#voltron reader insert

Was looking though my old sketchbooks and found THIS!!! It was a pic I did, but didn’t really have the motivation to finish it! 🤪

Dude me too. Hell yes. I had waaaaaaay too much fun writing this and may have gone a bit overboard. I did this with a female reader, so I hope that's okay. 

Y/N POV

“So, Y/N” Keith sat down next to you.

You were peacefully reading a book when the paladin sat down next to you, a strange look in his eyes. You closed your book, making sure to keep your page while maintaining eye contact with him. 

“I have a question for you.” Keith continued, now smirking.

You raised an eyebrow at him, trying to keep your composure despite how close he was to you and how fast your heart was starting to beat. 

“Go on then,” you said. 

“You were a general, and I am the leader of the paladins. If I’m being honest, I’ve wanted this question answered for a while now. Do you think you could beat me in a fight?”

Whatever you were feeling before vanished, being instantly replaced by a sense of competitiveness, and a desire to knock Keith on his ass for insinuating that he was better than you. 

“I don’t think I could beat you.” You say, tilting your head a little and narrowing your eyes. “I know I can. Did you forget that I’m the one who has taught you some of your best moves, and I could easily counter them.”

Keith's grin didn’t falter. “You may have taught me some of my best moves, but you didn’t teach me all of them. And I know that you wouldn’t be able to counter them nearly as easily as you think.”

“Ok buddy” you stood up. “Whatever you say.”

Keith followed your lead. “Shall we find out Y/L/N?”

“Definitely” You would be damned if you backed down from this challenge. “Let's meet in the training room in an hour?” you asked, crossing your arms and looking up at him. “You have plenty of time to come to your senses and if you admit that I’m better I won’t mop the floor with you as badly.”  

Keith lowered his head so he was eye level with you and an inch from your face. “You wish.”

With that he walked out. 

KEITH'S POV

His heart was beating so fast he thought it might burst from his chest. Oh my god, oh my god. Once he was out of sight, he ran straight into Lance’s room, slamming the door closed behind him, starting to breathe hard. 

“Did you do it?” Lance looked up from where he was sitting on the edge of his bed. 

Keith nodded, still unable to fully grasp how successful it went. 

Lance whooped. “How’d it go?”

“Very well.” His heart rate was starting to return to normal despite the fact it was hard enough to portray his confidence in front of Y/N when she could make his mind melt by simply giving him one of her smiles.

Lance started to laugh. “The weeks of planning paid off. Now, just don’t go easy on her and let her win.”

Keith glared at Lance. Either way, he would never do that. The plan was to give Keith a chance to win Y/N’s heart and competitive soul. 

Even when Y/N trained him, he could never go all out like he wanted. And if he was being honest, he was a little worried that Y/N would never find out how good he is truly.  

Lance continued talking. “I told you challenging her to a fight would work. Y/N can never back down from a fight. Man, I am a genius.”

Keith had to admit, Lance’s plan worked very well. Better than it could have ever hoped. This was an indirect, brilliant way to get the two of them alone together, doing something they both liked. It was technically a date, without the label. 

“Now we just have to finish phase two” Keith said. Phase two, the phase where he tells her that he likes her and asks her out on an official date.  

“Don’t you dare mess that up” Lance warned. “I’m too invested in your relationship now.”

“I wasn’t planning on messing it up,” Keith snapped back. “And how do you think I feel? It's my relationship after all.”

Lance nodded a little. “Good point.”

Y/N POV

You watched Keith saunter out of the room, but then heard rapid footsteps going away from you. You stifled a laugh. Was he running?

You turned around and went through the other door, down the passage that led to Allura’s room. 

Opening the door, you saw the princess laying down on her bed, as if she was taking a nap. Damn. You didn’t want to disturb her.  

You were just about to close the door and leave when she opened her eyes. 

“Y/N?” Allura tipped her head back. 

“Hi Allura. Sorry for bothering you. Go back to sleep.” You moved to take a step back and close the door when Allura sat up. 

“No, no don’t go. I wasn’t asleep. I couldn't sleep anyways. Come in.”

Hesitantly, you stepped in. 

“What's wrong?” Allura asked as you sat down next to her. 

“Nothing is wrong exactly.” You said slowly. You told her the events that happened between you and Keith. 

