So while I was reading this, I couldn't stop smiling and squealing 'cause everything was so cute and fluffy and just awesome

Great oneshot! I wonder what happened when they landed on earth though...

What is AO3?

Yas!

I got the warm and fuzzy's reading this

You should write a short story about iverson's reaction.

I love the ending. And since everyone literally hates iverspn I can just imagine it..

That was a great reunion, I loved the whole thing!

Now I need Iverson's reaction

I need more holt family fics in my life. Thanks so much for delivering lol :) keep up the great writing and happy holidays!

Awesome story: ) I can totally see this happening: ) well written : )

This is nice! Great reactions from every character, and nice balance of emotion and logic during their time-pressed mission.

Regarding the pronouns, I think using the singular feminine pronouns would make it more easily readable than using the gender-neutral plural pronouns, simply because it is hard to differentiate when "they" and "their" refers to Pidge alone or a group of people.

I really like the last scene, as it is a concept I have thought about and would love to see happen in the show. I don't think the parentheses around that section are necessary, though, with the possible exception of the final line.

Overall this is quite nicely written and in-character all around. Well done!

I liked this story, but I need to tell you honestly: it broke my heart. I saw that you're on tumblr and I saw those pronouns you used in the story and I know what that means.

I know why you made Pidge nonbinary. I get it. But as a non-girl girl myself, that's actually really deeply upsetting. There is no other character like Pidge. Her being is girl is never questioned, never mentioned, never made fun of. They didn't treat her differently. Allura didn't introuce her to space-makeup. There isn't a plot point made of it. She just is.

Most female characters like this get turned into trans dudes or non binary characters. I get it and I understand why people love trans stories. But Pidge isn't trans. She's not even a butch lesbian. There's no indication that she is even gay. She is a girl who is gender non-comforming because that's who she is. She's completely un-self-conscious, she's gloriously herself, unrepentingly female and unafraid and unashamed of what that means. Do you know how much it would have helped young teen-girl me to have a character like this?

I'm not trying to tell you what to do. In fact I'm not assuming that you'll take any of this seriously. It coming from a self-proclaimed girl, nobody ever really does. I thought you wrote a good story. I would suggest, maybe, saying in the description that it's Trans!Pidge, but you probably won't want to do that.

I guess I just wanted to shout into the void about how tired and how sad I am that people, young girls and boys, fanfic writers and sundry, see this character and think "she can't possibly be a girl, she's not feminine enough". It just cuts me to the core. If Pidge is trans, am I? If she can't exist as a girl in a fictionalized version of space, where do I exist?

Heh. Go Holts!

So, I think this is the first take on finding them I've seen, and it's not bad.