#colorguard keith
now that it’s summer catch lance and keith have pull hit contests instead of practicing choreography
lance spinning flag in his socks and he drops his flag on his feet and he has to sit down and cry for a few minutes
keith sees this and he goes to tease him but then he hits himself on the head with his own flag and now they’re both dying
LANCE AND KEITH ARE GUARD KIDS AND LANCE LIKES SPINNING RIFLE AND KEITH LIKES SPINNING FLAG AND SABRE
fight me
correction: lance’s favorites are rifle AND swing flag
another follow up on guard!keith + saber
• tonight at my end of season marching band banquet, our two senior guard captains were awarded with sabers
• when keith is a senior, they do this bc they know how much he loved saber
• he starts crying a lot bc he’s so happy
• my guard boi is so content yet excited bc this was a surprise and he never saw it coming
• he’S SO HAPPY
• that’s all
keith in guard
okay i said that keith is in guard and loves flag and pretends his flag is a sword
the reason he doesn’t do saber is:
• he can do saber for shit
• he tried but it just doesn’t work for him
• since high school marching bands are very focused on the show, he doesn’t get much time to practice with a saber bc he has to practice show choreography and they won’t let him practice saber alone off season (btw there isn’t a separate winterguard in this au, just a high school marching band that has a colorguard)
• he tried and tried for weeks but after his hands were absolutely destroyed they decided to have him stick to flag and pursue saber some other time so his hands would be in a state that would let him actually be able to perform rather than injuring him further
• maybe he’ll try to further himself in saber but for college, he’s decided
• he loves flag tho so don’t be too sad for him!!
• he felt kinda bad at first but accepts pursuing saber on the side, he likes the physics of flag better anyways, the feeling of spinning flag, the way the silk moves, the size, spinning big and showy with cool colors
• he fell absolutely in love the moment he was introduced to swing flags
• lance and keith are guard buddies (rivals). lance plays like five instruments but he chose guard because he thinks it’s more showy. he also loves being on rifle line. his rifle is his girlfriend. keith loves flag. sometimes he pretends it’s a sword. nerd. bonus: keith has no idea how close is too close and has hit three trumpets and a clarinet in the span of two days. also he has a glove tan.
• pidge is a sax. she is also a mess. whenever they’re not playing show music or required to be quiet she’s playing careless whisper. biggest meme. she is terrible at the marching part of marching band. also highly protective of her dots even though she can never get to them in time. don’t stand on her dot unless you’re supposed to be there. she will end you.
• hunk is totally a pit guy. he never liked marching and well, pit is less walking. he’s the section leader (mom) and helps everyone get their instruments out to the field. on long days he brings ingredients (like ones you don’t have to cook and can be put together quickly) and they make food during dinner break.
• shiro and allura are drum majors. they’re super chill and people often call shiro dad by accident (on purpose). they tend to intimidate the newbies but always try to calm their nerves. allura baked cookies for hours and made 8 batches so she could bring enough for everyone. she also leads bonding exercises.
• coran is the director. he’s funny and chill albeit a bit strict. everyone loves him. he loves everyone. he just wants everyone to have a good time and everything to go smoothly and the performance to go well.
• another bonus: matt isn’t part of marching band but he’s there all the time. everyone kinda just accepts his presence. air saxes careless whisper with pidge. tickles shiro at random (shiro pretends not to like it but he actually does and he knows that seeing this side of him makes the newbies more comfortable around him). brings the dog to band camp every day. brought a taco truck his friend’s cousin’s roommate’s brother owns once.
keith got a mild concussion because he tried doing suicides with the trombone section during a game. it may or may not have been payback from when he concussed a flute (turned trombone) with his rifle last season
shiro got keith to join marching band bc he got into some serious trouble with a physics teacher who agreed to not have him arrested as long as he’s “kept out of trouble by any means possible ” during the summer. that doesn’t stop him from stealing shiro’s car during dinner break, but he does come back with donuts
keith concussed a flute
