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Warm-Part 1

Part 1 of 6 in the Complete Series!

Part 2

Ship- Tech x Fem!Reader

Warnings- No mention of Y/N, Tsunami,Death,Explosions,near drowning. Not too much in this first part but things will pick up.

Time- Before and after the season 2 finale. Enter at your own risk.

About: Your life on Pabu is simple. Wake up, Chores, Work, Dinner, and Bed. Rinse and repeat day in and day out. While life on Pabu should be a paradise you find it lacking something. Something that keeps you from truly feeling warm. Then they show up and something inside starts to kindle.

Author Note: I plan for this to be at minimum 3 parts. I may extended it depending on if anyone’s reading this and how I decide I want things to go.

Warm, that’s how you would describe the temperature on Pabu. It was never hot like your home planet, or cold like the planet your family had first escaped to. No, Pabu was that perfect middle ground of never having to wear a jacket for longer than a few hours at night and never sweating through your clothes. Pabu was perfect, well almost perfect.

It wasn’t imperfect, the weather was comfortable and the people were kind. Fights were few and far between and pirates just never seemed to find your home. It was paradise, that’s what your mother had said when your family had finally found your way here. The day Phee had personally flown you in and shown you your home. You’d only known the woman a few days and yet she’d taken your entire family in and shown you a wonderful home.

You’d lived on Pabu for a year now, all six of you. Well, five now. Your mother passed only a few months after arriving. A sickness of the blood the doctor had said, with no cure. Her final days had been comfortable and peaceful. That warm sea air hugged her like a gossamer blanket. You could still remember the night she passed, how she held your hand and finally revealed the secret to how she landed your father.

“The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. My special tea, make it for the one you desire. He won’t be able to find it anywhere else and so he’ll always think about you.”

You’d never made the tea, never found someone who made your heart flutter like a thousand butterflies dancing inside you. Sure, some of the men on Pabu tried to ask you out. Asked to comm you some time. Your father always said you were why so many men came to the tea shop, maybe he was right. But none of them ever seemed to draw your attention, until he arrived.

What a clone looked like wasn’t unknown to you. They’d liberated your homeworld from a Separatist warlord in the early days of the wars. You easily could remember the white and pink armor as they marched through your town and drove the Separatists out. How they’d sounded through the faceless helmets of theirs and how they’d been so kind, so understanding. But you’d never seen their face, even when you’d offered caf to them, free of charge for helping you all. They’d sighted some rules they had to follow before continuing.

You hadn’t even seen their faces when they evacuated your town only a few months later. It seemed if the Separatists couldn’t have your planet, no one could. In the chaos of everyone running and screaming one of them had picked you up and carried you to the transport. Even though you couldn’t see his eyes, you knew he was worried. Not for his safety, but yours. Maybe that was part of their training, but it truly felt like this one was genuinely worried about you.

“You’ll be ok, little one. My brothers will get you to safety.”

Little one, it made you smile. You were far from being little, you were almost 18. But against him you were little, they were all so tall.

“Will I see you again?” You weren’t sure how you’d tell them apart, how you would know if it was him or not.

Maybe it was the way his head tilted, or how a chuckle came through his helmet. But somehow you knew he was smirking. He took his glove off and for once you got a glimpse of their skin tone, a lovely tan color. Sun-kissed was how your mom would have described it.

The clone placed his hand under your chin and gently ran his thumb across your cheek. A chuckle came from him as he spoke. “If I’m lucky enough, I’ll see you soon.”

It made your heart flutter for the first time in your life. But then everything happened in slow motion. The pilot of the transport yelled about incoming fighters and the clone in front of you handed you his glove and promised to get it back from you soon. Then he was gone, off towards your home to fight once more. The last image you saw of that clone was the back of his armor before your transport took off. You were barely in the air when the bombs fell. The transport shook violently and the door was ripped open. You watched in horror as your town went up in flames.

You never got the chance to return the glove.

Two years after that night and you’d finally seen what they looked like below the helmet. It was everything you’d imagined. Warm Brown eyes that reminded you of chocolate, lips that made your heart flutter once more, and the same calloused fingers you’d felt one other time. Calloused fingers that wrapped around your wrist and guided you towards upper Pabu. It was happening, a tsunami was actually about to hit your home.

Your brothers and father had been safely evacuated but you’d fallen behind. The chaos of the crowds had caused you to fall to the ground where you’d cowered in fear. This is how you’d die, either trampled to death or drowned. But his voice had pulled you out of the darkness that was beginning to pull you in.

“We must hurry. It is not safe to stay here.” He’d said it so calmly that you instantly felt safe. It was funny how the only times you’d truly felt safe were around the clones.

