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⊕ pew pew ([personal profile] reticule) wrote2020-05-24 10:57 am
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[personal profile] knived 2020-05-29 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
( well, lance should know that once keith decides to move forward with something, it's going to happen. there are no takebacks in his kingdom. if they're going to actually try this, they need to talk about it.

sure, it's more awkward that way, but... as close friends as they might be, there's a line they haven't crossed. they haven't even talked about this kind of thing before even in relation to other people. so, yeah. it's awkward at every and any angle it's looked at.

but, okay. this isn't just awkward for him, he has to put his leader pants on and try and make lance comfortable, too. shiro would know how to deal with this better and say something inspirational or whatever. but, keith's never been big on that and is very much a realist. )


Hey, it's not just me, you know. Your comfort matters just as much as mine.

( this time he does stand up and crosses over to him. just out of arm's reach so he doesn't crowd him or make him feel like this is something aggressive, but more of an outreach, kind of, to show he's there. )

We can do it now if you're okay with it.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-05-29 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
( oh, so. okay. right now then.

keith doesn't know what he was expecting from that, but well. he certainly got it, didn't he? before he even looks at lance's properly, he turns his his bracelet and pulls up his card. fair is fair. but, then he gives lance's a good look. if it's any consolation, his face is flushed because this is kind of still embarrassing. )


Well, we have eleven in common. So, that might be good news?

( keith. none of? this???? is GOOD NEWS???

he groans and rubs his hand over his face. )


I don't even know what some of these are, Lance.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-05-29 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, that's almost half...

( statistically, that is good, isn't it? that'll make things a little easier? maybe? god. he honestly doesn't know. nothing is going to make this easier. even when they were both tainted with space hornies it wasn't easier to talk about.

is it just going to be weird this whole time? maybe it was a mistake. if they can't even talk about it without feeling awkward and weird, maybe it' just a lost cause? ugh. he doesn't know. he doesn't know anything.

anyway, he inwardly sighs a little and wonders how they're going to get through this. the bracelet gets turned off and he nods because that does seem the safest at the moment. if they can't touch each other in such a tame way, how is anything else going to work? )


Right, simple. ( he looks at lance 🥺 ) How do you want to do it?

( heh )
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[personal profile] knived 2020-05-31 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
( at this point there probably isn't any way to return to "normal." the conversation's already been brought up, so that's already tipped the scales. nevermind how things went their first night here. so.

yeah.

anyway.

keith glances over his shoulder toward the bed, stares at it, shifts his gaze to kosmo who doesn't offer any kind of help, then looks back at lance. he shrugs and moves away to begin taking his armor off. )


Okay.

( he pauses for a second and looks at the bed again. )

We should probably be careful on that thing. ( 🤔 ) Maybe try and steal a couple more blankets to put the mattress on? Knowing this place I think it might break suddenly.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-03 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
( if the arguments they've had int he past isn't enough to shake their friendship, surely this won't be either.

lol.

after getting his armor off, keith stands there looking at the bed with his hands on his hips. he should've thought ahead or even just thought about this a little bit more. oh well. he scrunches up the blankets he'd put on so they're balled up in the middle and then he just shoves the mattress until it starts to tip off the other side. he manages to catch it before everything falls off and then he kicks the bedframe out of the way. it wobbles and makes a horrible cracking noise, but somehow still stays together. but, it gets dragged out of the way and the mattress put in the same place and keith goes through the process of "making" the bed again. )


I guess we can break down the frame and use some of it for firewood.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-05 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
( yeah, this is going to be awkward no matter which way they do it. especially starting in such a strange way; a scheduled cuddling. it's weird, right?

then again, keith doesn't really have any idea how this sort of thing works. do people schedule this kind of thing? maybe. whatever. he needs to stop thinking about this so much, that isn't like him. he's just gotta do this.

it's fine.

so, he gets on the bed and lays there stiff as a board. no, jk. he does lay on his back, though, because he's not sure if they're going front to back or front to front. back to back doesn't seem reasonable for cuddling. he lifts a brow at lance, almost challenging in nature. that's closer to normal, at least. they can both understand that much. )


Your hair's getting pretty long, too, you know.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-06 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
( keith just hums in response, because what does that even mean. lance is gonna have his own mini-mullet soon enough. it'll be fun. keith will finally be able to make fun of him for it.

