#cloneshippingbigbang

[ionfusionpunk]

A Series of One Shots and Short Stories

@cloneshippingbigbang

Written by: Trillium_Orchid Art by: IonFusion [me]

Summary: A series of one shots, short stories and snippets off the cutting room floor of the other clone shipping big bang fics. Some are NSFW, some are Gen, angst, fluff, sex, love, death, life, and all sorts of other osik.

Rating: Explicit

Tags: Reconditioning, Reconditioned Dogma, Tup/Dogma, Domesticity, Brain Surgery, Order 66, Suicidal Thoughts, De-aging, Force Nonsense, Bad Batch Cuddle Pile, Crossdressing,Tooka Kittens, Songfic,  Waxer/Boil, Wrecker/Echo, Clone Trooper Reconditioning, Clone Trooper Discrimination, Clone Troopers Deserve Better, Sheev Palpatine is His Own Warning, Cloneshipping 2022, Cloneshipping, Clonecest, NSFW, Male Lactation, Hanahaki Disease, Angst, Illness, Star Wars au, angst, hurt/comfort, pinning, Tup, Dogma, Fives, Echo, Hardcase, Jesse, Kix, Rex, Flower Meanings, poly 501st boys, Tup Suffers, Sorry, Clone Troopers Deserve Better, Tup Lives AU, Dogma Lives AU, Fives Lives AU, flower language usage very minimal though, Wooley, Comet, drinking, mentions of alcohol, dancing, club scene, mentions of jealousy, Boss, Jiang, Null Arc Trooper Jiang, Wooley/Tup/Comet, Hardcase/Dogma, Fives/Echo, Fives/Tup, Jesse/Kix, mentions of Cody/Rex/Baccara, mentions of Delta Squad, #CSBB22 #CloneShipping Big Bang 2022 #cloneshippingbigbang #CSBB

Snippets:

Tup had been so thrilled to have been given a gift of fruit- a form of space cherries from the locals- after the 501st had helped the planet fight off the Seppies and clankers. He had helped one of the local farms with clean up of the battle- and they had given him a basketful of cherries.

They are a warm orange pink colors with stems being a purple-blue color. He had gone to Kix and had them tested for edibility for near-humans and vod'e alike. He had been told that they were safe to eat, and Kix had only taken a small handful of cherries in recompense for the use of his time and equipment.

Tup is smiling and has an almost bounce in his step as he heads to one of the rec rooms and takes a seat at in one of the comfy couches and settles in. He has a bowlful of cherries- and a data pad with a good book to read.

Tup pops the cherry in his mouth- stem and all as he chews on the cherry and happily reads the book- it's a fictional work, with romance, fighting, and all sorts of other things in it. He's quite enjoying the book.

_____

Kix and Dogma had agreed to get their karking chips out of their head- and Tup was scanned, he did not have his chip, that had been removed, thank the ka'ra and the force. It did not take long for them to recover from the minor brain surgery.

The three of them meet with the rest of the bad batch, and the former members of the 501st have a tearfully happy reunion with Echo who holds them all with a gentle sort of desperation. Having a fully trained medic helped with certain missions that went up osik shape.

Also- with Tup and Dogma at the helm of the Ship, Tech could go on missions with the rest of them more as they rotate who is flying and guarding the ship verses who is on mission. They are more able to have Omega stay with the ship, as they have more than one other vod'e and crewmate on the ship.

Which is in general, a much safer location for Omega to be, she is still trained, and by a wider variety of vod'e. Kix, she shadows in the medbay, learning more medical skills, and he calls her, "my excellent medic cadet assistant."

They had their arguments of course, but on the whole they tended to get along better than be too argumentative. They are dodging the collective efforts of The Marshall Commander Cody and Crosshair- and their group of likely a blend of Storm Troopers and vod'e.

Rex was trying to coordinate with some of the local rebel cells - if they can manage capture Crosshair or Cody, he is not laboring under a false delusion that they could capture both of them, that was likely not going to happen.

[ann-i-inthestars]

Clone Shipping Big Bang Sneak Peak!!

Very, very happy to have been part of @cloneshippingbigbang​ wonderful event, and to get to work on Squad 6 with @inkyclone99​! Here is a sneak peak into the delightful creation they have come up with!

