I've been thinking anout your winged!glinda HC's a lot,, can we get a hurt comfort one shot/drabble of elphaba preening glinda's feathers? đđ
damn u really took me down a rabbit hole lmao. i ended up writing like 3k words of just sad, winged!glinda. but here's a snippet of her finally getting some elphie comfort!
(headcanon list found here)
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âReadyâ apparently comes two weeks later when an exhausted Glinda opens the balcony doors to let Elphaba in. Her wings are a tattered mess behind her, the result of a day spent flying against harsh, autumn winds. When Elphaba leads her to the bed, Glinda all but falls onto it, groaning into her pillows.Â
She doesnât realize sheâs left her back open to Elphaba until the woman gasps loudly, hand flying up to cover her mouth. Glinda turns her head, curious, and her blood goes cold when she realizes what Elphaba is staring at.Â
Usually, when Glinda is around people, she keeps her wings folded and tucked up, shielding her back from view and keeping her feathers away from wandering or curious hands.
But now, wearing nothing but a halter top and with her wings splayed to either side of her, the bare skin of her back is in full view, exposing the mess of scars and pink-stained feathers to Elphabaâs gaze.Â
Glinda immediately tries to get her hands underneath her to push herself up, wings shifting to cover herself. Sheâs mumbling apologies under her breath, frantic and stuttering. She never wanted Elphaba to see what she had done. What her spell had caused Glinda to endure.Â
âStop, s-stop, Glinda, stop!â Elphaba cries. Sheâs trembling slightly, horrified by what sheâs seen. âJust- please. Stop apologizing.â
Glinda glances over her shoulder with teary eyes. âI'm sorry. I never wanted you to see,â she whispers.Â
Elphaba takes a deep breath, blowing it out carefully. âCan you show me again? Please?â
Glinda's first instinct is to vehemently reject the idea, but Elphaba is staring at her with wide, wet eyes, pleading and sorrowful. Slowly, Glinda lets herself fall back to her stomach, splaying her wings out and fighting against her instincts.Â
Itâs an easier fight than she wouldâve imagined. A part of herâŚtrusts Elphaba. More than sheâs ever trusted anyone else. Her wings fall open willingly, even as her thoughts tumble over memories of sharp nails and harsh yanks, of cruel fists that pulled and twisted.
The first brush of fingers against her scars makes Glinda's skin twitch and her mind flash with a brief panic, but she manages to keep it subtle, breathing evenly, and after a brief hesitation, Elphaba continues her exploration.Â
She doesnât ask if it had hurt. She doesnât ask why the feathers are pink. She doesnât try and get Glinda to talk about the worst day of her life.
She justâŚruns her fingers over them, soft and gentle. She cards through the small feathers by the base of Glindaâs shoulders, and itâs such an overwhelming sensation that it practically makes Glinda want to scream.Â
The human side of Glindaâs brain all but shuts down, and she collapses into the pillows, biting down on her tongue hard enough to bleed. Elphabaâs fingers are soft and sure, calmly raking through the ruffled feathers and gently starting to realign them.Â
It feels heavenly.Â
Thereâs a rumble building in Glindaâs chest as the pleasure washes over her. Itâs not even sexual- it just feels good. Her mind is foggy and numb, her muscles relaxing and making her sink deeper and deeper into the sheets.Â
âGlinda? This still okay?â Elphaba checks in.Â
Glinda can barely remember what words are. âMmhm,â she hums, snapping her mouth shut around what could almost be called a coo. Something warbly and soft, something happy.Â
Itâs like the worldâs best massage, especially when Elphaba gains enough confidence to start working into the downy under feathers, rubbing through the softness right near her shoulder blades, coaxing Glindaâs wings to secrete the oil that will make them shiny and waterproof.Â
Glinda wiggles in place, shivers running down her spine as Elphabaâs fingers glide through feathers that canât help puffing up and settling down in waves as Glinda falls into the pattern Elphaba established. It feels so. Good.Â
âGlinda?â
There are no words. Glinda canât even think properly, swimming in a haze of pleasure. She opens her mouth, but nothing comes out except a pretty little trill. Elphaba laughs, startled but pleased. âYou good, little dove?âÂ
The nickname makes Glinda melt, and she lets out another embarrassing trill. âWow. You are really out of it,â Elphaba breathes, something awed in her tone. She keeps going, shifting the crooked feathers, smoothing the ruffled ones.Â
Time starts to blur, and Glinda has no idea if itâs been minutes or hours. She feels so blissed out that Morrible herself could walk into the room right now and she still likely wouldnât move. Sheâs an absolute puddle of limbs and feathers, her wings splayed over the bed.Â
For the first time since Glinda got her wings, nothing hurts. Every feather feels right, nothing is misaligned, thereâs no itch or sting or prickling awareness of something being wrong. No pain.Â
Galinda feels completely, utterly, wonderfully content.Â
âStay,â she whispers to Elphaba, sliding further and further toward sleep, drunk on pleasure and finally feeling safe. She doesn't want Elphaba to leave, even as the woman shifts from preening her to just running soft fingers over the tops.
