#badbatchweek2021

[bbqfish]

Day six: Favorite Location

The little corner in Force 99′s quarters, where Tech’s bed and Echo’s hammock are located.  Hammock is always a fun and friendly choice for interior design, and I love this nice resting area for Echo is so close to Tech’s.  It brings some comfortable feeling to think they as best buddies and have cozy conversation while not out for missions.  Kamino is always raining and cloudy, but with friends near by, weather seems doesn’t matter anymore.

[darthzero22]

You should rest

Hunter x Reader 

You may not feel much like resting, but it's been a long day and your sergeant doesn't like the idea of you not to rest. 

Added to the Masterlist

“Are you still with that?”

Hunter's voice invades your room, and judging by his tone it sounded like he was annoyed about something. You knew that something. For hours you continued with your same task, your same datapad in hand and that annoyed the sergeant a lot. 

“That must be the fifth time you've asked me that, Hunter"

“Are you serious? I think it's because since I left and came back you're still with... that" he sighs. “You have to stop working for today” 

“I thought our work had no rest. Besides, what I'm doing is important”

“What exactly are you doing?”

“Reporting on our missions, all that"

Hunter raises an eyebrow, approaches your desk and to your surprise takes your datapad from your hand. He didn't look at the screen, he didn't care what you were doing, all he cared about was you. 

“Hunter!”

“I'm not going to listen to you this time" he leaves the datapad on your desk. You could see that he rested a hand on your cheek. “Listen, I know what you're doing is important, but you need to rest, understand? I can see it in your eyes, I can feel it"

Hunter's eyes showed concern, and what beautiful eyes he had. With his senses it was more than likely that he sensed tiredness in you, and surely just by looking at your eyes it was more than obvious that you were tired. 

“I know I need to rest, Hunter, but there is still a lot of work to do"

“Right. Well, since you won't take my advice, I'll have to order you. So I order you to rest”

“What? You are not serious”

You blush as Hunter leans toward you and brings his face close against yours, your lips very close to his. You could feel his breath and yours mingling together. Despite that he had a serious face. 

“I am very serious, cyare"

“I..”

“So get out of that chair and go to your bed and get some rest” clearly that was an order. 

“I see I can't disobey that" you smile. 

Before getting up, before allowing Hunter to speak again, you break the closeness between your lips and kiss him. He reciprocates in a moment, feeling more intensely all the emotions that you provoked in him, and you caress his cheek where he had his tattoo.

“I will obey that order, Sergeant, but only if you stay with me” you said softly after the kiss, your lips close to his. 

“Impossible to say no to that” he smiled. 

When you get up from the chair, Hunter is now the one who starts the kiss again, and you reciprocate. He wraps his arms around your waist to pull you closer to his body, so you had to rest your hands on his shoulders, and that only made the kiss deeper and more loving.  

[mk-otro]

-= Bad Batch Week 2021 =-

Day 1: Favorite Member

Echo. It's Echo.

I love them all but I love Echo. He grew on me after watching TCW the first few times. His overall development makes sense to me. His armor is the cheese bomb and it pleases me to see how vicious he gets when he's being violent fighting.

If you have been following me forever, you shouldn't be surprised by this fact. If you have just joined me, now you know. I dug my grave and I'm sleeping in all six feet of it. >:|

@bad-batch-week

[angela-art13]

Bad Batch Week, Day 7: Free Choice

I wanted to draw this incorrect quote by @incorrectclonequotes for a while and it seemed to fit to draw it for the event :) I hope yall like it and sorry for the shitty quality :0

[not-a-big-slay]

Bad batch's group photo - headcanons

BAD BATCH WEEK 2021 - DAY 3: FAVORITE SCENE

how I think the photoshoot of this photo went

Hunter

it was actually his idea for a photo

forces everyone into it

takes it VERY seriously

orginizing the whole thing, like where is everyone standing etc.

