[ in the immediate aftermoments, it's almost as if shiro hasn't heard keith's declaration. he's still looking up at the stars, grounded in the present like he's never wanted to be. the grit under his hands, the breeze against his cheeks. the silvered sky.
keith's loyalty has been a boon on the battlefield, but here it's a stone chained to his ankle. saving a friend, one thing, forgetting his humanity in the process: another entirely.
it's not the questions that reminds shiro how young keith is. it's the trust.
maybe it would be kinder to accept it, but he won't make a liability of himself. ]
Trusting the unknown isn't what you were trained to do, Keith.
[ yet he looks calm, unruffled. as if it's a lifetime ago, and he's asking about keith's astrophysics homework. ]
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keith's loyalty has been a boon on the battlefield, but here it's a stone chained to his ankle. saving a friend, one thing, forgetting his humanity in the process: another entirely.
it's not the questions that reminds shiro how young keith is. it's the trust.
maybe it would be kinder to accept it, but he won't make a liability of himself. ]
Trusting the unknown isn't what you were trained to do, Keith.
[ yet he looks calm, unruffled. as if it's a lifetime ago, and he's asking about keith's astrophysics homework. ]
You're smarter than that.