#wererex

[writer1]

A Werewolves Fear.

A/N: I’m back!! Had this finishes yesterday but never got the chance to post it, so happy late halloween everyone! And I’m planning to get some of my requests written since my motivation is back!

“Rex, I’ll be fine.” You assure him once again, hugging the werewolf around the waist and snuggling your head into his stomach. “We still have a month to go, and he’s perfectly healthy.”

“But he’s a werewolf, like me.” Rex says softly, kneeling down and hugging you gently, careful not to squish your large, 8 month baby bump. “What if he hurts you during labour?” 

It was a surprise, finding out you were pregnant. You were on the pill and Rex used protecting but… you’re in that one percent. It’s been a tough pregnancy, especially with Rex and his werewolf instincts. But that’s not what’s happening here. You came home from a shopping spree and poor Rex was shivering on the floor, transformed and terrified. He had a nightmare, snd now the thought of the little werewolf you’re growing hurting you is stuck in his head.

“Rex, look at me.” You cup his furry cheek gently, and make sure he’s looking at you. “The baby and I are fine, and the labour will be fine. I know it.” You wince at a hard kick. Rex frowns, gently rubbing at your belly. “You’re sure?” He asks softly, nuzzling your head. “I just get scared, I’m so excited for the baby to come. Force, you don’t know how excited. I just don’t want to lose you. I can’t, Cyare. I really can’t.”

“And you won’t, because I’m not going anywhere.” You promise, wincing at a kick. “We’re perfectly healthy, all the doctors have says so. Kix has said so, and we both know how much you trust him.”

“I do trust him.” Rex chuckles. “I really do.” He sighs. “And I trust you too, so… I’ll try to relax, it’s just hard.” He says. “So so hard.” A small smile graces your face. “Then let our son and I help.” You lead Rex over to the little nest he’s made for you, part of his werewolf instincts. A big part of them actually. You nudge him to lay down, and he does.

“Cyare… what are you doing?” Rex asks gently, not sure what you’re planning.

“I want to cuddle with my husband.” You say, laying yourself heavily onto his chest, you have to move around to get comfy with your big belly but once you are, you sigh happily and sink into your husbands fur.  Rex gently wraps his large arms around you, smiling softly. “This is very much helping, my love.” He coos, voice a growl as usual with his werewolf form. 

“I love you.”You kiss his chest gently. “I love you too, Rex.” You whisper to him, love present in your voice.  You’re tired though, eyes drooping. You’ve gotten in the stage of pregnancy where sleep is hard to come by.

“You sleep, baby.” Rex says gently, licking your head and pulling a blanket over the both of you, cuddling you close and rubbing your belly. He knows what helps you sleep, has it all mentally written down. Rex loves to help whenever and wherever he can. You yawn and snuggle closer, closing your eyes and letting yourself drift off. You completely relax and a peaceful look falls over your facial features. Rex sighs. “Oh Cyare, my love.” He rubs your back, willing to lay there as long as it takes for you to get your rest. Tags: @captainrexisboo @pro-fangirls-unsocial-life

[pro-fangirls-unsocial-life]

Were!Rex but instead its this puppy running around the ship looking pissed

[pinkiemme]

With so much WereRex content I tried to draw him, he’s such a good boy 🥺💕

Tagging all of you, this is my way of saying thank you for all that amazing content you write!! @writer1 @bad-batch-of-fics @captainrexisboo

[asterian]

Moon beast (Captain Rex x reader) (Werewolf au)

Summary: Rex got bitten by a strange creature during a mission, leaving him wounded and unexpectedly transforming him into a beast.

Words: 2.3k

A/n: Hi, this was a request but Tumblr has been messing with my post and deleted some asks. Well, anyways, this was really fun to write and I hope you like it as much as I do. As always thanks for reading.

It was almost midnight when it all started.

The boys had returned from the battlefield a couple of hours ago, defeated and wounded.

The mission to liberate the planet from separatist occupation turned out to be a trap, leaving as its consequences the loss of at least half a battalion of troopers and a whole squadron of starfighters.

Rex was among the wounded, bitten by some sort of beast. And now, as he rested in the medbay, he felt … strange.

Something was off.

He could feel it in his bones, he could feel them moving, growing. He felt how every inch of his body burned hotter than mustafar lava. This was no good. He felt dizzy and soon allusions started to fill his mind giving him glims of images of the woods, the moon and a beast with sharp teeth and killer eyes. 

Rex shook his head in a desperate attempt to get rid of the images that haunted his mind, grabbing the sheets trying to hold all the pain he was feeling and regain some of the control of his body but instead felt his own nails digging on the flesh of his palms. The world around him started to get blurry and all Rex could feel was pain, it was like something was destroying him from within.  

A new and more powerful wave of pain ran through his body, enough to make him finally lose all the control as a scream left his throat. Then everything turned black.

At the other side of the ship, you were working on a very damaged y-wing, doing your best to repair the poor piece of metal that used to fly, but your mind was in another place, you were worried about Rex. He was wounded and alone in the infirmary, exhausted after the mission. You wished you could be there with him.

Suddenly the sirens of the hangar went on, getting you out of your thoughts.

Everyone on the hangar started to question if the ship was under attack since no one gave the "Battle stations" order, then the voice of Admiral Yularen came through the speakers:

"Attention to all stations. There has been a security break at the medical bay, the intruder is armed and dangerous. If you spot it, shoot to kill! I repeat, there has been a security break…."

"Rex" was all you could say before rushing to the medbay. 

Your  head was plagued with horrible scenarios about what could have happened as you ran through the maze that was the Resolute. Wishing nothing had happened to him, hoping he was safe.

When you arrived at the medbay you were greeted by destruction. Everything was broken and there were sharp claws marked on the walls. What kind of thing could leave such marks?  Well it certainly wasn't a battle droid. 

You desperately searched for any remaining troopers in hopes to find your beloved Captain, without luck.

You were about to keep looking for Rex when the lights went off.

The darkness only lasted a few seconds before the emergency lights came in, followed by the sound of blaster fire and clones screaming, not far from where you were. 

Something was killing the soldiers, something dangerous, something wild.

Fear spread through your body and unconsciously ran in the opposite direction, turning in every corner that came your way, trying to put as much distance  as possible between you and whoever was on board. But it was useless.

The monster was chasing after you, just like a hunter after its prey.

Your feet tripped over something, making you hit the hard durasteel of the floor. As you tried to get up you heard steps approaching along with a growl that send panic to your whole self. Gathering all your courage, you turned around as slowly as you could and then you saw it.

Big sharp teeth sticking out of its mouth, if that could be called a mouth; claws as sharp as a vibroblade that matched with the marks you saw on the medbay; the monster was covered from head to toe in a soft white fur and had bright golden eyes that seemed threatening yet familiar. At first glance it looked like a loth-wolf but then it stood on two legs, like a human would. It was as tall as a Wookie, maybe a bit taller but twice as menacing.

You were frozen in your place, incapable of moving and afraid to do so.

The beats took a couple of steps towards you, hunger and murder on its eyes. "This is it" you thought.

But then when it was mere inches from you it stopped, looking at you instead with kindness and compassion almost in a tender way. 

The killer eyes you saw seconds ago were replaced with a pair of loving ones.

Something was in front of you, it was a beast, a monster, yet in his eyes all you could see was a human, a lover. 

Rex.

Your eyes widened open at the realization. It was him, but how? Your hand unconsciously reached to touch his face but before your hand could get close to him a blaster shot came out of nowhere almost hitting Rex's shoulder, causing him to let out a roar that sent shivers down your spine.

"No!" You screamed. "Wait!"

Soon more troopers came storming the hallway, blasting your lover who desperately ran away.

You tried to go after him but were stopped by an arm around your waist. 

"Hey, easy there, (y/n)." you heard Jesse say as you struggled to get out of his grasp. 

"Let me go!" 

"That thing is dangerous" he said pointing in the direction Rex was seconds ago.  

"He's not!" you barked at him, "Jesse, please, let me go!" you cried out.

"The kriff is wrong with you?" 

"You don't understand." you told him finally break free, "It's Rex"

Jesse looked at you confused and surprised for a moment, not really knowing how to process the information you gave him. 

"What?" He asked.

"It's Rex, Jesse, I know it"

"No. That's impossible, it can't be him."

"You have to trust me." You begged

"How…" he was interrupted by another trooper that came running from the hall.

"Sir, we just received a report from the other sectors, there are no signs of the animal" informed the trooper. 

Jesse's gaze traveled from the trooper to you.

"Go to an escape pod" he told you."And leave as soon as possible."

"But-"

"Go!" he ordered you before turning back to his brothers, ready to command. "Alright, that thing is somewhere in the ship, there are a lot of places where it could be hiding" he told them "our priority is find it and execute it before it kills someone else." 

You paralyzed in your place. They were going to kill Rex, his own brother and they didn't even know it was him. The idea of losing him made you realize you had to find him before they did. 

A thousand questions started running through your head, questions such as Where in the world could he be? Where he could be hiding? Where to start looking? 

The answer was clear as kyber crystal. 

The place where you and your beloved Captain found each day, a place without cameras, away from curious eyes, a place where you could share your love without worrying about being caught.

"He must be there." you thought and hurried to that place that saw your love bloom.

When you arrived you found him curled into a ball, leaning against the wall, protected by the shadows. He seemed conflicted, as if he was battling with himself and the wolf, fighting over control.

It was heartbreaking seeing him like this but it was a relief knowing he was fine.

"Rex?" 

He looked at you, growling a bit and baring his teeth, a warning to stay away. 

"It's okay" you said softly "I'm not gonna hurt you" you raised your hands to prove you were unarmed "See? It's me, (y/n)."

He seemed to recognize you, and slowly, Rex started to calm down a bit.

You took one, maybe two steps towards him. He backed off.

"It's fine, you can come out now" you encouraged him, extending a hand for him to take. Nothing.

The more you tried to touch him or get near him, the more he retreated. 

"Love, please, I need to get you out of here before someone else find you"

Rex shook his head in response, getting further away from you. Was he afraid of you? 

He had killed his own brothers, murdered them without hesitation. Even though he was unconscious most of the time, he knew what he was doing, he knew what this new form could do and how dangerous it was.

Rex wasn't afraid of you, oh no, he was afraid of himself, of the monster he became. 

"It's okay, you are not going to hurt me" you told him as if you knew what was going on in his head. "I trust you"

The captain looked at you for a moment, and then he let you get closer to him.

Your hand carefully traveled all along his arm, feeling the soft texture of his fur, all the way to his large new face. Recognising and memorizing every detail of this new version of him, it felt familiar. His hazel eyes focused on you until they started to slowly close as he began to relax under your touch.

You kept gently stroking his head, the beating of your hearts softly echoing on the room. And for a moment the world outside seemed to fade away, the chaos of the Resolute, the clones screaming and running around, all of that disappeared. It was just you and him, human or wolf, you loved him.

You looked at him for a moment before pulling him into a tight hug. His fur trickling on your face made you smile but then you felt yourself melting under his warmth, closing your eyes and enjoying the moment.

"I love you, Rex" you mumbled against his chest, "I love you with all my soul and I want to be with you in this form or any other, it doesn't matter." you assured him, feeling the way his heart beated against yours. "I'll love you just the same, I promise"

The captain felt his heart full of love and hope. He was worried that you might have been scared of him, or that you might never want to see him because, who could love a monster like him? Now that he was one. Just the fact that you were there with him  made him feel loved and for that  he couldn't be more thankful, but he also couldn't help but wonder, what did he do to deserve someone as caring and loving as you. 

The fears and insecurities left his body and were replaced with peace, love. And as those negative thoughts left he felt the beast leaving too. He felt his body slowly changing, not painfully as the other time but more natural. Human again.

"I love you, cyare" 

His voice took you by surprise.

You were so immersed in your thoughts and his warmth that you didn't notice that he had changed, shifted back to his normal form.

"Rex." you breathed, looking at him, tears starting to form in your eyes as you placed a hand on his cheek. 

"Hello, love." he said simply, earning a little giggle from you. He pulled you close and rested his forehead on yours, and finally you felt the tears rolling down your face.

He looked exhausted and sick, like he could faint in any second.

Your beloved Captain began to shiver with the absence of the fur that a few minutes ago covered his body, leaving him now naked and exposed to the coldness of the ship. You noticed the fresh little scratches and bruises that decorated his tanned skin. You couldn't even imagine what kind of hell he went through.

You stayed like this a few minutes, before he spoke again, blame and sorrow dancing on his tone.

"It was my fault" His voice cracked. "I knew what I was doing while I was that beast, I just couldn't stop. And now my brothers are gone." His gaze traveled to the floor and you saw a tear rolling down his cheek. "I could have hurt you too."

"(Y/n), how many brothers did I-"

"No, Rex, don't do that" you stopped him, "it wasn't your fault"

"Rex-" you murmured, placing a hand on the side of his face.

"I would never forget myself if anything happens to you because of me." He told you, his hazel eyes looking right into yours.

"Hey, it's okay" you assured him, "I know you would never hurt me, don't worry about that"

"But what if that thing comes back? What if I can't control it? What if I'm not able to snap out of it again?"

"Hey, hey, easy" you said "Look, I don't have the answers for that, I have no idea what caused this or how to get rid of it, I don't even know what to do." It was true, you had more questions than real answers yet you wanted to be there for him no matter what.

"We'll figure a way to control this, okay?" You murmured gently stroking his face, meaning every single word. "Whatever this is, we're going to face it, together."

[writer1]

I love this!!!!

@ahsokatano-thetogruta

[polarspaz]

Can you please answer my ask about using your Werewolf art to link in my fic, it was a big inspiration for my wererex and I'd like to give you some credit by linking you. I'm so sorry, I'm not trying to bug you or be annoying or anything

No it’s okay, sorry it took so long to respond! I have no problem with you linking it as your inspiration!  And good luck on your fic!

[writer1]

Of course I remember your werewolf fics!!! I still go back and reread them sometimes!

You do!! 👀 I’m glad, it’s been a long time 😂 Sucks, but maybe I’ll give everyone’s treat with a wererex fic.

[writer1]

😂😂😂😂 I absolutely love this, I can't stop laughing

Werewolf: *transforming* You have to go, now! I don’t want you to see me like this…

Human s/o: Don’t push me away! I’m not afraid of you!!

Werewolf: No no I’m just really dumb as a wolf and I don’t want you to see me bark at a mirror for two hours 

[captainrexisboo]

In A Single Night

Here it is, my lads and ladies and lovers. Only six hours after posting the promo lmao. Sitting at 1685 words, this is the first chapter to my WereRex AU (accidentally prompted by this ask), as well as my first installation of my Monster!Clones series (because apparently I have no self control).

This specific AU takes place during some vague historical time period, outside the Star Wars universe. More supernatural and magic than sci-fi. It is a romance! But, I don’t think it’ll be explicit. There will be very loose reminiscing of lovemaking, but no detail will be shared (yet- I mean c’mon, it’s me).

In this chapter, there will be warnings such as: body horror (not gore tho), the act of pinning, An Anxiety Attack, and An Actual Attack (again, no gore), and ANGST

Tag list will be in the replies, let me know if you would like to be added! Thank you all for your support, and as always any comments are welcome!!! Happy reading!!!

Edit: link to pt2

“Rex!”

Your whispered shout cut sharply through the still night air, not daring to be any louder. You’re not sure what you were afraid of, there was nothing in the woods to fear- except for the reason you were there to begin with. The pressure of the task at hand made your head swim, and the anxiety from terror made your hands shake, thinking of what you witnessed, your grandmother’s age-old guidance, and Cody’s blessing, it all came crashing down onto you in frantic waves.

