This takes place in season 1. I hope ya'll like it!


Lance was one of those people that needed to be around other people. Well, when he was in a mood to be around other people, that is. Hunk was too busy in kitchen, Shiro was training with Keith, Coran was in a reminiscing mood, and Allura was resting. That left Pidge.

Yes he would have to sit through her talking about techy-stuff, but she was pretty cute when she got excited over the smallest thing.

If he got lucky he could pull her into playing a game or something. He did overhear her mention to Shiro that, despite her ages, she and Matt loved to play something called Extreme Hide-and-Go-Seek.

He had first checked her room, and when he didn't find her there he headed to the Green Lion's hanger.

He walked in, and immediately heard a sniffle. Then another one.

"Pidge" he called out, trying to spot the Green Paladin.

"L-Lance." It sounded like she was behind her Lion. "W-what... are you do-doing here?" And she had been crying.

Lance headed that way. "I was looking for you."

"Why?" He had trouble hearing her, her voice sounded small and weak.

He peeked behind the Green Lion, and that's when he saw her. She was sitting on the floor with her arms around her knees, her head resting up against the Lion.

"Pidge, what's wrong?" He asked, walking towards her.

"I-it's nothing, Lance."

"It's something." He knelt down and put his hand on her shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Pidge broke. Just the way he asked, the gentleness in his voice. "I'm...sorry." She whispered.

"Sorry? For what?" Lance looked at her with concern. Sure, they had a few, minor, disagreements since living on the Castle of Lions, but who wouldn't? He honestly couldn't think of a reason for her o apologize for anything. At least not anything they had already settled.

"For the Castle of Lions being taken over. It was my fault."

"Pidge! That was weeks ago. How-"

"You almost died! And it was all because of Rover. I'm the one who... who.."

Lance surprised her by pulling her into his arms. He hated seeing her tear herself apart. "Pidge stop. It wasn't you're fault."

"But.. I-If I.. H-hadn't."

He held her tighter. "No. None of it was you're fault. There was no way you could've known that they had the technology to copy his code. There was no way you could've known any of them survived. And if I remember correctly. You're also part of the reason we did survive."

Pidge shook with soft laughter, mixed with crying. "I also never got to thank you."

"Thank me?"

She pulled back and looked up at him, tears streaming down her face, and her eye's sparkling. "You shot at Sendack, which let me escape. If you hadn't..." She broke off and downcast her eyes.

Lance put his finger under her chin and made her lift her head. "Stop crying, please." He asked.

Pidge smiled in response, wiping her face. (Though the occasional tear still slipped through.)

"So. You wanna play extreme hid-and-go-seek?" He asked, hoping to put that conversation in the past. (He didn't want to see her cry again! It broke his heart!)

Pidge's smile got even bigger. "Sure!"

The two were just getting up, when Shiro's voice rang through the castle intercoms. "Everyone to the deck!"

Lance glanced at Pidge. "Guess we'll need to put that game on hold."

"Guess so."

Lance grinned as they headed to the deck. That game was definitely going to happen. Even if he had to wake her, and the others, up in the middle of the night.

He would not rest until they did the game!

Little did he know, that that would not be for a while.

Typical.