#clone pilot contrail

[stairre]

tucked inside, pressed flat against the heart

Contrail, once the clone pilot who flew under the call sign Shadow Eleven, defects from the Galactic Empire in search of better causes to die for. He finds his outstretched hand meeting a very familiar one along the way - Captain Rex, whom he once loved. Who perhaps can still find room in his heart for Contrail once more.

Content warnings: canon-typical imperialism and treatment of clones, implied/referenced character death, established relationship as much as a vaguely defined not talked about situationship can be described as "established", hopeful ending.

Written for the @cloneshiprarepair event, for the Pilots card on the bingo board :D

[stairre]

but kept looking further beyond

Since the Clone Underground picked up Contrail a few weeks ago, Rex has been lingering back, awkward to start a proper conversation with his old lover. A message from Ahsoka kicks him into gear; Rex is not the only one with an interest in Contrail, and the time for silence is long gone.

This is a sequel to tucked inside, pressed flat against the heart.

Content warnings: background/referenced canon-typical imperialism and dehumanisation of clones, hurt/comfort, getting back together three years after a situationship in which you were never actually officially together and spent the intervening years thinking the other was dead, mutual pining, and Darth Vader haunting the narrative very very hard in the background.

Written for the @cloneshiprarepair event, for the Clone Underground card on the bingo board :D