Writer: inkyclone99

Artist: Me

Summary: A cute unclaimed omega sergeant decides to adopt unknown creature eggs and Echo, as a good ARC trooper with a crush…follows it without a question. 

Tags: Eggs, Dragons, Mpreg, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Hunter, Alpha Echo, Intersex Hunter, Hunter is Omega’s Parent, Protective Echo, Fluff, Implied Sexual Content

Sneak Peak!:

When Echo joined the batch, he expected a lot of things. The differences between his new vods, their abilities, their usual habits, hobbies, weird porn preferences…anything. Anything really. After spending so much time on the 501st, he was more than used to weirdness.

But the three head sized scaled eggs was new.

He stared at the eggs on one of the bunks, they seemed to be in a nest made from ripped blacks and a blanket. His frown in pure confusion. He knew it was an omega tradition to make nests but…wasn’t it just for when they were in heat or expecting? Besides what was one doing here? And…with eggs that size? He didn’t even knew an animal that had eggs like that. What??“

[spiritofthenortheners]

CSBB 2022-23

Squad #17

@spiritofthenortheners as the writer and @mimsiical as the artist, we present the results of our collaboration for @cloneshippingbigbang  🧡

DEEP END

Rating: Explicit 

Word Count: 12946

Pairings: CC-8826 Neyo/ Clone Commander Faie; minor Faie/ Quinlan Vos  

Major Warnings/ Tags: Rivals to Fuckbuddies to Lovers; Explicit Sexual Content; Canon-typical Violence; Minor Character Injury; Horny Teenagers; Casual Sex; Undercover as a Sex Worker; Drinking; References to: Drugs, Power Imbalance, Mental Health Issues and Child Abuse; Minor Character Death; Order 66 Happens Differently; Major Character Death But It's Offscreen and Palps; Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Fluff and Smut; Falling in Love; Angst with a Happy Ending

Summary:

Lips crush his own and Faie opens his mouth like it’s instinctive, making a conscious effort to push his hips against Neyo’s but it backfires; intense pleasure sparks along his spine and something hot and heavy pools in the pit of his stomach. It’s maybe weak but he’s so gone in this moment he grabs Neyo by the head and flips them, straddling Neyo’s hips and gasping open mouthed at the fire in his veins.

It started on Kamino. Whatever the "it" is. It’s got something to do with Faie’s burning need to be the best and to never let any vulnerabilities show. It’s partly pain and bruised skin and broken bones but also heat, Neyo’s annoyed hiss and curses as Faie twists out of his hold and laughs mockingly. 

It’s probably got a lot to do with Neyo’s blank cold eyes watching him like he’s a challenge. 

It started by accident and never stopped happening. Faie thinks he's maybe developed a bad habit of tolerating his di'kut of a fellow commander. 

Read the fic on Ao3

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[airlockfailure]

PSA

For those of you waiting for the next chapters of Nec Aspera Terrent and Et Cum Sola rest assured I have not forgotten them! Their updates will be slower paced as we are going into a holiday season and I have also taken on a new project for @cloneshippingbigbang!!!

Estimated time frame? I have no idea. My life is pretty chaotic right now, but you can view the schedule for the big bang here.

[cloneshippingbigbang]

Hello! I am very interested in participating in the event as a writer, however I do have a few questions (since I have never participated in an event like this before)

The first is, is it acceptable to write significantly more than the minimum word requirement for your chosen track? For example, if I chose the Micro Bang track with the minimum of 5k, but ended up with a fic that looked like it would end up closer to 10k, would that be alright, or would I be encouraged to edit to keep it closer to the 5k range?

The second is, are poly ships allowed, as long as all participants in the ship are clones?

Thank you very much, and I look forward to being a part of this wonderful event!

Hello hello! Thank you so much for your ask! I'll go in order of your questions and hopefully they should relieve any concerns you might have in joining.

Writing More than your Track. Writing more than your track is highly encouraged! If you think you can do more than 5k, then we will be your greatest cheerleaders!! We won't force or ask you to do more than what you've committed to. The reason for the track and minimum word count is for two things. The first is to give you a goal to aim for in the hope that you will complete at the very least that many words for your fic. The second is to give a good estimation and expectation for what you might receive from an artist who is matched with your fic. So regardless on whether or not you do 10k when you signed up for a 5k, you would still receive a cleaned up sketch that was inspired by the fic and the discussions you had with your artist.