He’d helped you stand and guide you along the winding path behind the others. Phee had been the one to scream down that you wouldn’t make it, that the water was moving too fast. It wasn’t fair that he’d die because of your clumsiness. “Go! Help the others.” What was your one life compared to those ahead of you who needed help as well?

He’d gripped your wrist and pulled you against him before firing a line to the upper levels. His arm snaked around your waist protectively and quickly you began to rise into the air. “I calculate the others will successfully be out of harm's way before the waters arrive. We however would not have made it.” He was so straightforward, you didn’t remember them being like that. His goggled eyes looked behind you as the roaring sound of rushing water became louder and louder. “It seems I may have miscalculated our ascent speed.”

You felt your eyes widen at the realization that you still wouldn’t make it to safety. “It’s my weight slowing you down. Let me go.” It was ok, you wouldn’t hold it against him. His brothers needed him, everyone needed him.

“Nonsense, even factoring your weight out, I still would not survive. Besides, your life is important.” Then he was thrusting a rebreather into your mouth and pinning you against the stone wall. “Close your eyes and do not let go. I will be using my body as a shield for yours. I am sorry for the closeness.”

“T-thank you.” It seemed you were always being saved by a clone. You stuttered out your name quickly seeing the massive wave getting closer and closer behind him.

“Tech.” Came from him before the wave hit you with the force of a thousand speeders. Even with the rebreather in your mouth, you gasped at the sudden coldness and force. Salty sea water rushed down your throat before the rebreather was thrust back into your mouth and his hand held the device in your mouth tightly as you coughed against it.

He’d told you to keep your eyes closed, no doubt to protect them from being injured from the force of the wave. But you couldn’t fight the urge to open them and you found yourself staring into those chocolate-brown eyes once more. They stared at you intently and you wondered if it was because he liked your eyes as well, but you understood it was most likely to read your body and make sure you weren’t injured.

It took you a moment to break away from those eyes, they made you feel safe like everything would be ok. Maybe it would be? The tightness in which he was holding you let you know he wasn’t going to let you go anytime soon. He’d keep you safe for as long as he could. Which may not be too much longer as you finally realized that he didn’t have a rebreather. He’d given his only one to you. No, you couldn’t lose another clone again.

Taking as deep a breath as you could, you pulled the device from your mouth and offered it to him, your eyes pleading with him to take it. But he shook his head and motioned for you to put it back in your mouth. No, you’d fight for him to take it. You moved it in front of his mouth and pressed it against his lips. A second later and his mouth was around it. Breathing in the life-saving air quickly before motioning for you to take it back. You shook your head quickly, you could hold your breath for a decent while. He needed that air as well.

Tech rolled his eyes before trying to place the device forcibly in your mouth. You turned your head away and continued to do so. You wouldn’t use it, not yet. When you refused to take it, Tech did something you didn’t expect. In one swift movement, his lips were on yours. So incredibly warm and soft. A gasp escaped your lips at the sudden feeling and he took the opening to shove the device back into your mouth. He’d tricked you!

A tug was felt on the line and suddenly you two were pulled out of the water. He continued to hold you tight, his warmth the only thing stopping you from shivering. Your legs wrapped around his waist and you buried your face into his chest as you finally allowed the coughs to escape your body. “Y-you tricked me!” Came out between coughs and you felt his chest shake as a laugh found its way out of him.

“It was the only logical way to get you to take the rebreather. I am sorry if I offended you.” He looked up as his brothers pulled the rope continuously. It would take a minute or so before you’d be safe once more.

Offended you? Did he think that offended you? The kiss had sent lightning through your body as you’d never felt before and he thought you were offended? Looking up at him, you allowed your eyes to follow the line of his jaw. It was so perfect and tan. “I’m not offended.” Your lips spoke before your brain could stop it. Was it too late to be dropped into the rushing water below? Would the drop kill you?

His hand tightened against your back and he hoped you hadn’t noticed it. It seemed his body was reacting on its own. “That is good to know.” Though he would never admit it, he had enjoyed the brief kiss. Your lips were soft and plump and for some reason, he felt energized after kissing you. Perhaps it was the adrenaline of the situation. It seemed he would need to research this reaction later.

Your face felt on fire, thank the stars he was looking above you. Allowing your forehead to fall against his chest, you enjoyed his warmth for the rest of your time until you felt familiar arms pull you over the wall and onto the ground.

“Dove, you’re safe.” Your father pulled you into his arms and held you tightly. Almost too tightly, it felt like you couldn’t breathe!

“Papa! Can’t. Breath!” A gasp was released when you felt your brothers pull you from your father. Sighing into their hugs as well, you realized how lucky you’d been.

