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lovingly roasted with a side of meme

Summary:

The ups and downs of college, soft Klance, Shiro's classic gallows humor, High School Musical references, healthy communication in relationships, sibling roasting, and realistic portrayals of mental illness and chronic health issues, all told through a series of group chats and text messages? You betcha! (the writing gets much longer and deeper after the first few chapters, fyi)

The surprisingly emotional college/grad school group chat format fic no one asked for, but deserved to be written. Featuring college students Keith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge, Shay, and Romelle, and dying grad students Shiro, Matt, and Allura.

Notes:

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Chapter 1: one week till doomsday

Summary:

The gang realizes just how close the new school year is, typos are made, roasting ensues, and no one is allowed to die of old age yet.

FOR REFERENCE:

Shiro: 24, grad student in astrophysics
Matt: 23, grad student in computational biology
Allura: 24, grad student in law school
Keith: 21, college senior, majoring in astronomy
Lance: 21, college senior, majoring in marine biology
Hunk: 21, college senior, majoring in mechanical engineering
Shay: 21, college senior, pre-med - formerly English
Pidge: 20, college junior, majoring in physics and computer engineering
Romelle: coming later in the fic!

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

pidgeotto added lancinglights, kogayness, mattatta, takashishirogone, alluring, and hunkerdink to the chat

pidgeotto changed the group name to T MINUS ONE WEEK RIP IN PIECES

pidgeotto: WHAT’S UP YOU HEATHENS ARE YOU READY FOR THE SEMESTER

lancinglights: nO!!!!! PIDGE WHY

lancinglights: I’m not ready to think about school yet

pidgeotto: too bad

mattatta: so sad

alluring: alexa play despacito

takashishirogone: n o

kogayness: don’t you mean despashiro

takashishirogone: KEITH, NO

kogayness: Keith YES

lancinglights: dessssssspaaaaaaSHIROOOO

takashishirogone: that was ONE TIME

takashishirogone: i’m too old for this

mattatta: i’m too old for your FACE

takashishirogone: matt what does that even MEAN

pidgeotto: “what do u meme”

mattatta: shut ur fuck

pidgeotto: MOM MATT TOLD ME TO SHUT UP

mattatta: hdhshsjsjl it’s not like mom can HEAR U

pidgeotto: it’s the principle of the thing

kogayness: hang on

kogayness: Matt said the fuck word and that’s not the most relevant thing to tattle on him with??

takashishirogone: “the fuck word”

alluring: “the fuck word”

lancinglights: “the fuck word”

kogayness: LISTEN

pidgeotto: “the fuck word”

kogayness: shut ur fuck

hunkerdink: what did I just walk into

lancinglights: HUNK

lancinglights: MY MAN

hunkerdink: hi Lance :)

hunkerdink: what is UP my dudes

lancinglights: oh you know just UTTERLY PANICKING ABOUT THE NEW SEMESTER

hunkerdink: o fuck

lancinglights: exactly

hunkerdink: SHAY

hunkerdink added shayliens to the group

shayliens: WHAT

hunkerdink: SCHOOL

shayliens: oh shit u right

shayliens: AAAAAAAAAAHHHH

hunkerdink: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

lancinglights: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAH

kogayness: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

shayliens: what happened to the summer???? wasn’t May just, like, yesterday?

pidgeotto: It sure feels like it

pidgeotto: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

pidgeotto: I didn’t even get to finish working on Rover

pidgeotto: and with school starting next week it’s gonna take FOREVER now

mattatta: i can help

pidgeotto: shut up you’re like a hundred years old

pidgeotto: you have a job

mattatta: I’M TWENTY THREE YOU CRETIN

takashishirogone: oh god we’re old

alluring: No we are NOT

alluring: Matt. Kashi. We are literally still in grad school.

takashishirogone: ANCIENT

alluring: NO,

kogayness: it’s okay Shiro, I’ll juggle flaming swords at your funeral like you always secretly wanted

takashishirogone: Keith what the actual fuck

lancinglights: no, let him speak

lancinglights: I want to hear more

alluring: WE AREN’T EVEN TWENTY-FIVE YET

alluring: NO ONE IS DYING

alluring: but someone might if we don’t all go to bed soon

alluring: it’s Late™

lancinglights: did Allura just use a TRADEMARK

kogayness: oh my god they really are dying

alluring: SHUT

shayliens: lmao I’m going to bed guys

shayliens: night

hunkerdink: Night Shay! Love you!

shayliens: love you too babe!

takashishirogone: we should all go to sleep

pidgeotto: never

pidgeotto: sleep is for the WEAK

mattatta: go to bed u heathen or I’ll call dad and tell him you’re up in the attic pulling an all nighter

pidgeotto: HOW DARE

mattata: SLEEP

pidgeotto: FINE FUCK YOU

pidgeotto: GOODNIGHT

lancinglights: Night Keith, apple of my eye, light of my life, peanut butter to my jelly time,

kogayness: Night you meme loving avocado

alluring: Night!

takashishirogone: Goodnight!

mattatta: don’t let the bed bugs bite!

alluring: MATT.

mattata: KIDDING GOODNIGHT