You forced down a breath, the air scratching down your dried throat. Eyes frantic, you glanced in every direction, praying you found him before he found you. Your grip tightened on the rim of the helmet- of his helmet- and you stared into the blue jaig eyes that graced the front of the dome. It was the only bit of armor you brought with you, the most familiar to use, the only other clothes being his nightwear. The entire armored set and flowing blue mantle that he wore about the castle would’ve been too much to carry, too heavy. You needed to be able to move quickly, which was already proving difficult in the dense underbrush of the overgrown forest that he had escaped into, the leaves and low branches making your trek much noisier than you would have preferred. Dried twigs snapped under your boots, and every rustle from a night critter or chirps from various insects made you spin around with shoulders raised, terrified but ready to commit to the mission at hand- bring Captain Rex home.

~

You couldn’t believe it when only hours ago you witnessed the esteemed Captain fall into a frantic heap into the grass, a terrible aching cry ripping from his throat at the edge of town, the giant archway of the tall brick barrier that surrounded the village framing his crumpled body. He had been waiting for you, he had asked to meet under the light of the moon tonight while he was on break from patrol, just outside the town gates. You were about to run to the aid of your lover when something cold ran down your spine. An instinct to stop, stay out of sight- you’re unsure if it was the force of the raw wail or the way he seemed to be moving under his jacket...as if the muscles formed underneath his skin were realigning, morphing, writhing...growing. 

You stood back, frozen, breathless. You couldn’t tear your widening eyes away. Especially when you saw the thick fabric of his pristine white coat begin to tear and rip, partially from the swelling of his form, but also shredding from the clawing of his shaking hands, as if the material were burning him and he needed it off as soon as possible. Underneath, instead of the tanned expanse of scarred skin you thought you knew so well, was a coating of shining blond hair, almost a soft golden in the glinting moonlight. His screaming had subsided, but you could still hear his rough, ragged, deep breathing, even from how far away you were. His grunting and groaning were painful, you could tell his throat was already scarring from the harmful strain of voice, and yet he still found it in himself to howl into the night sky, throwing his head back in a gruesome, bitter ballad to the full moon above you. As the furious sound waned from him, you could see his form slacken in relief. His breathing was heavy, laced with an outraged growling. He moved from being lurched over on his knees to gaining onto his haunches. Where you thought he would be shaky, you noticed him channeling whatever was left of himself into standing up with his signature battle-ready grace. 

He stood tall, like usual...but with an extra two feet added to his height. The blond coating of, not hair, but thick, coarse fur, extended over his limbs, bristling in the cool of the night. His form not only stood taller, but also gave him a wider stance, even with hunched shoulders he was hulking, skin nearly ripping at the sudden growth. He rolled his neck and shoulders back, the sudden crack of settling bones finally bringing your lungs back to life as you took a gasping breath, a single stumbling step backwards- you were too loud. He whipped his head around to face you with a wild snarl, bounding to you, covering nearly two hundred meters in a matter of seconds. You shrieked, falling back onto the uneven cobblestone as he was suddenly on top of you, caging you beneath him in his new massive form, your heart hammering as whimpers stuttered past your quivering lips, his hot breath washing over your face, claws cracking into the hard rock next to your cheeks, threatening to cut at your hair.

His plush, bow-shaped lips curled over to showcase protruding fangs, mere inches away from your face as you flattened yourself against the cold hard ground, practically trying to will yourself beneath the surface before the unthinkable could happen. His face kept most of his shape, nose a little longer, a little pointed upwards, and jaw widened as if to take mauling bites out of anything- no, out of anyone. His normally cleanly shaven face was covered in the same fur as the rest of him, except for where his brows had been. The fur there was almost forming something like a dark mask, making a T-shape over his eyes and nose. All of this you could take in stride as he sniffed over you, you could stand any of this transformation as he kept you trapped below him, but it was his eyes that had you quaking. 

His kind, honeyed stare, the irises that held such adoration and desire for you as you whispered promises of love and devotion to each other behind dark corners and between soft bed sheets- that was gone. No trace of your dearest paramour to be found. Instead it was a fiery golden gaze, a purely carnal type of hunger, and for what you couldn’t be sure. His pupils had shrunk into pinpoints, surveying you like a piece of meat, like a meal. He opened his mouth with a throaty growl, baring his teeth to you even more, craning down to your neck with thick saliva dripping from his maw. As his teeth skimmed over your flesh, just before they could pierce through, is when you finally found your voice, previously dammed from terror, choking out a broken, “Rex, please…”

He paused at his name. Holding over you, as still as the hanging moon, upright ear twitching in response to your begging. Your breath shakes in anticipation, tremors running through your otherwise petrified body. He rears his head back harshly, suddenly, letting out a grim bark, and you screw your eyes shut tight to brace for the searing pain of your ripping flesh...that never comes. After a thick moment of watching the synapses of nerves spark behind your eyelids, you blink them open, slowly shifting up onto trembling elbows just in time to see him disappear into the shadows of the trees.

You’re terrified.

You want to cry.

You don’t understand what’s happening, so you stay lying on the ground, curling in on yourself as you silently sob out his name. You roll to your side, letting fat tears stream down your face, throwing your hand over your mouth as you push out heaving breaths, seeing the sharply pierced stone next to your head, splintering cracks coming from each hole at the force with which they were made. You laid there for what felt like hours, alone, shaking, small under the laughing moon. Emotion wracked through you, storming through your mind and body until you were left rasping for precious oxygen, completely emptied of your tears, the streaks having marked their pathway down your cheeks and neck to under the collar of your shirt.

Something whispers at the back of your mind as you’re coming down from your rush, a suddenly clear vision of your childhood, your grandmother telling you stories of shapeshifting beasts. Simultaneously man and monster, both in body and soul. You had asked her before she tucked you into bed once, while you were throwing on the covers and trying to blink away fatigue to finish the tall tale, “Is there any way to change them back? Aren’t they still human under their fur?”

She looked wistful then, staring out the window of your bedside, looking up into the moon. A sensitive shine came across her gaze, delicately reflecting the candlelight as she spoke so quietly you had to strain to hear her, even in the hush of your bedroom.

“If there’s someone who loves the beast enough, despite knowing their cursed form, underneath the light of the stars they can present the fanged horror with clothes-”

“Clothes? Grandmere, that doesn’t sound very-”

“Very what? Extravagant? Magical?” she chuckled, a little broken, wiping away sitting tears on her lashes, “Child, love is the most magical thing in the world. If it’s love in the purest form, telling the beast to come home, it will leave it’s brutish whims behind and dutifully follow it’s love back to the safety of a warm bed.”

She touched the garish scar you knew hid under her blouse, drawing in a sharp, shaking breath as her fingers traced the marred pink flesh of her shoulder, “If it’s not true… they’ll leave you. They’ll lose their last bit of humanity in that moment. Make you wish you had spared the energy you’d used to find them to begin with.”

You crash back into reality, her warning sitting heavy in your mind. You finally sat up, still in the middle of the empty road, surrounded by the dark windows of closed shops showing you your ragged reflection. You dusted off, getting onto wobbling legs before stalking off towards the castle. More specifically, the soldiers’ dormitory.

If the memory held any truth, then you didn’t have much time. You had to find his brother.

[a-dorin]

I've got a wererex fic if you'd like to be tagged in the first chapter to check it out

ahhhh i just saw this! 

i’ve never really read many werewolf fics before, so i’m interested to see what it’s like! 

[paperanddice]

Wererex Huge giant (shapechanger), neutral evil Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 231 (22d12 + 88) Speed 40 ft. (50 ft. in tyrannosaurus form) Str 25 Dex 8 Con 19 Int 5 Wis 9 Cha 6 Skills Perception +3 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages Giant (can't speak in tyrannosaurus form) Challenge 10 (5900 XP) Shapechanger. The wererex can use its action to polymorph into a tyrannosaurus-giant hybrid or into a tyrannosaurus rex, or back into its true form, which is a hill giant. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Actions Multiattack. In tyrannosaurus form, the wererex makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. It can't make both attacks against the same target. In giant form, the wererex makes two greatclub attacks. In hybrid form, the wererex makes two melee attakcs, only one of which can be a bite. Bite (Hybrid Or Tyrannosaurus Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 33 (4d12+7) piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 18). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the wererex can't bite another target. If the target is a Large or larger humanoid or giant, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with wererex lycanthropy. Claws (Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (4d6+7) slashing damage. Greatclub (Giant Or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8+7) bludgeoning damage. Tail (Tyrannosaurus Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8+7) bludgeoning damage. Rock (Giant or Hybrid Form Only). Ranged Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d10+7) bludgeoning damage.

Sometimes you don’t have a deep reason for creating a monster. Sometimes you just want a giant, angry were tyrannosaurus rex. This is my result.

Lycanthropy is, in almost all cases, a curse from a cruel being that wishes to destroy the safety of civilization with an uncontrollable monster hidden within it. The victims of it rarely want the horror they perpetuate, and will hide it out of fear of what will come of them, tortured by this awful existence. Some may revel in the violence and destruction, but they are few and far between. Werebears are typically an exception to this, instead being a benevolent creation that seeks to protect nature rather than destroy civilization. Wererats diverge in that they’re less often feral and mindlessly destructive, but the curse that creates them still attempts to drive those afflicted towards evil acts. 

Then there’s wererex. The originator of this curse is unknown, but it only seems to afflict giants, likely due to the size. The most common victims of this curse are hill giants, who are easily convinced to follow a wererex and join it, with ogres and frost giants making up the majority of the rest of the numbers. Other giants tend to hunt down those afflicted with it, seeing them as a threat to the ordning and the more lawful or good giant cultures. 

If, somehow, you have a character who can be afflicted with wererex lycanthropy and it happens, use the following rules to try and make the situation work out. It will not have a reasonable balance. Note that characters can only be cursed with wererex lycanthropy if their size is naturally large, not through temporary magical effects. Follow the general outline in the Monster Manual for lycanthropy, and the specifics for wererex listed here: The character gains a Strength score of 25 if their score isn’t higher already, and a +3 bonus to AC while in tyrannosaurus or hybrid form (from natural armor) if they don’t already have a higher bonus. Attack and damage rolls for the natural weapons are based on Strength. The DC to escape the character’s grapple is 8 + the character’s proficiency bonus + Strength modifier. 

Originally from no official source, but I have seen other homebrewed versions of wererex for 3.5 content. I have no doubt that other 5e ones exist out there, but I have not seen any yet to my knowledge. If there is a monster that you want to see converted to 5e, feel free to send me a message. If you like this post, consider following my Patreon to get access to content like this a week ahead of everybody else, plus updates on other projects I’m working on!

[writer1]

Fear of the unknown

Chapter 2

Summary: Your boyfriend Rex has been gone for a month long campaign and you can’t wait to see him, but something has happened during the campaign that changes everything

A\N: The rewrite of fear of the unknown! Any feedback on this is greatly appreciated.

You and Rex both arrive back at his quarters, completely exhausted after the Council meeting. Rex was asked all kinds of questions about the mission, and the circumstances that lead to him becoming a werewolf. And everything that happened after. It was tiring for Rex, both physically and mentally, but you stayed with him the whole time, and he is grateful for that. You both learned that the Kaminoans wanted to experiment on him as soon as they heard, but they were quickly and harshly stopped by the Council.

The whole meeting ended up lasting a few hours, and it was late when you had arrived on the Resolute, so it’s way past supper time now, but you were supplied with food. Obi Wan was trying to figure out why Rex wouldn’t transform, so he went down to Coruscant earlier to go through the Jedi Archives. He’s hoping to get some answers.

One you’re in Rex’s quarters you turn to him. “Hey, would you mind if I borrowed one of your shirts? I didn’t bring anything to sleep in.”  Rex looks at you with wide eyes. “Aren’t you going to head back to your apartment?” You raise an eyebrow, “This late?”

Rex blinks in confusion, then he looks sheepish. “Sorry, I forgot what time it was.” He rubs the back of his neck sheepishly, making you chuckle. “That’s okay, but even if it was earlier. I would still stay with you, Rex.” Rex Smiles at you. “Thank you, Cyare, I just don’t know how you can sleep in the same bed as a monster.”

You frown with a sigh, walking over to Rex and placing a gentle hand on his arm. “For one, you are not  a monster, Sweetheart. Nothing could ever make me change my mind about that fact. And two, You are the most handsome werewolf I’ve ever seen.” Rex snorts, then chuckles and pulls you close. “I’m the only werewolf you’ve ever seen, Cyare. But thank you.” You smile against him, pulling away only to press a kiss to his cheek. “I love you, Rex.” Rex smiles and hugs you close again, being careful of his new strength. He gently licks the top of your head again, nuzzling it as well.

“I love you too, and yes, you can wear one of my shirts." Rex lets go of you and walks over to the tiny dresser, he grabs a shirt and tosses it to you, and a pair of his shorts. You smile. “Thanks, Rex.” You turn around and Rex looks away to give you some privacy, you change out of your clothes and into the shirt and shorts Rex had given you. “I’m done, you can look now.” Rex turns around to see you walk towards him and set your clothes on his dresser.

You turn to him. “Ready for bed, Sweetheart?” Rex yawns a big yawn, showing off his sharp teeth. But you don’t care at all. “Yeah, I haven’t slept very well since I was turned into… this.” You frown, but offer Rex a comforting smile. You walk over to the bed in the corner and lay down, you squeeze yourself as close to the wall as you can. Rex is going to need lots of room. Rex stares at you with doubt for a moment, but you pat the bed and smile. “It’s okay, Rex.” He smiles and walks over, crawling into bed beside you.  He’s very careful not to break the bed, or you, in the process. 

Rex wraps his arms gently around you, then pulls you against his chest like he always does. You snuggle into him and get familiar with him, some things are the same. He’s still wearing the same pants that he always does during the day, the only difference is the rips in them that allow his fur through. It tickles your knees as you chuckle a little, Rex is usually one to wear shorts and a t-shirt to bed, but not tonight for obvious reasons.

He snuggles into you as well, letting out a sigh of longing and content. He hasn’t held you in his arms in a month, and he has missed you so much. “You smell amazing, Cyare! I missed you so much, Y\N.” You smile at him, moving up and pressing a kiss to his cheek. “Well, I’m glad that you don’t think I stink.” Rex lets out a breathy chuckle, nuzzling your hair. “You could never stink to me, Cyar’ika.” You sigh as you sink into his fur, allowing your eyes to drift close. You listen as Rex’s breathing slowly evens out and he falls asleep, he still hugs you close, even in sleep. You smile as you slowly drift off as well, allowing the quiet hum of the ship and Rex’s quiet breathing lull you into a deep, peaceful sleep.

xxx

Your eyes flutter open and you breathe in deeply, sighing as you feel Rex gently nuzzle your neck. You smile until you realize that this feels too normal. Wasn't Rex a werewolf? You think to yourself, waking up a little more, you glance down at Rex's arm, he must've thrown it across your waist in his sleep, and found it much smaller, with no blonde fur in sight. You turn over and come nose to nose with Rex, human Rex, you gently cup his cheek as he lets out a little sigh. He's still asleep and has no idea what has happened.

You smile softly, happiness bubbles up in you. Although there's confusion with it, he's been trying to transform, but he only transformed now. It doesn't make any sense. Why would it happen while he was asleep? And he has slept in this form before, so why now? You look at Rex closely, there's nothing to indicate that Rex is a werewolf except for his torn, stretched out pants and the bite scar on his forearm.

