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“Sorry, babe,” Keith says. He even smiles, no doubt proud of himself.
And Lance knows it’s his fault. He started it, after all, but at least the biting term of endearment made sense when he was the one doing it. Keith had been talking to him like they were some old married couple. The kind who’ve been married too long and don’t love each other anymore and gripe over meaningless shit, only managing to piss each other off even further.
That’s why Lance called him dear. Because it made sense in the situation. It was a calculated insult. A strategic jab.
Keith, on the other hand, is weaponizing the term of endearment without any rhyme or reason, simply to get back at Lance.
Or: Keith and Lance have gotten into the habit of using pet names as condescending insults. They're not really terms of endearment.
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"I can hear your thoughts," Keith nearly whispered.
Lance went pale, but that wasn't what Keith was focused on. Because he could feel the horror creeping up inside himself as Lance heard his declaration. Because he could feel his own heart skip a beat in time with Lance's. Because he could feel the rejection bubbling up inside him as Lance frantically worked out what all this meant.
"Wh—what are you talking about?" Lance said, stumbling over his words even while his mind screamed clear as day please say you're lying just say you're fucking with me don't play these kinds of games with me—
In which the paladins are subjected to the unfortunate consequences of a broken mind meld program.
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Hippo You'd Better Come Home by pinstripedJackalope
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
18 Dec 2017
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What if Keith had a little stuffed hippo hidden in one of the pouches on his belt, you ask? This is your answer.
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04 Jan 2025
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A laugh warbles out of Lance unexpectedly, and a deep crease forms between Keith’s eyebrows, those stormy grey eyes at last lighting upwards and meeting Lance’s, for a moment at least. Lance has to look away. He claps a hand over his mouth, hoping to stifle the laughter, but it’s useless. It tickles up his throat and bursts out as he bends against his knees, his whole body shaking with the force of it.
"What?" Keith asks, scandalized.
That raspy quality in his voice that Lance secretly loves so much is on full display, brought out in a single word. There’s so much that Keith conveys without even realizing: He’s trying not to laugh, just because Lance is laughing.
That makes it harder to stop.
— Day 10. Accidental Marriage
//One-shots ranging from platonic to pre/established relationship. Written for Klance Trope Month 2021
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The longer Keith stands there, silent, motionless, the more unsettled Lance becomes.
--chapter 16; fissuring into the shadows
/Whumptober prompts, 2019/2020
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- Part 10 of And Never Again Feel Weak
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