looks VERY seriously

changing a pose every shot

but is still in the same place

hates every photo they've shot and wants to retake it

yelling at crosshair for provoking him

Crosshair

provoking Hunter

forced to do this

same pose every shot

acts like he doesn't care how he looks

but thinks he looks badass

nudging Wrecker behind him

doing shenanigans

thinks every photo looks the same

rolling eyes every chance he has to show how unnecesary this idea is

Tech

forced to do this but thinks its a good idea

akwardly smiling

does not know how to pose

so he just sits down

trying looking serious

but it ends up weird

insecure about the photos

sighs every time Crosshair says something

tried thumbs up once and then regret it for the entire time

Wrecker

wasn't forced to do this AT ALL

thinks its a brilliant idea

can't be serious

smiles in every photo

then tries to look badass and smash his fists together

ends up liking that pose so he does this the entire time

annoys Echo and Crosshair

does ''✌'' in some shots before being stopped by Hunter

feeling good in every photo (as he should king)

Echo

definitely forced into it

feeling uncomftortable in every pose

growling every time Wrecker hits him

he would feel like he doesnt belong :(

doesnt care about the final photo

but secretly cherishs it

he blinked in some takes and looked like he was sleeping

almost killed his brothers trying to delete the photos of him blinking

[robustmyaft]

THE BAD BATCH DAY 4: FAVORITE QUOTE

These are my favorite quotes from Crosshair. Also an excuse to show off these gifs (It’s my first time making gifs so I was really just messing around)

Also a sneak peek of one of my edits coming out tomorrow

“Good Soldiers Follow Orders”

“This, is who I am”

The video itself was inspired by this wallpaper I originally made for this day

[minniethemoocherda]

Sins of the Past: Sexuality and Gender headcanons.

Not all of them will be relevant to the fic but these are the headcanons I currently have for each of the Fett siblings I my au. If anyone has any different headcanons then feel free to apply them to this fic! Like I said most of them probably won't come up in the fic itself.

💛 Bly is lving the heterosexual dream, marrying his high school sweetheart and adopting a kid.

🤍 Wolffe is ace and likes dogs more than people.

💚 After returning from the army, Gregor experimented with his gender and sexuality for a while, which resulted in him hooking up with Cid and Zeb albeit on separate occasions. I personally haven't decided if he ever came to any conclusions about his identity and I don't think Gregor did either.

🧡 Cody is living the homosexual dream and marrying his gay awakening.

💙 Rex is gay and asexual. There was some attraction between him and Saw back in high school when they were both on the football team. But nothing would happen between them until they met again later in life.

💙 Fives was interested in women, but died before knowing if he liked anyone beyond that.

🖤 Echo is gay.

💖 Jesse is the token Ti het. I imagine him to at some point marry a nice girl and have 2.5 kids together, although who that girl is remains yet to he decided.

💙 Kix is bi. Twenty years in the future he will be dating Sidon Ithano.

💙 Hardcase is pan and will flirt with anyone.

💙 Dogma is gay, but was in denial about it for a long time, wishing he could be what he thought Jango would want in a perfect son.

💙 Tup is genderqueer and uses he/they/she pronouns.

❤ The folks at rupalpspodrace have joked about it so often that I can only see Hunter as a him/him lesbian.

❤ Like a wrecking ball, Wrecker swings both ways.

❤ Tech and Crosshair are the token straights of the Se's.

❤ Omega isn't really interested in romance at this point in her young life but I'm leaning towards her having interest in girls.

💜 Not relevant at the moment but Boba is bi.

[sarasanddollar]

I realized that all my answers for @bad-batch-week were pretty similar, so I made this to answer every prompt! (Exception being my favorite location, which is of course Pantora, the pretty planet.) Merry Christmas Eve!

[photogirl894]

Merry Christmas, my fellow Batchers!!

For the Bad Batch holiday mini event, I've created, once again, some fun holiday-themed moodboards!! 🥰💜����

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!! 🥰💜🎄

[bbqfish]

Day three: Favorite Scene

S1E15: Hunter did a demonstration about how to help someone who really pissed you off. :)

edited: compare with the incident happened inside Ion engine oven, I’m very fine with what Hunter is dong here. :P

[darthzero22]

Inspiration

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃🎃

Hunter x F!Reader 

Halloween. That festivity was a lot of fun for you and you wanted to show Omega that it was. You didn't have many ideas for a costume, but you came up with a simple, but beautiful idea. And surely the sergeant would like that idea.

Warning: Nudity, dirty talk 

Added to the Masterlist

Omega was very excited to celebrate Halloween with you and the others, especially when you told her what it was all about. Wrecker was too, and it seemed that the least interested of the boys was, surprisingly, Hunter. He had a lot on his mind, it seems the mercenary life made him care more about everyone, especially about you. Rarely did he stop to rest, to spend some good time with his family, with you. 

