❝
I guess you could say that if you want. Be prepared to be totally in love with me by the end of this.
❞
There’s no way this could end anyway but badly, but Lance ever the optimist keeps his grin up and searches through his his brain to find the best, read worst, pick up lines that he’s got to try on Keith. It’s not hard, he’s got so many so at least one of these is definitely going to work. He hopes at least.
❝Babe, are you google? Because you’re the answer to everything that I’m looking for.
❞
❝I’m sure I’ll figure out a way to resist. Hit me.❞
not laughing in his friend’s face is going to be more difficult than he originally thought—the cheesy emphasis on BABE already has him biting at the inside of his cheek to stifle himself. but his expression turns from barely restrained amusement to CONFUSION in an instant.
❝
Well maybe I wanted to test them out on you before I started using them on the ladies, you know? Always good to practice.
❞
Lance grins, his usual expression taking up it’s near permanant place on his face as he watches Keith deflect. It was easier to say that he needed practice that to admit that he was being serious and even though Keith had not technically rejected him. Which was way better than he normally did, but as usual when flirting with boys Lance chickened out. It was just more difficult to do and he could not for the life of himself figure out why.
❝Hm…like a…GUINEA PIG or something, huh? I guess I’ll take it.❞
it’s not IDEAL—plenty of people would probably take offense to being U S E D this way, but keith doesn’t have very much experience when it comes to…things like this. should he be offended? maybe. but he won’t be; lance earns enough offense when he attempts to flirt with strangers. it would probably really tank to get it from a friend.
❝Based on the results you’ve gotten, you could use the practice. Go ahead. Bounce ‘em off me. I don’t mind.❞
the hype of stim toys by nt kids quickly turned into “cringe culture” and now nd kids are targeted for still enjoying stim toys that are considered socially irrelevant and Thats a Big Ass Problem but ok
are you a fairylights or candles person? night owl or early riser? laughter or giggle person? scrunched up nose or creased eyes when you smile person? smiling with your teeth or closed lip person?
hey — anyone interested in interacting with a COMPLETELYSHEITH/SHALADIN-LESS keith kogane from vld that is a MESSY, ANGSTY TEEN with a lot of baggage ?! like or reblog this if so ( and if you’re completely sheith/shaladin-less as well bc I don’t want to see it ) and I’ll check you out !!
fingers tangle themselves in thick, dark hair, his head heavy in his own hands. shiro had pulled him aside – just before allura had – to offer him an out. to ask him if he really wanted to board zarkon’s ship alone. keith had been STUBBORN and UNSHAKING; if his galra blood was going to make people hate him, at the very least he would be damn sure that it was useful this time.
goosebumps rise on pallid flesh at the memory of the sigh that escaped his BROTHER, the sound of a defeated man in the face of a bullheaded teenager.
❛Well, if it gets too bad…give me a signal.❜
keith can’t remember what he said back. he remembers the way they bumped the edges of their fists. regret pools in his stomach, hot and guilty.
if only he’d known…
why didn’t he hug him?
the paladin had RUSHED back to greet his leader, eager and fulfilled. they did it. he did it. the aching loss of thace – the last bit of tangible proof he’d had left that he could still be RIGHTEOUS, even if he was a g a l r a – still felt fresh and sharp in his chest. but he couldn’t wait to tell shiro how brave he had been, how he didn’t even cry when thace sacrificed himself for the cause –
but shiro’s seat was e m p t y.
keith set himself to comforting the others. his palm fell against pidge’s shoulder, mumbling something about how they would get him back. hunk threw his arms around keith a bit too tightly, and he didn’t pull away.
he stopped before lance, for a beat. they stared at each other…but keith came up empty.
he still isn’t sure if he saw lance nod or not, but somehow he understood from his expression that it was OKAY to slip away.
so he did.
armor clatters softly in the silence of an empty room from the quaking of his shoulders, and keith curses himself for the motion. be still. breathe deep. don’t cry. the tears are scalding enough to burn as they blur his vision; his hands slide down to clamp over his mouth and stifle a sob.
if it gets too bad, he had said, send me a signal.
popping open a compartment on his armor, keith slammed his fingers over and over again into the button to signal. please. please pick up. please pick up. please –
the seam between chanting it inside his mind and having the words spill frantically out into the open air around him is nearly impossible to discern. with a frustrated, wet scream, his pillow is flung across the room towards the far wall. a shaking breath brought him back to himself enough to wipe at his face and fall silent.
one beat.
two beats.
THREE.
❝come on, shiro. give us a signal. give us something, ANYTHING –
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RULES--PLEASE READ.
Introduction
♔ — The mun is called Summer. She/Her. And I’m of age—24 years old, if you’re curious.
♔ — Keith is, obviously, a VLD character. But crossovers make the world go ‘round and I’m totally always down with interacting with people that have blogs for other fandoms. Hell, sometimes even fandoms I’m not familiar with, if I’m intrigued.
