#*Kix crying next to him* ‘why are you talking like that you sound so stupid’

[chaoticvampirejedi]

Ghosts of 79's

Summary: You loved your job as a bartender at 79's, but times have changed. Now the clones, loyal to the Empire, stopped coming here, so the bar had to be sold. You decided to come there one last time and say goodbye to this place. There, you can't stop thinking about the clones, the nights you spent here, and your relationship with Rex.

Pairing: Rex X GN!reader

Word count: 1947 (it was supposed to be under 1000 words)

Warnings: light angst, drinking, alcohol use, mentions of war and characters death

Tags: @ladykatakuri @hellothere-generalangsty @twinkofthedink (if I confused something and you didn't want to be tagged please let me) know

It has never been so quiet in this place before. No music. No laughter. No sound of feet clumsily dancing on the floor. 79's looked like a miserable shadow of itself. Unnaturally silent and empty. There was this old saying on Coruscant that every bar has its heart that keeps it alive. If that was true, 79's had definitely lost its own. It was almost unbelievable how abruptly things have changed. 

And who could have expected it? you thought, looking at the blue illuminated bar counter where you used to make drinks every night; right now these nights felt like from another life.

You had no idea why you came here today; you didn't work here anymore. No one did. But you couldn't just leave this place without saying goodbye to it. Not after all these nights. Your gaze shifted at one of the tables and for a second you could have sworn that you heard familiar voices shouting "To the 501st!".

The 501st Legion. Your favorite clones in white and blue armors that always seemed to have the craziest ideas. You smiled thinking about them. Memories came back. Good memories. 

"Look who's here! The best bartender on Coruscant!," you used to hear often. It was usually Fives who greeted you this way. He and Tup loved to talk with you. Usually about their missions and battles; you loved those stories, their lives seemed so fascinating compared to yours. Surprisingly they had a different opinion on this.

"Ok, enough about us," Tup said once. "Y/N, and how about you? Tell us something interesting!"

"Me? Interesting?" you laughed. "Listen, my life is more boring than a broken droid. I have nothing interesting to tell you."

"Oh, come on!" Fives almost fell from his stool, he definitely had drunk too much that evening. "You work in the clone bar! I bet Tup's hair you have so many good stories! Just tell us something! Anything!"

And so, after a moment of thought, you told them; you told them about that one time you accidentally found one clone and your friend kissing in the bathroom. And then you told them about another fun day at your work. And another. And another. The three of you had such a great time that before you knew it your shift was over, but even then you stayed at the bar; you had too much fun to just go home. You smiled thinking about that day, the day you realized that maybe your life is not as boring as you thought. 

You never found out how exactly Fives and Tup died, for some reason, no 501st trooper wanted to talk about their deaths and you decided to respect it even though it wasn't easy for you. 

Now, looking at the empty stools you were wondering, if you will ever find such wonderful customers, again. Probably not. Fives and Tup were special.

You looked away and your gaze fell on the stairs that led to the upper floor of the bar now unlit and shrouded in the darkness. You chuckled, unable to suppress your smile as you remembered how you once slow danced on them with Kix. He had always seemed to be calm and sensible, and yet a few months ago he surprised you with this silly idea. 

"Come on! Just one dance and then you can go back to work!" his hand gently grabbed your wrist. "I have to prove to Jesse that I'm not boring! I'm a good dancer. I promise you won't fall!"

He was right. You didn't fall. You both did.

And even if this incident left you with a sprained ankle, you couldn't stay angry with the medic for long. Especially since it was he who introduced you to Rex.

Rex…

Suddenly your smile disappeared.

He almost never visited 79's, but the others used to talk about him so often that when he finally showed up at the bar you recognized him immediately.

"So you're the bartender my medic fell down the stairs with," the blond-haired clone said when he heard your name.

"Oh, so you've heard about me," you laughed, pushing a drink towards him.

"Well... Let's say this story has become very popular, right Kix?" Rex turned to look at his friend, but he wasn't there anymore. "Kix?"

"It looks like this place is dangerous for him." something about Rex made you feel relaxed and in a joking mood. "First the stairs, and now he has just disappeared. Maybe you should go after him because who knows what will happen next? Murderous bathroom door?"

Rex chuckled and you couldn't help but think how cute he is when he's amused.

"Kix can take care of himself," he said, slowly turning the glass in his fingers. "He'll be fine. Besides..." he looked at you and smiled. "I really want to hear your version of that story."

After that evening his visits at 79's became more frequent. He never drank too much and spent most of his time talking with you. Soon you realized that you were looking forward to these meetings. Rex was… different from any other clone you've met before. Neither in a bad way, nor in a good way. He was just different.

There was something special about him and you couldn't explain it, but every time you saw him you felt happy and every time he had to leave you felt sad. And of course, you had been flirting with him; both of you knew you liked each other. Actually, everyone knew it, you weren't very discreet with it.