You push the thoughts away, only wanting to think about Rex right now and how happy you are that he's human. You love him no matter what form he's in, but you know how unsure and scared he was when he was stuck as a werewolf. He's going to be so happy to know that he can be human again. You lean over and give him a soft, gentle kiss on his lips. Rex hums a little in his sleep, then you pull away and do it again. This time his eyes gently flutter open and he looks happily at you. “Mornin’ Cyare,” You smile and cup his cheek. “Rex? Have you looked at yourself yet?” you ask quietly, and his face twists to confusion, he raises an eyebrow then looks down at himself.

His eyes widen when he sees that he’s human again, a large smile appears on his face as he jumps out of bed and looks himself over. “How… I’m human again!! How did this happen! Y\N?” He looks over at you, but you frown and shake your head. “I have no idea, Rex. I woke up and you were human, I’m not sure why?” Rex gives you a soft smile and sits back down on the bed, hugging you close to him. He presses a soft kiss to your forehead. “Thank you.” he whispers gently as he hugs you tightly, you blink in confusion, unsure of why Rex would thank you.

“What are you thanking me for, Rex?” You gently pull away and cup his cheek, stroking it with your thumb. Rex sighs, closing his eyes and gently leaning into your hand. After a few seconds he opens them again. “You never left me, you stayed even when I was a monster. And you are still here even when I may turn back into that monster.” You pull him close, kissing his forehead, then his lips. “Again Rex! No more calling yourself a monster, and of course I stayed, you are still the man I fell in love with, just… Furrier. You always are no matter what you look like.” Rex smiles and nuzzles his forehead against yours, closing his eyes and sitting like that for a few minutes. When Rex pulls away he gently grabs your hand and laces his fingers with yours.

“We should probably go tell the General’s that I’m human again. Hopefully General Kenobi’s figured out why I couldn’t transform.” You smile at Rex and give him a quick kiss before standing up. “I’m sure he has, Sweetheart.” You grab your clothes and quickly change into them as Rex turns to stare at the wall after grabbing a new pair of blacks to change into. “I hope so, I don’t really want to get stuck like that again” you smile softly as you turn around to see Rex clipping his armor on while staring at the wall, you let out a little chuckle, prompting him to turn around. He smiles as he finishes up putting his arm pieces on. He walks by you and sits down on the bed to put his leg armor on. Once he’s finished he walks over to you and gives you a soft but quick kiss. “Ready to go, Cyare?”

You smile and give him a nod. “Yeah, I’m ready.” you grab his hand before pulling him towards the door, he comms General Kenobi as you punch his code into the door. No one answers, making you and Rex both raise an eyebrow. The door slides open and you both walk out into the hall. Rex turns to you as you walk. “I’ll call General Skywalker, he always knows what General Kenobi is up to.” Rex waits patiently as his Comlink tries to get through to General Skywalker, after a few seconds General Skywalker finally answers. "Hey, Rex. How are you feeling after everything that happened the past few days? " You smile softly, General Skywalker is one of the friendliest Jedi you've ever met, you should have known that he would ask how Rex was first. Rex smiles excitedly "I'm doing good, sir. I finally turned human." There’s an excited gasp from Anakin.

"That's great, Rex, I'm so glad you're okay now." Rex smiles as you chuckle. "Thanks General, do you by any chance know where General Kenobi is?" Anakin sharply breathes in, obviously annoyed. "How many times have I told you to call me Anakin, Rex? But yes. I know where Obi Wan is, he's sleeping in his quarters after I had to rip him away from the Jedi archives." You and Rex share a look, Of course General Kenobi would research all night instead of sleeping, from what Rex has told you he hardly ever sleeps. Rex sighs softly, but filled with annoyance. He hates that General Kenobi almost had a sleepless night because of him.

"Well, just let him sleep, force knows that he needs it. Just tell him to comm me when he's up, please." “Of course, Rex.I’ll talk to you later.” Rex hangs up the call and you both get going, walking through the halls of the Resolute as you run into Fives, you smile. The surprise and happiness on his face is evident when he sees that Rex is back to being human once again. He grabs Rex and hugs him close. “Rex!! You’re human again!!” Rex chuckles as he hugs Fives close. “Yeah, I am.” Fives pulls away and gives Rex a confused look. “How? We-- we tried so hard, how did you figure it out?” Rex sighs, looking at Fives. “I didn’t figure it out, I just woke up this morning and bam, I’m human. Neither me nor Y\N have any idea why.” Fives gives Rex the most comforting smile he can muster and pulls him close again.  “Who cares, at least you’ll be able to go back to leading the boys. I seriously have no idea how you ever managed it Rex." Rex smirks as he hugs his brother back. “Lots of Caf, and I have Y\N here.” You roll your eyes and punch his arm as he pulls away from Fives, groaning when you realize you punched his armor.

You glare at him. "You're just sucking up." Rex smirks at you as Fives outright laughs, but then Rex frowns. “Just because I’m human again, doesn’t mean that I won’t transform again.” Rex is trying to be strong, but he can’t keep the tremble out of his voice, and both you and Fives notice. 

“Hey, whatever happens, you are still my brother, my Ori’Vod. No amount of fur, claws or sharp teeth will ever change that.” Fives tells him, pulling Rex close again, he then pulls away only enough to place his forehead against Rex’s. You then place a hand on his shoulder as Fives pulls away. “He’s right, none of us are going to leave you, Rex.” Rex smiles, nodding at you  both. 

“Yeah, thanks. That made me feel better.” Fives smiles. “Well, it’s true. Now let’s head to the Mess, I’m starving.” Both you and Rex burst out laughing at Fives, who glares. “What? I am!” with that the three of you head to the Messhall, you agree with Fives, you are absolutely starving.

xxx

All the Troopers in the Mess pause their chatting to turn and look at you three, but mainly at their Captain. Some wave happily at Rex, and others yelling a welcome back at him. They are all definitely happy to have their Captain back. None of them mention a word about Rex being a werewolf, or being human again, your bet is that they are trying to keep Rex comfortable, and you are very thankful for that. 

The three of you grab your food,then go and sit down with Jesse and Kix, who wave you three over. You sit between Fives and Rex on one side, while Kix and Jesse sit across from you. You try a bite of the food, making a face and deciding that you hate the food here, it tastes horribly bland. No flavor at all.

Rex must see the face you make, because he starts laughing, but quietly. “Now you see why I love your cooking so much, Cyare.” You give him a shy smile, you aren’t sure that your cooking is that good. And you tell Rex that. “It isn’t that good, Rex.” You tell him quietly as Jesse, Kix and Fives all widen their eyes, giving you a surprised look. 

“Not that good!? Kriff, Y\N! We all fight over the leftovers Rex brings with him, even General Skywalker!” Fives tells you as he gestures around the room, your own eyes widen with surprise, you can’t believe that everyone loves your food enough to fight over, even General Skywalker! You don’t think your food is that good. Kix chuckles. “He’s right, Y\N! Fives, Jesse and even General Skywalker end up in the medbay because they’ve gotten injured fighting for your food. I can’t blame them though, it is delicious.” 

You smile at them softly, happy to know they like your cooking. “Now that I know, I’ll definitely cook extra food for you guys to share.” Both Fives and Jesse’s smiles widen considerably, even Kix’s smile gets a tiny bit bigger. 

Rex frowns slightly, he’s happy you want to do that for his brothers, but he doesn’t want you to have to do all that. “You don’t have to do all that, Cyare.” You smile, grabbing Rex’s hand and giving him a soft kiss, he hums but looks around, his cheeks heat up in embarrassment. You’ve only been dating for six months, so he’s still not used to kissing you in front of his brothers, who chuckle. 

“It’s okay, Rex. I really don’t mind. I’ll just make bigger meals and send it with you.” Rex nods as you give him another kiss as his brothers chuckle, but don’t make any comments so as not to make him uncomfortable.  You pull away then continue to eat, you do your best to ignore the bland taste of the food. Jesse, Fives and Kix do the same. 

Then Rex’s Comm goes off, he raises an eyebrow and pauses his eating to answer it. He looks at the ID. “It’s General Kenobi!” He answers it. “General Kenobi.” “Rex, it’s very nice to what from you, Anakin has informed me that you’re human again?” Rex smiles happily as you and his brothers smile as well. 

“Yessir. it somehow had happened while I was sleeping, I still haven’t figured out why.” You hear a hmm sound from the other side of the Comm. “Well, we’ll try to figure that out. Can you meet me in the meeting room, I think I've found some information about werewolves you should hear. It might help us figure out this… predicament." You sigh in relief, not believing that you and Rex might finally find some answers.

"Yes, Sir. We'll be right there." Rex tells General Kenobi, then You and Rex excuse yourself and head to the meeting room, you both hope to finally have more information about werewolves that might help Rex, maybe even a cure.

xxx

You both make it to the meeting room, General Kenobi and General Skywalker  are already there, making you smile happily. Although he does look very tired, General Skywalker wasn’t kidding when he said he had to  drag General Kenobi to bed, and that he needed rest. You both sit across from them, and you bounce your leg nervously as Rex squeezes your hand. 

“Rex, I’m very happy to see that you are human again.” Obi Wan smiles and Rex returns it, but squeezes your hand again. “Not as happy as I am, General.” General Kenobi smiles. “I’m sure, and you can both just call me Obi Wan, no need for formalities, same with Anakin.” You nod, making a mental note to do that. General Sky-- er, Anakin looks over at Obi Wan. 

“Master, what exactly did you find out about werewolves?” Obi Wan sighs, giving Anakin an annoyed look. “Be patient, Anakin. I’m getting to that.” Anakin sits back and pouts, making Obi Wan shake his head. You and Rex both chuckle. "So, I found out a few things. Pretty much there isn't much besides legends about werewolves. But I found out that one of our own Jedi padawans was bitten by one 300 years ago." 

Your eyes widen significantly. Wait! What? There was a werewolf Jedi. You think to yourself, you almost can't believe it, Anakin and Rex both have surprised looks as well. “What? That's impossible, we would know about it? Wouldn’t we? Why were we never told this!” 

Obi Wan sighs. “It wasn’t that we weren’t told about it Anakin, nobody knew. His Master had a journal where he had talked about it, that’s the only place I found any information about him, or anything else about werewolves.” You give Obi Wan a curious look, how could no one have known about this.

“Who… Who was he?” You ask, curious about who this Jedi was. You’d like to know everything you can about this so you can hopefully help Rex. Obi Wan gives you a sad look. “His name was Jak, Jak Evos. and he was only ten years old when he was bitten.” Everyone's eyes widen at hearing that, and Rex looks over at Obi Wan with a look of sadness. “H-He was only a youngling, I-Im an adult and I can hardly handle any of it, I can’t even begin to imagine being his age. The poor child.” 

You grab Rex’s hand, giving it a squeeze, you agree with him, that boy was just a child, it’s absolutely horrible. Obi Wan nods as Anakin sighs with sadness. “Yes, what that poor child must have went through must have been horrible.” Obi Wan shakes his head, trying to clear his thoughts to no avail. “I asked Master Yoda about him, he knew the child, but he never had any idea that he was a werewolf. Him and his Master kept it a secret from everyone.” You look down at the floor in sadness, your heart goes out to that youngling, how afraid must him and his Master have been to never tell anyone, not even Master Yoda.

“What happened to him, Master?” Anakin asks softly, voice filled with sadness as he asks, he’s just as upset as you and Rex. Obi Wan turns to him. “Master Yoda said that Jak died in battle, he was in his forties.” Then he looks towards Rex. “I did find some useful information in the journal so far though.” Rex perks up at that, making you and Anakin both hold back chuckles. “Really? What is it?” Obi Wan gives a soft smile. 

“Well, a werewolf's transformation is connected to their emotions, such as fear or anger. Which is probably why Rex couldn’t transform, he was much too afraid and nervous.” Your eyes widen as you think about it, that’s definitely not good. After a few seconds, Anakin pipes in. “So once Y\N arrived on the Resolute and spoke to Rex, he calmed down enough that when he fell asleep, he transformed back.” You smile, Anakin is definitely right, Rex had fear pretty much radiating off of him when you had arrived,  but once you told him you still loved him, and that you would never leave him, he calmed down considerably.

Rex blinks in confusion. “So what does this mean, exactly? I'll transform whenever I get upset!?” Rex squeezes your hand hard, not hard enough to hurt, but still hard. You can tell he’s afraid, and you squeeze his hand back. “Hey, it’s okay.” You whisper to him, making Rex look at you and calm down a little. 

Obi Wan smiles at the two of you, but then he frowns. “It’s not just then, if you’re on a planet during a full moon cycle, you will transform no matter what. Nothing will stop it, and to make matters worse, the journal says that transformation’s caused by the full moon are very, very painful.” Obi Wan has an upset look when he says that information, and you have the same kind of look. What’s going to happen now? Most planet’s have a full moon cycle, what will Rex do if he gets caught up in one?

Anakin sighs heavily with frustration. “What are we supposed to do, Master? What if Rex transforms during a mission and none of us can calm him down?” Rex looks down at the floor, knowing that his General will say he’s a liability, but-- “I won’t have him in a position where he could get hurt or killed, Master. He’s my friend and one of my men!” 

Rex looks over at Anakin, who smiles softly at him, making Rex give a surprised look. It brings a smile to your face, but then you frown. Rex can be gone on missions for up to months at a time, although none of those have happened so far in the time you have been dating. But if he did transform and couldn’t transform back, he could jeopardize the mission. Or it could take a long time to get him back to you.

Obi Wan looks between the three of you before smiling. “There is a bright side, from what I read in the journal, Rex may be able to learn how to control it. Jak’s Master wrote that Jak couldn’t stop it completely when he was too upset or angry, but he could hold it off, although it was kind of painful too.” You squeeze Rex’s hand as worry fills you, so many things could happen if Rex couldn’t hold it back. 

But Rex just smiles at you, then at Obi Wan and Anakin. “That could help, if I start to transform, I could hold it back until I get to better cover. Away from the battle.” You smile at Rex, that’s a good idea. It would keep him safe, and not jeopardize the mission at all. Then Anakin turns Obi Wan.  “But we still have the problem of Rex transforming back to human.” your smile drops as you realize that, that's still a problem. 

Obi Wan smirks. “That's where Miss Y\N comes in.” You look at him with surprise as Rex and Anakin both do the same. “Wait? What do you mean, me?” You ask, pointing at yourself as Rex nods. “Yeah, what do you mean, General?” Obi Wan looks between the two of you and smiles. “I was thinking of asking the Council to allow her to accompany you on missions, she is a Mechanic. And Anakin does need another mechanic on the Resolute, do you not, Anakin?” 

Obi Wan gives Anakin a sly smile, who happily returns it. “He’s right, we do need another mechanic.” You smile as you see where they’re going with this, and you love it. This way you can be with Rex all the time and if he does transform, then you can help him turn back human. “I’m in!” You tell them excitedly. Making Rex turn to you, he has a worried look on his face. “Are you sure, Y\N? It’s going to be dangerous.”

You smile at him. “I’m sure.” You squeeze his hand reassuringly, you are absolutely sure that you want to go with him. You then turn to Obi Wan. “Is that all you learned, Obi Wan?” You ask as you glance at Rex, you can tell he’s ready to leave. He seems to be having a hard time processing everything. Obi Wan nods.

“I haven’t finished the journal yet, but that’s all I’ve learned so far. I’ll comm you two if I learn anything else. And Rex, you may take a break today, you deserve it.” Obi Wan looks at Rex, who nods. It worries you since Rex isn’t one to take breaks. You grab his hand gently, and you both leave the room. You turn to him and offer a comforting smile. “Where do you want to go, Rex?” He looks at you, a face full of fear and nervousness.  “My quarters, please?” Rex whispers, making you nod and chuckle. “Okay, lead the way.” You tell him and he smiles, as he pulls your hand and gently starts leading you to his quarters.

