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Omega was really motivated when it came to learn how to use weapons. She had found a nice laser bow on one of the Batch latest missions for Cid, and she was doing her best to become a good archer. She was making impressive progresses, and was now able to use it properly, missing less and less of her targets, thanks to her patience and dedication. Her training still needed some improvements, of course, but she was doing great, and you, as well as the other members of the squad, never ceased to encourage and compliment her about it.
The bow quickly became her signature weapon. But now that she was used to it, she wanted more. She wanted to learn to use blasters and explosives. When he heard that, Wrecker couldn’t have been prouder of his little sister. So, obviously, he immediately volunteered to teach her the explosives part. And since Echo had teach her how to use the bow and that Tech was giving her flying lessons, you volunteered for the blasters part.
Needless to say that she was more than happy to be taught how to use a gun by a former jedi, and you knew damn well that someday she’ll ask about learning how to use a lightsaber.
But for now, explosives and blasters were enough !
Wrecker was happy too, he was very fond of his sister, and was very pleased to be able to pass his knowledge on that subject that was very important and enjoyable in his opinion.
You were a bit worried at first, because you remembered that, at the very beginning of their trainings, the clones, as well as the Jedi, used to learn how to manage their weapons through simulations at first. They were young, so everything was done to make sure that they didn’t hurt themselves nor someone else until they properly understood how it worked.
But here and now, there was no simulations available for Omega to train on before using a real blaster, and it was frightening you to know that she could get hurt in the process. You didn’t want her to know how painful a paralyzing shot can be, let alone a laser one.
Of course, she was a responsible girl, she already had to practice her bow without any simulations, she already had to fight and use it to protect herself and the Batch, but still … She was just a child, and you were worried about her. You cared deeply for her, and it was hard enough to know that she was robbed of her childhood and had to live that life … And to be honest, your Jedi mind wanted the best for her, the more efficient and practical way to make her training as useful and complete as possible. So you had to adapt and improvise.
“Water guns ?“ Wrecker exclaimed with a confused expression when you open your backpack to show him what you had just bought.
“Yes, water guns !” You answered proudly.
“What are you gonna do with these exactly ?” He asked, looking at you with a look saying that he clearly haven’t connected the dots.
“Use them as blasters simulators to teach Omega how to shoot, since it’s only water, she won’t hurt herself while training. And she’ll be able to use them on a moving target, AKA me ! It will be safer for now, it’s the best solution I’ve find, I want her to learn it properly, and it won’t be possible if she can’t practice on a living target. And, to be honest, I know that she’s more careful now, but I’ll never forgive myself if she gets hurt under my watch …”
Your explanation caused Wrecker to smile. The way you were caring for Omega was adorable, just like the way the two of you were interacting in general, and how you were so protective about her. In fact, everything about you was adorable, and it made him want to constantly wrap his arms around you. He was very demonstrative and physical when it came to show affection. He never hesitated to hug someone to express how much he was happy to see them, as long as he was close enough to them. His brothers and Rex could confirm it.
But when it came to you, he found himself shyer than he thought he could be. You knew him for a long time now, for you had worked with the Batch before during the war, alongside the 501st and the 212th mostly. You became especially close to each other when you joined them after the fall of the Republic and their escape from Kamino.
But what you didn’t know was that he instantly fell for you the first time he met you. When you took off your helmet on your first shared mission to salute him, he got struck by your beauty. The poor man wasn’t even able to give you his name during the presentations, for he was so taken aback that he was stuttering like hell.
And since that moment, he never stopped thinking about you. When you and the Batch met again, all that he wanted to do was to hug you as he always did when he had missed someone. But he found himself unable to. For the first time in his life, he couldn’t show someone affection. He didn’t really understand why at first, for he was sincerely glad and relieved to see you again. So all he could do was looking at you while Echo, on the opposite, had run toward you without hesitation to embrace you.
After that, he got plenty of opportunities to do it, but he never found the courage. He was too impressed by you, you were fascinating him, and he was afraid to do something that you could take the wrong way. So he never took any of these chances, for the moment …
“That’s the best solution you could have gotten, indeed !” he admited, looking at you fondly, doing his best not to succumb to his need to have you closer to him.
You, on the other side, clearly noticed that he was acting a bit different around you. You knew he never hesitated to cuddle with people he loved, and he never missed a chance to, but he had never hug you once in all the time you had spent with the Batch. You came to think that despite what you though, maybe you weren’t as close to him as you wished you were. It was making you sad, and as the time passed by, you realized that it was so frustrating that you nearly became jealous about being denied what he was offering to everyone else around but you.