In his eyes you could see the disinterest he had when you told him you were planning to celebrate Halloween with the others.

You understood why Hunter was like that, of course you understood, but what you wanted was for him to also have a good time, at least for a few hours, with you. Words were not enough, not in the simple way that was to go to him and talk to him. Hunter wasn't going to change his mind like that, no matter how much he loved you. While you were thinking of a costume, you came up with two ideas, which at the same time was one.

Hunter was in the cockpit, doing the usual stuff like checking systems, until he stops, and sharpens his hearing when he hears Wrecker and Omega talking about you.

“Ugh! Why is Y/N taking so long?” Wrecker asked.

 “I don't know! She locked herself in her room and told me she was thinking” Omega said. “I am worried”

“Relax, kid! I am more than sure that she is fine”

“How do you know that?”

“I… Uh…” he scratches his head and sees Echo, who was with a datapad organizing what appeared to be supplies. “Echo! Y/N is fine, right?”

“I can't tell ya. She didn't tell me anything. Only that she wanted to be left alone to think” Echo said. 

“Should we… knock the door?” Omega asked. 

For a moment the thought that you were sad or offended crossed Hunter's mind. He felt guilty for some reason, perhaps because he thought his refusal to join you for Halloween had made you sad.

“I'll take care of it” Hunter said, although it was more of an order. 

No one was going to disobey Hunter, especially since it was obvious that he was the only one capable of talking to you. The door was locked, so the sergeant proceeded to knock.

“Cyare, it's me” 

The door opens, allowing Hunter to enter, and when he enters and the door opens behind his back, he is surprised to see you. You were looking in the mirror and putting on dark gray face paint. You turned around to see him and smiled, which made him even more surprised.

“Hey, Hunter. So, what do you think?”

Hunter couldn't believe his eyes: you had painted a skull on your face, just like him. You were beautiful, you always were, but seeing you like this made his heart start beating much faster, and thanks to his senses he could feel it in his head. A clear blush appears on his cheeks.

“It’s beautiful… I mean!” Hunter clears his throat, bringing his knuckles to his mouth. “I just wanted to check if you were… fine”

“Oh, thanks! I am” you smiled. 

“Right, right…” he smiles, but you could see it was a nervous smile. “So… that face paint”

“Do you really think it's beautiful?”

“You are beautiful, and it really suits you” he approaches you. Carefully he brings his fingers to your jaw where you had no paint, and looks into your eyes. “Although, I would paint better here”

“Oh! In that case, can you help me?”

“Ha! Sure, cyare” he smiled. 

Hunter starts to help you paint your face, especially the areas where the paint was missing, and you wanted to smile, but you had to keep your face relaxed. Your heart, like Hunter's, beat fast every time you felt his fingers touch the skin of your face. And although he was focused, from time to time you look into each other's eyes, and he smiles all those times.

“I thought you might want a less simple costume”

“You know I'm simple about some things”

“I wish you were simple with everything” Hunter joked, with a smile.  

“Haha” you laugh sarcastically and give him a little punch in the chest, playfully. “Now just for that I'm going to wear one of your bandanas”

“What makes you think I'm going to let you do that?” he strokes your chin.

“Because you love me? Also, who do you think I got my inspiration for my costume from?”

He already knew that, but when you said it even so his heart began to beat even faster and his cheeks blushed a little more.

“Inspiration, huh?”

“Of course, my sergeant” you smiled.

You move a little closer to Hunter, and he smiled and didn't take his eyes off you. You were beautiful, you really were, and having you closer made his senses go a little crazier. You didn't paint your mouth much, so your lips were free of paint, and that's why Hunter gives you a kiss. You reciprocated, and although you wanted the kiss to last longer than at other times, you only broke apart due to shortness of breath.

“What do you say? Will you join us to celebrate Halloween?” you asked, with your fingers you stroked a strand of his hair. “I want you to be at my side. Omega also wants you to come with us”

Now you could see other eyes than before. Now Hunter's eyes did not show disinterest, but rather showed love. He, with a smile, chuckles a little and nods his head slightly.

“Now I can't say no to you, cyare”

“I knew you would change your mind” you smile. “What convinced you? My costume?”

