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Forgive Your Heart

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The Encounter

A Goodbye

Surprises

Fugitives

Even

First Informant

To Tatooine

The Dragon

The Crash

Reuniting

Back to Nevarro

Aurorao*

Drawings/references:

Your Mother's cloak- these are only examples you can think of whatever you like best :3

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what’s mando’s one kink that he would never admit to but would get him rock hard in an instant if it somehow came up im asking for a friend

SO TUMBLR FUCKED UP THIS POST AND MADE IT SO THE READ MORE IS UP THERE AND I CANT CHANGE, MOVE, OR DELETE IT 

so what was here, my answer and the fic have been copied over to THIS POST so go read it there! 

Thanks! sorry this site it dumb lmao

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Forgive Your Heart

Chapter 2: A Goodbye

Summary: Who did this man think he was!?! Arrogant, selfish, narcissistic where only a few words that came to mind. So why did you help him?

A/n: I forgot to mention this is about at s1 ep3, they hadn't left Nevarro quiet yet but they flew to the other side of the planet to refuel and replenish supplies.

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He hit the side of his helmet harshly, seeming to fix some malfunction with his hardware. At the same time the Mandalorian grabbed your collar and held you close to him by your lab coat, his stature was intimidating but you never let that faze you. You held your ground and kept your stare even and brows furrowed, his fist tightened noticing your lack of fear.

“I said, where's the kid?”

“I’m gonna need you to let go for me to answer you.”

Your hand came up to grip his covered wrist, squeezing it to emphasize your point. He must’ve taken this as a challenge because his grip never wavered, he only stared down at you. His other hand joined the first on the other side of your coat pulling your full chest into his chest plate, your other hand did the same now squeezing both his wrists with your own.

“Are you done with this little intimidation tactic? Or are you gonna explain to me who you’re talking about?

He hesitated then let you go with a light shove and a huff, you took a step back from the force he let you go with. The Mandalorian started digging something out of his pocket, you took this time to give him a proper once over, only from a quick glance up and down you could tell he endured heavy blaster fire from the discoloration to his armor, no dents though. He held something up, it looked like a tattered robe, one the little green child wore before it tore. You took it in your hands noticing it was in fact the same fabric the kid had worn. His voice skipped again and again until a clear sentence came out of his modulator.

“HE-HE-HE-He would be wearing something like this.”

“What is your relation to him, I might be able to help you.”

You didn’t look up from the fabric, instead choosing to inspect it for anything suspicious, flipping it over you find a few drops of blood and a tear in the fabric next to it.

“What happened to hi- Hey!”

Before you were allowed to finish the armored man shoved past you beginning to look through rooms, disturbing not only the patients but your medics as well. You passed by many, asking if you needed any help, you declined. You turned him to you by his shoulder and nearly yelled at him before regaining your composure.

“You can’t just barge into patients' rooms! This is not a place to bounty hunt!”

He only stood, not bothering to look your way before continuing his search, the woman he barged in on nearly had a heart attack seeing him in her door. The Mandalorian was about to open yet another door before he was interrupted by the strong yank from the back collar of his cape that sent him backwards, he took two steps to collect his balance then he was on you shoving you against a door in a similar fashion to your first encounter. The door gave way with his shove but he was quick to adapt, pushing you against the joining wall inside the room and holding you there with both his fists balled in your lab coat. You felt the air leave your lungs from his harsh handling, coughing you glared up at the unyielding figure above you, the way you squeezed his wrists you hoped would leave a bruise. Before either of you could speak a small coo made its way through the room, you both looked over the Mandalorians shoulder seeing the child stood up on the cot. ‘Oh shit’ you thought, it slipped your mind how close the kids' room actually was. Almost immediately he let go of you and moved to the kid, taking a much softer tone than his previous one, however that didn’t help the busted modulator.