When you finished, Allura’s eyes were wide, a slow smile spreading across her face. 

“Oh my god Y/N.” Allura was starting to laugh. “That is perfect.” 

You wrinkled your nose a little. “It's practically a date. It's just going to be the two of us” 

“What's wrong with that? You’re not going to mess up. You were a general on the planet of some of the greatest warriors in history.”

“I know that Allura” you whined a little. “Its that I’m sparring Keith. That means we’re gonna be close and physical.”

“I fail to see a problem with this.”

You smacked her a little. 

Allura laughed again. “Why are you worried? You’ve liked him since forever.”

You grabbed her shoulders and brought her face close to yours. “I’m getting anxiety. Everything is starting to happen, what if something happens?”

Allura put her hands on your shoulders. “That made no sense. Just breathe. And don’t lose either. We want Keith to know just exactly how badass you are.

You nodded. That made sense. 

“When are you sparring with him?” Allura asked. 

“In an hour.” You ran a hand through your hair. You got off her bed. You needed to change and warm up. 

“Kick his ass sweetie” Allura called after you. 

You grinned at her, your swagger and confidence returning. 

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You entered the training room, closing the door behind you to see Keith already warming up. 

He smirked at you when he saw you. You gave one back as you started to stretch.

“Not backing down?” you asked. 

“Never” Keith laughed. 

You stretched for a couple more minutes, and you swear you could feel the tension in the room building. 

Keith got up first and summoned his bayard. You picked up a sword off the wall and pointed it at him. 

“Ready?” You asked

Keith responded by raising his sword and running at you. You parried, blocked, attacked and Keith responded quickly. 

You had never seen him fight with such intensity and speed before. It caught you off guard, but you recovered quickly. 

The two of you continued this dance, neither of you gaining the upper hand you were both so perfectly balanced. 

Until you knocked the sword out of Keiths hand, jumping back. 

You both stood still for a moment. 

Keith moved first, and before you could blink he knocked the sword out of your hand as well. 

Ok, if this is how it was going to be.

Keith swung his fist at you and you ducked, lashing out with your legs which Keith avoided. 

You needed to get your sword back. 

As much as you hated to admit it, Keith was stronger than you and just as skilled at hand to hand combat and hand to hand combat might be where you lose. 

Keith knew this, and kept you away from where the swords lay.   

Fine, then. 

You continued pushing back. Sweat dripped into your eyes and you ignored it as you pushed further. 

In the end, Keith tripped you, and jumped on top of you before you could get back up. 

Growling a little, you twisted and pushed, rolling both of you over so that you were on top of him. 

That took too much of your energy, and you knew you couldn't pin him down properly. Hopefully Keith wouldn’t notice that your grip was loose for a fraction of a second as you took a breath to hold him properly.

But Keith wasn’t the leader of the Voltron paladins for nothing. Of course he noticed and flipped you over once again, this time pinning you down so you couldn’t move. 

You both breathed heavily, and you both noticed how Keith was practically laying on top of you. 

After a moment you looked into his eyes. Were they always that gray? You felt Keith's chest rise. No, his eyes were more blueish purple. 

His lips were very close to yours. 

Neither of your breathing was even, and you started to wonder if it wasn’t because you were both tired. 

You leaned up at the same time as he leaned down. When your lips touched, it felt like fire. You both smiled and Keith slowly got off, pulling you up with him, not breaking contact, both of you just sitting on the floor of the arena, swords and spar forgotten. 

OUTSIDE THE DOOR

Lance pushed his ear against the door. 

“They stopped fighting.” He whispered. “Something is happening.” Lance moved to open the door a little, but Allura knocked his hand out the way. “Leave them alone” she hissed. 

“Seriously, aren’t you curious to see if our hard work has paid off?” Lance protested. 

Allura blinked, then sighed, opening the door slightly. 

She slapped her hand over Lances mouth to muffle his squeal at the sight before them. Taking a step back, she closed the door gently. 

“He messed up phase 2″ Lance complained a little, not sounding angry at all. 

“This is better than phase 2″ Allura murmured. “He didn’t even need it to get to phase 3″

“True” Lance started to celebrate quietly. 

“Come on” Allura pulled his arm. “Let's get out of here and leave them alone.”

“And tell the others” Lance added, grinning. 

