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The battle had been long and hard. The clean up would be dealt with eventually, but it wasn’t today. Today, they were going back up to the Negotiator, taking some showers, and then passing out for several hours in a nap.
The transports were shuttling squads of troopers back up to the flagship a few at a time (as they only had about five still functional). So it would take a hot minute to get both the 212th and the 501st off planet. And because it was who they were, Cody and Obi-Wan had opted to stay and wait for the last transport, just to ensure that all their men made it back to the ship safely and without incident.
But it was taking forever and Obi-Wan was tired as hell. His eyelids were heavy and drooping and each blink felt like it was taking longer and longer.
It took him being jostled awake by Waxer for him to realize he’d curled up in Cody’s side and that they had both fallen asleep.
“Come on, Sir,” Waxer said just above a whisper. “Gunship’s here.”
Obi-Wan sat up again, stretching and looking around like he was a padawan again. Cody shifted too, sitting up and immediately bumping shoulders with Obi-Wan.
There didn’t seem to be any other troopers left except for Cody’s squad.
“Is everyone already gone?” he mumbled through a yawn.
“Yes, Sir,” Waxer replied, voice a little louder now. “We’re the last ones.”
It took a second, but Obi-Wan and Cody found themselves on their feet and shuffling onto the transport with the rest of the men. The others didn’t look much better than them, but at least they seemed fully awake.
Once on the Negotiator, Obi-Wan hooked his arm around Cody’s and dragged him along at his side. The commander didn’t protest, just yawned and went willingly.
Obi-Wan led them back to his own quarters where they kicked off their boots just before falling together on the just barely big enough bed. They could shower later. Right now, they would nap. And Obi-Wan had found that Cody was a pretty damn good pillow, even considering all the hard planes of armor.
They curled together peacefully, left to sleep for at least five uninterrupted, blissful hours.