being a bartender at 79’s must have been fucking terrible on the mental state, bc wdym ur regular didn’t show up because he got blasted into the stratosphere by general grevious?
commander cody has to be one of the most decorated commanders or at the very least, one of the most respected in the gar. like come on, it's master kenobi, the guy that keeps escaping death and doing crazy things, but with like. not a lot of death?
so when other legions get to work with the 212th, they watch and learn because clearly they're doing something that's working! they have to learn! and they're watching.
but more specifically, the commanders/captains/lieutenants are watching commander cody. they're watching commander cody always picking back up and handing things back to his jedi. he's cracking jokes and smiles with kenobi, like they're old respectful pals.
huh. that's different.
there's suddenly an onslaught of commanders and lieutenants picking up things for their jedi generals and just generally being confusing towards them depending on who their general is.
do you think that hunter and tech had to modify their hand signals to make them completely one handed after echo joined them? and they did it without saying anything to him?
do you think echo spent hours, researching and learning the batches strategies and plans, trying to figure out where he could fit himself in to an already well oiled machine? all while thinking about the 501st? strategizing with rex, fives offering his own input. jesse, dogma, the domino squad...
do you think think that they began to bond as they made adjustments and even improvements? the arguments that might have occurred with echo’s history and training as an arc trooper vs the batch’s loose and wild style?
do you think echo spent those first few nights wondering if he truly belonged there? and the batch taking turns to keep an eye on him because they’ve seen it happen before.
guys . just. clones being soft. having others being soft with them. things that they've never experienced or thought possible.
kissing a clone and seeing them squirm bc wdym ure kissing them. the affection and love that they've only seen in holodramas and maybe in the people they protect, but never towards them.
the first time someone helps one of the clones to take off their armor. . imagine. brain.exe no longer works. someone’s hands gently peeling those plastoid pieces off.
holding hands with a clone in front of their legion/squad/division for the first time must have been so much fun to watch. their brothers are all elbowing each other as they watch whoever it is squirm, pretend whoever is holding their hand doesn’t exist, or just having heart eyes the entire time. maybe they trip over something.
kissing a clone’s hand. you start with small brushes against their skin, barely noticeable and work your way up their fingers before kissing their hand oh so softly as they’re freaking PANICKING on the inside bc wdym ure kissing there! they kill droids and separatists with those!! why does it feel so good!!
teaching any of the clones how to cuddle was probably a mixture of the best feeling ever or the funniest because them not knowing where to put their hands, arms going numb, & both trying to make sure the other isn’t uncomfy so many of the clones would let their arms go numb if it meant whoever they were with was comfortable or falling asleep…
clones learning what it’s like to be cared for softly. gently. with such care.
we already know soldiers do dumb stuff all the time, so imagine the legions creating little shrines one night, and one of the clones gets the bright idea to start putting meme holopics of their commanders and other superiors in them. it takes off like a wildfire and they start trying to one-up each other on who can get the best holopic of their commanders...
rex has no idea why his soldiers are taking pictures of him or why ashoka is laughing so hard or why fives and jesse are hiding their datapads behind their backs. tup looks pained for some reason, but kix is asking him to help him with some medical stretches and it's really urgent but these are some weird stretches... also they seem a lot more interested in sticking around anakin?
...was that a flash?
on the other hand, the 212th is struggling. cody is either immediately catching on and doing his best to add onto it which creates these awkward holopics that are just... not meme material. supposedly. OR, he is somehow just not aware of it at all and is still making this awkward content. it spawns its own version of memes. obi-wan, on the other hand, just has magnificent holopics taken of him. it's FRUSTRATING. at least the ladies at 79's like them.
fox CATCHES ON IMMEDIATELY AND ANGRILY lectures his men about professionalism, duty, and respect. they shouldn't be wasting their time on this stuff. and all that accomplishes is them hiding the shrine in someone's closet or something. but no one has a clue where tf anyone got that one holopic of chancellor palpatine falling onto his face???
