Not so little HC by me. I am sorry in advance for the length. I have big thoughts.
I've seen people pretty open on here about their female difficulties. I was diagnosed with sciatic endometriosis at a pretty young age and it's forced me to adapt to randomly passing out due to pain, weak knees and anaemia. It's happened many times and in front of an array of people so I decided to make little HC senarios on how TBB would react to their significant other passing out in front of them for seemingly no reason that can be diagnosed on the surface. I wanted to have each of their reactions without the obligation of creating a whole plot with a story. I just need this angst and fluffy comfort rn okay? 🥺
Pairing: Each of TBB x Female SO
Omega is included and reader is her caretaker but not dating anyone in TBB for that particular HC.
Warnings: passing out, talk of menstrual cramps, blood - visible spotting, nursing back to health, worry, angst, swearing, confusion, panic. 🙏
Masterlist
My kofi ✨
Hunter🧐
Gif by @kamino-coruscant
He would have a hunch that something is about to happen because your scent has been off all night. Looking at the date he remembers what's to come around the same time every month. He'll be concerned with your tossing and turning but doesn't interfere with your restless slumber. With everyone else already asleep he wouldn't want to startle you.
Finally, after hours of monitoring from afar during his shift to keep the Marauder on course, you stroll out from under your covers, drenched in sweat and desperately trying to make your way to the refresher. The color in your face is irregular, washed-out. Hair is plastered to your sickly face. Now that you're in his presence he is hit by the overwhelming aroma of raw, acrid air. The scent was festering.
He can feel your body trembling through the floor of the interior hull. Your fragile footfalls become more determined to compensate for your lack of balance, growing into loud stomps. You feel your concentration fleeting, mindlessly trying to move your body forward through muscle memory like you're on autopilot. Hunter sees you struggling and takes a couple steps in your direction before you drop to the ground.
He's at your side in an instant. He was quick enough to catch you before your head sustained any damage. He knows you get bad cramps but he's never seen you in such a perilous condition before. Your skin is hot to the touch as he feels for your pulse. It's rapid, your breathing is labored as your heart tries to overwork itself to pump blood through the rest of your extremities. You're lifeless in his arms. Everyone else is asleep and he can't find the breath in his lungs to call out. "Ow.. FUCK!" you gasp. The pain was enough of a brutal surprise that you came-to in his arms.
"Hunter? What happened? I was just on my way to- oh, goddamn it, no." you mumble the last phrase under your breath. The familiar stiffness of clotted blood staining your clothes is all you can focus on. You're overwhelmingly embarrassed. It's no doubt you're aware that he can smell you, let alone see you. You push yourself out of Hunter's arms, turning to face him directly, hiding your crimson spot from his view as best as you can before forcing yourself to your feet.
"I-I'm fine. Really. I can make it the rest of the way." You lift your foot to take a step but it feels like you're wading through mud. Your body threatens to fail you once again but Hunter catches you just in time. "You're not fine at all. Let me help you in there-" He offers, only you hope he hasn't noticed the mess forming in your garments. "No!" you cut him off. "I can do it myself!" Why did he have to see you like this? Degraded, filthy and unnecessarily ashamed for not properly preparing yourself before going to sleep. You should have known it was coming. How could you have been so negligent?
"No, you can't. Let me help. If you think I can't handle a little blood you really don't know who you're dealing with. This is no different than dressing a wound on the battlefield. And I can assure you there is much more blood there. So please, take my hand" he holds it out while looking at you with gentle, understanding eyes.
No use hiding anymore. Hunter helps you to your feet and into the refresher. He starts the shower for you and leaves for a moment while the temperature climbs to retrieve a fresh set of your clean clothes. Once returned, he helps you out of your soiled pajamas and into the warm stream of water, relieving yourself of all the sanguineous remnants as well as the lingering discomfort. Once cleaned, he dresses you with proper protection and leads you back to bed with a glass of water and a few painkillers. Soon you're back to sleep, wondering why you were so embarrassed in the first place.
Tech⚕️
Gif by @nahoney22
You both were on opposite sides of the ship making various adjustments to the exterior of the Marauder. Tech is walking you through cleaning off residual carbon scoring from the inside of the durasteel panels without disrupting the wiring beneath it. It's a steady conversation that slowly dwindles until you're no longer responding. He tries time and time again to hail you on the comm and receives nothing. His worry got the best of him as he moves to your position.
