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All I want for christmas.... is a pidge x gn reader oneshot 🙏🙏

Okay hear me out, I haven't seen any fics of her and the reader doing paladin training so...

Brains or Brawn? - Pidge x Reader

I AGREE THERES NOT A ENOUGH OF ANY OF THE PALADINS DOING PALADIN TRAING AND WE NEED MORE💔 I hope this is good for you, enjoy!!

You had just been paired up with Pidge for an hour of paladin training set up by Coran. Apparently, the Altean claimed that he had set everybody up with a partner, save for Allura, according to certain categories and aspects of each of the paladins fighting styles.

Keith and you had been put in the group of brawn, often using your fighting instincts and force first. Pidge and Shiro have been grouped together of brains since they tended to think battles through more thoroughly, searching for quick solutions first. Hunk and Lance had been grouped together as neutral surprisingly, as they both were able to utilize both when necessary. (Something that Keith didn’t agree too much on)

Being the first to battle, you and Pidge were supposed to beat the other by using the set skills you had. You couldn’t help but grin at the competitiveness that built up in your chest.

“You ready to get beat, Pidge?” Snorting, the short paladin made her way to the middle of the room with you, going to the opposite end of the make shift arena.

“You? Beat me? Haha, very funny.” Pidge smiled at you as you began stretching your body.

“Alright paladins, you already know the drill. The first one to incapacitate or knock the other outside the lined spaced is out.

“Your given weapons are allowed, but no accidentally killing each other! We may have replacements for your suits, but no replacements for paladins! Remember to trust your instincts and have fun!”

As Coran finished, you looked back to Pidge and settled into a defensive stance. Pidge did the same as you got ready.

“On your marks!”

You gripped your dagger as hard as you could, tensing your body. Ain’t no way you were going to lose to Pidge of all people. This will be easy enough, you thought.

“Get ready!”

Pidge took a deep breath in. As much as she liked you, she wasn’t going to let you win this mock fight. Not when she could hold it over your head for a while.

“Go!”

You immediately ran towards Pidge, swinging the hilt of your blade towards her head in older to knock her off her balance. Having noticed your arm raising as you dashed towards her, Pidge quickly ducked to the side and rolled away, trying to put some distance between you two.

You quickly turned around and ran towards her again, not giving her any time to use her bayard against you. Pidge was forced to play the defense while you relentless attacked her.

She was quick enough to narrowly dodge your swings, but miscalculating a step gave you a new opening. Quickly as Pidge slightly stumbled, you raised your leg and kicked her straight in the stomach. You winced as you saw her crash into the ground.

“I am so sorry Pidge! Are you oka-!”

In your moment of weakness, Pidge pulled through the slight pain and activated her bayard, the cord swinging toward your leg and yanking it with as much force she could muster.

Not expecting the the cord to wrap around you, you fell backwards, groaning in pain as your head hit the floor with a light thump.

“So not fair.” You muttered as you tried to gather yourself at the sound of Pidge’s light footsteps heading towards you.

You quickly rolled to the side as Pidge tried to jump on you, launching yourself to her body. You both tumbled on the ground until you ended up on top of her.

The short girl quickly wrapped her bayards cord around your arm and yanked you to the side, your body flying off her as she scrambled away from you to catch her breath.

“I am so glad this is just a training exercise!” Pidge exclaimed, catching her breath.

Once again standing, you swung your dagger towards her, repeating the process of you being offense and Pidge being defense.

It was when she ducked after another swing that she came up with an idea. At one point, you were going to tire yourself out from all your attacks. You were going to begin slowing down as you exhausted yourself out from your constant attacks.

All she had to do was play the waiting game in the process. Since you were bigger than her small figure, her only option than pinning you down was to kick you out of the arena.

You, on the other hand, believed that your nonstop attacks would make her trip up again, giving yourself another opening to pin her down. If you kept attacking, she wouldn’t have enough time to come up with a plan, instead focusing on dodging you.

You both danced around the arena, Pidge leading you both as she dodge your swings.

It was only when you felt the ache in your arms did you begin faltering. This was not how you wanted this go down.

“Getting tired Y/N?” Pidge teased as you sloppily swung at her. Grunting as sweat beaded down your forehead, you took a step back. You were going to win no matter what.

“Not even close Pidge!” She didn’t expect you to tackle her football style after only using your dagger for so long. You guys hit the ground together again.

You ripped her bayard out of her hand, tossing your own as you tried to get ahold of the girls arms beneath you.