In the end, you were both craving for that closeness, for each other's physical contact and for the feeling of each other's arms around the other’s body. But neither of you were aware of what the other was struggling with, and you were both pretty awkward about expressing your feelings, so it wasn’t helping at all, and the situation relentlessly stayed the same.
***
The water blaster thing was, indeed, a very good idea, and Omega was more than happy about it. Even with the most serious intentions, the two of you had a lot of fun firing water at each other instead of properly training sometimes. And it felt good to not always have to stay serious at all costs, for both of you.
But despite the silly moments, Omega was still learning fast. She was very talented, and way more dedicated to it than to Tech’s lessons about the different ships categories and specificities, most to his deception. Of course, she was struggling a bit at first, but she was doing great nonetheless.
You and Wrecker often came to see each other during your respective classes, and Omega was always proud to show her progress to the one visiting the other. She even ended up water blasting him a couple of times, most to his delight, for it was the perfect excuse to start some sibling shenanigans.
One evening, as you were posted on a rocky planet waiting for Cid's instructions about where to go next, Wrecker stayed with you after one of your lessons. Omega had came back to the ship to help Echo with something. He asked for you at first, but the young girl insisted to replace you.
“That’s fine, take some time for yourself, I can handle that ! Plus, I think that you’re gonna need to dry before being allowed back on board again !” She declared proudly, a mischievous smile on her face. The remark made Wrecker laughs : you were, indeed, completely soaked.
“Of course”, you answered, “Go on fast then, before I decide to take my revenge !”
The young girl headed toward the ship, giggling, leaving the two of you alone.
“Hehe, she’s doing great ! Soon you’re gonna need a wetsuit for those lessons !” He teased you with the same mocking smile.
He loved to tease you just as he loved to tease his brothers, he loved to see that little falsely exasperated face you gave him every time in return for his remarks. He knew that you were always having a quick and sarcastic response to throw at him.
But this time you decided to have a little fun and to give him a taste of what you had just gone through.
You raised your head slowly, looking at it him straight in the eyes, completely serious. You stared at him like that until his smile had faded and that he finally understood that something was coming for him.
“What ?” he asked with a bit of worry in his voice.
But before he could get the chance to process what was happening, you got up on your feet and fired a water jet right in his face, before running as fast as you could to go hide yourself behind a bunch of bushes nearby.
It took him a few seconds, but he finally reacted.
“Oh, you’re gonna pay for that !” He said loudly to make sure you could hear him. You did, and you could recognized the growing smile on his lips as he talked.
Grabbing the other water blaster, he headed toward the spot where he saw you disappear, not even trying to be furtive at all.
“You really want to try me ? You’re only going to end even more soaked, Echo is really never gonna let you on board after that !”
His teasing tone made you giggle. You waited a bit for him to be as near as possible from you, then you jumped out of the bush, screaming and blasting him again.
He screamed back before rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand. You were absolutely thrilling, delighted by the silliness of the situation.
“Oh yeah ? Let’s see which one of us will not be allowed on board, I bet that I’ll had the time to dry until you’ll be able to get me !”
You tried to run and hide again, but he was quicker than the first time. He aimed at you and you suddenly felt your back shivered violently at the contact of the cold water. You gasped loudly, your breath cut by the thermic shock. It was his time to laugh, but not for long.
You turned back and suddenly runed toward him, screaming and pushing frantically on the trigger of your water gun.
“Oh kriff !” he shouted, before riposting with hecticness.
You were now just some feet away from each other, emptying your water reserve at the face of the other, screaming and laughing at the same time. You were probably looking like two children bickering from afar, but you couldn’t care less at that moment, for you were having the time of your lives.
But soon, you came to the moment when your gun abruptly run out of water, and it appeared that Wrecker’s one was still loaded at almost half of his full capacity. You were screwed, you thought.
You had to think fast. You were swifter and more flexible than him, for he was wearing his full set of armor and you were not. You let your weapon fall from your hand and threw yourself on the ground, sliding between his legs. You were now behind him, and he barely understood what had just happened until he felt the weight of your body landing on his back. It was the only efficient way for you to stay out of his reach.
“Hey ! That’s not fair !” he yelled, still giggling.
“Not my problem !”
You tried to use the force to get his blaster slipping from his hand, but he saw it coming by the way it started to feel heavier and less manageable between his fingers.
“That’s even more not fair !”
Youn usually weren’t using the force when fighting for fun with the boys to keep things as fair as possible, but in Wrecker’s case, he had such an inhuman strength that it wasn’t that unfair, for he always was overpowering any of you. So you decided to give it a try.
