[ the concerned look on keith's face stays exactly as until shiro drops the polite brush off and actually gives keith an answer. though keith had been entirely sincere in saying that he doesn't want to avoid anything that shiro's troubled by, he knows the guy carries a lot of demons and he doesn't have the confidence to say he can definitively make anything better.
keith's gaze never leaves shiro's face, but his expression softens with comprehension. as predicted, keith really doesn't know what to say to that. insofar that him and lance have ever talked about the team in that first month when it was just the two of them, they'd both agreed everyone else needed to be back in their reality. certainly the way the others are acting now, keith wouldn't be convinced any of them necessarily miss being a team. miss flying, maybe. miss home, definitely. but the actual team and the purpose the war gave them? keith couldn't say, but probably not.
but taking the focus off of the others, does keith himself miss voltron? "miss" is a tricky word. keith has unfinished business that he wants to see through to the end, but there's sentimental value here that fits a little like a shoe on the wrong foot. keith swallows, drawing a slow circle on the small of shiro''s back. ]
You know nobody can take away everything you've accomplished from you. Or your purpose. You're not AA0021 -- no matter how hard they try. You're Shiro and the leader of Voltron. That'll be true even when the war's won and over.
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keith's gaze never leaves shiro's face, but his expression softens with comprehension. as predicted, keith really doesn't know what to say to that. insofar that him and lance have ever talked about the team in that first month when it was just the two of them, they'd both agreed everyone else needed to be back in their reality. certainly the way the others are acting now, keith wouldn't be convinced any of them necessarily miss being a team. miss flying, maybe. miss home, definitely. but the actual team and the purpose the war gave them? keith couldn't say, but probably not.
but taking the focus off of the others, does keith himself miss voltron? "miss" is a tricky word. keith has unfinished business that he wants to see through to the end, but there's sentimental value here that fits a little like a shoe on the wrong foot. keith swallows, drawing a slow circle on the small of shiro''s back. ]
You know nobody can take away everything you've accomplished from you. Or your purpose. You're not AA0021 -- no matter how hard they try. You're Shiro and the leader of Voltron. That'll be true even when the war's won and over.