#so Cody is put on disciplinary duty against his will

[murdercatsandlaserswords]

I really like these tags by @samspenandsword (sorry for the tag but I didn’t reblog from you initially and I wasn’t willing to re-type my tags 😅)

obi-wan, preparing for a solo mission: and anakin, one last thing. temporary command over the 212th does not mean you can treat them like the 501st. please leave the planning to cody.

anakin: don't worry master, i'm sure the commander and i can work something out

[three days later in the resolute's medbay]

cody: *stares at anakin*

anakin: *stares at cody*

cody: i won't tell him you head-butted the separatist leader while in handcuffs and a blindfold without a lightsaber if you won't tell him i jumped right into that tank of acid to block the drain and disable the cannon attached to it

anakin: you got yourself a deal, commander

[nimsajlove]

This had been sitting on my computer for far to long. Thinking about writing down the moment when they leave and realize that Ahsoka is not with them. This is taking place right after episode 22 of season 3

And please ignore the fact, that I am unable to follow any timeline at all. When I wrote this, I was just checking the order of the episodes, not when they take place in the timeline.

Brothers-AU  Ao3

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"Commander!", it echoed across the hallway and she looked up from the datapad, she had been on the way to bed and had tried to study a bit before. She had become painfully aware of how much more she could learn. What if your helper wasn't a Wookiee? It was Droidbait who interrupted her. He caught up with her jogging, helmet in hand and a relieved smile on his face. "Hey Droidbait, what's up?" She asked and switched off the datapad. "You are well!"

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The last few standard days had been tough for everyone. They had gone back to Coruscant and not gone out again. It was strange, the actually quite passable flight back had seemed so infinitely long to all of them, so quiet and empty. There wasn't a Commander strolling down the hallways laughing. Nobody who stole food from your plate or stalked around corners (something she might be a little too old for). It was just... silent.

Most of the men didn't see the General either, only Rex saw him and when he left the bridge again he kept shaking his head. They sat together over the evening ration and watched him. He looked tired. "Anything new?", Jesse asked and took another bite, the Captain shook his head and ran a hand over his hair. The gesture seemed nervous, maybe there was more tension simmering beneath the surface than he wanted to show. He had a datapad in hand, Cutup tried to catch a glimpse of it and then knitted his eyebrows himself. "Sir, if the General can't track her...", he started and a kick from Kix on his shin silenced him. They all watched in silence until Hevy got up and grabbed a ration. "I'm checking on Fives... Since there's nothing else we can do.“, he muttered, the frustration dripping from his voice. Droidbait could understand him, they were all stuck!

Echo wasn't long gone and now they had lost all trace of Ahsoka Tano! "I'll send Cody a message, maybe he'll know more.", Rex growled to himself and continued typing, the others puffed in defeat. They knew there was nothing they could do! But that was exactly what was bad. Hardcase drummed his fingers on the table uneasily and they could all see Jesse twitching nervously with every third or fourth knock. Then he got up and disappeared in the direction of his bunk. Nobody took it against him, the nervous tics of Hardcase could be exhausting. But now, without the buffer in the form of the girl...

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She grinned broadly at him and crossed her arms. "But of course, what else. You didn't believe that I would let myself get beaten down so easily, didn’t you?", she teased and was a bit surprised that Droidbait laughed, but swayed slightly from one leg to the other. She knew the gesture! "I'm sorry.", she muttered, getting a nudge on the shoulder. She was glad to be back and apperently her brothers seemed to be too. "Make it up to us, by making sure that Hardcase lets us all sleep again."

 Her destination wasn't far away. Droidbait had just been in a small duty, against boredom, as he said. Hardcase, however, was in the quarters and when the door slid open she saw him lying in a bunk. He wasn’t sleeping, she knew his face when he slept and he would never look so tense then. Silently she put her datapad in the first bunk next to the door and crept closer until she threw herself into the bunk with one leap.

She had to laugh when she ripped Hardcase out of his thoughts and he almost fell off the bunk. Then he saw her Montreals, she had hidden her face laughing and he joined in. "You are okay!", he chirped happily and without hesitation he pulled her off the bed and into an embrace. He turned her around once and she giggled before looking at him with sparkling eyes. Damn it, it had only been a couple of days. But only now, when she took the time to think about everything, did she realize how much she missed the clones!

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"Hardcase is so unbearably silent.", Hevy grumbled and watched as Hardcase listlessly took apart his weapon, cleaned it, and put it back together again. The fourth time that day. Cutup sat next to his brother and nodded, he himself passed a tied pile of playing cards from one hand to the other. When the door opened, he almost dropped them.

Rex walked in and sat on his bunk, his nose still in his datapad, and frowned. "Carry on like this and you will have gray hair in three days.", Jesse growled from his bunk and if they hadn't been so tense, someone would have laughed. As it was, they only saw the moment when Rex was tempted to throw something at his brothers, before he remained silent.

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Rex knew she was back. He had it from the General and all the others, but haven't seen Ahsoka again. He didn't really thought about it, she was most likely around looking fort the others. So it was a little unexpected when he entered the empty quarters and eyes looked at him. Lots of eyes that would have shaken slighty if the quarter hadn't been on a planet's surface. Someone had glued bold little googly eyes on every object that was reminiscent of a face. His first instinct was to yell for Fives. But immediately it seeped into him again that since the death of Echo, he did not do much more than survive... When he took his helmet out of the bunk and it also looked at him with two googly eyes, he knew who it was.

"Come out now!", he demanded, nobody showed up. However, there was a crunch from a ventilation grille and he immediately looked up, he met big blue eyes and a big grin. "That's childish, Commander.", he growled and now she forced herself out. Followed by Hardcase, the duo infernale! "I thought you might have missed me.", she grinned broadly and received a blow on the shoulder. "Ow!", she complained, rubbing her upper arm. "What was that for?", she asked. "Book it under disciplinary measures.", he growled, but couldn't hide the laughter in his eyes from her. How then, if he had missed her more than he had noticed until now. "I missed you too.", she grinned and threw her arms around the Captain once, her embrace was warmly returned.