A/N- Hello everyone! Thanks for sticking with this till the bitter end. It has been a joy to get all of your reactions and reviews to my little piece, and I am very grateful for the support! I have an idea for a sequel to this, but too many other things have been put on the back burner and are shoving at me to put them into a story, and it is never wise to piss off your muse! As soon as I am happy with my other stuff, I will revisit and get back to work on one of my favourite universes! Here is the last chapter, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Voltron, just my imagination.
Allura's eyes widened and her hand went up to his cheek without her even realizing it. She stared into his eyes for a few moments, taking in how the change in colour affected his overall features.
He was beautiful.
"Keith… wh-… how… when did this happen?"
"A few nights ago. I had been noticing a blue ring around the outside of my iris and it gave me the creeps just to look at it. I looked possessed. So, I started wearing these." Keith opened his closed hand to reveal two dark brown/black contact lenses in his palm. "Then I woke up one day and my eyes had completely changed to this." He gestured to his eyes.
Allura nodded in sympathy. "I can understand how they would throw you off. They look so different."
"Actually, I thought they looked very familiar." He stared into her eyes and touched her cheek with his own hand. "They looked like yours." Allura's eyes widened in surprise then narrowed as she peered closer at them, trying to see the similarity.
"I thought that I was going crazy." He whispered, letting a reluctant smile tug at his lips. "I'd look in the mirror, and I'd see your eyes looking back at me. I'd started to wonder if I had made it happen subconsciously; I'd looked into your eyes so many times and now I got them."
Allura's heart flipped in her chest at his admission. His hand was softly rubbing her cheek and she leaned in to his touch, sighing and closing her eyes at the contact. She felt his lips lightly brush her forehead and she looked at him staring at her, their faces only breaths apart from each other.
Allura softly brought her hand off his cheek and wound it to the back of his neck giving a gentle tug to move him closer still. He responded without hesitation, his new eyes dropping to gaze at her lips for an instant before his own gently brushed against hers. His head retreated back slightly, to gage her reaction, then captured her lips with his own again, bringing his other hand to the back of her neck to pull her even closer to himself.
Keith felt a fire burn in his belly, flaring with each caress that came from Allura's soft, loving hands. At Allura's soft moan, he deepened the kiss, touching and sucking on her bottom lip, revelling in her active desire, allowing his tongue entrance to her mouth. His head was spinning in a thousand different directions, a thousand different sensations all coming at him from all different directions. All that mattered was this moment – her hair… her skin… her scent… and her soft, supple lips, melding with his own and promising to relieve him of whatever sanity he may have had. All that mattered was now. She was safe. She was here.
She was his.
Allura was lost in the moment as well. She had dreamed that this might happen a hundred times; that he might have real feelings for her that were untainted by their stations, the war or other people's expectations. She had dreamed of this, but the reality was so much better. She could not doubt his attraction for her; his kisses were too powerful… too respectful… too kind. She could feel him taking everything that she offered, but giving back to her as well, pouring his feelings – his love – into his response to her. Her hand fisted into his hair, rubbing the back of his scalp with her fingertips and eliciting a moan of passion from her normally well controlled Commander. Her desire flared at the sound and she leaned in, even closer, letting her hands run uncontrolled on his face and in his hair, desperate for him to make that sound again.
Keith's hand roamed the back of her neck, while the other one ran up and down the length of her back and arm. His lips migrated from hers, travelling to her neck and jawline. Her sigh spurred him onwards, nuzzling the back of her ear with his nose and capturing her earlobe in his mouth to nibble. He felt her shiver at the contact as his hand gently migrated from her arm to caress her collarbone and drop gently onto the soft mound of her breast. Her gasp and strangled moan almost sent him over the edge right there. He struggled to bring himself back into some semblance of control. Things were progressing too fast. He wanted this badly, but he wanted all of her even more. He slowly moved away from her neck and rested his forehead on hers, watching her heavy breathing mirror his own.
She had risked everything to tell him how she felt. He was no coward; he would risk no less for her.
"I love you." He whispered, kissing her lips quickly and pulling her into his arms to embrace her completely.
Allura abandoned her chair to sit on his lap, to let herself be enveloped by his arms. She rested her head neatly into the crook of his neck and smiled up at his gentle expression. "I love you too, my Captain. But really, no one said that you could stop kissing me." She laughed, running her hand up and down his chest, absently.
Keith adjusted her on his lap with a chuckle, her affect on him quite obvious against her bottom. "Believe me, love, if we had continued much longer, I don't think anything could have pried my lips off of you." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head lovingly.
"So, where do we go from here?" She asked quietly, watching his hand rub against the top of her thigh in a circular pattern.
Allura heard him snort a laugh as he kissed the top of her head once more.
He just couldn't seem to stop kissing her.
His heart was at peace, just having her in his arms, and he really didn't want to move from this spot. In spite of that, he set her up on her feet then got up himself and curled one hand into her own and the other around her waist. "Well, in the short term, we go find our teammates and apologize to them for both our behaviours. I should have never worn those stupid things once the Gene Change fully occurred." He gestured to the contact lenses he had abandoned on the console when his hands had been otherwise occupied.
"I wanted to show you first, but I think that my vanity is also to blame. I wasn't any more eager than you to have the men tease me about having your eyes." He smiled down at her and quickly kissed her lips again. "Besides, they bothered my eyes, and were a pain to put in. It was making me late for things. You can apologize for assaulting my second in command, and scaring Hunk half out of his wits. Hopefully your room will have been cleaned up by then and we can all retire and start tomorrow fresh."
"And tomorrow?" She asked quietly, her voice laced with hope.
Keith smiled down at her tenderly. "Tomorrow, well, it's all up to you. I'm where I most want to be. Until you order me away, I'm here with you."
Allura's breath hitched at his declaration. She brought her hand up to his face and caressed his cheek once more. "Then I think you better be prepared to be here for the rest of your life. I never willingly let go of the people that I love. Wars have a way of doing that to me all on their own. I know you can't promise me forever, Keith. I won't set either of us up for that kind of broken promise or heartache. But I can promise that you will always have a home here. I'll always want you and need you. Using your own definition, you are beautiful to me too."
Keith's breath hitched, but he kept his silence and nodded solemnly. He wanted to promise her forever. He would love her that long, he was certain. She was guarding her heart, however, and he couldn't blame her. This was all brand new to her. He would just have to prove it to her every day, that he wasn't going anywhere. He would show her with his actions, the depth of his heart.
Allura had her own battles to wage with the council, starting tomorrow. Tomorrow she would start the process of taking back her crown, and having the person she wanted most beside her. The fact that he would be there for her, every day, made her heart feel light and happy. She caressed his chest as he lovingly bent to kiss her lips before leading her to the elevator, and back into their lives of service.