For the prompt thing: Wedge/Bodhi, "How exactly did you manage to give yourself a black eye?"
Bodhi’s still recovering in the medbay after everything that happened on Scarif, when a dark-haired pilot brings in another dark-haired pilot, the second with a black eye. As luck would have it, the first dark-haired pilot drags the second to the bed next to Bodhi’s, sits him down, and says “I’m going to get help.”
“I’m fine, Col, I did it to myself, stop worrying—” The second pilot trails off as he realises that Col can no longer hear him.
“How exactly did you manage to give yourself a black eye?” Bodhi asks, tilting his head curiously at the other pilot.
He drags his eyes up, surprised to hear another voice. He looks Bodhi over, as if he’s wondering whether he should answer or not. Something compels him too. “Walked into a wall,” he says.
Bodhi stifles a laugh. He’s told that lie a time or two. This kid hasn’t the first clue. “If you wanna convince the medics – and your friend – that that’s the case, you better come up with a slightly better lie than that.”
“That bad?” He sounds genuinely surprised.
“You’re pretty transparent,” Bodhi replies. He eyes the kid over again; he’s not as young as Bodhi first thought he was. He’s got a look in his eyes that Bodhi recognises from his own. “So, what really happened, and why are you so intent on covering it up?”
“It’s no big—”
Bodhi arches an eyebrow. The pilot stops short. “Kid— What’s your name?”
“Wedge.”
It’s Bodhi’s turn to look askance. “Antilles?” The pilot nods. Well. That’s something. According to the doctors and nurses, Wedge Antilles is one of two surviving pilots responsible for the destruction of the Death Star. Bodhi’s been meaning to find him and thank him. “I’m Bodhi Rook,” he says, because he’d wager money that Wedge hasn’t recognised him.
“You’re the pilot,” Wedge says, with no small degree of reverence.
Bodhi shifts uncomfortably. He’s not sure he likes that title. But if Wedge is determined to hero-worship him then – “You going to tell me what really happened, then?”
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