He meant every word he said. There was no one more proud of his team than he was.
And he was glad she hadn't physically tried to stop Kuron. The other man, controlled by Haggar or not, hadn't killed anyone in his escape from the castle - but because they were, in a way, the same
Shiro knew how easy it would have been to turn those subduing moves into killing ones.....
It made him sick to his stomach to think of it, of what might have happened - and it made him all the more grateful to his new twin for, somehow, fighting what must have been all but total control.
But that was for later and this was for now and as Pidge folded into him he wrapped his arm as completely around her as he could, curling his body forward around her and tucking his chin over the top of her head. Encasing her with his own body as completely as he could and missing his lost arm for the lack of ability to wrap her even closer. She'd been through so much. They'd all been through so much. And they were just kids. Pidge the youngest of them all. They weren't supposed to be worrying about saving the universe - about killing a team member - team leader - at this age. Never really but certainly not when their biggest stress factor should have been upcoming tests and whether to go home or stay at the Garrison for the holidays.
"It's all right. It's all right," he pitched his voice low and soft for her, almost crooning the mantra. Letting her cry it out because she'd already held all that pain inside of her too long already and there was nothing wrong with crying when you needed it. "It's all right, Katie. I'm right here. You're safe."
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And he was glad she hadn't physically tried to stop Kuron. The other man, controlled by Haggar or not, hadn't killed anyone in his escape from the castle - but because they were, in a way, the same
Shiro knew how easy it would have been to turn those subduing moves into killing ones.....
It made him sick to his stomach to think of it, of what might have happened - and it made him all the more grateful to his new twin for, somehow, fighting what must have been all but total control.
But that was for later and this was for now and as Pidge folded into him he wrapped his arm as completely around her as he could, curling his body forward around her and tucking his chin over the top of her head. Encasing her with his own body as completely as he could and missing his lost arm for the lack of ability to wrap her even closer. She'd been through so much. They'd all been through so much. And they were just kids. Pidge the youngest of them all. They weren't supposed to be worrying about saving the universe - about killing a team member - team leader - at this age. Never really but certainly not when their biggest stress factor should have been upcoming tests and whether to go home or stay at the Garrison for the holidays.
"It's all right. It's all right," he pitched his voice low and soft for her, almost crooning the mantra. Letting her cry it out because she'd already held all that pain inside of her too long already and there was nothing wrong with crying when you needed it. "It's all right, Katie. I'm right here. You're safe."