[It's not the promise he wants to make, but it's the one he has. They have responsibilities. The universe needs them, and there's no saying how long that tenure will be for. Shiro would love to say that they've done their part, that they could be finished tomorrow, that they can take all the time in the world to be together, to just... to just live. He can't. But-- he can give Keith hope. It's what he's always done, and it's not a difficult instinct to reach for now.]
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Maybe once we're done.
[It's not the promise he wants to make, but it's the one he has. They have responsibilities. The universe needs them, and there's no saying how long that tenure will be for. Shiro would love to say that they've done their part, that they could be finished tomorrow, that they can take all the time in the world to be together, to just... to just live. He can't. But-- he can give Keith hope. It's what he's always done, and it's not a difficult instinct to reach for now.]