candidate to help Shiro and support him. Lend an ear, make him a plate of cookies, simple stuff like that. It’s just that Shiro would have to be the one ready to open up at some point.

Keith & Allura

We’ve seen them being stuck with each other twice in S1 (in first episode while waiting for other Paladins to come back with Green and Yellow Lions and when Sendak took over the Castle) and yet we’ve barely saw them interact with each other these two times. Though there are other instances where they react to each other through the season. In “Some Assembly Required” Keith wasn’t impressed with Allura pushing them around, was first one to really defy her during the dinner technically starting the goo fight (Keith got up and went about toy prisoners with Lance’s addition -> Coran told him to not speak like that -> Pidge made a comment -> Allura threw goo at the other girl -> “GO LOOSE, PIDGE!” - so thank Keith for a goo fight.) There were small moments, when he was staring and smiling at her in “Return of the Gladiator” and “The Fall of the Castle of Lions”, he ‘defends’ her in the former episode and she talks to him about importance of peace; and in latter she stares in bewilderment at his nunvill drinking and then joined him to protect Arusians. It’s heavily implied they decided on a strategy on dealing with Sendak while standing outside the Castle. Allura gets upset when Keith tries to open Lance’s pod early. He was also worried when she decided to join the team in “Collection and Extraction” and equally upset as others when she got caught.

Keith was the one who suggested leaving her with Galra, but he was clearly displeased by the idea and did it only thinking about bigger picture. And here’s a fun thing:

“You five paladins were brought here for a reason. The Voltron Lions are meant to be piloted by you and you alone. We must fight and keep fighting until we defeat Zarkon. It is our destiny. Voltron is the universe’s only hope. We are the universe’s only hope.” - Allura in “The Rise of Voltron”.

“Or maybe we shouldn’t go on this mission at all. Think about it. We'll be delivering the universe’s only hope to the universe’s biggest enemy.” - Keith in “The Black Paladin”

Keith basically followed what Altean Princess told the humans at the very beginning. What’s more Allura was shocked they rescued her, expecting to be left behind. Also, in a nature of parallel, Red Paladin defends Black Lion from Zarkon (alone) while Princess saves Shiro from Haggar (along with Hunk.)

So after S1 we had some basis for their relationship. Keith seems to care about Allura’s opinion a lot, taking her words to the heart on multiple occasions. Allura values Keith like every other Paladin and despite their few moments of irritation at the beginning they ultimately work together well and are more similiar than one would think.

Then S2 kicked and they got an actual arc together! It started in “Shiro’s Escape” where Keith going along with Allura for the most part about not trusting the Galra, only disagreeing with her at the end, after Ulaz sacrificed himself and he started having strong suspicions about his Galran heritage.

In “The Ark of Taujeer” when they catch each other essentially doing the same thing (except Allura planned on going back while Keith had his belongings packed with him.) Princess falls into his arms, the Paladin tries to lie his way out of this (keyword: tries) and they both ran away together to protect the team (which was a stupid decision but they came back so it’s okay,) had a talk about potentially trusting the Galra, were stuck together in space, and took a ride together in Red Lion.

Then the truth about Keith’s heritage came out and… …I talked a lot about how I understand Allura’s side of things even if Keith didn’t deserve that treatment. The big point here is that Keith suspected something about it and didn’t share it with her while during the pod journey she opened up to him. To add to that if Alfor used to be a Red Paladin as well it’s very probable that having a part-Galra successor was a sore point for her as well. Also she didn’t do much to him except gave him a cold shoulder for quite some time. Sure it was hurtful, especially given Red Paladin’s history with abandonment. She had to come to the right conclusion on her own and that’s what she did! It was a complicated situation and everyone in team recognized this.

Also there was a hug and there’s never enough of those.

They are similiar in many aspects, as proven by their selfless and self-sacrificing actions (sometimes in the same episode to drive the point home.) They both lost parents at some point and had to defy the artificial/vision father. Both value family a lot, both have trust issues and problems with opening to others. Also together they can come up with some bad decisions (the whole running away thing like… don’t do that.)

Of course there are also differences between them. People tend to like Allura, she’s a charming person in general, she grew up loved by everyone, lost her father recently (…well, okay, I know that 10 000 years is a rather long time, but from her perspective it wasn’t that long ago) and tries to be diplomatic, even if in personal relations she tends to fail. People don’t really warm to Keith that quickly, misinterpreting his actions and he’s hardly charming; it seems he lost his parents at earlier point in his life than the Altean Princess, missing the affection for a long time, and usually misses social cues no matter the situation and/or is told to calm down. Allura calms him down when he’s getting worked up.

