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[sweethearticism]

ᘛᰍ𝅄 ׁ my brother made his ringtone hey daddy by usher

[icarusinterlude]

berry <3

[plainshobbit]

First posted the original version of the this for the 2021 12 Days of Rexsoka event. Was never quite happy with the ending and I think I finally found the extra bits I needed.

Regrets and Second Chances

Rex had never wanted to part ways with Ahsoka. Given the choice he would be by her side at this very moment – and every moment after – until he took his final breath.

But she had made a compelling argument.

They were just too recognizable together.

Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex of the 501st. They had a reputation that spanned the systems.

And the Empire would be looking for them.

Faking their deaths could only last so long.

He had told himself that by parting ways, they were keeping each other safe.

She had been weary of war – the fighting, the death. Ahsoka just wanted to leave it all behind – to slip into an entirely new life. She hadn't said it, but he could tell. He couldn't really blame her.

Rex convinced himself that he had no right to argue that they stay together.

If he did, it would only be for his own selfish reasons.

So he had let her go.

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Rex hadn't been done fighting yet. A part of him had to believe that the Republic could still be saved.

All their lives he and his brothers had been told they were created to fight for and protect the Republic. Instead they had been used to destroy it and enslave its citizens. He had to find a way to make that right.

He would find and free his brothers. Together they would restore the Republic. They could still fight for the Republic and create a safe galaxy again for Ahsoka and those like her.

But Rex had ignored one of the most important lessons he had learned during the years of fighting the kriffing war.

Things were always better when he and Ahsoka stayed together.

Things always went osik'la when they were apart.

And things had.

So many brothers lost!

It still made him sick when he thought about it.

It had broken him.

He had retreated to Seelos with two of the brothers he still had left and they had spent their days slinging for Joopa.

Many a night he had slipped out onto the deck of their modified AT-TE home as his vode slept. Rex would stare up at Seelos' night sky and ponder all the "What if's" . . .

What if he had refused to leave her?

What if together they could have made the difference?

What if together they could have saved his brothers?

What if he'd had the gett'se to tell her how he truly felt about her?

And the years slipped away -- more swiftly for him than most.

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When the VCX auxiliary starfighter touched down outside their AT-TE, Rex wasn’t sure what to think. Seelos was not a place where one expects visitors.

He definitely was not expecting a young Mandalorian woman (in the most colorful armor he had ever seen) and a Lasat. Even more surprising were a Jedi and his young apprentice.

When this extraordinary little group had revealed they had been sent by Ahsoka herself, it wakened hopes he hadn’t let himself acknowledge for a long time.   

After so many lost years, Rex was finally going to see her again. 

He walked into the passage – trying to look like a confident and experienced Captain and not the nervous Shiny he felt like.

It really did feel liked butterflies flapping around madly in his stomach. He'd never understood the expression until this moment.

Hopefully none of them are Sheyash Kyrham.

Then again – if I kriff this up perhaps a touch from “The Yellow Death” would be preferable. 

All thoughts of deadly Mandalorian swallowtails were swept from his mind as the tall figure with blue-striped montrals and elegantly swaying lekku came into view.

There Ahsoka Tano stood.

She was magnificent.

And he was a di'kut.

"You got old?!"

THAT'S your opening line? 

Yep, send in the Sheyash Kyrham.

But Ahsoka took it stride.

She launched herself into his arms and for a split second, Rex thought he might never let her go.

He released her, but he made himself a promise. This time would be different. He wouldn't hide his feelings and he would always be there to have her back.

He'd gotten a second chance, and he wasn't going to let it slip through his fingers.

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Prompts for Day 8: Alone/Regret and Day 9: Fix It/Second Chance.

Originally for the 2021 "12 Days of Rexsoka" event on Tumbler. Also now on Ao3.

Mando’a Reference

The Shyeyash Kyrham or Mandalorian Swallowtail is the invention of author independent_variables (currently known around here as @thesunlikehoney -- Please forgive me for using this in a Rexsoka ficlet, friend!) as featured in the amazing Bly story Butterfly as found on Ao3.

di’kut: fool, idiot, useless individual; context-dependent: can mean jerk, moron, etc.

gett’se: courage, nerve

osik’la: messed up, horrible (impolite)

vode: brother, sister, comrade

[askbloatedbellyblog]

Since I did the others on twitter

Here are the edits I did of actual dialogue for Fate Go with Achilles to molest @dumdumdrawstumtums more.

I'm only getting started in my power.

[enemies-to-friends-to-lovers]

Nanon's ig story update

[luminousjellyfishy]

So, here’s the first chapter of this story I’m rewriting. The original is on Quotev.

Please keep in mind my writing skills aren’t the best.

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Credits:

All Dreamswap characters belong to: @onebizarrekai

Dream & Nightmare belong to: @jokublog

Error belongs to: @loverofpiggies

Ink belongs to: @comyet / @myebi

Cross belongs to: @jakei95

Blue belongs to: Undertale AU Community

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DS Nightmare pov:

So, the Meme Squad and I were heading over to Taco Bell because we had just WASTED a bunch of energy escaping from Justice Reigns.... AGAIN. How many times do we need to escape before they realize it's pointless to keep catching us? We were almost at Taco Bell when my head started feeling a bit weird and I lost my balance.

"Nightmare?" Cross asked. I couldn't focus on my surroundings, when suddenly, there were no surroundings to look at! It was just pitch black.

I heard some faint yelling and I felt my body come in contact with something hard. Did I fall down? I looked around and saw...

Nothing...

Wait.... no, I see this weird, dark teal outline of another skeleton. Although, this guy was putting off a really negative aura.

"Wanna play a game?" I hear a voice, that was seemingly coming from nowhere, ask me. Maybe that weird guy.

Yeah... probably.

When I blink, he's gone.

DS Error pov:

What.

I'm so confused.

Why did Nightmare just pass out like that? This is not normal.

Maybe it was the stress of running away from Dream again?

I turn around and see Cross with Nightmare's phone. He seems to be calling someone? I can't really tell because my eyes are glitching quite a bit due to Nightmare falling unconscious.

"Cross? Why do you have Nightmare's phone?" I asked him. He looked over with a panicking, guilty look on his face.

Lovely.

He called Dream.

I try standing up, but my legs have seemed to have stopped working. Maybe my legs crashed and I didn't? It probably wasn't that, but it was better then thinking that I was gonna pass out too.

That's when my head started feeling all woozy. My legs tangled beneath me, causing me to fall over to the sidewalk.

"E-Error? Are you alright?" Cross asked me.

"No, Cross... I don't feel so good." I respond. Then I felt like I was going to puke, right there and then.

I hear the sirens of the Justice Reigns vehicle and I see Dream flying over here.

But behind them all, I see someone I had never seen before in the life that I remember.

Then I passed out.

[xaelic-voidknight]

..A wolf in sheep’s clothing is more than a warning