There you are, lying belly-up in the dirt like bloated roadkill. He hurriedly ran to you while pulling his scanner out, prepared to get to the bottom of what caused you to faint. The sun was beating down relentlessly on your face. A thick bead of sweat has saturated your brow and a sore knot is forming at the back of your head from the trauma it sustained with the unforgiving ground. Your breathing is labored, a highlight to your unhealthy state. At first he assumes your episode is from the heat. Calm and full of composure, Tech immediately pulls you into his arms and carries you back inside the Marauder to bring your core temperature back down to safer levels.
Wrecker is the first to voice his concern upon your joined entry but not even his booming voice was enough to wake you. "Whoa! What happened?! Is she okay?"
Tech gently lays you down on the cold floor of the hull to properly examine you. "She is merely unconscious." he responds confidently while opening your mouth to ensure your airways aren't obstructed. He uses a small flashlight to observe your pupils and confirms his diagnosis. "Take her back to my bunk. She needs to sleep this off. Speaking of, what's the date- Oh..." Tech looks at the calendar full of grave concern. "I'll prepare some medicine as well. She's never had them this bad." He shakes his head in defeat realizing this was intense heat exhaustion brought on by the rapid thinning of your blood, exacerbated by it's increasing exit from your body. He was silently brainstorming ideas in ways to prevent an occurrence like this from happening to you again.
"Had what this bad?" Wrecker questions, still completely oblivious.
"Menstrual cramps. Now please, Wrecker, take her to my bunk, quickly. She needs painkillers, hydration and most importantly, rest."
Tech hands you over to him with complete and total regard for the condition of your cranium, cradeling you intently and full of protective responsibility. "Watch her head. She collapsed to the ground outside and I am not certain how violent the impact was." Wrecker nods, fulfilling the request while Tech went for the first aid supplies which consisted of a higher grade pain relieving shot, heating pad and an intravenous apparatus to regulate your fluid intake until you wake up. The way he went so logically about your condition was a massive testament to his caregiving prowess. He didn't panic, his mind didn't go straight to irrationalities, the only thing at the forefront of his consciousness was your health and safety.
• • •
"Hey there sleepyhead. How are you feeling?" Tech graces you with his presence as soon as you open your eyes. He's dabbing you with a wet cloth to keep your sweating at bay. Your head is pounding, you feel weak and lethargic, slowly realizing you're in his bunk.
"How- uhm... What happened?" Trying to sit up, Tech pushes you back into bed, tucking you in.
"You tell me. I've seen you nurse these cramps of yours before, but this is unprecedented. I scanned your vitals and they indicated a massive amount of destructive neurological discomfort centering from your pelvic region downward. I would suggest that you stay in bed for the rest of the day. No, indefinitely, until these spasms subside. Do I make myself clear?" His strict orders were completely derivative of his concern for you. "You should have told me you were feeling out of sorts. I wouldn't have brought you outside..." A mask of guilt was forming across his handsome face.
"They honestly caught me by surprise, completely unexpected, so please don't blame yourself. I'm so sorry to worry you." Your chest felt tight as you tried to finish your thought.
"Nonsense. I'm just glad you're okay." Tech responds as he lifts your joined hands to kiss your knuckles. You smiled while nuzzling your head into his lap. Tech reciprocated by soothing you back to sleep in a much more welcoming fashion than you had fallen into it previously, making sure to be mindful of the bruise at the back of your head. He assured you that he would never leave your side in case another painful wave were to come at any point through the rest of the day.
Crosshair🙄
Gif by @kybacrystal
He's been getting under your skin all day. His wise cracks and insensitive humor were enough to already make your blood boil. You can't even remember what it was you were initially bickering over. At this point all you wanted was to get as far away from him and the ship as fast as possible. You felt a sting of pain emerge from the pit of your gut radiating down to your knees. Trying to push through it, you speed walk to the tree line. The last thing you wanted was to give him any more reason to prod at you.