At your weak arms, Pidge smacked them away from her body, forcing her legs out from underneath you and placed the soles of her feet on your chest. With all her strength, she shoved you away and watched as you flew backwards, back hitting the ground harshly.

You panted as you got up, moving to pin Pidge down as she stayed on the ground until you heard a horn being blasted.

“Congratulations Pidge, you’re the winner!” You stared at Coran in shock.

“Wait what?” Your chest heaved as you looked around the room, mind still on overdrive. You looked towards your friends in confusion.

“How did Pidge win?” Getting up, Pidge made her way to you, stopping a bit away from you as she smirked.

“Coran said that we can incapacitate each other, or get someone out of the arena.”

You quickly looked down and saw you were beyond the arenas border lines. Your eyes widen as you whipped your head up to meet her own eyes.

“WHAATT!! NO WAY! NO WAAAYY!” Everyone let out a laugh at your shocked reaction. You totally didn’t notice at all!! You completely forgot that was an option! That explains why it felt like Pidge was leading you around.

You seriously wanted to smack yourself in the face. So much for trusting your instincts! You groaned as Pidge patted your shoulder.

“But how?” You looked down at her, eyes shining with amazement.

“Well, since you were so focused on bombarding me with attacks, I realized all I needed to do was lead you to the edge and somehow get you out that way!

“It’s ok Y/N. I guess this proves that brains beats brawn in the end.” At her laughter, you couldn’t help but pull her into a hug and begin swinging her around like a rag doll.

“Aww my smart shortie! You’re so smart, I would not have thought of that!” You put Pidge down and moved to the side to allow the next duo to battle it out.

“Maybe I should take lessons from you.” Pidge snorted, bumping her shoulder against your arm. She smiled at your words and looked forward, watching as Shiro and Lance took their places.

Hey so how do you think the paladins would deal with a crush who is not an idiot and is an amazing friend, but they can’t read the room romantically at all. Completely have to be the one to confess or be kissed or straight up ask on a date. They literally just think someone is being nice or kind and blink cluelessly if someone mentions that was flirting and they’re like “What?!” Even when told, they still don’t pick up on someone’s hints. This kind of conversation probably happened with crush: “Oh yea, I know I’m clueless. Someone could slap me to tell me they liked me and I still wouldn’t get it”. If one of the paladins does slap or nudge crush right after this, crush is like “ow! What was that for?” And it doesn’t click for them what just happened?

Paladins with a Clueless Reader

I haven’t gotten a voltron ask in a hot MINUTE‼️ I love clueless!reader😻 make them work for reader teehee

These are a bit more calmer, so hopefully you’ll enjoy this😔💔 not proofread

Keith

Yo don’t do this to him😭😭

Like Keith already has such a hard time expressing his feelings, but if you can’t catch onto his small advances he’d be so embarrassed 😭💔💔💔

Keith is the type to be lowkey when asking someone out but if you unknowingly kinda reject it, he would feel awkward afterwards

Someone has to tell him that you’re hella oblivious or he might lowkey think you don’t like him the same way he likes you

So most likely in this situation, Keith is gonna tell you straight up if you don’t get his small hints

Super bold, like he’ll take your hand in his type of bold

And while it may fluster you, you’ll probably be like ‘oh he probably doesn’t want me going too far or something :D so nice!’

Like this is how it’ll go

“I like you. More than friends.”

“Best friends-!”

“NO, not best friends 😓 I Like you more than a friend. lovers kind of like.”

Yeah Keith is gonna be super upfront about it if you don’t catch on the first few days, he can’t stand how you can’t read his romantic intentions😭

Lance

Lance genuinely thinks he’s being so smooth and suave when he makes his moves on you-

Fully believes he’s got you locked in until you say something like ‘wow you’re getting better with your pick up lines, bro.’

Bro is what took him out LMAO

You bruised his pride a little bit but he’s way more determined to get you to realize his feelings for you

But it’s super hard when you always think he’s being really nice to you😭😭

It gets to the point where the other paladins are making bets on how long it takes you before you realize Lance likes you

After some time he would definitely get frustrated with you and just blurt it out loud while on a mission or something

“I LIKE YOU Y/N! AND NOT IN A FRIEND WAY.”

“… huh?”

*cue small groan*

Like you can’t believe you’re hearing this, nobody has like liked you before

While it flustered you that Lance always flirted with you, you thought it was cuz he was just practicing💔

He would repeat it with so much sincerity that you FINALLY catch onto what he’s trying to say

It may have taken a couple of minutes for you to fully grasp that he liked you romantically, but your super ecstatic when you realize

“Oh! Aw man Lance, you should’ve told me sooner!”