At this point in their friendship they seem to understand each other in some capacity; if there’s anyone who could understand Keith’s loss now that Shiro’s gone Allura (and Coran, I guess, but next part will be about that) is the best bet. It’s going to be interesting to see them in future, especially given how Allura will be a Paladin and Keith is going to pilot the Black Lion. Though Princess still will be in charge of everything. Also they’re going to work together on the field, fighting.

Allura is also a person who had a glimpse of Keith’s self-doubt about his place in a team, reminding him that they can’t form Voltron without him and when she approaches him in “Best Laid Plans” she essentially tells him he has a family to come back to. So if Keith will have some doubts about that in a future Princess might be the one to recognize the problem.

Another potential plot point the show could take with them is Keith being a Red Paladin after Alfor (if the King was RP, that is.) Sure, Keith is going to be in Black, while Lance is going to pilot Red now, but ultimately we know who’s his real pilot. I can imagine amoment in a future where Allura compares Keith to her late father.

Pidge & Coran

While we didn’t see that much of them interacting they seem to be rather close.

“But I’ve made some great friends along the way. Coran is one of my closest. He’s always been there for me, providing a laugh when I needed it and teaching me so much about the vast universe - and some of it’s true!”

That’s what Pidge thinks about Coran according to the comics (and I didn’t screenshot this quote during liveblog because? I don’t know, clearly I need to rethink my life choices.) And she is clearly emotional about him.

In the show proper we’ve seen them interacting few times (Coran praising and insulting Pidge at the same time in “The Rise of Voltron”,“I have you ranked by height, okay?” Pidge looking at the Castle tech, interested what Coran has to say about it.) In “Eye of the Storm” they work together on the wormholer (although Coran got angry at Pidge mentioning his sickness haha) and I don’t think it’s a stretch to say they operated on Castle’s technology multiple times.

So it seems like unlike the other arm Paladin Katie was totally fine opening up to Coran in some capacity at least, and while there is some potential for future interaction I’m… not getting vibes of getting much here except working together a lot? I could be wrong though. It would be nice to be wrong about that.

Part Two Shiro & Kolivan Keith & Lance Garrison Trio Keith & Shiro Paladins & Lions

(Garrison Trio, Keith & Shiro and Paladins & Lions will take up seperate posts, I’ll put links here when they’ll be done.)

#lance #pidge #allura #shiro #keith #not liveblogging #orr blogging #non episode #coran #vld character analysis #hunk #vld #voltron legendary defender #voltron #breaking it into two parts cause otherwise it'll never be uploaded #sorry for the long wait but lately i've been coming home either tired or very tired #i call it what if alfor was red paladin part #the second one will be what if he was yellow #sfw

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panda-noosh · 7 years

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Ooh, since you've done headcanons on what the Paladins look for in a best friend, could you do headcanons for them realizing they've fallen in love with them? Thanks, Aticus. You're a gem

Enjoy!

Shiro:

-Shiro is a wise boy. it takeshim a while to find a best friend, but it certainly wouldn't takelong for him to fall in love with them.

-he hates feeling that way towards somebody who he's basicallylabelled platonic for the rest of his life. he hates watching you getboyfriends and watching you move on with life with him at your side –but just as a wingman. a best friend.

- he hates that god damn title, even though he's the one that put iton the both of you in the first place.

- whenever he realises he's falling for you, his initial reaction isto just completely ignore it. it's not real if you ignore it, right?it'll fade away with time.

- he'll probably ignore you for a couple of days after finallyadmitting his feelings to himself, not wanting to ignite anythingelse within himself that is stronger than what is already existing.

- but it's the hardest thing he ever had to do, and it breaks in amatter of days.

- by the third day, you two are on the town drinking and slurringwords and hollering at random people, all while Shiro ignores thatburning feeling in the pit of his stomach that is so wrong in hismind.

- that's really what he feels about it – he feels wrong. he feelsweak. he feels guilty.

- he knows full well that if he admits his feelings to you, not onlywill he lose a best friend, but you will too and he doesn't want youto go through that.

- so he stays silent.

Keith:

- hedeadass just flat-out denies it.

- with Shiro, he was mature enough to come to terms with his feelingsand deal with them based off of his revelation. with Keith, he justtells himself no,you're not in love with them. that's stupid.

- itwould take a while for him to fall in love, though, whether he'sconscious of it or not. he takes a while to trust anybody, andlabelling you his best friend was a big enough leap of his trustingskills.

