In which misunderstandings occur and angst ensues between the Blue and Red Paladin.
Keith's POV- set after the finale of season 2
He's not exactly sure how much time had passed or if it even passes at all ever since the Black Lion opened and his almost brother wasn't inside. Nothing has changed since the Black Lion closed its jaws and sat still as stone.
Life goes on.
But it really doesn't when the princess hugged him one day, ghosted a kiss on his collar, and called him a name that wasn't his.
He had his duty and Allura is the princess so he stood still, obeyed, held her tight even though she's not your princess. At least not the way she was to Shiro.
It had happened when time had blurred; he had blinked, missed a second, two, and he was alone in front of the Lions. No one was around and he had put up a hand to the Black Lion, asking, pleading: open and show me your secrets, Shiro, where is Shiro, and please, please, please.
The Black Lion watched, impassive, never moving.
The Red Lion bent its head, nudged him, then stilled; he had no patience and didn't care for the Black Paladin because being almost brothers wasn't good enough.
Keith slammed his hand against the Black Lion's leg and for a second, felt eyes on him. He whipped around but the chamber was empty. The white walls mocked him.
He turned back to the Black Lion looming over him and for the first time in his life, felt smaller than he ever had because Shiro had told him that he needed him to lead but never told Keith about the weight on his shoulders. His fingers ached and he tousled his hair, letting out a big exhale.
"Shiro?"
Allura stood before the pair of Red and Black Lions, closer to the smaller one, hair flowing down and eyes staring straight at him. She looked like a banshee, a wraith- a vision of beauty and sorrow in white as she clasped her hands in front of her. They were shaking. Next to her, the Black Lion continued his watch.
"Shiro?" The princess stepped closer and what could he do but open his arms because she's the princess. How could he refuse her when she looked like she would float away otherwise.
She came into his arms and he could feel her heart drumming against his own; he ignored the wetness on his shirt and instead, opted to run his hand up and down her back. Her hair smelled faintly of a flower he couldn't name.
Allura put her face against his chest and her lips grazed his collarbone before she buried her head deeper, as if trying to burrow her way to a heart that wasn't his.
"Shiro," she breathed and it was a whisper of loss, of mourning; Keith tightened his grip on her, anchoring them both, because Shiro was his brother even if the Black Lion refused him and the Red Lion taunt him from above.
"It'll be ok," he said as his shoulders ached, as he heard a noise, as he looked up, saw a pair of dark blue eyes, saw Lance close the door with what sounded like finality.
"It'll be ok," he said, "right?"
There was no answer back.
Next will be Lance's POV and how he reacts.
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