wolffee is adding his own images. he’s taking them. posing for them. teching his men how to pose for them. eventually everyone in the 108th is making it on the altar, because they're also posing for them. those same holopics are ending up on other legion's shrines and no one knows how.
after the war, clones that defected without the help of the underground being unable to find work. restaurant? turned away. desk work? turned away. turned away from store they used to frequent on shore leaves. no one wants you working up front or even behind. you can work for the galaxy's equivalent of pennies on the farms in the mid-rim they say with malicious smiles.
some rare few say it's for their safety, reminding them that they're not supposed to be here, but most want clones nowhere near them, near their customers or family. clones are bad luck, bad fortune, they bring war wherever they go.
so they turn to the mercenary life only to get sold out by their fellow merc for a quick credit from the empire.
some of them try to stick together, only to get separated from their brothers because a group of clones is considered dangerous or bad for business by the public. and some of them die on the streets by themselves.
and these specific clones defecting and then never finding out about or removing the chip. orders still cling to them hard and they get forced into hard labor. and those who can fight back against it eventually and slowly lose their grip on reality. many of them don’t get to have their own lives.
A/N: yes, i am absolutely posting these icons later hehe. also i might turn some of these into one-shots later...? dunno.
fox
doesn't acknowledge the crush. if he doesn't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist. duh.
except it does and he can't stop seeking them out every time he feasibly can, which isn't often enough for him.
genuinely gets addicted to spending time with them because it's the only time where he finds himself not as stressed.
very good at avoiding ragebait, but that's because he's a huge ragebaiter himself. he adores pissing them off.
ensures that they get everywhere on time even if it means barging into their room at six am.
will make sure that he inserts himself into their circle of friends so he can't keep getting closer and closer to them. there's POLITCS going into this.
he'll make excuses to show up at the same places as them, ensure it's built into his work schedule too.
the other corries are more confused why their patrol schedules are getting shifted around, but it's fox. don't ask questions.
but they definitely notice that their commander is acting a bit strange, maybe a little less strict than normal?
will demand that they take better care of themselves. everything's a demand with this guy actually. but it's all stuff he wants them to be better for.
the first time he holds their hand is to pull them out of the way of a speeder but then he just... "forgets" to let go and they're holding hands.
oh he's in so much trouble.
rex
he's married to his job, romance isn't in the cards for him -- and neither is a crush.
so tell him why he's blushing and stuttering as this really hot person in front of him is flirting with him.
jesse, dogma, kix, tup, and the rest of them are choking down giggles behind him.
exchanging personal frequencies is absolutely against regulations, but listen…. yeah he doesn't have a good reason, not yet anyways.
either way, spends so much time waiting for the next comm like a lovesick bachelor. (bc he is)
constantly blushing. CONSTANTLY.
disaster class incident waiting to happen, he already can't lie, now this?
will leave them his "spare" jackets and hoodies.
always bringing them back gifts from wherever he goes.
the republic might be first in his heart, but when that goes…
he has absolutely no idea what to do with himself and these feelings. (he's a holonet victim too…)
he flinches whenever they touch, even in just passing them.
struggles to figure out if he should leave his helmet on when talking to them or take it off, because they said they liked the blonde hair.
he starts adjusting a lot of what he does whenever they make a comment whether consciously or not. anakin might be catching on. (and anakin's nothing but a good wingman.)
starts drafting up battleplans and strategies with the 501st’s help (not that he asked for it, but because they barged into his room and told him so)
at some point or another, ashoka gets in on it and he has to sit there and watch his own child help him with figuring this out.
has absolutely no idea if they're flirting with him or not and if they are, if they mean it or not and his entire legion is dropping to their knees.
cody
absolutely unaware of whatever romantic feelings he might have of people, because he genuinely believes it to be feelings of awe and pride.
will follow them around like a lost puppy, fetching them things and handing these things to them when realize they had lost them.
will make notes to remind them of stuff that they need to do that he will then remind them of.