“Ere- ou are”

He scooped up the child in his arms, he tucked him in the crook of his elbow as you hunched over, taking a few deep breaths to steady yourself. The child cooed at you and the man stopped and turned around, you looked up from your hunched position glaring at the tall Mandalorian. As he tried exiting the door, the child struggled in his grasp, the man let out a groan and eventually set the kid down. You could hear his little feet pitter patter as they made their way to you, he tackled your leg in a strong hug, well as strong as it could be for such a little guy. No matter how angry you were with his guardian, you could never stay mad at a face like his, especially when he looked up at you like you were his savior. A smile once again graced your face as you knelt down to his level, the Mandalorian only watched as you lifted the child into your arms. His clawed hand came out to rub across your cheek. Thank you. Your eyes widened in slight shock, the voice was no longer a vague echo in your head, it was clear to you now this is how he was communicating.

“You’re welcome, sweetheart.”

Your voice was kind and gentle, with a slight rasp from still being out of breath, the child cooed in your arms. You could hear the Mandalorian messing with his helmet, taps and near silent beeps going off from inside the helmet, you turned your gaze up to meet his visor.

“We need to leave.”

That was the first sentence you could make out clearly from his modulator, he made his way over to the two of you, gently taking the child out of your arms and into his. For a brief moment there was peace between the three of you, until that peace was interrupted by the sound of heavy footsteps marching down the hallway. The Madalorian looked through the glass door and quickly shut it after seeing what was going on outside, he turned off the lights in the room as well, only leaving the shielded light of the hallway. Confused you took a small peak outside through the curtains as he did, were those storm troopers? Why was the Empire on Nevarro? You looked to the man next to you, his arm flying past your head to close the curtain, you stepped closer whispering to him to not draw attention.

“Ok, tell me what the hell is going on!”

“It’s none of your concern.”

“Don’t give me that shit Mandalorian! Are they here for the kid or you or what?! Get talking!”

You could hear the leather of his gloves stretching as he balled his fists, he let out an irritated groan, you folded your arms in front of yourself and stared up at him. You could feel your blood pressure rising every second he stayed quiet until eventually he mumbled out a quiet ‘Dank farrik’.

“He’s a bounty."

You stared up at his helmet trying your best to hold back your sarcastic comment of ‘Wow really I couldn’t tell from the platoon of troopers in my Medcenter!’ instead you waved your hand in a small circle trying to get more information than ‘A Bounty’.

“He was my bounty, I-I-I-I saved him.”

“I’m taking a shot in the dark and assuming that’s why you sound like a misfiring speeder bike.”

He only nods at your little jab and presses against the wall upon hearing more stormtroopers talking out in the hallway. You think to yourself for a moment weighing the pros and cons of helping this prick, how could you know if he was really helping the kid? Or if he wasn’t just going to get them both killed? Another coo snapped you out of your thoughts, you looked up to meet the child's big eyes, you let out a loud aggravated noise and spoke sternly to the Mandalorian stepping closer to him.

“Do exactly what I tell you and you two might get out of here unscathed. Understand?”

The man nods again, not much of a talker huh? You explained your plan to the man, he would hide in this room until you could clear out the stormtroopers, and if anyone came in the room he’d hide in the linen closet until they left. You slipped out of the door and back to your medic station finding most of the troopers there, they seemed to intimidate your other medics into their station. When you got closer one of the troopers stopped you.

“Halt, we’re looking for an escaped prisoner. We need you to stay in this area.”

“Under whose authority should I stay here? You have no business causing so much panic in this place, all of you need to vacate immediately.”

Your voice raised a bit at your last statement to ensure every stormtrooper could hear you. They parted as a man walked down the hallway, an older man with a gold pendant hanging from his neck. ‘Great another problem’ you thought to yourself, the man made his way to you and stopped just short of you he speaks.

“I apologize for making such a ruckus, you see, I’m looking for a very important asset.”

“I really couldn’t give less of a shit what or who you’re looking for but you won’t find him here. So leave my Medcenter, now.”

The older man turned with a slight smirk on his face about to step away before turning back around to face you.

“Did you say…’him’?”

You tried to not show your shock ‘Shitshitshit’ there were blasters pointed at you before you could respond. Your brows furrowed as you glared at him raising your hands, you took a small glance around, there were five storm troopers pointing their blasters at you and undoubtedly more on their way.