As for poly ships, that would be lovely to see! We do encourage the main pairings to be clone/clone as that is what this event is for and that easily falls under that category. There are many ways to define poly relationships and just keep that in mind and be respectful in your portrayal and you are green to go! We just ask that the main ship not be centered on a Jedi/Clone relationship XD

We are so excited to bring this event to life and hope that you get a lot of joy and enjoyment out of participating or reading what comes of it! And we hope that answered your question. Feel free to message us if you want further clarification or any other questions!

[anstarwar]

Happy to finally get to share the first chapter art for Squad 11! So glad I got to work with the authors @catbuir and @elsaanna007 and my co-artist @mock-arts on this amazing story for the @cloneshippingbigbang!

Title: So There's This Guy Authors: Catbuir, Elsaanna007 Rating: E, 18+ Tags: cloneship, cloneshipping, Echo/Fives, friends to lovers, nsfw, mutual pining, first kiss, first time, masturbation, oral sex, orgasm delay/denial, smut, explicit sexual content, hand jobs, sexual tension, resolved sexual tension, clone trooper culture, clone troopers deserve better

More art to come!

[imrowanartist]

I had the pleasure of creating this fun illustration of Echo and Alpha-17 as part of the @cloneshippingbigbang for @wandering-writer-ha’s wonderful fic Echo’s Haunted on AO3, so check it out! (Also featuring another awesome illustration by @ann-i-inthestars)

(Look at that fluffy sweater, I need it for myself)

[mock-arts]

Now posting, for the @cloneshippingbigbang Squad 11

So There's This Guy

by @catbuir and @elsaanna007, with art by @mock-arts and @anstarwar

Rating: E, 18+ Tags: cloneship, cloneshipping, Echo/Fives, friends to lovers, nsfw, mutual pining, first kiss, first time, masturbation, oral sex, orgasm delay/denial, smut, explicit sexual content, hand jobs, sexual tension, resolved sexual tension, clone trooper culture, clone troopers deserve better

Check it out on Ao3 - and check out Anstarwar & Mock's art on Ao3 too!

The war is over!

Jesse, Kix, Echo and Fives live together in an apartment on Coruscant. 

Echo finds himself in a new romance with a beautiful woman named Hehna. After finding himself lacking in experience, Fives offers to help him out with advice and practice. Unfortunately for Fives, this awakens some feelings he thought were buried deep and he doesn’t know what to do about them. He decides to put them aside and be happy that Echo has found someone.

Fives’ advice does help Echo become more confident with his new girlfriend, but something is holding him back. His thoughts keep returning to his best friend and he’s not the only one who notices.

Will Fives keep his role as the best friend, or will Echo realize that his attraction to Hehna pales in comparison to his feelings for Fives?

[onecreativeginger]

These poor bois have been though a LOT!🥺🥺

Go read @backgroundfoxe amazing fic if u wanna find out what happened to them!😙👌

@cloneshippingbigbang

[fanoflotofstuff]

Squad # 4 - No One Mourns The Wicked - Masterpost

Organized by @cloneshippingbigbang

Writer: Me

Artist: @anstarwar @flowerparrish

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 33,838

Pairing: Dogma/Tup

Tags: songfic, Clone Trooper Reconditioning, Clone Trooper OCs, Coruscant Sucks for Corries, Reconditioned Tup, Fox Kills Chancellor Palpatine, Major Character Death (Palpatine), Clone Trooper Control Chips

Summary: Tup has been reconditioned before- he had once been a Corrie Medic named Trill. Regardless of who he was and who is now, he has a deep, fierce loyalty to his vod’e and the Republic. He falls in love with fellow Trooper Dogma- then… Umbara happened and Dogma went away. He meets a Corrie named Specter and feels starts to flourish as the war ends.

Read Story Here

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[haltiamieli]

Squad #14 presents: CloneShipping Big Bang Sneak Peek!

