fancake

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Pairings/Characters: Hunk, Shiro, Keith, Original Characters
Rating: Mature
Length: 7,531
Creator Links: Letterblade
Theme: Trauma & Recovery

Summary:

The arena’s packed.

Commander Ozen, the arena master himself, stands tall between the four towers, armor glinting dark under the light pounding down on them both. The two furred ridges on his skull are bristling with excitement, and there’s a smug, vicious light in his eyes. He flexes his claws, plants his long legs firm.

Hunk steps through the opposite door, small in the vast steel mouth of the blood-sands, and the crowd screams with death in its teeth.

Reccer's Notes: In this fic, Hunk is captured and forced to fight as a gladiator. I love how the scenario gives him room to be snarky, brave, resourceful, and vulnerable by turns, both the protector and the protected. And the recovery scenes are visceral, heartbreaking, and ultimately cathartic and hopeful.

Content Notes: child death, threats of rape, torture, violence, vomiting

Fanwork Links: The Flip Side of Death

enemytosleep

Fandom: Voltron
Pairings/Characters: Keith/Lance
Rating: Teen
Length: 84,000
Creator Links:

perfchan
Theme: Essential Starter Recs

Summary: Keith has been many things---the unexpected Garrison recruit, the Red Paladin, the Black Paladin, the Marmoran soldier, the leader of Voltron. He is one of five at the forefront of a war. He is clumsy with words. He has a temper that sometimes gets the better of him. He is his mother’s son, with her knife at his back to prove it. He is a leader, maybe not innately, but he manages with the help of his friends. Keith steadies his hands over the helm of his lion. Her displays flicker, his resolve does not. He breathes deep, leaning into the dive before it begins. “Team. Form Voltron!”

Reccer's Notes: This is a delicious slow-burn, canon compliant series of missing scenes that begins back in the Garrison Academy and goes all the way past the final episodes. It's dynamic with loads of comedy, angst, heartbreak, and warm feels including an ensemble cast. The characterization is wonderful as is the masterful way this all fits into Voltron canon.

Fanwork Links: when all this is over, where do we stand on AO3

saphirablue

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Characters/Pairings: Shiro, Hunk, Lance, Pidge, Keith, Allura, Coran
Rating: Teen and up
Length: 50777
Creator Links: VelkynKarma
Theme: five things, hurt/comfort

Summary:
Being an amputee with a prosthetic limb is difficult enough. Having a solid metal alien prosthetic forced on you by another species entirely is even worse.

OR:

Five times Shiro’s Galra arm caused him trouble in some way and another member of the team helped him out with it, and the one time the same arm is the only reason any of them survive.

Reccer's Notes: This is something I wish the show would have tackled and some of these things hurt to think about. But, what I love most about this fic is the gentleness (especially Hunk, OMG, Hunk) while the Team deals with Shiro and the issues the arm causes and how they try, and are able, to help with these issues - all in their own way.

Fanwork Links: Routine Maintenance

saphirablue

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Characters/Pairings: Shiro, Lance, Pidge, Hunk, Keith, Allura, Coran
Rating: Teen and up
Length: 28004 words
Creator Links: BossToaster
Theme: 5 things

Summary: Shiro is in the habit of keeping things to himself. He's always been private, and he prefers to keep his thoughts to himself unless there's a reason to share.

He doesn't get that option anymore.

Or: Shiro got hit with truth spell magic and he might drop dead of embarrassment

Also Or: 5 times Shiro told the truth (because magic made him do it)

Reccer's Notes: I love the Teamness of this fic (all the warm and fuzzy feelings!) and how the others try to help Shiro through this and how they try to curb their curiosity (Fair warning - they don't always succeed). I also wanted to hug Shiro a lot while reading...

Fanwork Links: Coming Through The Noise