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So yea! I do ship Hidge. If you don't, thats alright. But know. This is hidge.
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Pidge sat down on Lance's bed. "So is this actually temp sibling talk? Or do you wan't something?"
Lance handed Pidge a cup of space coffee. "Temp sibling talk. I wanted to talk about why you've been acting a bit strange lately."
Pidge rolled her eyes and grabbed the cup. "I havn't been acting strage lately!"
Lance sipped his drink and laughed. "Come on Pidge. I have like 8 nieces. They all act the same when their hiding somthing. Distant, lots of escuses, not talking at dinner, lots of time in your room.."
She raised an eyebrow. "What are you getting at Lance?"
He leaned over and stared into her eyes. "What. Are. You. Hiding."
Pidge scoffed. "Nothing that you can prove."
Lance straightned at set down his drink. "Too bad for you, I quized my sister on her physcology final. I can read you like a book. Now, I'll just start naming things until I get a reaction."
Pidge leaned back. "Go ahead Dr. Lance."
"New tech?"
No change.
"Uh, you found a way to get to Earth?"
No change.
"You have a crush?"
Change.
Pidge blushed slightly and figited with her hands. Lance lept up and pointed at her dramatically. "I freaking knew it! Who is it?"
Pidge glared at Lance. "You have no evidence of that."
Lance sat back down. "You were figiting, showing you were nervous when I asked the question. And if thats not obvious enough. I saw you blush slightly."
"Come on..."
Lance grinned. "Wanna tell me who it is? Or should I guess until you give it away?"
She sighed. "Promise not to tell?"
Lance crossed his heart. "You know I'm trustworthy Katie."
"...hunk?..."
Lance flipped over his chair. "I FLIPPING KNEW IT."
Pidge burries her face and her hands and half screams. "Why..."
Lance puts the chair back up and raises an eyebrow. "Why? Its not the end of the world Katie."
She sighed. "But.. It is. For one thing, this is war. Not the time for relationships. Two, I'm positive he likes Shay. Three.. He's way to good for me." Pidge sighs and hugs her knees.
Lance was trying so hard not to laugh. He yelled at himself in his mind. "Don't exploit your best friend... You have too much power Lance... You could totally blow Hunk's cover... Don't do it Lance."
Lance put on a comforting expression. "One, you're right. This is war. But that just means you don't really have time to wait to tell him how you feel. Two, Hunk thinks of Shay as a friend. And
Three, you're the most badass person I know. He'd be an idiot not to fall for you."
Pidge looked up at him. "You really think so?"
Lance put a hand on her shoulder. " I know so. Even if he doesn't like you, I know you both won't let that get in the way of saving the universe."
Pidge sat up and grinned. "Yea... you know what.. Yea! There really isn't a downside to this! Plus, I already have a therapist if things go south!"
Lance chuckled. "Dr. Lance, PHD. So when are you gonna tell him?"
Pidge pondered over that for a moment. "I don't know Dr. Lance... Maybe tomorrow morning? I suppose I could pretend I need help on some machinery in the bridge... Then tell him? What do you think?"
He smiled. "Sounds good. Want me to distract the rest of them tomorrow?
"Please do."
Lance looks at the time. "It's about three in the morning.. We better get some sleep."
Pidge groaned and stood up. "Fine...I'll tell you how it went tomorrow night."
"Got it. Night Pidge."
"Night."
... The next evening...
Lance had been helping Coran all day with the teledove, so he hadn't seen Pidge all day. He waited for Pidge to come see him.
And waited.
And waited.
At this point he knew something was wrong. Pidge always came in to chat with Lance. No matter what happened. He walked into the kitchen. No Pidge. Her room. No pidge. Hunks room? No sign of her or Hunk anywhere. Lance walked into the Bridge. He found hunk asleep on the floor. Lance knelt down and shook him awake. "Hunk?"
Hunk bolted up. "I'm sor- Oh hey Lance, have you seen Pidge?"
Lance glared at him. "What did you do?"
Hunk frowned. "Well, she confessed to me, and I was obviously shocked, because I thought it was one sided and such, so I kinda froze, and she ran away."
"And you didn't go after her?!"
