A/N I started this before S6 but never finished it and I'm only just doing that now haha. Well, this is some Green Team nonsense because I had a weird idea. This also took way too long, help.

AND ALSO I REALLY WANTED TO POST THIS AT THE WEEKEND I'M SORRY! I had to prepare for a trip and it just took so long and everything is really stressful at the end of the year – our English teacher is a devil she gave us a whole essay to write FOR THE LAST FRIGGIN WEEK, WHEN WE HAVE A TRIP. AGH. Also, I have a piano exam the week after and MY DOG ATE MY EXAM BOOK. Oh my god it was the most stressful weekend in ages, so I am so sorry for this being so late even though I started it ages ago!

I will continue this as long as I have ideas and I'm in my Voltron phase… which will probably be for another good few months since S7 will probably come out in August like AAAAAAAAAAA

Thanks to everyone for reading my mind-rubbish!


Tree-Hugger

Set between S4-5 when Lotor is in that cell feeding them info and stuff, but this is mainly flashbacks.

Lotor had had seldom meetings with the infamous Lionesses of Voltron, said to be even more eccentric and even more dangerous than those who piloted them – they were, after all, lions of a sort. Kuro was hard to read, Melyn even more so as no one seemed to know what she was even talking about half the time; Azul was the sassiest being in existence and could murder a man with her acid words, though they were (usually) in defence of her loved ones; Verde acted innocent but the constant wave of Quintessence that escaped her screamed 'danger' – Lotor could feel her power through the thick walls of his cell, which was quite something; and Red… she was by far the scariest. All the horror stories of Galra ships that had been massacred by a scarlet beast, they were about her. Not to mention she'd done all of that only in the past few months. However, what scared Lotor most was when he finally met her face-to-face…

And she was nice.

"Hiya." She grinned as she walked along the long walkway up to Lotor's cell. "Innit a bit boring up here? Y'know there's literally nothing in that cell, right?"

"I am well aware." Lotor raised a brow, slightly confused. "I thought you were supposed to be a notorious Galra serial killer."

"Y'what, me? Those were mostly sentries!" She cackled, then trailed off. She added uncertainly, a hint of worry in her yellow eyes. "Weren't they?"

Lotor gulped: even if most of them were sentries, that was a bloody ton of destruction for just a Paladin and his lion. He was glad he'd made those comet ships – what would happen if those lions turned on him and he had no counter strategy?

He sighed, "What brings a great Lioness such as yourself here to me?"

She hummed in thought. "I dunno. I was a bit bored. Do you wanna talk to me about stuff?"

Lotor scoffed. Easy bait. "I'm not stupid, I know you're trying to prove that I just want your information, but no. I am completely and totally on-"

"-You're on our side, yeah no shit Sherlock. I mean, there's no point in you going against us, Voltron, with just two puny ships that could actually stand against us - at this point in time, at least."

Lotor's eye twitched and he felt slightly irritated that she could put it so bluntly. Nevertheless, he agreed, "Exactly. So you just wanted to have a conversation with me?" When she nodded exaggeratedly, he asked further, "But why can't you just speak to your teammates?"

"Eh, Azul and Melyn were pissing me off, and plus it's just so boring without my main Keith! I mean, Lance is great and all, but he's a bit too… nice." She shrugged, not really knowing what else to say. The prince blinked back, shrugging as well. Why pass up an opportunity for free info?

…Well, it turned out to be more like free gossip.

-o-O-o-

"-So then I was like, 'mate, you are 'avin' a fucking giggle' but Verde was absolutely serious!"

Lotor was still trying to process this latest bit of information. "Excuse me, so you're saying that Verde married a tree?" He paused, mouth agape in shock. "I just… what?"

Red was still in hysterics so drastic that her laughs were silent. Between gasps for air, she nodded. Lotor asked how this even happened, and (once Red had regained her composure) so began story time…

"This whole ship began way back when we first arrived in Olkarion… Ah, the good old days. Anyways, the Olkarii had fused all their technology with the plant life, so of course this was the perfect opportunity for some Green Team bonding!"

-o-O-o-

For Pidge and Verde, Olkarion was like heaven in space (or whatever the Altean equivalent was). The tall trees laden with the advanced programming of their race, the way they could communicate to the wildlife through technology…

Pidge mumbled as she stroked the wire-like marks along a tree, amazed, "Trees and… technology?!"

Verde echoed her Paladin as she ogled the sexy, yet intelligent, curves of the forest, "Technology and trees…!"

Whilst they both had clear preferences between the two, we all know they learned to love all trees and tech by the end of this episode. The real point of this story? The many times when the Paladins returned to Olkarion, in which Verde met him… the one true love of her life.

-o-O-o-

"Is there anything else amazing that I need to see on this planet?!"