It’s only a few minutes of walking through corridors, and you're there. Once you are both through the door, Rex closes it behind the two of you, and walks over to his bunk. He starts stripping off his armor, and you look away when he gets to his blacks, giving him some privacy. Rex chuckles sweetly at you, making you smile. “You can turn around now, Cyare.”

You do as he says, smiling when you realize he’s wearing the shirt and comfy pants you had bought him a few weeks ago. He then frowns, worry filling you as he starts pacing around the barracks, breathing heavily as his mood takes a complete turn for the worst. He hugs himself, and you can tell that he is freaking out over… everything that has happened in the last few days.

“What… What the kriff do we do!! I…” He takes a deep breath, and you walk a bit closer, only for him to start walking again. “I can’t be in the middle of a mission and just… just suddenly turn into a giant wolf!!! Do you know how bad that could end!!!” You look closely at your scared boyfriend as he paces around, seeing tiny bits of blonde fur starting to grow on his face and arms, as his ears grow a tiny bit longer and pointed. His eyes are a glowing yellow as well.

He seems so afraid, breaking your heart into a million tiny pieces. You know he’s scared… so so scared. And he has every right to be, this is a scary and new situation. One that is almost completely unknown. You walk over to him, he’s taller now, but you don’t care, not at all. You gently grab him so he stops pacing and looks down at you, eyes filled with fear. You gently wrap your arms around him, standing on your tip-toes and pressing a soft, sweet kiss to his lips.

Rex hums, wrapping his arms around you, the kiss ends and he immediately shoves his face into your hair, and you feel him take a sniff. It makes you chuckle, but then you pull away, cupping his cheek and gently thumbing a bit of his fur with your thumb as he looks you in the eyes. “Rex, it’s going to be okay. Remember what Obi Wan said? You can hold it back if you have to, maybe long enough to hide.” 

Rex looks down at you with so much love in his eyes, but there is still so much fear in them as well. “Y/N… I… Look at me. I’m partly transformed as we speak. If this happens, and the Separatists find out--” “Shhh.” You shush him, as tears fill his eyes and fall down his face. It isn’t often that your captain cries, but when he does, you know it’s bad. “I’m scared, Cyare. I’m so, so scared.” He lets out a heart shattering sob, as he breaks in your arms.

You pull him close, feeling him nuzzle and smelling your hair on the top of your head. “We’ll… We’ll figure this out, Rexy. I promise.” You tell him, trying not to cry. “But if you don’t want to transform right now, then you need to calm down. Try taking a few deep breaths for me, alright?” You ask softly, and Rex nods. He starts to breathe deeply, and you feel him relax in your arms. After a few minutes, he starts to shrink down to normal height, all his fur disappearing as his eyes and ears return to normal. 

Rex pulls away from you, smiling softly at you as he wipes his tears away. “What would I ever do if I didn’t have you, Cyar’ika?” He asks softly, and you smile, but then tears flood your eyes, finally falling down your cheeks. Rex immediately frowns, pulling you close. “Hey, hey, hey. Don’t cry, Mesh’la. Please don’t cry.” He whispers, gently kissing your tears away, but more continue to fall.

“I… I’m scared too, Rex. I don’t want to lose you… I… I want to be strong for you, I shouldn’t be crying.” Rex’s eyes grow soft, and he pulls you into a hug. “You don’t have to be strong, we’re both scared. I’m not going anywhere, I promise.” He kisses the tip of your head, holding you close in his strong arms. 

“You're going to have to grab your things from Coruscant soon, Cyare. We're probably going to have another mission in the next few days.” He tells you quietly, nuzzling the top of your head. You’re thankful Rex changed the subject, as your tears slow and you smile. 

“I’m sure Fives will get a gunship ready for me tomorrow, he probably already has. Now, how about we spend today watching some holo-films and cuddling together? Just you and me?” You ask, earning a happy smile from your boyfriend. “Yes, please. I’d love to.” He presses a kiss to your lips, pulling you tight against him. Then Rex swings you up into his arms, carrying you over to his bed and setting you down on the bed.

Rex sets up the holo-player, and your favorite movie, then he lays in bed, pulling you on top of his chest. And that’s how the two of you stay, snuggled up to eachother, just relaxing and forgetting about the events of the past couple of days.

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In A Single Night Chp 2

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You banged on the thick, almost black oak door, knowing he was awake despite the hour, “Commander! Commander, please, open up, we need to-”

“Y/N!” he hisses through grit teeth as he swings open the door, still fully clothed as you expected in the same white uniform Rex was donning earlier that night, with deep bags under his eyes and dark curls sticking up, out of their usual well-kept place from running his fingers through it too many times, “The Captain isn’t here, so please, my dearest liege, if you could keep it down-”

“Of course Rex isn’t here, Cody, he’s out galavanting in the woods without a thing to cover his backside except blasted blond fur,” you seethed as you pushed through into the dim candlelit office, your now-tattered cloak trailing behind you, “How long has your brother been a werewolf?”

He stared at you, brows furrowed and lips pulled into a tight grimace as if you had sprouted two heads. His gaze switched from you to glare defeatedly at the full moon that hung outside his window, illuminating the room even more than the candles. He shook his head, stiffening his back as he brought up two fingers to rub at his scarred brow, “My...he...walk me through this. What happened?”

You shuffled on your feet, clenching and unclenching your fists as you cleared your throat, “Rex...wanted to see me tonight. During patrol. And before I could reach him, he…”

Good lords, you sounded mad. You bit your lip as you stopped talking, not finding it in you to continue, tearing your gaze off the floor to look up into Cody’s signature deadpan expression, as if you could project into his mind exactly what you had seen. He stood straight, hands folded behind him, tired eyes still actively surveying your form, precise and calculating. At your extended pause and fidgeting shoulders, he clicked his tongue, “You know, canoodling with any soldier, regardless of rank, isn’t allowed while they’re on duty, your grace.”

“Cody!” you whined, stepping up to him to place your hands on his shoulders, “This isn’t about that! It’s about Rex! He turned into a-”

“I know,” Cody sighed, gently taking hold of your wrists and pulling them off of him, “I had suspected this, I was going to prepare for it, but-”

He groaned gruffly, letting go of a wrist to scrub a hand over his face and covering an obscene yawn, “I guess I lost track of the moon cycle.”

You could only stand there, mouth agape. You pulled your other wrist away, a bewildered scoff exhaling from you, “You knew!?”

He nodded, his exhausted demeanor making his stoic expression all the more bored, as if this was just another debriefing of the low level muggings that took place over the weekend.

“Why didn’t either of you say anything!”

“What makes you think he knew?”

You paused, the question putting you through such a loop you momentarily forgot you were in hysterics. You shook your head, furrowing your brows low as you groaned, “Well why wouldn’t he know?”

“Well, this is a quite a recent development-”

“Commander!” you couldn’t stand the idle chatter that he seemed intent on keeping, “I would love to be casual and catch up some other time, but right now your brother, my love, our Captain is out there somewhere, going crazy with bloodlust-”

“As opposed to what other type of lust?”

“Cody!” you screeched, not bothering if the entire castle heard you two bickering at this point. The infuriating smirk he wore made you want to tear your hair out. You stamped your foot and pointed to the blanket of tall, thick trees that stretched across the starlit landscape outside his office window, “You need to go out there, right now, find your brother, and throw his clothes at him!”

You never thought you’d see the day that Commander Cody Fett, of the Republic Aegis, laughed. Not his normal, brief, smug chuckle that made all the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes go weak in the knees and swoon under his cool facade. No, this laugh was deep, and building, he was taking large breaths in between, clutching at his diaphragm, until he was howling not unlike his brother, barely an hour ago. 

It made you furious.

You ground your molars, tightening your fists, nearly twitching with your anger. You could feel your cheek stitch up as your eyes narrowed, a thrumming growl coming from the back of your throat. You let out a huff, hands flying up to the dark metal clasp of your cloak, a beautiful thick charcoal wool with royal blue velvet on the bottom hem. It was a gift from Rex about a year ago, after coming home from a diplomatic visit, and it immediately became your favorite thing to wear. You kept it clean, and stored it safely in the warmer months- now it was dirt smeared, ripped in odd places from falling onto scraggly rock, and torn from where his claws had pierced next to your head...and you were noticing now, his back claws had pierced the fabric that had bunched around your knees as well when he had you pinned underneath him. 

As you were inspecting your cloak with puffy red eyes, Cody was coming down from his bout of hysterics. You could hear his weakening breath, and you held out the cloak, not wanting to meet the taunt you were sure he held in his stare, “He attacked me. Pinned me to the road before running off…”

Cody grunted low, clearing his throat of the remaining bit of humor as he took the thick, warm material in his hands. He breathed deeply as his fingers traced the irregular tears, blinking heavily as he squeezed the bridge of his nose, coming down from madness as he looked back up at you. You refused to look at him, but his tone was surprisingly somber, “Look, I’m sorry, truly. As you can imagine, I’m very tired...you walk in here telling me my brother is a werewolf, and that the solution is to throw clothes at him? Where did you even hear such a thing?”

You finally looked up at him, expecting more brutish teasing, but instead finding a morbid, genuine curiosity. You clenched your jaw, taking a shuddering breath, “My grandmere...she lost her suitor to the soul of the beast. I didn’t really think about it before, but it makes sense now.”

Your eyes stung with the realization, voice choking with emotion, but no tears were able to fall. You looked at Cody, he was leaning against his desk, cloak folded beside him and listening intently. His eyes were focused on you as he folded his arms across his chest, tilting his head towards you in a silent request to continue. You cleared your throat of emotion, speaking low, “She was already with child at the time, my mother- his daughter, but… only the purest love can change the wolf back to a human. Giving them clothes, leading them back to a warm bed. Well, it turns out he didn’t love my grandmother like she thought. He attacked her, giving her claw marks down her shoulder and over her chest. The only reason she lived was because her father and his hunting party followed her with their rifles, driving away the monster.” 

You paused, a quaking breath wracking through you. Your throat was tight, and you were starting to get dizzy from the irregular breathing, “She lived in heartache for the rest of her days, the scar a reminder she wasn’t enough. Whatever love she thought she had was an illusion- he was only marrying her out of a sense of duty to the child he sired. I’m obviously not pregnant, Cody, I don’t even have that delusion to give me strength-”

“You want me to go out there instead of you,” Cody interrupted, piecing together your last bit of thought for you so you could focus on your breathing, “Because you’re unsure of his love towards you?”

You nodded, choking back dry, sobbing breaths, “I mean. What’s more pure love than the bond between brothers? He hasn’t even asked for my hand yet.”

“If you weren’t in the middle of a panic attack, I’d start laughing again,” Cody sighed heavy. You opened your mouth about to scold him again, when he held up a hand, “I knew he was asking you to meet with him tonight. He’s been hounding me all damn week for my opinions on ‘Will Y/N prefer this coat on me, or my cape? What time of day should it be? Does this sound okay as an opener?’ on and on and on- meanwhile there’s a war about to brew if Skywalker can’t sit still for a moment, Kenobi’s insistent on visiting with daily tea no matter how much I have on my plate, I have troops to train, and I had to research on  how to keep Rex’s wolf in check- and you know how well that faired- don’t even get me started on the pot that Sir Palpatine is intent on stirring-“

“Commander.”

He looked to you, snapped out from his exhausted ramblings at your clipped tone. You waved your wrist loosely, asking him to get to the damned point already. He coughed lightly, “Ah, right.”

He stood straight again, wrapping his hands behind his back and clearing his throat, “Your graciousness Y/N L/N of the Established Republic, Captain Rex Fett of the Republic Aegis was planning, tonight, to ask for your hand in marriage. Under the light of the full moon, ‘because the atmosphere would be just perfect’-”

You tuned out right as the word marriage was spoken. Cody’s voice rang clear in your head, the word turning itself over and over in your mind.

Your love. Your dearest Captain. Him. Rex. He was going to propose tonight. Tonight was supposed to be wonderful, given celebration, filled with purely blissful feelings and warmth- he would’ve proposed tonight. You would’ve stolen him away from his “break on patrol” and taken him back to your quarters for proper celebration, expected protocol be damned. You were supposed to be in the arms of your love right now, letting each other’s heartbeats lull each other to sleep as you shared lazy kisses of simple adoration, but instead you were listening to his sleep deprived twin wail on and on about something or other that didn’t really matter right now because he would’ve proposed.

But instead. He attacked you with gnashing fangs and a snarling maw. He held you beneath him, claws spearing the rock by your head, intent on having his slaughterous way with your flesh-

But instead. You whispered his name. A broken plea. A pathetic whimper… and he heard you. He listened. He threw himself off of you and didn’t look back. It wasn’t the beast- Rex had heard you.

Your love was still in there. 

And you were going to be the one to free him.

[mackstrut]

I love this❤️ @captainrexisboo

What about a werewolf au where Rex ends up getting bitten during a mission abd transforms once they're back on the Resolute, he turns into a big bipedal Werewolf and hides from everyone so the reader has to go find him and convenience him that she still loves him even though he's a wolf, lots of hugs and stuff, thanks❤️

This was definitely out of my wheelhouse and not my usual thing, but I gave it a shot! I hope you like it Anon! Happy Halloween!!!

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Unexpected Changes

You had been surprised when you got the comm from Kix.

The men had just returned from a planet on the Outer Rim and as far as you knew, everything had gone fairly normal. Nothing strange happened and nearly everyone came back. 

But you could tell something was wrong when you heard the slight tremble in Kix’s voice. 

Which meant you dropped your datapad onto your cluttered desk and took off through the halls of the Resolute. You skidded to a halt outside of the medbay, the door slinking open as you rushed inside.

Instantly, your eyes fixed on Kix who was standing in a nearly demolished medbay. Troopers were slowly picking themselves back up and it was clear something terrible had happened here.

“Kix? What’s going on?” You asked and the medic met your eyes before jerking his head towards an empty corner of the medbay, away from listening ears.

“What happened?” You asked again and he sighed.

“I don’t know. But I think something happened to Rex.”

Your heart dropped. “What happened?”

“We saw some weird stuff down on that planet. There were these strange creatures we hadn’t seen before and we really didn’t come into contact with them, but somehow Rex had gotten injured by one of them. He was acting fine, the wound itself wasn’t severe in the slightest. But I insisted he come here when we got back. Then-” Kix trailed off and you stepped a fraction closer, your voice dropping.

“Kix. What happened?”

The medic, who you had always thought was unflappable, looked ashen and shaken. “He transformed into something else. We tried to sedate him but he panicked and took off. I don’t like the idea of sending you out to find him, but you’re the only one I can think of that he might listen to. I don’t want to think of what might happen if someone else finds out about this.”

“Then I need to find him before that happens. Where did he go?” You asked, already steeling yourself for whatever you might come across.

“He was heading towards the officer barracks.” Kix caught your arm before you could turn away. “(Y/N), just please be careful. Keep your comm on and this blaster set to stun.”

You took the blaster from Kix, fighting the slight tremble in your hands. You gave him a firm nod before taking off, weaving back through the hallways.

Thankfully, there wasn’t much activity in the halls, which meant it was unlikely anyone else had seen him. But he did leave a trail of marks along the walls that had your heart pounding.

You stopped outside of Rex’s quarters, tightening your grip on the blaster Kix had given you, and taking a deep breath. You flipped on your comm, connecting to Kix, before punching in Rex’s code.

The door opened revealing a darkened room. 

You took another breath before stepping inside. 

The room was trashed, just like the medbay. It was nearly impossible to see once the door shut behind you, but your eyes slowly adjusted. Your heart pounded in your ears as you scanned the room.

That’s when you saw him.

Hunched in the corner of the room. 

His breathing was ragged and it was clear something was wrong. 

