Wings of Home (Voltron: Legendary Defender/One Day at a Time 2017 Crossover)

Unexpected Predicaments

"Why did you take a different flight from the rest of your unit?"

Shiro sat in the interrogation room at the garrison feeling absolutely numb. When Ryo told him his entire unit including Adam were dead he found himself unable to move. The reason he made it back to the garrison upon hearing such news was because he heard Keith's worried voice call out his name from the back seat. He started driving again despite the fact he probably shouldn't have driven given his current mental condition, yet in truth, he wasn't thinking about such things.

"What?"

The one good eye of the garrison commander glared at him. The scowl on Iverson's face didn't snap him out of the stupor Shiro now found himself in. "Are you even paying attention Lieutenant Shirogane?"

"Sorry. No."

"This is a serious matter."

"You don't think I know that!" Shiro snapped at his commanding officer. His mind registered the look of irritation at such an action making him suddenly realize what he'd done. His eyes darted towards the top of the table in the interrogation room while his hands clenched together so tightly his knuckles turned white. He took a deep breath so he wouldn't press his nails into his flesh and opened his mouth. "I'm sorry sir. I shouldn't have been insubordinate like that. It's rather a lot to deal with. Finding out everyone else is dead I mean."

"The person who warned you didn't tell you they would die?"

"What?" Shiro glanced up. "Keith wouldn't..." He paused realizing he almost said Keith wouldn't plan such a thing, but quickly changed his course. "Look. You know my family situation. My father died and I found out he'd been raising Ryo's twin on his own using a different family name for whatever reasons he did so."

"Are you saying..."

"I'm not saying Keith is a part of any master plan!" Shiro felt the panic rise up, but the thought of the garrison bringing in his sixteen-year-old brother for questioning on a matter he had nothing to do with honestly didn't sit well. "I'm simply saying Keith was anxious for me to get home. He's still getting used to not only being a part of our family unit, but he's anxious about being apart from me. I mean, our father died in a fire he was fighting here on the garrison base. You know all of this." Shiro swallowed and looked at the table. "You're the one who told me Keith existed, remember."

Iverson let out a deep sigh. "I'm sorry for this line of questioning Shirogane." The more formal address he used was slightly out of character, and yet the man knew their family situation all too well. "With the investigation into why the plane the rest of your crew was on, we need to ask these questions. It's not like you to separate from the rest of your crew, but in the past Keith wasn't a factor. This said..."

"Please." Shiro clenched his hands together. "It really was as simple as Keith being anxious for me to be home, but he's upset about this like I am. We're both blaming ourselves for what happened."

"I was going to say I want you into counseling, particularly given your recent action and the fact you were showing signs of PTSD before returning, but from the sounds of it your brother may be in need of counseling as well."

A frown spread across Shiro's face. His body relaxed slightly, yet he found himself still feeling anxious regarding the matter and for some reason felt the investigative line might easily return to him and his brother at any time. "I'll see. Keith hates seeing the shrink. I need to..."

"You need to what?"

"I don't know." Shiro closed his eyes wondering what he should do now. He opened them and looked Iverson in the eye. "Is this done?"

"For now. You can take your leave lieutenant."

The garrison piolet took a deep breath and stood up. In the back of his mind, a voice kept saying those words confirmed his fears that he and possibly even Keith might find themselves dragged into interrogation again. He also found himself wishing he'd never enrolled Keith into the garrison school, and yet doing so allowed him the ability to keep an eye on Keith and his younger brother's current emotional state after the death of their father who was, in fact, the only person involved in Keith's life personally.

He left the room and took a deep breath and tried relaxing.

"Lieutenant Shirogane?"

Shiro's eyes snapped open and his head turned towards his fellow garrison soldier. He found himself taking a deep breath upon recognizing the soldier as one of the garrison school's teachers. "What did Keith do this time?"

The soldier swallowed, but her eyes glanced at the ground. "He's at the principle's office for getting into another fight."

He smiled at her despite the fact he honestly didn't feel like smiling because doing so was the polite thing to do. "Thank you for telling me. I'll take care of the situation right now."

Shiro watched his fellow soldier walk away. When they were gone he took a deep breath in an attempt at readying himself for what would likely be a rather trying situation. He walked at a steady pace until he reached the principle's office and found Keith sitting on the bench just outside. The student being disciplined with Keith looked up at him with admiration in his eyes, and yet Shiro wasn't sure he wanted anything to do with a kid who picked on his brother.

After all, the fights Keith got into didn't just happen on a whim. Someone goaded him into the fight. "Keith..."

The other student sported a black eye and his facial features twisted into a frown upon hearing Shiro – the garrison hero almost all the garrison students idolized – ignore him in favor of the person he'd just gotten into a fight for, but in the back of Shiro's mind he thought the other boy might feel Keith was the one in the wrong and not him. Keith simply looked at the ground. "Sorry."

"Why did you get into a fight with this kid anyway?"

"My name's Lance."

Shiro took a deep breath. Today simply wasn't his day.