The Stars Between -- (VLD)

[15] Its probably a semicolon

Pidge sat curled up in her chair on the bridge; dressed in only her jumpsuit- she had removed the armour plates long ago, but felt it was too cold to wear her usual shorts. She grumbled something under her breath, reaching underneath her glasses to rub at her eye.

"Any progress, number five?" Coran asked, pausing in his work to glance over. His hand still hovered by the holographic display, though Pidge couldn't discern what was going on from where she sat.

"A little..." she shrugged after a moment, holding the laptop stable with her wrists. "I'm using both the castle and the Green Lion for the base coding, but it's a little difficult, with the systems being so much more advanced than what we have on Earth."

"Of course," Coran nodded in understanding. "If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them."

Despite the exhaustion and stress Pidge was feeling, she gave a smile. "Thanks, Coran."

He smiled back, the ends of his moustache twitching upwards.

The door to the bridge slid open with a whoosh, revealing Allura and Hunk. Hunk held a tray of food in his arms, making a beeline for Pidge before the doors had even fully opened.

"You didn't come down for lunch." He said, pulling the laptop out of her hands and replacing it with the tray. She made a whining noise, trying to feebly reach for the laptop again. "I'm not giving this back until you eat."

"I'm trying to find Shiro and Lance, what's so wrong about working while I eat?"

Hunk gave her a deadpan look. "You always get crumbs stuck in the keys, and it's a horror to clean."

Pidge grimaced, knowing he was right. "So," she said, picking up the spork and twiddling it between her fingers "Do you have any ideas as to what may help lock onto the Lions?"

"You are using the Fraunhofer line, right?"

"Of course! It's just that Green, Red and Yellow keep interfering with my work." Pidge stabbed what seemed to be a vegetable, a pout forming on her lips. "And right now, I can't figure out how to isolate the signals we're looking for."

Allura pulled her hair up into a bun as she made her way to the centre of the room. "I think I may be able to help there," she said, giving a brief smile to Hunk and Pidge. "After all, I am able to lock my life force onto each Lion individually."

"That might be what we're looking for." Hunk said.

"Mhmm..." Pidge shovelled food into her mouth, only just now realising how hungry she really was. "Hunk, while you're currently holding the laptop, would you be able to check over the coding? I think I'm missing something."

He chuckled. "It's probably a semicolon."

Pidge glared at him, though her heart wasn't into it. "That was one time!"

"Twice." He teased, walking to his own seat and dropping down, laptop on his knees.

"I was tired and emotional." She rolled her eyes, poking at another vegetable.

The tension had drained considerably from the room, leaving them all in a comfortable silence, Hunk periodically tapping away at the keys. Allura and Coran conversed quietly, examining the galaxy map and highlighting potential points.

"Found it," Hunk called, waving Pidge over. She jumped up, leaving the half-eaten tray of food by her seat as she rushed over.

"What was it?"

Hunk smirked. "You really wanna know?" Pidge hesitated for a moment, before she nodded.

"If I don't find out, I'm going to keep making the mistake."