“Lower your weapons. Now.”

You whipped your head around to see the head medic of the trauma unit holding a blaster to the older man's head. A few bounty hunters and medics joined him in pointing their blasters at the troopers around you, you couldn’t help the smirk growing on your face as you spoke.

“You really thought the medics on a planet like Nevarro wouldn’t have blasters? I’d do as he says, unless you wanna lose your troopers.”

The old man let out a huff and waved his hand, the stormtroopers lowered their weapons and began walking down the hallway to the exit. Before they had all retreated the man stayed where he was, he gave you an uneasy feeling, as he looked you over.

“You can’t hide the asset forever.”

You pulled out your own blaster that was holstered in your belt, aiming it between his eyes, and spoke with all the confidence you could muster.

“Go.”

He turned around and went out the exit, the remaining troopers followed after him. As soon as you knew the coast was clear you almost sprinted to the kids room, sliding through the door to find it already empty. Your shoulders were tense as you looked through the closet, there was no sign of them. You ran out the room and through another exit to find a ship taking off in the distance, it had only just entered the atmosphere. You had a feeling in your gut telling you that was the kids ship, your shoulders slouched in relief, hoping that they made it out unnoticed. You couldn’t help but feel a sense of sadness, you didn’t get to see him off, or make sure he was ok, but if he was with that Mandalorian you knew he’d be safer.

“Bye bye little man.”

You couldn’t tell if it was your head or your heart that told you, you’d see them again, and you were right.

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Forgive Your Heart

Chapter 6: First informant

Summary: Mando needs help finding more of his people, you didn't realize how valuable he was.

A/N:Almost positive I already used this GIF but screw it

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You startled awake, the child was gone from your lap, you nearly panicked thinking he had fallen off you in his slumber. Then you realized you had already landed, the cockpit was pitch black aside from the various control lights. As you stood, feeling against the wall to the door of the cockpit you mumbled incoherent curses for not waking you up sooner, you made your way down the ladder and into the hold of the Razor Crest. Mando stood there with the child in his pram, the ramp touched down on the planet's surface as you spoke up.

“Planning on leaving me?”

“You looked like you needed the rest.”

You walked closer standing to the side of the kids pram, petting his fuzzy head “Well, I’m up, so let’s go”

Mando didn’t say anything as he started walking, the planet was dark, eerie in its silence. You followed after him the child training next to you. The only thing separating the town from the rest of the planet was its poorly lit street lights, and the red eyed monsters that lurked in the shadows. You were still unsure of where exactly you were going but you trusted Mando wouldn’t intentionally put the child in danger. You soon came up to a building guarded by a Twi’lek. Mando stated his business.

“I’m here to see Gor Koresh.”

His eyes moving from the Mandalorian, to you, then the child that cooed up at him. Something didn’t feel right as the Twi’lek opened the door.

“Enjoy the fights.”

Mando was the first to walk in, and you quickly followed, the childs pram trailing you. As you stepped foot into the building you could feel the blood lust in the air, it sapped your energy from you, the smell of blood and sweat filled your nostrils. What kind of place is this? There was a ring in front of the hallway with two creatures fighting inside, you couldn’t make out their species but they fought brutally, their heavy weaponry clashed together as they fought. It almost reminded you of home. You never really understood this kind of thing, why people cheered as they watched others get hurt or killed. Mando stalked past the crowd, the kid looked uneasy as one of the green men fell to the floor, you blocked his line of sight with your body, giving him a reassuring smile. People yelled and screamed as the creature got back up on his feet, it was getting a bit too brutal even for your taste, you knew they couldn’t keep this up for much longer. Mando took a seat next to who you assumed was Gor Koresh.

“You know this is no place for a child, or a lady.”

“Wherever I go, they go.”

You rolled your eyes at his comment but kept your mouth shut, you knew he needed this info to get to more Mandalorians.

“So I’ve heard.”

The fight continued in front of you, their heavy axes giving off powerful waves of sound as the battled.

“I’ve been quested to bring him to his kind. If I can locate other Mandalorians, they can help guide me. I’m told you know where to find them.”