won't eat until he's sure that they've ate something. unfortunately, sometimes he forgets to remind himself to eat.
in private, he'll lecture them for not taking better care of themselves.
spends time to organize things perfectly for them like paperwork or their room. but never in front of other people, because people need to know that they're a functioning adult with no flaws.
he's going to make sure that their reputation is the best that he can get it to.
he makes sure that they're aware that he's there in case anything goes wrong, even if they're doing something he doesn't like or agree with.
this is the first time in ages that people have seen cody at 79's by the way.
would give up the clothes on his back if he had to help them.
can and will tease them about small things, but never anything big or mean. his heart couldn't take it.
he'll begin to wonder after a little while why they can make him smile and feel light like no one else can.
but like with a lot of things with cody, it's often too little, too late.
wolffe
wolffe doesn't talk to them. at all. everyone's pretty sure he absolutely despises them.
no he's just trying to figure out the best way to make himself look cool to them, because holy kriff, he is not messing this up.
his temper has always been short, but for some reason it's even shorter with them!!!
lots of angry lecturing, but never any yelling.
will ensure that they will get the best care and medical treatment whenever they get injured.
WILL possibly (definitely) bite someone's (anyone's) heads off if they try to complain otherwise.
definitely will attempt to take them to the gym and work them out so they can protect themselves better before realizing he can just do that himself.
having a crush should be the last thing that he's doing, but wolffe sometimes forgets to think before he does things. or says things.
and when he finally starts talking to them, it easily turns into some sort of bickering contest. maybe foreplay? he has no idea what this is turning into.
will walk them home while bickering with them.
sometimes, when he keeps talking to them, bickering with them occasionally, it's turning somewhat flirty without him even noticing because it feels that natural.
bitter and aggressive sarcasm is his natural defense, so his words get snappy as soon as he realizes that it got flirty.
unsure of how to navigate this once he realizes how deep he is.
he decides on talking to them. eventually. he'll get to it, really.
hunter
hunter is gonna be there for them, if nothing else!
a hand at their back, putting himself in between them and danger, offering his arm for balance or otherwise.
always at their side and always brushing up against them. he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it.
knows when they've stepped into the room, like a sixth sense.
it doesn't click for him, not right away -- he's always been focused on how to get from point a to b, not everything else that comes with it.
crosshair is the one who makes him realize with a single snide comment about how distracted he's been.
wrecker attempts to have a conversation with hunter to be supportive, but hunter finds himself waving his brother off: he's not crushing.
except he totally is.
and once he's aware of it, he can't stop.
staring, touching, craving their presence. it's an obsession on fire.
finds himself skimming the holonet on how to flirt & get with someone before scrambling to remove it off his search history.
attempts to style his hair a different way but instead gets made fun of by his vods.
invites them out but always gets it turned into a group outing.
craves their touch and takes any opportunity for it.
yet once he really, truly confronts it, hunter finds himself unable to fully take the leap.
he’s never going to say anything. can’t. not when everything is so peaceful even as his heart aches for more. that's not dutiful. his brothers come first.
still he hopes and stares and forever keeps an eye on them. that's the least he can have.
wrecker
LOUD AND PROUD BABY. WRECKER KNOWS WHAT (and who) HE WANTS! it's wrecker, there's no such thing as subtle. at least not with this.
it takes awhile for wrecker to fall for them. he likes pretty people, sure, but to really crush on them? that takes personality and time.
it always starts with the laugh. with the way they talk.
he does his best to make them laugh, always, constantly. it's the best sound and he does his best the memorize it.
loves to lift them up into the air, on his shoulder, hold them in their arms. he feels as though he can protect them from blasters and the war.
he always asks before he does it though. he doesn't want to ever scare them. that's the last thing he wants.
will constantly shower them in praises, no matter the results, and show them everything they think is cool.
if anyone insults them, he’s throwing down and it usually takes either them or hunter stepping in to stop it.
