[ oh. so is that what they’re doing? shiro didn’t realize they were one-upping each other with who has the more pathetic sex life. this isn’t the right environment for this kind of heart to heart. with a clearer mind, shiro would be able to empathize with how keith’s youth is being robbed – has been robbed. shiro lacks a lot of the in depth details of keith’s adolescence and early teens, but coming from a single-parent home to a no-parent home is beyond shiro’s comprehension. difficult is putting it too lightly; shiro will never fully understand how trying those years had to be. and everything that’s come after? from the fallout of kerberos to voltron to here… – life has been equal parts unkind and unfair to keith.
just as it has been to shiro. so keith’s snotty attitude? shiro bristles, slightly, in the face of it, immediately thinking of how many times he’s almost died. sure, he wouldn’t have died a virgin, but he has a slew of other things that could be said. almost died being known as a failure to all of earth. almost died as a circus monkey to a roaring crowd. almost died as a false, maybe paladin. see, he can do it too.
don’t get mad. the self-soothing lacks its usual stability and he barely recognizes it for what it is. he’s frustrated, but perhaps not for this sick competition keith’s started. he’s more frustrated at keith being frustrated, because to shiro, it seems unwarranted. this is fixable. this is something easily dealt with. so: ]
Why are you so upset? [ it’s genuine in curiosity, but the careful tact is missing. it comes out without measure, sounding huffy and exasperated. ] It’s not like that had to be your first.
[ face tipped toward keith, shiro watches him chomp through one hard chew and then sits properly again. actually, no, he doesn’t. he sits up and hardly pauses before hunching his weight forward, resting his forearms on the table to lean into them. ]
You always do this [ wrinkles his nose, looking at his hands. ] You count yourself out before you give yourself a chance. You're better than that.
[ always isn’t a fair assessment. but his words are also slightly slurred, so wide, sweeping generalizations are the best he can manage right now. ]
You could have any guy in here if you put the tiniest of effort into it. [ if meaningless hook-ups is something keith wants. he frowns deeper at that. what happened to keith’s goal of putting himself out there? did one bad crush have keith now thinking he’ll be stuck alone forever? idiot. ]
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just as it has been to shiro. so keith’s snotty attitude? shiro bristles, slightly, in the face of it, immediately thinking of how many times he’s almost died. sure, he wouldn’t have died a virgin, but he has a slew of other things that could be said. almost died being known as a failure to all of earth. almost died as a circus monkey to a roaring crowd. almost died as a false, maybe paladin. see, he can do it too.
don’t get mad. the self-soothing lacks its usual stability and he barely recognizes it for what it is. he’s frustrated, but perhaps not for this sick competition keith’s started. he’s more frustrated at keith being frustrated, because to shiro, it seems unwarranted. this is fixable. this is something easily dealt with. so: ]
Why are you so upset? [ it’s genuine in curiosity, but the careful tact is missing. it comes out without measure, sounding huffy and exasperated. ] It’s not like that had to be your first.
[ face tipped toward keith, shiro watches him chomp through one hard chew and then sits properly again. actually, no, he doesn’t. he sits up and hardly pauses before hunching his weight forward, resting his forearms on the table to lean into them. ]
You always do this [ wrinkles his nose, looking at his hands. ] You count yourself out before you give yourself a chance. You're better than that.
[ always isn’t a fair assessment. but his words are also slightly slurred, so wide, sweeping generalizations are the best he can manage right now. ]
You could have any guy in here if you put the tiniest of effort into it. [ if meaningless hook-ups is something keith wants. he frowns deeper at that. what happened to keith’s goal of putting himself out there? did one bad crush have keith now thinking he’ll be stuck alone forever? idiot. ]