“You convinced me, with those beautiful eyes, that beautiful smile... that beautiful face” he caresses your lips softly. “You are really so beautiful… I’m sorry. I shouldn't have said no the first time you asked me if I wanted to go with you”

“Hey, it’s okay. You need to distract yourself, handsome, and I'm glad you've changed your mind” you give him a little kiss on the lips. “I need the man I love and who inspired my costume by my side”

“You have no idea how much I love you"

Before you could say anything, Hunter kisses you back and your smile gets bigger. You managed to convince him to go with you and the others to enjoy Halloween at Ord Mantell, and so when you finished painting your face, you grab one of Hunter's bandanas and put it on your forehead. He looks at you now with a raised eyebrow, but always with a smile.

“How does it look on me?”

“More than good, cyare”

“Thanks! Now I just need to imitate your voice”

“What? Oh, no, no” Hunter rests his hand on your back. “You're not going to do that”

“Not even a word?”

“Nope” he gives you a little kiss on the cheek. “Come on”

With you ready, everyone was ready to get out of the Marauder to celebrate Halloween. Omega, who was dressed in the squad-like armor that Tech made for her, was happy to hear that you convinced Hunter to go with you. To your surprise, going out to celebrate at Ord Mantell was perfect, being with Hunter, Omega, and the others made you very happy. 

You never saw Omega so happy, she really seemed to have fun with that like any kid, despite the life you were leading. Sometimes she would hold your hand and make you walk at the same speed as her, which was very fast. You also noticed that Hunter was relaxed, which was a relief because for several days he was very busy focusing on the mercenary life you had. Seeing him calm, sometimes even smiling, made your heart happy, and from time to time when you walked, you would hold hands.

You've never had so much Ord Mantell Mix as you've had before, and you've never seen Omega and Wrecker so happy about it.  

At all times you had not seen the time, it must have been several hours since you left the ship, but unfortunately the fun had to end sometime. You had a lot of sweet things to eat. When you returned to the ship, you preferred to take a bath instead of staying with the others in the cockpit enjoying the candies. You had to wash off the paint, after so many hours it was starting to itch your face. So you went into your bathroom and took off all your clothes after the shower was ready.

Now you were taking a shower. You rubbed your hand against your face to remove the paint, and you could see it finally fall off. You felt more relieved about it.     

“What beautiful and attractive views”

The sound of the water against your skin muffled most of the other sounds, so you didn't hear the bathroom door open, but you did hear that voice and that's why you smiled. You turned around and see Hunter with his arms folded and his shoulder leaning against the door frame.

Hunter's heart skipped a beat when you turned to look at him. You are really very beautiful.

“I was wondering when you were going to show up” you said with a smile.

“Well, I was wondering where you had gotten to” he was smiling. “Lucky I didn't call you on the comm, I would have missed this”

“Probably not. I would have been waiting for you” you wink at him.

That makes Hunter chuckle a little.

“That's my girl” 

“You know you are free to join me. You need a good bath too”

“Don't tell me twice, cyare”

Hunter begins to remove his armor and clothing. It was always a spectacle to watch him undress, plus he did it in an attractive way to turn you on even more. When he is finally naked, you watched him as he slid into the shower to face you, and you see them sigh in relief as the warmth of the water made contact with his body, which instantly relaxes. You start stroking his cheek, until you bring your hand up and make his wet hair fall back.

“Much better, right?” you asked with a smile. 

“You're so right about that"

Hunter felt good having your hands touching and caressing his skin. You with your touch could tell that his heart was beating hard, so, smiling softly, you press your lips to his cheek to give him a kiss.

“Today was a great day. I love spending time like this, all together..."

“Me too, cyare” he kisses you back on the cheek. “And thanks to you for convincing me to go with you... I would have missed some beautiful hours. I had to relax, forget about everything and think about other things... Like how beautiful you are and how lucky I am to have you”

“I am the lucky one to have you, my sergeant...”

That closeness didn't last much longer and you brought your mouths together in a kiss. You ran your hands across Hunter's chest; and you could feel his hands caressing your waist and back, which was a soft touch, although you could feel that he wanted to touch you lower. As you had broken away from the kiss, he brings his mouth to your neck and starts kissing it.

The day was not over yet, and you were going to end Halloween in the best possible way.

