I would like to mention that there is talk of a nightmare in this. Nothing really freaky or anything, but it's still a nightmare.


Pidge was just heading to bed when she heard a knock at her door.

"Lance?" She mumbled, she hadn't had much sleep over the past few nights.

The corner's of Lance's mouth turned down when he saw Pidge. "Oh, I didn't realize that you were heading to bed. I'll just-"

Pidge grabbed his hand. "No, no, no. You've made me curious. What's going on?"

Lance shrugged his shoulders. "I just wanted to know if you'd like to play a video game."

Pidge was about to decline when she noticed that Lance seemed a little off. Like something was wrong. "Sure, why not." She sighed, walking out of her room.

"Really?"

Pidge rolled her eye's. "I mean, if you don't want to anymore, I can go back to bed."

Lance quickly grabbed her arm. "No! N-no, I still want to play."

"Okay then, let's go."

Pidge continued to study Lance as they made their way to the gaming room. A room that had originally been a common room that Pidge and Lance, with a bit of Hunk's help, converted into a place for all of their, and the other's, games. (Although, sometimes Lance would move his and Pidge's game to his room)

"Is the game already in?" Pidge asked. Lance nodded his head as he turned on the console. He and Pidge had played their game, Killbot Phantasm 1: Journey to the Depths, quite a few times. Of course, it also took them a while to even get it to work, but minor details.

"Are you okay?" Pidge asked as Lance sat down next to her.

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Lance asked, giving a small smile.

Pidge didn't believe him, but she stayed silent as they started the first level. She would steal a glance out of the corner of her eye every now and then, but didn't push it.

After level six, Pidge noticed Lance fighting to stay awake. "Hey, are you sure you're okay?"

"I told you Pidge, I'm fine."

Pidge bit her lip, and put down her control as an idea popped into her head. "Well, I think I'm going to head to bed."

Lance's eye's widened and he quickly reached out and grabbed her hand. "No! J-Just one more level? Please?"

Pidge couldn't keep from giving him a shocked expression. The pieces clicked, but she was having a hard time believing it. "Lance... Are you afraid of falling asleep?"

Lance chuckled nervously. "Pidge, why would I be afraid of falling asleep?"

She raised an eyebrow and tucked her knees underneath herself. "Because, you had a nightmare?"

His expression, along with the fact that he avoided eye contact, gave her the answer. "Lance, why didn't you just say so?"

"I didn't want to bother you with it." He sighed, "I know it's stupid to be scared of going back to sleep and-"

"Stop." Pidge interrupted. "It's not stupid, because I've been in the same position." Lance made eye contacted upon hearing that, though it didn't surprise him much.

"Would you like to talk about it?" Pidge asked gently.

Lance shook his head. "Really Pidge, it's nothing. I'll be fine."

"Lance." Her voice held a warning note. "It's something."

There was a few minutes of silence until Lance finally spoke. "We're so far from Earth. What if something has happened to our families? Or the Galra get there before we do?"

He broke off, and Pidge reached out to put her hand on his shoulder. "Take you're time." She whispered.

Lance closed his eyes. "Let's just say that in the nightmare, the Galra beat us to Earth, and started to separate families. Putting them into work camps. Forcing children to work like adults. My niece and nephew."

Pidge launched herself forward and hugged him. "Lance, it wasn't real." She said, as she felt his arms tighten around her. "This is real. You and I right here is real. The Galra are nowhere near Earth, and we'll make sure that they never reach there."

She felt him shaking and new that he was crying, so she just held on tighter. It felt like her own heart was breaking. She knew what it was like to have nightmares, and if his were anything like her's...

"I'm sorry." Lance whispered as he pulled back. Pidge gave him a gentle smile, as she got up. "Don't be. Now stay here, I'll be right back!"

Pidge ran to her room, grabbed something off her bed, and ran back to the game room.

"Here." She said, holding out the object.

Lance took it and gave her a smile. "You have a stuffed lion?"

Pidge stuck out her lower lip. "It was in my backpack when we came to space. It happened to be one of the few things I had taken with me to the Garrison." She shyly glanced away, "I thought that it might help."

Lance held the stuffed animal tightly. "Thanks Pidge." He got up and stretched. "I guess I should try to get some sleep."

"Yeah I should too."

The two walked back to their rooms in silence. "Hey Lance." Pidge, turned to look at him once she got to her door. "Feel free to wake me up whenever you need to."

Lance grinned. "Same goes for you. Goodnight Pidge."

"Night Lance."

And wouldn't you know it, the Blue Paladin slept through the entire night. Fully rested the next morning. Although, the mice did wonder why there was a plush lion on his bed...


As you might have noticed, this is "part one," but I would like to say that "part two" will more or likely not be the next chapter.

Other than that, I hope ya'll enjoyed this!