Hghg my pals @cloneshippingbigbang​ has been a Journey on my part! But with my awesome team we are getting there, and now right before the posting will start me and my most bestest artist @reaalikaasu​ have joined forces to give you a teaser!

on being interchangeable

Author: @haltiamieli​ Artist: @reaalikaasu​ Rated: M Word count: 30k+ Major warnings: Major Character Death, Grief, Mental Health Issues, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Substance Misuse, Sex Under Influence, Invasion Of Privacy Main relationships: Thorn/Fox, Thorn&Thire, Thorn&Stone, Thorn/Fox/Cody, Thire&Stone, Thire/OC Summary: Welcome to a Thorn lives AU, except this time it is Thire who dies in his stead. Due to Complications, it was Thire in Thorn's armour on Scipio. Now everyone still alive has to deal with the fact that to cover this up Thorn has to keep pretending for a lot longer than anyone was prepared for.

Fibre comes over with the cup and a brush that doesn’t look like the kind they use to paint armor. Thorn stays in place obediently as Fibre starts to spread the stuff on his head. It feels cold and weird, especially where the hair is shortest and the brush meets no resistance. “You’ll need to come to me again in a few weeks to do the roots again. Or I can teach you how to do it yourself, so you don’t need to get me every time you do this”, Fibre tells him, and something about his words turns Thorn’s world inside out.

To do it again in a few weeks. To come back to paint Thire over his face, or to learn to do this himself so he won’t have to keep coming back.

The room spins around him. Why the fuck can’t he breathe. Why the fuck can’t he keep it together.

He has lost men before. Even if Thire is - was - special, he is just one more name on the list of brothers who have died. “I might need Fox”, Thorn gasps.

“Sir”, Fibre says but it is like he was speaking over a malfunctioning comm.

Thorn feels like he is on the verge of some sort of a revelation, but not a good one. And if he falls, there won’t be going back. Fibre said he would help Thorn do the dye job again. Because the hair will grow back blond, but he can’t keep it like that anymore. Because the hair will keep growing back for the rest of his life but he…

Something crashes on the floor, he thinks. It must be on the floor. If you drop things, they fall down. Some things are inevitable that way.

Thire is dead, and he won’t be coming back, but Thorn.

Thorn is stuck in some sort of an in-between state, still breathing but dead on paper. Dead for everyone off planet. Dead for all his batchmates and for most of his command track, dead for the cute vod he had been thinking about maybe calling again when 104th was back on Coruscant.

He is dead to everyone he hasn’t yet met too, because from now on he has to put on a foreign armor and a foreign face every day for the rest of his life. His whole identity is dead.

Except in all the ways that he is still alive.

[nightfall-1409]

Squad 30's Cloneshipping Big Bang SP

A take on an alternate Bad Batch era galaxy, myself @nightfall-1409 writing with the amazing @marbled-polecat making art for me, and an a godsend as a beta (I am soso sorry for the period overload).  I can’t wait for y’all to see it!!!

@cloneshippingbigbang

and i couldn’t recognize myself in the mirror

Author: Nightfall_1409 @nightfall-1409

Artist: Marbled Polecat @marbled-polecat

rating: M word count: 24k pairings: Fives/Echo, Polybatch, Fives/Tup tags: hurt/comfort, mistaken identity, canon divergence, Fives Lives, Tup Lives, canon-typical violence, falling in love (again), internalized ableism, bad batch season 2 spoilers, order 66 happened differently

summary: As the end of the Clone Wars spirals into what feels like the end of the galaxy, Fives grapples with what he knew and when he learned it. Captain Rex reaches out to his Commando rescuers with a mission: extract the AWOL Commander Cody from Coruscant. After a messy reunion with his former Captain, Fives is forced to work alongside some of the most notorious members of the GAR: the Bad Batch. Though tensions are no doubt running high all around, there is one strange shred of light where things are easier and more familiar than they have any right to be- with Clone Force 99's cyborg ARC Trooper, Echo.

snippet:

“Fives?” Echo prompts, rumbling low, definitely in a teasing sort of tone as he draws Fives from his thoughts, and Fives’ heart flutters, even overtaking the old rush of familiar grief, freezing him on the spot.

There’s something in Echo’s eyes, a little fiery, determined, as one side of his lips quirk up, and Fives realizes how close their hands are in that moment, realizes how close they both are, eyes glowing as though lit from within, and that moment is an Echo, of them both as younger men, braver men, Echo suddenly shaped into his Echo the brave and amazing ARC trooper, strategic and amazing and the other half of Fives’ heart and, come back from where he’d run to his death.