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Tagging @bad-batch-week​

[angela-art13]

Bad Batch Week, Day 2: Favourite Dynamic

[not-a-big-slay]

Itch

Crosshair x gn!reader

Warnings: none

Type: fluff

BAD BATCH WEEK- DAY 1: Favorite character

taglist: @bad-batch-week @bad-batch-supremacy

It was just a regular supply run.

You were running out of food and medication, so you and your squad had to drop off on the nearest planet. Normally, you would finish your current task and then went for the supplies, but with Tech's math, the remaining supplies wouldn't last a day.

So, here you were. On Cortella.

Your clothes were extremely uncomftortable. It wasn't the type you would normally wear, nor it looked nice. You just had those for undercover missions, but by you, scratching yourself every 5 seconds because of them, they weren't so secretive.

,,Cut it out already!" Hunter said roughly but almost whispered due to the crowd surrounding you and the batch.

,,It's just.. these damn clothes." you stated while scratching your back. People were giving you weird looks before turning away from you and carrying on with their day. The uncomfortable feeling didn’t want to go away, even though you were working on it from the moment you stepped off the ship. Hunter gave you a warning look, but realized you probably couldn’t see it, because of the itchy distraction. 

They should probably buy you some new clothes.

The lack of focus caused you to stumble and push to some man. He looked at you, kind of confused why did you interrupted his daily routine on the market. You said sorry before quickly walking away from him.

,,There goes being discreet” Crosshair took out a new toothpick, ignoring your groaning to his incredible joke. You thought it could be good to finally stop, so you tried to resist the urge to scratch again. But damn it was hard. You scratched yourself one last time, letting the relaxing feeling fill you for a second and then dissapear as the itchy feeling rises,again.

,,Fine, I’ll stop” you gave up and the batch sighed in relieve before stopping unexpectedly. You found yourselves in front of the centre of the city. You thought there were a lot of shops in the suburbs, but now you saw that you were wrong. 

There were twice as much.

And of course, the crowd. Whatever discreet plan you’ve had, it was lost. Between the people there was no space at all. It was like they were walking on each other and you wouldn’t be suprised if you actually saw somebody squashed on the ground. 

,,So...?” 

Echo wasn’t alone on that thought. Everyone was thinking about how to get through this madness. Hunter was frowning while thinking. You all looked at him, waiting for some plan. And you didn’t had to wait for long. He suggested to split up, which was a nice thought, but it had it’s flaws. How would you get back together.

,,We’ll meet back on the Marauder. If somebody gets lost, send a signal,” he ordered, ,, We’ll seperate to 3 groups: Me, Omega and Wrecker; Tech and Echo, and Y/N with Crosshair” Everyone nodded in understanding, except you and Cross. You both rolled your eyes. Hunter ignored it and started to walk to his group. Tech and Echo already took off to do their task. Hunter wished you a good luck before leaving you alone. 

Well, alone with Crosshair.

You both just stood there for a second before Crosshair, very nicely, suggested that you two could move. You two didn’t step on the right foot when you met. From that point on, you two were constantly on each others neck, but not in a friendly way, like him and Wrecker. The only thing that could get his attention was you challenging him in something stupid and saying that he would failed in that for sure. None of you tried to talk about it and maybe sort things out. 

And none of you liked this “friendship” you had.

You tried to stay close to Cross in the crowd. It was super hard, considering the lack of movement you could do. You stepped on a lot of people but didn’t bother to say sorry. They probably barely noticed it. Crosshair was ahead of you and every moment he was further away. Not much, but if you didn’t catch him fast, he could simply get out of sight. 

You squeezed through a few people, still trying to see Crosshair. He was quickly getting away from you, so you reached out your hand as if it could somehow slow him down. Suddenly, a spot in front of you opened up. People hurried to the closest shop so they’ve created a little bit of space. You didn’t notice it as you were looking at Cross and squeezing through the crowd, and when your leg reached the space you didn’t expect, you fell down. Your hand caught on something, so you used it to pull yourself up.

When you were back on your feet, you looked at the person you were holding. On other days, you wouldn't be so thankful if you held hands with Crosshair,but now, you were just glad that you caught him.

,,I see the shop with the supplies, come on” he said as he grabbed your hand firmly and started to walk again. You were kind of suprised by his act, but you quickly forgot about it when you were fighting your way to the shop. You squeezed his hand tightly, so you couldn’t lose him again.

