#star wars x you
AN: The prologue is here! It’s basically just a little teaser to ease you into the story and provide some background knowledge, before I can dive fully into it. Enjoy!
word count: ~ 1.7k
summary: You get teased about your relationship with Poe and Din and reminisce about how you met them.
warnings: none
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You don’t remember arriving at the staff entrance or going through check-in and wardrobe. Yet there you were standing in the kitchen. However, looking at your much too modern clothing and the backpack in your hands, you realised that you must have skipped the last part.
Quickly you kicked your sneakers into the oblivion called ‘under the kitchen sink’ while simultaneously struggling to take off your jeans and put on your work outfit. Your backpack landed unceremoniously under the kitchen island. You will have to visit your locker during your break to stow it away. And to freshen up a bit. Right now, you were late and looked like a mess. Thank god you were the only one working during the early shift. Customer traffic only picked up during early midday. Maybe you could sell it as a deliberate choice and explain to the children that some mean Tusken Raiders had come by and tried to rob the coffee shop. It was worth a try.
The radio in the kitchen corner crackled alive, and you heard the familiar gong signalling five minutes till opening. Five minutes until another day full of “Hello and welcome to the Sorgan Common House, what can I get you?” began. You could do it.
You were wringing out some rags in the sink behind the counter, having used them to clean up some spilt spotchka off a table earlier when you heard them come in.
It wasn’t uncommon for your co-workers or other staff members to swing by for a coffee or tea. The coffee shop was affectionately called 'Sorrow Come-on Out’ by the crew, as it was situated right at the entrance to the staff buildings, making it an easy stop for everybody that was either arriving or leaving for the day. You’ve been a shoulder to cry or lean on or a listening ear for almost everybody in your short time working at the theme park.
When you looked up, you saw them stepping in, but this didn’t seem to be a social call of the worrying kind. On the contrary, Rey and Finn seemed to be practically glowing while smiling widely at each other.
“How long do you think will it take Finn to finally tell Rey what he has been trying to confess to her for ages?” Omera grabbed the more or less dry rags from your hand and replaced them with clean ones as she passed you.
“Oh. I’m pretty sure they’ll be done reconstructing the Death Star by then, and who knows how long thatwill take. And also,” you say, turning around to face her, “I think something is going on between Poe and Finn. The number of times I’ve seen Finn wear one of his sweaters cannot be counted on my hands anymore.”
“You’ve worn Poe’s infamous jacket.”
“Once!”
“Is that why I see it hanging between our pans and pots?”
Before you were able to reply, you heard Rey’s voice over the noise of the customers, and you whipped around to face them again, leaving Omera to disappear into the kitchen.
“Oh, he’s a ghost, alright. For everything and everyone… with one exception.” Holding up a finger, she wiggled it in front of Finn’s face. You could hear the amusement in her voice, the not-so-hidden ‘Ask me more about it!’.
Of course, Finn obliged her. He always would. “And what would that be?”
“CB.”
Finn snorted. “What the bantha cr-” Seeing your face, he stopped abruptly, looking around for any children and almost walking into one. Clearing his throat, he tried again, “What kind of drug is that?”
You mentally face-palmed yourself.
“The worst kind of them all,” Rey sighed as she reached you at the bar and dramatically draped herself over it to underline her point, “unrequited love.”
Raising his eyebrows, Finn looked at her before he turned to you, mock-whispering: “Wouldn’t that be UR?”
Rey playfully hit his shoulder but grinned nevertheless, happy that he stepped into her trap. “A cutie? Yes, I am! Thanks for noticing!”
It was your turn to snort, almost asking them why they weren’t at their stations on the other side of the park, but you knew they would just ignore you. So you just shook your head and turned around to serve a customer that had arrived in the meantime.
Out of the corners of your eyes, you saw Finn smile at Rey. “Do you just have a plethora of stupid phrases available, or are you actually that fast with coming up with them? Anyways, what’s a CB then?”
