insecure/anxious lance & protective keith

super niche but that’s my shit

[A03 Tag]

suite on you by: adelfie, Word Count: 12,200, Rating: T+, Summary: Lance feels a little jarred when he sees nothing friendly in the suitemate’s eyes, and then foolish. He scrambles to find something to say.
“Do you have any rules?”
Keith’s eyes darken. “Yeah. Don’t bother me this semester. Or ever.”
Accident-prone Lance McClain learns that his grumpy suitemate, Keith, has one rule: to leave him alone. Lance would really like to follow that rule. Really. But his clumsiness has other plans. (Or, 5 times Lance bothers Keith and 1 time Keith lets him.)

“/oh/”

this specific rec is dedicated to the ‘oh’ moment in fics that turns us all to mush 😌💕


Desert Stars by: fauxghost – Word Count: 39,398 – Rating: T+ – Status: WIP – Summary: “They’re hiding something, and I’m going to figure out what it is.”

Galaxy Garrison cadets Lance, Hunk, and Pidge team up with dropout Keith to investigate what really happened on the failed Kerberos mission. Somewhere between late night adventures and desert getaways, Lance falls in love. (AU)

Mr. Lone Wolf by: Bloom696 – Word Count: 678 – Rating: G – Summary: Keith’s feelings, basically Keith starts overthinking about everything and Lance comforts him

the darkest shade of blue by: brunettereader – Rating: T+ – Word Count: 15,060 – Summary: “You’re my favorite person, Lance,” he replies honestly, immediately. “I know you’re okay. I know you’re healing. And yeah, I came back partially to check on you, but I missed you, too.”

“Oh,” Lance says.

Or the story of how the former Blue Paladin heals as told by the person who loves him most.



this rec is a work in progress — if you have any recommendations or self recs, comment/reply or dm me and i’ll add them to the rec 🥰 🥰

lances bisexual awakening ✨

alternate title: keith is hot as f*ck


⭐️ Drummer Boy by: klancekorner, Rating: Explicit, Word Count: 50,188 Summary: Lance is 100%, without a doubt, straight. He has the perfect girlfriend and has never wanted anything more. But suddenly his world is being turned upside down by the boy playing the drums at his local bar–a boy who happens to be very good looking, very gay, and very very interested in Lance. // aka: Good-Boy Lance has a crisis when he meets Keith because he’s so damn attractive, and Keith is a little ho that is way too promiscuous and open about his sexuality. The become friends. Confusion and sexual tension ensue.

Fishy Business by: Writerly_Owl – Word Count: 82,975 – Rating: T+ – Summary: Lance has a knack for transforming into a mermaid whenever he comes into contact with water, a trait inherited from his family — something he barely manages to hide through sheer luck and the help of his best friend, Hunk. Pidge is a conspiracy theorist determined to uncover the origin of the odd fish that’s been seen off of the Florida coast recently, toting a doubting Keith along with her. Allura is a scientist, with Shiro as her apprentice and research partner.

Gym Bros by Bloom696 -Rating: G Word Count: 1,899 – Summary: Lance doesn’t know what to do when he feels weird around his gym bro 😉

Plot Twist by: madnessandbrilliance, the-noble-idiot (noblegambit) – Rating: T+ – Word Count: 20,112 – Summary: Plot twist, n. a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome.

The problem starts because of this: Keith brings guys home sometimes. At first Lance thought he was okay with it, since it’s not really his business who Keith sleeps with. He’s usually discreet enough about it that Lance won’t see/hear anything he wouldn’t want to see/hear from anyone else. But for some reason, Lance has started feeling weird if he even sees him with other guys.
Plot twist: Turns out, Lance didn’t have a problem with Keith kissing guys as long as it was Lance he was kissing. (Lance POV) — (Read AlsoKeith POV)

Confident/flirty Keith & Flustered Lance

See Also: ‘Bad Boy’ Keith Rec

(rec in progress)

(WIP) Desert Stars by: fauxghost – Rating: T+ – Word Count: 39,398… – Excerpt/Summary:

“They’re hiding something, and I’m going to figure out what it is.”

Galaxy Garrison cadets Lance, Hunk, and Pidge team up with dropout Keith to investigate what really happened on the failed Kerberos mission. Somewhere between late night adventures and desert getaways, Lance falls in love.

Drummer Boy by: klancekorner – Rating: M – Word Count: 50,188 – Summary: Lance is 100%, without a doubt, straight. He has the perfect girlfriend and has never wanted anything more. But suddenly his world is being turned upside down by the boy playing the drums at his local bar–a boy who happens to be very good looking, very gay, and very very interested in Lance.

aka: Good-Boy Lance has a crisis when he meets Keith because he’s so damn attractive, and Keith is a little ho that is way too promiscuous and open about his sexuality. The become friends. Confusion and sexual tension ensue.

