Voltron has been doing everything and everything to find they're missing member and Paladin. Keith's been nearly loosing his mind and the only way he's staying sane was because of Mela, she was the only one who could really calm him and they didn't blame him for being so stressed.
His mate was taken to god knows where.
Shiro was still out of commission and they learned by Keith that the Shiro that was with them for months was just a clone, Shiro was gone when he first went missing no wonder Lance avoided him like the plague and only talked to him when necessary. The lions have been acting up since Lance was taken but Allura did explain that before he was born he's had a bond with lions when her mother was pregnant with him so that bond is what is probably making them act up, however none of them were sure. Mela cuddled close to Keith's chest as he let Black pilot herself, he could feel Shiro's quintessence around them, thankful he wasn't completely alone.
Mela babbled incoherent babbles and she was still so young, she couldn't talk just yet since she was conceived a few months ago she was Keith's way of not losing his mind, he's gone out on searches repeatedly and Mela always cried whenever she didn't go with him so they decided that every time he went out she'd go with. He sighed leaning against the seat and listening to Black's come and go growls and Mela's soft breathing, it grounded him like Lance did. Like Lance.....
He closed his eyes and took a breath when he felt Mela shift and small hands touched his face, he opened his eyes to see her babbling and patting his face, he chuckled she reminded him so much of Lance, his adorable mate and his adorable daughter. "I miss your mother, Mel, I miss him so much" she whimpered seeming to understand what he meant and she pat his face again with her ears twitching a few times. He once again sighed, he needed to find Mela's mother and bring him home, she missed him, he missed him, the others missed him, and the lions missed him. Shiro's voice surfaced in his head similar to how Black would do it "We'll find him, Keith. Black says he's alive so we know there is a positive" that was a positive yes but it wasn't a lead, they've been falling on many dead ends, the rebels are reaching their limits and the Blades can only do so much before more of them end up at deaths door and Voltron may as well collapse in exhaustion. Wherever Shiro's clone took Lance, he hasn't been found.
If anymore weeks passed by, Keith may end up losing his mind whether Mela would be able to calm him or not, he can't stay sane enough if Lance isn't in his arms. Lance was what grounded him, he helped clear his head, helped him sleep without trouble, he was his boyfriend, his mate, his Altean prince. Lance was everything Keith often felt guilty of claiming due to how innocent and pure he was, yes he's had the most shittest childhood he's ever heard of but through it all, Lance remained pure, you can't just get rid of that and you can't ignore it either.
Mela as young as she may be noticed her father looked a little into his thoughts, she decided that a nap will do and shifted down to lay her head against Keith's chest over his heart and let it lull her to sleep, he felt her shift and it snapped him out his thoughts and he looked down to see her getting lulled to sleep by listening to his heartbeat like Lance did. Fuck he needed to find his mate! Making sure Mela was adjusted and secured he took the controls and went onto searching again, Pidge's feed soon popped on his screen "Any luck?" she asked as he shook his head, head staring down at his lap where Mela was now sleeping, she frowned "Hunk said he'll take over on the searching, come back and try and get some sleep while we keep trying to find him" she explained "But I can't just stay in the castle when he could be anywhere, I'm not going to let sleep stop me from finding him" Keith said "And we know that Keith but he wouldn't want you or us literally collapsing before we even get to him, he will chew our ears off if he finds out we're running on little to no sleep especially you" she said curtly and for a fact that that is exactly what Lance will do if he finds out about how them searching for him out of worry is making them run on no sleep.
Keith groaned, he couldn't stop he needed to find Lance and bring him home, why did this have to happen to that damn Altean prince, why?! he didn't deserve all the pain he's received all his life until he met Voltron, he didn't deserve any of that.
"Keith" he closed his eyes and breathed. Patience yields focus. "....Fine, we're turning back now" Keith reluctantly pulled the controls towards him as he turned Black around and headed back to the castle with another dead end and no lead on where Lance was.
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7/24/23
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Helping Love | Klance | ✓
Action- Omegaverse AU - A/N: Warnings are given, there is Angst (I'm very sorry) and new Klance Idea. Mpreg. Spelling mistakes. ➪ Lance McClain has secrets. Lance McClain has a past. Lance McClain has a crush. and Lance McClain is a paladin of Voltron...