Hunk scoffed. "Of course I did. But she is really fast, and She lost me in the hallways. I couldn't find her anywhere, so I decided to wait for her to come back for her laptop." He gestured to the
device next to him. "She can't get too far without it."
Lance stood up. "Well, I have an idea where she is then. You stay here."
Hunk looked sadly at him. "Okay."
Lance knocked on the green lion.
"Pidge? It's Dr. Lance."
The green lion hesitated, but opened for Lance to come in.
Pidge was sitting in the green lions pilot seat with a blanket over her. Lance walked up to her.
"Hey."
Pidge didn't answer and turned over. Lance walked over to the other side.
"Look, its either talk to me, or I just go kick Hunks ass. Either one works."
Pidge sighed. "He just.. Stood there. I was expecting a yes or no, not a freeze and stare into the void. I got the message. So I just... ran."
Lance knelt down to her eye level. "You didn't even give him a chance to come back into reality?"
Pidge rubbed the back of her head. "I guess not... I was just so upset.. I don't know."
Lance held out his hand. "As your doctor, I prescribe conversation with this so called Hunk."
She sighed and got up. Pidge grabbed his hand. "If you say so Doc"
Lance left Pidge on the bridge with Hunk. He had fallen back asleep, with one hand on Pidge's computer. Lance whispered into her ear, "Tell me everything afterwards." And gave her a nudge forward. He walked back to his room as she walked to him. Lance smiled to himself. He made a mental note as he walked. "After this is over, Pidge is helping me with Keith."
Lance sat on his bed, reading an introduction to Altean, when he heard his door open. But it wasn't Pidge. It was Hunk.
He put his bookmark into the book. He swung his legs over the side of his bed and looked over at his best friend.
"What happened my dude?"
Hunk sat down next to Lance. "She woke me up, and we talked for a bit."
Lance smirked. "Did you finally tell her?"
Hunk sighed. "Yep. I did. I finally did."
Lance put a hand on his buddy's shoulder. "Did she reject you or something?"
Hunk chuckled. "No, we realized it's a mutual pining, and she asked me to go fly with her in green tomorrow, to show me what it's like."
Lance raised an eyebrow. "Then, what's wrong? Why aren't you through the roof right now?"
"I mean, I should be happy, but now, I'm even more afraid to lose her."
"Hunk..."
Hunk looked over at Lance. "I mean, I'm scared all the time. I worry about everything. But now... We almost die every day Lance. Every day. Eventually, our luck will run out. The odds of us making it back home alive..."
Lance looked Hunk straight in the eye. "Everyone almost dies everyday. We can't ignore the inevitability of death. But we can't focus on it either. My mom always told me to live in the moment.
And you know what? Right now, you got the smartest girl in the galaxy head over heels for you. Savor it. Never do anything you know you'll regret. And... Since I am her temporary brother..."
Lance glared at him. "Watch it."
Hunk laughed nervously. "Oh, Ok. Thanks Lance. For the advice, and the threat. Well, I better get back. I'm gonna make some space cookies with her."
Lance smiled as his best friend ran back to the kitchen. He got back into his comfortable reading position and picked his book back up. Now to wait for Pidge.
...
Lance had fallen asleep with the book resting on his face. Suddenly, something jumped on him and shook his shoulders.
He awoke with a start, knocking the book off of his face.
"HEY WHAT THE-"
He see's a smiling Pidge above him, shaking him still.
Lance smiles and sighs. "Will you let me get up please? Then I will hear about your love life."
Pidge glared at him playfully and hopped off of him. Lance sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"Ok. Now tell me why you're acting like you just had a mix of Redbull and 7/11 coffee."
Pidge grinned. "He DOES like me! You were right! He was just caught up in the moment. He made me cookies!"
Lance dramatically put his hands to his heart. "Your exploiting your boyfriend for cookies? I'm so proud!"
She shoved him slightly. "Thank you Dr. Lance. Or should I say, Big brother?"
Lance grinned and pulled Pidge into a hug. "You know, I've never been a big brother before. I am an uncle though."
Pidge laughed. "Who would trust you with a child?"
"My brother and sister's families apparently."
She pulled out of the hug. "Now, what was that about your end of the deal?"
Lance laughed . "Oh... Nothing really... Just one thing..."
This was a one shot... Until I realized how much klangst I could get out of this later...