Voltron: Legendary Defender Matt Holt One-Shot

Champion

Basic information: You were part of the Kerberos mission along with Shiro, Matt and Samuel and were abducted by a battle cruiser of the Galra Empire. While Samuel was taken to work camp you were supposed to go with him but you refused to leave Matt since you've always had a little crush on him, even though you'd never admit that, and tried to fight the guards who were trying to take you away. They saw your potential and were taken to the Galdran gladiatorial arena with Matt and Shiro. When Matt was supposed to fight first Shiro "hurts" Matt so he doesn't have to fight. You also have to fight a few times after that and so does Matt but mostly Shiro tries to somehow take both of your spots. After Shiro escapes Matt and you still have to fight and since Shiro isn't there to protect Matt you have sworn yourself to protect him instead always trying to take his place. At the same time Matt knows what you're doing and tries to stop you because he wants to protect you. To the Galra's it looks like both of you want to be the new champion and they think you're rivals so one day something terrible happens and that will basically be written in the next chapter.

(Y/N) = Your name

(L/N) = Last name

You were silently sitting in your cell waiting for them to come. They came everyday to take you to the arena and just like everyday the doors of your cell slide open and a Galra came in. You knew this one. He had already taken you to the arena a few times but you didn't knew his name and you didn't care. He was just another monster. He grabbed your arm and pulled you up, with enough force to make it feel like your arm was being teared out. It was still hurt. Just two days ago you were supposed to fight but Matt took you arm and twisted it around almost dislocating it. You cursed him for it. He was always trying to protect you from a fight while you were trying to do the same. It was always just a matter of time. Who would be faster at hurting the other so they wouldn't have to fight. Today it would be you, you'd be fast enough. At that time you arrived at the entrance of the arena and you could already see Matt a few meters before you. Then the Galra who took you to the arena pushed you further into the participants so you were standing right next to Matt.

"Don't even try, (L/N)" Matt hissed looking at you from the corner of his eye. "You won't go into this arena today." he whispered this time with a bit more concern. "What are you going to do against it, Holt." you hissed back. "I had my break and I won't let you go in there." you said trying to keep my voice down. Then you could hear him sigh. "You have to make things so complicated, don't you?" he said with a slightly sad expression. "I should protect you so why are you always trying to stop me?" he asked worried and angry at the same time. "I'm not a damsel in distress, Matt. I can take care of myself and I want to protect you too. Just for the record, you make that very complicated too." you fired back. Then the entrance to the arena started to open. You just had to wait for the Galra presenter to say your name and you'd have to be in the arena faster than Matt. You could already see Matt getting ready to tackle you to the ground. You had analyzed his attacks already. Mostly he would tackle you to the ground and kick you somewhere. Hard enough to make you unable to fight but not hard enough to actually hurt you. He would always make sure of that. You were also getting ready. Ready to run so he wouldn't get you. This time you drew your arms closer to your body. The last time he wasn't able to tackle you but he was fast enough to grab your arm and pull you back, you wouldn't make the same mistake twice. Then you could hear the presenter. His voice already made you sick. To him and all the others this was just a game. It was entertainment. You hated being their entertainment. But you didn't really have much of a choice. Then he talked about the ranking. Since Shiro was gone Matt and you constantly were one rank 1 and 2 and since you were unable to fight the last two days Matt was now on Rank 1. Now it was getting interesting. "Today the fight will be different then before. We all know them, we all love them. But who of them is really the best?" the presenter shouted into his microphone making the crowd cheer and making you feel like you had to throw up. What did he mean by that? Now you also noticed no monster being in the arena. There always was one. But where was it this time? "Since month these two make us sit at the edge of our seats during their fights both of them have a good chance of being the champion, but we want to know, who really is the one and only champion!" he shouted and you felt your heart pounding like it was about to jump out of your chest. You already sensed what he was going to say. You guessed why this fight was going to be different then before. But you had to be wrong. You just had to. "In today's fight we'll see..." he was making a dramatic pause which felt like hours. "Matt Holt against (Y/N) (L/N)" the presenter shouted and the crowd was going wild. Your mind raced, your heart felt like it was about to explode and your stomach felt as if you just ate three cheeseburgers and took a ride in a roller coaster. Above all you just wanted to scream but it was like you were frozen. And it seemed like Matt was no better. You would've stood there for hours if it wouldn't have been for a Galra behind you to pull your hair and pushing you into the arena making you stumble onto the ground just sitting there on all four. Then you slowly came back to your senses and stood up turning to Matt. He was looking at you terrified while you were trembling. You couldn't do it. You could never fight Matt, you'd rather die. You went to one side of the arena when your spear came out of the ground. You were already used to that but usually you weren't able to get your weapon so easy since the monster would've already attacked you. You took it and turned around to see Matt at the other side of the arena taking his sword. He looked at it as if he never saw it before or just not the way he saw it now and then he looked at you. It was like the time was freezing. The cheering crowd and the presenter who was still talking about how epic today's battle would be faded into the background and for a moment it was just Matt and you. The way he was looking at you, pleading and full of fear and you knew that you were looking the same way. The moment didn't last long but it was enough to understand each other. He wasn't going to attack and neither were you. You wanted him to and he wanted you to. You wanted him to life and he wanted you to life. And even though you two never talked about your feelings towards each other you could see it in his eyes. He wouldn't want to life without you and you couldn't life without him. Without another word or look you raised your spear and then threw it.