A strong hand rubbed the top of your head as your oldest brother checked you over. “Classic little sister. Tripped over your own feet didn’t ya?”

He was not about to start with this, was he? Behind you, you could hear Tech speaking with Phee. Thank goodness he wasn’t paying attention to you anymore. “I tripped because someone was running too fast ahead of me.” You shot daggers at him before hearing your father stand with a grunt.

“I’m sorry Phee, do you mind if I have a word with this clone?” He wanted to personally thank him for saving your life.

“Of course.” Phee nudged Tech with a smirk before heading toward Hunter and the others. “I’ll see ya later, Brown eyes.”

How she looked at him and how she spoke to him didn’t go unnoticed by you. A twinge of jealousy pulled at your heart. Between the two of you, Phee was the more desirable one. She was pretty, well-traveled, had unbelievable adventures, and could fight and defend herself. You? You were a waitress in your family’s tea shop. That was it.

Tech couldn’t understand why Phee continued to call him that. All of the clones had brown eyes as he’d explained twice before. It seemed she didn’t comprehend it. The large man who’d pulled you over the wall approached him with a smile. “Sir? You wished to speak to me?”

“Thank you, for saving my daughter.” Came from your father before he pulled Tech into a tight hug. The surprise in the clone's eyes made you chuckle. A move that drew your brother's attention to the clone.

“You know little sis, I’d say you had a thing for clones saving your life.” Your brother closest to your age spoke as he walked over to Tech as well. “She had to be carried to the transport when we evacuated our planet.”

“Pretty sure she wasn’t complaining. Think she had a thing for that clone.” Your middle brother followed in step and stood next to your father.

You wanted to scream, you’d kill them both for this! Stars, why did they always try to embarrass you like this?

“Remember the look on her face when he handed her his glove? It looked like she'd practically fallen in love with him!” Your brother nudged you with a playful smirk. The way your cheeks were lighting up right now was hilarious.

How fast could you make it to the wall and jump over it? Surely faster than anyone could stop ya. You’d rather face the waters below than stand here and continue to be embarrassed.

Your older brother rolled his eyes and placed a protective hand on your shoulder before looking at your youngest brother. “I’m sorry, was it you who had a massive crush on Phee after she rescued us? How’s that crush going?” He was thankfully the only one understanding how you’d felt when the pink clone had been killed. The pain you felt and the guilt that it had been because of you that he’d died.

“I…well…shut up.” A flustered stutter came from your brother as he tried to fight back against your older brother.

Tech watched the interaction between you all. How your brothers poked and prodded at you. It reminded him of his brothers. His mind flashed to Crosshair, how the clone always has something snarky to say but stood up for all of the batch without hesitation. They’d parted ways under the worst of circumstances, but he was still their brother. Maybe one-day Crosshair would come to his senses and join them once more. It was a nice thought, no matter how unlikely it would be. Tech watched as your cheeks began to flush, the words of your brothers seemed to be built on a bit of truth.

There it was again, the feeling of his heart skipping a beat. Had he developed a heart problem? They’d just done physicals on the Marauder, perhaps he’d missed something. “It was nothing. Part of the job, so to say.”

“Part of the job or not. We are indebted to you. Once we get the shop cleaned up, you’ll be welcome to as many free cups of tea as you want.” Smiling, your father walked over to you and placed a hand on your shoulder. “Do you have anything to say, dove?”

Swallowing, you took a step forward and extended your hand to him. “Thank you, Tech.” When he took your hand you used the moment to pull him towards you and hug him tightly.

Tech stood surprised by your action. Though he didn’t entirely hate it. Compared to him you were a small thing and he noticed you standing on your tiptoes to hug him. “Of course.” He felt your hug loosen and before he could move you placed a kiss on his cheek. A gloved hand hovered over the place you’d kissed as you walked away with your family. Behind him, the sound of boots on the ground drew his attention.

“What do you think, Tech? Should we stay here?” Hunter had been discussing the idea with Phee and Shep. They need help rebuilding lower Pabu and Omega seemed at home here. He’d seen her smile in a way he hadn’t seen in a long time. Maybe some R and R here would do some good for all of them.

Brown eyes shifted over towards you and your family as they looked over you once more. The afternoon sun hugged your body like a warm golden halo and Tech found himself experiencing another new sensation. Warmth. Not in the way that he was physically warm. But in the way that his heart felt warmer as he watched you smile and laugh with your family. Maybe staying here for a while wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Without hesitation, he nodded before looking back to his brother. “I believe that is a splendid idea. It’s quite warm here. I like it.”

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