A Cute Mermaid, A Mixed Galra, and A Cuban Bi

“Are you even listening to me?! You put the team in danger with how impulsive that was!” The black paladin places his hands on his hips, ignoring the glances from the other paladins in the room. Keith brushed his hair from his eyes in embarrassment, gritting his teeth. He bites his lip before standing, looking Lance in the eye.

“You and Plaxum were in danger! You guys needed my help!” Keith growls out. The mermaid in question ducks her head with a frown, playing with her tail fin nervously. Lance brushes a set of curls behind his ear, glancing at his girlfriend. He pushes his glasses up his nose, taking a moment to think.

“We didn’t need your help Keith. Plaxum and I can take care of ourselves. This is the third mission gone wrong because of this. You need to learn that we can take care of ourselves. This meeting is over. Everyone, get some rest.” Lance leaves the room after dropping his final order, and Plaxum follows quickly, calling his name. Keith remains standing, and he glares at the other three paladins who stare at him. With a growl, Keith turns and storms out of the room. Hunk and Pidge glance at each other before looking at Allura. She sighs, and rubs her tired eyes while standing and following Keith.

She finds him in the common room, curled up on the couch. With a slight smirk, she lets out a yawn. With how tired she wasn’t could easily be confused as real. She stands in front of Keith’s curled up form letting out a slight giggle. She pokes one of his dark skinned cheeks and feels her shoulders shake at the grunt she receives. She pokes him again and he turns letting out a growl. Allura laughs before feeling her face grow dark as she schemes.

“Wow! What a big empty couch! More room for me I guess!” She says her voice overly loud and sarcastic. She turns and jumps back, landing on the pouting Keith with a slight ‘oof’. He groans, and she lays on him obnoxiously.

“What a comfy cushion! I’m so glad I have this couch all to myself!” She says, ignoring the struggles beneath her. Keith lets out a groan, going limp.

“Your worse than Shiro. Are you sure your an only child?” Keith’s muffled voice asks from below her. She lets out an affirming hum, and he sighs.

“So you wanna talk about it, or should I go find your brother?” The altean asks, dragging a finger down her arm, watching the pink markings swirl like clouds under her touch. Keith thinks for a moment and speaks quietly.

“I’ll talk if you get off. Final offer.”

Allura nods with a smug smile, rolling off the red paladin. He sits up, and sucks in a gulp of air.

“You smell like goo and flowers. That doesn’t mix well.” He says, pushing at the princess with a foot. She laughs and pushes back halfheartedly.

“And you smell like sad and angst. So, what’s up with you and your va’rabs? You’ve been overly protective of them as of late.” Allura says, her head tilting in question. Keith looks to the floor in thought.

“I think it’s because…I feel weak compared to them. I want to prove that I’m strong, worthwhile, and I want to show that I have a use.” He murmurs.

Allura perks up at this her lazy smile fading.

“Keith your plenty strong! You don’t have to prove anything!” She says placing a hand on his arm, a thumb rubbing into his dark skin gently. He nods, and hugs himself, his fingers playing with the blue paladins.

“I know but…do they know?” He asks quietly. Allura opens her mouth to speak but closes it, looking at something above Keith’s head. She leans back, and let’s Plaxum hug Keith from behind. Plaxum places a peck on the red paladins cheek, and he sniffles.

“Of course we know how strong you are! You don’t need to prove anything! Just because you can’t take out 15 Galra by yourself like I can doesn’t mean you aren’t as strong as me!” She says nuzzling into his shoulder. Keith laughs at her bragging while nodding. Allura stands, and watches the couple before leaving, going to find Lance. Plaxum places a hand on the red paladins cheek, gently brushing the hair from his eyes.