“Not what. Who. Them,” she said, pointing at you. “The cute barista.”
You smiled and wished the customer a happy day when a reflection of sunlight just outside the window to your right caught your attention. But when you turned your head, all you could see were children running around the playground, vanishing into or appearing from inside of the huge Razor Crest. Of course, some exasperated parents were also trying to keep up with their offspring. There just wasn’t a sign of the guardian of the playground. It wasn’t a shiny metal armour or helm reflecting the sunlight while he ran after children or picked them up after they stumbled over their little feet and handed them off to their parents. No, the Mandalorian seemed to be absent.
“Look at them. Already dreaming of their Prince Charming.”
“I’m not dreaming.”
“Oh right,” Rey draped herself over the counter again, “you’re yearning.”
Finn just laughed as you half-assedly tried to swat a rag against her leg and hit his bum.
“Don’t worry. We’ll be out of your hair in no time. Wouldn’t want to keep him from flirting with you.”
“He’s not flirting.”
“Yeah, he is full-on trying to make you fall in love with him before he takes off his helmet to reveal his… fangs?”
You and Rey both looked at Finn, and he just shrugged. “Why else would he never take off his helmet?”
“To not break the illusion for the children! He’s the Mandalorian, and Mandalorians always keep their helmet on - This is the way,” both Finn and Rey finish the sentence with you. “And, if you must know, he does take the helmet off. How else would he drink the spotchka I give him?”
Rey’s eyes grew big. “You’ve seen his face?”
“Merely his lips.”
“Are they kissable?”
“Rey!” you and Finn said at the same time.
“What? I am a curious woman! I want to know what the face behind the helmet looks like.”
“And you inquire about his lips?” Finn asks with a jealous undertone.
“If that’s the only thing they’ve ever seen of him, yeah! Does anyone actually know what Din looks like?”
Finn shrugged his shoulders. “Lots of people, I’m sure. Poe should. Aren’t they best friends or something? Didn’t they apply together and then got hired on the spot after Leia, Luke, and Han realised what kind of crowd-pleasers and people magnets they could be? For adults and children alike?”
That was true. You’ve heard something similar from Peli when she came over to talk to you about the gossip she picked up in her little repair shop. According to her, however, something must have happened between them shortly before you had begun working at the coffee shop for them to drift apart. They are still tight, but they’ve been very well-behaved and the stories of the shenanigans the two were up to in past years, especially during the yearly staff retreat, sounded like made-up stories. Man, you were looking forward to finally being a part of a staff excursion this year.
You had met both men on the same day. Poe was first, and then, later on, came Din.
Actually, you had bumped into Poe Dameron three times on the same day in short succession after each meeting. It was your induction day, and you kept running back to the shared staff wardrobe after either forgetting things or taking too much with you. Each time you managed to somehow almost run over Poe until he grabbed you by the elbows and told you to “stick with him out of caution”. His more than yours, as you apparently had the energy of a mudhorn. Since his job at the park was to be a tour guide for guests, you couldn’t have asked for better company. What you didn’t know (and still don’t know) is that he was just leaving for the day, exhausted as hell, but after seeing your face, he couldn’t let the opportunity slip away to get to know you better.
Meeting Din was less hectic, although there were many more people around. It was your first trial shift in the coffee shop, and if one asked him now, he wouldn’t be able to say what came over him that day. Usually, he would have retreated into the shadows of the staff building, leaving the screaming children behind and just enjoying the quietness during his fifteen-minute break. However, on that day, an invisible force (more like his bladder) forced him to enter the coffee shop. He saw you, actually saw you as he realised how lonely and exhausting your shift must have been, even among the many people ordering a coffee, tea or snack. The park was understaffed, and there was nobody to help you out after your initial introduction. Seeing your forced smile, he decided to sit down at the counter, keeping you company and helping you out whenever you needed it.