“Good job (Y/N), your right hook is getting better,” Shiro came up to you after the group practice to tell you this. He wanted you to be part of training even though you weren’t a Paladin. He’s reasoning was to make sure you were able to defend yourself if you needed it which was a valid reason and why you agreed to it. “H-How about a one on one session tomorrow? T-To work on your blocks, they’re getting better, but I see room for improvement.”

You raised your brows at Shiro’s flushed state, it wasn’t from practice, you knew that for a fact. Capping your water bottle you shook your head. “You have one on one practice with Hunk.” Checking your watch, you quickly grabbed your stuff before turning to Shiro one last time.

“Thank you for the offer, but let’s just keep with out regular schedule.” With that, you made your way out of the training area to meet up with Lance. He’s your best friend and he’s been there for you and you’ve had each other’s backs especially now that you’re in space. “You know he was flirting with you right?” Lance’s voice snapped you out of your little trance as you both went down the castle’s hallway. Sighing, you nudged him down an empty hallway to have this discussion.

Leaning against the wall, you let out a sigh, your eyes going down to the ground. “What if he doesn’t mean it Lance? Like...him?” You crossed your soft arms across your chest. Lance wrapped his arms around you, bringing you close to him. “Shiro’s different (Y/N)...I know it’s hard because of what he did and you’re more hesitant now and I get that but Shiro looks at you any chance he gets and he smiles when he’s around you.”

Leaning into hold, you only shook your head. “He smiles all the time around the team Lance...besides, he’s probably just playing around.” Clutching the material of Lances shirt you both stayed that way for a while, a silence falling over the both of you.

“He smiles differently around you (Y/N), he lights up, it’s like he’s actually happy...just...just give it some though, I know you’re still hurt by what happened, but I promise you as your best friend that Shiro’s different.” You only nodded at his words, staying in his hold just a bit longer.

--

You listened to Lance, you honestly always did because you knew he was right. So, for the next few weeks you just watched Shiro making sure you weren’t caught and you had to laugh because Lance’s words rang true, Shiro would light up when you were around, you caught him looking at your more than a handful of times a day and the flirting was obvious now and you wanted to kick yourself for not seeing it sooner.

“You look nice today (Y/N).”

“Your block’s got better, but let me show you how to make it better.”

“(Y/N)’s perfect the way she is, I wish she’d see that.”

“Maybe we can hang out sometime (Y/N)...maybe look at the stars in the observatory room?”

“Earth to (Y/N)!” You snapped out of your thoughts, eyes going over to Lance who was shaking your shoulder. Shrugging off his arm you replied with a curt and short, “What is it Lance?”

“Practice is over and Shiro wants to talk to you too by the way.” With a shit eating grin on his face Lance sent you a wink before waltzing out of the training room, a hard silence falling over the area. Looking over at the other side of the area, sure enough, Shiro was there a slight smile on his face as he looked at you. Heaving a sigh, you gathered your things and made your way over to Shiro.

Crossing your arms across your chest, you gave Shiro a stoic look. “Lance said you wanted to talk to me?”

“What did I do (Y/N)?” The questions caught you off guard that was for sure. You weren’t sure what he was asking. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about Shiro.” The man sighed before grabbing your hands.

“I’ve tried to flirt, send you hints and you’ve done nothing...just tell me what you feel for me...please.” Giving your hands a squeeze, he patiently waited for your answer.

“I just...I’m just afraid you don’t mean it when you say those flirtatious things,” Squeezing his hands back as a nonverbal response, you continued on. “I’ve been hurt before by someone who said the same things...did the same things you’re doing now and my walls are high, they won’t come down easily.” You made your feelings blatantly clear to Shiro who just nodded a look of understanding etched on his face.

“I do (Y/N)...mean those things I mean. I also know you’re guarded and hesitant and I’m ready to wait for you, help you if you need anything.” You finally met his gaze, one that was soft and serene. “I’m ready to go at your pace (Y/N), no matter what speed it is.”

You felt your lips twitch a bit on the sides, a small smile coming to your face. Before you even thought about it, you gently tugged his arms down so he’d lean down and once he did, you planted a quick kiss to his cheek a hue of red rapidly appearing on his cheeks.

“Okay...that sounds good Shiro...thank you.”

