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Best Klance Mutual Pining Fanfics

The best mutual pining Klance (Keith/Lance) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff.

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Top Klance Mutual Pining Fic Recs

Popular Klance fanfics on AO3 — many feature mutual pining elements.

1

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

215 kudos 10,953 words 5/31 chapters Mature
2

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

125 kudos 32,933 words 18/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
3

Hunting the Muzzled Wild Wolf

by 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

60 kudos 9,395 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
4

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 -

58 kudos 133,396 words 21/? chapters Mature
5

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

56 kudos 8,567 words 7/10 chapters Explicit
6

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!

47 kudos 9,563 words 3/18 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

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

43 kudos 24,950 words 4/? chapters Mature
8

Blade Caught in the Dark

by 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

36 kudos 6,242 words 4/4 chapters General Audiences
9

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

33 kudos 6,391 words 4/? chapters General Audiences
10

i looked to the sky and said please

by 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

33 kudos 9,883 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
11

Might Makes Right

by 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

31 kudos 37,840 words 12/12 chapters Explicit
12

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

26 kudos 4,895 words 4/7 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
13

JuLance 2026

by Azwords36

Lance McClain (most Klance) one-shots in honour of JuLance!

23 kudos 5,127 words 4/31 chapters Not Rated
14

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

22 kudos 3,081 words 2/? chapters Not Rated
15

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!

15 kudos 7,165 words 6/20 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

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

12 kudos 6,692 words 4/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
17

Gravity (Still You)

by 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.

6 kudos 1,045 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
18

I Learned Leaving Before I Learned Staying

by 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.

3 kudos 993 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
19

It's always been you

by jadanator

No summary provided.

1 kudos 785 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

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

0 kudos 2,695 words 1/? chapters Mature

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Why Mutual Pining Klance Fanfiction Works So Well

Keith/Lance — The rival Paladins Keith and Lance, whose competitive relationship and contrasting personalities create intense chemistry and growth.

Mutual Pining — Both characters are in love with each other but believe their feelings are unrequited. Readers can see the truth while characters remain oblivious.

Their rivals-to-friends development, the red and blue lion connection, and how they push each other to become better pilots and people. The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff. That's why mutual pining Klance fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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