So I removed the original third chapter because it was atrocious, here's something to make up for it.
For some context, I'm really excited about Matt's return, and thought of this stupidly cute scene after a violent murder occurred in the Physics Lounge (literally, my friend did this to me and I was practically crying).
"Shiro, come on, you need to sleep," Matt whined as the paladins returned to the bridge after a day of flight training. Everyone was exhausted, but none more so than the Black Paladin himself.
"I slept just fine thanks," Shiro crossed his arms, sending a warning glance at the Ambassador for the Knights Against Zarkon (KAZ).
"For like, two hours, dude," he hissed in response, "do I have to drag you back to your room?"
The other paladins as well as Allura and Coran were studying the pair from a cautious distance. Shiro and Matt argued on occasion, but it usually took the form of a debate. This argument seemed to take on a different tone.
As if confirming their suspicions, Matt seemingly pounced forward, tackling Shiro with a violent burst of brute force.
Shiro met him with only a loud exclamation and suddenly, laughter?
It was the kind of whole-hearted laughter that nobody had heard out of Shiro, not in the past year at least. Shiro's laugh rang out through the bridge and when the other's got over their jaw-to-the-floor shock, they were grinning from ear to ear.
"Matt! Sto... ahahaha... stop! Haha... Please?" Shiro's pleas were entirely fruitless as Matt continued his relentless assault of Shiro's sides and armpits. The "fearless leader" was reduced to nothing but a puddle of giggles and squeals.
"I'm not stopping unless you agree to get some sleep, Takashi," Matt mused with a devilish grin.
"No! I... busy... there's hahaha... work..."
"Then I won't let up, you're only making it worse for yourself!"
Now thoroughly entertained by the hilarious assault on their leader, the younger paladins simply sat back to watch. Matt had just given them some excellent information that they were more than happy to put to use.
Keith was already plotting.
"Okay! Okay... Mercy..." Shiro huffed between giggles and... oh goodness, was that a snort?
Pidge began downloading the security footage.
Satisfied with Shiro's acceptance of his fate, Matt sat back and grinned. The Black Paladin quickly recovered, and after a moment, sat up and pushed his bangs out of his face, "I hate you so much right now."
"I'm okay with that," the older Holt sibling answered with a shrug.
Lance smirked, "wow, Shiro, who knew you were holding out on us?"
Even Shiro's typical "dad-glare" didn't work in that particular moment, and Lance savored that effect.
"You're telling me none of you figured that out?" Matt asked, feigning bewilderment, "he's super ticklish, how do you think I ever got him to agree to anything?"
"This is a normal thing?" Hunk sounded genuinely intrigued.
"Oh definitely, he's especially vulnerable when it comes to his sides," Matt chimed just before Shiro shoved him over.
"Traitors, all of you," Shiro groaned, still, he was glad it'd happened. The fearless leader of Voltron hadn't laughed like that in a long time.