But the strangest thing was how much bigger he was. He had always towered over you, but now that distance had nearly doubled. And it looked like he was covered in fur.

“Rex?” You took a half a step forward. “It’s me (Y/N). I’m here to help.”

“No.” The voice that spoke was Rex. You’d recognize his voice anywhere. But it was different. And it sent shivers shooting down your spine. “Don’t come any closer.”

Kix warning about keeping your distance and his blaster ready flashed through your mind, but it didn’t stop you from placing it on the table and slowly walking forward. 

“You won’t hurt me Rex. You never could.” You said and he shuddered.

“Stay back!” 

You jumped when he yelled, but you tighten your grip on your nerves and kept creeping forward, arms raised to show him you weren’t going to hurt him. 

“I’m not letting you go through this alone. I’ve got your back. You’re not getting rid of me that easily.” 

You stopped a foot away, hands hovering over him. All that you could hear was your own heart pounding and Rex’s shaky, raspy breathing. Gathering the last bit of courage you had, you gently place your hand on his shoulder.

He jerked, but you didn’t pull away.

“Rex.” You breathed. “It’s okay.”

His chest shuddered and you felt it ripple through his body. You crouched down, searching his misshapen face. But then his eyes met yours. 

They were the same as before. 

It was Rex. And it always would be.

You didn’t hesitate this time, wrapping your arms around his shoulders and pulling him into the tightest hug you could. He tensed and it was clear he wanted to pull away, but you only held on tighter. He gave in and melted, his arms snaking around you as he fell apart in your arms.

“It’s okay. I’m not going anywhere. You won’t go through this alone.” You said softly, brushing your hands through his coarse hair. “I love you and we’ll figure this out together.”

“I could hurt you.” He tried to get you to leave again, giving you an out. But you would never take it. 

“You’d never hurt me.” You said and he only slumped further into you.

The tension in his shoulders slowly dissipated as the light on your wrist comm blinked twice before shutting off. You closed your eyes, holding Rex closer.

Something had happened. Something that had changed Rex in a way that would change both of your lives. But you meant every word you said.

Rex was still Rex.

And you weren’t giving up on him.

You never would. No matter what he looks like.

You loved him and you’d tell him that every day for the rest of your life until he believed it again.

[writer1]

Forever Life Changing Events

Chapter One

Warnings: needle/injection, transformation, abuse, swearing, mocking, teasing, slight starvation, name calling, blood, slight injury.

A/N: This is a collab between me and @ahsokatano-thetogruta, we both hope you like it. This is in our One Big Family AU

CT-7707 whimpers as the Kaminoan, Nala Se, comes closer with the needle, he flinches at the slight pain in his neck, the wound from his recent surgery still fresh enough to hurt. He’s strapped down to a table, arms and legs bound. Fear engulfs him as the needle is jabbed into his skin, and he yelps. Nala Se glares. “Quiet CT-7707, you are not to be so weak.” CT-7707 whimpers slightly and nods, trying to hold his tears at bay, he’s so scared and confused. He doesn’t know what they are doing? Is this going to fix his voice? Maybe his brothers will actually love him if he can talk right. 

He looks over to the Kaminoan. “Will th-this fix my v-voice?” He asks quietly, and Nala Se looks over at him. “No, you are most likely a lost cause. But hopefully with this injection, you won’t be so weak anymore.” CT-7707 stares at her, wondering what she means by that, he then whimpers as a weird feeling creeps into his stomach. “W-Wait! What's hap-happening, I feel ic-icky!” He starts to panic, struggling to get out of his bindings. She rolls her eyes. “Don’t whine, the feeling is only going to get worse, so save your breath, defect.” CT-7707 whimpers as the feeling keeps building and building. “St-Stop, make it st-stop, ple-ple-please!”

Nala Se turns her back to him, leaving the poor, young cadet all alone. He’s so scared as the feeling turns to pain, and tears start to fall from his eyes. He then hears and feels a crack, and he screams. His throat erupts in pain as his bandages soak with red, his bones crack as he grows bigger, and he screams more. “St-St-Stop!” He screams as loud as his voice can go, making Nala Se roll her eyes as she stares at the wall, there's no need for her to watch this. 

Fur starts to grow all over his body, as he feels his body morph and change shape. “I-I-I-I-It h-h-hurts, St-St-St-” CT-7707 can’t get any more words out, he’s too scared to get his stutter under control. His mouth starts to elongate as his legs become haunches. His clothes burst off, all except for his pants as he whimpers. Brown fur now completely covers his body, ears pointier and pressing back as he lets out a little howl along with a whine. He notices that he sounds different, a slight growl sitting at the back of his throat whenever he makes a sound. His back arches as he writhes around, wanting nothing else but to get out of there. He yelps when he feels something grow from his backside, looking down to see a fluffy tail, swishing around. 

He stares at it before squeezing his eyes shut and throwing his head back against the table when he feels the restraints becoming too tight around his wrists and ankles, making him whimper and writhe around more, only angering Nala Se even more. “CT-7707, stop overreacting, you don’t want to be weak anymore, do you? So stop--” She is unable to finish her sentence when CT-7707’s restraints break off. They had gotten too tight for him, because they had thought that because he is a smaller cadet, he wouldn’t need big restraints. 

CT-7707 whines as he writhes around a little more as the transformation finishes, then he accidentally rolls off of the table and lands on the floor with a thud and a yelp when he lands on his tail, making him jolt up so he’s kneeling. He doubles over in discomfort and wraps his arms around himself. With a small huff, he looks up at Nala Se, who looks down at him, her face expressionless. He whines and whimpers, not from pain, but from fear. If he wasn’t scared enough of the Kaminoans before, he sure is now. “CT-7707, get back on the table. I have some important tests to run.”

CT-7707 stares at her, then when Nala Se sighs frustratedly and tries to grab him, scurries away from her and backs up against the wall. “CT-7707, do as you are told right now!” She yells, only scaring him more as he tries to run on two legs. He falls flat on his face and then runs on all fours towards the door. He bangs as loud as he can on it, whining when Nala Se walks over to him. “CT-7707!” She yells, but then the door slides open.

“What’s goin-- Holy Kriff!!” A cadet with a buzz haircut with a lightning strike pattern stands wide-eyed before jumping out of the way of the small wolf creature running towards him. “CT-6116, stop it!” Nala Se commands, but the cadet just stands looking at her with an expression of confusion and shock. “You’ve done it again?!” Kix scowls at her, feeling pissed that they never treat them as actual people, but always treat them as products that they can do whatever they wish with. 

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CT-7707 runs through the halls of Kamino, hearing gasps and yells from the brothers he passes, but he just ignores them as he makes a beeline for his bunks. He finally gets to his barracks, running through the door only to see his brothers standing there with wide eyes. Clank’s, the leader, eyes widen. “What the Kriff--” “Cl-Clank, help!” The slightly deeper voice startles Clank, but he recognizes the stutter. He sneers. 

“Holy crap! You are even more of a freak than before.” CT-7707 shrinks down as his brothers glare at him with hatred. “Get out of here, Defect. Now!!! Or do you want another beating.” CT-7707 whimpers and quickly runs out of the room, it doesn’t even process in his mind that he is much stronger than them in this new form. They all chase after him, making him yelp and keep running. CT-7707 runs as fast as he can, dodging brothers as fast as he can. 

Then he runs by two older cadets and he hears a shout from the blonde one with a buzzcut. “Wait!!!” But CT-7707 keeps running, but after a minute, he slams into two other cadets. “Hey!! What are you-- woah!” The one shouting in surprise has a five drawn on the corner of his forehead, the other has a reg manual. CT-7707 shrinks down as they stare, then-- “Get back here, Defect.” CT-7707 starts running again, as fast as he can. He ignores all the shouts as he finally loses his brothers, and hides inside of a storage closet.

CT-7707 tucks himself up into a ball on the floor and starts to cry, his throat hurts. He reaches up and can feel the tight bandages, constricting his breathing a bit. He starts to cry harder as he feels the fur sticking out of the bandages, he’s so scared, and doesn’t know what to do. He leaves the door to the closet open, afraid of the dark. Then after a few minutes there's a knock on the wall. CT-7707 whimpers quietly, curling up a bit more. 

“Hello? It’s okay, I won’t hurt you, I promise.” A head peeks in, and CT-7707  see’s a young Cadet with Blonde hair, but he whimpers. “Do-Don’t look at m-me.” The Cadet frowns, and pulls his head from the door. “It’s okay, I know that this is scary. But it’s going to be okay, can I please come in? I just want to help, please.” CT-7707 thinks of what he wants to do, he doesn’t know why this older Cadet isn’t scared of him, or making fun of him. 

CT-7707 looks down at himself and whines. “I-I don't kn-kn-know.” He cries softly into his knees, then a few moments later, he feels a hand on his shoulder, making him look up to see the blonde cadet crouching down right infront of him, keeping his distance but making sure that he can still keep a hand on the young cadets shoulder to make him feel grounded. CT-7707's ears press back as he shrinks down, hoping that if he makes himself small enough, he'll be able to disappear. 

“Don't be afraid, it's okay. My name is Rex.” CT-7707 doesn't look up at the older cadet, he doesn't want to see the look of disgust on his face. The hand moves away from his shoulder and the older cadet walks away. CT-7707 was right. He's a lost cause and doesn't deserve help. Who even wants to be around a monster like he is now?--

Suddenly, there's a soft groan somewhere in the room. CT-7707 looks up to see that the cadet has gone, but then there is movement behind a shelving unit. He hears the same cracking as earlier, when his bones were rearranging, plus the ripping of clothes and heavy, growly breathing. CT-7707 covers his ears and curls up into himself, not wanting to hear the scary, horrible sounds again.

About a minute later, the sounds subside and he hears heavy but soft footsteps walking towards him, making him peek out from where he's hiding behind his knees to see a bigger, blonde werewolf. CT-7707 whimpers and tries to move away, but Rex puts his hands up in surrender. “It's okay, Lil'un. It's me, Rex.” CT-7707 looks at the wolf in disbelief for a moment before realising the torn, red pants that it's wearing. CT-7707 looks with confusion, blinking slightly. “Wh-What?”

Rex gives CT-7707 a soft smile, hoping to put him at ease a bit. “You... you aren’t the first one to go through this, the longnecks did the same thing to me about a year ago.” CT-7707 looks up at Rex with wide eyes, but then winces slightly as the bandages on his neck pull tighter, making him pull at them hopelessly, because his claws aren’t sharp enough to cut through them. Rex’s eyes widen when he notices them, and he gets a look of pity. “You’re stuck, can I help?” CT-7707 whines a bit, but nods. And Rex walks over and kneels in front of him, he winces when he sees the blood soaking the bandages. 

“Hold still, let me just--” Rex gently places a hand under CT-7707’s chin and lifts it up, then he uses his sharp claws to cut the bandages off, his eyes widen when he sees the slightly missing fur and surgical scars on his neck, including the open wound. He frowns. “What was this for?” CT-7707 whimpers. “I-It was sup-supposed to fix m-me, bec-because I’m def-defective and I stutter.” Rex gets a look of anger, scaring poor CT-7707, but it turns sad as soon as he realizes. “It’s okay, I’m not mad at you, but the kaminoans are wrong, you don’t need to be fixed. Not at all.” Rex moves around and sits down beside CT-7707, gently reaching over and pulling him into his lap.

CT-7707 yelps a bit, but then he settles down against Rex, who’s much larger than him. He whines as he notices blood from his neck, wrists and ankles soaking into Rex’s fur. But Rex just brushes it off. “It’s okay, I can wash it off later.” CT-7707 nods, and snuggles into Rex, nuzzling him almost desperately. Rex frowns as he notices, because he seems almost touch starved. “Would you like me to go get your batch mates? I’m sure they are wondering what happened to you. And can you tell me your name?” CT-7707 whimpers loudly, starting Rex as he snuggles into him, he starts breathing heavily as he seems to almost be going into a panic attack. “Hey, shh. It’s okay, you’re okay, Lil’un.” CT-7707 whimpers again and Rex pulls him closer, letting him snuggle into his chest.

“D-Don’t let th-them find me, ple-please. Th-They’ll hurt m-me.” Rex rubs his back, not understanding until a realization comes over him. “Were the Cadets chasing you your batchmates?” CT-7707 nods, making Rex’s fur bristle with anger, but he pushes it  away and comforts CT-7707, gently rubbing a hand through his fur, making the younger wolf hum. He is definitely touch starved. “You’re okay, don’t worry. They won’t hurt you anymore, I promise.” CT-7707 nods as he snuggles into Rex even more than he is, making Rex smile as he plays with his fur. “Do you have a name yet? And how old are you?” CT-7707 shakes his head. “No, n-not y-yet. I’m just CT-7707. Defects don’t des-deserve names, and I’m f-four.” Rex’s eyes widen, his batchmates told him that? And four?! He’s way too young to go through this. 

“I promise you that you are not defective, Lil'un. Having a stutter does not make you defective.” Rex says with a sad smile, nuzzling the young cadet's head. He's had many times where Cody would have comforted him, whether it was about his hair colour, being a werewolf or anything really. Cody was always there for him, so Rex wants to do the same for this kid, whatever it is he may need. He can’t believe that his batchmates were chasing him, quite likely scaring him too. No one should ever have to be treated like that, to be told that they don’t deserve something, all because they are different in some way or another. 

There’s a soft knock on the wall, making the both of them look up and turn their heads to see two cadets looking into the room. There’s another two cadets with them too, who Rex notices to be Kix and Jesse, but they seem to be more focussed on stopping other cadets from entering instead of just looking at him and the other small werewolf in the room. Rex nervously glances between the two cadets standing in the doorway, not sure why they are here. “You’re Rex, right?” One of them asks and Rex nods “Yeah, I am. Why do you ask?”

The other cadet, with a drawn-on 5 in the corner of his forehead, turns his attention to Rex after pulling his gaze away from the other wolf. “Kix and Jesse, those two cadets outside, said that the kid was in here, so we just wanted to make sure that he’s okay now. Those four other cadets seemed to be giving him trouble, so we told them that Nala Se needed them immediately, so they’re gone for now.” Rex smiles and nods, but then looks at the young cadet in his arms again. “Those were his batchmates?” He says, making CT-7707 tense up and whimper, as the two Cadets get a disgusted look. Just the thought of them is enough to scare poor CT-7707.

The one with the five looks up at Rex. “What else have they done?” Rex tries not to get angry. His angry side is always scarier when he’s in this form. He covers the young cadet’s ears and starts to explain “They were hurting him. They said that he doesn’t deserve a name because he has a defect.” Rex moves his hands to the cadets back, rubbing it soothingly. Both cadets see red, Rex can tell by their body language and how their eyes widen. “What?! That’s disgusting! His batchmates told him that? Everyone deserves to have a name!” The one with the five colored on the corner of his forehead growls, CT-7707 flinches but hums when Rex rubs his back. “Th-They said that I do-don’t, and would be-beat me up if I ask-asked.” Rex tenses up, and so do the other two, then Rex looks down. “They what?” He asks through gritted teeth, trying to keep his temper in check, but he is failing. CT-7707 flinches, making Rex take a deep breath to calm himself down. 

“We will take care of that in a bit, but they had no right to hurt you, you are their brother.” CT-7707 frowns and nuzzles into Rex, as the other two cadets walk closer. Rex’s ears flick up as everyone hears sort of a commotion going on outside the door. “Okay, time to go. There's nothing to see.” The voice of 99 puts Rex at ease, but not CT-7707 who ducks down in his arms and tries to hide away. Rex smiles softly. “Don’t worry, that's  just 99, and my brother Cody, they won’t hurt you, I promise.” CT-7707 nods, and Rex looks up as he hears a voice. “Can I come in, Boys?” “Yep, come on in.” Rex yells back, and 99 walks in followed by Cody, Kix and Jesse continue to guard the door.  He smiles at the two Cadets.

