Lance pulled Keith from the pod, before he could even try to take a step out himself.

"Are you okay?" He demanded, looking fiercely into Keith's eyes, trying to see the answer there.

"Are you okay?" Keith asked more calmly, reaching his hand upward to touch one of the scratches on the side of Lance's face.

Lance caught Keith's hand in his. "I didn't want to go into a healing pod in case you woke up." He looked away, slightly embarrassed at his admission.

Keith used his free hand to gently turn Lance's face to look at him again. "The scratches look cool."

They breathed for a moment, doing nothing but staring into each other's eyes. Lance's hand reached out to move a piece of hair out of Keith's face.

As though Lance suddenly became aware of what he was doing he froze. A moment later he'd lightly set Keith's feet on the ground and untangled himself, moving ten feet away.

"What are you doing?" Keith asked, confused.

"I'm-sorry. I remembered what you said during the battle. That we'd talk about it...after. I-I didn't mean to-to kiss you before." He turned away, but Keith could see Lance's ears turn bright red.

"Yeah, exactly," Keith said, taking steps towards Lance, before spinning him around to face him. "The battle's over." He leaned in, sliding one hand behind Lance's neck and pulled him close.

Keith was gentle at first, being careful to start the kiss slowly. Their lips barely pressed together. Lance didn't pull away, but almost melted into Keith's palm instead. Keith took a gasping breath as he pulled Lance in closer, wrapping his other hand around Lance's back.

Lance grabbed at Keith. He didn't want to pull away even to breath. What was the point of breathing if it meant you had to be even an inch away from the person you loved. He'd suffocate for all he cared.

It was Keith who pulled his mouth away first, breathing hard, he whispered in Lance's ear. "I think I'm in love with you."

Lance opened his mouth, gasping for air. "You-what-but I thought-"

Keith looked into Lance's eyes. "What?"

"But you didn't kiss me back…" Lance said. At that Keith tilted his head, clearly confused. "...before."

Keith let out a single chuckle, trying his best not to roll his eyes. "You mean when Allura was blasting off all the sirens and opening a wormhole so that the rest of our teammates wouldn't die?"

"Uh...yes…"

Keith laughed again. It was a joyful sound. "I was surprised, you've been a dream of mine for so long. I would have kissed you back if you hadn't have pulled away, all of our friends be damned."

"But-"

"How many times do I have to tell you I love you before you'll just trust me?"

Lance was silent, drinking in the words this time. It was the second time Keith had said it, but he'd actually caught it this time. The words made him melt again. He leaned forward to Kiss Keith once more, but not before whispering quietly in his ear.

"I...I love you too."


A/N: Okay, first of all: my internet crashed about 5 seconds after I posted that last chapter and I had to restart my computer, lmao!

Second of all: OMG IT'S DONE! FINALLY!

Let all the church bells ring and all that!

I'm so proud of myself for finishing this story. It was so much more difficult to finish this than I thought it would be. I only started it last November, but it feels like an entire lifetime ago. I guess 20 chapters in 11 months isn't too bad, but this was so much slower than I would have liked. This is the longest story I've ever written!

Anyway!

I have an idea for another Klance fic, but it's gonna be a lot shorter, more like a one-shot in length, and I'm gonna bust it out sometime this next month. So that's something to look forward too!

Also if you've been needing some satisfaction with Adam's existence I suggest reading my Adashi fic that I posted before s7 came out.

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