Everyone decided to go their own separate ways. Shiro and Keith went back to the Garrison, Lance could find his way back to his house fairly quickly, and Hunk did the same. Coran decided to go with Allura and Romelle until his date. Krolia had nothing to do, so she tagged along with her son.
That left Matt and Pidge. Luckily for them, they had a place in mind.
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The walk was long and treacherous, especially when only stopping out of pure necessity because of your stubborn little sister who refused to stop even as her exhaustion reached its limit.
He would carry her for a bit of the way. She was still small, so she fit on his shoulders almost perfectly.
"How much longer?" she murmured in her slumber.
"Just about 3 more minutes."
"Let me off. If I'm going to see them again, I want to seem ok."
"You won't throw me for a loop. I heard you at the shop earlier. You're lucky I didn't call EMS on you."
She scrambled her way off of his back and leaned on his arm for a bit of support.
"Let's go."
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They ended up at their front door. At this point, the walk had drained them both, but neither would admit it.
Matt rang the doorbell.
A woman had opened the door. Someone who looked like their mother, but who had aged quite a bit. Her hair was a bit shorter than Matt last remembered. She quickly turned her head towards the interior of the house.
"Sam! Look who's here!"
Their father walked close to her. He saw them and nearly cried.
His children were finally home.
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FanfictionThey're home now. Back on Earth. But, at what cost? (Canon divergent to a point) (Direct follow-up to "The Edge") (Coran x OC) (Shiro x Matt) (Lance x Pidge)
