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Title: As A Star, Forever Out of Reach

Author: Neyasochi

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: Shiro/Keith

Warnings: explicit sex (gay), possession/forced control, violence, warfare, character injury/disability, loss of a limb, classism, discussion of starvation, blood drinking

Other notes: AU, fantasy AU, royalty, slow burn, combat and warfare, so many pets

Length: 75k

Summary: The intensely devoted friendship between Prince Takashi and Keith, a lowborn rogue from the arid southern wastelands, was unexpected to say the least. It’s the stuff of street-plays and penny-novels— a commoner plucked from the grimey alleys to serve as the prince’s right-hand and confidant— and for a time, Keith even dares to believe that it will last. But the disappearance and presumed death of Prince Takashi while on an expedition to the borderlands brings everything he’d hoped for to ruin, and while the kingdom mourns its prince, Keith mourns the loss of his closest friend. Bereft, he sets out on a journey to the lost places along Arus’ borders, strung along by a distant call he cannot place.

Fate is kind enough to bring them back together, but not without first exacting a terrible toll on the prince: he is delivered into Keith’s arms with shattered memories and a cursed metal arm, his confidence shaken and his throne usurped, and the ill-boding news of the long-dormant Galra Empire’s imminent invasion. Keith is resolved to stay by his prince’s side this time, no matter the cost— even as their search for answers leads them to the very heart of enemy territory.

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