#i honestly love this and have wanted to write a hybrid Din fic with him wanting to mate with Luke badly

[thewriterowl]

For Tooka Din, perhaps consider Luke crash-landing on a planet and being stalked by an unseen predator: a Mandalorian who's also a tooka hybrid who is, coincidentally, entering his mating period and more aggressive than usual.

Also, um.... penile spines. (Watch out, Luke!)

Yeeeees and then Din is just trying to figure out how to mate Luke hard enough to get him pregnant with Din's kits.

Poor Luke is a limp lump in Din's made nest, all dumbed-out from a week long rut he was dragged into

#owl inbox #i honestly love this and have wanted to write a hybrid Din fic with him wanting to mate with Luke badly

[bellsyafterdark]

alrighty here we go! this is very stream of thought and in a weird format bc i was writing in the notes app on my phone so i hope it's like. readable alright. also im surprised i managed to fit everything in just one ask 😅 -🍉

> paz was actively looking for din when he showed up on Tatooine [maybe 'next chapter' starts w/ flashback to armorer sending paz to find din?]

> he & the armorer have been finding more of the covert & rebuilding in the years prior

> they finally heard rumors of din shortly b4 fic

> im thinking mando s2 finale goes the same

> bobf has been waaaaaaaay delayed tho

> boba has been having some issues since he took over (maybe w/ the hutts & he's just finished sorting that out?) but the pyke syndicate is finally starting to make a nuisance of themselves

> assuming that mando season 1 & 2 took place over a... let's say 2 yr period, we'll give boba 3 yrs as daimyo and call it 5 yrs since din & paz have seen each other [timing could change? prob not much wiggle room either direction tho]

> din has not seen grogu since mando s2 finale (3 yrs) [...do i include my self indulgent hc that din is also force sens? this whole thing is self indulgent, why tf not.] but din has been getting ~force dreams~ about grogu. he thinks they're just reg ol dreams tho :(

> so paz arrives right as bobf events are about to kick off

>although we already have the mods & krrsantin w/ boba at this point bc i love them & i said so.

> din & paz need to talk after isy/ibl

> din does manage to ask about covert & how paz has been doing & explains some of what happened in mandalorian s1 & 2 (but doesn't go into much detail or tell paz he broke the creed)

> din keeps meaning to tell him that he's dar'manda but always gets delayed due to bobf events [although they manage to get frisky just fine (¬‿¬)] (din is maybe probably definitely putting that talk off bc he knows paz won't be happy)

> something early into pazs stay about paz not reacting well the 1st time boba takes his helmet off but din talks to him about it & he's reluctantly accepting after

> after din goes to see cobb to ask freetown to fight w/ boba he & paz finally sit down to have a more thorough talk

> (also paz has been getting a different than usual scent from din lately & something about din in general is just. off. not in a bad way just diff than usual) [remember to include werewolf stuffs! isy makes mention of pazs 'hybrid' form, maybe paz also has a straight up wolf form? cute cuddling scene maybe? it gets cold at night in the desert... *wink wink*]

> din reveals that he won the darksaber & broke the creed

> paz gets angry & they argue & din essentially chucks the saber at him- include something about how din doesn’t deserve the saber when he's dar'manda? ("Then just take it! I never wanted it in the first place!")

> paz ends up leaving to go back to the covert

> din is angry & heartbroken but bobf finale is going on so he can't go after paz (& doesn't really want to honestly, he's hurting pretty bad)

> cut to paz, also angry, traveling back to the new home of the covert

> paz talks to the armorer

> he says that din broke the creed & yet won the darksaber (finding din & his broken creed 1st, then darksaber reveal, then din won it reveal)

> she tells him he's conflicted & asks what he wants

> paz knows he's conflicted but he pretends he doesn't know what he wants

> he could either storm off or stay to talk more

> whichever way it goes at some point he asks the armorer if there's a way to atone for breaking the creed

> she tells him what she told din in bobf e5

> after a bunch of hemming & hawwing paz decides to go back to Tatooine for din bc he loves him & wants to be w/ him (also he thinks din would be a better mand'alor than him anyway ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ)

> he either shows up in time to help w/ the scorpenek droids or in the aftermath of the whole big fight

> very emotional scene (after dust settles post fight!! does rancor still get loose? think about it) where paz apologizes for leaving, din apologizes for not saying something sooner, paz tells din about possible atonement for breaking the creed & that he would be a good mand'alor

> at the end din gets like. super nauseous & faints (he started taking better care of himself after paz arrived but he's relapsed since paz left a week or two ago & it's been so busy in the palace no one noticed)

> din is taken to medical, gets examined

> turns out din is pregnant!! (the not taking care of himself + pregnancy + heavy exertion in battle all contribute his collapse) [din really does need paz to look after him...]

