Voltron One Shots

Brave Face

Summary: Lance and Keith watch a scary movie together. It's scarier than they expected.

A/N: This is one of the fics that I originally wrote for patreon, but since I recently had to close my patreon because I don't have that much time to write lately I've been reposting them all here so that you guys can read them! 

Trigger warnings: none

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"O- oh, hey" Lance said when he stepped into the common room. It was already the middle of the night, so Lance had expected the room to be empty. So, when Lance found Keith sitting on the middle of the room he was understandable surprised.

Keith looked up from the laptop in front of him in surprise. "Hey" he said, clearly just as surprised as Lance that someone was in there at the late hour. Keith had a blanket wrapped snugly around him and pulled over his head, so only his face and a tuft of hair was peeking out. Lance pinched his lips together, trying not to laugh. He'd never seen Keith like this before. So... relaxed.

"What'cha doin'?" Lance asked. Keith looked slightly embarrassed as he readjusted the blanket on his shoulders.

"Uh, Pidge fixed their laptop charger, so it can connect to the castle's power" Keith said, turning the laptop toward Lance slightly. "They offered to let me use it, so I could have a- a night off from training. You know, to relax" Lance saw a flash of red on the screen as some poor teenage was gutted by a masked man. Lance made a face and leaned away.

"Wh- what are you watching?" Keith laughed shortly.

"All Pidge has is horror movies. Pidge has a- well their movie taste is really... bloody" Keith pulled the blanket lower over his eyes and turned back to the laptop. It illuminated his nose, which was the only part of Keith's face that was visible.

"Wow, I never would've guessed" Lance said seriously. He didn't know what types of movies Pidge watched, but this was nowhere near on the list. Lance hovered awkwardly near the edge of the couch. He didn't know what to do. He knew he couldn't go back to bed, he hadn't been able to fall asleep, but obviously he didn't want to intrude on Keith's movie night. "Uh, well, have- have fun with your movie" Lance said, tapping his knuckles against the back of the couch. He hesitated for another second before turning.

"L- Lance..." Keith stuttered. Lance paused. "Do you... wanna join me?" Lance's eyes brightened. Keith's words literally put a bounce in Lance's step.

"Yeah! Totally!" Lance exclaimed excitedly. "J- just let me uh grab a blanket. You look really... comfy" Lance said, the corner of his mouth quirking up. Keith turned and smiled shyly at Lance. Lance nearly stumbled backward in shock. He'd never seen Keith smile like that. If it wasn't so blindingly adorable it would be almost... creepy.

"Okay" Keith said in a small voice.

Lance was back in the common room in his pajamas and with a fluffy blue blanket draped around his shoulders. Lance settled on the floor, leaning his back against the couch. Keith had started the movie over.

"This movie's really gross" Keith warned.

"What's the story?" Lance asked as the title flashed across the screen. He hadn't had much time to hang out with Keith lately. He was eager to get some time alone with him.

"Uh, there's two teens in the woods and also a murder. Then... they die" Keith said slowly. "Either one of them fakes their death and is secretly the murderer or... the murderer just happens to look just like the kid who dies. The plot's really hard to follow" Lance snorted as he settled down.