You finally found yourselves at the shop. Crosshair tried to cover his face, so the salesman couldn’t see it and you bought the supplies. You wished the salesman a good day and quickly got out of there. Cross took your hand again and was aiming for empty alley. As soon as you got there, you tried to orient yourselves and find your way back to the Maraurder.

,,So we went from there...” you said quietly to yourself, pointing to alleys you’ve walked through. ,,So now we have to go...this way!” you said out loud and looked at Crosshair that was leaning back on the wall, while you were thinking. He wasn't doing much while you tried to find a way back, but it was fun for him to watch.

,,Good, let’s go” he grabbed your hand again, even though the path wasn’t that crowded. You didn’t say anything, gripping his hand even tightly. On a man with the coldest face you’ve ever seen, he has suprisingly warm hands. And another thing that suprised you was thinking that about him.

About a man that hated you and you hated him.

You even forgot about that itchy clothes.

[robustmyaft]

THE BAD BATCH DAY 4: FAVORITE QUOTE

I love how many people had the same quote as their favorite eeeee

Not me literally being speechless when Tech dropped this line on Crosshair like DAMN how can you be petty and polite at the same time? 

[minniethemoocherda]

Sins of the Past: Day at the Museum

Summery:  A collection of drabbles set in my modern au where the Bad Batch raise Omega after rescuing her from the abusive hands of their mother. In this chapter, Tech accompanies Omega’s class on a trip to the museum. Written for Day 7 of @bad-batch-week 2021. 

Ao3

FF.net

Omega's class were going on a trip to the Museum in the city and they needed parents to help chaperone that many kids. As predicted, not knowing the potential adults looking after Omega, had sent Hunter into an internal panic, so Tech had volunteered to be a chaperone. He had been meaning to see the new space exhibition anyway.

As soon as the morning bell rang, Mrs Organa ushered students and parents alike on board the coach. Tech was planning to sit near the front with the other adults as per social protocol which he remembered from the few trips they could afford to attend when his brothers were at school, when Omega grabbed his hand. Before he could ask what she was doing, she had dragged him further down the coach and pulled him into a seat next to her.

"I do not mind if you want to sit with your friends." He told her, pointing to where Hera and Numa were seated nearer the back.

"I'd rather sit next to you." She beamed at him, leaning her blonde curls against his shoulder. Tech couldn't help but smile back.

As the coach rolled out of the parking lot, he had to admit to himself that he had missed spending one-on-one time with his little sister. He had greatly enjoyed that fist month teaching her at home. To use his intelligence for something more than fixing ancient ovens; to talk about subjects he was actually passionate about to someone who not only listened but constantly asked for more. Although if he was honest with himself, their lunch breaks, curled up on the coach watching old sci-fi movies had been the part Tech had enjoyed the most. When the decision had been made that Omega would go to public school, logically he knew that it was more practical for their work schedule and more beneficial for not only Omega's educational development but also her social. Still, despite seeing Omega every day, he had missed her.

The drive was about an hour long. Tech spent most of it playing on his phone with Omega watching vine complications, completing sudokus and seeing who could get the highest score in candy crush. It reminded Tech of the first day they met, sitting in the waiting room of the police station. How things had changed since then.

Eventually they arrived at the museum. It was old, built in the early eighteen-hundreds out of stone with grand pillars lining the front entrance. Tech guessed that it was probably one of the oldest buildings in the city, if not the state and looked out of place next to the modern high rises on either side of it.

"Alright everyone!" Mrs Organa called out as everyone piled into the main entrance. "Remember that even though we are not on school grounds, we are still representing Alliance Ellemntary. So I want you all to be on your best behaviour, understood?"

"Yes Mrs Organa." Replied the chorus of school children, already distracted by the grand marble floors and gold covered statues of the entrance.

"Good. I want everyone back in the cafeteria by twelve. Until then, as long as you stay within your chaperones' eyesight, you can explore the museum as much as you want. Now go and have fun!"

The students didn't need anymore prompting and Tech had run to keep up with his group as they raced down the hallways.

In his group were Omega of course and his niece Numa, whom Tech had seen more of in the last few months than in the previous ten years of her life. He regretted not having spent more time with the inquisitive young girl. There was also Omega's best friend Hera, plus two boys Tech hadn't met before called Kanan and Cal.

The first exhibition they entered was on American history. Although, Tech thought that it would be been more accurate to have called it American history Post 1492.