“Hey,” Omera’s head appeared between the drapes separating the kitchen from the coffee shop counter area, and her call interrupted your thoughts. She turned to Finn and Rey and pointed at her watch, “If you’re not going to stay and pay for something to drink, it would be better if you make yourself scarce. It’s time!”
And just like that - punctual like a swiss clock - the sound of heavy footfall and clinking armour announced his presence.
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series title: along for the ride (let’s slide)
series summary: You work at a coffee shop (affectionately called Sorrow Come-On Out as you often lend your co-workers a shoulder to cry on or an ear to talk to) that borders right to the children’s playground Razor Crest. The playground is supervised by a
knightman in shining armour - The Mandalorian. Or, as you know him, Din Djarin. However, you’ve never actually seen the face behind the mask, as he often visits you during his breaks to relax and talk without taking off his costume to not break the illusion for the children. A face you have had the pleasure to see more often belongs to tour guide Poe Dameron - cocky, daring, flirty, charismatic and “the best staff member of the theme park” (at least when it comes to the adults, children might say otherwise). Then your coffee shop has to go through renovations, and you’re transferred to the other side of the theme park. There you slowly find a new home while missing your old buddies. Although not for long. Poe Dameron always finds a reason to bring his latest guests (and thereby himself) to your shop, and you get a new regular customer - a handsome man with curly hair, deep brown eyes and a patchy beard.What happens when the two of them not only start fighting for the position of ‘Employee of the Month’ but also for your heart?
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy x The Mandalorian Crossover, Modern!AU, Theme Park!AU, Coffee Shop!AU, Everybody Lives!AU (but not Everybody Is Nice!AU)
current total word count: ~ 1.7k
warnings: explicit language, swearing, mentions of sex, mature themes, angst, possible spoilers for The Mandalorian and the sequel trilogy of Star Wars
stranger (still don’t know my …)
summary: You get teased about your relationship with Poe and Din and reminisce about how you met them.
word count: ~ 1.7k
someone shout at me to write please
working on a cute lil tech ficthat lil nerd has my heart
…okay so who’d y’all wanna see?
❤️ for tech!
comment for hunter!
reblog for Crosshair!
Ravon’la 8
pairing : tech x f!oc
warnings : kidnapping, needles,
a/n : THE LAST CHAPTER IS HERE. also hi guys I missed you all sm, COLLEGE IS HARD MAN. i am swamped with work but writing this helped so much, I hope you all enjoy!!
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“Down to the last two upstairs,” Crosshair confessed to Athena through comms, “you think you can take those on the floor?”
The girl ducked and launched the blade through the Pyke approaching her. “Always.”
Over fifteen Pykes had shown up looking for the girl who threatened some random man for spilling his drink on Tech. As well as the twelve separatist bounty hunters showed up looking for the republic spy. It turned out there had been some information leaked from republic files about a certain undercover operative. Not just that, but there was now a bounty on Athena. A bounty of multiple thousand credits for anyone who returned the girl dead or alive-the bounty was anonymously placed and could only be contacted when there was proof that they had the target.
Athena sent all of Clone Force 99 with Fives and told them to get off world and she’d meet them soon, just to get Fives to safety. Tech argued vigorously that she was being too selfless and that they would all stay and protect her, to which she gave him (something he adored) this soft look when she lifts her head up to meet his and her features soften, and he instantly caved. Crosshair stayed behind to try and help her fight them off-which the two had done incredibly well. The sniper jumped into the speeder bike and drove down to Athena, grabbing her hand and pulling her onto the bike as she quickly made sure there was nobody else around to attack them. Both of them were grinning ridiculously with glee. Athena’s bond with Crosshair was a difficult one to explain, but the two had such a great aspect of humour and sarcasm between the two whilst being incredibly skilled-meaning that they were a perfect pair.