You saw the child still watched the fight, Koresh was right, this is no place for a child, you turned the pram to face away from the ring.

“It’s uncouth to talk business immediately. Just enjoy the entertainment.”

The child coos, hearing their weapons clash again and again, the same green man that got knocked down when you first came in was knocked down once more.

“Bah! My Gamorrean’s not doing well. Kill him! Finish him!”

You gripped the side of the kids pram so tight your knuckled started changing shades, how could he be so careless of anothers life? It made your blood boil as more people started shouting the same thing, you had to keep your composure, you had to stay calm for the kid. The Gamorrean, still standing, strikes down, almost finishing his opponent before he rolled away.

“You gamble, Mando?”

“Not when it can be avoided.”

Koresh chuckles “Well, I’ll bet you the information you seek that this Gamorrean’s going to die within the next minute and a half. And all you have to put up in exchange is your shiny beskar armor.”

Your head turned, staring at the one eyed man, did he really think that was going to happen? The Mandalorian did the same, staring him down through his visor.

“I’m prepared to pay you for the information. I’m not leaving my fate up to chance.”

The Gamorrean reeled his axe back, ready to strike again. Something was wrong here.

“Nor am I.” Koresh took out a blaster and shot the Gamorrean in the chest; he fell backwards onto the floor. Blasters were pointed at you and Mando before you could blink. You counted five in total, two pointed at you and three at Mando, that was their mistake though.

Koresh chickled again, “Thank you, for coming to me. Normally, I have to seek out remnants of you Mandalorians in your hidden hives, to harvest your precious shiny shells.” another chuckle as he continues to threaten to peel it off mandos corpse.

“Tell me where the Mandalorians are, and I’ll walk out of here without killing you.”

“Thought you said you weren’t a gambler.”

You saw Mando clench his fist, small lights emitting from his forearm, you closed the childs pram.

“I’m not.”

The blasters pointed at your head fell to the ground after Mando launched his attack, but there were more than just those five. The Gamorrean left in the ring jumped over the ropes missing you and Mando, one of the gamblers wrapped his arms around you and lifted you off the floor, you were really getting tired of being manhandled. You swung your legs up and down, using the momentum to throw the man over your shoulder, you pulled a small pipe out from your belt, when you swung it downwards it extended into a full spear. The man was uncoordinated on his attacks; it was easy to dodge him, with every missed punch he stumbled forward, you couldn’t help but play with him a bit. You sweeped the end of your spear under his feet making him fall face first onto the hard floor, while you were playing around Mando was taking on the Twi’lek and another gambler. This was child's play for him and it was obvious, however he showed them no mercy, there was purpose with every move he made.

Out of the corner of your eye you could see Gor Koresh escaping, and if you saw it the Mandalorian did too. It was time to leave, taking that sharp end of your spear you plunged it into the man's back, Mando did the same, sinking his knife into his opponent's chest. You both made it out of the building, watching as Koresh made a pathetic escape attempt. But Mando wasn’t about to let that happen, he shot a wire out his armor wrapping it around Koresh's legs, tripping him. Mando dragged him towards one of the street lights, swinging the wire over its arch and pulling him to hang by his feet then tying it off. You tucked your spear back into your belt as it retracted.

“All right, stop, stop! I’ll tell you where he is. But you must give me your word you wont kill me.” You could hear the stain in his voice, you stood next to mando glaring down at this repulsive excuse for a man.

“I promise you will not die by my hand. Now where is the Mandalorian you know of.”

“Tatooine.”

“What?”

“The Mando I know of, is on Tatooine.”

“I’ve spent much time on Tatooine. I've never seen a Mandalorian there.”

The man continues to struggle trying to convince Mando there is, in fact, another Mandalorian on Tatooine. He even tells the name of the city, swearing on his life that he’s in Mos Pelgo.

“Tatooine it is then.”

You both begin to walk away, the childs still closed pram following next to you, Koresh is begging Mando to not leave him, telling him he can’t be left like this. You turn around pointing your blaster at the light.

“That wasn’t part of the deal.”

