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    "Keith, if we make it out of this alive, I'm going to kiss you."

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    25 Feb 2026

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    “Nobody on the planet we were on would take him in,” Keith says, a frown starting to form. “They just kept saying things like he’s not our responsibility and it’s not our fault his parents abandoned him.”

    Lance scowls. “What?”

    “I know,” Keith says. “So, I just… took him.”

    Lance rests his arms on the table. “You stole a baby?”

    “I stole a baby,” Keith confirms, though he doesn’t sound sorry in the slightest. “I stole a baby, and now, I have no idea how to take care of him. Or even what his name is.”

    “You could always wait for him to tell you,” Lance teases, and Keith rolls his eyes. 

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    5 times Lance helped Keith out with his kid, +1 time he realized that maybe it's his kid, too.

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    24 Feb 2026

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    Keith is trying to make himself smaller, to bury his head deeper in his knees, and Lance’s heart freezes in his chest. Anger dissipating like an exploded firework, Lance lets his hand fall limply to his side, mind blurring with static. When he tries to speak, nothing comes out but a choked noise, so he tries again.

    “Keith,” he breathes. “Keith I’m not going to hurt you.”

     

    (Keith has an abusive past, but with time and care Lance helps him become accustomed to positive touch.)

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    14 Aug 2025

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    "He leans in to hook his arm around Keith’s shoulders in full. It’s right in Keith ear, when he speaks. “I have a crush on someone new, like, every week.”

    “No—it's not someone.” Keith brings his head up, and it feels as heavy on his neck as if it were his center of gravity, and he meets Lance’s eyes with his own. Keith doesn’t mean to communicate something through their silence, he just kind of gets caught up in staring at Lance’s face, which tends to happen lately. Sharp features, cheekbones and chin. Impossible eyes and a loud mouth as expressive as his eyebrows. But Lance seems to come to some understanding on his own. He sits back in a rare, rare moment of speechlessness, that mouth of his slightly pursed and twitching in its search for words in what can only be, though Keith doesn’t know much about body language, immense confusion on the brink of realization."

    Or: Keith acknowledges his feelings for Lance and promptly goes through the five stages of grief.

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    14 Aug 2025

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    Who could it be?!

    Lance tried to convince himself it wasn’t jealousy… it was just friendly concern. He had to ensure that whoever Keith was with treated him well, not that Keith needed Lance to look after him, but still, Keith deserved the world and Lance wanted to make sure whoever he was with gave that to him.

    Just buddy-buddy concerns.

    or alternatively; 5 + 1 times lance doesn't realise he's keith's boyfriend

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    13 Aug 2025