Fives almost thinks for a second that Echo’s going to be bold, reach out, put one hand over his own in an echo of a time long past. That this Echo is going to do what his Echo would have, taking his hand and taking him to bed, bright and happy and sure, and full of love and light and—

Echo goes to open his mouth, to speak—

“Echo?” Omega’s voice, small, sleepy, breaks the moment.  “Tech’s wondering if you were okay.”

“You’re supposed to be asleep, Megs,” Echo softens, pulling up and out of Fives’ space, making a quick beeline to Omega, the little girl holding a black, red and white tooka doll, of all things, rubbing sleepy eyes.  “If Tech wanted to check on me, he could have.”

The silence after the question is telling, and Echo sighs, overly fond, kneeling in front of the girl.  “Let’s get to bed then, yeah?  Before Hunter’s angry at both of us.”  And with tenderness that Fives aches to feel, Echo picks up Omega into his arms, his metal hand against her back, his other hand holding her secure.  He takes a moment once he has her set, to glance back at Fives.

There’s something perhaps a little wistful in his expression, unspoken words trapped behind his lips, and the dream ends, the reality set in that this is their Echo, and not his riduur returned from beyond the grave.  

And it’s not fair to love someone in the hole that someone else has left, but, but— is it fair to have that hole and see someone that feels like he’s that missing piece, so close and yet so far?

“See you tomorrow, Fives.”  He says, quiet, turning and leaving the room, Omega curled up into his shoulder, holding him in a hug, a ghost of him and his Echo curled up in the stormy nights of Kamino.

It’s only after he’s left the room that Fives can stutter out a little, sheepish, goodbye.

[wandering-writer-ha]

Echo's Haunted

Coming soon as part of the

@cloneshippingbigbang from squad nine, @ann-i-inthestars @imrowanartist and myself!

Rating: Teen and up

Warnings: cloneshipping

Word count: 50,000

Snippet:

The two Rodians nodded and wave him on through.

Echo knocked on the kitchen door before it slid open, to reveal... Utter Chaos.

There was flatcake batter splattered across what had to be half the floor tiles, three of the walls and several spots on the ceiling. Omega and Wrecker were both completely covered in a fine dusting of flour -  and probably sugar, from where the two of them were standing next to the stove, Wrecker leaning over Omega as the cadet-sized clone scooped up a lumpy ladle-full of batter and was about to dump it into the already full skillet. "So I pour more batter in now?"

Tech wasn't much better, his goggles dusty and gooey from his perch on the counter, saying "I believe so, yes. The directions aren't very clear in this one."

Hunter was standing a couple of feet away from the three of them, arms folded across his chest, having also acquired a fine dusting of flour across the front of his armor, watching the chaos unfold.

Crosshair was perched on the conservator, having so far escaped being covered in flour, and was eating a small bag of Mantel mix, a shit-eating grin on his face. He called out "Welcome to Flat-cake making, Echo. We figured we'd let you sleep in, since we're all on leave. Hunter says that you know how to make flatcakes. Is that a reg thing that we weren't taught?"

"No, it wasn't, I - wait Omega don't pour more batter in!" Echo called out, rushing over and snagging a complimentary apron in one of the cubbies at the door, which covered most of his torso.

"Oh! You're here, Hi Echo!" Omega greeted with a bright grin, waving up at him... With the hand that had the ladle. The contents flew from the ladle and landed with a loud splat on a previously clean bit of kitchen tile. "... Oops. What's this about you knowing how to make flatcakes? What are you wearing?"

Force, this place was a mess.

[abelunwilling]

Squad 33 | Cloneshipping Big Bang | Sneak Peek!

For @cloneshippingbigbang

Writing by @abelunwilling (forceinsensitive)

Art by @ann-i-inthestars ​ (nephilimswitchlight)

Title: “Long Ride Home”

Pairing: Echo/Crosshair

Rating: Mature

No Archive Warnings Apply

Other Tags: AU - Canon Divergence, Angst, PTSD, heavy depictions of brainwashing and mental illness 

Word Count: 20K (approx) 

Summary:

Crosshair insists on returning to the Empire, but the Batch insist that he at least get back safely. When Echo volunteers to be the one to escort him, he finds himself confronting his own past trauma as well as the disturbing realities of Crosshair’s present. 