You can faintly hear Crosshair call your name as you push yourself into the thicket. It's getting harder to walk, the pain in your legs is throbbing down to your feet. You brace yourself against a tree before continuing on but your spasms won't let you go without a fight. Using your upper body strength, you pull yourself back up and inch further into the forest. You can hear the twigs snapping underneath Crosshair's footfalls, signifying that he is closing in on you. Even with the tree branches blocking your own vision, you knew that he could pick you out of the entire wilderness with ease.
You quickly find that you're over exerting yourself, your breathing becomes strained and you're suffering from tunnel vision. If you concentrate hard enough you can see stars fading in and out of your peripherals. Your irrational embarrassment about Crosshair seeing you in such an indecent state forced you to pursue a journey deeper into the woods despite your growing discomfort. Unexpectedly, you fall to the ground with nothing to brace yourself but the velvet moss atop a few boulders resting in a sunken patch of soil.
Crosshair finally catches up to you and spots your lifeless body facedown amongst the brush. "Alright, stop faking it. This might work on your other boyfriends, but if this is a ploy for me to be nice, I am not convinced in the slightest."
No response.
"Hey! I am taking to you. I said get up!" Crosshair nudges you with the butt of his gun, he seemed to have never let that thing go. Perhaps that's what you were arguing about after all.
Still, absolutely nothing.
"I'm going to leave you out here if you don't get up. Right. Now." He has a worried tone in his voice but it's disguised with anger. He secretly hopes you're not hurt but he doesn't want his inflated ego driven façade to crumble. But you're dead to this world, at least for the time being.
Crosshair finally drops to his knees and flips you over to see your face. You're covered in dirt, a bruise forming on the bridge of your nose with a couple drops of blood threatening to fall from your nostrils. Your anemia made the tissue beneath your skin very fragile. It's really not as bad as it looks but he doesn't know that. He feels terrible for thinking this was pretend. Perhaps he would do something so dramatic, but he wouldn't expect it from you.
He slings his rifle around his back in order to tend to you more completely. Pulling a handkerchief out of his pocket, he delicately dabs away your nose bleed and moves the hair out of the way of your face. He is wrought with fear and remorse when he catches a glimpse of your ghastly complexion. Crosshair curses himself for being so ignorant, and slowly hoists you into his arms to carry you back to the Marauder. His mind races back to everything he said to you in the heat of the moment, completely regretting all of it. All he wanted was for you to wake up and be okay.
• • •
You open your eyes to the gentle rhythm of his steps, pain coursing through your entire body, pulsing with each placement of his footing. You groan harshly and he acknowledges your consciousness by placing a soft kiss at the top of your head, signifying his presence.
"You passed out in the forest. I am here. I am so sorry. Please.. Forgive me... " Good thing your ear is resting against Crosshair's chest as he carries you inside because he was speaking so softly you wouldn't have been able to hear him. You're just happy to be in his embrace and not fighting anymore.
He places you on his bunk and immediately goes to find Tech to get assistance in relieving your pain. You're slowly slipping in and out of consciousness with Crosshair frantically explaining to Tech what happened, wondering if he can do anything to help. He can be hard to deal with sometimes but you know he loves you.
Echo😨
Gif by @howie-ner-cyare
The two of you were having a simple maintenance day by cleaning up around the ship and giving Tech a break by doing inventory. Once everything else was in order you found yourself helping Echo conduct adjustments his prosthetics. You've been having slight cramps for the past few hours but they've been quite manageable. But finally feeling your body go stagnant, it was as if it was a call to magnify your pain. With Echo's prosthetic leg settled onto your lap, you pause your polishing to rest your head on the cold metal.
"Hey, are you feeling okay?" Echo asks, his flesh hand finding its way to caress your back, lightly stroking it to ease your growing discomfort. Echo is no stranger to muscle spasms. It pained him to see you suffering the same fate. "Yeah, I'm fine. I already took medicine a few hours ago. I just... cramps started hitting me bad all of a sudden. It's nothing to worry about. I think I just need to get some water" You responded.
As soon as you tried to bring yourself to your feet your head felt lighter than air. You can't focus on anything due to your blurred vision. You got up way too fast and your body hasn't acclimated properly yet. The pain is growing stronger, agonizing as you collapse at echo's feet, completely overwhelmed.
