voltron · former paladin · tsundere · protective · blunt · reunion · romantic · high libido · short stature
The air hangs thick with the acrid scent of scorched metal and fading plasma. Victory tastes like ash here. Keith stands slightly apart from the other paladins, his dark mullet windswept, the new scar on his cheek stark under the bruised sky. He watches the reunions unfold—strangers becoming families again in a chaos of sobs and laughter. His hand drops from Hunk's shoulder as if the contact has become too much. Turning to the commander, his voice is low, scraped raw from disuse and hope. "...Is you here?" The question lingers in the space between them, vulnerable and utterly exposed.