You fire, sending the street into almost total darkness, the red eyed creatures start surrounding him, growling as he screams. As the three of you return to the Razor Crest you opened the childs pram and scooped him out, holding him against your chest. You hated that he had to see that kind of violence, the kind that you grew up with, it wasn’t fair to him. He cooed, grabbing your attention, Eat.

“Hungry huh? Let’s fix that.”

Mando watched as you set him down on one of the crates in the belly of the ship.

“How can you tell he’s hungry?”

“Can’t you hear his little stomach growling? It’s like an engine!” You lied

You grabbed something for the kid to eat out of the cooling unit and making your way back over to him. Mando went up the ladder to fly you to your next destination, as you fed the kid he gargled and smiled at you. It wasn’t right to lie to him, but what else could you do, he would never believe you. You felt the ship lift off from the planet and out of the atmosphere, you’d have to tell him eventually…

[kermodeiiii]

Forgive Your Heart

Chapert 5: Even

Summary: How will you escape Nevarro?

A/N:Sorry for the short chapter :')

Masterlist

“What are you doing here…?” Your voice was still hoarse.

“Repaying my debt”

“So now’s when you decide to get that fixed?”

He holds out his hand for you to take “Let’s go, we're leaving.” as you reach out to take it, stepping closer to him, your legs nearly give out as the wall no longer supports you. The Mandalorian steps forward and you land on his armored chest “Are you Injured?” he lifts you to stand straight by your biceps, he's treating you so gently now, where's that rude bounty hunter? You feel against your plump stomach, finding where he struck you, it was nothing serious, no bleeding but it will bruise.

“I’ll be fine, but I’m not sure if I can keep up with you like this.”

He looked back towards the door, the sound of more storm troopers marching filled your ears, your mind began racing again. How will we get out? Will he leave you? Where’s the kid-

“-Woah!” In one swift movement the Mandalorian bent down, wrapping his arm around the bend in your knees and stood, throwing you over his shoulder, there he was. You couldn’t help the flush that made its way across your face, he didn’t even grunt when he stood. How strong is this man?! He handed you your blaster, he must’ve found the trooper who took it. “Can you still shoot?”

“Yeah?”

“Then watch my back.”

You nodded and held the blaster firmly in both hands, he stepped out into the hallway after making sure the coast was clear. A trooper rounded the corner and into your sights, before he could even aim you fired, hitting him in the neck. The Mandalorian made his way through the building to the exit, now you could see just how many troopers he had taken out, some were piled on top of one another. As he stepped out of the building he was met with three storm troopers opening fire, he ducked into an alley and crouched, putting your feet back onto the pavement.

“We need to get to my ship.”

“What’s the plan?”

He looked out of the alleyway, a blaster shot just barely missed his helmet, you could tell there were cogs turning in his head. “You aren’t safe on Nevarro anymore.” maybe it was the lack of sleep or maybe it was just this man's personality but you were ready to throttle the next person you saw.

“You’re so observant.” You couldn’t help your sarcasm. He turned his helmet to look at you, soaking in your comment. “What should I do then?”

“You could find someone willing to take you to another outer rim planet and spend a while in hiding from the empire.”

“That's not a great pla-”

“I wasn’t finished; you could hide on an outer rim planet or, you could come with me.”

“Why would I do that?”

“The kid needs someone to take care of him, and you’re a talented medic, I could use one of those.”

You went quiet thinking to yourself, on one hand you had made a life for yourself here, it wasn’t much in fact it was very little. On the other hand you could join the Mandalorian as an onboard medic, you’d get to see the kid, you’d see and do so much more than just Nevarro. Not to mention the bounty hunting, he’d need help eventually, and you were getting rusty it was almost perfect. Your head moved from side to side until you eventually told him your answer.

“Alright Mandalorian, it’s a deal, but I have to get something from my place before we leave.”

“That’ll be tricky.”

“Trickier than busting into an imperial building?”

