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The Unseen, the Unsaid, and the Understood by ImaginationCubed (SidewaysPachinko)
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
12 Aug 2025
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Life was just an equation, an existence full of formulas. All James needed to do was put the right pieces together and everything would work as planned. Yeah, those pieces might not fit together easily, or even at all, but at the end of the day it was just what he had to do. After all, it wasn’t as if society was about to make exceptions for him specifically. Especially when that ill-fitting cog in the machine happened to be himself.
So, of course Keith had to throw a wrench in the machine. It wasn’t easy playing a part he was never going to fit into, molding himself into the picture perfect son and student, but it was an unspoken agreement they all unwillingly signed when coming into the world, right? The one that required them to fit in at all costs, even at the sake of their individuality?
But that meant nothing to Keith. He was able to pretend he wasn't the opposite of what the world wanted him to be, as if he was okay carving out his own personal path that no one else would use. Loneliness didn't perturb him, no. Though, it wasn't as if Keith cared for rules in the first place. Breaking some more was nothing new.
This strange pull to keep being around Keith though? That was new.
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15 Feb 2025
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Maybe it wouldn’t be such a problem, he thinks, if he could just tell Lance the truth. Maybe, he thinks, then Lance would understand. And he wouldn’t get so pissed at him for almost accidentally killing himself once a week. Maybe it would be easier, if he could just be a little more honest with them both.
But the thing is, it’s not easy. If things were easy, Keith wouldn’t be out on the training deck every night until he’s so exhausted that he can’t see straight—until he reaches that point of fading out of focus just long enough for the gladiator to sweep his legs out from under him. And if things had an easy explanation, then he wouldn’t need Lance to patch him up in the hours where all of their friends are asleep. And he wouldn’t be bleeding. And he wouldn’t be hurting.
_Keith tries to navigate leadership and the messy concept of love in all of its forms—all while trying to keep the darkest, buried secrets from his past from bubbling back to the surface. It doesn’t go as well as you might expect.
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- Part 1 of echoes in the dark 'verse
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03 Dec 2023
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If he was allowed, he’d give Momoya-kun so many kisses. On his cheeks and nose and the back of his hands too. The tips of his fingers and his palms.
If only he was allowed, he would love Momoya-kun the best anyone had ever loved someone.
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- Part 1 of Momoyoshi Hours
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06 Nov 2023
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when he turns nineteen, he falls in love.
okay, scratch that – he's not sure what love is. but this doesn't stop him from trying to understand, because it feels different from all the books he's read and everything he's heard from anyone else.
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in which the sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.
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05 Nov 2023
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“You like it when I pull your hair,” Lance says, not really a question.
Too much, Keith thinks. “You're really good at it,” he says instead.
“Tell me how much you like it.”
Confidence is a good look on him. He looks so attractive, half of his face side-lit with a yellow glow. The more familiar Keith becomes with the shape of his mouth, the more holy it seems. Keith, an atheist from the moment he took his first breath, finds something mystical in the practice of watching Lance's lips twitch.
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08 Oct 2023