Then why didn't you do something about it sooner? you've been torturing yourself with this question for a long time, still unable to find the right answer.

Were you too shy?

Or maybe too scared that for him it was just casual flirting?

Now all these doubts seemed ridiculous. Everything was lost anyway.

Once again you looked at the counter bar and took a deep breath. You slowly stood behind it with your hand running over its cold and unusually clean surface. That was it. Right now, you were standing in the same place you last spoke to him. You stared at the empty seat in front of you, wondering what you told him then that made him laugh so much. 

It was some joke about a droid and a Separatist, so stupid and childish that for one awkward second you thought Rex will be disgusted, but apparently he didn't mind. Instead, he just leaned toward you with a smile on his face.

"I have to tell you…" he was so close you could feel his breath on your cheek. "Thank you for this evening. I'm glad that I came here today. I really am."

"Wait," you almost knocked off a drink that you had just prepared for one of the customers. "Are you trying to tell me that you're leaving? Now?"

It was still quite early and you hoped that he would stay here for at least two more hours.

"Yeah. Tomorrow's a busy day". 

You knew what that meant; tomorrow he will leave Coruscant once again.

"I see…" you mumbled, avoiding his eyes. There was no point in asking him when he would be back. No one knew it. "Well… Good luck then."

"Thank you." a weak smile appeared on his face. There was an awkward silence between you as there was nothing more to do or say.

"So… Goodbye." 

"Goodbye." Rex was clearly embarrassed. "Please, take care."

"Yeah… You too."

"Always." he took the last sip of his drink and got up from the stool.

It was the moment when something broke inside you.

"Wait!" you grabbed his hand and looked frantically at his surprised face.

"Come with me. To my home. It's not that far from here. I- I'll say that I had an emergency and I have to leave earlier, so we can spend some time together... You know. Alone."

Your own words surprised you, but you didn't want to give up on this, so when you saw that Rex was hesitating you quickly added.

"My bed is very comfortable and I make the best breakfasts on this planet. You'll rest like never before."

"A nice bed and good breakfast you say?" Rex asked flirtatiously and tenderly brushed a stray of hair from your face. He clearly liked this idea. You had already smiled, convinced that he would agree, but then his facial expression changed. He wasn't the man who came to 79's to have fun and flirt with the bartender, anymore. He was a soldier. Loyal to the Republic and seriously taking the role assigned to him.

"No. Sorry. I can't." his hand slipped from yours. "Not today. Next time. I promise"

Next time.

But the next time has never come. You had been making drinks for so many clones, waiting for him but he never went through 79's doors again. Weeks and months passed and the 501st still didn't come back. You had been wondering how they were doing. Were they safe? Were they alive? Was he alive? Everyone had been talking that the war was coming to an end, so you let yourself believe that you would meet him again soon. 

And then one day ruined everything. The Republic had fallen. Jedi had become traitors and clones…

You still couldn't understand it. Suddenly all clones have become imperial soldiers. Why? How? You knew them. They were loyal to the Republic and Jedi. Not to the Empire. Nothing made sense anymore. 

That feral day also changed 79's forever. All clones stopped coming here and the rest of the Coruscant didn't want to spend any time in the "clone bar". Especially after recent events. The owner didn't hesitate for long; he sold the bar as soon as he realized that 79's couldn't be saved. 

A single tear dropped on the counter. You promised yourself you wouldn't cry, but you couldn't help it. This place meant a lot to you and what? You were supposed to leave it behind, just like that? You knew you wouldn't be working here forever, but this? This wasn't supposed to happen. You were supposed to celebrate the end of the war with Rex, not standing here alone and thinking that he was…

He's dead. an uncomfortable thought crossed your mind. Kriff. He's dead.

You tried with all your mind not to think about it, but you knew it was true. Rex would never betray his Jedi. He would disobey the given order. And if he did… Well. You knew what was the fate of every traitor. He was dead and it was high time you admitted it.

"Hey, you! I'm kriffing talking to you! Are you done standing there like a drunk Jedi withou lightsaber?" a sharp female voice snapped you out of your thoughts. 

You looked around in surprise and saw a woman in the doorway. Her face showed impatience.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, arm crossed.

"Sorry," you muttered. "I-I'm just… I worked here and…"

"Oh, great. Another sentimental clone lover who came here to think about the past. I'm sorry time have changed or whatever. Now, get out of here!"

Any other day, you would have said something mean to her, but not today. Today you were too tired and melancholic to think of any snarky reply, so you just wiped away your tears and walked towards the door, stopping only at the exit. You took one last look around the bar, ignoring the murderous glare of the woman.

"Thank you, thank you for everything," you whispered, and with the sound of a closing door, you finally said goodbye to the 79's.

