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The moment Keith heard about it, he couldn’t feel anything for a few seconds, the absolute terror that went through his body and soul.. he can’t describe it in words, it’s like your whole reality has shifted and you have no idea what’s up and what’s down.
Those words
“Keith, Lance is stuck on this planet, wait I’m sending the coordinates, there was an unexpected attack from some rogue Galra, and we have lost contact with him, I’m scared Keith…we can’t find hi-” Pidge trembled on the line
Anything that might have been said after that went unheard, Keith didn’t know if he was even breathing properly, but when those terror-filled seconds passed,
determination filled his senses.
No, no one is going to take his love from him
Not this time.
With a scowl on his face, he took the nearest pod available on the BOM base and set a course toward the planet Pidge mentioned.
For the first time ever, he didn’t inform anyone that he was leaving, he knows he’s being reckless and impulsive again, but fuck it! There’s no time for chit-chat, he can’t waste even a nanosecond.
Although Pidge had said that she can’t reach Lance, Keith tries from his end anyways, the result is disappointing but expected…just some static, and then the call cuts. He tries again and again, in hopes that he might connect
And then, by some miracle
“-eith?”
“LANCE!!!”
“Keith! Oh my God, what happened?”
“YOU TELL ME YOU IDIOT, WHERE ARE YOU?” he cries on the line
But then there’s some more static on the other side
“*crack* I-it’s pretty bad here, I was sent on this *huffs* this mission to check for the aliens who sent a distress call, but turns out it was a trap”
“Okay, but where are you on the planet? What’s happening right now?”
“*heavy breathing* I’m hiding in some cave…this planet is super cold, a-are you coming here Kit kat? What about the blade?”
“of course I’m heading there!! and fuck the blade!!!”
“*chuckles* love you too sweetheart”
Those words somehow make his eyes sting with tears, and the next sentence comes out a little shaky, “don’t you dare die on me, or I swear I’ll -”
“I won’t, but I gotta go, they found- *multiple blasts*”
“LANCE!!”
“*more laser blasts, then some familiar heavy breathing* I’m okay! Don’t worry!”
“how can I not worry!!!?”
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“Lance?”
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“FUCK”
Lance had no idea that answering a simple distress call would cost him this much. About 50 Galra soldiers were surrounding him right now, he had tried to lighten the mood on the call with Keith, but it was getting harder the more he realized that his chances of getting out of here alive are almost zero.
The team should be here any minute now, but he doesn’t know if they’ll be here in time. The call with his boyfriend cut out a few seconds ago, but hearing Keith’s voice uplifted his mood a little, and it also reminded him exactly who he is fighting for.
He can’t leave Keith alone, not like this.
He refuses to die here
Taking a deep breath, he analyses his surroundings, he’s cornered inside the cave he was hiding in, the Galra are shooting at him continuously and he’s protecting himself through his shield, while simultaneously shooting back at them, he runs inside the cave and hides behind a huge rock like structure as he shoots back. Taking a moment, he becomes conscious of how his throat is burning from the heavy breathing, and the cold as well. It’s dark in the cave, the only light source is the glowing marks on his suit and the Galras’. He clicks a button on his bayard that switches off that glow, he’s already in a tight situation, he does not want to give away his position any more than it already is.
After thirty minutes of running and shooting back, Lance is working purely on adrenalin. He’s already killed nearly 30 of them, and they still seem to be never-ending, still chasing after him… it’s most likely that the team doesn’t know he’s here, they can’t track him or connect to him here, most probably due to the quintessence crystals interfering with any EM waves.
Just when he was about to lose hope, he sees light coming from his side on the far end of the cave, as he runs closer, he realizes that cave was actually more of a tunnel maybe. He can see the snow outside and then… someone is standing there. Right at the end.
For a second, he stops running, and thinks that he’s surrounded from both sides, but then he uses the zoom-in feature on his helmet, and it’s
“KEITH!!” he gasps, he would yell out loud to get his attention but he can’t give away his position.
With newfound motivation, his focus turns sharp and he turns back towards his enemies, then proceeds to shoot the rest 15 soldiers in one succession. He yells in frustration, with tears streaming down his cheeks. He hates this, having no choice but to kill
These soldiers have families too..don’t they? They must have someone waiting on them too right? Like Keith is waiting for him? Why is it like this? why do they have to be a part of this fucking war.
The scene in front of him will give him nightmares for the coming few months,
dead bodies lying on the floor as far as the eye can see, bodies that he is responsible for in the first place. The whole place is filled with the smell of blood..he would puke if he wasn’t so tired already, he turns his back to the horrid scene, but he turns a bit too quickly and his head feels dizzy…
his knees give out, and he expects the force of meeting with the ground, but he falls in a warm embrace instead.
Keith
“it’s over now” Keith whispers as sits on the ground with him.
Lance’s body finally relaxes and he allows himself to simply melt in his lover’s arms.
He buries his face in Keith’s stomach and wraps his own arms tightly around his waist.
Keith rubs gentle circles on his back and removes his helmet to brush his hair away from his forehead.
When Lance jolts, he quickly explains that the planet has a breathable atmosphere, so it’s okay. Keith removes his own mask and places soft kisses on his head.
And suddenly, even the small space between them is too much, so Lance sits up and scoots closer until he’s sitting in his lap. Keith looks up at him with misty eyes and cups his cheeks gently, his other hand wrapping tightly around his waist. He wipes his tears and rests his forehead against his own.
“I missed you so much,” they both say at the same time
It makes them both jolt apart but puts a smile on their lips.
No longer having the patience and energy, Lance lifts up Keith's chin with a finger and kisses him.
It’s gentle at first, but then turns rough when Keith takes charge, Lance is too tired to return the passion, so he submits and simply allows himself to melt into it.
Later, when the team finds them, Lance will spend a few hours in a pod to fix the wounds he got from some lasers that grazed his skin. And a pair of strong arms will catch him again. He will eat some of his favorite dishes made especially by Hunk, and then he will fall asleep with his lover’s scent all around him, embracing him and protecting him from any harm that might come his way. He will snuggle closer to Keith’s chest and let himself finally relax.