we could be giants (shiro/keith | ch 1/7 (3612) | M | Read on AO3)
The former Paladins of Voltron have gone on with their lives as best they could since Allura's sacrifice. The war for the fate of all realities may be over, but it left them all shattered and shaken, trying to find peace where there was none to be found.
Five years later, they reunite to heal old wounds, and to go back for the one they left behind.
Keith comes awake like he always does―suddenly, and from half-remembered dreams. The bed beneath his back is hard, a threadbare blanket draped over a thin mattress stuffed with some kind of dried local plant, but he doesn’t need much. He’s always run hot, he supposes by virtue of his Galra blood; and then there’s the wolf, sprawled inelegantly at his side and putting off as much heat as a small sun. Keith rakes a hand through his hair, dragging fingertips through the sweat-damp strands before he sighs and pushes himself upright.“Hey buddy,” he croaks, patting the wolf on the head when he looks up blearily from the bed. The wolf leans into the touch, yawning cavernously. “Time to go.”