As they made it to the ship, Tech looked up from his datapad to the girl. He hadn’t known what to say to her, so he didn’t say a thing. The clone made his way over to her-smiling sympathetically as she grinned and laughed with his brother who gave back handed compliments to one another. Fives had gone to the back of the ship to sit by himself in silence, which meant this would be much easier for Tech and he wouldn’t face extreme backlash from the regular clone. He handed her a cup of steaming hot tea which made her smile. Athena took a sip thoughtlessly, having let her guard down, but instantly became drowsy. Her eyes widened as she tried to stay awake-but whatever Tech had made the tea with, made her incredibly sleepy in his arms. He hadn’t used anything illegal, he had given her some sleeping herbal tea to make sure she would sleep and he would be able to take her some place safe until he solved the issue that had presented itself.
/
Athena sat up in the small, bright white sterile room as her eyes widened. Her hands fumbled to grasp onto the walls as Tech kneeled before her, hands extending to her which caused Athena to calm down and throw herself in his arms, allowing herself to be vulnerable.
“Tech-Tech-I-”
“There we go my darling, hush, you’re okay, I’m right here. I’d never let anything happen to you, would I?” His tone of voice caused Athena to look up at him with curious eyes. However, as soon as his hands cupped her cheeks and he brushed her hair out of her face, placing his forehead against hers, all of those feelings faded as she closed her eyes and sighed in comfort at his embrace. “That’s my girl.”
“Tech, what did you do?”
“What do you mean, my dear? I haven’t done a thing.” He smiled in a cocky manner-it was almost a smirk as Athena’s eyes widened looking up at him. “Come on darling.”
The girl pulled herself out of his embrace, jumping to her feet and reaching to grab the blade she had hidden in her waist and pointed it at the clone. Tech found his feet and held his hands up to show he meant no harm but there was no belief from the girl. Her eyes scanned the room for quick escape and only found the door-the window was far too small for her to fit through and she very well wasn’t about to tear up the floor and jump out into the oceans of where she gathered was Kamino.
“Fives-where’s fives? Is he safe? I need-”
Tech nodded. “We’re setting him up somewhere safe, I’ve made sure he’s got a completely new identity and he’ll be safe. Put the blade down and come here my love, can you do that?” Athena sheepishly put her dagger back behind her to hide it as she ran over to tech. “There’s my good girl.” He soothed as he ran his hands through her hair. “You’re okay, it’s safe here-”
Athena broke into combat mode, kicking Tech away from her whilst he removed the dagger from her waist. He threw it to the side before the ex operative ran at him, tackling him to the floor before making a move for the door. Tech hadn’t anticipated this reaction from the girl he had at least thought she’d hear him out first. His hands grabbed her ankles and pulled her back to the floor, making his way back up her body. “Get off me!”
Her feet launched into his chest, creating a fair distance between the two as she managed to open the door to an empty, thin corridor which would lead to the main corridor. Tech was gaining on Athena as she ran, looking back at the goggled clone who was telling her ever so calmly that she had to come back for her own safety. She saw the door to the main corridor in the distance and she gave a wide smirk-she was going to make it out of here. Her sense of freedom was a few feet away from her, slowly inching towards her, and she scrambled as Crosshair stepped out in front of her, stunning her with his blaster. But it’d take more than that to take Athena down.
Her feet swept underneath his and she forced him to the floor, jumping to the door-fingertips reaching just to the handle as Crosshair grabbed her by her waist and launched her backwards towards Tech. Why?
“I don’t know what kind of fucked up fantasy you two are having but get off me!” Athena kicked out her legs once more to make Crosshair stumble, her finger nails curling into Tech’s gloves as he winced but never let go of his grip on her. “Tech-tech please what’s this about?” The goggled clone wrapped his fist around both of her wrists, glaring at her as Crosshair forced the two into the room. He sat her on the bed at the very back of the room which left Crosshair by the door with his blaster set to stun in case she tried to escape once more. “Please, tech, what’s going on?”
