Nerd: Prompt from Tumblr. Quick oneshot: who gets off the plane at the airport and who's holding a sign that says "Nerd?"

Fvcutie0028: GET SOME SLEEP. And also family reunions are either great or awful. There is no in between.

Watermalone: Lol Marco's grandmother would totally embarrass him in front of Star as payback for being hung up on in Cheer Up Star. And it's all good, I like when people ramble in the review.

JW TS: Never ask what pigs in a blanket are made of. A lesson Marco learned the hard way.

Weatherbug02: Oh Lord I could not write that I would probably go insane.

Thank you to everyone who voted for me! I doubt I'll win but it means a lot. Also I just recently posted a new story called Star vs. the Forces of Marco, so if you're into AUs I'd say go read it.

I don't own Star vs. the Forces of Evil. Takes place 15 years in the future.

GENERAL POV

Marco grabbed his suitcase from the overhead compartment on the plane and fought to make his way out of the interior first, running his way down the ramp as soon as he was free of the claustrophobia inducing people he had just spent eight hours with.

He burst from the exit and scanned the terminal quickly, spotting the red devil horns above everything else. His heart rose to his throat and he squeezed past people quickly, muttering apologies as he stepped on toes and elbowed hips.

He just wanted to see his wife; it had been two weeks since he had been home, courtesy of his job working with impoverished people in other (mainly Spanish speaking) countries.

Marco finally rounded the corner and caught his wife's eye. Star lit up like a Christmas tree and she darted towards him, crushing the man in a hug and effectively smushing her welcome home sign between their bodies and making him drop his bag to the floor in order to pull her closer to him.

"I missed you," Star mumbled against his jacket.

Marco chuckled and pressed a kiss to her scalp. "I missed you too, honey. How's Penny?" he asked, referring to their two year old daughter.

Star pulled away, resting her chin on his chest and staring up at him with a grin. "She's doing great. Misses her daddy. I left her with your mom and dad so she didn't have to spend two hours in an airport."

Marco nodded and then glanced down at the paper sign that Star still had clasped in her hands. "What does the sign say?"

Star flushed violently and immediately crumpled it into a ball. "Nothing," she said, hiding it behind her back.

A smile grew on Marco's face. "Oh really? Then why are you hiding it from me?"

He lunged for it, wrapping an arm around her waist and drawing her to his chest, reaching his other arm over her shoulder and plucking the crumbled sign from her grasp. She squealed, drawing the attention of several passerby's, and Marco backed up as fast as humanly possible, opening the paper and staring at the words written on it.

Welcome Home Nerd.

He turned to Star slowly, a laugh twitching on his lips. "You're calling me a nerd?"

She shrugged, crossing her arms and giving him a once over. "I think it fits. Look at it this way: I could have said 'Safe Kid' instead."

Marco lowered his gaze ever so slightly, striding over to her and yanking her to him for a long kiss, clenching the sign back into a ball with one hand. As he broke away, he leaned his forehead against Star's and smirked.

"Think I'm a safe kid, huh?"

She grinned, her blue eyes sparkling deviously. "No. I think you're a nerd."

He laughed loudly, kissing her cheek and wrapping his arms tightly around her in a hug. "Nerd it is," he mumbled into the crook of her neck. "I missed you, Star."

She pushed up onto her tiptoes and kissed his nose. "I know. I missed you too. Ready to go home and see Penny?"

Marco smiled and wrapped an arm tightly around her shoulders, grabbing his bag from where he had dropped it on the ground and steering Star towards the baggage claim. "Of course," he said sincerely.

As he leaned over to pick up his bag when it came around the belt, Star took the moment to whisper in his ear: "Maybe when she goes to bed you can disprove the whole 'safe kid' theory."

He whipped his head around to look at her, his eyes taking in the grin on her cheeks and the twinkle in her eyes. His hands nearly missed the bag as it roved by, and when he had it secured and on the floor, Marco wrapped his fingers around hers tightly and squeezed.

"You're on."

Lol I really like writing heated endings. Not sure why. Maybe because it's fun to lead up to something but not actually put it in the story. Also I really like the name Penny, so their daughter's name is Penny. Marco's hair and Star's eyes….urgh, adorable.

Anyway, reviews are great!