come out ♥︎ klance miniseries

intimacy

It had been a few days since Lance and Keith bonded in the hall on the way to the dining room and Keith was losing his mind. Every time he would walk in on Allura and Lance together she would be feeding him those same lines. "Isn't Keith so great?" "Keith is a wonderful paladin, isn't he?" "Did you see that really nice thing Keith did yesterday?" Keith couldn't tell if he was grateful or upset that Lance wasn't catching on. He knew for a fact that Lance's actions were contributing to him losing his mind just as much as Allura's were. Lance had started hugging him. Lance had started hugging him. Keith knew it was platonic and that's what really drove him crazy. He saw Lance hugging the others all the time, this wasn't special. Keith wasn't special. Not to Lance. Not in the same way Lance was to Keith. And that was the thought that really made Keith lose his mind. But the worst part was feeling Lance's body on his, knowing he could never have him, knowing they would never go beyond this. That hurt more than anything. Yet he never pushed Lance away. Some of Lance was better than none of Lance.

"Keith!" Lance came up behind Keith, wrapping his arms around him. They were in the lab and Keith had been looking at Pidge's computer.

Keith jumped a bit, "What?!"

Lance chuckled, "Nothing, I just wanted to scare you."

Keith rolled his eyes, "Mission accomplished, asshole."

Lance let Keith go, "What are you doing alone in the lab?"

"Pidge told me to watch her computer and tell her when this thing is done. I don't know what it is, I just know I'm supposed to com her when it beeps. What are you doing here?"

"Looking for Pidge," Lance looked at the computer, "I think she's doing a filter search on those files she got on our last mission. There's a lot of Galra stuff on the screen. I think that's her dad on the screen. She and Matt still haven't found any trace of him so, of course she would search through any new files for prison records."

Keith looked at the Lance, then the computer, then back at Lance, "You know, you really are smarter than we give you credit for."

Lance looked back at Keith, "You're just saying that to be nice. I have no idea what any of this junk is."

"Neither do I. Neither does Shiro. Just because you're not on Hunk and Pidge's level doesn't mean you're not smart."

Lance smiled at him, "You really are super nice," Lance hugged him again, "You're my second favorite."

Keith chuckled, hugging him back, "Who's your first?"

"Hunk is my main bro. No one beats your main bro," Lance pulled away but his hands rested on Keith's shoulders.

"I see how it is, I'm just your side bro," Keith's hands were still placed on Lance's back.

Lance laughed, "When no other bros are available we've got the side bro."

The computer started beeping and Keith removed one hand from Lance but the other remained, "I've got to com Pidge," he pulled his communicator out of his pocket and turned it on, "Your shit is done."

Pidge's voice came through the speaker, "I'll be down in a minute, I can't find Lance." 

Keith chuckled, "He's down here. He was looking for you too."

Pidge groaned, "Asshole, making me search the whole castle for him."

Lance frowned, "I can hear you."

"Good," There was static as Pidge turned her communicator off.

Keith turned his off too before looking at Lance, "What are you two up to?"