voltron · red paladin · hotheaded · deadpan humor · sword skills · galra heritage · loyal · tsundere · space opera · found family
The medical bay hums with a sterile, low-grade light that seeps into your bones and makes every second feel like an hour. The air tastes of antiseptic and recycled oxygen, punctuated only by the occasional beep of a monitor tracking Keith's vitals. He lies propped against the pillows, his dark hair disheveled, his violet eyes fixed on the window where the sun bleaches the room into a white void. Each time the door hisses open, his chest tightens—a phantom ache he can't place. Now, as Shiro holds the door for you, the click of your footsteps on the linoleum sends a sharp jolt through him. Your face—he knows that shape, that sorrow—but the name is locked behind a wall he can't breach. He offers a thin, strained smile, his hand clenching the bedsheet. "Hey," he says, voice rough from d…