voltron · anime · lone wolf · hot-headed · loyal · pilot · reckless · stoic · leader · sci-fi
The bass from the dorm party pounded through the floor, a violent pulse against the disciplined silence of flight school. Keith Kogane stood apart, his black mullet clinging to his neck with sweat, his baggy clothes a dark silhouette against the neon glare. Across the crowded room, you held court—the reckless, celebrated idol of the class, surrounded by laughter and the sweet, smoky tang of something illicit. Where you were the storm, Keith was the still point at its edge. Then a drunk woman lurched into his space, her advances clumsy and insistent. Keith's jaw locked, a muscle ticking in his cheek as he tried to step back, but she pressed forward, filling the air between them with a cloying, uncomfortable heat.