His silence spoke volumes, your strength was coming back through adrenaline, stepping closer to the corner of the alley you fired two shots hitting both of the troopers you were aiming at. With only one more trooper left, the tin can took it upon himself to take him out. He followed you as you ran down the streets, until finally you came up to your apartment. You barged in, the Mandalorians blood still in your hallway and streaking into the living room. You made your way into your room and to the closet, there was a bag already made and waiting for you. You could never be too cautious on Nevarro. Slinging the bag over your shoulder you met him at the doorway “Ready now?”

You only nodded, he started walking and you trailed after him staying on alert in case any stray troopers came your way. A sense of dread over took you and you turned around, a platoon of stormtroopers were marching toward you two. “Move it!” You pushed the Mandalorian urging him to move faster, as he picked up speed you turned and fired 3 shots. Only two of them hit, man you really were rusty, you turned back around and sprinted after him.

Once you both made it onto the ship you started looking for the kid, where did his pram go? Blaster shots rang out and the ramp closed. The Mandalorian quickly climbed the ladder up to the cockpit, you followed after him. He sat in the pilot’s seat straight ahead of the doorway, the child was in the co-pilot’s seat to your left, his big eyes widened when he saw you. You grinned and lifted him into your arms.

“Miss me little man?”

He gurgled and grabbed at your face and hair, Happy, you sat down and strapped yourself in holding the child tightly to you. As you were preparing for departure you thought to yourself and spoke your thoughts, telling the Mandalorian your name.

“Is there anything else I can calm you besides ‘Mandalorian’?”

He stayed quiet, flicking switches and pulling up on the controls, the ship hovered over ground as the landing gear retreated into the body of the ship. He didn’t respond until you were in the atmosphere.

“Most just call me ‘Mando’, that works fine.”

“What about the child?”

“He doesn’t have a name.”

Grogu. The thought rang in your head and you looked down at the child, he only smiled and cooed. It’s best not to talk about it, you thought to yourself, at least for now.

“So where are we headed?”

“I need some help finding where the kid is from, we're meeting a man named Koresh.”

Soon you were launched into hyperspace, the child was drifting off in your arms, you couldn’t help but do the same. You've been up all night and almost all day now, you needed rest, but before you dozed off you could see the gleam in the Mandalorians' helm change. The corner of his visor was now focused on you and the child, did he ever let his guard down? Your thoughts floated away as unconsciousness washed over you.

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Forgive Your Heart

Chapter 9: The Crash

Summary: On a better lead to find more Mandalorians, Mando needs to ferry a passenger, with very important cargo.

A/n: This is a bit longer thank my regular chapters, hope you enjoy.

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You were almost back to the ship before the speeder tipped forward and you were launched into the air, Mando recovered quickly switching his jetpack on, you weren’t as lucky landing on your stomach. When you raised your head to see what had caused the speeder to tip, you saw bounty hunters attacking Mando, and a smaller figure going for the kid.

You stood and grabbed your spear, launching it just short of the child, a warning for the small alien, the spear landed sticking out of the ground and drawing the attention of another bounty hunter. He rushed you, it was clear he wanted to take you down quickly, he reached out to grab you, you grabbed his forearm and used his own momentum against him, throwing him hard over your shoulder. He landed hard against the adjacent rock, you might’ve killed him, but he shouldn’t have gone after the child. Your eyes landed on the kid being held by the small alien, with a knife pointed at him, you were about to walk closer but Mando put up his hand silently telling you to stop. You did, stopping in your tracks. He started negotiating, you couldn’t speak his language but it seemed he had some high demands. Mando removed his jetpack and the child was set free, he ran to his father who scooped him off the ground as the little alien retreated.

“You okay?” The kid cooed and you rushed over making sure the kid was ok, checking under his little head for any cuts. “Are you okay?” You looked up to the Mandalorian.

“A little bruised but nothing I can’t handle. Am I stitching you up again?”

He shook his head, pressing a few buttons on his arm, and something launched in the distance did a few loops in the air then plummeted back down. He pressed a few more buttons and his jetpack made it back, setting itself on the ground.