Elphaba's smile can be heard in her voice. âIâm not going anywhere.â
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CC-2224 | Cody & CC-1010 | Fox, CC-2224 | Cody & CT-7567 | Rex Characters: CC-2224 | Cody, CC-1010 | Fox, CT-7567 | Rex, Blitz (Star Wars), Colt (Star Wars) Additional Tags: 212th Appreciation Week, Prompt | Magic/Mythology/Fantasy, Sirens, Sirens AU, CCs as Sirens, beginning of the war, Kaminoans Being Assholes (Star Wars), but theyâre not actually given a chance to be assholes this time, 212th CT-7567 | Rex Series: Part 3 of Shon'laar, Part 9 of 212th Appreciation Week Summary:
The war has begun, and with the war comes new responsibilities. Not everyone is happy with their assignments, but the vode make do. And some force changes.
@212thappreciation for the Fantasy/Mythology prompt
Summary: A few weeks before Kenobi was due to arrive on Kamino in the original timeline, the clones wake up with memories of their lives up to their deaths. Rex stays strong for his brothersâ he has to. But who will stay strong for him?
Snippet: When Rex opened his eyes, he felt numb. He thought he was dreaming, at first, because he was back in his pod on Kamino. He hadnât been there in decades, but occasionally heâd dream about being with his brothers again. Heâd eventually wake up, though, and remember that they were all dead and he was alone. Huffing, Rex rolled onto his side and hoped he would wake up for real soon.
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Iâve had this written for awhile and finally decided to post it! I hope you all enjoy!
Rex, trying to give a motivational speech but then it evolved into him casualty talking about his really really fucked up cadethood:
â-I mean yeah all the other kids bullied me, hated me even, and no one liked me or even came near me. Come to think of it I did get shuffled around a lot, but thatâs just because my entire original batch was decommissioned. And yeah I did have a lot of near death experiences, but I only needed to be resuscitated a handful of times. Ha, there was that one time a trainer threw me off a platform because they were sick of dealing with all my paperwork, but I pulled myself up by my bootstraps and hauled myself out of the ocean. You know what they say; you want something done you gotta do it yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you! I think I came out the other side just fine and Iâm stronger because of it! :)â
The entire 501st: ââŚwhAT THE FUUUUUCK!â
He overhears the guards. Heâs been here so long they donât really care about hiding Separatist secrets from him. They know thereâs no chance of Rex being rescued, and Rex stopped trying to escape on his own a long time ago.
They say heâs being transferred.
There might be a way to escape if heâs being moved but⌠whatâs the point? Itâs been months. Rex would never betray the Republic, hasnât spilled one secret and never plans to, but the loyalty he has for the Republic is not reciprocated. He didnât expect it to be. Out of millions of clones, thousands of captains, one captured prisoner is negligible.
Heâd hoped his General and Commander would care enough to try and find him. Maybe they had, but itâs not in them to fail and give up. Either way he would be declared KIA by now.
Nobody is looking for him, nobody needs him. All he can do is quietly rot in one prison or another and do his duty not to reveal secrets that are probably outdated.
Rex walks calmly into the transport and is patient for the hours-long journey. He is led into a facility that looks fairly identical to the last. The first difference he notices is the prominent smell of bacta.