“I-“

Pidge

Ok look

She’s oblivious to her own feelings for you for a little while💀

When you leaned a smidge to close to her face though when looking over data on her small screen, Pidge had a mini heart attack

Like she’s red all over the face while you’re questioning her on why she looks like a tomato

All while you’re still so close

I feel like Pidge thinks you’re aware of her attraction towards you with how flustered she gets when you hold her hand and how she stutters a little when you two are alone

But you thinks she’s just a shy person!

“Sorry y/n, you just make me a little nervous. A good nervous!”

“Awwww Pidge! It’s ok, I’m your friend! You don’t need to be nervous around me. As my friend, I think I should make sure you’re more comfortable around me!

Double homicide on her end💀

It gets to a point where Pidge can’t function correctly whenever you’re around so she thinks confessing her feelings for you will make her feel better

So she gets help from hunk to set up this romantic confession date for you, just to be the nail in the coffin

While you think it’s for someone else when you arrive, Pidge reassures you that it’s all for you

It warms your heart knowing she spent her time doing this for you, seeing the small paper hearts strung around the room making you slightly blush

She’s way more confident in telling you her feelings, explaining everything, from how you make her nervous to her romantic interest in you

You get the message and bear hug her, explaining how you thought she was scared of you

You guys then eat the small sandwiches prepared for you by Hunk :DD

Hunk

He doesn’t realize you don’t know his obvious crush on him

Hunk thinks he’s being super obvious with how he badly flirts with you, or makes you a spectacular meals compared to the others

Or how he always offers himself to be your partner during split missions, or even the way he looks at you with such a SOFT LOOK

LIKE THIS DUDE CANT BE MORE OBVIOUS WITH HIS CRUSH

But you don’t even notice😭😭😭😭

Shiro would offhandedly mention how sweet Hunks crush on you is and you’re like what😀 crush??

You’ve seen how nice Hunk is to other people for as long as you’ve known him, so you just think that’s what he’s doing with you

You never fail to let him know how much you appreciate everything he does for you tho

And he’s internally screaming at himself to make a move before you friendzone him one more time

After a push from Lance, Hunk has the courage to ask you out

But you just smile at him and say you guys can hang out whenever! A big smile and everything

And he’s about to take it, friend zone and all, until Lance glares at him from the distance

He has a lot of patience when he’s explaining what he really meant. So while you’re trying to wrap your head around how Hunk likes you, he’s just all red in the face

When it clicks in your head that omg hunk LIKES YOU

You immediately tell him that you like him too!!!! You just didn’t want to take his actions the wrong way 💔💔

Shiro

He finds it cute at first when you don’t realize his subtle flirting

Until after some time he realizes you’re not getting any of his hints with his flirting💀

Like you’d be super close to him, always being there for him whenever he’s going through it

But you literally cannot see the signs of him liking you more than a friend😭

The lingering hand on your shoulder doesn’t ring a bell in your head at all

I feel like he mostly uses his words to try and nudge you to see his feelings for you

Says some shit like “im really glad to have you by my side, y/n. You really know me like no one else does :)”

And because he’s such a cool person, you can’t fathom someone like him having the slightest crush on you

So you just accept it as a platonic situation, ignoring the way your heart aches as you say “well that’s what friends are for😁”

I feel like Shiro would just take you aside and tell you straight up

While he does find it adorable on how oblivious you are to his attempts, my guy is actually starting to get nervous about you not liking him the same way

“You mean you like me? I like you too Shiro! You’re one of my best friends!”

“I like you more than just best friends though. I want to be more than just best friends.”

He would 100% tell you of all the times he tried making his move on you

And it makes you feel so BAD cuz this man has been trying for WEEKS to get you to notice LMAO

Bro finally can rest easy now that you’ve accepted his feelings💀💀💀

Allura

We all know Allura is a little nervous when it comes to relationships and being around people she likes

While she doesn’t exactly flirt with you, Allura pays special attention to you

She spends her time around you, she likes how warm and soft you make her feel

Allura give you small gifts and trinkets, each being accompanied with a small note on how it reminded her of you

She doesn’t do this with ANYONE, so it surprises her how you believe the somewhat romantic gesture is only a friendly gift

She stumbles across you when she hears you talking to Keith and Hunk saying “if someone liked me, I would NOT be able to tell. If someone flirts with me, I wouldn’t know until the next day. It just goes over my head :(“

So Alura makes it her goal to make bolder moves with you, as much as it makes her nervous

You definitely notice how she’s begun taking your hand in hers, complimenting you way more often.

