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A very secret crush or?
Captain Rex, had always been very popular among the other clone troopers. That, was no secret in itself. He was a great leader after all. A trusted commander.
But as it was, there were those troopers, whom were harbouring various shades of crushes for the Great Captain as well. Mostly, it was out in the open. Mild ones which these troopers overcame as time went on, and then sometimes, there were those whom hid their feelings, harbouring rather huge big crushes on the Good Captain.
As it was the case with this one particular shiny trooper.
The one having just popped into the game, playing the soldier in war and being part of Rex’s 501st legion.
The one rather aptly named; Crush. The trooper always blushing bright red whenever Rex addressed him. Especially during down time.
“Oh hey there, Crush, what’s up?”
The two currently in the clone recreational room observing a game going on while, Crush had snuck up to Rex. Oh so very close to the Captain. Having finally gotten some balls after all.
“Hey… Cap… Rex.”
Rex glanced sideways at the blushing trooper right there, beside him.
Having an inkling of what Crush was going through for sure. Having been in the same situation when Rex too having been very young. But, Rex also was pretty sure it was never as bad as Crush. But Rex could relate. And so, Rex being totally prepared to return the favour the way his own crush had so long ago.
“So, Rex, um… ya wanna catch a drink?”
“Me? With you?”
“Y-yeah?” Crush suddenly loosing his shit again. “Captain?”
“Rex.”
“Rex.”
They were supposed to address Rex by name rather than rank when off duty. That was the one rule the Captain had made them all follow.
“Sure, why not.”
And so they did, getting some drinks from the table there setup with edibles and liquids to consume. The two getting theirs, standing there, Crush not uttering one word.
“So, Crush… there was something you wanted to ask me? Something else than getting a drink?” Rex was a tad probing, but keeping his cool, as clearly, words were not Crush’s best assets even if he was a great soldier.
“I was thinking.. maybe… maybe ya wanna we can catch a game afterwards or something else?”
There were plenty of activities in the rec-room for sure to chose from.
“Sounds… lovely.”
Rex smiled at Crush. As it was, the trooper was rather considerate, a gentleman by any term, always looking out for others, but guess this was more than simply looking out for his Captain?
“Okay, so, you want to go now, then? Cap… Rex?”
“Sure, why not. Looks like there are open tables over there.” Rex pointed at the direction.
Crush only nodded as they moved to towards the gaming table together. As they did, Rex made a sudden and surprising suggestion for Crush.
“And maybe later… we can go dancing too.”
Crush turned to Rex, the shiny swallowing audibly as he did. Having never in a million years expected to hear this, not from Rex!
“Yes Sir!… Cap… Rex!”
Rex let out a hardy chuckle.
“That’s the ticket laddie! Now, let’s finish the game so we can get to the dance floor sooner than later!”
Crush could only nod, still confused yet elated of the turn of events. Guess this was a start of something… more, for trooper Crush and his commanding officer, Rex.