And indeed, his strength was enough to keep his hold. Without a warning, with his free hand, he grabbed you by the arm. His armor being wet and slippery, all he had to do was to pull at you a little vigorously for your legs to lose their grip around his waist. You were throwed away from him in a very inelegant fly, an even more inelegant noise escaping your mouth as you saw the ground getting nearer. You still managed to land on your feet, but the whole scene must had been very funny, because the man standing in front of you was laughing his ass off.
You couldn’t help but smile at his happiness. But then he aimed his blaster at you again and fired. You dodged several shots, switching to full battle mode.
With a surge of determination, you started to sprint in his direction, and with your eyes locked on his weapon, you leaped into the air with the help of the force, spinning into a precise barrel roll. When right above his head, you outstretched your hand with carefulness and grasped the blaster from his. The entire action unfolded in just a few seconds, leaving Wrecker completely dumbstruck.
Right after that, you were camped on your feet and firing at the back of his head. At this point, the fight was all about who was going to get the gun and unload it on the other.
“Ho no, absolutely not !” You heard him grumbles while turning to face you.
He was about to charge you, withstanding your shots point-blank without even blinking. But in the euphory of the moment, it took you way too long to react and try to escape. Now you really were screwed.
The gap between the two of you was closed instantly when he jumped in your direction, crashing into you with all of his weight. You were sent flying on several meters before falling hard on the ground, knocked out, his arms pinning your back against the ground. Now he had won, for sure.
“Gotcha !” He bragged, smiling smugly, looking at you with a proud expression, mocking your vain attempt at outranking him.
Oh, that smile, that damn smile … You were absolutely unable to answer anything to that, you were completely frozen, still shocked and stunned by the impact. He got up on his feet, still grinning at you, and offered you his hand to help you stand up. It took you few seconds before being able to react, get yourself together and take it. You did your best to stay balanced, but you were feeling dizzy and stumbled over your own feet, nearly falling back, stars blurring your vision.
You were waiting for the second impact when a strong set of hands caught your shoulders, preventing you from meeting the ground again. You nearly fainted and your mind momentarily blacked out. But when your vision got restored, Wrecker was facing you, holding you gently, an expression of real concern on his face.
“Are you ok ?”, he asked, a glimpse of fear in his voice, “I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you …”
His body was just inches from yours, and he was shaking. You felt sorry for him, and you tried to reassure him with a smile, looking at him right in the eyes. You knew he wasn’t really aware of his strength, he was doing his best, but he just happened to forget he was able to crush a droid with bare hand sometimes.
“It’s ok”, you whispered, “Don’t worry, I’m perfectly fine, just a bit wobbly, but I’ll be fine, I promise !”
His expression softened a bit as he let out a sigh, but you could feel that he was still concerned.
Without even minding it, your hands had settled down on his, your fingers softly brushing his ungloved skin in a comforting gesture. When you realized what you were doing, your eyes widen, and you removed them immediately.
“I, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have…” you muttered, feeling your cheeks starting to blush and avoiding his gaze.
But he didn’t moved at all, he stayed perfectly still, just staring at you, his hands still on your shoulders. Anxiety started to take over you, what if you had done something wrong ? You both stayed like that for a moment that seemed like eternity, before you decided to raise your head to look at him again. There was a lot of confusion in his eyes, but also something that looked like a great desire, a great longing to do something, shaded by doubt and hesitation.
“Wrecker ? Are … Are you okay ?”
Your words acted like an electroshock pulling him out of his thoughts. He blinked several times, then something seemed to click in his mind, a spark of courage crossed his eyes, and without a warning, his arms were wrapped around you, pulling you close against his armored chest. He was way taller than you, and you felt him bend over to bury his face in the crook of your neck, sighing heavily, as if he was finally able to release a huge weight that was ponding on his heart.
You were so surprised that you couldn’t move at first, trying to process what was happening. Was it real ? Or were you still lying on the floor, unconscious or hallucinating ? When you regained your composure, you gently wrapped your own arms around him in return. The embrace was firm but reassuring, his heart was racing fast in his chest, and so was yours. Your wet clothes were sticking to your skin, and the feeling of his breath against your neck made you shiver, even though his warmth was surrounding you.
“Finally”, you heard him whisper in your hair, “I’ve been wanting to do that for so long …”
The confession made your heart skipped a beat, and the grip of your arms became tighter around him. You buried your face harder in his shoulder, smiling against the dripping metal.
“I’ve been waiting for that too.”
It felt like if you were in a dream, you had rarely felt that comfortable and safe in someone’s arms.
After a moment, he gently cupped your face in his big hands with all the carefulness he was capable of, a shy smile on his lips. Closing his eyes, he placed his forehead against yours, touching your nose with his. You closed your eyes too, focusing intensely on the feeling of his skin on yours.