[majorshiraharu]

Clone Imagines

This is mostly just a test for me lol I have no idea what I'm doing XD English isn’t my first language so I’m sorry if there’s some mistakes <.< Anyway, enjoy, feedback and requests are welcome :)

-Clones reacting to Reader crying over a movie 

C/N= Characters Name (as in whatever movie character you choose)

-Cody: Is completely baffled and caught off guard when you randomly start balling your eyes out while looking at your holopad. He looks around to see if anyone was there before going over to comfort you, when he does he asks what you're crying about. Through the tears and sniffling you tell him how this character you really liked “C/N” died in this movie you're watching. The reaction on his face would be something between utter confusion and "did I just hear this correctly" (he's heard of movies only in passing, but never watched one, he has no idea what a character is and thinks it's a person you know lol). Though he's too proud to ask you to explain, instead he goes with a safe and standard reply while putting his arm around you attempting to comfort you, it works.

-Wolffe: While he's working on some reports he hears you failing at hiding the sound of your crying from across the room. He walks over to you looking over your shoulder only to see some figures moving on your holopad, he thinks it might be a recording of people you know. So he asks if you're alright, you try to act tough as to not show weakness around Wolffe (people say he gets annoyed easily so you don't want to do anything to make him annoyed at you, especially since you were crying over a movie when you were supposed to be helping him with reports). You tell him you're fine and that you just got something in your eye, Wolffe is clearly not buying your reply... He rolls his eyes before kneeling down to your level, putting his hand over yours, (it was so warm and gentle it made your heart skip a beat) and then he softly tells you that it's okay and that he's here for you. You try to tell him what you’re crying about but you couldn’t get the words out, he stays there for a while, just looking into your eyes and holding your hand. (You never had the courage to tell him that it was a movie character you were crying about)....

-Rex: He's going to your quarters to pick up a report from you, when he gets to your door and is about to knock he hears you crying. He's not sure what to do, he was never trained for something like this, "should I do a tactical retreat?" he thinks "no, I couldn't do that". About 5 minutes later he's still standing there running through scenarios in his head, mean while you're still crying your eyes out, unaware he’s standing outside. Finally he decides to just knock, you jump from shock and start wiping your tears away as you say "enter". Rex enters your quarters and you're a caught a little off guard, you ask what he needs, he hesitantly mentions the report you promised to have finished. You apologies to him for forgetting that he was going to come by as you reach for the holopad with the report on it. As you hand it over to him he just stands there for a few seconds with a look of concern on his face, he takes the holopad and asks if you're okay. You try to laugh it off and tell him you were just watching a movie where your favorite character C/N just died, a stray tear running down your cheek as you say their name. Rex isn't sure what you're talking about but he knows you're in pain, he reaches his free hand up to your face and wipes away the tear, holding your face for just a few seconds before he pulls his hand down and puts it on your shoulder, telling you the next time he was on leave he'd gladly watch the film with you so you wouldn't be crying alone again, you nod in agreement.

-Echo: While your all on a transport to Coruscant, off to take your leave for a few days from the war, Echo hears you sniffling and looks over to you. Seeing tears streaming down your face he gets worried you were injured or something terrible had happened and that as usual you were too stubborn to tell anyone, but then he notices that you're watching something on your holopad. Noticing that your seem to be crying about something on the screen he's now afraid to bother you.  Though still being concerned for you he puts a hand on your arm, whispering to you, hoping none of his brothers would hear him, he asks if you’re okay, you look at him, shocked he noticed, but delighted to see he cared. You try to get the words out saying your okay, but your failing miserably, letting out some kind of mumbled version before mumbling the words "they killed C/N" without even thinking he takes you into his arms, placing his hand over your back and putting the other on your head, you bury your head in his chest, staying like this until you reach Coruscant. The others pretend not to notice.

-Fives: You're both out drinking at 79's, you two just happened to both be there that night, he was surprised to see you there and wanted to join you, but was too scared too approach you. That is until he notices you shaking putting your hands up in your face, thinking something is wrong he rushes over to you, leaving his drink behind at the bar. As he gets over to the booth you're sitting alone at, he notices you're watching a film on the holoscreen, he makes his presence know by making a joking comment about how he can't believe you started watching this film without him. You look up and kind of blurt out his name surprised to see him standing next to you, making him let out a small laugh in response. He sits down next to you wrapping his hands around yours and making some of his typical corny pick up lines. He ends up ordering you both some drinks as he comforts you after you tell him why you were crying, he makes some jokes, but makes sure not to tease you too much. You both stay there in each others arms watching the next film that started playing.