♔ — MUN IS AUTISTIC. If I say something, and you don’t 10000% understand where I’m coming from or what I’m saying or whatever, ask me to elaborate. I will. I have a tough time articulating why certain things make me uncomfortable and it may take me a while to find the wording. So if you see me say something is bad or wrong and not explain why, just ask. It takes a few tries for me to get my explanation right.
♔ — My theme bg is mine and so are my icons so please don’t take them/mess with them.
♔ — Don’t be shy about asking me to plot with you or something. I swear I’m just a tremendous nerd and when people say they like my portrayal of my muses I turn all red and make weird noises I’m grateful you can’t actually see so there’s no reason to be scared, okay? Ask box is always open.
♔ — Skype is available to mutuals on request.
Roleplaying
♔ — I’m semi-selective. I’m not obligated to respond to something or follow back if I feel like it/we don’t jive.
♔ — Multiverse and multiship.
♔ — That said, ABSOLUTELY NO SHALADIN!!!! Will ever!! Be on this blog in any nonplatonic fashion!!!! If you ship this, I WILL block you. No exceptions. If you refer to people speaking out against shipping children with adults as a "ship war" or call them "antis", you will be blocked. That's it. Bottom line.
♔ — Also, I'm really not into people who are transmisogynistic about Pidge so if you subscribe to Pidge Is A Boy theories or try and write Pidge cis you might as well...not bother following me..
♔ — I tend not to write greeting posts besides in the very beginning of my blogs. I’ve found on other blogs that when I write greeters for everyone, they go without being answered and it becomes a drain of energy and it makes it hard to get to my replies. I might surprise you with one if I’m really feeling it, but generally I won’t. Shoot me a message if we’re just followed each other but haven’t spoken and you want to! c:
♔ — I love being tagged in random things okay if you just tag me in something it’s very, very likely I’ll love you forever.
♔ — Triggery content will be appropriately tagged, and any NSFW (if any?) will be tagged and under a read more. Mostly because I’m embarrassed of my smut writing and will probably want to keep it as hidden as possible like a huge nerd.
verses
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basic information
FULL NAME: Keith Kogane
NICKNAME: None
AGE: 16/17? (Some verses may be older like college verses or something so I'll say verse dependent)
BIRTH DATE: TBA, apparently
ETHNICITY: Japanese, Half Galra
GENDER: Male
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: He gay dude stop it,
RELIGION: Grew up going to church with his Christian Texan father , but is non-practicing.
SPOKEN LANGUAGE: English, some Japanese, recognizes a few Galra words/symbols without remembering how or why
FEARS: Being rejected (by the other paladins and by his lion), his efforts to be a good person not being enough due to his galra blood, losing people
MENTAL DISORDERS/DISABILITIES: Autistic
WHEN WAS THIS DIAGNOSED?: It wasn't. Guidance counselors batted the idea back and forth but decided to just "wait and see what happens", hoping he'd grow out of it. He did not. Luckily for him, the lack of paper diagnosis is part of the reason he was accepted into the Garrison. If he had it--or received one while he was there--he would've been kicked out much sooner than he was.
personality
INTELLIGENCE: Intelligence is a fucked up useless concept but he's a smart boy. He was top of his class at the Garrison before he was kicked out.
LIKES: Heart-to-Heart discussions, letting off steam via training, low commitment hangouts (being near each other but doing your own thing)
DISLIKES: So many of the things that Lance chooses to be and say, he's still a little iffy on food goo, people treating him strangely/differently from other people, the fact that people think he's super angry all the time when that's just his face
DISPOSITION: He comes off angry/irritated/sad a lot of the time when really he is just contemplative and doesn't emote well, but he really is friendly and loyal. He cares for people a lot, and it doesnt take him long to get "I would die for you" attached.
biography
For as long as Keith could remember, he was damn good at fighting. His blood ran hot with it--the familiar itch to swing striking every time some kid asked him why he didn't have a Mom.
Not that it changed the fact that he didn't have one, of course.
Young men with missing pieces and learned fists often find their place in the military. But Keith had always been regarded by adults to be like a changeling; eyes too big and dark and curious, too many questions, face too serious and thoughtful to be anyone's REAL son. His probing inquiries eventually outweighed his exemplary performance and he was cast out; left searching for answers alone. At least, until the burning questions of three other teens lead them to collide at the center.
You see, young people with missing pieces and unanswered questions often find their place among each other.
It turns out that the center's name was Shiro, and with the five of them together--saving the galaxy one planet at a time, slowly growing used to each others' idiosynchrasies--Keith finally had something he needed.
But he still had questions.
Is it selfish to go looking for where you came from after already finding where you belong? Would it wound his newfound family that he needed to know more about the circumstances of his birth?