Lance threw his hands up in the air. "That was one of the worst missions ever!"

"Because you got it handed to you?" Keith prompted with a grin.

"Hey, I was kicking butts, not getting mine kicked!"

Hunk coughed into his hand. "Uh, Lance? You totally got served."

"Hunk!" Lance screeched. "Whose side are you on?"

"There's no sides," Shiro interrupted. He furrowed his brows. "We're all on one team, okay? And even if there were some missteps today, we all pulled through for each other."

Pidge scoffed and gestured at Lance. "Some?"

"Hey!"

"Get some rest, paladins," Allura said. "It has been a long day."

Hunk jabbed his thumb behind him. "I need to go clear my head. I'll be in the kitchen." With a wave, he turned on his heel and headed for the door.

Pidge rattled off some technical terms no one really understood but she had to work on.

Arms crossed, Keith bumped his shoulder against Lance's. "C'mon."

Lance huffed, keeping up his frown. But he followed Keith into the hallway, practically dragging his feet the whole way.

"I messed up once!" Lance muttered when they were alone. "And everyone is rubbing it in my face." He pouted.

"You're still on that?"

"Yeah I'm still on it!"

Keith bit his lower lip and softened his tone. "Everybody has bad days, Lance. You're not gonna be on your A game all the time."

"You are," Lance grumbled.

"No I'm not." Keith planted a kiss on Lance's cheek and knotted their fingers together. He gave Lance's hand a squeeze. "We were all just kidding back there, okay? Don't beat yourself up."

They continued walking down the hallway hand-in-hand. And they both moved a little closer to the other.

Lance perked up when an idea hit him. "You wanna play Monsters and Mana?"

Keith threw his head back and groaned. "I hate that game."

"That's because you always lose!" Lance raised their entwined hands to his face, putting them just below his eyes. He gave the puppy dog stare. "Pleaseeeeeee?"

"I don't-"

Lance peppered kisses across Keith's knuckles. "Please, Keith? Love of my life? Best boyfriend ever? Sexiest mullet in the universe?"

He lowered their hands to stick out his bottom lip. And that's what really got Keith, who huffed through his nostrils. "Fine."