hii! i was wondering if you could write a platonic/familial headcnaon, oneshot, drabble or whatever (i wasn’t sure what kind of writing you do so you can choose whatever :3) about tech and a gn child/teen who views him as a father figure? of course, you don’t have to! have a good day/night :]
╰┈➤ ❝ I know who you pretend I am ❞
tech + gn!child! reader
warnings: none
a/n: thank you for the request!! this is so fluffyyy
TECH knows how you view him, he’s seen the way you are around him compared to the rest of the bad batch. you mess around with the others, going along with what they do. but no matter how subtle you are, he knows you look for tech’s approval for whatever you do.
so, he lets you follow him around, when he’s fixing the marauder, he lets you hand him his tools. “hydrospanner, please,” he stretches his arm out as you give him the tool, he likes seeing the happy glint in your eye, especially during the empire’s reign, it's a scary time, especially for a kid.
he has also gotten used to you, he lets himself go and let the fatherly instinct take over him when needed. he watches over you, makes sure you are healthy, or you’re not injured and looking after yourself.
if he notices you haven’t drank in a certain amount of hours, he makes sure to get you some more rations, the same goes with food. if he notices you are cold whilst you sleep, he’ll hand you his blanket, not bothered if he’s cold or not.
he knows he’s the best at strategy games, and he’ll teach you when you both are alone, so when you play against one of his brothers, he’ll internally be filled with pride when you win. he doesn’t teach anybody else, and he doesn’t tell the others he taught you.
if you have nightmares at night, and he’s the one on watch, he’ll let you nap in the cockpit. he makes sure you’re not too frightened to sleep. if you are, he quietly info-dumps his favourite interests, so you have a voice in your ear to calm you down. so it’s a win-win situation for both of you.
tech walked upon the ramp of the marauder, he went in with the action of picking something up—until he heard small sniffles. he paused and looked over to the cockpit door, the sniffs were quiet and a more high-pitched than any of them. so, it definitely wasn’t an adult’s cry.
his footsteps were purposeful but calm, so he could let you know he was walking in without speaking. he settled himself down on the seat next to the one you were in, he stared at you, seeing who was going to speak first.
tech exhaled softly, it seemed like he had to speak first, he wanted to comfort you, but he wasn’t good with words. “how long have you been here for?” is all that came out of his mouth.
you replied with a silent shrug of your shoulders.
he gives a small nod and opened up a cabinet under the nav-computer, he pulled out a small blanket and wrapped it around your shoulders. he slowly put his hand on your small head. “this should keep you warm. we use this blanket a lot when someone is... upset.”
you snuggled around it and gave a nod, thanking him.
“you are most welcome, you… can talk to me, but I can’t promise my words will be the best.”
you leaped into his arms and tech froze, he didn’t do too well with hugs. he exhaled shakily, you were forgetful when you weren’t in the right mindset, he knew that. and he didn’t want to make matters worse, so he went out of his comfort zone and wrapped his arms back around you.
“I can’t say it’s going to be okay, because I don’t know that for sure, but…” tech fluttered his eyes shut and leant his chin on your head. he didn’t believe in empty words, or saying sentences that had no meaning. there was no point.
“but tomorrow might be a better day than today, focus on that.”
he looked down and noticed how still you became, he tilted his head to look at your face. asleep. you fell asleep on him, this wasn’t what he signed up for.
but then again, when do the bad batch sign up for anything?
