Shidge
Couple years in the future
(Please don't kill me)
"
Shiro, I can get up myself." Katie giggled as Shiro helped her to her feet. "I'm just pregnant. I'm not severely injured."
Shiro huffed with a smile. "You may as well be, Pidge. You can barely walk by yourself."
Katie stuck her tongue out up at him as she held onto him for balance. If she wasn't pregnant, he would have let her go and watched her fall. "I know the baby is due any day now, but that doesn't mean I'll let you baby me."
The black paladin chuckled. "Oh, my darling wife. Stubborn as always."
"You love it."
"If I didn't I probably wouldn't have asked you to marry me." He mused and kissed her cheek. "Come on. Everyone's waiting."
~
Katie blow out slowly, one hand on the wall for balance and the other pressing onto her stomach. "Ow, ow... Takashi..."
Shiro looked up from the alien he was speaking to, then rushed to Katie. "What is it? What's wrong?"
She whined and leaned into Shiro. "It-it hurts..." Shiro nodded and rubbed her back as she gripped his arms. "Ooowww...."
The alien they were speaking with turned to Allura. "She's with child." The princess responded, and the alien's eyes lit up excitedly.
"She could be going into labor!" The alien piped up, and Katie groaned. "We should take the green paladin to our birthing facility just down the path."
Shiro and Allura exchanged a quick glance, then Shiro looked down at his wife. "Come on, Katie. I know it's not the castle or Earth, but we've got to lay you down." She just nodded and clenched her teeth.
~
Shiro and Coran stayed with Katie as the others returned to their lions and the castle. They all had flown in their lions(including Katie, despite Shiro's protests).
Shiro held Katie's hand as she screamed. He didn't wince since she had a firm grip on his prosthetic rather than his flesh hand, but her screaming was enough to make him hurt. He reached over with his flesh hand and pet her hair out of her face. "You're doing great, Katie..." He encouraged, offering a smile as she looked up at him through watery amber eyes. "We'll hold our baby soon..."
~
Shiro kept his eyes on her face the entire time, whispering encouragments and trying to comfort her. His head was spinning with panic. What if something went wrong? What if it's stillborn? What if it's deformed?
All thoughts flushed from his head as one of the aliens assisting rushed to the other side of the room with a bundle and Katie's screams died to heavy pants. Shiro was confused, ears ringing. Was it over? With a short, pained cry from Katie, he guessed not. What was that alien carrying to the other side of the room?
A few more minutes of head pounding and Katie screaming, another alien held up another bundle. This one cried and squirmed.
Shiro helped Katie sit up against the cushions as the alien carried over the bundle and wiped it's face. Katie reached for the bundle and the alien happily handed it over. Katie cradled the bundle and smiled as she leaned on Shiro. He held his arm under hers, worried she'd be too weak to hold the baby herself. She peaked under the blanket and giggled. "A boy." She whispered.
The aliens rushed out to where Coran was, and spoke to him quietly.
"Can I name him?" She asked, voice trembling. Shiro nodded and kissed her head. "Hikaru Samuel... Shirogane..."