The clone sat down before her, nodding softly as he held her hands to soothe her. “There’s a bounty on you, from the separatists. Six thousand credits.” Her eyes widened, letting out a very quiet ‘kriff me’ in shock. “And the chancellor has accused you of being a deserter, meaning the republic have also placed a wanted alive bounty on you for the same amount.”
“I can’t stay on Kamino!! Tech, tech, hey.” Her hands lifted to his face. “It’s not safe here, i need to get out of here but I need your help. Please.”
“This is the safest place for you. Everyone, no matter their intentions in this war, is after you, my darling. So this is the safest place for you, there’s enough food to last you an incredibly long time, no windows so nobody can blast through, this is through three different corridors that are out of use. This is the safest place for you.” Her eyes widened as he spoke so calmly, realising that he was being completely serious-that he would keep her here for as long as necessary.
“But-but tech. H-how long for?”
“Forever. And only we know where you are darling, so you’ll be safe-”
Athena pressed her lips against his to keep him quiet, the sniper scoffing and smirking to himself. Tech placed his hand on the back of her head-the other hand underneath her chin holding her head up to his whilst hers tugged in his hair (knowing he’d allow himself to be distracted and indulge in his desires). The second he let out a groan against her lips-she grabbed the two blasters from his hilts and jumped back, pointing one at each of the clones.
“I’m not staying here, both of you move. Let me go.”
“Athena, we can’t do that. I cant do that.”
“Hey, pretty boy-“ She looked over at the sniper. “Loth Cat, Cmon, we all know I can take care of myself!!”
“Be thankful we care.” Was all he responded with. “I don’t wanna stun you but I will.”
“I can’t stay here! I’ve got so much I wanna do! I can take care of myself.” The googled clone was still in disbelief how she had kissed him to distract him, but didn’t know how to acknowledge it. “Tech, please. I’ve been monitored my whole life, I’ve never had a private moment in my life aside from when I’ve been with you, please, even if you never let me leave the ship I can’t stay on Kamino. Please I can’t stay on Kamino”.
Crosshair scoffed and pulled the trigger down on the blaster, stunning the girl as her body slumped onto her knees-but never dropped how she pointed both blasters at them. “How many is it gonna take for you to go, hmm?”
Tech walked over to Athena, ever so peacefully as he nodded at the blaster she had pointed at him. The girl placed it on the floor (keeping the other pointed at Crosshair) as Tech knelt before her. “Okay, Athena.”
“Please I can’t stay here. I’ll go anywhere I’ll do anything, whatever you want, please just don’t make me stay here I can’t stay here please te-”
“Alright, my love, it’s okay, shhh.” He nodded, taking her into his arms as her hands nervously shook. “I’m sorry my darling.” Athena gasped as she felt a prick in her arm, looking up at Tech and holding onto him tighter. “You’re alright, my love, it’s just going to calm you down okay?”
“Don’t-dont touch me.” She panicked, scurrying away from him on the floor-backing away into Crosshair without looking. “Please don’t, please loth cat, tech, please I can’t. Please, please I’ll do anything. Tech don’t.”
“We’re sorry, Athena. But this is to keep you safe.” The goggled clone picked her up swiftly as she tried to work her way out of his arms. “Hey, you’ll be okay.”
With a sharp pain in her upper arm, Athena squirmed and whined at the injection in her arm-grasping onto Tech to try and stay up. Speech slurring, she groaned “tech, tech it hurts, hurts, s stop it.”
His eyes softened as he placed her down on the bunk. He knew what he had done was completely wrong-but brushing her hair back, laying her down in the bunk with the blanket over her-he knew she would be safe. And that was all he wanted. Tech didn’t care if she would grow to resent him, whether she would be furious with him and never want to hear his name spoken galaxy wide again, his top and only priority was Athena’s safety. His hands lifted to brush the stray strands of hair from her face as he knelt down, knowing Crosshair had left the room to allow his brother to say goodbye.