- so whenever he genuinely starts to feelthings foryou, he doesn't want it. he doesn't want to fall in love. he wants tostay the same cold-hearted boy he always thought he was {even thoughhe's warm mochi sorry}.

- so he just denies them. he gets butterflies and it's never becauseyou've just smiled at him. it's because of that hot beverage he justdowned, or he's feeling anxious for some reason.

- his hands aren't all of a sudden getting clammy because you justpulled him in for a hug. they're getting clammy because the roomswarm. wait. he's outside???

-but no, it's because of the non-existent heat. it has to be.

-even though he knows, deep down, that it's not any of that and he'sjust making excuses, he still finds ways to ignore his feelings.

Lance:

- hisfeelings would give him the shock of his damn life.

-Lance has gone out with a lot of girls. he's flirted with a bunch ofthem, found a lot of them hot,butnever before has anybody given him butterflies.

- so whenever he notices that weird feeling in his stomach wheneveryou walk in the room, he genuinely has to take a minute tore-evaluate his life.

-you're his bestfriend. you'rehis drinking buddy! you're the person he comes to whenever he's hadone too many drinks and he needs a house to crash at. how could anyof that translate into love?

- itmakes him slightly nervous. was he meant to hide them? was thisseriously going to be like the old movies where the protagonist hasto hide their feelings?

- he doesn't want it to be like that, but how else is he meant to dothings? you've never shown any signs of liking him in that way, sothere was no point in destroying a perfectly good friendship justbecause he can't control his hormones.

- and he tries to hard to ignore them. he still laughs with you, stilldrinks with you and he still lets go whenever he's around you,because you're still the person he's most comfortable around.

- but he no longer completelyletsgo. he no longer cuddles with you, no longer wraps his arms aroundyou in that friendly way he used to – he's keeping his distance.he's saving himself the hurt, whilst saving you the hurt at the sametime.

Hunk:

- hewouldn't even know what was going on until somebody tells him, or hereads something online.

- I can imagine him getting all nervous around you all of a sudden –after years of friendship, he's suddenly getting nervous and hedoesn't know why.

-can you just imagine him going home one day and sitting at hiscomputer and Googling what's wrong with him, because he thinks it'ssomething medical?

- but then he comes across this cheesy poem on Google about how lovemakes people feel and he puts two and two together pretty quickly.

- I'm in love withmy best friend.

-andit terrifies him and excites him and confuses him all at the sametime. he's scared of losing you as a friend, excited about findinghis first love and confused because howcan they be my first love?

-Imean, it's no surprise really. you two grew up together and have beenbest friends for as long as he can remember. you're basically thesame person.

- but still – why?whynow? why whenever he thought he had it all figured out did you haveto suddenly glow up into the love of his damn life?

- he certainly wouldn't change how he acts around you, but everylittle thing you do he nit-picks now. he notices the way your dimplesshow when you're eating, but never at any other time. he notices howyou always wave with your pinky out just a little bit, or the way yousometimes poke your tongue through your teeth when you smile.

-he notices everything about you all of a sudden, and he isn'tentirely mad about it.

Pidge:

- feelings? no thankyou.

-shereally wouldn't be all that surprised to be honest.

- she knows how the movies work. she's read the books, the cheesy ficsabout the two best friends who fall in love. she never thought itwould happen to her, but when it does, she doesn't fight it.

- she barely acknowledges it, but that's better than trying to denyit.

-she also knows better than to change the way she acts around you.trying to be subtle would give more away than if she was screamingher feelings to the rooftops outside your house.

- so she stays the same – neutral, quiet, sarcastic lil Pidge thatyou love so dearly.

- only not in the way she wants you to, and that bothers her, thoughshe doesn't like to admit that it bothers her.

- she always saw that kind of thing as selfish. whenever people gotmad at others for not liking them back – it was stupid in her head,so she doesn't want to fall into that rabbit hole.

- and she's not exactly angryyoudon't like her back - I think it's more disappointment. maybe alittle bit of jealousy whenever she sees you snuggling up to thatother person on the far bench of the park, barely noticing she'sarrived for your weekly picnic date.

- but again, it's not you she needs to get mad at, and she knowsthat.

- she tries to catch glimpses of you as often as possible, thoughshe's not sure why. she just likes to see your face more often now,so whenever you aren't looking, you can expect her eyes to shoot upfor a millisecond to look at you.

- in that millisecond she's gathered quite a lot. your far away smileor the way you chew your food thoughtfully whenever there's a silencebetween the two of you. the way you hold your fork with barely anygrip between your forefinger and thumb, or the way you never take allof the food off of your utensil.

- and she gets so flustered that she's feeling this way. but she hidesit anyway.

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