Shallura: YES

Klance: YES

Requested by: Emma my friend and space daughter.

Request type: Christmas time story!

Song: Not a song fic but I played "the Christmas song" by owl city when I wrote.

It was dumb.

They had no idea whether it was even December back home on earth.

In fact, Pidge had predicted that it was probably late June.

But here Shiro was, celebrating fake Christmas with the rest of the Paladins.

"We don't not, know if it's Christmas!" Lance had insisted after he and Keith had come back from surveying the uninhabited planet they landed on.

Shiro couldn't blame the blue paladin for being in the Christmas mindset. The planet they were on was covered in snow with beautiful frozen lakes and pine trees. A cool cold air filled the castle. It reminded Shiro of that British children's book his mom had read him when he was little.

He tried to remember the name of it but couldn't, the story was just another small thing from earth he had trouble remembering.

Maybe that was why he agreed to let the Paladins have fake Christmas. He had already missed, two...three?... no two? He couldn't remember. Either way he had missed a few Christmases and wanted to remember.

Also, Lance had put up a good case.

"We are stuck here anyway till the castle gets fixed, besides it will be so much fun!" The blue paladin insisted.

So here they all were in the only room of the castle with a fireplace. A tree Hunk and Lance had cut down stood in the corner making the whole room smell like evergreen pine. The Paladins were busy excitedly decorating the tree. A fire in the fireplace crackled behind them.

Shiro sat back on a sofa, melancholy from the celebration.

"Mind if I sit with you?" Allura from behind the sofa asked, startling Shiro from his thoughts. She rounded the sofa and stood in front of him holding a tray of mugs filled with the closest thing the castle had to hot cocoa. It was pretty much the same only much much sweeter… and it was pink.

"Of course, you can-" Shiro cut himself off when he took a look at Allura. She was not dressed how he normally. Instead of her hair being down or in a formal bun it was pulled back in a high ponytail. She had changed out her dress and battle suite for a thick dark green sweater and black pants.

She blushed realizing Shiro was staring at her.

"I know my outfit is not formal, but this planet is so cold I had to put on something warmer. Also, Hunk said green was one of the colors of this holiday."

Allura placed the tray on the coffee table in front of the sofa then sat down crossing her legs.

Shiro noted how her eyes glowed with the firelight reflecting in them.

"Why are you not helping the others with the tree?" Allura asked dropping her voice to a whisper so only Shiro could hear. "Do you not like Christmas?"

"No I do like Christmas, it's just… celebrating this one here makes me remember the ones I have missed, will continue to miss, back home." He averted his eyes away from Allura. Ever since she sacrificed herself to save him Shiro had promised himself to always be honest with her. However, that personal promise was not always easy.

"I understand," Allura said soothingly. She scooted herself closer to him. "It's more painful than comforting,"

Shiro thought back to her father's AI. Allura truly did understand what it was like to have to relive something you loved so much, but in a way that felt fake.

Allura understood. Shiro decided that was the best gift he could get on fake Christmas.

"If only I could get her something in return," He thought.

"Are you still cold?" he asked noticing that she was still slightly shivering.

"Unfortunately yes, sadly I am used to a much warmer climate than the one the planet is providing."

Shiro knew it was risky, the other Paladins were right there, not to mention Coran. But hey, it was Christmas.

"Here," he opened up his arms, worried for a moment Allura wouldn't understand the gesture.

But she instinctively moved into them smiling. They fit together perfectly, Allura rested her head on Shiro's chest and soon they were happily cuddling on the sofa.

"You're warm," Allura said

"You're… the nicest person I ever met," Shiro replied stroking her beautiful white hair.

"Lance put that down I'm not going to kiss you!" Keith exclaimed from across the room where Lance stood holding a cut piece of green paper above the red paladin's head.

"But it's mistletoe! It's Christmas law you have to kiss someone when you stand under it together and Look! We are standing under it!"

"Then go hold it in front of a mirror and kiss yourself. Besides, it's not even real mistletoe! It's paper you colored green!"

Pidge and Hunk did not pay much attention as they tried to figure out a way to make their makeshift Christmas light glow rainbow.

Shiro and Allura laughed as they watched the paladins, their paladins celebrated fake Christmas.

Eventually, a time went off.

"Those would be the cookies!" Hunk exclaimed excitedly to decorate Christmas cookies with his best friends. Everyone got up to leave for the kitchen.

"You two coming?" Pidge asked, "Or are you going to stay their snuggling?"

"I'm cold!" Allura protested.

"Riiiiight," taunted as the others left the room, he was the last one out but then quickly turned around and ran to Allura.

He reached into his pocket, pulled something out and slipped it into her hand.

"Merry Christmas you guys," he said warm and genuinely, "I'll buy you some time," and the quickly ran out of the room.

"What did he-?" Shiro began to ask.

Allura unfolded her hand.

In it was Lance's fake mistletoe.

Allura looked up at him with slight surprise.

"Oh my freakin' god Lance," Shiro sighed, his embarrassment growing. "It's not a strict tradition, the kissing thing, and besides the rule is, you have to be under it,"

A smile crept over Allura's face.

She reached her arm up and let the mistletoe dangle in the air.

"We're under it,"

Her confidence excited Shiro and he wasted no time placing a hand on her face, pulling her forward to fulfill the tradition.

The kiss was filled with the warmth of every Christmas Shiro had missed.

It was all worth it. Missing all those Christmases was worth spending this one with Allura.

"And every Christmas after this," Shiro thought. Determining that this was the first of many Christmases they would share together.

"Merry Christmas Shiro," Allura whispered breathlessly as she pulled away.

"Merry Christmas Allura."

EXTRA PART KLANCE FEELS CUZ REASONS.

"So," Lance asked Shiro later while they made another cocoa run for the team. "Did you to use my gift?"

Shiro laughed "A few times actually, thank you"

Lance smiled wide, very pleased with himself and overwhelmed by his friend's happiness.

"Allura and I are getting you something in return,"

"You are?" he raised an eyebrow, "Do I get to unwrap it now or do I have to wait for Santa to come?"

"We are going to try to get your mistletoe to work on Keith for you, I'm not sure how to wrap that, but I'm sure Allura can think of something."

Lance threw his arms around Shiro in a thankful gesture causing him to almost drop the tray of empty mugs.

He laughed at the blue paladin.

"Merry Christmas, Shiro. I hope you and Allura are together forever."

Shiro's heart warmed hearing Lance's kind words. He hugged him back with his free arm.

"Merry Christmas Lance, I hope you and Keith get together soon."

AN

I hope you liked that one. Thanks to Emma for the request I loved writing it! It was so much fun I love Christmas so freakin' much. I tried to make this one extra extra extra cute! Tell me how I did y'all!

Feel free to request stuff! Especially since tomorrow (the 21st) is fan fic writer appreciation day AND SHALLURA TUMBLR WEEK IS HAPPENING SOON!

Merry Christmas!

-VF