A primary coloured display made of puppets, detailed the expedition that lead to America's 'discovery' by Christopher Columbus.

The children crowed around the display, as Numa read the information out loud.

"... and that was how Thanksgiving was created, as a way to give thanks to the Native Americans who gave them food to survive the Winter." She finished.

"Well that is partly true." Tech corrected.

"What do you mean?" Omega asked.

"Yeah that's what's we've been told since kindergarten." One of the boys, Kanan spoke up.

"I mean exactly what I said. That it is partly true. At one of the earliest harvest festival, the pilgrims did share food with the Native Americans in thanks for giving them food to survive the precious Winter. However, Thanksgiving was already a holiday celebrated by Puritans before this event and after it, the Puritans would later declare that Thanksgiving would be held in thanks for and I quote their 'bloody victory' thanking God that the battle had been won over the native pequot people being killing the ones that had helped them only a few years later."

"Really?" Omega wondered out loud, turning back to the display. For a moment, Tech was worried he'd encouraged Omega's the distrust in authority that Hunter was so afraid off, but in her eyes he found only curiosity. Unlike the other children, she hadn't been indoctrinated into this misinformation for their whole lives, and as such was less likely to believe it. Perhaps the only positive of Nala Se's upbringing.

"And why should we believe you instead?" Kanan argued.

Before Tech could speak, Cal piped up.

"Actually I think he's right." He said, fiddling with the ends of his brown coat. "My Foster Dad is pequot. He says the same thing. That's why we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in our house."

Tech nodded in encouragement.

"Thank you Cal. As I was about to say, first hand accounts are more likely to be true. Especially when you can find a different source that confirms the other."

He was worried he might have upset the boys but Kanan appeared to be taking his words to heart.

"Why wouldn't the museum just say that?" Kanan grumbled.

"For numerous reasons. They might deliberately be omitting the misdeeds of their own history or they might not think that children like yourself would not be enough to understand."

"We're not stupid! We can understand it fine!" Omega protested and her friends nodded.

"Yeah!" They cheered un agreement.

Tech smiled. He did not doubt that they could.

The tour through the rest of the history exhibit went much like with the children reading the plaques, debating amongst themselves when the facts didn't quite match up then asking Tech for clarification. Tech was more than happy to expand on the stuff that had been simplified, and in some cases left out altogether. The children listened intently to his words and he couldn't help but feel a swell of pride, when they're eyes lit up in new understanding.

Finally, they made it to the Space exhibit, what Tech had claimed was the reason he'd come in this trip in the first place.

Tech felt like a child himself, staring up at the ceiling of lights resembling the current night sky. Constellations were linked with fairy lights, the galaxy beyond swirling behind them and a projection of shooting stars.

"It's beautiful." Hera said in awe, gazing up at the sight.

"Yeah." Kanan sighed, though Tech noticed that he wasn't looking at the ceiling.

Displays lined the walls, revealing information about the sky above. One discussed the possibility of life on other planets.

"Do you think aliens are real?" Numa wondered aloud.

"No way!" Kanan snorted.

"I do," Hera disagreed. "I'll find them one day when I become an astronaut."

"I mean yeah way actually!" Kanan said, quickly changed his mind.

"What do you think Tech?" Omega asked.

"Studies have already found evidence of bacteria on other planets. I see no reason other that organic lifeforms such as pants and animals shouldn't exist too. Whether any of those lifeforms are intelligent is less likely. Although it can be hard to define if a life is intelligent or not." Tech said with a pointed look at Kanan who was about to climb up the railings to grab at one of the display rocks. The boy smiled sheepishly, stepping away.

After they'd explored the space exhibit which was the only place Tech didn't have to correct any of its information, it was time to find the cafeteria for lunch.

They sat at one of the long designated tables with another group of children and their chaperone. Some of the children bought hot food from the cafeteria, but Tech pulled out the packed lunch Echo had made for him and Omega.

Tech listened with a small smile, as his charges, told the others all that they had seen today. His smile growing bigger when Omega said that she'd learned more from him than the museum.

He left them in the care of the other group's chaperone, who was dressed in an oddly accurate eighteenth century pirate costume for some reason, to treat himself to a coffee. Looking after the kids had been more draining than he thought it would be even if he had quite enjoyed it.

As he waited in the line, Mrs Organa joined the queue behind him.