His cell is different too. Well, itâs not a cell, really. More of a medical examination room. He grimaces at the straps on the table. The guards shove him onto it, and despite every bone in his body screaming at him to fight back⌠he lets them strap him down.
âOh, is it time for my checkup?â he hums sarcastically. âYour healthcareâs more impressive than what the GAR offers!â
He can still move his head, at least, so he looks around the room. Thereâs a large mirror that can only be a viewing window with one-way glass. His blond curls, having grown out far past regulation, block some of his view as he tries to squint and see if there are any figures on the other side.
The guards leave and the door buzzes loudly as it locks. âIs that really necessary? You think Iâm gonna yank off this synthleather and run down the hall to give the guards some exercise?â
Nobody replies. âYou Seppies have no sense of humor,â he grumbles.
Speakers in the roomâs corners fizzle on. âVOICE ACTIVATION EXPERIMENT,â it announces, loudly. The audio is shrill and grainy, and Rex cringes. He wishes he could cover his ears but, again, his arms are strapped down.
âWhat? What experimentâ?â
âTEST ONE. ANY VOICE, ALL COMMANDS.â
Rex only has to wait in confusion for a second before voices high and low, alien and humanoid, garble together and overwhelm him. Theyâre saying something about executing orders, numbers. He can already feel a headache setting in from the noise.
Then as soon as it starts, itâs over. âRESULTS: NEGATIVE. AS EXPECTED.â
âWhat was supposed to happen?â he wonders aloud.
âTEST TWO-ALPHA,â the voice continues. âSEPARATIST OFFICIALS.â
The speakers blast out the same nonsensical phrases. Order Five, Execute Order Thirty Two, Execute Order Sixty Six. Some of the voices are robotic and vocoded like Techno Unioners, one has a distinct arachnid tch-ing. Theyâre loud, but the experimenters seem no more satisfied. They move on. âTEST TWO-BETA. REPUBLIC OFFICIALS.â
He wonders through the ear-piercing noise how in the Sith Hells they got these voice recordings. Maybe theyâre computer generated?
He hears Commander Tano say Execute Order Thirty Seven and a tear slips down his cheek. Thatâs it, these canât be real. He wonders why he thinks it would be such a terrible thing for her to say, other than a deep gut feeling.
âTEST THREE,â the voice seems almost excited this time, like itâs really expecting something to happen. âCONFIRMED CODE ENABLERS.â
Rex frowns as he hears a tinny recording of Count Dookuâs unmistakable voice reciting the list of orders. He sits through it an looks expectantly to the âmirrorâ.
But this part of the test apparently isnât done. He hears Chancellor Palpatine recite the orders. His head feels strangely heavy, his eyes canât seem to focus, and his veins fill with ice. But when the recording is over he feels more or less the same.
âWhat⌠was that? What are you doing to me?â
âWHY DIDNâT IT WOââ the audio cuts off, the experimenter probably realizing he shouldnât broadcast his apparent failure to his test subject.
Rex waits in silence. His mind hasnât raced this fast since he was first captured. What are they trying to do?
If he escaped, could he warn the Republic? Save other clones from this⌠whatever this was? Rex tugs at his restraints.
The door buzzes open again and of all the people in the galaxy it is The Count of Serenno, Count Dooku himself that strides in with a nervous looking Ishi Tib in a labcoat hiding behind his brown-black cape. He stands above Rex, looking down with his face in shadow. His eyes seem to glow.
âMy master was clever,â he hums. âFalse recordings wonât work. But soon we will find ways to get around that particular problem.â
âWhat do those orders mean?â
Dooku doesnât answer, only leans down to Rexâs ear. âMight as well get some use out of you. Execute Order Sixty Six.â
CT-7567 stared blankly ahead. âYes, Sir.â
There are no traitors in sight, but if he ever sees one, he knows exactly what to do.
âNow, little pawn,â Dooku waves a hand in front of him. âSleep.â
CT-7567 Sleeps as commanded. He does not know for how long.
When he is brought back to consciousness, he is laying on some grassy ground, looking up at a blue sky. A Separatist ship is flying away from him.
âREX!â A strangely familiar voice shouts. He hears someone running towards him, and a traitor kneels beside him.
Chapter 5 of The Inevitable War AU is up!
