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Call me basic but obliviously jealous Shiro will always, always be one of my favourite #sheith tropes.
Just imagining Shiro not realising his feelings for Keith until he’s getting swarms of attention and being approached by suitors left and right.
Just imagining Shiro not realising his feelings for Keith until he’s getting swarms of attention and being approached by suitors left and right.
At first he’s just telling himself that he wants to protect Keith cause he’s /Keith/ and he deserves the very best.
And if it just so happens to be that there’s absolutely no one in this universe deserving of Keith, well... that’s just life then.
And if it just so happens to be that there’s absolutely no one in this universe deserving of Keith, well... that’s just life then.
It starts off pretty subtle, just sort of developing this habit of floating in Keith’s space - more often than he already does, at least.
Those casual shoulder touches becoming increasingly frequent whenever someone has the sheer audacity to flirt with him.
Those casual shoulder touches becoming increasingly frequent whenever someone has the sheer audacity to flirt with him.
And sometimes if they don’t get it, Shiro will glare daggers at them from behind Keith’s back just to really hammer that message across.
Cause that’s normal right? If Keith thinks of him as a brother, that’s just what brothers do isn’t it?? He’s just protecting Keith.
Cause that’s normal right? If Keith thinks of him as a brother, that’s just what brothers do isn’t it?? He’s just protecting Keith.
Which is why when one particularly memorable blue alien comes into the picture, takes a single glimpse at Shiro, and then promptly apologises for not knowing that the two of them were a “mated pair”, it comes as a pretty big shock.
Keith chokes on his drink at the assumption and he very rapidly turns this endearing shade of red.
Shiro’s hand tightens on Keith’s shoulder by reflex and asks if he’s alright.
And as for the alien, he scurries off before the two of them could even muster a reply.
Shiro’s hand tightens on Keith’s shoulder by reflex and asks if he’s alright.
And as for the alien, he scurries off before the two of them could even muster a reply.
So perhaps that’s how the rumours begin. Shiro picks up on them pretty quickly because they’re not exactly subtle.
But no. Shiro is /not/ fucking Keith.
But no. Shiro is /not/ fucking Keith.
One day, after running into a gaggle of cadets giggling ship names for them, Shiro takes desperate measures and seeks out Matt.
Matthew Holt, as it turns out, hasn’t changed a single bit since their Garrison days.
For he merely smacks Shiro on the back of his head and tells him to “get your shit together, Shirogane” before leaving to find Pidge.
Shiro doesn’t get it. Which is not exactly helpful.
For he merely smacks Shiro on the back of his head and tells him to “get your shit together, Shirogane” before leaving to find Pidge.
Shiro doesn’t get it. Which is not exactly helpful.
And he finds himself thinking about what Matt could’ve meant all through that day.
Up until he’s finished his final report and heads to the showers, only to run into Keith, who’s currently clad in a low hanging towel and still has water cascading down his muscled back and /oh/-
Up until he’s finished his final report and heads to the showers, only to run into Keith, who’s currently clad in a low hanging towel and still has water cascading down his muscled back and /oh/-
So /that’s/ what Matt meant...
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