Hi!!!! How are you? Hope everyone is good! This time I make a Rex one-shot, 'cause I have this idea a while ago and I need writing it and I LOVE REX so I said "why not?", so here it is. Hope you like it. ALSO I'm working on another tbb x reader story but I'm on a block now and I haven't been able to move forward 💖
Summary: Rex is left behind on a mission, he is hoping someone will go for him but after all, he is just a clone. After losing your friend Echo you refuse to lose the love of your life.
Warning: Mention of blood, curse.
Words Count: 1714
"Capitan, what is your situation?!".... No respond
"Capitan Rex?!!!" You start to feel dizzy, you were assigned to the five-oh-first as a second general for this mission, Anakin decided to divide his men into two groups, to be able to fight on two different fronts. you had promised him that you will take care of his men, and for you, that means that everyone comes back home safely.
But the situation was too difficult, and you were forced to go back, they were outnumbering you and you were not going to risk the lives of the troopers in a battle that they would obviously lose.
Almost all your men were back in the ships, but there's one unit left "Rex? Jesse? Anyone, where are you guy?" You said one more time through the comlink... No respond.
Then you saw them, white and blue armor running to you, you jumped off the ship and help them to the board, counting so nobody stays behind, one, two, three, four, five... There's is three left
"No! Put me down! He can't leave him there, we have to come back!" You hear someone screams. You turn and saw Jesse carrying or almost dragging fives, you run to them "Jesse, Fives!" A knot in your stomach, where is him?
When fives hear your voice he stops fighting and Jesse puts him down, you notice the blood gushing from the wound on his leg "General? General, please! We-we can't leave him, he's out there, we..."
"Easy fives, easy, calm down" you put his arm around your shoulders to help him get to the ship, Jesse holding him up from the opposite side. Two more men, just one left.
"General... We...come back, he...hurt" Fives stammered, the loss of blood getting to him.
"Jesse, what happens?" "They ambushed us, they came out of nowhere...we-we tried to stop them, General, as much as possible, Fives was shot in the leg, they almost shot him in the head, if... If it wasn't for..."
You were almost in the ship when you hear the weak voice of Fives "Rex... Ca-captain Rex" your heart clenched, you forgot how to breathe and the knot in your stomach became so big that you felt like throwing up "He.. pushes me... got shot in the back...he..." you help Fives boarding, then he passed out his brothers screaming for Kix, you turn to Jesse, you don't wanna ask, but you have to.
"Jesse, where is he?" You couldn't see his face through the helmet, but he was definitely avoiding your eyes, you put your hand in his forearm "Jesse! Is he...?" He looks at you "I don't know, I...I couldn't carry the two of them... I..." he put his hands to his helmet, clenching in an act of grief, your heart goes faster "He yelled at me to leave! tha-that I had to take my brothers home! I have to leave him! I have to!" Your heart stop, Jesse keep talking but you weren't listening anymore, It can't be happening, you have to go for him, you can't lose him, not like you lose Echo, you wouldn't let that happen again, not with Rex.
"Jesse" he looks at you "Where? Where did you leave him?"
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Rex wakes up with a distant scream, he reaches for the blaster and points at the entrance of the cave, his shoulder hurt, and a burning sensation grows through his spine.
He managed to confuse the enemy, calling their attention so they wouldn't find the general and his brothers, in the process another shot hit his shoulders and he has strained an ankle when he fell but could miss the enemy and find a little cave to hide in. His head hurts and his eyes feel heavy, but he can't sleep right now, he needs to be alert if someone comes back looking for him, a sad smile on his face 'if someone comes back, he was just a trooper, a clone, just one man among thousands, no one is going back for him, his brothers love him, he knows that it, but they couldn't just disobey orders.