> after din is freed from medical (look, he knows. he knows it's for his own good. it's still deeply deeply grating. this man is a wanderer. staying still is like. very hard for him.) GROGU REUNION [need details. maybe luke was having trouble & couldn't leave his academy until now? also make mention of force sens din & the dreams!]

> short time skip [2 weeks @ most] to paz din & grogu going off in their ship to go to mandalore for the mines. good note to end story on [it's already a LOT... + s3 will probably get into that & iiiii don't wanna deal w/ it yet (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)]

One of my favourite things about this is the explicit passage of time. Making it clear how much time has passed is much appreciated and actually adds to the poignancy of how long Din and Grogu had together, how long ago Din lost him, and how long it's been since Paz and Din saw each other. Five years is a long time.

The conflict of having this juicy bit of truth about removing his helmet and not telling Paz is a fun choice. Classic narrative mechanic there of enjoying themselves in borrowed time until that comes out. Din knows Paz well. He's 95% sure how Paz would regard his choice to remove his helmet but he's hoping their time together would soften Paz's attitude toward him for an exception.

After getting Paz back, and the two of them demonstrating how much they actually missed each other, they don't want to go their separate ways again... but Din is weirdly reluctant to return home with Paz. He keeps making excuses to delay with what he's committed to Boba. While true that there's a galactic crime syndicate descending on the planet, by their Creed, the tribe comes first no matter what and they COULD just leave. Din argues hard in favour of their principles of loyalty and solidarity and Paz grumpily relents... but the truth should come out quite by accident when crime syndicate events are coming to a head so they have no time to properly process and Paz and Din are forced to deal with the truth with another threat at their door.

Fennec knows Din removed his helmet, maybe she told Boba, and one of them makes reference to it very casually in conversation with Paz and Din, not realising they've just dropped a bomb.

Chronologically before this, I really love the idea of Paz and Din sharing the mission to attempt recruiting Cobb and having that quiet night cuddling in the desert under the stars, before the truth comes out and shit hits the fan. Paz shifts to fluffy hybrid form to keep him warm and it is perfection.

I really like your suggestion of Paz having the debrief with the Armourer and finding out there's a way for Din to "come home" if he wants to. Working with Din diplomatically these past few weeks to rally allies for Boba, watch him strategise in the war room, teach the modders alongside Paz and Krrsantan how to fight, Paz can see Din has strong leadership potential. More than anything, he submits to the needs of others. And Paz really, really wants to be with him this time. The Armourer tells Paz if he leaves he will return with their Mand'alor or not at all, and the weight of this ultimatum Paz keeps to himself. He doesn't want Din influenced by any knowledge Paz is also at threat of effectively ex-communicating himself.

I think it would be very fun for Paz to arrive in the midst of the battle and actually happen upon Peli first who is wheeling around looking for Din. She mistakes him for Din at a distance, calling out to him, but when she's close enough: "Eh, you're not Mando. You seen him? I have a surprise for him...." I just think it would be very fun for Paz and Grogu to meet and share a soft moment of, "Oh...." and connection. So when Peli arrives, Din gets shocked by Paz's reappearance while he's being chased by that uber droideka and, in retreat, still reeling from Paz's return, gets the double whammy of "Mando, look who I found!"

I just think it would be very sweet to watch Din try to keep it together when his family all comes back to him at once, but there's death on their heels.

I also think it would be very funny for Paz to watch Din getting his head almost bitten off by the Rancor and reflect, I really want to bond with this di'kut....?

I love the pregnancy reveal. Of course, of course. Maybe Paz angrily proposes to Din on his recovery bed, to the effect of, "You can't let your head be caught in the teeth of monsters if we're going to raise a child together" and Din is "... What? You want to?" Possibly a dumb question with Grogu playing on his chest between them and Paz propping the baby up so he won't fall off lol

I love this idea, tbobf season we deserved tbh 😌💖✨✨✨

#werewolf au #pazdin