Mando caretaker headcanons

Kind of like domestic headcanons I guess? But really just focusing on the fact that even though this man acts like a big, scary bounty hunter, his natural instinct is to take care of those around him :’)

warnings: mentions of hunger, mentions of violence

-Din Djarin-

• One of Mando’s main ways of showing affection is simply taking care of you. He makes sure you’re healthy, happy, and safe at all times and it’s something constantly on his mind. He views those close to him as being under his protection — it’s his jobto take care of them, and he’d feel guilty if he didn’t. So when you’re his s/o specifically, he takes that to an even higher level
• You and the child always eat first. Always. Without. Question.
• It’s not just because of his creed, but because the idea of you and Grogu having rumbling stomachs as you sleep is enough to keep him up at night – he’s seen what hunger does to people, and he’ll stick to just eating crumbs if it keeps you and Grogu fed
• Once you made him eat first, since you felt bad he always got leftovers, and it took him ages to just take the dish to a room over
• Only to come back from the other room after taking five bites and sliding the dish towards you and Grogu. “Here. Now eat.”
• “But you hardly touched it,” you said, brow furrowing.
• “I’ll be hungry once you and the child aren’t.”
• Yeah. Very unhealthy caretaker mentality and he has no idea how to respond when that care is returned
• Doesn’t like leaving you and Grogu by yourselves unless he knows/trusts a place well because the paranoia and anxiety eats him alive. What are you two doing? You’re staying in the ship like he asked? The Child is behaving? Neither of you appeared sick before he left, right?
• So there’s a little checklist he goes through before he leaves
• “You remember where the guns are?”
• “Yes, Mando.”
• “And the hiding spot if people get on the ship?”
• “Mhmm.”
• “Double-lock the ship once I’m off, alright?”
• “Okie dokie.”
• “And it doesn’t open again for anyone but me.”
• “Mando.”
• “If you’re ever uncertain, a shot to the leg is the best option.”
• “Din.”
• You and Grogu often sit in the seat behind him when he’s piloting the ship, and despite his reminders to go to bed, you end up falling asleep in the chair often. So, moving with painstaking care and cringing every time you or Grogu stir in your sleep, he’ll move you to your bed — which is basically a collection of every soft thing Mando could find on the ship
• If you ever get nightmares he’ll let you curl up against him
• When you’re out traveling, you try to suggest sleeping in shifts, but Mando always sets it up so that you only lose an hour or two of sleep while he takes on the brunt of keeping watch
• You sometimes get frustrated with him for constantly throwing his own needs to the side and practically putting your needs up on an altar, so you stubbornly insist on taking care of him
• And he’s like??? Someone??? Wants to take care of me?? What??
• So take care of him please :)