Leaning in to place a kiss upon her head, he muttered, “I am sorry Athena, but I must keep you safe. Stay here until the time is right.” He pulled away from the kiss as she moved closer into him, her head nestling into his chest plate. “I must keep you safe darling, nobody else can. Only I can keep you as safe and protected as you need to be my love.”
The republic special operative spy awoke the next morning, groggy and angered from the events of last night. She was bested-by a clone. The rage that boiled inside of her was fresh and raw, she wanted to scream, the have one of her “sessions” to deal with the sudden emotional change. This was the first time Athen had been bested. By a clone of all. Her hands balled to fists as she found the letter on the floor next to the bed.
“Dearest Athena,
You may be mad at me, or rather us, for our actions. But it is with great sorrow I had to do that. I’d sacrifice my position in the GAR for you my darling, and I did without thought. There isn’t a single thing I wouldn’t do for you my love-the actions I took to protect you did not come with any malicious intent but rather out of a place of warmth, tenderness and affection for one another. To protect you, I am keeping you safe here. There are monitors that you should press on the datapad I left you to alert me of anything you need. Say the word and I will be back on Kamino to help with whatever it is. When it’s safer, when I know i can find the two of us some place safe (if you’ll have me that is), I will come back within a heartbeat and take you to our safe haven. To our utopian, to our home. Until that time, please, stay safe my darling. Stay here.”
/
The Bad Batch all sulked in the brig after the failure of the mission, Tarkin accused them of treason for “conspiring with Saw Gerrera”. That was not how it went, but the arrogant Imperial would not see it that way. Crosshair had been taken from them, for reasons unknown some troopers had taken him from the cell. Omega, wanting to find an escape, had somehow managed to climb up into the ventilation system.
“Hey! Where’s the girl?” A clone trooper yelled at the remaining members of the Bad Batch. “Now!”
The doors opened swiftly, a cloaked and hooded figure sweeping into the holding facility as they kicked one of the three clone troopers in the back of the knee-forcing them to collapse. Their legs swept under the second clone troopers feet with such impact the clone troopers helmet cracked as he groaned weakly. The figure then took the blaster and set it to stun on the third clone, calming almost all of the competition as he collapsed. Yet, the first clone trooper grabbed the figures hood in an attempt to pull them backwards, which only meant their hand was grabbed and their wrist was bent backwards before a foot met their chest and they were stunned to the floor. The Batch all looked at each other curiously as Omega began to panic.
“We don’t have much time.” The figure lowered the ray shields on the brig doors, opening the door on the ceiling to signal to the girl. “Jump, I’ll catch you.”
“Who are you?” Echo asked, eyebrows raised.
Omega jumped out of the shaft and into the figures arms who caught her with ease, placing her on the floor and scanning her for injuries. “Is that you?”
“Like I said.” The figure took off the hood, causing the goggled clone to grin from ear to ear at the now short haired Athena who stood before him, and then the mask that covered her neck to nose. “We don’t have much time. Your stuff is in the hangar with the Marauder.”
“Athena. You’re alive. I though Tech was lying.” Hunter admitted, shock coursing through him.
“We can discuss technicalities later. Right now let’s get you to the hangar, I’ll take you the quietest way to get your armour then we head back for Crosshair.”
Echo yelled. “You’re the girl Tech has on his wall!”
With a relieved sigh, Tech waltzed over to Athena who instantly wrested her head in his chest. “Are you alright, my dear?”
“I’m not forgiving you just yet. Let’s go to the hangar, okay?” She nodded firmly-hiding the smile well but the gleefulness in her eyes was evident.
