Klance
Keith/Lance
The rival Paladins Keith and Lance, whose competitive relationship and contrasting personalities create intense chemistry and growth.
What is Klance?
Klance was the defining ship of 2016-2018 fandom and its archive is a time capsule of that energy: rivals-to-lovers, the bonding moment Keith remembers and Lance denies, space road-trip fic, and an ocean of AUs because canon gave writers so little to work with that they built everywhere else. The fandom's post-canon resentment produced a wave of fix-its with real feeling in them. Modern AUs dominate — coffee shops, universities, exchange students — and the best of them stand completely free of the show.
Klance is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Keith and Lance from Voltron: Legendary Defender. With over 90,000 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.
Why fans love Klance
Their rivals-to-friends development, the red and blue lion connection, and how they push each other to become better pilots and people.
Most Popular Klance Fanfics
The highest-rated Klance stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.
It's always been you
Completeby jadanator
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Text messages
by JackNotFromTitanic
Mission gone wrong / Story in which Lance and Keith's text messages can't get delivered. (It takes time after voltron, Keith is on mission with the blades while Lance is on earth. He worries because normally he'd get Keith to answer but this time his messages won't come trough. Meanwhile Keith is st
Your Song
by mydarkeststar
Earth is in shambles, and humanity is scrambling to find sustainable planets to colonize. Luckily, they’ve found a few. Lance McClain is a cargo pilot heading to one such planet. On the way, he spots something strange floating in space—a wormhole. A real, honest-to-god wormhole. It could be his tick
Down the Rabbit Hole
by thepurplemurple
Lance follows a black rabbit into Wonderland and gets hopelessly lost, though somehow, everything there feels strangely familiar. Or Alice in wonderland/voltron rewrite … Chapters will be uploaded every Saturday!
I Learned Leaving Before I Learned Staying
Completeby SPONGEBOBSQAUREPANTS
Keith is used to leaving before anyone can hurt him, but Lance makes staying feel easy—until his confession forces everything into the open. When Keith pushes him away, Lance chooses distance to protect himself. For the first time, Keith is the one left behind, realizing too late what he lost.
Gravity (Still You)
Completeby SPONGEBOBSQAUREPANTS
After a mission, Keith and Lance end up tangled together on a couch, neither willing to move—proving that even in space, being together is the easiest thing.
embarazo, embarazoso - we teach but we still gotta learn
by kleinesSchreiberlein
And in some kind of ironic and twisted way, they ended up back in the Garrison.Lance had put his mind onto graduating, getting his degree and following the path of becoming a serious professor, putting use of his past war trauma and experience to help forming generations preventing past mistakes and
More Lovely and More Temperate
by heavily_caffeinated
“We’ve met,” Lance said politely.Shiro looked at him in surprise.Keith nodded towards Lance. “This is Pool Guy.”Shiro’s eyebrows rose in realization as he looked between the two of them. Keith glared daggers at Lance as Lance tried to look as innocent and sweet as possible.Shiro snorted.“God, this i
Reflective Pools (Of What Could've Been) - JuLance 2k26
by ManyLittleStars
uh....JuLance 2026 anyone?? Collection of one-shots, please note that not all tags apply to all chapters!
where do I go? (give me some sort of sign)
by Lenore_Dove
A hastily covered crime at the city’s most prestigious science facility leaves a particular group of highschool students with a case to investigate and a mystery to get to the bottom of.Allura is struggling to find her way through an art project while doing so- what are some new faces and a radioact
The Son of Crius
by suffthepowerpuff
After a brutal battle leaves him unconscious, Lance, son of Poseidon, winds up stranded on a mysterious island. There, he meets a beautiful stranger trapped by an ancient curse-one who wants absolutely nothing to do with him. But lives are depending on him, and Lance must figure out how to escape th
JuLance 2026
by Azwords36
Lance McClain (most Klance) one-shots in honour of JuLance!
Scowl, Pout, Couch, Repeat
by iwachansfavoritealien
"Soo.. what did you say? Did you tell everyone in the Coalition that we're dating?" Lance asked jokingly, pouring coffee for both of them. He could hear ruffling, then footsteps behind him, followed by two warm arms wrapping around his torso from behind. "Yeah." Lance almost dropped the kettle. "You
Blade Caught in the Dark
Completeby ScarletQuakeWitch
A distress signal from a supposed Galra refugee leads Keith into deep space on a Blade of Marmora mission that feels wrong from the start. The path is too precise, the silence too controlled, and the rescue too easy to trust. When Keith arrives, he discovers too late that the signal was never a call
Ill Gotten Aliases
by RuvenArt
After three months on Earth, the time has come for the Paladins of Voltron to return to space. The war effort must continue, and the threat Zarkon poses must be stopped. As all known laws of space and time begin to unravel around them, the paladins learn what they really are, and who they will die -
Mx/Mixtape (Klance)
by Riddler_mania
Lance McClain might be the best biker in this school. Keith Kogane might be the best biker in this state. When the pair are put up against one another in the tournament, the pair are enemies both in and out of the game. Keith has won the tournament, a celebration for his win, his foster brother Shir
A tie for your thoughts
by alcoholicalligator
“Isn’t it exciting?” Lance said, shoving Keith’s shoulder with his own as they walked. “Our first proper mission as partners in crime.”“You mean partners against crime.”“Whatever. Same thing.”“It’s literally not.”“You always kill the mood, you know that?”A loud bang echoed through the facility, maki
i looked to the sky and said please
Completeby viren_writes (virenw)
“You…” The Hylian breaks the silence, voice low and rough. Lance’s fingers tingle, shiver running down his spine as those eyes keep looking at him. The Hylian’s gaze is unwavering, deep and heavy as he keeps staring at Lance, drinking him up. It was unnerving, but so comforting. “You’re here.” Lance
Might Makes Right
Completeby Anonymous
Lance enjoyed his job as a police officer. He never once abused his position of trust; those urges he knew were so wrong were the urges he repressed and fought back, until one day he ran into a four-year old runaway named Keith. The small child provided too much a temptation, and - before Lance knew
Hunting the Muzzled Wild Wolf
Completeby Sherale
Keith lives in a world where Omegas rule over Alphas. His fellow Alphas dwindled in numbers due to a disease that swept through their genetics, affecting only the dominating second gender. And due to their lessening numbers, Omegas took that power in hand and decreed that all Alphas were to be prese
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What does Klance mean?
Klance is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Keith and Lance. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.
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There are over 90,000 Klance fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own.
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