The war had finally ended. Their exploits known even in the faraway corners of the galaxy, and they were finally back home with their familles. Even The Blades and the Coalition were there.
The Garrison welcomed every single alien, and led all the injured ones to different medical wing within the Garrison. The Paladins being the most injured ones and unconcious, were brought to the main wing. Their familles were told of their return, and spent as much time as they could at their bedside.
While the Garrison tried to block as much press as they could, sneakier ones managed, sometimes, to sneak in the main wing while the familles went to visit their bedriddden beloved. Though they had never reached any of the Paladins, it still meant that security had to be tightened.
A week later, Pidge had woken up to the sight of her brother and parents, and felt happy that ''Yes it's over now, they're back home''. She then spent all of her days in the medical wing, recovering and catching up with her family.
Lance was the next to wake up, squeezed tight in his family's deadly embrace. He shed a tear, at the thought of the war being finally over. ''We're home, we're home for good...!'' He hugged back as much as he could with his drained-of-energy arms. The next few days for him was spent with his family, telling tales of his adventures to them.
A few days later, Allura woke up in a silent room. The only sound that could be heard was Coran, crying and saying again and again ''You're awake, you're awake !''. That's what made her realize. They defeated the Galra Empire..! Zarkon, Lotor, Honerva, were all defeated ! She couldn't be more happier.
Hunk was the next. His family was by his side, bear-hugging him as soon as he woke up. The sight of them it made him cry, and realize that he was back on Earth ''We did it, we won the war !'' he was ecstatic that he could come back to his family after so long.
A couple more weeks, and Keith still hadn't woken up yet. The doctors assured that it was normal, considering he was the most injured one, but it didn't made anyone anyless worried. Even Kolivan was more concerned about his state, a little more everyday.
When he finally woke up, everyone was at his bedside, Shiro, his mother, Kolivan, Kosmo, even the still-recovering paladins. They felt like everything would be fine again.
And it would.
