#adiro

he’s interviewed by every news station ever, and he warns them of the dangers coming

he gives lance’s and hunk’s families their messages, and starts writing a proposal for the galaxy garrison to start working on defensive tech

but first, he takes a day off

he goes on a nice date with colleen, and they’re happy. it’s cute as fuck. leave me alone

on their way back, he tells colleen he has a quick errand to run

“it won’t take long, i promise”

he drives to a nearby apartment complex. fifth floor, room 509

he knocks, and adam opens it

“sam?” adam’s seen the interviews, and he’s been waiting for sam to pay him a visit. the two knew each other, and sam had come over multiple times with his son to talk to shiro

before shiro left, adam and shiro definitely shared an apartment

sam comes in, the two sit on the couch, and sam pulls out one more audio letter out of his pocket

“someone... wanted me to give you this”

adam takes it with trembling hands, his mind racing 300mph

‘sam’s alive? could that mean takashi survived?’

adam hits play on the audio letter, and hears an all-too familiar voice say his name.

tears start cascading down his cheeks as adam listens to the recording

“adam. hello, love. i’m so sorry that i wasn’t able to contact you before - i would have if i could, i promise... but, that’s not what’s really important right now. i’m alive, i didn’t die when the kerberos mission failed.

“i swear, i’m coming to earth as soon as i can. i’ll be back, hun. i miss you so much. i know i left when we were on bad terms, but... you mean everything to me. i love you so much, adam. i promise i’ll see you soon.”

i know technically with the timing this would’ve been kuron recording it but he has all of shiros memories leave me alone

adam’s trying not to full out sob when the recording finishes

he gives sam a giant hug, crying into his shoulder and thanking him again and again

adam listens to the recording once, twice, ten, fifteen times

he realizes how much he still loves shiro, and said some harsh things. justifiable, yes. but still harsh.

adam pulls back out their wedding planner, after a couple years of the book just sitting and collecting dust

he cries as he looks through it, reading shiro’s notes

It’s not Adam and eve...

You know they fucked around with each other in training.

Feelings are shared the day Shiro tells Adam to call him Takashi. 

I was literally so excited I cried when I found out the news. I had a friend ask me a few months ago why representation is so important to LGBT+ people and its hard to describe. I think that is because straight people are the default-out of hundreds or even thousands of characters you may experience in a year or few years time, almost all of them will be straight and end up in straight relationships. So, straight people get to see themselves everywhere, all the time, and it can be hard to imagine NOT seeing yourself everywhere, all the time, and especially in a world that is trying to take your rights away as we speak (speaking as an American). Representation has actually gotten worse, particularly in the US after the election in 2016. So, to see a main character, a good character, be visibly LIKE YOU and have a story that could be YOURS...its just so incredibly validating. Like, I feel like I exist and I feel like I am worthy of love right now. 

Sorry this is corny, but it just means so much to me and it will mean a LOT to other people too, including kids watching this show, which is most important to me. I never had a lot of representations to look up to as a kid. However, kids now who are questioning or gay or feel very alone right now because they only ever see straight relationships everywhere around them have Shiro, have Steven Universe, and hopefully more.  And I hope this tells them that you aren’t alone. You are valid. And you are worthy of love.