Rex aaaand uh. A dog
This is such a galaxy brained prompt, thank you for this! The dog in this is based off of an Australian shepherd, by the way :)
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To say Rex was tired would be an understatement. Heâd been traveling nonstop the past few weeks in an effort to avoid catching anyoneâs attention. If he stayed in one place for too long, someone was bound to notice that he looked a little familiar, and theyâd call the authorities. He had to keep moving. Such was the life of someone in the run from the Empire.
The war hadnât been over for too long. Rex watched his men die in a crash, helpless to do anything to help them. They had been prisoners of their own minds, though, and in a backwards sort of way, Rex was glad they were dead. Anything was better than being turned into mindless droids.
Not long after that crash, Rex split up with Ahsoka, knowing that theyâd be safer apart. Sheâd given him contact information to people she thought could help, and Rex busied himself trying to take down the Empire before it could sink its poisonous claws into every part of the galaxy.
This is how Rex found himself traveling alone. Truly and utterly alone.
He hated being alone; the clones were never meant to be without each other, and yet here he was. Sure, he ran into the Bad Batch at one point (traveling with a child, and wasnât that a sight to behold), but he couldnât stay with them for long. He helped them get rid of their chips and then went on his way, back to his lonesome travels.
He refused to let it bother him, though. He buried himself in his work against the Empire, hoping that that might distract him from his situation, and it worked sometimes. Still, his own thoughts would often betray him, and he still often turned to speak to people who were no longer with him. It was a tough habit to break.
Rex only stopped on Dantooine to get food and refuel his ship. He didnât intend to stay for long. Heâd be in and out within a couple of hours. Surely that wasnât enough time for anyone to notice his presence.
It didnât take long for him to realize that he was being followed on his way through the market. He cursed his luck and the fact that heâd jinxed himself by telling himself he wouldnât be noticed before slipping into an alleyway, intent on taking out whoever had been tailing him.
He leaned against the wall and slowly took out his blaster, crouching behind a trash can. He heard footsteps approaching nearer to his position. His muscles tensed before he took a deep breath and jumped out of his hiding place, blaster pointed at the owner of the footstepsâŚ
⌠and the owner was a dog. Rex huffed a sigh and put his blaster back in his holster. The dog had not been startled at all by Rexâs actions, its stub for a tail wiggling so much that its whole behind was shaking. Its tongue lolled out of its mouth as it looked up at Rex with mismatched eyes, one brown and the other so light a shade of blue that it was nearly white.
Rex hesitated, unsure of what to do next. He knelt down on his knees to get closer to the dogâs level, his movements slow so that the dog wouldnât suddenly lash out at him. The dog sat down and held up one of its paws. Not knowing what else to do, Rex took it and shook it like he would shake hands with another human being. The dog then took that as an invitation to get close to Rex, as it curled up and pressed its body against him. Rex relaxed further and began scratching its back, causing the dog to lean further into him.
âThanks, bud.â Rex muttered, smiling. He was then mortified to realize that he was nearly crying at this simple display of affection from a dog. The dog seemed to sense his emotions, as it turned and began licking his face before the tears could even fall, causing Rex to laugh.
âOkay, okay, thank you. Iâve got to go now, okay?â Rex said, standing up. He began to leave the alleyway, stopping short when he realized the dog was following him.
âYou canât come with me.â He said with a sigh. The dog merely wagged its stub and practically grinned up at him.
âI donât have a way to take care of a dog, and I travel a lot in my tiny ship. You really wouldnât like it.â Rex continued as he walked out of the alley. The dog walked beside him to his right.
Rex really couldnât keep a dog. His lifestyle was not a good way for a dog to live. Besides, this one probably belonged to someone⌠but, it did look pretty skinny. Maybe it didnât have anyone, just like Rex. Maybe it was just as alone as him.
Rex sighed, eyeing a veterinarianâs office down the road. He stopped and looked down at the dog at his side.
âOkay. Maybe you can come with me.â
The dog barked and wagged its stub. Rex smiled for the first time in months.
