a klance fic i guess

the talk

A/N: man main authors note at the end.

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lance made a beeline towards his room on the ship, hoping that he would be able to go to sleep on time tonight and in his own bed.

well, some of that was true.

but on the way there he, of course, was stopped by none other than shiro.

"hello lance!" shiro said as brightly as ever.

"hey shiro," lance made a move to skirt around him. "i was actually on my way to bed so if we could talk about this late-" to which he was he was interrupted by shiro grabbing his arm.

"oh no mister, we need to have a talk." if looks could kill, lance would be at the roof of the swimming pool right now.

lance gulped and nods his head as he follows shiro to his bedroom. lance opens the door for them both and shiro waits until the door closes behind him.

"take a seat, lance." shiro said oddly smiling. lance hasn't been this terrified of the disappointment face since he was a kid getting in trouble by his mom.

"shiro whatever this is about i swear i-"

"not another word. wait until i'm done." shiro said finally, leaving lance to give up and sink down into the mattress he sat on.

"so hunk, pidge, and i all had a conversation about you and keith earlier today." shiro said with a pointed look.

'me and keith ? we haven't gotten into any fights or anything so what is shiro talking about?' lance thought. this whole thing was confusing.

shiro continued. "i understand that you and keith are, erm, young adults. well i mean, you ARE adults but still a bit young to me. anyways, what i mean to say is i understand that you are going to feel certain ways and want to do certain things uh, together, but that the mission concerning protecting the universe from galra always comes first. i can't stop you two but please, try your best to keep appropriate." shiro finishes with a huff looking awkward and relieved at the same time.

lance blinks, once, twice, three times before it fully clicks what shiro is implying.

"WHAT !?!" lance jumped up immediately, face completely red. "i-what are you, why would you think that ??"

shiro looks at lance puzzlingly. "are you two, not together ?" shiro questions.

"NO! where would you get that idea?" lance asks.

"well, there was the whole thing with you leaving keith's room this morning, sleeping on the couch with him, your moods around each other have changed a lot too, and pidge and hunk said-"

"OKAY OKAY ! I GET IT THERES A LOT OF HINTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DATING BUT WE ARENT OKAY?" lance lets out a frustrated sigh after his outburst and sits down back on the bed.

shiro frowns at lance and crouches down in front of him. "i'm sorry if us assuming you and keith were dating upset you, but it seems like it might be more than that. what do you mean 'hints'?" shiro looked up at lance and what he saw broke his heart.

lance, teary eyed with his head in his hands, shaking slightly. the only thing he could do was whisper "i do."

"you do what?"

lance hesitates before taking a shakey breath. "i do, like him. it was more than what you said." he cries more after admitting this.

shiro, seeing lances state, puts a hand on his shoulder before deciding to pull him in for a hug. they sit like that for a long while before shiro says "i think, maybe, keith might feel the same way?"

this causes lance to let out a sharp, wet, bitter laugh. "yeah, in what world would that be?"

"well, keith has been acting the same way to you that you have to him recently, and you like him don't you?"

"yeah." lance blinks.

"so wouldn't it only make sense that there's a good possibility he likes you too? that you should at least try?" shiro's voice is so genuine it makes lances heart ache.

"i'm not so sure. i don't think anyone could love me." lance says not meeting shiros eyes.

"we do," shiro says, straightening lance out by his shoulders so that their eyes meet. "we do. we always have. and if keith is mean to you or hurts you at all he'll have to go through hunk and coran, since you're his favorite." shiro cracks a smile and leans in to whisper, "and you don't wanna anger coran coran the gorgeous man."

this makes lance laugh and smile, starting to calm down for the first time that whole day it seems.

"okay, maybe you're right. but how would i tell him? i'm not sure how to approach keith like that." lance frowns with his question, which turns into confusion when shiro only smiles in return.

"oh, don't worry about that. i know just the thing."

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A/N: damn it's been like a year or more since i last posted idk. quarantine gave me too much time so i opened this app for the first time in a year. life got so much better, things are still really shitty here and there but i'm working on it. i plan on having two more chapters after this and ending it. i have no passion for voltron anymore as previously stated, but this is my first real fic that i wrote and have kept up. i started writing this 3 or 4 years ago and it's crazy how much life has changed since then. i love you all, i hope life is working out for the better.