“You can use a sword better than anyone I’ve ever met, you can calm me and Lance down with a single smorch, AND your the most passionate person I know! Your not weak at all! I hate the terms weak and strong anyway! Everyone is different, and everyone is good at something’s and bad at others. Your no different. So stop putting yourself in danger for us ok? You don’t have to prove a single thing!” The mer says, looking Keith in the eyes. He nods sniffling, his eyes misting at the gentle caress from her. She places a kiss on his face, and stands, pulling him up.

“Now hug your boyfriend.” She says, turning him to the awkwardly standing Lance in the door of the room. Allura gives a thumbs up over the black paladins shoulder, and Plaxum returns it with a grin. Keith walks towards Lance, rubbing at the nape of his neck. The black paladin smiles softly, opening his arms. Keith falls into them, and they hug. Lance pets Keith’s hair, letting out a small hum of approval.

“I’m sorry for being rude Keith. I’m not going to give you another lecture because Plaxum said anything I could say ten times better.” Lance says with a chuckle. Both paladins laugh and agree that, yes, Plaxum is better at pep talks. The mer prances forwards, enveloping her boys in a tight hug, lifting them off the ground with ease. The three then sit together on the couch in silence, cuddling. Keith never liked to admit that he was wrong. But when he had his va’rabs with him, he felt a little better about it.

When they all first started dating Keith was more touchy with Lance than he was Plaxum since he’s known Lance longer. She respects his space and they make it work.

It’s a few months later when he’s more comfortable around her that Lance has to leave somewhere and he’s feeling cuddly so he kinda shuffles up to her while she’s on the couch and awkwardly stands there until she pulls him down with her and they pretty much cuddle and take a nap that afternoon.

He’ll usually have his head propped up on her chest in a way that she can run both her hands up through his hair on both sides and he falls alseep like that everytime.

Keith and Plaxum’s relationship is more platonic bordering on queer platonic, Plaxum and Keith towards Lance is more romantic.

If Lance is having a bad day Keith and Plaxum will take him to his favorite places like the aquarium or planetarium to cheer him up.

Lance likes pointing at ugly fishes and saying “That’s you guys”

Keith and Plaxum find a derpy dolphin that keeps swimming in circles and lovingly say “That’s you” simultaneously. It makes Lance laugh everytime.

They’ve named the dolphin Bubbles

He always ends up falling asleep at the planetarium so Keith carries him to the car and they head to the beach for lunch and a smoothie. By the time they get there Lance is awake.

Keith takes a nap under the umbrella, Plaxum is in the water catching crabs for dinner with her bare hands and some chicken and string she bought, and Lance is just swimming in the water.

They get back home to cook them up and by then Keith has sunburn on his calves since they weren’t covered so he’s not going anymore the next day. Lance and Plaxum tease him about his new “socks” and they eat dinner.

Plaxum always gives her boys goodnight smooches before bed and in turn they dog pile on her for the best snuggle spot.

They usually end up sleeping on her chest because tiddies are soft and full of love and she has the softest of love for her boys(I can vouch, napping on tiddies is the best, like your face being smooshed with love)

If she’s lying on her stomach they kind just lay on her legs or back, either way she has a boy blanket every night made from the best boys♥

Plaxum and Keith like to watch conspiracy documentaries at night so to keep the sound from waking Lance up at like 1 in the morning they bought wireless headphones for the tv and text each other since they don’t want to wake Lance up (Even though they’re like right next to each other)

On days when they know Lance isn’t going anywhere they ask him to drive them out in the middle of the woods at like 3am to hunt for cryptids with Pidge.

Hunk is usually out there with Pidge to keep Lance company even though Lance just sleeps there instead.

One they’re done Plaxum hangs in the back seat with Lance to make sure he isn’t sleeping in an uncomfortable position while Keith drives.

They help get Lance into bed once they’re home and both Keith and Plaxum are knocked out cold once they hit the pillows.

They wake up to breakfast Lance had made even thought it’s 2 in the afternoon and he’s looking like he got a full 8 hours of sleep while they both look dead.

But they eat anyway and kinda fall in love with Lance all over again??? Because this boy is the best thing to happen to them and honestly how are they this lucky to have him?

