victory_road | Awakening

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pidge (voltron)

Awakening

[action/ island house]
[After a fair number of weeks, Pidge has finally stirred back to life. She wakes up slowly, pulling up into a sitting position and propping herself upright with her arms while she blinks around at the room she's in. It's not a hospital room, and she doesn't see her mother and father anywhere. No Bae Bae asleep at her feet. No TV in the corner droning on about the latest news. The absence of those things is a little bit jarring, and it takes her a second for her memories to start lining back up in place. The Pokémon world. Being here with her team. A relationship, a wedding, A life, one that plenty of people seem happily settled into. That she'd managed to settle into. The events of the last year on this world collide hard with her memories of home, and it makes her head swim for a good moment or two.

Pidge turns to look at the two warm bodies nestled around her, limbs tangled with hers, It's been a long time since she's had Lance and Hunk this close to her, and the closeness does bring a slight blush to her cheeks. There's a Pidgey perched on the edge of the bed who chirps twice before taking off for the open door as soon as their eyes meet. And then of course there's Rover, slowly rousing from where he's nestled comfortably in her lap. She lays a hand on his head, smiling as she rubs a thumb over the top of his beak and his eyes open with a surprised trill.

Yes, house residents. She's finally awake.]

[public video]
[The feed comes on to reveal one Pidge, her hair even more of a messy rat's nest than usual. There are feathers sticking out of it at every odd angle, and she herself is still looking pretty tired and disoriented. It's clear that it hasn't been long since she woke up, and there's a bit of that tired haze in her eyes. But hey, she's awake.

And Rover is hopping and fluttering about in the air around her, trilling excitedly about the "return" of his trainer.]

Hi. I guess I was out for a little while. [She reaches up, adjusts her glasses on her nose.] Did I miss anything?

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Pidge!

[Bellows someone from upstairs. Hell yes, he saw that video feed. He hadn't been on rotation, and, as such, had given them some space...]

[But you can bet he's going to come thundering down in a minute.]

[Hearing Shiro's voice is always a comfort in its own right. It brings a smile to her face as she responds to him over the 'gear; he must be in the middle of something, so she doesn't expect him to come down to find her in person any time soon.]

Hey, Shiro. [She gives him a little lopsided smile.] How's it going?

I should be asking you that question.

[He sounds so... so happy, though. Like nothing could possibly ruin this day. Which is probably true.]

How do you feel?

[She chuckles a bit, shifting her position until she's sitting a little more comfortably.]

Fine. A little disoriented, but fine.

Yeah, that... tends to happen. It's worse the longer you're out.

[A slight smile, apologetic, concerned.]

You need anything?

[She makes a face at that, irritated.] I'll get over it soon, I'm sure.

[She stretches then, rolling her shoulders, then slumps forward again.]

I'm okay, Shiro. Really.

You will, most likely. But it's never fun in the moment.

[A shake of his head.]

Okay. I'll... be down in a bit, okay? I figured the guys might want first reunion dibs.