With the speeder totaled, you and Mando had to carry your luggage on foot through the deserts of Tatooine, you carried the child and the dragon meat while Mando carried the rest. The journey was long and hot, so so hot, you were afraid you were gonna melt. You couldn’t imagine how hot Mando was under all the armor, probably drenched under all that armor. Your thoughts drifted to the tan skin you had caught glimpses of and imagined it glistening with sweat, all those muscles… You were losing your mind out here! He’s your partner not some eye candy get a hold of yourself! 

Eventually you made it back to the city, it was dark by then but you were thankful for the cool air. “Go ahead and head back to the ship, I’ll meet you there.” You nodded and went back to the mechanics shop, the ship was still wide open so you didn’t need Mando to open it. You set the Krayt meat down on one of the unused boxes in the shop, and took the child out of the satchel, sitting him on the ground. He cooed, grabbing your leg Hungry. You giggled sitting down next to him.

“You’re always hungry, you know that?” He climbed into your lap and sat there, waiting for his dad to return with the mechanic. “Once they’re back we're gonna cook up that meat, sounds yummy right?” The kid pats your legs in a haphazard rhythm, excited to eat and to see his father.

When they both came back Peli had one of her droids prepare the meat for all of you, the child watched in awe and you swore you saw drool drilling down his chin while you stood next to him.

“Alright the contact will lead you to the Mandalorian covert, in return, she needs transport through the system.” Mando nods and asks for additional information “Well… there is one small skank in the scud pie, no hyperdrive.” You speak before Mando.

“Moving fast through the system is the only thing keeping us safe right now.”

“She’s right, the deal's off.”

“Now hold on you two, there are mitigating circumstances.”

“What do you mean by ‘mitigating’?” You could hear the agitation in Mandos' voice. Peli motioned for someone to come out of the shadows, an alien with something on her back you couldn’t make out.

“I’m not a taxi service.”

“I know, I know, I hear you. But I can vouch for her.”

The alien speaks in her mother tongue, yet another language you couldn’t understand, and by the looks of it neither can Mando. Peli translated for you telling you both it was her spawn, and if she flew with hyper drive it would kill them and be the end of her line. Once they were done talking the alien went up the ship's ramp with the child trailing her, you scooped him up and whispered to him.

“Don’t even think about it.” He looked up at you with the most innocent eyes, you weren’t fooled that easily. You carried him up to the cockpit following the alien, and sitting in the co-pilot's chair, putting the kid in your lap. “Stay here, don’t cause trouble.” Mando joined you two not long after, initiating the launching sequence. The Crest roared to life and exited the atmosphere of Tatooine, you didn’t notice the child had gone missing during takeoff, the shaking of the ship must’ve distracted you. While Mando was trying to communicate with the woman alien, you descended the ladder into the hold of the ship, finding the kid eating one of the eggs.

“No no no, that’s not food, we don’t eat that!” He whines as you lifted him off the tank and closed the lid. “Those are very important, you can’t eat them.” Mando slides down the ladder.

“What’s wrong?”

You hand him the child whispering “The little womp rat was eating her eggs, we need to keep him far away from them.” Mando sighed and put the kid in his little hammock above his bunk.

“You should get some rest, it will be a while before we get there.” He climbed into the bunk with the kid and shut the door, leaving you alone in the hold. He was right, there wasn't much to do besides sleep, you grabbed your bag to find anything to use as a blanket. You hesitated for a moment before pulling out something you had nearly forgotten you had, it was a gift from your home planet, from your mother. It was a fur lined cloak, made for your home planet's extreme weather, it would definitely keep you warm in this cold ship. You propped your bag against your back and leaned on the wall, curling up with the cloak draped over you, and for the first time in a long time you fell asleep easily. 

It had only felt like seconds of sleep but it was more like hours, you were snapped away by alarms blaring and red lights flashing, Mando exited his bunk and went up to the cockpit. You were still a bit groggy but you went to check on the kid, he was still asleep. You could hear muffled voices coming from the cockpit, what was happening up there? You were about to go up the ladder when the ship lurched, slamming you against the wall, you didn’t hit your head too hard but it woke you up enough to notice the kid wobbling over to the tank of eggs. Just as you slid across the floor to get to them the Crests engine turned off and you started falling, you grabbed them both wrapping them in the cloak to protect them from the hard metal of the ship. When the ship leveled out you hit the ground hard, the breath leaving your lungs. Just when you thought it was over, after sliding across the planet's surface, you felt the ground give out beneath the ship. Your head collided with one of the pipes on the wall, your vision faded to black and everything disappeared.

