#waitlist hc

-Senior year sucks

-There are so many changes that Keith isn’t ready for

-Starting new again

-Having to share a room with total strangers

-No longer being able to hang out with Hunk or Pidge

-But worse of all no longer being able to spend time with the man that makes his heart skip a beat

-Keith regrets never telling Lance how he feels, especially since he’s been friends with Lance since 3rd grade and developed feelings in 8th grade that have yet to disappear

-But he can’t tell Lance because it’s their last year and who knows if they’re going to the same school in the fall

-When it finally comes to applying they all find out that their number one school is Garrison because let’s face it they’re all interested in astrophysics

-Since they all applied they agree to open all their letters together

-And everyone gets in

-Everyone but the one person Keith really wanted to be there

-You see Lance got waitlisted

-He jokes around and claims he expected it while Hunk looks seconds away from tears

-Because as much as Keith likes to think he’s close with Lance, their friendship has nothing on the sibling like bond Hunk and Lance have

-Pidge is furious, they won’t say it but they are just glaring at the wall because Lance wasn’t accepted when he should have

-Meanwhile, Keith is just shocked, he thought that certainly Lance would be admitted in, now he really can’t tell Lance he likes him

-For a while things are kind of sad but then they get bad

-You see Shiro’s family are rich corporation owners

-So when Shiro is kidnapped it’s not that big of a surprise

-The problem is that the people who have taken Shiro as a captive haven’t asked for a ransom or shown any sign of life after the initial video taunting the family and through the tragedy of it all, Keith decides to save Shiro, but to do that he can’t be distracted by school

-Keith rejects Garrison

-Not even one day later Lance receives a phone call

-Lance and the others accept not knowing that Keith didn’t

-Keith doesn’t tell Lance about his crush on him, or better yet that he loves him

-With time Keith finds Shiro, and although Shiro lost his arm other than that he will be okay

-After celebrating Shiro’s return and the gangs admittance to Garrison(they still don’t know about Keith), Lance corners Keith

-In the sense that Keith had been avoiding him and well, Lance found a way to get Keith alone

-Lance then confesses that he loves Keith probably has for a long time and suddenly Keith can’t help it he just starts laughing hysterically

-Because man isn’t it ironic that the reason he didn’t tell Lance was because of college and the future and now that he isn’t even going to A college he learns that it’s mutual

-By the time Keith regain his composure and gets ready to say yes to Lance and just kiss him Lance is gone

-For days Keith tries to communicate with Lance but he always gets intercepted by Hunk

-At one point Hunk looked straight into Keith’s eyes and told him “Do you know the amount of courage and pep talks it took for Lance to be able to even believe your friendship wouldn’t be ruined by his confession ?!”

-Keith now feels like shit

-He ruined one of the best things in his life because he kept waiting, and when the other got tired of their little game he didn’t respond well

-Keith doesn’t want to give up but he has no idea what he can do to fix it and the next thing he knows the others are getting ready to start school

-Before they leave however, Pidge goes to Keith and tells him of how miserable Lance is and if he’s going to do something he needs to do it soon

-For once they leave, Lance may find it easier to move on

-Keith then rushes to Lance’s house to go apologize and tell him of his feelings only to learn that Lance already left without the others because he didn’t want to be there anymore

-So Keith drives all the way the way to the Garrison, and finds his way to Lance’s dorm room and knocks

-Lance opens the door, he looks awful, his face has broken out, his eyes no longer have the little sparkle, he looks exhausted and sad

-And that’s when Keith loses all ability to speak and just starts crying, Lance not wanting to cause a big scene ushers Keith into his room

-After crying inconsolably for a good 5 minutes, Keith starts to ramble, spilling out all his feelings and confessing one thing after another

-From rejecting the Garrison to loving Lance since he was 13 years old

-By the end he just looks up at Lance and just begs for Lance to give him another chance

-And then the next thing he know Lance is kissing him

—a school year later—- -After everything that happened with the Garrison, Keith decided to go to the local community college for his freshman year and then to transfer to the Garrison

-Keith is accepted the second time as well

-While moving into his new dorm room he finds hands snaking around his hips

-It’s Lance going for a kiss

-Keith is happy that he’s in Garrison with all his friends and the man that makes his heart skip a beat