"I saw you with the kid's earlier. You were a natural with them." She said. "Are you a teacher?"

Tech shook his head.

"I'm a handyman."

"Really?" Mrs Organa exclaimed sounding genuinely surprised. "Have you ever thought about going into teaching?"

"You're a natural with them." Mrs Organa said. "Have you ever thought about going into teaching?"

"No." Tech replied because that was in impossible so there was no point in thinking about it.

"You should."

Tech glanced over to Omega, to find the girl already looking at him. With a beaming smile she sent him one of her signature little waves. Tech waved back. He watched with a soft smile as she returned to chatting with her friends.

"Thank you. But I am happy here."

Following his gaze, Mrs Organa nodded in understanding.

Tech paid for his coffee and bought a hot chocolate for Omega as well.

He later wiped her mouth free of whipped cream when she got it all over face, ignoring her half hearted protests of embarrassment.

After lunch it was time to head back to school. Once again Omega insisted on Tech sitting besides her and the spent the journey much the same way they had on the way there.

Hunter was waiting for them when they stepped of the coach. Tech watched as Omega ran into their brother's arms, Hunter subtly checking her over to make sure she was okay. Tech listened contently as she repeated all she had learnt that day in the car ride home.

They were the only ones in the house when they got home so Tech took the opportunity to have a long shower.

With nothing to distracted him, his mind couldn't help but over think Mrs Organa's word.

Perhaps sometimes he did want more than what life had given him. But that didn't mean he wasn't happy. He loved his brothers. He loved being able to work with them. And whilst working as a handyman for Cid was not his ideal career, he still liked it.

Ninety-Nine had given the four of them more than they could ever repay him for; a childhood, a home and a family.

After spending what little money he had saved on therapy, toys and everything else that not just one, but four growing kids needed, plus part of Echo's medical bills after he moved in with them, Ninety-Nine barely had enough to pay the mortgage let alone college.

Besides, school had never been their forte. Nala Se had taught them the biology of how to clone flies and space faring maths but very little else. The school system never suited them. Hunter did not do well in exams, overwhelmed by his sensory issues that were heightened by his stress. Despite being the moat emotionally intelligent out of all of them, traditionally academically gifted Wrecker was not. And ever the rebel, Crosshair would turn up to half of his exams out of his mind with whatever substance he was currently hooked on then fail the rest on purpose. Of all of them, Tech was the only one who finished school with good grades. Good enough that he could have gone to college, but without the funds necessary to do so and without the desire to leave his brothers even if he did.

Tech shook his head, trying to dispel his thoughts along with the water in his hair. He reminded himself that there was no point thinking about things that didn't happen. As Ninety-Nine had once told him, the best way to love was to simply keep moving forwards.

Done with his shower, he headed downstairs to make a start on dinner, to find Hunter waiting at the kitchen table. Tech immediately knew that he woild be forced to have a talk.

"Omega over heard what Mrs Omega said to you." Hunter said in a way of greeting.

Despite knowing it was a futile effort, Tech still tried to end the conversation by putting a pot of coffee on.

"I meant it." Tech said, busying himself with the kettle so he wouldn't have to look Hunter in the eye. "I'm happy where I am."

"I know. But you could be happier. If you wanted to go to college and become a teacher, you know we would support you."

For the first time, Tech allowed himself to think about what being a teacher would actually be like. A teacher's salary wouldn't be a lot but it would be more than what he earned from Cid. It could be enough to buy Echo a new prosthetic, a bed big enough to fit Wrecker, Omega wouldn't have to worry about not being to afford college herself and-

Hunter's hand on his arm startled him from his thoughts. He hadn't even noticed that his brother had gotten up from the table. Hunter shifted his grip on his arm, this time forcing Tech to look his brother in the eye.

"I wouldn't want you to do this for us." Hunter said, knowing exactly where his mind had gone. "I would want you to do this for you."

So Tech did what he did best. He let himself think. He thought about what it would be like, to teach children like Omega every day. To tach what he was passionate about to those who felt the same. And to help the children like his brothers who never got the support that truly needed from their own teachers. In fact, Tech realised that this was all he ever wanted. That didn't change one thing though.

"How would you get the money?" He asked.

Hunter's gaze drifted for a moment, before his grip on Tech arm tightened with determination.

"I'm going to sue Jango's ass for child support."

[bad-batch-week]

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