Lance will randomly buy them both bath bombs he’d think they would like.

Plaxum will actually take a bath with one.

Keith likes to only look at them as they turn the water different colors so to keep from wasting water he’ll usually watch Plaxum use one while she’s in the tub and they both watch it together.

They take turns with the which of their bath bombs they’ll use (If it was Keith’s turn to pick one out last time it’s Plaxum turn now that sorta thing)

Lance bought them a black bath bomb once.

He came into the bathroom to find the water black and still and Keith just staring into the water like he could see something.

He thought maybe Plaxum hadn’t gotten into the bath yet which was weird.

He came close enough to it that when a hand came out to grab him it scared the fuck out of him. (He’s seen The Grudge and every scary movie featuring bath tubs ever okay)

He spent the rest of the day over at Allura’s and refused to come home for a good few hours.

When he came back home it was at night and to Keith and Plaxum on the couch asleep with blankets and pillows either waiting for him to come home, preparing to sleep on the couch, (which is what he planned on doing) or both.

They looked really pitiful so he just tapped them both until they woke up and said for them to come to bed.

You talk shit to two of them the one will fuck your shit up.

Talk shit about her boys? Plaxum will learn your schedule and plan everything just right that it’ll go wrong and make sure you see her after every shitty thing happens so you know it’s her. Try to tell the police? She has an alibi for every time that shitty thing has happened to you and has the people to back her up and prove it even if they don’t know her. (She made sure she was noticeable and seen by strangers so that she’s remembered and since they don’t know her personally and have never seen her before in their lives the victim can’t claim they were paid off)

Keith makes sure you see his pocket knife and the fancy tricks he can do with it all while staring you dead in the eyes. His face haunts you for days and the sight of that blade twirling through the air and his fingers like water never leaves your mind.

Lance…now Lance is someone who doesn’t forgive and forget no no, he makes sure you remember what you did. He gathers information on you, no matter how small. Might go to your friends and using his natural charisma and friendly appearance he charms his way into the group, asking subtle questions about everyone,  throwing you in there as someone he partners up with in class, questions that seem insignificant but have value to him to use against you. Weeks later you notice how the neighbors don’t regard you with the same friendly eye before, or how the kids in school start whispering behind your back and they get louder and louder as the weeks go on until you can hear the rumors floating around you as if you were reading them yourself. It was so gradual you would never know it was Lance feeding just small tidbits of information to your friends. Like a “I saw them come from X’s house the other day.” or “They were late the same day X happened at school” Just small bits of info that naturally piled up and connected to create the rumors that would more or less ruin your high school career.

They always do something special for each other’s birthday.

For Keith’s birthday Plaxum and Lance saved up for an aquatic themed pocket knife. Keith cried when he realized he wanted to marry them both right then and there.

For Lance’s birthday they took a trip to swim with the dolphins. Lance had to contain his will to scream continuously for hours.

For Plaxum’s birthday they went on a small cruise to go whale watching and actually dive in the water to see the whales from a safe distance

The baby had some netting around his fin so she borrowed Keith’s knife (not his birthday one, he keeps that around his neck and his regular one in his pocket) She swam out towards it much to the guide’s disapproval and cut it away.

The mom and baby turned towards her and gently booped her in thanks.

She returned to Keith asking her how it went and what it was like and to Lance hyperventilatiing and panicking because that was so fucking dangerous????? They could have eaten you???

Plaxum: They don’t eat humans Lance that’s not in their diet.

Lance: And me eating zebra cakes at 3am isn’t in my diet but I can do that.

Keith: You’re the one eating my zebra cakes!?!?

Keith and Lance own a cat each and Plaxum has a tank of fish

Lance’s cat is a ragdoll named Annabelle (Ironically)

Keith has a giant red tabby named Whiskers (Don’t laugh Lance it’s the only name Whiskers responds to)

Plaxum owns a bunch of goldfish that she takes good care. (They’re the big forehead bug eyed kind)

The cats know better than to mess with the fish and like to watch them. They tried tapping on the glass but they learned Plaxum didn’t like that so they stopped.

