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Pidge glanced up from her work, the shadow creatures at the corners of her vision, she shook her head. “Stupid hallucinations.” Technically she knew she needed sleep, but she needed to finish her work more and she was on a roll, she couldn’t just go to sleep while her work was unfinished. “C’mon, Katie, think. Porca puttana.” Wow, she really was tired, she was mixing languages. Her vision was blurring slightly but she tried to ignore it, continuing her calculations quietly, until she realised she’d miscalculated something. “Figlio di puttana!” She growled in annoyance, she NEVER miscalculated things.
“I’m not fluent in Italian, but that didn’t sound very good.” Shiro was standing in the doorway.
“It’s nothing, I just miscalculated something.” She said, waving her hand dismissively.
“Katie. Are you alright? It’s late and you look like you haven’t slept in days.” He glance around her room. “And drunk enough coffee to kill an elephant.” It was true, there were coffee mugs everywhere
“I’m fine. I just need to finish this.”
“No, you don’t.” He walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. “Katie, you’re fifteen. You need sleep and also to stop drinking so much coffee. You’re going to kill yourself.”
“Shiro, I’m. Fine.”
“No you’re not, Pidge.” He said, his tone turning stern. “What’s really going on?”
Pidge knew that tone, that was the ‘don’t you dare lie to me’ tone. “Mi hai rotto il cazzo.” She cursed at him in Italian.
“Still don’t speak Italian, Pidge. Tell me what’s going on, don’t you dare bullshit me.”
She sighed, knowing she couldn’t get away with it anymore. “I’ve… been having nightmares…” Shiro’s face softened in empathy.
“About what?”
“Um, you remember that mission we went on a while back? The one where I shot that Galra soldier clean through the head?”
“Katie… Why didn’t you tell anyone?”
“Cause I didn’t want you to worry…” Pidge mumbled.
“That’s no excuse. C’mon, I’ll stay up with you until you fall asleep.”
“Fine…” She kicked her shoes off and curled up in her bed quietly. “Night, Shiro.”
“Goodnight, Pidgeon.” He smiled softly.