Little Wonders

Always

Sunlight started to shine through the curtains and onto Lance's face, slowly waking him up. Groaning, he rolled over and snuggled into Katie, pulling her close to him. He had never been a morning person, but waking up next to her was completely worth it.

It had all been worth it.

When the war had ended for good, everyone was dealing with their own trauma in different ways. Group therapy was mandatory and although it did help from time to time, some of them still had a long way to go. Hunk threw himself into countless projects, hardly breaking away from his work unless he absolutely had to. Shiro would still train some nights, when the nightmares from everything he had endured were too much to block out.

And Lance? He was falling into the deep end rapidly. He became so quiet it would be hard to get him to say anything. He couldn't focus on anything or anyone. Anxiety would claw at him constantly and he was a mess.

Then one night, Pidge walked into his bedroom and told him to follow her.

The Garrison had made them lock away their lions for months on end. Their counter argument was that it would help the paladins heal. But in truth, it was doing the complete opposite to them.

Pidge had led him to their lions' bay and unlocked it within seconds.

"What are you doing?"

She had grinned up at him, giving him the same grin she gave the team whenever she was successful in hacking a system or a ship. It now sent chills down his spine.

"We're going flying Lance."

Flying became both of their coping mechanisms, even though they got disapproval from many Garrison officials. But at the end of the day, they hadn't been through all the shit they had.

They didn't have a clue .

Slowly but steadily, Lance found himself becoming more relaxed and calm. The anxiety was still there, but it wasn't as bad as it once had been.

Little did he know how badly he was falling for her.

The realization had hit him one night when they sat in Green's hanger. She had been working on a small robot, completely focused on rewiring it and he felt his heart race.

Without giving it a second thought, he walked up to her and kissed her. Of course, he was mentally kicking himself for it, but when he went to pull away, she pulled him back.

That had been three years ago.

He heard a small yawn and smiled softly. A few seconds later, she had turned around to face him, amber eyes searching his and caramel curls sticking up in every direction.

He would never get tired of waking up to this. To her.

"Morning, beautiful."

She gave him a sleepy smile and snuggled closer into him, closing any remaining distance between them. He kissed her on the forehead gently.

"Sleep well?" he whispered into her hair.

She hummed in contentment before lifting her head up to kiss him.

Soft lips met chapped and Lance was convinced she was going to be the death of him.

Her lips lingered on his before pulling away completely.

And even though it was short and sweet, it still managed make both of their hearts race.

They had stayed like that for a moment longer; intertwined with each other, sharing lazy kisses before Blue scratched at the bedroom door, signalling it was time to get up.