There was one time they came home to the fish tank broken and empty with the fish nowhere to be found so Plaxum was freaking the fuck out and crying because she loved those fish goddammit and they knew the cats had probably eaten them.

Lance goes in the kitchen to get dinner started (he’d left their food for that night defrosting in the sink with some water) He yelled because the cats were there looking into the sink at the fish swimming in there like there was nothing wrong with glass allover the floor.

Turned out some kids were playing baseball and the ball broke through the window and crashed into the fish tank. The cats were smart enough to know Plaxum wouldn’t like dead fish so they took them to only other water source they knew of which was the sink.

Keith is an early riser

He wakes up a few hours earlier than the other two, makes himself a cup of coffee and then just sits at the table and stares at nothing.

Plaxum and Lance wake up and start fixing breakfast. They’re used to Keith’s little waking up ritual so they usually just give him a peck on the forehead or cheek in greeting and go about their morning.

Once the food is done Keith is like half awake so he’ll start eating with the both of them then.

Sleeping at night is more or less a nightmare the first few hours

Keith is the one that hogs all the blankets when he can.

Lance is the one that yanks it back.

Plaxum really doesn’t care because they both end up sleeping on her anyway.

They take baths together sometimes

Lance and Plaxum will be on one side with Plaxum against Lance’s chest so he can wash and do her hair.

Keith will be on the other side messing with the bubbles or taking a nap

They have bath toys because you’re never too old for fun.

They have a small basketball and a hoop on the wall opposite from Keith.

He passes the time by making some if not most of the shots.

Sometimes Plaxum will make a bubble wall and she and Keith will dig out little window parts.

They have obnoxious sounding rubber ducky’s that Plaxum and Keith like to squeeze just to annoy Lance.

They have water duck gun fights.

They always take a nap together afterwards since everyone is really warm and soft and they can’t help but feel tired and sleepy afterwards anyway.

Lance and Keith love playing with Plaxum’s hair, especially after she washes it. It’s just so soft????

They both know how to handle it without tangling/messing it up.

If they do somehow mess it up they both make sure to comb it through.

They do not mess with her hair when it’s dry, there is no why it’s moving out of place once every drop of water is gone.

They use her hair as pillows on road trips with the squad when they’re in the car and need to sleep.

If his babes are stressed Lance does a small spa day for them with masks and foot baths and everything.

He makes sure Plaxum’s hair is properly wrapped so it doesn’t get wet or dirty.

He also makes sure there’s a plate of cucumber slices for Keith to eat so he won’t eat the ones on his face.

Plaxum has a chew necklace that she uses to stim

She had accidentally left it out in the open.

Lance had come down to the kitchen for water and instead of turning on the light he accidentally turned on the food disposal.

It scared the fuck out him when he heard a grinding noise like something was caught in there.

He turned on the light to see the string from Plaxum’s chew necklace leading out of the drain and he swears he felt his soul ascend to the astral plane.

The cats had gotten to it and had somehow gotten it in the sink.

Cue Lance freaking the fuck out at 2 in the morning because Plaxum has a test in the morning and she won’t be able to concentrate as well without it and he’s overthinking to the point where somehow she ends up on the streets.

Keith comes down because Lance isn’t in bed (Keith was in the middle tonight so one side of him is cold) and he finds Lance in the kitchen freaking out with Lance telling him they need to go to the store like right now.

Keith tells him to calm down and Lance explains and Keith loves his girlfriend okay and knows what it’s like having to deal with certain situations and not be able to stim so he and Lance get dressed and go out and buy a new one at a local pharmacy or something.

They literally go to like six different ones before finding the perfect one for her and get back just in time to see her off to class (They made sure to leave a note of where they were going without revealing exactly what they were up to) and they hand it to her and explain what happened to the old one.

