The 'meet-the-parents' dinner was going horribly.
Matt came down without any pants, her mother had overcooked the lasagne in her worry, and her dad would not stop staring at Lance and insisted that the two sat on opposite ends of the table.
Her mom reigned the conversation, making sure to leave in stories to embarrass the green paladin. Matt was all too eager to chime in. Lance, being the perfect boyfriend, politely laughed and added to `the conversation.
Her father sat at the end of the table, as stern as she had ever seen him.
"Katie has always been a night owl. She would always be difficult to put to bed, even when she was little," Colleen said, fondly.
"Didn't she once stay up all night calculating the weight of iron vs bronze longsword. And then tried to find the best metal to make a longsword out of. And Dad got a call to pick her up from school the next day because she started shouting stuff about swords before passing out?" Matt asked, with an evil grin.
"Really?" Lance guffawed, "that reminds me of that time…"
"No, not that one," Pidge giggled from across the table.
"Pidge had stayed awake a lot longer than she should of, and a planet was asking for help. Before Allura could respond, Pidge called them 'weak little bitches who couldn't tell the difference between an iron longsword and a bronze longsword' and fell asleep on the spot," Lance chuckled, "I was wondering what she was talking about,"
Their laughter was cut short by Sam, slamming his hands on the table.
"That is Mahogany!" Matt cried out, jokingly, but his joke fell on deaf ears.
"Lance, what are your intentions with my daughter?" He asked.
"Dad," Pidge whined before Lance could get a word in otherwise.
"No. You are far too young to be dating, and Lance has a reputation for flirting. I need to know if this is some fling or not," The engineer said sternly.
"You didn't do this to Matt!" Pidge argued, her voice getting louder.
"Because Matt is an adult and wouldn't do childish things like run off into space!" Sam yelled.
The table was suddenly very quiet. Emotions built up inside of her that she couldn't even identify.
All she could think was how dare he?
How dare he?
"I'm not hungry," She said, pushing the plate away from her and standing up, before fleeing the room with as much composure as she should muster.
She heard footsteps behind her but didn't let that deter her. She reached the room and promptly kicked the bedside table in anger, before letting the tears flow.
Before she had much time to wallow in self-pity, she was scooping into someone's arms.
She buried her face in the crook in the neck, realising it was Lance.
The blue paladin started to thread his fingers in her hair.
"I'm sorry," She muttered, "I'm ruining everything,"
"We can have a second meet the parents. It'll be fine," Lance kissed the top of her forehead.
"I got all dressed up and everything," she said. Lance chuckled a bit. The girl was wearing a flowy green dress, with a white band around the waist, with white kitten heels. Lance was wearing a white and blue checked collared shirt with nice black pants and boots.
A crash ruined their moment. The two untangled from their embrace and rushed to the window.
There they saw
"A Galra ship," Pidge gasped.
"We have to get to our lions," Lance said, grabbing her hand and pulling her along.
The two ran down the stairs. They could hear the screams of civilian, both alien and human as lasers fired from outside.
Faintly, the green paladin could hear Matt telling her mother to get to safety.
The two continued out the door and towards where they had parked their lions.
A familiar evil laugh rang throughout the city.
Sendak.
They got to their lions and Pidge was about to go up to Green when a hand caught hers.
She looked back and saw Lance's heartbroken face. And that's when it hit her.
They could both die.
Lance's hand trailed to her face. She nodded slightly and let their lips meet.
They could hear civilians screaming, but this might be the last time they kiss each other. The last time they ever hear from each other.
They pull back, their cheeks flushed red.
"I'll see you…" Pidge trailed off, not being able to finish the sentence.
"Er yeah. I'll see you too," Lance forced a smile. And they both ran off into their lions.
[A/N] Now before you yell at me, just read.
I'm happy to do a little end chapter where we know what happens. But I won't unless I get enough reviews. And by enough reviews, I mean like two.
But if people want it to stay as an ambiguous ending, I'll leave it.
Anyway, thanks for reading! This was a Secret Santa fic for Minty._.Jade.
I had fun writing this. I don't normally do romance, no matter how much read it, and it was a fun challenge.