summary: On his way back from 79s with his brothers, Fives discovers an injured loth cat. They get the animal to the next vet and the ARC trooper meets a very helpful nurse.
pairings: Fives x Reader, Rex, Echo, Hardcase, Kix, Jesse, Tup
warnings: literally every clone is drunk (except for rex), space racism, fluff
a/n: this is not the best I ever wrote but I hope you can enjoy it nevertheless :(
“What is that in your hands?“
These are unnecessary questions, at least in the ARC troopers mind. Fives stares at his brothers and takes a few steps forward to lift the bundle in his hands to their confused faces. A single fluffy ear appears out of the clones shirt with which he tries to warm the loth cat.
“It has a broken paw“, Fives explains and presses the injured animal carefully to his naked chest. There is a childish and above all drunken pout on his lips.
“We are not adopting it!“, Rex sighs and places a gloved hand on his forehead. His voice is firm and tolerates no protest. Almost every clone whines.
“I know where the next vet is!“, Echo exclaims and walks to Fives‘ side, laying a hand on his shoulder and showing him some kind of support. Both look pleadingly at their captain.
“Okay“, Rex says and rolls his eyes as his brothers start cheering and laughing. All of them follow Echo enthusiastically and with big smiles on their lips.
“Can I hold it?“, Hardcase asks while walking next to Fives and eyes the loth cat with interest. By now it has found the courage to wiggle it‘s cute head out of the shirt. It looks at every clone with sparkling eyes.
“No! You will only break it in half!“, Fives says protectively and turns away from Hardcase who pouts at his harsh words.
After a few stops caused by Jesse throwing up and Tup running against a pillar, they finally arrive at the vet clinic. The group of clones enters the building and frightens the nurse at first. She looks up from her book and widens her eyes.
“W-What can I help you with?“, (Y/n) asks and after she took a deep breath she gets a grip of herself.
Fives pushes past his brothers because he was the last one to enter the room and shows the pretty nurse the bundle. Her smile warms his heart and he feels even more drunk all of a sudden.
“I found it in an alley all alone. I think it‘s paw is broken“, the ARC trooper explains and lets (Y/n) take the loth cat from his hands. He can hear a silent meow as if the cat wanted to say goodbye to it‘s savior.
“Thank you“, the nurse nods at the clone. Her gaze wanders from his drunken smiling face to his brothers.
“I need someone of you with the vet to answer her questions. Someone sober enough“, (Y/n) adds with a sweet but apologising smile towards Fives. His shoulders drop and he lowers his gaze.
Rex tells Kix to follow the nurse because he is a medic and might be the best help the vet could get. Then the brothers are alone and while Hardcase, Jesse and Tup fight who gets to sit on the two chairs, the others lean against the wall and wait.
Half an hour later (Y/n) comes back with a blanket and a few water bottles. There is a faint smile on her lips as she sees three clones half asleep on two chairs. One of them is laying on the legs of the other two.
“Here“, the nurse hands the rest of them the water bottles and each of them thanks her. The moment she stops in front of Fives her smile widens.
“Kix told me to give you some water to sober up“, she says refering to the whole group but then her gaze wanders to the ARC trooper. “Especially you!“ (Y/n) hands Fives the last bottle. Their fingertips touch for a few seconds and the nurse can‘t believe how soft the soldiers skin is.
“Sorry but the cat kind of destroyed your shirt at the sight of an needle“, she admits and gives Fives the blanket. He thanks her and slowly throws the blanket over his board shoulders.
Before (Y/n) can return to her work and organise some new files, another nurse enters the waiting area filled with clones. She stops at the sight of the soldiers and stares at them with an annoyed expression.
Because (Y/n) already knows what is going on in her co-workers head, she jumps from her chair and takes the nurses hand to pull her away from the clones.
“What are they doing here? They are soldiers and nothing more!“, the nurse exclaims so loud that even the sleeping clones wake up. Rex and Fives look at (Y/n) to see if she needs help but she shakes her head.
“Why don‘t you go home? It‘s a quiet night and I will manage it without you“, (Y/n) explains and without another word the other nurse turns around and leaves for the locker room.
With a sigh (Y/n) returns to her desk and opens a file. Fives clears his throat the moment he stops in front of the counter and looks down on the tired nurse. She smiles weakly at him.
“Thank you“, the ARC trooper whispers. The blanket around his shoulders slips from time to time so that he has to hold the ends together in one of his hands.
“For what?“, the nurse asks with a frown. She puts her pencil aside and closes the file once again.
“For defending us clones by sending her away“, Fives explains and looks back at his brothers. Most of them have their eyes closed.
“Well, she is wrong if she thinks you are just soldiers. You are humans just like us and deserve the same rights“, (Y/n) says silent but nevertheless with a firm voice. The clone trooper looking at her has a smile on his lips because that is the first time a civilian told him that.
He is more than a soldier. He is a person.
“Thank you“, Fives repeats and nods at the nurse. Only then does the nurse see an injury above his right eye.
“What happened there?“, she asks Fives and points to her own right brow.
“He hit his head on the tabletop!“, Jesse screams and makes his brothers laugh. Even Tup and Hardcase laugh in their sleep.
“Then follow me“, (Y/n) states, stands up and walks along the corridor to an examination room. Fives follows her with a confused expression.
“Sit down“, the nurse tells him and turns around to get a medipack from the shelf. Then she walks in front of Fives and takes a disinfecting tissue in her hand.
“Wait! Are you sure you can do this? I‘m not a loth cat“, Fives asks with wide eyes and takes (Y/n)s wrist in one of his hands, stoping her from pressing the tissue against his brow.
But (Y/n) only shrugs and then moves the disinfecting tissue to his cut. The ARC trooper hisses but stays still, letting the nurse do her job.
While (Y/n) treats his wound, Fives has enough time to admire her beauty. He never saw someone as gorgeous as her. Not only is she a lovely sight but has a great heart too. The ARC trooper catches himself thinking about taking her out and then kissing her.
“And that‘s it“, (Y/n) says after she placed the last strip on his cut. Fives has to take a deep brath to remind himself that he only knows the nurse since an hour.
The clone watches her return everything to it‘s rightful place with sad eyes. Now he has to leave her without even knowing her name.
“What‘s your name?“, Fives asks almost immediately and stands up with a blurred sight. Maybe he should have drunk more water. (Y/n) stops in front of him and taps her name tag with a giggle.
“Let‘s go back to your brothers, Fives“, the female nurse states and grabs his upper arm to lead him out of the room and through the corridor. (Y/n) does this to support the drunken clone but also because she couldn‘t hold back anymore to touch his soft skin.
The only one left in the waiting area is Rex who is currently sitting on one of the chairs with his head in his hands.
“What happened, captain?“, Fives asks with a silly smile on his lips because he already knows that his brothers must have done something stupid. He can hear them laugh really hard from another room.
“See for yourselves!“, Rex says with a sigh and points to an open door. (Y/n)s eyes widen because that is were they keep the homeless and still injured animals.
Fives and the nurse run to the laughing clones. Most of them lay on the floor around a puffer pig. She already inflated her body and has wide eyes. It‘s a hilarious sight.
The ARC trooper has to laugh too and even (Y/n) can‘t stifle a laugh, but she helps the pig back in her cage.
“You frightened her!“, (Y/n) exclaims and puts her hands on her hips, trying to stay serious at the sight of the laughing clones. Fives leans against the doorframe, shaken by his laughs.
“She saw Hardcase first!“
“His ugly face scared her!“
(Y/n) lets her gaze wander to Fives who stops laughing just to smile at her. Now the nurse can‘t resist anymore and laughs too.
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