#stcrsblcd

     “It’s been three years since I last seen Shay. Do you think she’ll be mad at me? Do you think she moved on? ohnononono--” Easy, Hunk, Easy. It took several minutes before he actually calmed down, “I guess the idea of me being gone for so long still has me shocked.

"I.." 

Scratching the back of her head she really didn't know what to say, it was embarrassing and made the smaller paladin feel like she had betrayed one of the greatest people Pidge ever had to honor of having a conversation with. 

While this was clearly overdone and she knew that having copied the information from Shiro's galran arm and made a safe-fail for had been an incredible help in an emergency she still felt wrong about it.

When Pidge developed that protocol, she couldn't fully say that she trusted Shiro or the guys. Back then all Katie was working for was saving her family, finding her brother. That was her focus and, the tech-y wasn't going to risk it for sentimental value or "loyalty".

Now she knew that it was wrong, that she had been mistaken and Pidge owed plenty and more to her friends which she now considered part of her family.

Now she stood in front of Shiro, shoulder's slumped staring at the ground.

HOPEFULLY,      if   he   played   it   cool,      shiro   wouldn’t   notice.         ❛      hey⸻      hey   shiro  !      nice   to   take   a   little   breather   for   a   while   huh  ?      my   legs   are   killing   me   from   being   in   those   lions   for   so   long.      ❜

     “Kinda knocked me down really hard.” Hunk grumbled. He was a little annoyed at Shiro. It wasn’t his fault. It did hurt.  He wasn’t the one to hold grudges for too long despite his annoyance. Hunk was worried than upset now, “You alright?”

     ❝ shiro ... are you quite ALL RIGHT ? ❞

     she had to ask —— no one else would .  perhaps she should have inquired sooner , for the others had always been so quick to remedy her own health when she overexerted her energy , but to question the paladin she had proclaimed leader among the rest ... even out of concern , cautious is she to choose her words carefully .  there has been enough disagreements between them as is .  how it feels like deca-phoebs since they had last been on the same page , the same understanding ... the princess hopes that he could tell that her intentions were well .

     ❝ the others haven’t noticed .  the alteration of MOODS , the HEADACHES — and even if they have , i doubt they’d ask , not only because you are the paladin of the black lion , but because you are their friend —— but i , more than anyone , empathise with the weight and the paramount necessity of appearing strong ... even when there are times when i am not .  if you’re truly all right , then i shall believe you , but ... i cannot help but worry for you . ❞

     lance face down on a mat , slowly bringing himself back up on his elbows and sweating buckets was WHEN the door to the room hissed open with shiro on the other side . he’d say hello , but the staff mark on his face smarted and he wasn’t too THRILLED about being caught after hours , sparring with a gladiator-like olkarian invention . 

     ( you know , cause the castle was in SMITHEREENS . . . ? )

     instead of getting up like originally intended , the paladin rolled over onto his back and shut his eyes tight . he squeezed out the words with a BIT of effort , “ your . . . not gonna tell anyone i was here , right ? “

             “… THANKS  ,  SLAV.  I’LL  MAKE  SURE  TO  keep that in mind.”  sarcasm dripped from shiro’s words while the man grimaced. his head still ached , and the throbbing pressure between his temples did little to ease shiro of his INCREASINGLY SHORT FUSE.            even still , shiro let out a slow breath , listening to the air whistle out from between his teeth. grey eyes darted towards the bytor , HESITANCE bearing pause on his lips and UNCERTAINTY flickering - for just a second - within the contour of his stoic expression.

               “you don’t actually think they don’t trust me , do you?”

     “Hm? No, no, I believe that they trust you. ---Of course, I can’t say that I know how their minds work, not exactly, anyway. Though I have been conducting  some studies to learn more about human physiology, and while my opportunities are limited with how primitive your species is, as it only gives me you Paladins as subjects, I’ve already learned a great deal!! In fact, I could use your--”

     Slav cuts himself off in the middle of what was certain to be a much longer spiel, possibly expanding on to yet another tangent had he kept going, when his eyes return to Shiro’s face. Oh. Right, they were talking about something else before. There’s a moment’s pause where he simply stares at the Paladin, but soon enough he’s clearing his throat and resting his topmost hands on his sides.

MEME.  MEME TAG.  INBOX. ALWAYS ACCEPTING !

atoll: if your muse could go anywhere, without any restrictions whatsoever, where would they go? why would they go there?

home. to tell his mom he's okay. to see his friends again. to sit under a familiar sky and trace familiar constellations, ones he's known since birth. to pass on a message of warning, to tell earth to prepare for the inevitable threat of the galra.

and then to go back to space, because he has work to do, and that work can't be accomplished on earth.

cool grey: if your muse could ensure one thing for certain in their future to come, what would it be?

I mean, is 'winning' too vague? ultimately he just wants his life to mean something. he wants his work to not go to waste. even if he doesn't see the galra empire dismantled in his lifetime ( and let's be real, he won't ) he wants what he did to be the foundation of something far more significant than what could be accomplished in one lifetime alone.