“Now, what are your names?” Both smile and look at eachother. “I’m Fives, this is Echo.” The one with the five on his forehead says, making 99 smile as Cody walks towards Rex. “You okay, Rex?” Rex nods, but then CT-7707 pokes up from his arms, making Cody chuckle, and 99 smile when he looks up. “Hello, you must be who I’m here to see. May I take a look at you?” The soft, gentle voice puts CT-7707 at ease, and he looks up at Rex, as if asking for permission. Rex nods. “He won’t hurt you, I promise.” CT-7707 nods, and 99 proceeds to walk over, Rex sets him on the ground and 99 hums as he takes a look at him.

“Seems the kaminoans did a number on you, didn’t they.” CT-7707 nods as 99 gently prods at his neck, making him wince. “I’m sorry.” 99 apologizes, but then starts prodding his wrists and ankles, once he’s done he smiles. “How about we get you to my barracks, get everything fixed up, and I can make you some cookies. Does that sound good, little guy.” CT-7707 nods, and 99 smiles. “Alright then, Fives, Echo, Jesse and Kix can all come too.” Cody and Rex both poute playfully. 

“What about us?” Cody asks, making 99 chuckle. “Of course, come along. Think you can carry him, Rex?” Rex nods and gently picks CT-7707 up into his arms bridal style, making the little wolf yelp. “Don’t worry, I got ya.” Rex smiles at CT-7707 as he carries him out into the halls, CT-7707 whimpers and tries to hide down into Rex’s arms, snuggling his face into the fur on Rex’s chest, making Rex sigh as he holds the tiny wolf close. He feels so bad for what he’s gone through, this shouldn’t have happened to him.

 It only takes them a few minutes to get to 99’s barracks, and they all walk in to see four other Cadets sitting around. One is bigger than the  others, one has grey hair and looks grumpy as heck, one has longer hair than regulations and one has glasses and is pretty small. They all get wide eyed looks when they see Rex and CT-7707, but 99 hums and just walks into the barracks and smiles. 

“Hey boys, think you can get the first aid supplies for me.” They nod and the one with goggles goes running to a footlocker at the end of a bunk, the one with longer hair walks up. “What did the Kaminoans do this time?” He asks gravely, and 99 sighs. “This is Rex, he was given a serum about a year ago that turned him into a werewolf, and the Cadet in his arms was given the same thing today.” Hunter’s eyes widen as he stares at the young Cadet in Rex’s arms, he feels disgusted by what they did, the grey haired Cadet and the bigger one both just stare. “He looks so young, how could they do this?” The one with grey hair asks, a look of disgust on his face. 

Rex sighs and sits down on the ground, still holding the Lil’un close. “I don’t know, but all that matters now is that it won’t ever happen ever again.” CT-7707 looks up at Rex, confused as to what he means by that. “W-What do you-you mean? Am I-I not-t going back?” Everyone shares a sad look and Rex shakes his head. “We aren’t going to let you be put back with those bullies. We won’t let them, or anyone else, hurt you ever again.”

CT-7707 tears up, from feeling both happy and thankful. “N-No one has-as-as ever been kind t-to me before. Are you s-sure you want m-me around? I don’t w-want to be the bur-burden I’ve always be-been told that I a-am.” His ears press back, not wanting to intrude into their lives and just ruin it for them. He’d hate to disappoint anyone else-- “Of course we do. You seem like a really nice kid, I can’t see how anyone could dislike you.” Cody tells him, warming his heart as a few tears fall down his furry cheek, which are wiped away with the brush of the back of Rex’s finger. 

CT-7707 hums, he’s still so touch starved so it’ll take time for him to heal, to feel normal and loved. The cadet with goggles walks back over to the group with a few medical supplies, handing them to 99. “Thank you, Tech. Now, let’s get you patched up.” CT-7707 whines and flinches away a little, making 99 stop in his tracks. “Sorry, kid. I promise that I won’t hurt you.” 

CT-7707 looks up at Rex and back again before nodding. 99 smiles and reaches out to check his wrists first, placing some bacta on before wrapping them up. As 99 continues to treat his wounds, CT-7707 sees that a cadet, who is taller and broader than the others, has walked close to him, smiling and looking at him. CT-7707 doesn’t know what to do-- “Your fur looks so soft and fluffy!” The cadet startles CT-7707 by accident, making him shrink down into Rex’s arms. 

“Careful, you’re scaring him.” The cadet with longer hair walks over and smiles at CT-7707. “Don’t mind Wrecker here, he can get a little loud and over excited. I’m Hunter by the way.” CT-7707’s eyes widen, he feels afraid when he hears that. He tries to back up a bit, hitting Rex’s chest. Tech realizes what's going on, and so does Hunter. 

“Oh, don’t worry, he’s not that type of Hunter. A usual hunter is a person or animal that hunts prey for food, or game. While our Hunter is more like a person searching for something, as his enhanced ability, or defect, as it is sometimes called. It is actually quite interesting, I could name all the differences between our Hunter and a usual hunter if I wanted--” “Nerd, please don’t.” The grey haired Cadet asks, making Hunter chuckle. “That's Crosshair, he’s pretty grumpy, but has a soft side.” Hunter gets a glare from Crosshair. “I do not!” CT-7707 smiles softly. Hunter then smiles. “We’re the bad batch!”

“Ok-Okay, nice to me-meet you, and it’s ok-okay. I’m just n-not used to atten-attention.” They all nod and 99 walks over and gently  gets to work, applying bacta and wrapping up CT-7707’s neck first. “There we go, I’m guessing that was from surgery?” CT-7707 nods. “Mhm, th-they wanted to f-fix me.” 99 shakes his head. “I don’t see what there is to fix.” He then starts on CT-7707’s wrists and ankles, gently applying bacta and wrapping them up. Once he’s done, he smiles and looks up at the youngling. “Anywhere else?” CT-7707 gets a nervous look. “M-My… Um.. tail. I fe-fell on it.” 

99 gives CT-7707 a soft look. “Don’t worry, Rex has done the same thing, let me take a look.” CT-7707 gently pulls his tail around, and 99 prods at it with a hum. “Seems like you sprained it, no biggie, I’ll just wrap it with bacta and you’ll be good.” CT-7707 nods and Rex looks over at Kix. “Hey, Kix. Why aren’t you helping?” Kix shrugs. “He might be more comfortable if it's just one person.” Rex nods and 99 finishes wrapping CT-7707’s tail, then Wrecker goes running and returns with a stuffed animal. “Here, you can hold my Lula.” CT-7707 raises an eyebrow. “What's a Lula?”

Wrecker smiles as he hands CT-7707 the stuffy. “She's my friend, and a tooka. You cuddle her and she makes you feel better.”  CT-7707 nods and hugs the stuffy close, smiling as he holds it, then he yawns. “Looks like someone needs some sleep, I’m sure one of the boys won’t mind sharing their bunk, and we can have a sleepover.” 99 suggests, and Hunter nods. “They can use mine, if they’d like to stay.” Fives, Echo, Jesse and Kix all nod excitedly, as Cody nods as well. “Of course, we’ll have a cuddle pile!” CT-7707 raises an eyebrow again. “What's th-that?” Everyone gets a sad look, but Rex explains. “That's when you and a few other Cadets all cuddle and sleep together, here, we’ll show you.” Rex picks him up and carries him to a bed, laying CT-7707 down and then curling around him. Jesse and Kix come next and curl up on either side of Rex, as Cody sprawls himself on top.

Then Fives and Echo both lay down a bunch of blankets and pillows on the floor, curling up on them, as Wrecker joins them, Hunter smiles and turns to his other brothers. “Want to join them?” Tech nods and goes lays with Wrecker, and Crosshair huffs. “Sure.” Hunter smiles and pulls his grumpy brother over, and they both lay down. Everyone falls asleep to the sound of 99 humming as he repairs and cleans some equipment.

xxx

CT-7707 wakes up to the sound of soft and gentle breathing, panicking in his mind for only a second before he remembers where he is. For once in his life, he hasn’t been rudely awakened. His batchmates would wake him up early and abruptly, literally pulling him out of his bunk. He smiles, not feeling like he has to force it. His batchmates threatened him that if he didn’t smile when they wanted him to, he would be decommissioned and beaten up. He sighs and snuggles into whoever he is lying on top of, then looks to see that it’s Rex...who’s human! Stutter jolts up and looks down at himself, seeing that he is no longer covered in fur.

Rex feels the movement and opens his eyes to see the Lil’un awake on top of him. “Morning, Lil’un.” Rex ruffles the top of CT-7707’s head, making him softly giggle and hum at the feeling of someone ruffling his hair. “Mor-Morning, Rex.” He looks down at his wrists, seeing that the bandages have slipped off. Rex smiles sweetly “Don’t worry about those, we’ll get your wrists and ankles rewrapped later.” CT-7707 smiles and nods in thanks, then there’s a growling noise.

CT-7707 looks a little embarrassed, his stomach just made, what must be, the loudest noise in the galaxy. “Are you hungry, Lil’un?” CT-7707 nods his head, looking around the room that the others are talking amongst themselves, giving him and Rex some space. Rex smiles and sits up slowly, letting CT-7707 slide off of him. The others then walk over, all smiling brightly at him. CT-7707 isn’t used to the attention. He sees Tech walk over to them both, carrying a set of uniform and handing it to CT-7707. “Here, these might be a little bit big on you, but it’s better than nothing.”

CT-7707 smiles, but shakes the uniform off and checks it over. He looks around the room to see confused faces. “S-Sorry, my old batch-batchmates would place th-these chem-chemicals in my uni-uniforms that caused itch-itching or burn-burning. And even once g-g-gave me hives. I woul-wouldn’t use the sho-showers until it we-went away, bec-because I didn’t w-w-want the others to lo-look at me.” Everyone gets an expression crossed between sadness and anger. They hate that something like this could even happen to someone as sweet as this Cadet is. 

Kix brings over some bandages, handing a few to Rex before turning to CT-7707 with a smile “Hi, kid. Is it okay if I help Rex wrap your wounds up?” Kix asks, earning a nervous look off the young, small cadet. CT-7707 looks at Rex and then back at Kix, nodding shyly. “Thank you, just let me know if I wrap them too tightly.” Both he and Rex kneel down, Rex wrapping his wrists while Kix wraps his ankles up.

“There isn’t a lot of privacy in this room, but we can look away if you want to change in that corner over there?” Hunter suggests, pointing towards the other side of the room. “Th-Thank you, that w-would be great.” Everyone smiles as he walks to get changed. Before he undresses, he turns to see the others looking away and talking to each other. He slips off his ripped pants and slips on the new pair, putting his shirt on and then walking back to the group.

“Hey, Lil’un. So we have a surprise for you.” Rex tells him joyfully, making CT-7707 wonder as to what the surprise could be. He’s sure that it won’t be like the mean surprises that he used to get. “A s-s-surprise? For me?” They all nod. This is obviously a joint surprise. Rex crouches down in front of him and smiles. “It was Fives’ idea first, but then we all agreed on it, your name. Stutter.” CT-7707.. no… Stutter stares at them with wide eyes, and Fives walks forward excitedly. “I hope you like it!! I figured that the name Stutter would make you feel better about it, and it just fits you. Also I am like the all time master of name choosing.” He gets a slap from Echo for that, but Stutter still doesn’t move, Rex frowns. “We all agreed that when we think of you, that name fits. But if you don’t like it—“ Rex can’t finish because Stutter slams into him with a hug, then he does the same to Fives. “Th-Thank you, Th-Thank you Th-Thank you!!!” He chants as he goes around hugging everyone, even Crosshair smiles and hugs him. 

Rex smiles. “No thanks necessary, everyone deserves a name, especially a sweet little Vod’ika like you.” Stutter smiles happily as Rex stands up and takes his hand. “Now, let’s get some food, yeah?” “YEAH!!!” Everyone chuckles at Wreckers enthusiasm. “Wrecker's right!! Let's go!!” Jesse yells in agreement, making everyone cheer as well.

“Knock knock.” Everyone turns to see Cody walking in with a fresh set of uniform. Rex sighs in relief. “Thanks Cod’ika. We were just about to leave for the messhall, so good timing.” Rex says. And Cody chuckles. “Of course, can’t let you just walk around half naked now can we?” Cody laughs and passes the uniform to Rex, who moves to the corner and quickly changes. Once he’s done he walks back. “Alright, let’s head to the mess hall.” Rex freezes and turns to Cody. “Also, Codes. We gave our young brother a name, It’s Stutter, Fives came up with it.” Cody gets a smile as he kneels down towards Stutter. “So, what do you think of the name?” Stutter smiles widely. “I love it!!” Cody ruffles his hair. “That's great!! Now, let's get you some food.” Stutter nods as he grabs onto Rex’s hand, the seven year old Cadet looking down with a smile, at his four year old brother.

Everyone nods and follows them out, who holds Stutters hand. They all walk through the halls, getting stares from everyone, but they are actually too happy to notice. Once they get in there, everyone heads over to get their food, and Rex helps out Stutter. “There, now let's go sit.” They all sit down, but after a few minutes of eating, they notice that Stutter is just staring at them. “Is something wrong, Stutter?” Rex asks, making Stutter blink a couple of times before replying. “I-It’s just that my prev-previous batch-batchmates w-w-would push my f-food onto the fl-floor, so p-part of me was-s expe-expecting that to...neverm-m-mind, sorry.” Stutter picks up his fork and starts  to eat his food, but then his stomach twists when he hears the all too familiar voices of his previous batchmates. 

He startles and hides behind Rex, who looks confused but then quickly realises what the matter is when he sees four cadets coming towards them. “Duse? Wow, I would have thought that you would have been decommissioned the moment that the Kaminoans found out that you are a monster.” The leader of their batch, Clank, smirks when he sees Stutter shaking. Rex sees red, holding Stutter close and hiding him from them. 

 Rex growls, making them jump when they see him slightly transform. He sprouts a little bit of fur, teeth are sharper, ears a little pointier as he gets a little bigger, making his uniform stretch enough to be noticeable, but not enough to completely rip. Cody places a hand on his shoulder to calm him enough to keep him from fully transforming, then he looks at the four cadets. “I think it’s time that you leave. Now. And I suggest that you leave him alone from now on.” Clank snorts and crosses his arms. 

“Who, CT-7707? I didn’t even think that he existed or mattered.” Clank retorts, obviously enjoying this. Rex groans, trying as hard as he can not to completely transform. Crosshair glares at them “He has a name.” “Yeah, it’s Stutter!” Fives adds, making the batch look disgusted and then Clank laughs, the others doing the same “That’s a great name, because now he will never forget why he sounds so stupid whenever he opens his mouth.”

“You’re the only one here who sounds stupid.” Echo’s comeback angers the Cadet, but when Clank starts to walk forward, Wrecker stands up and gets in his way, just standing there. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you, Reg.” He warns, making the Cadet pale a little, but pretends that he isn’t bothered by him. “Tch, come on guys, let’s get out of here.” Clank tells them, walking past the table and attempting to knock Stutter’s food onto the floor, but Hunter can sense what he is about to do, so Hunter grabs his arm and pushes it away. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

Clank only glares at him and goes to walk away, but before they leave, Clank just has to open his mouth again. “He’s such a defect, he’ll be decommissioned soon, so he won’t matter much more.” It’s said barely above a whisper, but Hunter and Rex hear him loud and clear. Unfortunately, Stutter also heard what he said, making him tear up and start crying. Rex growls and has to run out of the mess hall to transform, he wishes he could have stayed, but he didn’t want to scare Stutter with his transformation and it's just not very good for him to be seen.

