Okay, first off, I'm posting this way later than I expected because of two things; my computer cord broke and wouldn't charge (so I couldn't write until I bought a new one) and I kind of lost a bit of inspiration for a while. So sorry about that.

Also, thank you to all my reviewers, favoriters (is that a word? No, but I don't care.) and followers. It means a lot to me that you are reading my work. A special thanks to Sleepy_Apricot, who gave me a ton of amazing ideas that I will be using in future chapters.

Lastly, I forgot to put a disclaimer earlier on, but do you really think I own Voltron? That's right! No, I don't own it. I'm just a lonely 13 year old fangirl who's too childish for her own good and feeds that childishness by watching cartoons.

Well, anyway, here's the next chapter.

Bedtime. A world all children dreaded. A set time to get dressed in different clothes and brush teeth, then lay in bed until sleep finally took over. As you can imagine, this was not usually a very calm time at Shiro's house.

Hunk was the only one who would actually go to sleep on time most days, which made thing slightly easier, but it was still a hassle to get the other three laying down in their pajamas.

"Alright Hunk, Pajamas and bed." Shiro stated calmly, glancing at his phone to see that the time was eight thirty.

A brief sigh escaped the boy's lips, but he nodded anyways, slipping off the couch to pad upstairs to his room. Shiro could hear him yawn halfway up, so he knew that Hunk would be asleep in no time. Time for the next kid.

"Come on Pidge, it's time for bed." Shiro said, gently trying to take the 'My First Computer' out of her hands.

"No!" The little girl shouted, shaking her head in a mess of dirty-blonde hair and tugging the toy out of his grasp.

"You want to go to school tomorrow, don't you?"

She nodded slowly.

"Well if you stay up, you'll be late. What if you miss out on something?"

At this, Pidge looked very conflicted. No doubt she was going over possible scenarios of the next day in her mind, slowly growing anxious until she shoved the toy towards him and ran off to find Allura.

Alright, Shiro thought as he put the toy computer away in the toybox, two down, two to go. He made his way to the Lance and Hunk's room, where Hunk was snuggled under his covers, sleeping soundly, and Lance was still playing with his toy rocketship.

"Lance, buddy, it's time to put the toys away."

"B-b-but Shiwo! I was jus' about ta save da pwincess fwum da bad guys!"

"Sorry. You can save her tomorrow, little man, but right now it's time to go potty and get ready for bed."

"I not ti-ewred yet." Lance groaned dramatically, flopping on the ground.

"Fine. Let's say you're not tired. You still have to go to the bathroom and put on some pajamas." He lugged the little boy up into his arms and carried him over to the dresser, opening the bottom drawer. "Which ones?"

After thoughtfully glancing at each pair of pajamas, Lance settled on a blue set with a lion face on the shirt and pawprints on the pants.

Okay then. Good. It usually took him a lot longer to pick, so this was a clear sign that he was getting tired. When they got to the bathroom, Allura was just exiting, holding Pidge's hand and carrying a sleepy Keith in her other arm.

"Almost done here." She said, smiling softly.

"Same. Just a quick bathroom break and we're done. He'll be out in a bit."

"But Shiwo, I not ti-ewred." Lance mumbled again, this time with much less enthusiasm. Allura simply rolled her eyes and kissed them both on the cheek, and Shiro did the same for Keith and Pidge.

After Lance was done going to the bathroom and brushing his teeth, he was out like a light, and Shiro had to carry him into bed. He laid Lance down on the blue 'Space Paladins' bedsheets and covered him up with the warm, fuzzy blue blanket laying at the foot of his bed.

Quietly, Shiro made his way across the hall to Pidge and Keith's room. Inside, Allura was tucking a soft, leaf-green blanket around Pidge's body, both children asleep.

With their mission accomplished, Shiro and Allura went to their room at the end of the hall and crawled into bed.

"You know what?" Shiro asked after a few minutes, turning on his side to face his wife.

"Yeah?"

"I love you. And I'm just so happy right now. I can't believe that this is our life. It's so much more amazing than I ever thought it would be."

"I love you too, Shiro." She placed a soft kis to his lips and smiled tiredly. "And this is just the beginning."