everyone knows about his crush. he won’t shut up about them!!!!!! it's a miracle they haven't figured it out yet.
but he doesn’t care to hide things — he knows exactly how short life can be and he’s going to make the best of it.
he’s bringing them food, water, explosives. gifts. blankets.
always extra cautious with his strength around them. the most gentle his brothers have seen him excluding when he plays with omega.
pays close attention to what they like/don’t like & will stand on business when it comes to it.
will constantly go out of his way to find that one snack or item they mentioned one time. his memory is spectacular when it comes to this.
offers his jackets, his clothes, his blankets to them. he likes the fact that he can smell them on his stuff when they return it.
whenever something he's scared or nervous about happens, he likes to think about them to calm himself down.
he recruits his squad to ask them out. duh.
will start bugging tech about marriage customs.
crosshair
crosshair has never showed any interest in anyone but his brothers. the regs hold no value in his eyes, not after the way they treated him and his brothers.
leadership rarely gave them real orders, real missions, and so they spent a majority of their time on their own. yes, fighting alongside and saving his reg vods.
but just him and his batch. his brothers was his normal.
new people drive him insane, so when he finds himself enjoying being in the presence of someone that wasn't his vod, he's more than aware.
he tries to rid the infatuation with the ways he knows best: insulting.
it's always driven people away before, why would it not do the same now?
it's an actual schoolyard, pigtail pulling styled crush.
the crush genuinely thinks crosshair hates them bc he seems to insult them more than anyone else.
every action requires a criticism, snide and sharp.
EVERY. ACTION. because he can’t tear his eyes off of them.
might not have hunters senses but it’s ridiculous how his eyes get immediately drawn to them as soon as they enter a room.
the insults don't drive them away and that drives him crazy.
is fully aware that his obsession with this person is an issue but after a certain point, fails to care.
will clean their weapons for them after use without fail, won’t clean the others, even his vods'.
eventually turns the insults softer and softer until he realizes how much he wants to see them smile instead of grimace at his words.
will follow them with his scope on the field when he has a moment. just to see them. to watch them in action.
shares his cigarettes with them until they quit. he quits too.
never touches them. only their weapons. he’s not sure what will happen if he does ever touches them. but he craves it.
will quite literally dive out of the way to avoid touching skin or even armor against them.
tech
tech's thoughts, mind, and body always seem to freeze up in their presence.
he's not dumb. he knows he's crushing, although it does take him awhile to come to terms with it.
now it's just a question of how he gets them. successfully. the right way.
but that? he doesn't have a clue on how to do it, it's not like they taught that in cadet training.
and the holonet has proven to be useless on topics such as romance, as clearly shown by unrealistic holodramas.
so he does what he does best: observes. takes notes. occasionally run a small experiment here and there.
he'll take his time to explain things to them unlike with his brothers.
will get incredibly frustrated if they're in danger at any point in time esp when they don't react/act the way he thinks they would.
when they prove him wrong in other circumstances though, he's utterly fascinated no matter how small or big the topic.
if they mention something offhandedly, maybe one time, esp things he's not aware of or knows of, he'll research it.
allows only them to touch and put on his goggles -- the one thing that he doesn't even allow his brothers to touch.
tech will watch them carefully out on the field, making mental notes of tech/equipment that need to be adjusted or upgraded.
he won't touch them, he's too hesitant too, even when they touch him first, but if he's teaching them something, it's as if the gates have opened.
tech's not one to show off -- he appreciates efficiency and effectiveness. but he supposes he can appreciate the effectiveness of amazing them as worth it.
has an entire folder in his datapad dedicated to them; observations, notes, likes/dislikes, comfort foods, etc.
will take his time bandaging and administrating first aid to them. it's also the only other time he touches them.
will easily get ragebaited at any point in time by them or just if they're mentioned within the topic. crosshair abuses this.
echo
after everything that's happened, it's not really top of mind to be thinking about other people other than his brothers.