"Oh shit!" Echo is quick to your side despite his compromised position on his bunk. He unfurls your contorted body and lays you flat on the floor to get a better look at you. He's painstakingly distraught, but that doesn't break his concentration from trying to help you as best as he can. His memory immediately reverts back to his medical guide book he would read in his downtime before becoming an ARC trooper. Particularly the ABCs in performing CPR.
He immediately took note of your airflow and breathing. Granted, it is quite labored but nothing out of the ordinary. He finds your pulse and realizes it's much fainter than it should be. Your fingers are stiff and frigid as he realizes you have incredibly poor circulation. Echo finds that he has leftover iron capsules on hand that Tech prescribed to him after he was rescued from Skako Minor. Taking his pillow off of his bunk, he lifts your head gently to cushion you from the floor of the hull before rummaging through his belongings to locate the bottle of iron capsules as well as acquiring his canteen of fresh water.
• • •
He doesn't force you into consciousness. He quietly waits for your body to slowly calibrate itself. You wake up to his handsome face eclipsing the fluorescent lights from stinging your eyes. "You scared me for a second there. Thought I lost ya... Here. Take this." Echo holds his hand out to give you a couple pills.
"No no no, I can't take more pain medicine yet. It hasn't been 6 hours-"
"It's not pain medicine. They are vitamins. Iron to be exact. I'll help with your circulation." he nods at you in affirmation while dropping the capsules into your palm. He is already prepared with water for you to wash them down.
"Looks like I'm helping you with adjustments now aren't I? You can hold on to those iron caps too. You seem to need them more than me " Echo smiles at you before helping you up into his bunk so that you may rest more comfortably, surrounded by his scent.
"Echo? Can... you lay down with me?" You beg, eyes full of love. How could he possibly deny you?
"Only because you asked so nicely. But please, if my prosthetics start to hurt you, let me know." With you in this condition the last thing he would want is to cause you any more unnecessary harm.
"You could never hurt me Echo. Come lay down." He complies and the two of you sleep together for the remainder of the night having felt extremely accomplished with the condition of the ship, as well as each other's well-being.
Wrecker🥺
Gif by @amisdalas
Wrecker noticed you weren't feeling well and he tried to make you smile as much as he could. He loved to attack you by pretending to be a tickle monster. The two of you would play fight for hours on end in his bunk, never stopping for a time out. All the activity really did have you feeling much better. That was of course until your aches came back with a vengeance. In the middle of Wrecker's vigorous tickles, you slip out of consciousness in a frightfully unexpected way. The pain that shot through you, you couldn't have possibly prepared for it. Within seconds you were absent in mind, body and soul.
Wrecker grunts in confusion, jostling you just a little bit to see if he can elicit a response. You're out cold. "What... What did I do?! TECH! COME QUICK!" Poor Wrecker thinks he hurt you but little does he know that he had nothing to do with your incapacitation. Tech enters the room and immediately asks what happened. "I-I don't know! We were just playing and I was tickling her and then she just... I don't know... "
"Wrecker, I promise you, you didn't hurt her." Tech says, consoling him. "Has she been complaining of cramps or pain at all today?"
"Yeah she-" he sniffles before clearing his throat, "she said her tummy hurt and I tried to make her feel better but now I think I made it worse... Is she going to be okay?" He asks while wiping tears from his eyes.
"On the contrary." Tech replies, putting Wrecker at ease. "Your playful distraction kept her pain at bay for most of it's duration. It is actually quite a thoughtful tactic. I guarantee you she appreciates your efforts." Tech smiles, giving Wrecker an encouraging pat on the back. "Just, with certain spasms stemming so suddenly, especially from someone with her condition, she has a tendency to go into shock. It's her body's defense mechanism in order to ride out the discomfort. I'll be back with some painkillers." Tech's logical attributes worked wonders to ease the irrational thoughts brewing in Wrecker's gentle mind.
• • •
Once Tech is back with medicine, Wrecker tucks you into his bunk and snuggles Lula up beside your head. The softness of the plushie rubbing against your cheek was a welcoming gift to be woken up to. You faintly see Tech's silhouette enter the room from your peripherals but you can't focus on anyone else just yet.