The group made their way to the hangar, despite Hunter leading the group by giving commands, it was Tech and Athena physically leading-giving directions and staying ahead of the group. Being one with the disguise and blaster, the ex undercover operative went first as Tech followed suit after having stolen a blaster from one of the unconscious troopers. Hunter, Echo, Wrecker and Omega all looked at the longing glances Tech gave the girl. The smile that spread wide across his face, the adorable shimmer in his eyes as he watched her mumble to herself about the route they could take to save Crosshair. Tech’s glances were not unrecognised either. Athena noticed them-even returning some on the extremely rare opportunities Tech’s eyes were not firmly on her and her alone, she would look up at the goggles clone with a look that read a variety of emotions. Anger, confusion, happiness yet above all, that sort of gleefulness that nobody had ever seen her display before. Almost like the childish grins she gave as she went sledding with him down the mountains and throwing snowballs with Crosshair.
As they all managed to get into their gear, Athena helping Tech set up the ship whilst she grabbed a few spare blasters for the rescue mission-the hangar doors opened. A single silhouette waltzed out, sniper rifle in hand and helmet tucked under his arm, toothpick in his mouth smugly as his new crew crowded into the hangar. The goggled clone ducked behind some boxes with the ex spy who was taking some incredibly deep breaths.
“Oh, Athena!” Her head snapped up, looking at Tech. “Come out, loth cat. I’ll only bite if you ask.”
“Do not.” Tech noticed how she slowly rocked on the balls of her feet, debating the matter as he held onto her wrists. “I have lost you once, I will not loose you again.”
“Oh Athena! Let’s not waste anymore time, hmm? Don’t be as pathetic as my brothers, you’re a smart girl, come out and we can fix this, the two of us.”
“Cros-” Tech instantly wrapped his hand around her mouth keeping her quiet. She raised her eyebrows in protest, being furious about what he had done. The goggled clone knew she wasn’t naive, she had more life experience than anyone in this hangar combined, but she believed she could help Crosshair and that was the one thing that would not work well for her.
“If you don’t come out, doll, I’ll just have to make you. You know you could join us, be much more valuable than my brothers here-“ There was a deliberate pause as Crosshair’s thumb pressed down on the speaker, a deafening sound echoing as Athena struggled in Tech’s grip, her cries being muted by the hand over her mouth. “There she is, attagirl. Tech, can’t keep her quiet forever.”
Tech had read about the contraption before, the small speaker button that led to the imbalance in Athena’s mind, that caused her chemical programming to freak out and collapse in turn. He knew this had the power to make her obey, to make her do whatever they said and there was no way around it-that he had discovered anyways. Her soft, glasses over eyes looked up at the clone as he instantly snuck into the marauder, leaving Hunter and Crosshair to discuss whatever they needed to. Whatever was going to play out would play out, he didn’t care, he grabbed some ear plugs and placed them in Athena’s ears to block the noise from affecting her further. She itched her hands until it turned red, bounced her legs anxiously until it became frictionless as she tried to stay calm.
‘What can I do to help’ tech mouthed to the girl, yet she could not even catch her breath.
‘Nap.’ She muttered under her breath. ‘Inject me again, calm down’ she nodded frantically as she began searching the ship for whatever it was, ensuring that the Marauder would be ready to leave while scouring for the injection he had once given her that rendered her unconscious. When he held it in his hand, Athena immediately nodded and held out her arm-almost as if she was begging him to. ‘I don’t know who I’ll be if this carries on hurry up tech please!’ She almost wailed silently in worry for his safety.
Tech, starting up the ship as his brothers were about to board, turned to the ex undercover operative and pressed his lips to hers. Her hands uncovered her ears to wrap around the back of his neck, one pulling at his hair. Her grasp on his hair became a tight one as the needle broke her skin, forcing her into a lulled, relaxed state of peace where she would soon fall asleep. The clone had been burdened by far too many things since he had last seen Athena. Having to do this when they were reunited was one of the last things he wanted for them. When he pulled away from the kiss, he noticed how her eyes seemed softer-how her expression was much more relaxed and less rigid. His arms wrapped around the girl to lay her down in his bunk, kissing atop her head before rushing to the cockpit.