Plaxum wants to smother them both in love but like she’s running late and there will be time for that later so she gives them small pecks and she’s off.

Keith and Lance are so tired they just skip class since they have nothing important going on in any classes and just sleep the whole day away.

Plaxum comes back after classes chewing on her new necklace and warms up some leftovers from last night for dinner and serves her boys in bed.

She tells them all about her day and how she probably aced that test and they both just listen as she talks with small smiles.

They’re all able to carry each other and you can’t tell me otherwise

If Lance gets sleepy Plaxum and Keith kinda just pass him off to each other while they’re walking.

If it’s hot outside and Keith’s tired of walking Plaxum will take out her pigtails and carry him on her back, effectively preventing him from possibly getting sunburnt with her hair for shade. (He’s used to the desert heat, just not the sun and would rather not burn thank you very much)

Lance gets carried like a princess okay I don’t make the rules, the boy deserves not to walk for long distances and cuddle up to his bf/gf all cute like ok.

When Keith carries Plaxum she’s usually on her phone and they’ll watch documentaries or whatever while they’re walking. Lance has to hold onto Keith’s arm to move him out of harm’s way when he gets to close to poles or bushes.

They each have some weird superpower???

Lance has a one of those glitter cases on his phone that’s ocean themed and moves. And when Lance has a certain game app on that requires the phone being moved this way and that he just has Plaxum play with it and somehow she gets a high score and beats the levels??? All while not even looking at it??? She’s not even aware of the game being on??? It’s just her having fun with the case and moving glitter???

Lance can somehow always tell who’s at the door before they even open it???

Lance: Keith can you get the door for Shiro?

Keith: Shiro’s not supposed to be coming over, he’s not even here- *doorbell rings*

Keith:

Keith:

Keith:

Shiro: Hey Keith!

Shiro:

Keith:

Shiro:

Shiro: Uhhh Keith?

Keith: I think my boyfriend’s a psychic???

Keith can somehow move out of the way of a thing before a bad thing happens??? He just kinda, moves two steps to the right and misses being hit by a kid on their bike. He never even looked up.

Lance and Plaxum have learned if Keith moves, you move, no questions asked.

If you think Lance and Keith didn’t travel a couple hundred miles or spend a shit ton of money to find and buy Plaxum a giant, custom jellyfish plushie for her birthday you’re dead fucking wrong and she loved it.

Keith and Lance are the only two allowed to touch her hair.

Keith just likes to mess with it and run his fingers through it (after it’s been combed ofc) because it’s soft af and really nice to touch?

Lance will be the one to do her hair for her in large braids so Keith can undo and redo them as often as he likes.

Plaxum usually falls asleep when this happens.

They take naps on each other all the time

Lance is good to sleep on if you want to be wrapped up in Good Hugging Arms™

Keith is good if you want someone to just koala on your whole body and lay there unmoving for a whole two hours of undisturbed naptime.

Plaxum is soft af and both Keith and Lance can confirm that she is best to nap on. No one else can confirm this however because they will not allow anyone else to nap on their gf.

Hunk: Dude why don’t you let me or Pidge take a nap on her? Pidge: Yeah, you guys are always going on about how soft she is and how comfy she is to lay on?

*Keith and Lance hugging Plaxum close*

Lance: Hunk, Pidge…I love you both but you come any closer I’m going to ruin everything you ever loved.

Hunk: Keith? Buddy?

Keith taking out his knife: I love you as well, which is why eliminating you will be so much harder.

Keith and Plaxum climb Lance like a fucking tree

Lance, muffled: You guys comfy?

Keith and Plaxum literally hanging off of him with limbs wrapped around Lance’s head for support: Yes

Keith knows those facts

Keith, looking at Plaxum: God she’s cute

Person: Aren’t you gay?

Keith: I’m gay and she’s the cutest fucking thing I’ve seen tied with Lance, are there any other facts you want to tell me that I already know?

