This might be a big ask but - maybe a couple months post-"Attachments" when Shiro's mom has had an opportunity to get used to her son's occasional calls. One time she somehow gets stuck on (before or after) with Allura, maybe?
Former Lieutenant Colonel Kiyomi Shirogane and the Current Princess of Altea are staring at each other through the smooth interface of a console screen and neither one of them is going to blink first. Kiyomi wonders if Alteans blink, in lieu of any other thought which would be more appropriate.
“So,” she says finally, steeling her hands together in her lap in the slow way she used to do when she wanted Shiro to think what she was about to say was serious. “So. You’re my son’s boss. What exactly is it he does up there?”
“You have seven cordons for distinguished service and if Pidge is telling me the truth, were part of the crew that helped to create the technology we’re using to speak now,” Allura says, with a crisp, sincere salute. “You know what he does better than anyone save for me.”
This is why he’s in love with her, then. He doesn’t know it yet, but Kiyomi considers with a rush of affection he’s never been great at dealing with anything but the immediate situation at hand. That’s kind of her fault. For a moment she’s silent, thinking, knowing this was a mistake she has to take advantage of.
“Are they okay?” she finally asks. “The kids? I’ve known the Holts for years, and no matter what, they’ll make it. And we’ll take care of Keith as long as he needs it. Do the others have families looking out for them?”
“They do,” Allura says. “They even look out for each other, at least half of the time. Is that what you really want to know?”
“I think you can answer that yourself,” Kiyomi says, and feels a sad smile tug at the corners of her mouth. If the same thing is happening to Allura, only the most discerning person would notice. “God, you and he are exactly the same.”
“We’ll agree to disagree,” she says. A pause. “Have a good night, Colonel Shirogane.” Kiyomi wonders what the untranslated words might be - perhaps not something so simple, and trite.
“Have a good night, Allura,” Kiyomi says.