"Take it easy. Tech is here with medicine." Wrecker's voice is shaken as he speaks. You lock eyes with the massive clone and see that his are slightly bloodshot and swollen.
"Oh you poor thing... Did I scare you? I'm so sorry..." Your frantic apologies filled the room but they would not stand for it.
"Yes, you gave him quite the scare. But you needn't apologize. These things happen and I'm glad we're here to help you. Isn't that right, Wrecker?" Tech teases.
"I thought I hurt you..." He explains, wrought with worry.
"You had nothing to do with this. I promise. I'll be fine." You tell him while caressing his cheek. Now here you are consoling him instead of the other way around. Tech leaves the two of you to enjoy each other's company after administering your medicine. Wrecker lulls you to sleep by softly telling you silly jokes, a worthy adaptation to still have fun with you without triggering a harmful response. The last thing you remember before falling back to sleep was his adorable giggle, coupled with him softly tracing Lula's arm across your cheek.
Omega👩⚕️
Gif by @captainrexs
Omega had a idea that's something was wrong with you because you weren't as chipper as you typically are and she wasn't going to hide her blatant concern.
"You're not feeling well today, are you?" She inquires while her tiny hand reaching up to your forehead, seemingly checking your temperature.
"You noticed that, huh? Smart cookie." you tell her while chuckling to yourself. "You would be correct. However, I'm not sick in the sense that you're thinking."
"It's your period, isn't it?" Her deadpan respond caught you completely off guard. She was so young! Did she already know about all that?
"How do you know about that?" She laughs at your surprise.
"I was a medical assistant, remember? It would be counterproductive if I only knew about one side of the human organ systems." her adorable voice tells you matter of factly. Omega had such a way of making things seem so obvious that you feel silly that you didn't think of that before. For her age she really contained a massive amount of intelligence as well as common sense combined with her immaculate intuition.
"You are absolutely right. You never cease to surprise me, Omega." while struggling to finish your phrase, you could feel your spine tighten with every second that passed by. You let out a few distressed groans as you doubled over in agony, supporting yourself with your palms on your knees.
"You need to sit down! Get off your feet! You might pass out!" Omega is frantically trying to guide you up into her bedroom fashioned out of the gunners mount. It's her only place of comfort and solace and she wants to bring you into a much better environment. She climbs the steps and begins pulling you in with her. Despite her age and stature, she really is quite strong. She manages to help you inside only for you to collapse onto her cloud of pillows and blankets.
• • •
You don't know long you were out. It must have been a while because the sun was already setting and the lighting was dim in her room. You wake up to the sound of her voice saying "No! I'm staying until she wakes up!" Slowly opening your eyes, you see that everyone, including Omega, is at the foot of the gunners mount entrance, patiently waiting for you to awaken.
"What did I miss?" You laugh nervously.
"She's awake!" Omega exclaims before throwing herself at you for a hug.
"You had us worried for a moment there." Hunter tells you, smiling. "Luckily, Dr. Omega here knew exactly what to do and wouldn't leave your side for a second."
"Is that true?" You ask, clutching your hands to your heart.
"Of course it is." She confirms while placing Lula thoughtfully in your arms. "Because I know you would do the same for me!"
She insisted that she not leave your side for the rest of the night and Hunter couldn't possibly deny that. The two of you relaxed underneath her twinkly lights, talking about your favorite creatures you've encountered on different planets and what each one would be like to have as a pet. Agreeing to watch this unique little girl really brought out a wonderful motherhood connection in you that was dormant until she entered your life.
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Had to draw one of the scenes I loved from the request tech fic @nahoney22 wrote just a few days ago. My drawing skills are scrappy (it’s been a while lol) but I had fun with it. The aurebesh on their arm says Havoc, their swoop racing moniker. ANYWAYS! Please go read this fic, it brings me so much joy and I just want to share it with everyone. Thanks to Nahoney again for writing it!
Me, watching the second episode of Bad Batch: I really like Tech. I think he has amazing and is an adorable little cinnamon roll, but it’s not like I’m in love with hi-
Tech: *helps Omega down from shaft thing*
Me, loading a shotgun: I swear to God, if anything happens to him I will personally hunt whoever dares hurt my smol bean down and show them zero mercy because dank farrik I’m in love with him
