#they're idiots your honor but leo. leo for fuck's sake

[tiredassmage]

wip wednesday

Ough @kemendin tagged me two weeks ago now??? So thank you for the reminder & tag @pentacass! The end of the semester is so close, I’m almost free to go back to blorbo hours full time.

No pressure as always, but if y’all would like, tags for @captainderyn @jbnonsensework @sullustangin @commander-krios (your boy’s here!!!) and ofc anyone else who’d like to share, feel free to say I booped you!

Let’s release more Dash & Leo content upon the masses!!! From the time Leo decided to try to move out on his own because he worried about his dumbass decisions affecting his best friend’s career prospects. (And is, predictably, dense as hell that Dash cares anyway.)

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“What aren’t you telling me?”

“You don’t…” Leo waved a hand with a huff. “It’s… I’m not good for you right now, Dash.” His shoulders sagged. “Look, I just… I’ve got a lot going on, just… stupid work shit and-”

“Why won’t you let me help?”

Finally, Leo looked over his shoulder at him. He looked like shit. Like he’d been sleeping even less than usual, which really wasn’t a whole lot to begin with. And despite whatever he might’ve liked to believe, he was shit at hiding it. And Dash had seen that hollow look in his eyes in enough other places already to pin a guess or two as to where it might’ve started from.

A defeated, quiet sigh slipped out of him slowly. “Because you’ve done… enough,” he said. “And you’ve got… a lot more figured out than I do. I can’t let you… I can’t be the reason that gets fucked up for you, alright?”

“I thought we talked about this,” Dash said quietly.

“I know, I know,” Leo muttered. He rubbed at his eyes as he slumped against the desk again. “But I can’t be a burden, Dash. And I can’t-”

“You’re not.”

“Dash,” Leo groaned. “Please? Just… Who the hell else just…” It was just… insane the level of risk it’d all been from the start. To drag him all the way to Coruscant? He’d been out of his damn mind then. “I appreciate it, I do, okay? I’m not saying… I just.” He scrubbed a hand over the side of his face. “I’m tangled in some shit, Dash. And it’s my mess. There’d be enough hell if anyone ever figured out how we even fell in together and this won’t help. I can’t… I can’t do that to you. Okay?”

Dash sighed, reaching to pinch the bridge of his nose carefully. “You aren’t,” he tried again. “I’m going to worry anyway because you’re my friend, Leo.”

“I’m not asking for help-”

“Of course you’re not,” he huffed.

“I’m asking you to be a little bit more selfish for once, damn it!” Leo snapped. “I don’t know how else to spell this out for you.”

“You can’t because it’s not going to work,” Dash countered as he stood. “I want to help, okay? I’m not just going to sit here and watch you back yourself further into a corner. When’s your rent up?”

“Dash.”

“We had a perfectly functional arrangement at my place. There is no sense in adding more to your plate when you’re already stressed.”

“Dash.” Leo sighed. He received only the same steady stare.

Guess that made two stubborn bastards of them, didn’t it?

He shook his head before his shoulders sagged in defeat. “Look, I’ve got a job comin’ up they want me to do that’s gonna take me off-world for a few weeks, at least. Let me… take care of that and… I should probably lay low a while after. They’re used to a turnover rate down here. I’m guessing it won’t cause any problems.”

“Good,” Dash said with a nod. “Because you look like shit. You need some sleep.”

He grunted with a half-hearted attempt at a dismissive shrugged shoulder. “I’ll… manage.”

“Where are you staying tonight?”

Leo frowned slightly as he considered Dash’s raised brow and patient stare. It’d been maybe a year or two and he still hadn’t quite puzzled out the why of it all. But…

He scuffed a foot against the floor. “Maybe uh… I could come back over for a night or two..? I’ve got some time before they’ll need me for my job.”

The smile that started across Dash’s lips was the warmest thing he’d seen in weeks. “And I’m not due to deploy again for another week or so.”

“Great, uhm… I’ll just.. Grab a few things then,” Leo agreed with a nod. “Just uh… stay put?”

“Alright.” Dash nodded, that warm smile settled further across his lips. “Don’t keep me waiting too long.”

#wip wednesday #dot words #swtor fanfiction #swtor fanfic #ch: leo ashold #ch: dash felaeon #friends' ocs #dash felaeon x leo ashold #swtor smuggler #swtor trooper #they're idiots your honor but leo. leo for fuck's sake