Batshitcrazee - Overwhelming Sense Of Dread™

Gen z culture is being unsure if your parents are borderline abusive or just shitty

its RUNAWAYSTUCK TIME feat. roxy

Lil’ Keith & Hugs

So we can all pretty much agree that after Keith’s dad died, he became very touch-starved.

After he was admitted to the system not a lot of people hugged him. He remembers a social worker hugging him when meeting him in a hospital after a fight; he remembers a teacher loosely wrapping her arms around him when she sees his black eye; he remembers a girl in 2nd grade hugging him because her mom told her to “hug the disheveled boy who’s parents didn’t come to parent day.”

None of them were genuine in their hugs.

More and more he missed his dad’s hugs. His dad’s big, strong arms hugging him so tight — almost to the point where he couldn’t breathe, but close. In a big scary world, it was the one place Keith felt safe. Felt happy. Felt secure.

That feeling was lost for years.

Until he meets Shiro.

The first time Shiro hugs him is about a month after he starts living with him and Adam. Shiro’s gentle at first, but instantly Keith is reminded of his dad and he hugs Shiro back as tight as he possibly can.

Because in the same ways, Shiro is big. His arms are big and strong and he squeezes tightly — not too tightly that he can’t breathe — but enough that he feels secure. Shiro’s warm in the same way his dad was. And when Keith is held in his arms, he’s happy.

He’s safe.

He’s secure.

He’s at home, once more.

jealousy, jealousy

i have this headcanon thing going on that baring your teeth and/or hissing or growling is like the mega offense in Galra culture. it’s like blatantly giving someone the middle finger but worse?? it’s the definition of disrespectful and it likely will start a fight if you bare your fangs to the wrong Galra.

Keith is much like Krolia in the way that they both simply just… do it. they don’t realize they do it sometimes, but they will bare their fangs at any minor inconvenience or irritation.

it doesn’t affect most of the team Voltron, but Allura and Coran know enough to at least raise an eyebrow at this. they can tell that they both don’t realize they’re doing it. keith especially.

lance finds it endearing, in a way. he’s like an angry kitty cat.

pidge said something similar to keith once so he attempted to smother them with a pillow

shiro probably gently scolds keith about it when he learns the connotations. his little brother is being rude stop it, that’s not allowed

The idea of Keith baring his fangs (which he definitely has) while hissing at someone like a cat lives in my head rent free.