[pidge has been working on her laptop for quite some time, shiro muses. he's been standing, leaning against the couch, glancing over at her work of algorithms and coding for the past 5 minutes--and she hasn't even noticed.]

[any other person (lance) would use this as an opportunity to try and scare her, but shiro is--predictably--impressed.]

[this kind of thing is by no means his forte, more used to the rough work of combat and the precision of piloting, but it has always fascinated him the ease with how some people were able to handle the more science-leaning area of their trade. the holts were exceptionally good at it, in his humble opinion; when matt would open his own laptop to type away, shiro would just stare in awe.]

[pidge rolls a similar reaction out of him.]

Hey, I heard you've been keeping up really late working on your laptop. Don't exhaust yourself too much, alright?

[shiro opts to speak up, however, as he pushes away from the couch. he's fatherly, when it comes down to it--but, with pidge? there's a familiarity that he touches upon similar to how he behaves with keith, even if he's a tad more careful around her.]

--what exactly are you up to, anyway?