Orders... his thoughts went back to the last orders he could hear from his comlink 'Captain bring your men back to the ship, now!' If he only had listened to you, he hadn't been ambushed, Fives wouldn't have been injured and maybe they were all on the ship by now, flying back to the Venator, joking, and after dinner, he had been able to sneak up to your room, and have spent the rest of the time together reading something, watching a holo-movie or just talking until you both fell asleep hugging each other. Maker, what wouldn't he give to see you right now? for hugging you, for kissing you one last time, if he had known that that morning would be the last time he would kiss you he would have done more than just pink your lips.
At the bottom of his heart he still hoped that you would go for him, he knew that you would do it without thinking, but that meant leaving the rest of his men exposed. One of the things that had made him fall in love with you was that you didn't see the clones as tools or simple weapons, for you each and every one of the GAR members were human beings who deserved the same respect as any Jedi or Senator, you treated his brothers as if they were your own, you took care of them on and out the battlefield.
You always planned your strategies to obtain the least possible trooper losses, and he knew that you would not be foolish enough to risk the lives of more of his brothers for him, even so, the thought that you were abandoning him broke his heart.
Then he hears something, lifts the blaster one more time, hands trembling, the footsteps get closer, he takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, remembering you, the color of your eyes, the sweet sound of your voice, the touch of your hands, the promise he made to you, his heart crying for you one last time 'I'm sorry, my love I don't think I could make it back home' then he opens his eyes, ready to kill or die.
"Rex?" He freezes, was that your voice? was he delirious already? He holds his breath, blaster still pointing "Rex, are you there? It's me, (Y/N)" "(Y/N)?" "Rex!" You rushed to the cave when you saw him he was still holding his blaster, but the moment he recognized you it fell next to him, he tried to get up to go towards you, his legs didn't respond and you managed to catch him before he fell.
"Makers, You are alive! Damm it, Rex!" You hugged him tight, a small hiss of pain left his lips, you separated quickly "Shit, sorry! Are you ok? I saw a lot of blood out here I almost thought you were..." "I'm fine, just two wounds and a twisted ankle, the boys..." "They are fine, they all make it back, they must be on the Venator by now"
His gaze lock on you, he couldn't believe you were there, in front of him, your hair a little messy and your face and robes dirty, he cups your cheek with one hand, eyes full of adoration "What are you doing here?" You chuckle in disbelief "I came for you, idiot, You think I would leave without you?"
His heart skips a beat, and at that moment he realized you were there, really there with him, you left all behind for him, you were on a hostile planet, with just a lightsaber and almost zero possibilities of finding him, but there you are, all just for him, he stops thinking and just leaning to kiss you, not a quick kiss like the one you share before a mission when no one is looking, but a passionate one, a kiss full of love and despair, he kisses you like you're going to disappear in the next moment, you respond the kiss with the same passion, passing your arms around his neck, one of his hands in your back, the other one move from your cheek to the back of your head.
You break the kiss to take a breath and press your forehead against his. You cup his cheek and felt tears welling up from his eyes "Rex what happens? Why are you crying?" he put his hand over yours squeezing it "I didn't think you would come back for me, I didn't think I would ever see you again" the tone of his voice made your heart clench "Of course I came back for you, Rex" "But I'm just a-" you cut him "Don't, I know what you are going to say and you know that is not true, so look at me and hear me very carefully" you stare at each other.
"You are not just a clone or just a trooper, You are the most wonderful man I have ever know, right now you are the most important thing in my life, Rex, I don't know if I could have carried on with my life if I had lost you today, I already lost my best friend and I am not going to lost the love of my life too" Rex's eyes widened in amazement, you usually said nice things to him when you were alone, but you had never called him the love of your life, this new title moves every cell in his body and he didn't realize what he said next "I love you" this time your eyes widened, Rex was never open and direct with his feelings, you couldn't help but smile and reply with "I love you too" and kiss him again, a more delicate kiss, but full of affection
"Let's go, Rex, we have to tell Anakin to pick us up and you need medical assistance right now" you put his arm around your shoulders to help him walk, "Let's go home", he doesn't say anything else but when he looks at you one more the only thing that could think was 'I'm at home, wherever you are that's my home'.
