Lovespell

× o n e ×

A/N: small warning: this fic does include explicit sexual content, starting in this chapter. this is 100% for dami bc shes the biggest sweetheart I love h e r.
-

The black lion touched down slowly, Keith in the pilot's seat and Shiro standing behind him. He still had that hair that Keith had noticed immediately, but the guy couldn't necessarily cut his hair the same way every time, could he? The black paladin's hands slid from the sticks, a small breath escaping his lips. He couldn't deny that he'd been suspicious of Shiro and how he looked so... strange. It really wasn't that major of a difference and it could've been caused by injuries from the Galra, but Keith couldn't resist nitpicking it. Shiro acted the same, and seemed to have the same conscience, but he was just different.

"Keith, are you ready?" Shiro asked from behind him, currently wearing a plain space suit that Allura had kept in storage. It was rugged and unclean, dusty in the places the quick wipe-off had missed. It would keep him alive and breathing, though.

Keith stood up and gave a small nod. "Yeah. We're supposed to be finding the berries,"

"I know, Keith," Shiro smiled. "Let's go."

The two of them climbed out of the lion, seeing that the rest of the team had already wandered off to look for their ingredients. Coran had requested this mission purely because the planet had important mechanical things, as well as ingredients for some of his favorite food. Keith had immediately decided that this mission was absolutely pointless, but he had to go along with it. As soon as they had landed, it was clear that the Galra hadn't made it there yet. The purply-red dust planet had been perfectly natural, no glowing purple mechanics anywhere.

As Shiro and Keith began walking, bayards at the ready, Keith took note of all of the little details of the planet. There were small streams, though the liquid was glittering pink and goopy. He was sure it would be sticky. Around the edges, grey and red thorns sprouted from the dust. Keith wasn't sure how any of these planets functioned. They were all so strange and... unnatural. As far as he knew, plants didn't grow from dust around pink rivers. Dark eyes scanned the ground until he spotted the vibrant pink berries Coran had described.

Keith sped up his pace slightly, really just wanting to collect them and go. He knew there probably wasn't this much danger this far away from the last place they'd seen the Galra, but he knew they could be tracked even easier with Allura now piloting the blue lion. He crouched down, pulling out his small cloth pouch. The planet didn't have oxygen, how did these plants grow? There wasn't a sun nearby either. Just pitch black. With his mind wandering, he became a lot more careless with his picking. He pushed his hand in the completely wrong direction, his entire arm freezing up when a sharp pain ignited on the back of his hand.

Keith tugged his hand away with a grunt. He winced as he examined the spines in his hand, the ones that pierced his gloves. He knew he should seriously get back to his lion for the oxygen since his suit had been punctured, but his mind felt foggy. His fingertips were tingling, but the feeling slowly moved up his arms.

"Shiro," he slurred, lowering himself onto his rear and lazily pushing himself away from the throbbing pink plant that had pierced him.

Shiro was immediately next to him, his hands under his arms and pulling him to his feet. He said a few things through his helmet, though Keith was too.. exhausted to make it out. He didn't remember much but being carried back to the lion, feeling like he was looking through pink goggles the entire time. As soon as he made it back to the lion, though, his vision darkened and he slumped against Shiro.

-

When Keith woke up, he was still in his lion. Now, the cockpit was crowded with all of the paladins, Coran looking alarmed on the screen. His vision was still tinted pink, but not as much as it was before. He slowly pushed himself up from a laying position, looking at his hand. The spines had been pulled out and his hand was bandages, but his hands were spotted pink. Looking at his arms, which were now uncovered due to the removal of his armor, the entirety of them had pink speckles. He couldn't really tell if they were actually pink or if it was just his strange vision.