Lance Is The Trophy by Queerklancing – Rating: No Rating – Word Count: 5,782 – Summary: Lance doesn’t know how to handle flirtatious people. Usually, he’s the one who’s doing all the sweet -talk, but he’s utterly helpless when he’s the one on the receiving end.

And as it turns out, Keith can’t handle people who are flirting with Lance.

And he sure isn’t going to back out of a challenge.

My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The – Well, Really Just One Boy by: infinitesongbird – Rating: G – Word Count: 1,818 – Summary: Lance loves his job at the local mall. Really, he does. The Shake Place pays well, he’s got flexible hours, he gets to work in the same food court as his two best friends…everything is perfect, save for his constant proximity to the neighboring Smoothie Shack and its singularly infuriating employee.

somewhere in the middle of everything happy by: moonguilt – Rating: T+ – Word Count: 797 – Excerpt/Summary:

“Can you kiss me?”

Lance doesn’t know where the words came from, but he wishes he did, because then maybe he would be able to shove them right back into their evil, embarrassing source and pretend they never existed.

Unfortunately, his only available recourse now is to choke on his own breath and watch as Keith’s head rears back in shock, that ridiculous, gorgeous hair tousling with the movement and then settling against the smooth surface of his neck. Dark eyes—who the hell gave this jerk the right to have such nice eyes?—bore into Lance’s own, so intense and grave that all Lance can do is turn his gaze and fix it pointedly on a half-empty water bottle at the far side of the training deck.

Lance lets an embarrassing comment slip during a friendly spar and has to deal with the consequences.

Speak Softly and… by: BleedingTypewriter – Word Count: 9,332 – Rating: Explicit – Summary: Keith engages in sensitive physical tactics in order to secure a diplomatic partnership and Lance isn’t quite sure how to feel about it.

Read: Keith fucks an alien prince for the sake of an alliance. Lance has a lot of opinions about it for someone who, ostensibly, shouldn’t care about Keith Kogane’s pants or who gets in them.

Keith offers to help him work through his feelings on the matter. (Turns out that maybe they both have some feelings to work through.)

OR

The “Keith-gets-down-for-diplomacy” prompt fic that decided halfway through to have FeelingsTM.

Red for me by: Oh_Contrary – Rating: T+ – Word Count: 1,755 – Summary: Keith and Lance have just gotten togther, only Keith realizes that his blue paladin isn’t quite what he would have expected. Who would’ve thought “loverboy Lance” could be so, well, shy?

Would You Be So Kind? by: melancholymango – Rating: Explicit – Word Count: 131,509 – Excerpt/Summary:

“Who knows? Maybe that’s Mr. Blue Lion walking toward me right now.”

Wasn’t that the funny thing? No one knew. Any one of these people Lance fell for impulsively and took to bed could be the one. The one that he grew attached to and chose to never let go of, the one that got to hold his heart as closely as his body… the one that stole the spotlight in his life and shoved Keith so far off stage that he blended right into the shadows.

Lance wanted it so very badly, had tried to force it so many times, but it was bound to happen sooner or later. Someone was going to fill that soulmate-sized hole in Lance’s chest and here Keith was showing off different shapes.

Keith’s in love with Lance, and it’s for that very reason that he finds himself in this situation. Helping Lance through a sexuality crisis, setting him up with other people, and eventually… volunteering to become friends with benefits.

+ BONUS — Flustered Keith

i killed sendak for this by: hiuythn – Rating: T+ – Word Count: 2,044 – Summary: “I’m married?” Keith blinks. “I’m married to you?”

Sorry Daddy (But I’m Not That Easy) by: negativefouriq – Word Count: 3,550 – Rating: M – Summary: “I need some advice,” Lance admits reluctantly, “of the seduction kind.”

This time, Shiro doesn’t hold the smirk back. “I see. Would this have anything to do with our resident Galran hothead?”

“Mr. Dense & Oblivious? Yeah. Unfortunately.”

Shiro laughs, shaking his head. “I dunno what you need me for. You seemed to have everything handled pretty well in training today. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Keith go so red.”

Now it’s Lance’s turn to smirk. “Yeah, that was great.” His smirk drops, replaced by a look of annoyance. “But it didn’t work.”

OR: Lance is pulling out all the stops to seduce Keith. Shiro is beyond amused, and as always a whore for drama.