Hunter quickly walks over and pulls Stutter close, when suddenly a whole tray of food goes flying and hits the four cadets, everyone turns to see Crosshair standing up, he has the most evil glare on his face. “I don’t know what you just said, but you made my baby brother cry, and no one messes with my brothers, ever!” Stutter sniffles and looks up at Crosshair, eyes widening when he realizes what was just said, Crosshair walks over and gives Stutter his best smile. He gently wipes Stutter’s tears away. “He doesn’t deserve brothers!!” Clank yells, making Crosshair tense up, and they run as Hunter has to hold Crosshair back from chasing after them. “Yeah!! You better run!!” Fives yells as Kix and Jesse blow raspberries at their retreating forms.

“Yeah!!! Don’t come back, ya Regs!!” Wrecker yells as Echo cheers. “Yeah, ya sorry excuses for Vod’e!” Echo and Wrecker both high five as Cody chuckles, then he looks towards the door. “Okay, we need to go find Rex.” Then he turns to Fives, Echo, Jesse and Kix. “Okay, you four have training, so we’ll see you after.” The four groan, but nod. Fives pulls Stutter into a hug. “We’ll see you later. Vod’ika.” 

The other three join in on the hug as well, and nod. “Yep!” “Definitely.” “as soon as training is over.” Then they all run out of the messhall as Cody takes Stutter’s hand, and him and the bad batch walk out slowly, immediately seeing two boots on opposite sides of the hall, Cody sighs. “Rex was definitely transforming, he probably went back to your guys’ barracks.” The bad batch nod and they all start walking, but Wrecker runs up to Stutter. “Would you...uh, like to ride on my shoulders?” Stutter doesn’t know what he means, but he nods. Wrecker smiles and quickly scoops Stutter up, quickly throwing him up and onto his shoulders. Stutter squeals with excitement as he laughs, making everyone smile.

He lays his chin on the top of Wreckers head as they walk, humming and closing his eyes as he relaxes. He finds that he likes having brothers, good brothers. “My brothers.” He mumbles quietly, getting a large smile, but Hunter hears it. “Yep! We're your brothers, so is Jesse, Kix, Fives and Echo. And also Rex and Cody.” Stutter nods. “They are your brothers too, we’re all brothers now.” Hunter gets a surprised look, and so do the others, but then he smiles. “Yeah, you brought us together, and now we are all brothers, our little group of brothers.” Cody smiles as he listens to the conversation, he can’t believe that one little Cadet could bring together so many different brothers. They have a small family now.

They make it to the bad batch’s barracks, seeing torn clothes once they start to get closer, Cody knocks. “Rex! Are you there?” Cody waits for a few seconds, when-- “Yeah! I’m here.” Cody smiles and types in the code, walking into the room, followed by the bad batch and Stutter. They see Rex, fully transformed, torn uniform everywhere, sitting slumped against the wall with his head hung low. He looks up and his tears reflect in the light. Stutter is the first one to  run over and hug him, after jumping off of Wreckers shoulders, softly crying. Rex runs a hand over the back of his head, shushing him.

“It’s okay, they’re gone now. We’ll be here for you.” Rex tells him, but Stutter doesn’t stop crying. “Hey, you alright, Lil’un--?” “I-It hurts. I feel re-really uncom-uncomfortable.” Rex furrows his eyebrows for a moment, then he notices Stutter shifting and changing. “Crap, he’s transforming. Can you guys leave us for a few minutes please?” They all nod and turn, walking out the door and closing it behind them. Rex frowns, hating that Stutter is in so much pain.

“R-Rex, it hu-hurts. Why do-does i-it hURT, AHH!!” Stutter yells as he changes and transforms, bones cracking, fur sprouting and body growing, his face elongating into a snout.  Rex knows the pain, that there isn’t much to stop it. Even painkillers don’t help, neither do bacta patches for the muscle pain. He rubs Stutter’s back as he writhes and whines, nearly fully transformed. “Shh, it’s okay, it’s okay.” Rex comforts Stutter as much as he can, pulling off the torn pieces of uniform. Stutter whines when the transformation finishes. “I’m s-sorry, R-Rex. I-I can’t con-control it.” Stutter whimpers, nuzzling into Rex’s chest, who runs a hand up and down his back. 

“Don’t worry, Stut’ika. I couldn’t control it very well for a while. Emotions are a strong trigger for it, so it can get difficult sometimes, but I’ll be right here for you, always.” Stutter nods, slightly understanding a little more. Rex smiles as he nuzzles the top of Stutter’s head with his chin. “I still have a hard time controlling it, like today in the messhall. It does get easier to hold it back though, I promise.” Stutter smiles with relief, but then looks up at Rex with sad eyes. “C-Can the oth-others come back in n-now?” 

Rex smiles and nods “Of course they can. Guys! You can come back in now!” He calls to the others, who are standing right outside. The door slides open and both the bad batch and Cody walk back in. He smiles as he walks over to Stutter and pets his head, smiling softly as the bad batch walk over. Wecker stares at Stutter, making the young wolf chuckle. “D-Do you wa-want to feel my f-fur?” Wrecker nods excitedly as he gently rubs Stutter’s arm, humming as he feels his fur, Stutter hums at the feeling as well, then Cody smiles. “So, I got you transferred away from that squad of yours, and to mine and Rex’s.” Stutter and Rex both perk up, as the bad batch smile. 

“And if those di'kutla batchmates give you anymore trouble, you come to us and we’ll take care of ‘em!” Crosshair reassures Stutter, and his other three brothers cheer, Stutter tears up and hugs Rex, knowing he’s going to be part of his squad now. Rex chuckles as the door opens and 99 walks in. 

“Hey, boys. How is everyone doing after last night? I baked some cookies!” Rex smiles. “We named him Stutter!” He gestures to Stutter. “And he’ll never have to see his old batchmates ever again, since he’s in my squad now!!” 99 gets a wide smile as he sets the container of cookies down and walks over to Stutter, running hand through his fur. “That's very good, we should get the other four and celebrate.” Cody shakes his head. “99, they’re in train--” “I don’t care, we all know that you have leeway with the longnecks, go get them.” Cody sighs, but chuckles and runs out the door. 99 turns to  see Wrecker trying to  snatch a cookie, and promptly stops him. “Wrecker, you have to be patient.” Wrecker pouts, but walks back over to Stutter and sits beside him and Rex. 

After a few minutes, Cody returns with Fives, Echo, Jesse and Kix. Fives squalls and runs over, hugging Stutter as Rex sets him down. “Ha! You’ll never have to see those nobodies ever again!!” Stutter chuckles and hugs Fives back, as 99 walks over. “Here, you can have the first cookie, Stutter!” Stutter smiles and grabs one, as everyone congratulates him. They all have a little party, and Stutter finds that becoming a werewolf is the best thing that's ever happened to him.

Mando’a translations:

Duse- rubbish, waste - lit. unclean things

di'kutla-useless, stupid, worthless

Taglist:  @pro-fangirls-unsocial-life @ahsokatano-thetogruta @lightning-wolffe @haloangel391

[writer1]

A Wolf’s Sugar Rush

Warnings: Death, past death, death of children referenced, overindulgence of candy, belly aches, body horror, transformation, Vomit, trauma, intense sugar rush, craziness, self hate, guilt, lots of guilt.

A/N: This is a collab between me and @ahsokatano-thetogruta, we both hope you like it. This is in our One Big Family AU. Rebel bad batch designs are based on this art by @d-does-art

Stutter sneaks quietly into the Havoc Marauder, smiling to himself. He has been smelling a sweet smell from Wrecker’s room for the whole month since his chip was removed, and he’s ready for some candy. Stutter quietly sneaks into Wreckers room, and sniffs. Once… twice... Bingo. He goes under the bed and pulls out a giant bag of candy and chocolates! Stutter’s eyes light up for the first time in about fifteen years. He then freezes when he hears a squawk, turning to see Mrs Clucky staring at him. His eyes narrow. “Wh-What are you loo-looking at?” He then walks out of the marauder and runs to his room, hiding in there. 

He reaches in and pulls out a piece of chocolate, he places it in his mouth and hums, then he starts digging in. He knows he’s probably overindulging, but he doesn’t care, it’s been too long since he’s had the sweet delicious taste of candy.

xxx

Kanan and Ezra walk through chopper base, they are heading to training when-- “Whooo!!!” They both freeze as they see Stutter go running by with a bucket of paint. “What the--” Kanan whispers, as both him and Ezra go running. They turn round the corner, running into the landing bay, seeing Stutter splattering purple paint all over an Y-Wing. Everyone is confused. They’ve never seen this much energy in an old clone before. Stutter is unable to paint right, making a mess everywhere. Ezra can’t help but hold back laughter, while Kanan just raises an eyebrow.

 Stutter lets his craziness run wild, messily painting Tookas all over the ship, creating, what he thinks in his mind, a masterpiece. “Fin-Finished!!! Wh-What d’you g-g-guys think?!” Stutter gestures to the purple massacred ship. Ezra takes a moment to compose himself, clutching his stomach from laughing so hard. “I think it looks great, Stutter! What do you think, Kanan?” Ezra smiles widely at Kanan, making the Jedi look down at him with a slightly scrunched up face, turning to Stutter with a smile “It’s, uh...very expressive and colourful.” 

Stutter smiles, lips twitch slightly, so does his eye. Kanan and Ezra both get concerned looks, but before they can ask what’s wrong, Stutter runs past them, yelling-- “NYOOOM!!” and running off. Kanan and Ezra go running after him, chasing him around the base. “How much energy does an old man have?!” Ezra yells, Kanan shrugging and sighing. “Usually, not this much.” Stutter has run pretty far ahead, but he slows down a little, almost to a jogging pace.

Kanan and Ezra catch up a little, seeing Stutter transforming as he limps along, not stopping. Though he should, because his legs are rearranging and cracking into haunches, making him stumble a little, but regains his balance. Fur has sprouted all over his much larger body, civilian clothes ripping to shreds, save for his pants. A tail grows long and swishy as his face elongates into a snout.

He growls a bit, but then once it finishes he goes running, Kanan and Ezra’s eyes both widen, and they look at eachother. “I think we might need help.” Ezra whispers, and Kanan nods, then he pulls out his comlink. “Hera, come in.” It’s only a few seconds when he gets an answer. “Yes, Kanan. What is it?” “We need help, something’s wrong with Stutter, and he’s transformed and is running all over the base!” 

“What! Is he hurting anyone?” Hera asks, but Kanan sighs. “No, of course not, he just seems to be… I don’t know, full of energy.” Hera hums. “I’m not sure, but me, Sabine and Zeb can come help catch him.” Kanan smiles and breathes a sigh of relief. “Thanks Hera, I just… He seems happy right now. I’m just not sure what is going on.” “We’ll figure it out, Rex and the others should also be back soon, so they can help.” Kanan nods. “Roger that, we’re still near the landing bay, but I’m not sure how long till we’re far away.” Kanan turns the comm off as he continues to run after Stutter, followed by Ezra.

xxx

Rex and the others all get off the ship, happy to have completed the mission. “Yeah!! Another mission completed!!” Wrecker yells Excitedly, making everyone smile, even Crosshair. “Calm down, Wrecker. This isn’t by far our first--” Everyone freezes as they see the massacred Y-wing. “What the kriff.” Hunter whispers, then he and the others notice the Tooka. “Stutter did this?” Jesse asks, and Rex’s eyes get a confused look, then Fives pales. “Hey, Wrecker. Did you not have a stash of candy hidden in your bunk? A large stash?” Wrecker laughs excitedly. “Yeah, why--” He freezes as the realization dawns on everyone. “Uh oh, that is not good.” Tech says, as Rex facepalms.

“Shit, come on, let's go find him.” Rex tells them, and they all sigh. “Wrecker, you know how Stutter is with candy.” Hunter scolds, but Wrecker shrugs. “It's been in there since before we rescued him, I forgot.” Hunter sighs, but Rex smiles. “Hey, it’s not your fault, Wrecker. At least he might have had some fun, this is the first time he’s drawn since…” Everyone nods in understanding, knowing that Rex is referring back to order 66--

“INCOMING!!” The sound of Ezra yelling makes them turn to see a giant blur of grey and brown charging towards them. Their eyes widen and Rex suddenly shouts-- “Move!!!” They all do so, jumping out of the way as far as they can, hearing the heavy footsteps run past them, Stutter laugher and acting downright crazy.

Rex lets out a groan as he stands up, hearing Fives laughing his ass off as he floats above them, whispering under his breath. “I’m getting too old for this.” The rest of the bad batch get up, Crosshair laughing at his baby brother. “Aren’t we all.” “Well, I’m not.” They all glare at Fives, who shrinks down, “Sorry.” He whispers, getting a sad and almost scared look. He floats down and both Jesse and Echo pat him on the back. “It’s okay, we know ya didn’t mean it.” Echo tells him, making Fives smile at them, almost sadly as the others nod as well.

A moment later, the ghost crew runs up to them, Ezra stops right next to Rex, out of breath. Rex chuckles and pats the sixteen year old’s head “You alright there, kiddo?” Ezra holds his ribs, obviously fighting a stitch. “We--....We’ve been... chasing him…. for an hour. How is he so fast? He’s nearly as old as you, right? Like, you’re fifty years old aren’t you?” Ezra is so out of breath, but soon recovers, so do the others.

Rex laughs and rubs the back of his neck “Well, we make look old, but we are actually only half our age. Stutter is only twenty five years old.” Ezra’s eyes widen, then his face heats up in embarrassment “Oh, sorry, I-I didn’t mean to call you old.” Rex smiles sweetly, about to talk, but Tech starts talking “No need to be sorry, us clones all have accelerated aging, so it is very often that we are mistaken to be older than we actually are. Studies say that--” “Shut up, Nerd. we know, you love to spout out facts. But now’s not the time.” Crosshair says, nudging Tech’s shoulder and then signalling in the direction that Stutter ran off to.

Rex sighs as Kanan looks over at him. “What is wrong with Stutter?” Rex barks out a laugh, as the others smile. “Stutter can’t handle sugar very well, and it seems that he ate Wreckers stash, so he’s just on a sugar rush. It’s happened a few times before.” Kanan internally facepalms, how was he so dumb not to think of that. “How did I not think of that? So this has happened before?” Rex nods as Crosshair chuckles. “Yep, the first time our poor Vod threw up on Kix’s shoes, as we were told. We..uh..weren’t there.” Crosshair frowns, trying to forget about what they had missed while they were separated from their Vod’e. Jesse smirks. “I was, it was hilarious, Kix was so grossed out, ha.” Everyone gets sad looks when he s[eaks about their missing Vod, but they brush them away for now.

Kanan chuckles. “He is fast, even when he was in his human form.” Rex nods. “Yeah, Stutter seems to get inhuman speed when he has a sugar rush, we still don’t understand it.” He then turns in the direction Stutter had gone. “Hey, Stutter! We’re back!!” They all wait a few minutes, as Sabine and Zeb leave. Then-- “R-Rex!!!” Stutter comes bolting around the corner, making Rex’s eyes widen. “Stutter! Wait, no--” Stutter slams into Rex, unable to stop and he falls on top of him, Then he quickly jumps up and starts running again. Rex sits up and rubs his head as the others bust a gut laughing.

“How long until he’s going to crash?” Hera asks, making Rex groan. “Matters how much candy he ate, it could be a bit though. Usually he’ll slow down a lot, then crash on the nearest person sitting. It’s pretty cute actually.” Rex tells them, and Echo nods. “Yeah, although it’s also a bit sad, when he gets a stomach ache in the end, but he’s always okay.” Rex smiles at Echo as he stands up as he stretches. “Lets go look for him, I can also transform so at least one of us can keep up with him.” They all nod, but Ezra looks up at Rex, frowning a little.”Are you comfortable with transforming in front of us?” Rex nods his head, returning the smile.