Prepare yourself to be apart of one of the most fun friend duos in the galaxy

You didn't start out as close due to you being a little iffy about making any connections with someone

But you quickly got over that as he wouldn't leave you alone, in a good way ofc

He roped you in with his bad puns and memes

As soon as you started retorting with equally as bad puns and Memes, he got so excited

There's lot of playful flirting. He throws a pick up line at you and throw a pickup line right back with a cheesy wink to top it off

If you have a s/o that is not lance, they sometimes get a wee bit jealous but they get over it because your friendship with Lance is so pure

(except maybe if your s/o is Keith. It'll work on his nerves. Pls assure this boi you're not leaving him)

Throwing flirty, sarcastic, witty comments back and forth over comms during missions

Your self-care routines are top notch

Facial buddies

Y'all make sure to set time aside where you can relax and pamper yourselves because, with your mission, you need it

If he notices you're a little down, he barges into your room for an impromptu dance party

You learned through those that his singing is actually very good

He once tried to teach you how to shoot his gun but after you busting a whole through the wall, you both decided its better to stick with your own weapon

You two are each other's support system

Lance McClain hugs are the BEST

You always can tell when he's homesick and you always somehow know when he needs to rant, or a distraction, or to just sit in another presence

And that selfdeprication shiz he has does not fly with you. He has earned himself full on rants why he is amazing and why the team needs him

You always know just what to say to make him feel better, even if you gotta be slightly aggressive to get your point across

He's similar to you. He will not let you be sad if he can help it

Not his best friend. Nope. Nein. Not in his watch.

Oh my gods, all your inside jokes

Nobody ever understands what you're talking about

"The Galra have taken over this planet and have been using it's natural resources to create a superweapon they plan to use against Voltron."

"Well, that's not fergalicious."

"What is this? Free real estate?"

You will talk each other up to people

You both are very supportive of each other and you both need it

Late night talks where you just are sleep deprived and are being crackheads

"Why do we never see baby pigeons?"

" what if all pigeons are baby pigeons and there is one big massive pigeon the size of a whale?"

*pidge from another room* "it's because we're iN SPACE GO TO SLEEP"

Prompt: What would the team do with a reader who has no clue how to style their own hair?

Featuring: Shiro, Keith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge, Allura, and Coran

a/n: I just want someone to play with my hair, can you tell?

- Shiro -

just gives him that much more of a reason to run his fingers through it

so soft

especially when it’s his metal hand

commits serious time to have Lance teach him how to take care of it

someone’s gotta

a couple of times a week you all gather near the couch

you sit on the floor and play video games with lose to Pidge

“(Y/n), sit still!”

there’s plenty of frustrated huffs coming from behind you

but Lance is patient, and really enjoys getting to teach Shiro something for once

he gets all flustered with the finished product because it’s “not good enough, there’s a loop sticking out here, and here...”

you reassure him that you’re going to bed soon so it’ll get all messed up anyways

but you can’t stop running your fingers across the braids

how’re you supposed to destroy such magnificent artwork?

eventually, once he gains more confidence, he’ll do it without Lance’s help

Lance all “look how fast they grow up” with tears in his eyes

he’ll even do it in the morning so that you can wear it throughout the entire day

“Can’t have it getting in the way during training”

“or during meals”

“or-”

“Shiro, you don’t have to have an excuse to play with my hair.”

*grumbles*

focusing on your hair becomes a big time de-stressor for him

bad day?

he’ll start undoing whatever braid is already in you hair, brushing it out slowly with his fingers

when he starts braiding it again you can feel him release a little bit of tension every time he adds a new strand

you don’t mind it much either

a free massage?

a piece of him to carry around with you all day?

not to mention if it weren’t for him your hair would be a hopeless case

but he does love it when you get out of the shower and it dries sort of poofy and funky all around

or when you haven’t done anything with it in the morning and it just sort of sticks. out. everywhere.

but it’s still so soft

nobody else asks to mess with your hair

they know it’s Shiro’s thing, and only Shiro’s thing

like doing so would be crossing a line of some sort

he has offered to do Keith’s hair

was rejected

- Keith -

Includes: Shiro, Keith, Lance, Hunk

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: none

A/N: if you liked this please please PLEASE P L E A S E reblog!! I’m a new account and this is my first work so I need help getting my work out!! Thank you so much!!

Yesssssss!!!! I’m a weak bitch to slow burn friends to lovers too <3