-Kix: You'd been injured and were in the med bay for a few days, catching up on some movies you missed while off at war with the 501st. Kix hears you crying, immediately drooping his holopad and everything he was doing in that moment to run over to your bedside, thinking your injury reopened or that you were trying to get out of bed again, without his help. He basically comes sliding/crashing into the med room your in with a horrified and worried look on his face. He sees you still in bed and sighed with relief before coming over to your side to check your injury and ask you what was wrong. When he asked why you were crying reaching for the bandages around your injury just to check that it was okay, you grab his hand telling him your injury was fine and that you were crying because of the film you were watching, he looks confused, but relieved that it's not your injury bothering you. You let go of his hand as he sits down on the bed next to you, you try explaining to him how this character “C/N” you really liked died in this film and that you couldn't help but cry, he wonders why you would watch something that would make you so sad, but instead of questioning you he just gives you a kiss on the cheek telling you to remember not to get too stressed since it's bad for the healing process and he offers to stay with you to make you feel better. You two finish watching the film together and sure enough he's crying by the end too.

-Jesse: You two were sitting in a booth at 79's while Rex, Hardcase and Fives were arguing about something, you both had clearly not been paying attention to their conversation, you were watching a film on the holoscreen above the table in the booth while Jesse blankly stared at his brothers in amusement while downing some more of his favorite drinks. He starts to hear your crying over the boys shouting and turns to look at you sitting next to him tears going down your face and falling onto the table you were leaned onto clearly only focused on the film you were watching, he looks at the screen not sure what's going on since he hadn't been watching it, he turns and looks at you again. Taking his one hand off the table and reaching it under the table to put it on your leg, this startles you and you turn to look at him jumping back to reality, tears still going down your face, he moves closer to you so he can hear you over the surrounding sounds of the bar and his brothers shouting. He looks at you with this sweet smirking smile, asking what he missed (referring to the film), you let out a small laugh, amused with his question and the way he said it, this makes him light up and move closer to you. He takes his hand off your leg and puts it around you pulling you in as you two cuddle up and continue watching the film while you tell him what he missed.

-Hardcase: Notices you're sitting alone in the corner of the mess hall facing away from everyone else for some reason, he gets up and goes over too you, not wanting to be alone himself, since all his brothers were too busy with their reports to come to the mess right away. As he approaches you he notices something is wrong, he hurries over to your side wondering why you're crying, he reaches you almost dropping his tray on the table as he bumps his knee into the seating around the table. You look over to see what happened, seeing Hardcase fixing his tray on the table with one hand while holding his knee with the other. He then moves to look at you, for a moment you had forgotten that you were crying, but then you quickly turned away after realizing and you used your arm to wipe away tears before turning back to look at him, with your puffy eyes trying to hold back more tears. He's unsure what to do, how to help you, so he tries to make you feel better by making a joke; "I didn't know you missed me that much, guess I should have come over sooner" he says knowing just how stupid it sounded, but you didn't care, you couldn't help but laugh, making him smile like a little an idiot.  You half-heartedly punch his shoulder as he starts laughing, because of how hard you were laughing, you were unable to stop yourself, his jokes always made you laugh. You two sat there for some time unable to stop laughing, while the rest of the clones in the mess looked at you two confused as to what happened.

-Waxer: He was walking back to his quarters retiring for the night, as he walks by the empty mess hall he hears a faint crying, he stops and waits for a minute wondering if it was just his tired mind making him hear sounds, but as he looks into the mess he sees a figure illuminated by a small light coming from a holopad that was playing something. He walks over cautiously not wanting to barge in on something that wasn't his business, but as he gets closer and closer he realizes the figure is you, he walks over standing next to you as you turn to see who found you. He looks at you while sitting down next to you, never breaking eye contact, you try to wipe away your tears quickly as your realized you still had them running down your cheeks, he reaches his hand up and wipes some away before you can, he tries his best to comfort you as you tell him why you were crying and were all alone in a mess hall (you were watching this film while walking back to your quarters, but this scene in the film came up and you had to duck in somewhere because you knew you’d be a crying mess). When you finish telling him, you say how silly you feel for worrying him all because of a film, he hugs you, holding you gently telling you it was okay and that it’s not silly to cry about something like that. You end up going back to his quarters with him as he doesn't want to leave you in the mess hall alone, you tried to protest but clearly not too hard.

-Boil: Tries to pretend he doesn't hear or see you crying at first, you're both sitting in a hall near the command center of the ship, both waiting for your next orders, it was still a while before you were set to arrive at the destination so you two had decided to just sit and wait near the command center. You try to hide your crying from him, afraid he'd make fun of you, but then he surprises you as he moves closer and just puts his arm around you pulling you closer to him as you move your head slightly to look at him he turns away, he looks embarrassed, which causes you to smile and let out a giggle. He turns his face back to you with a smug smile on his face and then says "made you laugh" making you feel embarrassed in return, you lightly slap his hand away, but hoping it returns, it does, you two sit there in silence looking at each other smiling until an alert comes through your com links and you both rush off together into the command center.