I'm Yours And You're Mine

Part 4

"So uh, what happened after Keith was hurt? What'd you do?"

Lance stopped shoveling his food into his mouth, the end of the spoon stuck out of his mouth. His eyes went wide. He glanced everywhere except Hunk's face, rather uncomfortably.

Keith choked on his drink. He got up and had a hacking fit away from the table, to hide the fact that he was severely blushing.

"Did I say something wrong?" Hunk said, rather confused.

Lance quickly swallowed his food, and spluttered, "We were- we were... looking for a safe space... so we could figure out what we'd do to get him to safety. Yeaahhhh. Yeah." A look of relief washed over his face once he finished his excuse. Hunk nodded hesitantly.

"That still doesn't explain why you turned off your comms," Pidge remarked.

Keith had finally recovered from his fit, and returned to the table. "He panicked," he said coolly, "I had to calm him down, but he turned them off anyway." Lance made a face at him. Keith shot a mischievous grin back, which made Lance's heart skip a beat. Shiro and Allura wordlessly exchanged glances at this.

Once the paladins were finished with their meals, they all went off to do their own thing. Lance went to his room to rest, and Keith went to the training to, you know, train.

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Once he was finished, Keith headed to his room. As he was walking, Lance turned around a corner and was walking in his direction, though he didn't notice that Keith was there because he was busy staring at the ceiling. Suddenly Lance looked down and immediately locked eyes with Keith. They were still silent, but Lance smiled at him. His smile was like the sun has been turned into a human, he radiated beauty.

"Hey Lance," he said, he looked down and blushed. A giddy smile crept onto his face, he just couldn't help it.

"What's up, samurai?"

"Wanna talk?" ("talk")

Lance didn't object. They went to Keith's room, as it was the closest (*the opening of Say No To This starts playing*). He sat down on Keith's bed, an awkward distance from Keith, who sat across from him. "So what's the thing you wanna talk about," Lance asked. Lance didn't know why he was so calm, but hey, it wasn't a problem.

Oh fuck we actually have to talk. "Well you know.. the thing...... that happened...." Why? Why must my mouth betray me in this way? Keith's mind raced as he struggled to find a way to talk about you-know-what-happened. "When we, uh... um. We.. you- I—"

"— when we kissed?" Lance grinned goofily. Keith nodded. "That was nice," Lance said.

Keith.exe has stopped working. He sat rigidly on the edge of the bed, even though his entire body felt like jelly. I don't usually get this flustered? ???? Um? "Hey." Lance scooted closer and placed a hand on his shoulder. Keith's initial urge was to immediately pull away from the touch, but he resisted it and let it sit there. Lance leaned over, "You good?" Lance's face was right next to Keith's. Keith turned and accidentally knocked his head into Lance's. Lance burst into laughter, and Keith let out a little nervous laugh after apologizing profusely.

(this part is a little sjhsdjhsdjk if you know what I mean, but like it isn't full on smut, I apologize in advance if it fucking sucks)

"I think I know a better way to talk about this," Lance said. He brought his hands up to Keith's face, leveling his dark-blue eyes with Keith's gray ones, and tenderly pressed his lips to Keith's. Keith's eyes fluttered shut and he kissed back. There was a certain electricity from such a small, brief kiss, and it was something new for both of them.

And it was golden.

Keith pulled away, breathlessly. "You're right," he whispered to Lance, "This is a lot better." They kissed each other quickly and softly, until Keith grabbed a fistful of Lance's jacket and they started to escalate. Lance secretly loved Keith's mullet, so he tangled his hands in it. It was still a little bit damp from sweat after training but he didn't care.

Lance only took his hands out of Keith's hair to shrug off his sweatshirt and reveal his blue-sleeved shirt. He pushed Keith back onto the bed, (somebody please kill me I can't believe i'm sharing this with my friends) so he was on top of him. He propped himself up on his forearms, and started kissing the crook of Keith's neck.

Keith slid his hands up the back of Lance's shirt, and caressed the bronze skin underneath. His hands felt at the rises and falls of the toned muscles in his back. It drove him crazy how soft Lance's skin felt against his fingertips. He groaned when Lance nibbled at his own skin, then pressed himself even closer to Lance, enjoying the feeling of another body against his own. Lance couldn't get enough of this, pressing the smaller boy into the bed with his body weight and grinding his hips against his. Lance went up and kissed Keith's face, Keith kissed and nibbled back. (JHSDJKLSDJK THIS IS SO FUCKING BAD) The only thing between them was their clothes, and both silently wished that those weren't there.

"I love you," Keith said, his forehead pressed to Lance's.

Lance stopped. He thought for a moment. Keith's stomach dropped at the silence. "I don't think I have the words to express how much I love you, because you're you and I don't think any words can amount to that." He looked back at Keith, a soft expression having overcome his face. "But yeah, Keith, I love you. I love you too."

The pit in Keith's stomach disappeared, and his heart fluttered. He smiled into Lance's neck. They shifted so they laid side by side, so Lance wrapped his arms around Keith and put his chin on top of his head. He liked the feeling of holding someone, and Keith liked feeling protected. A short while passed. "I should probably go to my room," he said as he started to untangle his arms from Keith.

Keith looked up. "Wait no," he said, his voice shrinking, "Can you stay?"

Lance reddened, "Oh. Yeah." he put his arms back, "That works too." (i can literally heAr them sAyiNG THiS I need heLP) He pulled up a blanket and they got nice and cozy. "I swear, this better not be a dream," Lance whispered to himself when Keith dozed off. He relished in this moment, until he too, fell asleep. (ghsjhsj they're gonna have dead arms in the morning if they don't move lmao)