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex, CC-1010 | Fox, CC-3636 | Wolffe, CC-5052 | Bly, Alpha-17 (Star Wars) Additional Tags: Crack, i guess, there is not a trace of hurt in here, Alpha-17 is a tired dad, his cadets donât give him any breaks, cody and his squad kidnapped rex i donât make the rules, brothers being brothers Summary:
Inspections are coming up. They have absolutely nothing to hide. Nope. Not a thing. What do you mean thereâs someone hiding? You should get your head checked. Alpha-17 just wants a break from his cadets. Only once.
A blind Leo AU one shot
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One day like others in the deepest of the sewers,the ex-world champion Lou Jitsu, which real name is Hamato Yoshi,was preparing for another one exhaustin day with his four blessings, Raphael the big brother,Donatello and Leonardo,the "twin" brothers,and Michaelangelo the baby brother,they now have 4,3 and 2 years respectively.
Despite being of different species and ages,the poor old rat has a bad memory and very often mistake their names,he had the idea to put them nicknames based of their shells but this was a bad idea because Raph hate being named like "Snapping one" and Donnie like "Soft one".
"They need a colors code" think to himself
While they were taking their nap,Splinter took the oportunity to go outside the sewers and take a lot of colorfull clothes for his babies.
"Sleep well my sons..."He said while climbed the sewer stairs
Hours later,that afternoon,the kids was very playful,Raph crush every fruit of the fridge with his feet to make smoothies,Donnie destroyed the TV, again. His sole defense was to see how it was made, Mikey was painting on all the walls and Leo, he had a lot of fun listening to the chaos his brothers caused but he wanted to be apart of it.
"Leo!! Come here and paint with me!"
"Sure Mikey!" Leo likes the sensation of have paint between his fingers so he just lends Mikey choose the paint and he put his hands on it
"You always let me choose the colors,what color do you like more?"
"Ummm"Leo paused briefly "I don't know,what's your favorite color?"
"Oh!! This one!!"Then Mikey grabed a can of orange paint " It's orange!"
"Like the fruit?"
"Yes!!"
Then the red eared slider began to smell every can of paint "Ugh! everything smells bad!" said,covering his nose
Mikey only laughted "The paint does not smell good, you have to see the colors to differentiate them"
"What is "see" Mikey? Why you can "see" them but I can't?"
"You don't know what is "see"? See is...You know!! See! When you wake up and open your eyes,watch TV,see the music!"
"That's only for you Mikey,You have synesthesia" Said the purple one,who was approaching them
"Oh right!"
"Donnie,You are a nerd,what is "see?"
Then Donnie,very exciting,went for makers and a whiteboard,then procced to explain "The vision or visual perception is the ability to interpret visible light information reaching the eyes which is then made available for planning and action. The resulting perception is also known as eyesight, or simply sight adjectival form: visual, optical, or ocular"He said while painting "any other question?"
"Yes,what is perception?" Asked Mikey
"So the see thing is relationated with my eyes?" Asked Leo
"Correct!,but you said you cannot difference the colors or...maybe you can't see the colors"
Mikey gasped with fear "Thats horrible!! You can't see none of them?! The rainbow colors?! Red,orange,yellow,green,blue,purple or pink? or more? black or white?"
"Technically, black is the result of the absence of color or the complete absorption of visible light" said Donnie "You're not helping!" screamed Mikey "You neither!!"replied the spiny softshell
"Guys!! What's the problem? I made a lot of smoothies for all of us!" said Raph
"Raph...is is something wrong with me?"asked Leo with tears in his eyes "Why I can't see? Why is so important? I'm sick? i'm a weirdo? Am I a b-bad b-brother?" Asked covering his eyes
The other three brothers don't know what to say...but they know what to do...one by one they hugged him
"We don't know if you're sick" said Raph "We don't think this converts you in a weird"said Donnie "But we know that you're not a bad brother!" Exclaimed Mikey "did you remember when the lair had a blackout and we were so scared to the dark? You're not! You were very brave! and you hugged me all the time!"
"And you can smell when Splinter puts a wrong or spoiled ingredient better than us" said Raph "And maybe you're the worst to hidding after Raph,but you're the best seeking us" said Donnie
"...Thank you guys,that means a lot!,and maybe I can't see,but I can know how you are" then Leo proceeded to touch the face of each of his brothers"Raph, you're the strongest and big of us and you have a lot of thorns...Donnie,you have a big forehead,maybe that's why you're the smartest...and Mikey,your face is always full of fresh paint,I like it!"