Pidge's constant yelling and enthusiasm of her newfound love for tree tech ended up with her being abandoned by her fellow Paladins so that only Kuro and Verde had agreed to accompany her, along with their Olkarion guide. His name was Erome and even he was slightly scared by the green pair's enthusiasm (Verde was also quite into the sight-seeing). Kuro had tagged along to make sure neither of them came back to the Castle with a full-on tree – as Lance had said, it ain't Christmas yet girls.

Erome coughed, "Well, there is one last place I think you'd like that isn't too far from here – it's actually one of our most famous, and most sacred, landmarks."

It only took a couple of vargas to reach their destination: the Great Tree of Olkarion.

All jaws had dropped to the ground as they looked up at that beauty of a tree. Its branches spread out like welcoming arms and its leaves were a bright, lively green, like jade. Glowing green patterns trailed along the bark, similar to the wire-like patterns on the tech trees, but this time a much more vivid green, effervescing with life and power.

Erome finally sputtered, "Wow. It looks even better than before the Galra invaded. I would've thought for sure they would've done something to it, but the Tree must've known."

Verde nodded, her eyes watering. "He did. He hid himself in a treacherous forest, but now that all the Galra are gone-"

Pidge added in proudly, "-Thanks to none other than us gals,"

"-He can open himself up to Olkarion once again!" She gasped and began to bawl – the Great Tree was just too great.

In case you were confused, Verde was a plant-whisperer. All parties present were aware of this, so in context it was perfectly normal.

As you can guess, throughout their stays in Olkarion, Verde visited the Great Tree daily, most of the time with Pidge, but sometimes on her own. Pidge had an idea of what was going on and, hey, she wasn't gonna discriminate. Y'all can love whoever you want, according to her, or no one at all, also according to her.

Melyn was the first to catch on, as she was a pro at spotting these kinds of things. Verde was happier, yet even more ditzy, whenever they went to Olkarion. She was especially vulnerable when they weren't even on that planet, but when someone mentioned it – she'd go bright red and start muttering profusely to herself. At first she thought it would've been a plant expert of some sort, but knowing Verde it would someone totally unexpected, but a friggin tree? Even she was stunted by that one. Lance and Azul soon figured it out too, as did Kuro and Hunk. Shiro was a bit dense when it came to these things – he thought Verde just had a weird plant fetish (though he kinda wasn't wrong), and Keith is just bad with emotions. Red thought something was up with her fellow Lioness, but didn't really bother to think what.

What? She didn't have to know every little thing that affected her teammates, that takes effort!

The news came one fateful day after they made Olkarion the capital of their alliance. (Did that happen before S5? I can't really remember)

Verde had gathered everyone in the main control room of the Castle, where Keith could see them from a broadcast at the Blade of Marmora's HQ.

She coughed to gain everyone's attention and, when she had it, she made her announcement. She held out her left hand, a clear branch-like vine swirled around her ring finger. "Everyone, I'm getting married!"

"WOOOOO!" Celebrations were made from half of the crowd, whilst the other half was confused. Even some who knew who the lucky 'man' was were still confused, I mean, who'd seriously marry a tree?

Meanwhile, many were simply confused. Such as Keith, who proceeded to have a mental breakdown trying to process this. The poor boy's been away for barely a month and now one of his friends is engaged? *sigh*

"Wait, WHAT?! SINCE WHEN WERE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP?! I SWEAR TO GOD, NO ONE TELLS ME ANYTHING!"

Azul mumbled, "Well, you were a pretty shitty leader. I didn't really feel like confiding in you."

"Confiding? CONFIDING?! I'M TALKING ABOUT A SIMPLE HEADS-UP, YOU FUCKING DUMBASS!"

Azul raised her brows, half-expecting his response. Shiro, however, was fuming.

"Keith, watch your language, there are children here." He glanced at Pidge, who glared back at him like oh-no-you-fucking-didn't.

Keith and Pidge both yelled back at their leader.

"Who the fuck are you, my dad? Captain America? You don't need to tell me to watch my fucking language."

"Fuck you. Call me a child one more time, I dare you."

Red commented at the beef, "Ooh, it's getting heated in here~!" She whispered to Allura, who looked on to the argument in disdain. "I like it."

The princess shook her head, having to full-on shriek at the arguing trio to get them to stop.

"Alright everyone, calm your quiznak."

The room went silent.

She took a deep breath. "Pidge, calm down. Shiro didn't mean to offend you. Keith, there's no need to respond like that, so please try to stay calm. And Shiro, perhaps it would be best if you didn't order us around every step we take."

Red pointed out, "What about Azul? She's the one who started all this by taunting Keith." She glared at her opposite, who in fact apologised.

