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They had done it, the Interdictor was destroyed. They were making their way back to Ezra's gauntlet when another explosion rocked the ship near them.
Sabine watched it happen in slow motion. The piece of shrapnel coming their direction and hitting one of the oxygen tubes on Ezra's space suit before her warning to move. She used what was left of the booster in her jetpack to catch up to him.
She could see the panic in his eyes as the oxygen in his helmet was beginning to deplete faster and faster.
“It's going to be ok Ez, Chopper is almost here and you'll be ok” Sabine reassured him. But she was starting to panic. She'd seen people run out of oxygen in a matter of minutes.
Finally the gauntlet was there and they were being pulled back into the ship. The moment the doors closed Sabine tossed her helmet aside and went to Ezra. He was hyperventilating and trying to get his helmet off but he was in too much of a panic. Sabine got down on the floor by him and took the helmet off. Now he was in a full blown panic attack. She hadn't seen one like this since he had returned from Malachor.
She briefly remembered finding Ezra in his room curled up in the corner shaking and crying. He had been seeing Maul in his dreams so he wasn't sleeping and in turn was having panic attacks. She couldn’t have him going back to that place.
She grabbed ahold of the sides of his face and brought his forehead to hers. She doesn't want to think of the implications of a keldabe kiss right now.
“Ezra I need you to look at me and breathe with me ok? You are back on the ship and breathing. Ok? Breathe with me.”
He nodded and he finally looked into her eyes. Slowly their breathing synced up. During that time Ezra's hands had found their way to rest on Sabine’s wrists. Slowly Ezra began to calm down, the panic subsiding. They were in their own bubble, breathing each other's air. Eventually they were just lost in each other's eyes.
Sabine thought about just leaning forward and taking that finally leap off the ledge and kissing him. She could tell he was thinking the same thing, but of course the Force had different plans.
An awkward cough came from behind them and that's when they both remembered where they were. On a ship, a ship with Sabine's brother and a handful of Mandalorians from Clan Wren. They jumped apart from each other.
“So we'll just leave you and your boyfriend here to finish whatever this is and we'll be in the cockpit” Tristan said as he and Chopper left, Chopper snickering in binary as he rolled away. The other Mandalorians followed behind them. Sabine started to turn to say something to Tristan but she felt Ezra tugging on her arms.
She turned back around to face him. She felt as if time was moving in slow motion as Ezra moved his hands up her arms, across her shoulders, and then gently cradled her head as he brought their foreheads together.
“Thank you Sabine,” he whispered. She was doing everything in her power not to let the tibedees in her stomach explode.
She took a chance and met his eyes, so blue it was hard not to get lost in them. Taking a chance she glanced down at his lips. He inhaled sharply and did the same.
Slowly they came together for their first kiss. It wasn’t long, but it was perfect. They broke apart and just looked at each other. Sabine began to laugh. Ezra looked at her confused.
“Um tell me I wasn't that terrible of a kisser” he said rubbing the back of his neck.
“No, that was perfect. I am just thinking this entire thing is ridiculous. Ezra you flew all the way to Krownest to get me and were going to leave with only me, which is one of your crazier plans. Stars, I've missed you so much” she began to ramble “and I realized something while I was gone. I love you. Crazy plans and all.”
Ezra stared at her for a moment, processing her confession. Finally his face broke out into a huge grin and he stood up and pulled Sabine up with him. He hugged her and spun around. They were both giggling like children.
“Sabine Wren you have no idea how much I love you” he said finally stopping the spinning. They both stood there in each other's arms, foreheads together in a keldabe kiss.
Unfortunately the peace didn't last long. The gauntlet suddenly tilted to one side and Tristan came over the comms,
“If you two are done we could use some help up here.”
They broke apart with a nervous laugh and got ready to head to the cockpit. Before heading up Sabine grabbed Ezra by the shoulder and gave him one last kiss.