Matt/Pidge
The first time Pidge (Katie, at the time) is punished by her brother, their dad is in space on a mission, and she had just hacked into the school servers to change her record. She added an intelligence test saying that she is a genius, and therefore smart enough to immediately join the garrison. Matt finds out and removes it before it is discovered. With their mother also gone at a conference, and not a big fan of punishment anyway, Matt calls his dad to explain the situation.
There is silence on the other end of the phone.
"I am going to ask you to be very mature, son," his father finally speaks, sounding serious. "Can you do that for me?"
Matt, so taken by his dad's tone, immediately straightens into near-attention, although he can't be seen.
"Yes sir."
Matt can almost hear his dad nod.
"I want you to take care of it, the same way that I would if I were there."
Matt freezes. His dad couldn't mean…
"Y-you want me to- to- spank her?"
His father's reply from the other end of the line makes his stomach sink.
"Yes."
"But dad, she's…she's…"
"You love her, don't you?"
"Well yes, of course I do." He didn't even have to think about it.
"And you want her to be kept safe?"
"Yes!" He almost yells into the phone, getting heated- no one was allowed to hurt his little sister- regardless of all the times she had beaten up bullies for him.
Dad say some more words of wisdom, coach him, tell him why it's necessary, explain how hard it is going to be- now you know why we do it to you, etc.
"And Matt."
"Yes dad?"
Sam pauses.
Then, "Matt, I love you, and I trust you- otherwise I wouldn't ask you to do this. But if you hurt her, I mean really hurt her, when I get home you and I will have a conversation that you will not enjoy, one that you will feel sitting down for a long, long time. Do I make myself clear, son?"
Matt swallowed, feeling his anxiety for the whole event shoot up even more- as well as the weight of the responsibility.
"Yes sir. I will keep her safe. You have my word."
"Good lad." Matt can hear the pride, trust, and smile in his father's voice, which gave him more courage than anything else could.
"And Matt? Matt hears his father call out to him one last time, this time his voice laced with something like wistfulness.
"Yes dad?"
"Ha-have her call me when it's over?"
Matt smiles, relieved, knowing that the invitation was also open to him as well, and grateful for it. He was glad that his dad would be willing to process it all with him.
"Of course, dad," humor and exasperation clear in his voice. Then he chuckles. "She'd probably do it anyway, to complain about how hard I was!"
"Knowing your sister, most likely," Sam chuckles, before turning solemn once again.
"Alright Matt. Remember what I said. I love you son."
Matt sobers, his voice serious.
"I will dad. I love you too."
"Good luck."
"Yeah."
And with that, Matt hangs up. He looks at the phone for a minute, takes a deep breath and puts it down, before turning and heading determinedly back towards his sister's room.
"Hey Katie? I just got off the phone with dad… There's something we need to talk about."
Hope you enjoy! I plan on making this into a full story someday, but wanted to put it out there for you to enjoy. If you want me to wait until I have the full thing written, let me know. :) I have something like 130 wip's, but none of them are posted because none of them are complete. Let me know if you want to see more!