Fic: As I move my feet towards your body I can hear this beat (and it gets louder and louder)
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Author: @akingnotaprincess
Fandom: Star Wars Bad Batch
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Hunter/Tech
WC: 1,488
Notes: For @huntressdarkness for pine4pine. First ever Bad Batch fic I've written.
Summary: "Hunter!"
He hisses in pain, touches his left side, and quickly takes away his hand. Even through the gloves and armor, the wound—a blaster bolt—is still warm. Hunter concentrates and self-assesses. He has some bruises on his chest; he's able to feel them begin to form—sensitive. There's the wound on his side, of course. Hunter can already feel his skin reacting and working on healing itself. There's probably going to be a scar, but it won't be his first. Even though he can't touch his hair, he can tell it's matted with blood. His head hurts. It feels like there's ringing in his ears, and the ache reminds him of his migraines. Did he hit his head on something?
Snippet: He squints and groans as his eyes adjust. His HUD is glitching. Weakly turning on, then turning black before he's able to see anything. It does this several times. He can feel the vibrations of the parts working, straining to function and fail each time. The screen blinks, and there are static lines in those brief seconds it's working. The flashing bothers his eyes a little. Can't be helped.
It's not like this hasn't happened to him before, but it still sucks. The last time his HUD malfunctioned was on Kidria XVI, several months ago.
That time it was definitely Wrecker's fault; at least that was his working theory. His brother had been playing with his helmet earlier in the day. Wrecker was practicing juggling for some reason. Why Wrecker only used his helmet is still a mystery. Hunter knows it was dropped several times—they all watched it happen. Each time Tech warned Wrecker to be more careful and that it was advisable if he stopped altogether. It wasn't until Crosshair stepped in after the tenth time that Wrecker stopped. He always listens to his twin. It can be annoying at times. That shouldn't have mattered—the clone armor is made to hold up and take a lot of damage. But somehow, in the middle of scouting out locations for weaknesses in the clankers lines, his HUD cut out. Which was the exact moment he had been spotted and was shot at.
