Keith and Lance were both walking towards the red lion, going on a mission by themselves. The rest of the paladins were busy with their own assignments, so Coran insisted they had to help by going on this certain quest.
Once they got on board, Lance looked at Keith. "Keith..." Lance said "I think you, as the former red paladin, should pilot today."
"Huh... okay, if you say so" said Keith, really surprised by his words.
A few minutes later, they were already flying through space.
"Lance, sit down and fasten your seatbelt" Keith ordered roughly. Lance didn't respond, so he added "please?"
"Don't worry, Keith, I'll be fine. I'm just getting to know your... my lion better"
Keith breathed deeply "Okay, but be careful"
The trip wouldn't be too long, just about an hour and a half (because Allura was too busy to send them through a worm hole) and everything seemed to be fine until the lion was violently shaken.
"WHAT WAS THAT, KEITH?!" Lance shouted.
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, DON'T BLAME ME" Keith shouted back.
Lance got closer to a screen on the control panel "Keith, a Galra ship just shot at us from the left!"
"What?! I didn't see anybody there!" Keith responded, visibly worried.
"Me neither" Lance put a hand on Keith's shoulder "cloaking device, i guess. But we need to get out of here now"
Keith agreed, and as he was trying to accelerate, the lion was shaken again and Lance fell on his back.
"KEITH, HELP ME" Lance yelled as he slid towards the now open entry.
With no hesitation, Keith stopped piloting the lion and ran to help Lance, who was hanging from the lion's edge with nothing but space around him by the time Keith got to him.
"LANCE, HOLD MY HAND" Keith told him "Come on man, I'm trying to help you. You are not gonna fall, trust me"
And so Keith helped Lance up and only closed the door once he made sure Lance was safe.
"Lance, I'm going back to the control panel. Are you okay?"
"Please, don't go" Lance begged "Can you stay here with me?"
"If I don't pilot, we'll crash. Let me—"
The lion received a third shot from the Galra ship in which Keith was thrown across the lion, hitting the wall really hard. Keith fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Fuck" muttered Lance "I'll handle this, Keith" he said, even though Keith couldn't hear him.
Lance sat in front of the control panel and managed to avoid crashing against an asteroid. Then, he faced the enemy's ship and activated the lion's tail laser in order to fight back, but soon he realized he needed to get to the castle because Keith's safety was more important than winning a battle.
"CORAN!" Lance called, hoping the communication device on his helmet was still working. It wasn't. "Fuck, fuck, fuck" Keith was still wearing his helmet. He had to try, Lance thought to himself.
The control panel was left alone once again as Lance went by Keith's side. "Hey, buddy..." Keith wasn't responding. "You'll be fine, I promise" Lance said in a calming voice, getting closer to Keith's face.
"Coran" he said. His mouth was next to Keith's cheek, but this was the only way he could reach the helmet's microphone. Fortunately, he got an answer from the altean.
"LANCE! Are you guys okay?" Coran sounded really preoccupied.
"Coran, we were attacked and Keith's unconscious. Can you help us get to the castle?" Lance asked.
"You'll have to wait a few doboshes, but try to get away from the Galra meanwhile. Forget the mission for now, Lance"
After thanking Coran, Lance ran back to the control panel and tried desperately to fly away from the Galra as fast as he could. He avoided a few shots and was hit by a couple more, and he knew he couldn't keep flying at that speed for much more time. Fortunately, right when another laser was about to hit the red lion, a portal appeared in front of them.
//
Pidge, Hunk, Shiro, Coran and Allura were standing before the red lion, waiting for the remaining paladins to get out of it and, although they knew the mission hadn't been completed, all they cared about was their friends' safety.
Finally, Lance walked out of the lion. Keith was still unconscious, so Lance was carrying him.
"I'll explain later" Lance promised "I'm gonna take him to his bedroom so he can rest"
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Lance made sure Keith was comfortable in his bed before he took Keith's helmet and armor off. Keith had a much better aspect than a few moments ago, but he was still very weak.
Even Lance didn't expect it, but he kneeled next to Keith and kissed his cheek softly.
"Well, Mullet, I guess now we've had a bonding moment. I cradled you in my arms"
Lance turned off the lights and left the room, without realizing Keith had been awake the last minutes.
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Hey guys!! I planned to make my comeback with another Percy Jackson fanfic but I couldn't find the inspiration to write that and I'm working on this instead so I hope you like it. There will probably be a part 2 to this chapter but comment your thoughts and opinions about it if you have them. Thanks for reading and vote if you liked it!

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FanfictionSome Klance oneshots and AU just in case Klance is not canon once season 8 is over (jokes on past me, who actually thought Klance would be canon. Sad)