“There’s something else I wanted to do …”, he whispered, “Can … Can I …”
His voice was trembling and his hands were shaking, you had never seen him that nervous before, it nearly seemed out of character for him. He was struggling so badly with his words, that you decided to help him, hoping that you had guessed what was on his mind right
“Yes. Yes, you can.” You breathed out, a rush of adrenaline washing over you.
It didn’t take long before his hesitant lips met yours. The kiss was surprisingly gentle and you nearly melt at the contact. You feverishly answered it, unable to move, mesmerized by his softness.
When your lips parted, you couldn’t help but reach for another one, desperate to taste him again. Without minding it, your hand was wandering on his cheek, caressing it with the tip of your fingers. You felt him shudder under your touch, and what was at first a shy and chaste embrace became more intense and passionate. You opened your mouth, allowing his tongue to gently reach for yours, as his fingers found their way through your wet hair. His other hand let go of your face and reached for your hips, pulling your body even closer.
When you broke the kiss, searching for air, you were both panting, your hearts beating faster than ever. When you opened your eyes, he was looking at you with glowing eyes and the most enamored and devouring look you have ever felt on you.
Your cheeks were blushing, your face was hot from the excitation, and you were still disheveled from the previous fight, you thought to yourself that you were probably looking like a mess right now.
“You are so beautiful …”, you heard him whisper to you with a proud smile growing on his lips, just like if he had read your mind. You blushed even more and smiled back at him.
“I wanted to tell you that since forever … But I was too afraid to do it … I was too afraid that you would hate me if I had …”
His brows furrowed and his forehead got tensed as he spoke, reflecting his fear of rejection. You cupped his face with both your hands, gently brushing his skin to make his face relax.
“I could never have hated you for that you now … I was wondering about why you were so distant to me while you were so physically close to the others, and … it was making me a bit sad to be honest.” You chuckled, feeling silly admitting it out loud.
“I’m sorry … I just … didn’t want to frighten you with all of this, I didn’t want to be too much or too intrusive, and it was making me sad too …” his expression had turned from worried to remorseful, but after a moment, a spark of hope flickered in his eyes, and his face lightened up again.
“But, if you are ok with that, maybe we could start to make up for lost time ? What do you think ?”
“That’s exactly what I was planning to do !”
At your words, his smile returned even wider, and he reached for your lips to plant another gentle kiss on them.
You were interrupted by the ringing of your commlink suddenly breaking the comfortable quietness. You loosened your embrace around Wrecker’s chest to look at your wrist : it was Echo. You briefly exchanged a surprised look before answering.
“(Y/n) ? Where are you ? Are you ok ? Is Wrecker with you ?” a nervous Echo instantly spoke.
“Hey ! I’m fine, don’t worry, and yes, I’m with Wrecker, and he’s fine too ! We’re not that far, we just decided to take a break after Omega’s training. Sorry, we just … Lost track of time I guess ! Is there something wrong ?”
You heard a sigh of relief on the other side of the device.
“No, everything is fine, Omega told us you were taking a break, it’s just that we were starting to worry, we thought you would be back sooner, that’s all.” He paused, before going on in a more playful tone, “Plus, it’s nearly diner time, so we were a bit surprised to not see you food lovers around already !”
The remark made you laugh and realized how late it really was.
“Hey, you’re right ! Now that you say it, I’m kinda hungry, aren’t you ?” you asked Wrecker.
“Of course, I’m always hungry !”, his eyes were sparkling, he was always very enthusiastic when it came to food, it was a trait that you were both sharing.
“Great then, we’re waiting for you !”
“Don’t worry, we’re on your way !”
You hung out the call, smiling too.
“They know how to talk to us right ? I guess we’re gonna have to come back now.”
“Just a few more moments …” he whispered softly, pulling you in for another hug.
You savored every second of it, and when the embrace came to an end, he put a passionate kiss on your lips, before looking at you to admire your face one last time.
His smile was soft and his eyes were still sparkling, not from the thought of the food waiting for him back on the ship, but because he was happy to have you by his side, and to have been able to show you his affection.
When you came back to the Marauder that evening, there was a few confused looks at Wrecker’s dripping blacks when he removed his armor, and a lot of teasing for both of you when you explained what you were at. You didn’t tell them everything, but once that you were all gathered in the cockpit that night after the dinner, when they saw him wrap his arm around your shoulders like if it was a usual gesture, they immediately understood that it wasn’t just about a water fight.
They didn’t say anything, not wanting to rush you, but they were all more than happy that their brother had finally found the courage to confess to you what was on his heart for so long.