sakura_no_miko

Title: what a good thing we lose

Author: artsy_alice

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: PG

Pairing: Keith/clone!Shiro,

Warnings: angst, break-up/divorce, unrequited love, depression

Other notes: post-canon, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, clones

Length: 12k

Summary: The safest thing to do, perhaps, is to let the clone die. Destroy the pod, if possible. They can't be sure what they'll wake up.

But Keith is here. That changed everything.

Keith had cared about Shiro - well, who he thought was Shiro, even after. Keith had cared about the clone back then, even knowing what he was, even knowing what he tried to do to their team, their family. Keith had told that clone that he-

It’s doesn’t matter, right now.

Keith is here, and Shiro's not going to make Keith watch him die another time.

So he says, "Wake him up."

Or: Shiro watches Keith and his clone Kuro together, and sees a glimpse of what could've been if he had made different choices.