Everything Stays // Klance

Lance and Keith were best friends when they were little. It was impossible to separate the two, until there was an accident in which Keith's father died and he was sent to live with close family friends in a different town, not even getting a chance to tell Lance why he was leaving or getting to say goodbye to him.

Without Keith, Lance had no one. He battled depression and anxiety, but he was eventually able to make some friends, which lead to him having to pretend he was okay so that way he wouldn't worry them. He had picked up some unhealthy habits to punish himself when he fucked up or to calm himself down after a nightmare.

When Keith finally comes back to town, it turned out to be a struggle in to avoid homophobic assholes, keep his anger under control, and somehow make things right with Lance.

"Everything stays, right where you left it, everything stays, but it still changes."

Cover art by asterein