"Je,thanks big bro!" Said the box turtle
Then the four turtles kept playing,this time making things that Leo could do.
Later,Splinter came back with a big bag in his back "Oh childrens~!! your father brings you something!"
"No way!! Did You stole Santa's magic coat?!" Asked Mikey very exciting
"What? No,no Mikey,steal is bad for you,anyway,come on here!" He said while opened the big coat with a lot of kids clothes
"Woahhh~!!!" Gasped Raph,Mikey and Donnie
"What?,what is?"asked Leo very exciting
Splinter just smiled and put on a beautiful blue t-shirt on he "Do You like it?"
Leo procced to touch it"Is...soft,and warm,like your clothes...I like it!! can I have more!?"
"Of course,it's enough for all"
"The big is perfect for me!"Said Raph,putting on a big red football shirt
Mikey took a lot of clothes,especially the orange clothes"Everything is awesome!! I can't decide-"
"The purple clothes it's mine!!" Said Donnie, putting on a purple sweater "Purple like atomic lass~"
"What color would you like,Leo?" Asked Splinter
"Dad! He can't choose, he's blind"
"Yeah,I knew Donatello,but you can help him to decide"
"Mmm~ it's very hard,there is a lot of colors"said Mikey "What's the color of My shirt?"asked Leo "Oh!, it's blue!"answered Donnie
"How is the blue color?"
"Is a great color! It's the sky color,the sea color...your eyes color!"said Mikey
"Really?!"
"Yes!! And your shell color too!" Said Donnie
"Then I want it!" Exclaimed Leo very happy
"...My sons,I think you can use all the colors,but maybe...this looks better in only each one of you" said Splinter,tying a mask to each of them"
That's how Slinter begun to differentiate them... unfortnunately,this made he forgot his real names a lot of times,but well,at least Leo has one thing more in common with his brothers.
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I hope you like it,sorry for grammatical errors,english isn't my first language
Thanks to @simplyfornardo for help me with the errors
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Yes this a ANOTHER version of the Moth Au. BUT itâs so cool so I can help myself >:D
The 501st and the 212th for once seem to have luck on their side.
Sure, General Kenobi would argue it was the will of the Force, but honestly Rex didnât give two shits about what the force did as long there was results.
The recent battles have been better with the campaigns lasting short and they getting their victory swiftly.
Cody although, was uneasy. He had pulled Rex and a few other men to prepare for the worse. Rex was thankful that Codyâs cautious nature have saved many lifeâs of the Vode but he wished that he would enjoy the quiet. Nevertheless he did not argue with Cody.
Their newest mission was a few of the 501st and 212th was to aid the cleanup of a battlefield that happened on a planet near the Outer rim. The senator of that planet was a stuck-up pain in the ass. However his planet was near an important hyper-space route that the Republic could not afford to lose. So here was Rex and his men riffing through the hot and muggy forest thigh deep in muck.
Commander Ahsoka Tano and General Kenobi were in the lead with the men in tow. The Commander was voicing the complaints of Rex and the others to The General who seem seem to on the fence to be amused and exasperated.
Rex wondered to himself on how that man deals with Skywalker and Tano as a duo. Force knowns how how many times heâs been thrown with their force abilities. He respects him for dealing with one and one-in-training adrenaline addict.
âSir we are picking up a structure up ahead.â Kix who had hauled himself on a tree into order to get some signal. âThere looks like a storm is coming up, so we should probably hold up in there for now.â The general said tiredly. Indeed the fog was uncomfortably thick and it seeped into the cracks of Rexâs armor soaking his blacks. Ahsoka and some of the men perked up that idea.
The hike up to the building was longer then anticipated. Jessie, tripped over a lose root and fell on top of Kix causing them both to be soaked to the bone in mud. Fives and Ahsoka managed to get their shoes stuck and had to fish them out. The rain started earlier then what the radar had signaled. By the time they got there, everything and everyone was covered in a thin layer of mud and wet saved for Kix who landed facefirst when Jessie pushed him.