What should have been a simple drop soon becomes a long ride home.

I would like to earnestly thank @ann-i-inthestars for being such an awesome support and partner-in-crime for this project. We can’t wait to share the whole story with everyone! - Abel :) 

Excerpt:

“On Anaxes,” says Crosshair, after a cumbersome pause. “Why did you agree to join?”

Echo casts his eyes down toward the city again, all the people just distant, faintly-moving dots. That decision feels like it was practically a lifetime ago. Why would Crosshair ask this now?

“That place… with Rex, with my brothers… it wasn’t the same as when I left it,” he says, finally. The words come out slow, cautious. “I wasn’t the same. I needed to find out who I was without leaning on my past, and this squad… it fit. So, I said yes.”

“You didn’t belong any more,” says Crosshair, distantly. “You weren’t like them.”

“No, I wasn’t,” says Echo, trying to keep the irritation out of his voice, “but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have been accepted or cared for. Rex would have respected my decision either way.”

A crackling sound as Crosshair closes his fist around the empty soup cup. “You’re wrong.”

“Excuse me?”

“They would have said they accepted you,” Crosshair continues. “They would have said they cared. Maybe they’d even pretend to be nice about it, but they’d never see you as one of them ever again—not really. No matter what you had before.”

Echo gets the sense this isn’t really about him any more.

“You shouldn’t assume the worst of people,” he says, simply.

“You would say that.” Crosshair rolls his eyes; he’s still compressing the soup cup into a crumpled ball. “Your captain came back for you. Even after we told him it was a waste of time.”

Okay. So it’s definitely not about him. Echo sighs.

“Crosshair, if you want to say something about Hunter, just say it.”

Instantly, Crosshair is silent again.

“I thought not.” Echo shakes his head tiredly. “Look, I don’t know what it is you’re trying to achieve here. If you’re mad at us, fine—but I’m not your punching bag. I won’t let you take it all out on me.”

Crosshair is quiet for a long time, then.

Finally, he swallows thickly and says, “We’re the same.”

Echo’s not quite ready to go that far. “What do you mean?”

Crosshair won’t look at him. His jaw is so tight Echo can see a muscle in his neck pulling.

“You belonged,” he says, struggling to even get the words out. His hand loosens and the cup rolls to the ground, crushed beyond repair. “And then… you didn’t.”

[rexsterss]

Squad #25 Cloneshipping Big Bang Sneak Peak

I’m teamed up with the amazing @serene-bot, who will make art to the fic I’m writing for this BB!

Thanks so much for getting this event to happen! @cloneshippingbigbang

Sweetvoiced Violence

Author: AO3, @rexsterss

Artist: AO3, @serene-bot

Rating: M

Word count: 30,000+ words

Pairings: Echo/Fives/Tup

Tags: Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Alternate Universe — Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe — Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe — Vampire, Everyone Lives/No One Dies, No Order 66, Canon-Typical Violence, Established Relationship, Polyamory, Blood Drinking, Blood and Gore, Midnight Mass Inspired Vampire

Summary:

It was supposed to be a simple mission in catching Crimson Dawn. The three of them were supposed to get in that camp, mess up the comm systems, hail the general, and get out. The best case scenario was they’d catch Dryden Vos. The worst case was they’d get hurt trying.

They knew of the disappearances. They knew something was picking off the people of Kijimi in droves. Fives, Echo, and Tup had to make sure they don’t suffer the same fate. They will die trying to.

Snippet:

“Boys.”

Echo exchanged a look with the other two before they turned to their general. The rest of the troopers had already loaded up in their gunships, their engines whirling in anticipation, but they were ordered to wait for the general to get in hers before they left together.

“Sir?”

“Did you read the report I sent you?” Ahsoka asked, her brows furrowed with worry, and by then, Rex was already walking towards them again. “The latest one, not the one Jesse gave you.”

Fives froze. “Uh—“

“I know,” She gave him a brief smile, before the seriousness of the issue weighed on her face again. “Did you read it?”

Oh, Echo read it alright. And he didn’t like it at all.

