Voltron

Galra senses

Ao3 by curl-e (curl)

Pairing:Keith/lance

Warning's- You have been warned

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Summary:

With his new Galra senses, Keith feels more drawn to Lance than ever before. Luckily, Lance feels the same way.

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Keith's thoughts started to wander when he looked down at his purple hands. Not too long ago, on a mission on a Galra ship, unexpected exposure to large amounts of quintessence had awakened something in him. His Galra half, seemingly dormant all his life, had began to surface. He had grown taller, his eyes had turned yellow, his teeth had become pointier and his ears much bigger, much less human. Had he not met the Blade of Marmora he probably would have felt like a monster.

Aside from his new body, he also had to adjust to his heightened senses. The better nightsight was useful, as was his stronger hearing, but the most difficult to get used to was all the different smells he didn't even know were there before.

Staring at his bowl of goo, he tried to sort through all the smells he could detect. He was able to assign distinct smells to the other paladins, as well as Allura and Coran, but the strongest one was definitely Lance's. Not in an unpleasant way, though.
In fact, Keith was taking deeper breaths through his nose to smell Lance even more, and he was tempted to follow it to get closer to the source - across the table, where Lance was sitting.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when Shiro commented on the fact that he had barely touched his food.

As the days went by, dealing with the changes became easier. He slowly learned to tune out irrelevant input and his ears stopped twitching at every little sound. However, Lances scent didn't seem to blend in with the rest.
When Lance was in the same room, Keith was painfully aware of his desire to be close to him. Every time he felt warmth building up in his belly, making him flustered, and he desperately hoped nobody saw through him trying to act normal.

Some nights, when he pleasured himself, he tried not to think about Lance, hoping to somehow get him out of his mind. Other nights, he couldn't help but indulge in his fantasies, trying to imagine what it would be like to sleep with Lance, but it only left him longing for more.

Keith was walking past Lance's room on his way to his own when the door slid open and he was hit by a wave of Lance's scent.
"Funny I should run into you here", Lance said with a sarcastic undertone.
For a moment, Keith debated whether he should just leave so as not to be near Lance longer than he needed to, but instead he turned to face him. I
"My room is-"
"Yeah, yeah, bla bla," Lance cut him off. "I know you've been avoiding me."
Keith was caught off guard by the accusation and he didn't know how to respond, especially because it was true.
Lance didn't wait long for an answer. "Look, I know we haven't always seen eye to eye but I thought we were.. cool? Did I do something?"
"No! No," Keith replied without missing a beat. "It's just that this whole.. being Galra thing got me kinda messed up." Technically, that wasn't a lie.
"Aha," Lance responded, but he didn't seem convinced.
Keith felt his chest tighten as his eyes jumped to different spots in Lance's face. When he caught himself taking deeper breaths, he said, "Didn't you mean to go somewhere? You didn't open the door on the off-chance I'd walk by, did you?"
Offended, Lance drew his brows together. "Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"No!"
"Dude, just tell me if something's up!" Lance looked to the side, crossing his arms. "I thought we were, like, a team."
Keith closed his eyes for a moment, trying to figure out if he was really about to admit his embarrassing feelings to Lance. "Promise me not to freak out?"
Lance looked back at him, shrugging one shoulder. "Sure."
His scent was fogging up Keith's mind, making it all the harder for him to find the right words.
"Okay, so, you know how, ever since I.. changed, I can smell everything better? Like, everything."
"Yeah, so?", Lance replied, prompting Keith to go on.
Keith took a deep breath. "And your smell is... it's really good." He was looking anywhere but Lance. "It's, uhm.. it's turning me on. And it's driving me crazy. So, yeah, I've been avoiding you."