The building was old made of cracked stone with vines growing of them. Rex noted that the wood that lined the structure was made of living trees growing into the infrastructure. âInteresting.âGeneral Kenobi mused touching the wall. âWhat is sir?â Rex asked,
âThis placeâŚ. Feels like an old templeâ
âI feel it too.â Ahsoka chimed in âitâs feels like that temple on the mission with the-â
âI thought we agreed not to discuss that mission-â
âWhere Master Obi Wan got stuck dealing with an oversized bird that chased him into a tree and Anakin tried to help only for him to have to climb up that tree.â She finished attempting to hide a grin. Kenobi sighed and half heartedly rolled his eyes.
âIf I remember correctly, you also were on that tree by the end of that mission.â
Rex zoned out as they chattered. There was a weird feeling in his gut that something was going to happen. Maybe it was the writings on the walls, or maybe it was the creaking of the trees that almost sounded like whispers either way he was sure the 501stâs winning streak had just ran out.
Break
*Warning: angst*
Wolffe always thought that Rex was a rock. A strong guy who survived to a precocious death in his young age, who struggled more than all the other ones to prove that he has the same abilities as his siblings whatever he looked alike, who endured more than one terrible loss during the war and stood still to help his brothers to stand up again. As the king he was named after, Rex always made the well-being of his fellows a priority over his own health and feelings.Â
Actually, even him used his strong shoulder to surpass his pain to have lost everything - brothers and what was the closest to a father - in a second. And now, Gregor, that they had meet some weeks before, also climb on the unsheakable mountain he was to endure that he was no more than an empty shell with almost no memories of himself.
But he was wrong. One question was sufficient to reveal the deep crack in his heart.Â
- How it was to lead the 501st? asked Gregor as he heard that this company has quiet a reputation.Â
- It was a mess, answered Rex rolling his eyes over the sky. Especially with HardcaseâŚ
He stopped, his amber gaze falling down to the ground, jaws closed. For the first time, Wolffe saw his brother starting to shiver a little.Â
- But Fives and Jesse⌠he tried to continue with a trembling voice.Â
He froze again and the silence wrapped them up into the cave they were sitting in for the approaching night. Rex finally got up and left them without a word, disappearing in the tall grass of the savannah below. Wolffe crossed Gregorâs stare.
- Iâm stupid, he said sadly.Â
- Wait here.Â
The former commander of the 104th jumped on his feet and quitted the place, searching for his comrade. He quickly found him no that far from him, on his knees. Wolffe hesitated for a moment but thought that it was now his turn to be the big brother he has to be for him. So he walked towards the ex-captain and crouched in front of the sobbing soldier to reassure him. When Rex did realise he was not alone anymore, he tried to wipe away his tears but Wolffe stopped him.Â
- Itâs okay. I think you desserve the right to.Â
- IâŚÂ
He swallowed his saliva, the pain stretching his features.Â
- Thinking about Hardcase⌠then Fives and Jesse⌠I thought I could butâŚ
- Itâs normal, Rex. Donât worry.Â
Wolffe felt his own heart tightened up but he knew that he has no right, at this very precise moment, to be sad. He has to be strong, like this blond boy was for him before. So he smiled and squeezed gentily the shoulder of his brother-in-arms.
- I so much wanted to save them all⌠he avowed, a tear rolling down his cheek.
- We all wanted to.Â
- I have failed, Wolffe. I have failed so much.
He was now crying for real but didnât seem to notice it. The commander continued to smile.Â
- No, Rex, you did your best. It was the war, you know. There was nothing we could do against this.Â
- I buried Jesse. I buried them allâŚ
A confession that broke him for good as he finally collapsed against his chest, bursting into unstoppable tears. Wolffe didnât say a word and embraced him softly. Not so far from them, Gregor was standing by, watching them silently. He heard everything and looked more embarrassed than ever. The three of them stayed in that position for a long time before Rex took back the control of himself.
- Gregor⌠he must be worried⌠he said in a whisper.
- You know what? I think he will perfectly understand this.Â
Wolffe smiled again. Even in the bottom of the deepest hole, the king still thought about the other ones before himself.Â
***
I put a warning this time because I wish my brain put warning on what he is up to tell me sometimes. The other day, he offered me a soft and funny scene between Hardcase and Rex, but the sweetness finished into a deep sadness that still hurts me now. Damn you, brain! >_<
Sorry for the mistakes again.Â