Plaxum’s really protective of her boys

Someone once talked shit about Keith and brought up his mother and how she left him.

Plaxum got Hunk to distract Lance and Keith for the day, hunted the guy down and made fucking sure to set an example of him so others would know better than to say fucking anything about Keith ever again.

Guy that’s hogtied in a bathtub half filled with water: Are you fucking crazy?!?!?!

Plaxum scrolling through his phone and texts to see how he messages people: Mmmm maybe, but then again I didn’t fucking come at this particular girl’s boyfriend for not having a mom and saying shit about it and continuing to say shit even after his boyfriend called you out on it.

Plaxum: Anyways I just texted your girlfriend to come over and get you so yeah I’ll be off now. Also I made one of the knots just loose enough so if you stop raising your chest you might possibly just drown and you won’t tell anyone about it because well, I mean you’re like six feet and have at least a hundred pounds on little ole’ me and who wants to say they got their ass handed to them by a girl amiright? I mean society did raise you that way and you still eat that shit up so yeah, nice talking to you.

You find one the other two aren’t far behind

Anyone on the team could find any one of them sleeping on the couch and they turn their head for one second and look back the other two are somehow there and asleep right with them.

Honestly it’s freaky made freakier by the fact that the castle’s cameras never catch it either, they just glitch out right when it happens.

Klaxum but with a kid

No one really has any idea what they’re doing as far as taking care of a child goes besides Lance.

Plaxum had siblings her own age so she never really got to see or paid much attention on how they were taken care of.

Keith really has no fucking clue.

Lance is the only one really qualified to care for the kid considering he took care of his nieces and nephews a lot growing up.

He teaches them both what to do and not to do and they learn.

They’re actually pretty good with a kid?

Plaxum just loves how soft and chubby her baby girl is!!!! Those cheeks get smooched all the time!!!!! No matter what!!!! There will be smooches!!!!! Just to hear that wonderful baby laugh!!!!

Keith is really good with her, he’ll sit with her in his lap and they’ll be playing with the blocks or colorful toys and he’s hunched over her in that way parents are when they lean in to hear the baby babble and she laughs because his hair tickles the top of her face and he’s jsut talking so softly with her and holding her gently, grabbing any toys she ends up throwing out of her reach.

Plaxum and Lance totally swoon okay, fight me.

You know that video with the dad sleeping on the couch and the baby falls but he somehow wakes up real quick and catches her like some freaky Dad Sense™ shit? That’s Keith.

Lance is pretty much a living jungle gym for their baby girl??? She’ll try to climb him whenever she gets the chance.

She can’t even walk yet but climbing??? She’s got that down to a tee.

It gets worse when she’s older, she can climb up from the ground to his shoulders for a ride and usually does it while he’s cooking dinner so she can watch from his soldier as he cuts the ingredients and cooks whatever for dinner that night.

School is…interesting

Someone tried to bully her once so she more or less drop kicked them. (Courtesy of Keith)

Plaxum was  proud mama♥

Because of her parents…high skills in certain areas she’s a trick shot with the slingshot, knows about 25+ different types of knots from her mom, and can and will kick anyone’s ass who deserves it.

Safe to say no one bullies her…ever.

When Plaxum went to PTA meetings she’d take either Lance or Keith, never both, and every mom there thought she was cheating but said nothing about it since they wanted to see her crash and burn. (And maybe get a chance at those two as well)

The looks on their faces were priceless when sthey all left the meeting and Plaxum goes up to them both (they were waiting at the car for her) and gives them quick kisses and makes grabby hands for her daughter that was snoozing quietly on Lance.

Plaxum is braiding Ana’s hair one day when she asks a question.

Ana: Hey mom, why do I have two dads?

Plaxum: You’re mom’s just that good.

A kid asks why she has two dads and she repeats that answer, a teacher overhears and calls Lance about it and how it was “inappropriate”