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  1. Public Bookmark 30

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    Unbidden, the image brushed into his mind, and he clung to it.

    Lance’s pretty face pressed into that same pillow, his long fingers twisted in the sheets, his expression hidden, but his shoulders shaking.

    Keith groaned, shoving his face even deeper into the pillow, his ears hot.

    ——

    Alternatively, Lance is away and Keith misses him. In a very specific way.

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    29 May 2026

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    “I already told you, I don’t have hypothermia,” Lance says. “I’m okay. I’m just really, really cold.”

    Keith raises an eyebrow. “What do you think hypothermia is?”

    “Oh, don’t get all technical. I—”

    His body betrays him by breaking out into another fit of shivers, so violent they leave him dizzy, his vision dark at the edges.

    It knocks most of the fight out of him, and he sits there for a moment, feeling miserable and pathetic.

    “Look,” Keith says, his voice low and infuriatingly kind, “you can drop the act. I know you. I can tell when you’re not okay.”

    Lance stares at him, feeling exposed and cut to the bone.

    “I could get better on my own,” he says.

    “You won’t,” Keith tells him bluntly. “Not unless you let me help you.”

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    Getting stranded in a cave during a blizzard is bad. Having to rely on Keith Kogane for warmth is… complicated. Lance survives the night. Figuring out what it meant is another story.

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    29 May 2026

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    “I’m not pretending to date you, Lance. Especially not in front of your whole family. What the fuck?”

    Lance’s lip twitches for just a second before he catches himself, plastering on a smile. “Please?” he asks.

    “I’m not going to–”

    “I’ll be the best boyfriend ever, you’ll just have to play along, man. Please. Please. Please.”

    “Lance,” Keith tries one more time. Because here’s the thing: he wants to say yes, and –

    “Keith,” Lance drawls his name just so, in that way that is so terribly Lance, so familiar, yet still intense enough to send shivers down his spine.

    – and he’s, in recent years, never been good at denying Lance anything for too long.

     

    or: Lance needs a date and Keith’s invitation got lost in the mail (or something like that! Don’t even ask!). They turn out to be really good at this whole pretending thing.

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    14 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 71

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    Whatever crazy visions Lance is apparently having enter the very forefront of his thoughts. First row, VIP-tickets with a meet-and-greet, kiss on the cheek included, the whole package. It’s like a dam inside his mind breaks.

    Keith’s inky black hair shines, flecks of red and the nasty purple streaked into it, his skin nearly glowing, his smile blinding with the slightest sliver of his chipped incisor showing, and have his eyes always been this intensely striking? Have his shoulders always looked this broad?

    In the light, Keith looks more beautiful than ever.

     

    Lance’s stomach sinks with the realization. He thinks he’s gonna hurl. He’s going to throw up everywhere. He’s gonna–

     

    or: Lance gets bitten by a love bug. There’s no way in hell he would ever be into Keith like that.

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    14 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 90

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    “Maybe you could also try getting laid,” Lance continues, as if he’d noticed the tension in the air as well. He must’ve – there’s no way he hadn’t. The air is thick enough to choke them both.

    “Oh, yeah, because everyone’s just lining up to get me to sleep with them,” Keith answers, heavy on the sarcasm. He’s hoping for a rebuttal, for a ‘well, I am’, for something to latch on to.

    “Can’t be too hard for you to find someone with the way you look, man.” Lance vaguely gestures at him. “You just gotta open your eyes.”

     

    or: Keith struggles with leading. Lance struggles with his sexuality. Hooking up solves none of those problems.

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    13 May 2026