We all know about order 66 at this point but Iāve just reached the end of tcw (itās taken me a while to get through all 7 seasons) and I am very much not ok ššš
Idk if youāre currently taking requests (if not pls ignore) but if you areā¦ *rattling empty bowl like a pitiful victorian orphan* can u spare a Drabble where the clones actually live happily ever after?
Ohhh hi lovely anon! There is absolutely no way to prepare for the amount of pain at the end of TCW š I hope you had plenty of tissues handy.
And I'm not really taking requests at the moment, but I thought this was such a sweet idea and you just so happened to catch me in the mood for something like this, so I hope you enjoy this very teeny tiny slice of post-war life! x
Approx. 500 words, mentions of Codywan, mentions of food.
Rex is trying very hard not to say anything.
Heās trying so hard, in fact, heās missed most of the conversation, and tunes back in mid-sentence.
āā¦and then I said, if they want an interview, itāll cost extra. My scheduleās packed; Iām making another address in Monument Square with Senator Organa, a very important one, for the anniversary of the clone emancipation act, and then Iāve got a nightclub opening to go to, and thenā¦ā
Echo is bending to pull another ardees from the chiller. Rex canāt see his face, but he can see his shoulders shaking with barely-suppressed laughter as Fives continues talking, totally oblivious. Jesse, on the other hand, looks thoroughly unimpressed, arms folded atop the table.
āā¦and itās hard, yāknow, when everyone wants a piece of you. Which is what I told her, when I said it wouldnāt work out.ā
Echo adopts a tone of faux-innocence, sliding a fresh bottle across the table. āHuh. Thatās funny. Tup said he heard from Waxer, who was talking to Kix, who heard from Thorn that she broke it off with you.ā
Fives huffs. āWell Thornās full of shit. It was mutual.ā
āSo not everyone wants a piece of you, then,ā Jesse says drily.
Rex is thinking mournfully of the side of namba in the chiller. Heād been planning to roast it tonight with herbs and wine. He was going to put on some music while he cooked. He likes cooking with music; something heās learned about himself since retiring from active service. It was going to be a nice, quiet evening. Relaxing.
And then Fives had shown up, completely unannounced, with a bag over his shoulder, asking to crash on his sofa, telling him heād already called the boys to come by, and that heād meant to bring a little thank-you gift for Rex for letting him stay but it had just slipped his mind, and is that a new rug? Very nice, and...
Fives sounds airily indignant. āNot everyone can handle the level of public adoration I have to deal with. When itās the whole galaxyāā
āYeah right, you saved the whole galaxy,ā Echo says, rolling his eyes. āAnd Iām the king of Hosnian Prime.ā
Still breathing calmly, Rex smooths his hands up over his hair; no longer quite so severely short, beginning to flick into tight curls at the grown-out-bleached ends. He is absolutely calm.
Fives takes a sip of his ardees, then puts the bottle back down on the table. Right beside the coaster.
Rex takes in one last slow, deep breath, mentally counts to five, and then barks his next words more sharply than any order heās ever delivered on or off the battlefield.
āFives. Youāre not staying here. Cody has a spare room; go bother him. And get your feet off my table, or Maker help meāā
Fives blanches, his mouth dropping open in horror. āNot Cody! Rex, vod, I canātāyou canāt! Do you know how loud they are? Kenobi leaves the door open when heās in the āfresher! They have drawings of each other! Not just in the bedroom, but in the hallwayāā
Echo and Jesseās snorts drown out the rest of Fivesā protests.
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