Lance seemed slightly amazed and frightened at the same time. "Wow. For once I wasn't the one to set Keith off. Or anyone, for that matter!"

Hunk tried to remain optimistic, "There's a first time for everything, but more importantly, you all just ruined Verde's big announcement." He scowled at his friends – the equivalent of being disowned by your parents.

Melyn blinked, "Hey, where is Verde?"

Pidge groaned as she turned away from the group, "You're all a bunch of assholes."

-o-O-o-

Pidge found her lion curled up in a mess of vines (that seemed to be spilling out like puddles of tears) – easy to find but not to enter, as was the way of the world. She had to use her Bayard to cut a path through, though she hated having to break off the vines, they sometimes felt like an actual part of Verde. The Lioness was sitting with her knees to her chest, head cradled between her knees. She was sniffling, but when Pidge approached, she swung her head up in hope.

"Pidge! Has everyone calmed down? Are they okay? They all seemed really upset, do you think it was because of me? Oh no, it was because of me, wasn't it? PidgewhatamIgoingtodoeveryonehatesmenowbecauseIkeptthisstupidsecretI'msuchanidiotjustdisownmenow!"

Pidge simply placed a hand on her shoulder reassuringly, consoling her with a gentle voice, "Verde, stop overreacting. Some of us were just a little surprised, no one was angry at you and certainly not upset at what you've done. We're all firm believers in doing whatever you wanna do, and if you wanna do a tree, that's your choice, and I say you go do that fucking sexy tree."

Verde took a minute to process her pilot's words before smiling to herself, agreeing with Pidge. She looked back at her and began to speak, but cut herself off.

In her emotional state, she'd wrapped Pidge up in a cocoon of vines. Only her hand was free, and stuck in the position of patting her shoulder.

Verde couldn't help it; she burst into hysterics.

"Uh, haha, very funny, but can you please get me outta here?"

Eventually, she was released (though Verde was still laughing all the way until they returned to the main room) and Pidge decided that if reincarnation existed, she would never accept becoming a caterpillar. She shuddered at the very thought, even butterflies looked creepy… What? They do!

The news became old soon enough and the wedding was held the next week, Keith even managed to get out of his space ninja work for it, and just that was enough to send Verde blossoming with excitement. No literally, she was actually blossoming, there were flowers everywhere!

The ceremony was sweet, although it may have seemed a bit odd at first, seeing a giant tree wrapped up in a tuxedo. Needless to say, Verde looked stunning in her white robes – although they'd been laden with chocolate-brown vines and green leaves that matched her hair, as well as bright pink carnations sprouting and blooming across the trails of her dress. The falling petals, thrown by her maids Azul and Melyn, added to the majestic, almost ethereal atmosphere. You could go so far as to say she was a goddess; as she walked, the ground behind would overflow with life as plants of all shapes and sizes sprung joyously from the ground. Pidge, as maid of honour, couldn't hold back her tears and began to bawl during her speech (hey, she's just a kid, cut her some slack!), although it brought everyone to tears, even the stoic Kuro and Keith.

The actual kiss was… interesting, to say the least. Coran had cued them and Verde promptly fulfilled her role as the team's tree-hugger. The discomforting part was when the tree had opened up as if to swallow her… Of course, this didn't happen, but because of this no one ever questioned what happened that night. Ever. Just… no.

And the bouquet? Well, there ended up being so many flowers that everyone got some form of bouquet. No, that does not mean there will be any harem or orgy, get your mind out of the gutter. Goodness gracious.

-o-O-o-

Lotor blinked, amazed at the whole story. "Wow… that was… longer than I expected?"

"Eh, I ramble." Her eyes glanced over to the side and she suddenly jumped, realising the time. "Ah, quiznak! I was supposed to be back by now!"

Lotor chuckled; for a defender of the universe, she certainly wasn't very attentive. Then again, she was only the lion and not the pilot, so she could get away with it a bit more. He waved her off, "Go on, you don't want to be late – isn't your leader quite the stern one?"

"Oh, no. No, not Kuro. She's a babe. It's Verde who'll freak out – start muttering and trap you in vines – if you're late to a meeting…" She shuddered.

Now Lotor felt slightly safer in his cell, oddly.


A/N AHHHHH THIS WAS TOO LONG. It began with a really weird idea I had 'hey what if Verde liked trees so much she married one lol' but then I imagined her being sucked into a tree after hugging it and I just needed to write this. And the muttering? Well, when I think 'green' my first thought is Deku so that's where the muttering came from! XD

And when she was walking down the aisle I imagined it would be like when Okami walks and flowers just spring from the ground in sparkles.

I'm torn between 2 ideas – either a feelsy one w/ grandpa Shiro or a more upbeat keef one… I'll probably do keef since I just realised I haven't actually had one that's focused on just him yet. Oops.