“Yes, sir,” Apprehension chewed in his chest as he looked between both Ahsoka and Rex. “It’s about suspicious activities that had them sending over new scouts to the tower every other week or so because the previous ones kept disappearing. There wasn’t anything specific as to why that was happening, since it’s mostly because we don’t know what it was that made them vanish into thin air in the first place.”

“It’s strange, sir,” Tup mused. The three of them had been combing through the report during breakfast, flipped it inside out trying to make sense. “They were just… gone. We don’t know if they even struggled, since there was no evidence that said so. As if they just disintegrated on the spot. City dwellers say whoever was taking them, they were probably attacked at night.”

“From what we gathered, they didn’t even search for the missing people,” added Fives. “It’s either because they didn’t care, or they were too scared shitless to go investigate. They would at least have some idea who or what was attacking them if they did.”

“Exactly,” Ahsoka agreed. “We don’t know what happened to them, but it’s dangerous enough for the locals to consider this place as a death trap. I need you three to be careful, and keep an eye out for,” Her mouth twisted unhappily. “Whatever that thing is.”

“If you see it, you hide,” Rex said; even he had concern lurking in his eyes. “We’re not taking any chances with this thing. When we make out of this, the least we could do is warn the city of what it exactly is so that they can prepare themselves.”

Fives raised an eyebrow. “You mean if we get out of this alive.”

[reaalikaasu]

Squad #21 CloneShipping Big Bang Sneak Peek

I’m super excited to share the squad 21′s sneak peak for the @cloneshippingbigbang event! The author of this fic is the awesome @airlockfailure​ and I’m the artist for this fic! 

Auribus Teneo Lupum

translation: holding a wolf by the ears; meaning trying to avoid an unknown situation by remaining in your current unhealthy situation; an unwillingness to change/adapt/grow/heal for fear of the unknown

The author: @airlockfailure​

The artist: @reaalikaasu​

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: over 30,000 (incomplete)

Pairings: Denal/Axe, Angel (OC)/Koho

Major Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Tags:  blood and injury, hurt/comfort, angst, medically YMMV, militarily YMMV, cognitive dissonance, discussions of brainwashing and behavioral conditioning, permanent injury, permanent disability, clone troopers deserve better, clone trooper culture, clone shipping, clone trooper relationships, nat-born vs. clone trooper dynamics, healing and recovery, medical prosthetics, cybernetics, food insecurity, medical emergencies, erol and meerla are spice runners/producers but there’s no illicit use of spice, building a community, self esteem issues, PTSD, grief and mourning, murder, treason, hiding from the Republic, clone trooper decommissioning, clone trooper reconditioning, unsafe sex, anal sex, oral sex, sexual inexperience, nonbinary characters, early relationship Zero/Meerla, falling in love, touch starved, size difference, survivor’s guilt, getting together, Kaminoans being assholes, alternate universe- canon divergence, order 66 didn’t happen, original clone trooper characters, original characters, pov original character, other tags to be added

Summary:  Angel, Alpha-ARC trooper and Commander aboard the HCTFF2 medical station, makes a desperate escape into hyperspace after a surprise Separatist attack.  Confronted with protecting Kaminoan secrets or saving his fellow troopers, Angel chooses the lives of the men in his care.  Denal, one of his patients, witnesses an act of treason and is torn between doing what his training says is right versus what his heart tells him.

Snippet:

“You run a tight ship, Commander,” Kel Torra remarks.

Angel is unsure if she means to pay him a compliment or if she’s admonishing him for overbearance.

“But your expenses are nearly twice that of other medical stations,” she continues.

“HCTFF2 receives the majority of wounded troopers, sir,” Angel states.

Kel Torra blinks at him.  He’s never been a good judge of Kaminoan body language.  Costing the Republic credits without justification isn’t something he appreciates being accused of.  He looks up at her, wondering if she has more to say or if she’s looking for him to explain himself.  It’s simple, really.

“This medical station does not decommission enough troopers compared to the numbers being redeployed to the front,” Kel Torra eventually tells him.

It’s simple.

“These men are still alive, sir,” Angel states as flatly, and as calmly as he can.

She blinks and her already thin lips thin further.  “These… clones… are alive against set protocols.”

“Sir-”