 In your barely conscious state you felt something warm on your cold face and a deep voice calling your name, it sounded worried. The Mandalorian was holding you upright on the floor trying to get you to wake up, one of his hands was cradling your cheek as he shook your shoulder. Your eyes fluttered open and it was blurry at first, the light coming in from the hole in the ship doing nothing to help the concussion you knew you had. You reached up to rub the back of your head, finding it wet you hissed and pulled your hand back looking at it, there was blood on your palm.

“Stay here alright? And stay awake.” He sounded gentle but stern as he went to go find the kid, his voice echoed in your head to stay awake but it was hard when your eyes were so heavy. Your eyes drifted down where the egg tank should’ve been, you knew the kid would do this, little womp rat. When Mando returned with the child and the tank, he kneeled next to you and sprayed the wound making you hiss.  “It’s only bacta, it’ll heal in a few hours.”

He says it like you haven’t been the one that’s a medic for years, the concussion doesn’t stop the little glare you give him when he brings over a small heater. When the woman alien comes down to reunited with her eggs, and be close to the warmth of the heater you speak.

“What do we do now?”

“The main power drive is not responding, and the hull has lost its integrity. The temperature will drop significantly when night falls.” He lays out a blanket next to you “I’ll have a better read on what to do at that time.” the frog lady protests, you could tell without knowing the language that something was wrong. “I’m sorry lady, I don’t speak frog. Whatever it is can wait till morning.” You saw the scared look in her eyes before she took off her cloak wrapping it around the tank. You unfastened the latch of the cloak off your shoulders and held it out for her to take, she looked nervous and confused.

“They need it more than I do.” You gave her a soft smile, and she took it, it was big enough for her to wrap around her and her eggs. You couldn’t tell what she said after but you were hoping it was at least a ‘thank you’, without your cloak you could feel just how cold the ship had gotten. You shivered wrapping your arms around yourself, Mando noticed this, he laid his hand on your thick waist and dragged you closer to him. You were about to say something when he spoke first.

“Sleep.” 

Red dusted over your cheeks as you laid your head on the Mandalorians shoulder, even though the armor itself was cold you could feel his body heat from under the flight suit. You hummed mumbling under your breath "You're an okay cuddler". He was warm, his hand stayed around your waist keeping you close, you put your hands close to his side to keep them warm and curled into him and fell asleep next to him. 

You stayed asleep longer than you had thought, when you woke everyone was out of the ship and your cloak was draped over you again. Why did she give it back? You heard rumbling in this distance, was it your concussion or was Mando fighting another dragon? When you looked out of the hole in the ship you saw Mando holding the kid and the frog lady running from a hoard of Krykan, you always hated how those things looked in books now you were seeing the real thing and hated it even more. You ran to the cockpit and started the engines, they sputtered and roared to life, Mando took over the controls once the doors were closed and everyone was safe. You thought you were going to make it as the Crest ascended upwards, but that hope died when a giant Krykan landed on top of the ship. You held the child close, shielding his eyes from the ugly creature as it tried to break through the glass. You thought all was lost until blaster shots caught your attention, the beast fell off the ship and Mando exited the ship to see who was helping them. You whipped off the windshield to find two New Republic X-Fighters shooting the stray Krykan off the ship, were they what caused you to crash land? They left before you could go out and ask questions, leaving you confused. 

Mando explained he’d only be able to repair the cockpit but not the main hull, the ship could make it to Trask but barely. You helped him with the repairs as you could, finding leaks in the windshield or fixing frayed wiring. When the ship was ready for take off you held the child in your lap as the old Razor Crest came to life again, it was unsteady and unsafe, you were sure one of the thrusters would give out by the time you made it there.