You laugh it off as her being really friendly with you, despite Pidge telling you otherwise

“Allura’s obviously flirting with you.”

“Whaaatt? Nooo, she’s just naturally like that.”

“…are you joking rn?”

It would be out of the blue when Allura confesses her feelings

It surprises the HELL out of you when she takes your hands in hers and looks you straight in the eyes, saying everything she’s been feeling lately

You try to make sense of it, saying how you thought she was just being nice

Omg like she’s the ultimate flirty machine now that you know her feelings for you

You’re all embarrassed with how you acted like it was a normal thing for Allura to be as close as she was with you😭😭😭

While Allura is used to being straightforward with people, she doesn’t mind nudging you in the right direction at times when it comes to reading the room🙈🙈

love all ur posts even if im not in that fandom u write so WELL <33 to throwback to vld, remember that one episode where all the paladins were stranded in space ? how hunk was fantasizing about yellow picking another girl to replace him on voltron ?? ive been thinking abt that concept a lot ... esp with how relevant it was to lance's arc. like, would hunk really be relieved? esp in the later seasons? what do you think if something like that actually happened? if, the paladins got an s/o and their lion was immediately more DRAWN to their s/o then themselves??? how angsty would they all get ????? LOVE U SM GO CRAZY AND RIP MY HEART OUT

Paladins S/O being the New Pilot to their Lions

HIIIIII I MISSED YOOOOUUU💔💔💔 bro this request AARGHH ITS LIKE YOU WANT TO SEE THE PALADINS SAD🤨🤨🤨

this is actually such an interesting concept I love it sm

Hunk

Ok starting strong, I feel like Hunk would at first be kinda happy and relieved?

He’s happy that his s/o is experiencing such an amazing and special bond with the yellow lion

He realizes that the bond the lion and you have is actually much stronger and different compared to his and he just like

He would try and show you how to pilot yellow, only to see how natural flying is for you

He’s happy for you!! You begin taking the lion out on missions since it’s much more responsive with you

For him, it feels like that big responsibility of saving the universe has been lifted off his shoulders and he can finally relax

But those feelings slowly leave him once he notices just how out of loop he is with the group now

Hunk is a very reminiscent person in my opinion so I feel like Hunk is gonna start missing the yellow lion😭

At one point Hunk is going to feel left out💔

With no lion to fly, Hunk is stuck in the castle, maybe helping Coran with stuff, left to do whatever he wanted

And the thing is, Hunk wants to fly yellow again! As much as the pressure of being a paladin of Voltron got to him at time, he misses all of it

Hunk misses the feeling of excitement when flying his old lion, he misses the interactions he had with the other paladins during missions, he even misses the battles that happened more often than not

In general, Hunk misses being the paladin of the yellow lion

He’s grown to love the life of adventure that was bestowed upon him, but he feels like he can’t tell you any of this

Of course he’s supportive of you, but he can’t help the empty feeling growing in him whenever you excitedly talk about how amazing a particular mission went

How yellow revealed a new ability when in battle

For him, it feels like everyone is moving on while he’s stuck in the past

Lance

Lance wouldn’t want to believe that you had a stronger bond with blue

What originally was him showing off his lion turned into you becoming the new paladin of the blue lion

This dude is in DENIAL

if he’s flying blue or red, this dude would still not believe he got dumped twice

When he tires flying blue and it doesn’t turn on like in that one episode, he is absolutely devestated

And it makes you feel really bad in the beginning😭 he doesn’t make you feel bad about ‘taking’ blue from him, but anyone can see how it affected Lance

It gets to a point where neither of you fly blue, so when voltron is absolutely needed during battle

Lance has to hype you up

Even if he’s still sad and upset about no longer being the blue lions paladin, in this moment, Lance is literally the only one who can encourage his s/o to fly the lion

Like he would lowkey be emotional, but him encouraging you to fly blue is like his final goodbye

Not in a forever type of way but goodbye to the paladin stage of his life😭💔

Lance tries not to let his mood affect your learning curve when flying blue

It’s still a touchy subject for him, but he always manages to smile and congratulate you with any new progress you make

He always asks how blue is, if there’s anything you need help with. And as much as you understand and feel for your boyfriend, it gets to a point where it feels like he’s too concerned for the lion

With all the extra time he has in the castle, I feel Like Lance goes through this existential crisis😔

Was he just a place holder for the blue lion until you came along? Did he even belong in the team anymore now that he was essentially useless to everyone? Did anyone even notice his absence in the group? Did he even matter to them?