which is why he doesn't think twice about the fact that he's carved out a bit of his life for them almost instantly -- it just made sense.
it's only when he's witness to other people flirting/hitting on them, that he realizes exactly how utterly fucked he is.
suddenly, it's as if he's fresh of skako minor again: he's overly self-aware of his body, his lack of body, and how much less human he is.
he'll pull away first, leaving them wondering what they did wrong.
but he can't stay away. echo's never had the best self-restraint. he's disciplined, yes, but there's only so much more that this man can take.
he'll only ever touch them with his human body parts, avoiding the parts he lost and even then, he'll do his best to avoid contact.
regardless, he checks in on them constantly. a question here, a comment there, a ration here. he'll always have a spare water canteen with him.
he finds himself stuttering in his words in their presence earning teasing from all sides. his blush goes to his ears.
at some point, they'll worm their way into helping echo with his cybernetics, something he only allows himself to do.
this allows him to become more and more comfortable until suddenly, he's reaching out first.
years of lack of another's touch come crashing in and he can't stop putting his hand on them. but only EVER in private.
will give up his bunk in the Marauder to stay up if they need to sleep.
spends time to come up with the Worst echo name dad jokes he can possibly come up with to make them laugh later.
for the first time in his life, he's tripping over his own feet. fives had always been the klutz -- not him.
his hugs with them are tight and strong. the first time in his life, he find himself regretting being a soldier.
smiles way more often in their presence, even though he scowls just as much as crosshair does.
fives
for all the talk he spews, it’s incredible how fast this man folds.
he looks at them, sees how absolutely gorgeous they are, and can’t help but stare.
his vods are making fun of him, elbowing, nudging, giggling under their breaths as they watch their normally talkative and flirtatious brother go dead silent.
never have they ever seen him blush so deeply.
but hot people obviously also can’t be good people all the time, there’s no way, especially towards clones. so he shakes it off.
echo, dogma, and tup are edging him on, convincing him to talk to them. and he can’t not go talk to them, his brothers are telling him he won’t so clearly he does. and he does.
and stars, is that a mistake.
they’re perfect.
they’re beautiful, funny, nice, brilliant annnnnnndddd echo is telling him to shut up because he can’t handle hearing fives go on and on about this person. they’re on patrol and he cannot deal with this.
tup, dogma, kix, and jesse all want him to shut up too!! it was funny the first few times, then cute, but now it’s just nauseating, please end their suffering.
he’s no longer walking up to every single hot person in 79’s.
instead, he’s squinting through the crowds for them. constantly, always, if he knows that they’re in the area, he’s no longer paying much attention to what he should be. and his brothers are losing their minds.
he’s going out of his way to bring them gifts and flowers. every cliche action in the book.
he’s looking up jokes to tell them from the holonet, testing them on his brothers and they’re comparing it to torture now.
he’s does the “where’s my hug” stuff but never forces them, but when he does get a hug from them…
will offer his hand/arm whenever they walk anywhere.
his vods are asking him when he’s finally going to ask them out. he says soon.
soon. yeah. soon. as soon as he gets his shit together.
gregor
his first words to them are sarcastic, even though it’s not his intention. he’s tired, worked to the bone, and honestly just wants some caf — but then they snap back with something even funnier and his head snaps.
it’s the beginning of the end, because then he retorts back and they’re smiling, and by the stars, he likes it.
an easy flow starts and they start going back and forth, constantly, consistently. by the end, he’s completely forgotten about the fact that he needed some caffeine.
always bickering with them, with a giant smile on his face, and loves to make them laugh with the next ridiculous piece of slander out of his mouth.
every bit of his shore leave is dedicated to going to see them now to the point where cody’s slightly concerned.
but then cody talks to him, and oh. he’s made a friend, that’s good. in fact everyone thinks he’s made a friend. and it’s just a friend.
up until he’s just chatting with cody and nova about them and they can see the smile just getting wider and wider and it clicks for them so fast.