but, okay. so. this is really happening. indeed.

indeed, indeed, indeed, indeed.

he wets his lips for a second — definitely not out of nervousness, shut up — and shakes his head. does he have a preference? not really. he's never done this kind of thing with another human before so, he has no idea what might be best or what he might like best. kosmo just lets keith flop all over him so that doesn't help all that much. he's probably staring at lance for too long without saying anything while being this close together so he just shifts on his side to turn his back to lance. )


Might be less awkward if we're not facing each other.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-07 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
( no, it's... really not the best phrasing in this situation, but it's also kind of expected? in a way? because this is really awkward and there's not much to be done to diffuse the situation until they manage to get used to touching each other in a more intimate sort of way.

and, really, this is the most innocent of ways.

keith tries to be relaxed, but he's not. his entire body is tense as he waits for lance to tuck right on in against him... but that doesn't really happen. he can feel him there, hovering sort of, and his arm is there so they're sort of touching. but, this feels... not great? this can't be right. so, keith huffs a sigh and backs up so they're completely flush up against one another. he's pretty sure they have to do more than just lance's arm slung over him for it to count for anything. )


Pretty sure we have to actually touch for it to work, Lance.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-07 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
( yeah, okay. sure he was. but, keith would agree that yes, this is really weird. although... keith's thinking it for kind of different reasons. because at least for keith, and not that he'd ever say this about himself, but he is more or less touch-starved. it's never been something easy for him to do, and for a long time shiro was the only one who would constantly reach out to him. but, he'd like to think that at least he and lance were heading in that direction? unless he was imagining the whole thing, but he's pretty sure their friendship was getting stronger — floating in space fight notwithstanding.

keith just stares out into the dark room at the opposite wall, seeing but not really seeing anything as he gets used to the weight of lance's arm around him and the press of his body behind him. maybe the weirdest thing of all is that even though this is awkward, is that it doesn't feel so strange to do this. not to keith, anyway. he doesn't mind it. )


Yeah. ( his tone is low, not a whisper or anything, but definitely something to not disturbe the stillness of the moment. ) I'm okay. What about you?
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-08 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
( no, they can't change the things that have happened, no matter how many times keith kind of wishes he could go back and change a bunch of things throughout his life. all they can do is just pull their socks up and move forward.

keith inhales a deep breath and as he exhales it, he closes his eyes. he's tired in that way where it's down to his bones, but he knows he's not going to sleep for a while. much in the way that his mind is blank, but still he's thinking about too much. he shifts his hands a little to tuck closer beneath his chin which only draws lance's hand closer to his chest. )


Yeah.

( helpful, really. but, he kind of doesn't know what to say. should they talk about something? would that make it even weirder? unintentionally he shifts a little against him. )

I hope we get some new clothes out of this.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-11 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
( on the other side of things, keith's always been one for silence. he prefers it, always has and likely always will. there's something calming about it for him. he doesn't look too deeply into it or anything, especially because in doing that it'll just show him a life's montage of how utterly lonely it's been for him and the last thing keith is prone to is self-reflection.

unfortunately, in spite of how i would like for the conversation to go, keith doesn't have the proclivities to understand that kind of THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID type jokes, even though that's what the situation warrants. alas, poor yurak.

instead, he focuses on the feel of lance's thumb rubbing over his skin and sighs softly. and with that exhale comes keith finally — completely — relaxing against the bed. his eyes fall closed and at first he just hums in response, thinking about it but also not really thinking about it at all. then; )


I'd settle for a t-shirt and jeans at this point.
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-12 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
( it should probably be a little strange to him for this kind of thing to happen, that he's so relaxed with lance. but, that's probably natural, isn't it? to be relaxed with your friends that this kind of touching is okay. maybe it's keith who's the weird one, unable to really know how to properly have friends.

but, he's trying. at least he's more used to it now and not freaking out and making this any weirder than it already is. )


But that's all I really wear. How would I dream bigger than that?
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[personal profile] knived 2020-06-12 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
( idk have they? according to lance, he doesn't remember 😒 so how's he supposed to know what they have or haven't done, huh?

this is just definitely different for keith.

but....





he doesn't hate it. )


I don't wear that kind of stuff, though. ( keith yawns and sort of nuzzles down a little and inadvertantly does so against their hands. ) What even are robes for?

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