He doesn’t fly a lion now, he doesn’t know how to work any of the Altean tech. His bayard was now yours. The most he added to the group was small comments here and there during debriefing meetings

I think this would put a strain in y’all’s relationship lowkey

It feels like Lance is pulling away from you and you can’t do anything but watch as he walks further away from you

I think he might even consider asking Allura to send him home, back to Earth

Yeah Lance would REALLY go through some stuff if his s/o would take over as the blue lions paladin😔

Keith

I feel like put everyone, depending on which lion Keith is currently piloting, he’d mostly be pretty ok with it

If he were still piloting the red lion, I think Keith would be more aggressive to his s/o, always pushing them to train longer and nitpick at their flying😭

He’s not used to watching from the sidelines, so he’s lowkey trying to fly red through you (like come on bro)

BUTTT

If he were piloting the black lion and it so happened to choose you as it’s new pilot, he’s immediately stepping down as leader of the group for you

I feel like he would try convincing himself that he’s doing it for you because there’s obviously a reason why you were chosen

But deep down inside, he’s just using that as an excuse to get away from that stressful role

We all know how Keith was when he first began as the leader of voltron and even when he was a part of the blade of marmora

He would be the most relieved and ok one out of everyone if you were chosen to fly his lion

But because he would step down from this role so quickly and spend most of his time with the Blades, this would leave you in a very frazzled state

Like you thought your boyfriend was gonna show you the ropes of flying the black lion

Teach you how to tune in with it, get better at flying general

But now you’re just struggling to lead the team as the new leader, feeling confused and stressed the longer you fly the black lion

And Keith wouldn’t even know because of how often he’s out on missions with the blades💔

This puts a BIG strain on your guys relationship, something that Keith is once again clueless on

Pidge

Like lowkey, i have no idea how Pidge would react to you being the green lions new, chosen pilot💀

I think at first she would believe it’s a joke but once she realizes that only you can pilot the green lion

She kinda just zones out

Pidges world freezes since she’s technically been replaced by her s/o

She knows she should be happy for you, excited that you get to experience what she has with flying the lion but she just can’t

She would probably feel like she lost her important purpose in life

Y’all remember when Pidge had that flashback of her father telling her she was gonna be apart of something amazing? Something that everyone would step back and admire?

Yeah, that memory flashes through her mind

I think she would feel like she lost something so important, and she kinda did. She’s no longer apart of the group bringing change to the entire galaxy, and she’s suddenly back to square one

She’s back to just being a normal person who so happens to be traveling with Voltron

Pidge would give her s/o the cold shoulder for a while, and not even realize it😔💔

But the positive thing to come out of this situation is that she’d be able to focus of creating and building new tech

It would be a comfort thing she would retreat to if she gets sad remembering she’s no longer the green lions paladin

Shiro

We’ve already seen Shiro get replaced by Keith, so I’m like pretty sure it would be the same deal with his s/o😭

It’s a complete shock when the black lion responds to you, like no one was expecting it

Everyone was so used to having Shiro lead them and be the leader of Voltron that it’s hard to maintain that same energy when you become the new paladin

Shiro would have mixed feelings about the situation

He’s gotten so used to being on top of things and leading with confidence

But now that you’re the new paladin and leader, Shiro’s forced to sit back and watch from the sidelines

It lowkey makes him a little anxious now that he can’t be with the team whenever on missions

You already know this man is gonna be constantly looking over your shoulder😭 as much as he wants you to grow and learn to become a leader, he can’t help butting in from time to time to try and lead the team

And at first you’re ok with it cuz!! You’re HELLA nervous being the black paladin, so having your boyfriend ‘guide’ you is such a reliever

But when you actually try to make plans and be Voltrons leader, Shiro is always there trying to speak over you

It’s like when him and Keith were getting used to the change in paladins for the black lion

It becomes a problem when you both start butting heads and lowkey arguing in front of the group whenever having mini meetings

Shiro unfortunately can’t sit by idle, he still feels likes it’s his responsibility to lead everyone even though he’s no longer flying the lion

And you respect that, you really do! But having someone constantly doubt your own decisions really does have a negative effect on your relationship

This would also cause the team to kinda choose sides

Some might trust you, others might trust Shiros judgement better

This really does put a strain on everyone, should they listen to the ex paladin who led them for so long or put their trust in the new lions paladin?

I think he would also lowkey try to reconnect with the black lion😭 he feels guilty about it but he just wanted to see

Wanted to see if this was how things were going to be from now on