the listening turns into teasing and Gregor grows frustrated, because what in the world are these two getting at? why would it matter if they’re cute? their looks don’t matter, they’re just amazing and if they’d just talk to them, they’d understand.
cody full on laughs.
only clicks when he’s unable to contact them and his desperation seems eerily sharp.
talks extensively about the future, but is wary of ever mentioning how much they play a role in it. well, they are it. but they don’t need to know it quite yet.
if they’re laughing, he’s laughing and it’s amazing.
he spends a lot of time looking at their face, memorizing it, so he can think about it when he’s out in the field.
howzer
they’re just co-workers at first. they’re good at their job and he’s appreciative of it.
it’s not until one late night, working on paperwork together, that he actually gets to know them. and those late night conversations continue, because the war might be over, but the paperwork never ends and the syndullas aren’t exactly happy, not that he can blame them.
he finds solace and safety in their presence, something he's missing elsewhere and it's slowly begins to become something he relies on.
he falls slow. a gradual crush, one he absolutely saw coming and just let slam full Force into him, because why not? they were so nice. kind. loving.
out of every single clone, he’s hands-down the smoothest and not a single one of his brothers even notices the fact that he’s spending a lot more time away.
no one notices how much he’s yapping with this person at all.
and man, is he smooth with them.
in reality, he’s trembling and sweating as he’s talking to them, pulling out his stops and working his brain to the bone to ensure that he’s entertaining enough.
he loves to take them out to eat because he adores all food and it ensures that they’re also getting fed too!
sneaks them snacks all the time.
provides them all the tips on how to take better care of their skin and hair if they ask and sneaks them little goodie bags full of stuff like that.
loves letting them run their fingers through his hair.
he makes time for them as much as he can, but wants to ensure that he also allows them time for themself.
he’ll spoil them in compliments and words, asking about things that
he knows they talked about before.
he’ll zone out when they talk, just staring at them.
when he makes the decision to stand up to the empire, he doesn't have time to run over to where he knows they're bundled up in their office where the a/c broke months ago and freezes like nowhere else. he sends them a comm, a risky one, one that'll maybe put everything at risk, but he has to do it. who knows when he'll see them next?
dogma
has absolutely no idea how he got into this situation where he’s talking to someone that’s actually super interesting and also apparently flirting with him?
he’s just going to reject them. or at least he was.
his brothers swing by, and jesse and fives are suddenly waving it off and putting him into this date that this has apparently turned into.
kriff what is he doing? he’s scowling the whole time, it getting deeper and deeper with each compliment and flirtation because there’s this fluttering feeling in his stomach that he has no idea what it is.
and then comes the end and he’s exchanging comm frequencies with them???? help???
his brothers are making fun of him and he snaps at them, because what the maker are they talking about?
but then they message him and he can’t help by send messages back.
he’s constantly flustered by them over and over again, and he gets angry. or at least he thinks he gets angry? listen, he’s still figuring things outside of his work life out.
but then his insults turn into something more caring, though they’re still overly aggressive. he’s tell them to take care of themself better, that they need to hydrate, and to stretch.
when they hang out, he’s still scowling and he’s still not talking much, but damn, this is the happiest his brothers have seen him in awhile???
he seems to get angrier when they smile and laugh at something they say, because how does he deal with that? how? his heart is beating, his palms are sweaty, and he wants to keep watching forever but at the same time combust? how does this work?
at some point he finally gives in and goes to his brothers for help because HELP!!!!!
he’s so kriffing awkward when he asks them that his brothers feel too bad to even begin teasing him about it.
the next date is one where he dresses up and for the first time, he’s nervous.
rex having to tell echo less than 24 hours of escaping skako minor and being literally pulled out of a cryotube that fives died. that he died without ever knowing echo made it!! even worse, fives was considered a traitor if not mentally unwell, only to find out mere months later that fives had been right. but unlike his brother, echo had escaped the chip. his chip was damaged in the experimentation that the techno union had done onto him. but fives...