/
The group landed the Marauder on J-19 (or rather, Salecuami), waking Omega and Wrecker up as everyone got ready to gather their things. Athena was still, somehow, out for the count. Tech had walked over and brushed her hair back from covering her face placing a soft kiss atop her head and she stirred-letting out a quiet yawn and peeking up to look at the clone.
“Are you alright, Athena?” The girl nodded as she sat up-yet felt the effects of the injection still when she stumbled backwards. Tech wrapped his arms around her instantly to catch her, steadying her in his grip as she inhaled sharply. “My dear? I’m here, you’re okay. Nothings going to happen to you.”
“Hey! You two!” Wrecker bellowed, storming to the back of the ship to see them and immediately pausing. “Oh uh sorry for charging in! We uh we’ll let you guys talk and meet you there!”
The two were then left in their awkward silence as tech’s arms remained wrapped around her. Athena had plenty of words, she’d been thinking about this for an incredibly long time, 180 sunrises she had watched hoping that he’d come back and she could yell at him, scream at him, yell at him then wrap her arms around him and tell him she missed him. All words befell her vocabulary, none of them existed as she thought about how to start the conversation.
Tech had always been mesermised by Athena, that was no secret, words could never match the feelings he had for her. And as he gazed into her eyes, awaiting some sort of reaction from her, he had began to panic. He could understand if she never wanted to see him again after what he had done. He was furious with himself for not doing more-but he knew she would be safer alone in a secluded place. Why would the republic look for a so-called deserter on their own Kaminoan base? They wouldn’t. It was safer for her. If she didn’t want to see him again, he could understand-but one thing he would never be able to cope with was the thought of Athena running off and being mad at him. Him never having the chance to explain himself, to tell her how he feels, to just look into her eyes in awe of how she’s there with him-the two of them together-just be in awe of her company blessing his day and making it brighter than it could ever possibly be.
“Athena I-”
“Can I talk first? please?” The clone immediately nodded. “I’m mad at you, I understand why you did what you did, but I’m mad at you. I wish you’d have told me before you and your brother dragged me kicking and screaming. We could’ve come up with a plan if you’d have told me. The past 180 rotations I’ve dreamt and thought about what I would say to you, and the only thing that comes to my head is how mad I am. How furious I was that you’d lie to me and leave me there, I felt like it was a mission all over again, isolated and alone with nothing to do.” The feeling of Tech’s heart in his throat made him feel incredibly panicked, sick. She hated him. The one person in the entire galaxy, the one person galaxy wide he never wanted to hurt or upset, was mad at him. His eyes glazed over and he prayed to the stars that she wouldn’t notice that, or how his hands slowly slipped from around her as his grip loosened. “How mad I am that you didn’t let me stay with you, how mad I am that I couldn’t even be furious with you because you checked in on me every single day, all day, even when you were on missions to make sure I was okay.” Her hands lifted to place them on his cheeks, lifting the goggles and wiping the tears away. “I can get over what you did, Tech.”
“Y-you can?”
“You were protecting me. Us.” She nodded and he instantly gave her the softest smile effortlessly. “But I uh need time to be mad at you, if that’s okay.”
“How long?”
“Like five minutes because truth be told, I really missed the feeling of your arms around me.” She rested her head against his chest as he tightened his grip around her, placing his chin atop her head and slowly beginning to sway. “I’m not mad anymore.”
“That wasn’t even five minutes my darling.”
“I can’t be mad at you, I had all that time to be mad at you. Now I just wanna be with you.”
The clone grinned, pulling his chin off and lifting hers up as he leaned down to her height. “If you want to be with me my love, im right here. Whenever, wherever, however.”
“Us against the galaxy.”
“Us against the galaxy.” And with that, the two embraced, Athena’s heart blooming with emotion as Tech picked her up in his arms-causing her to let out a laugh.
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