“It’s alright, I don’t mind at all.” Then follow Rex as he walks to Stutter’s room. They find all sorts of candy wrappers on the floor as Rex starts peeling off his armor. “Jeez, how much candy did you have Wrecker?” Kanan asks, and Wrecker shrugs. “I had saved credits for a long time to buy that big stash, so a lot.” Everyone groans, then Rex sighs. “I’m going to  transform now, do you guys want to leave?” Everyone shakes their heads. “It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, Ori’Vod.” Hunter reassures him, then Kanan looks over with a smile. “As long as you’re comfortable.” Rex nods then he groans as he starts to transform.

Cracking is heard as he grows bigger, ears moving to the top of his head and becoming more pointed. Grey fur grows everywhere as his face elongates, white fur growing where his beard once was, and his bones rearrange. A long, fluffy tail grows from his backside, and swishes as he stands up straight and stretches. “It’s been a bit.” He whispers sadly, he hadn’t transformed since… since he had to fight a chip controlled Stutter, it’s bringing back the memories now. He feels a pat on his side, as he looks down to see Hunter. “How ya doing Rex.” Rex smiles back with sharp teeth. “Good, Hunter. I’m good.”

Rex stretches again and looks around, then he sees Ezra staring straight at him. Rex then realises that he has never seen him transform up close before. “It’s a little scarier up close.” He says quietly, not wanting to offend Rex or make him feel bad. Rex lets out a small nervous laugh. “Y-Yeah, I guess it  is.” Rex understands what he means, but because he himself is a werewolf, he’s never really been freaked out or afraid of when Stutter has transformed right next to him while he’s still human. Though the first few times that he ever transformed, he was afraid-- no, terrified of himself.

A moment later, Stutter pokes his head around the corner in search of more candy, but when he can’t find any, he just whines but then starts laughing straight after, letting out a “N-Nope.” as he runs off again. Rex sighs, facepalming “This’ll be fun.” He says, making the others chuckle. “Go and do what you need to do, Rex. We’ll stay here and clean up.” Hunter pats Rex’s back with a smile and Rex nods. “Thanks, guys. I’ll be back soon, hopefully…” Rex sighs again before running out of the room and following Stutter’s scent.

He finds that Stutter has run back to the landing bay to where the purple Y-Wing is once again being attacked with paint. Rex shakes his head and laughs,  watching as the twenty five year old goes absolutely wild and hyperactive. Rex swears that Stutter must be getting more paint on himself than the ship. He watches for a few moments more before he calls over to Stutter. “Stut’ika!”

The grey and brown wolf immediately stops at the sound of his nickname, turning around and smiling widely. “R-R-Rex!!” He yells back, running towards his Ori’Vod, almost tripping over when his mind races ahead of his body, unable to process the few crates that are lying around. Stutter reaches Rex and immediately slams himself into him. Rex chuckles, feeling Stutter lean into him. The poor Vod’ika feels so heavy in his arms, body falling almost completely limp into him, so Rex sits down against a wall, pulling Stutter up into his lap and into a more comfortable position.

Stutter starts to subconsciously play with the fur on Rex’s chest, making Rex hum and Stutter smiles at the comforting vibrations. “Y-You’re so f-fluffy, Ori-Ori’Vod.” Rex holds back laughter, instead he rubs the fluffier fur on Stutter’s head, making Stutter hum at the nice feeling, but he immediately whines. Rex’s eyes widen, not sure what has just caused him to sound in pain--

Stutter gags once before puking onto Rex, trickling down his torso and into his lap. Rex runs a hand up and down Stutter’s back. “R-Rex, I-I-I d-don’t fe-feel well.” He’s cut off by a whimper, throwing up a little more. “Shh, it’s alright. It’s okay.” Rex says comfortingly as Stutter chokes out the last bit of puke. Stutter looks at Rex, an apologetic and groggy look in his yellow eyes. “S-Sorry, R-Rex.” He whines a little, feeling bad for throwing up, but then everything goes black.

xxx

Rex hears a whimper as Stutter wakes up again, he’s only been sleeping for ten minutes. Rex smiles softly at him, as Stutter looks up. “You want to get cleaned up now?” Stutter nods, and Rex slowly stands up, holding Stutter bridal style in his arms, he starts heading to the refresher nearest to them. Stutter smiles softly. “Y-You car-carried me like th-this when we first m-m-met, ‘member.” He mumbles, making Rex smile. “Yeah, I remember. You were much easier to carry back then.” Stutter huffs, then whimpers softly as he clutches his stomach and nuzzles into Rex.

Rex sighs softly as he stops at the chopper base communal showers, it’s the only shower big enough for both their werewolf forms. He opens the door and ducks in, gently sitting Stutter down against a wall, right next to a shower. Then he gets it started and makes sure the water is warm, just how Stutter likes it. “There, ready?” He asks, and Stutter nods as Rex gently lifts him up, then he sets them both down in the shower.

Stutter hums as the warm water wets his fur, and Rex smiles as he starts scrubbing the puke out of Stutter’s fur. He grabs a small bottle of shampoo, it’s made for fur. They have some in every shower on Chopper base, just in case. He scrubs it into Stutter’s fur, making sure to be gentle near his head, where it’s still healing.

Stutter sighs as he clutches his stomach. “M’sorry for hur-hurting you… last time w-we were like th-this.” Rex freezes, then he sighs as the soap rinses out of Stutters fur. “Don’t be sorry, you had no control over the situation. I know you wouldn’t have hurt me if you were in control.” Stutter sighs and looks down, making Rex frown as he starts on his own fur.

Stutter starts to fall asleep again, and Rex smiles softly as he finishes washing himself, getting as much of the puke off of his pants as he can before turning the shower off. “Ready to get back to the others?” He asks as he carries Stutter over to a dryer spot, setting him down and grabbing some towels. “Y-Yeah… are th-they mad? Bec-Because I did th-this?” Rex sighs as he starts drying Stutter off, his fur poofing up quite a bit.

“No, no ones mad. We know it’s been a long time since you’ve had candy, and Wrecker’s stash had tempted you.” Stutter nods, and then Rex chuckles. “It was actually really nice to see you so happy, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen you like that.” Stutter chuckles hoursely. “Cr-Crazy?” He asks, and Rex nods. “Yeah, there was a long time we thought we would never get the chance to chase after you on a sugar rush again. So it’s nice. Reminds me of back then.” Stutter nods as Rex starts drying himself off, and he whimpers and clutches his stomach.

Rex feels worried and frowns. “Everything alright? Do you feel sick again?” Stutter nods, whimpering and leaning over to the side, away from Rex this time. Stutter pukes some more, feeling a comforting hand rub his back soothingly until he is dry heaving. “S-Sorry.” Stutter sits back against the wall, rubbing one side of his face with his hand, feeling so exhausted. Rex crouches down and wipes the puke off of Stutter’s snout. “It’s alright, Stut’ika. You don’t need to apologise for something that you can’t control.”

Stutter laughs dryly, wincing at the pain in his stomach “W-Well I was th-the one who got us in this pred-pred-predicament in the fi-first place, s-since I ate Wr-Wrecker’s entire st-stash of candy all i-in one go.” Rex smiles sadly, nuzzling the side of Stutter’s face and licking it a little, an affectionate gesture. “It’s not a problem at all. Like I said, it’s been years since you’ve had candy, so it’s okay that you’ve over indulged. And as long as you enjoyed it in the moment, then that is all that matters.”

Stutter nods, knowing that what Rex is saying is right, but he still feels so bad for letting himself get so sick. He gives Rex a hug, nuzzling into his fur and letting out a yawn. “Shall we go back to the others now?” Rex asks softly and Stutter nods, already wrapping his arms around Rex’s neck, letting Rex know that he’s ready to be picked up and carried back to his room. Rex scoops him up bridal style, then walks out of the showers and heads towards Stutter’s room.

He sees other rebels staring at the both of them, more in shock rather than fear or disgust. It makes a nice change for Stutter though, he was always being bullied by stormtroopers. It was bad enough having a stutter, but being a werewolf too? It was horrible, and he’s glad that he’s no longer a part of that stupid empire.

They both finally get to his room and walk in, seeing the blankets and pillows around all over the floor, creating a giant bed for them to all have-- “A c-cuddle p-pile?” Stutter’s eyes light up, happy that they are going to have a big cuddle pile. It’s been a long time since he’s had one. “Do y-you guys re-really w-want to? A-A-After...A-After all th-that I-I d-d-id.” Stutter’s nervousness is making him stutter more, his ears pressing back when he looks at everyone. They all frown, knowing that he’s talking about when he was unwillingly serving the empire.

Rex lays him down, then he sighs. “We already told you, it’s not your fault. It was the chip.” Stutter frowns, then he growls. “I st-still did i-it.” Rex sighs as the others do as well, they know that the can’t possibly understand what Stutter ws going through, none of the bad batch’s chips worked except for Wrecker’s and Crosshairs, Fives was a ghost, Jesse’s, Rex’s and Wrecker’s only worked for a little while, and even Crosshair wasn’t chipped for half as long as Stutter was. “Look, Stutter. None of us know exactly what you’re going through, but you need to believe us, none of what you did was your fault.” Hunter walks over and sits down beside Stutter, rubbing his back.

“We should have known you were alive, we should have figured it out somehow--” “We might have if I hadn’t of guessed you were dead because of your armor! It was dumb, just because they were throwing out your armor.” Crosshair growls, making Stutter flinch, and Rex and the others sigh. “Alright, it’s no one's fault, so please just stop blaming yourself, Crosshair. I could blame myself too, since I knew about the chips, but didn’t remember until too late.” Crosshair nods, then Fives flies closer to Stutter.

“It wasn’t your fault, the chip completely takes over your mind. Shit, when we found you, you didn’t even remember your name, Stut’ika. And we all know how much you treasure your name, you did nothing wro--” “I kil-killed kids, Fives! Inno-Inno-Innocent children no ol-older than ten, so-some as young as thr-three years o-old.” Stutter completely breaks down, crying into his hand as he clutches his stomach with the other, that feels like it’s trying to kill him. He feels like throwing up again, but he has already rid everything from his stomach, so he ends up breathing quickly as his body fights him to make him throw up again.

Rex feels like crying too. He can’t believe that he went through what he did for so long. He hates that the empire forced his Stut’ika to do things against his will. Rex knows what it's like, to be controlled by the chip and follow orders that are wrong. The worst part is...he knew they were wrong but he couldn’t stop. Rex sees Hunter sitting a little too close to Stutter, so he gently taps his shoulder, gesturing for Hunter to shuffle away.

Werewolves tend to lash out in one way or another when someone invades their personal space and gets too close. They only do this when they feel strong emotions such as intense sadness, stress, worry, fear, anxiety or pain. Rex knows this because he bit Kix. He knows that Kix was only trying to patch up his wounds, but he whipped his head to the side and clamped his jaw down on Kix’s arm. They thought that nothing would happen, but an hour later, Kix drops his datapad and falls to his knees, clutching his stomach and groaning in pain. That’s when he grew bigger, brown fur sprouted out as his armour burst off and blacks ripped.

Rex and Stutter are always careful not to let that happen again, and they hope Kix won’t let that happen either, wherever he may be… Rex is quickly brought out of his thoughts when Stutter launches himself into Rex, hugging him tightly and sobbing. It’s a sign that they don’t mind being touched, so Rex puts his arms around Stutter and holds him close, laying down and nuzzling Stutter’s head as he continues to cry.

Stutter hates that he’s so weak. It brings back all of his horrible memories of his batchmates and the things that he was told by the empire. He lets the tears fall and soak into Rex’s fur, knowing that he doesn’t mind. He feels like the entire weight of the galaxy has been put on his shoulders, bringing him down and imprinting all of his horrible memories permanently into his mind. It’s just… all too...much, and--

xxx

Stutter hums softly as he starts to wake up, his eyes fluttering open as he feels soft fur under him. He groans as his back and legs ache, and so does his stomach, he’s definitely feeling the effects of that sugar rush now. He sees that he’s laying on top of Rex, who’s still in his werewolf form, sleeping.

Stutter smiles softly as he looks around to see that his brothers are all in a cuddle pile, they must have arranged it once he fell asleep. Stutter carefully moves off of Rex and to the blankets, laying between him and Crosshair, he whimpers softly as he clutches at his stomach, it’s not in as much pain as it was before, but he still has a pretty big stomach ache. He doesn’t dare wake any of his brothers though, he had already caused enough trouble during his sugar rush, and then freaking out and breaking down after.

He curls up and closes his eyes, trying to get some more sleep when-- “Stutter? You awake Vod’ika?” Stutter opens his eyes and turns over, seeing Crosshair looking at him. Stutter flinches. “So-Sorry, did I wa-wake you?” Stutter asks quietly, as not to wake the rest of his brothers, getting a guilty look. But Crosshair shakes his head, ruffling Stutters hair like he always used to. “No, I was already awake when you moved off of Rex. Are you okay?” Crosshair has a soft tone, one he always reserves for the people he cares about most, his brothers.

Stutter frowns and shakes his head. “N-No, I’m so so-sorry for last ni-night, the sug-sugar rush then frea-freaking ou--” “Don’t apologize, It’s perfectly fine.” Stutter nods, running a hand through his grey hair, it still has speckles of brown in it. “I still sh-shouldn’t have bro-broken down like th-that, I’m not a ch-child any-anymore.” Crosshair lets out a quiet laugh, making Stutter raise an eyebrow at him. “Stut’ika, no matter how old you get, you are going to act like a kid, it’s just your personality.” Stutter glares, but smiles softly. “Y-Yeah, prob-probably also me being mes-messed up from my batch-batchmates, and the em-empire.” Crosshair frowns. “We’re all messed up, there’s nothing wrong with you though, as I have said many times before. You are perfect just the way you are.” Stutter frowns and looks away.

“Not any-anymore, I killed ki-kids. I’m D-Duse like my batch-batchmates had said.” Stutter whispers, but then Crosshair growls. “No! Never, ever call yourself that, you are not a waste! Not at all, and I don’t want to ever hear you call yourself that ever again, understood!” Stutter flinches, but nods, and Crosshair sighs. “Have I told you about what I did in the empire?” Stutter shakes his head. “N-No.” Crosshair sighs. “My chip partly activated, and I almost killed Caleb when he was a padawan.” Stutter’s eyes widen as he looks at Crosshair, who sighs.

“Then they caught me and my brothers, and they took me and strengthened my chip. I shot Wrecker when they were escaping, and almost killed our baby sister, Omega, you haven’t met her yet. She’s a female clone, no double aging. She works on the other base with Organa.” Stutter nods. “Y-You… you al-almost kill-killed her, and shot Wr-Wrecker?” Crosshair nods then he continues. “I killed innocent Civilians, and almost disintegrated the boys. Don’t ask.” Crosshair sighs, trying to push the memories away, but then he looks over at Stutter. He smiles softly, reaching over and pulling Stutter close. “My point is that I did bad things too, and I’m the closest to knowing how you feel, even if I wasn’t chipped as long as you, or killed kids. I know it’s hard, but just like me, you have us. Always and forever, we will stand beside you.”

Stutter tears up, cuddling into Crosshair and lets out a happy hum of relief. Sometimes, a lot of times, he needs to hear those words, to be told that. “Th-Thank you, i-it’s hard to believe it th-though, after all I’ve be-been thr-through. But it’s ni-nice to hear som-someone telling m-me that.” Stutter hugs Crosshair a little tighter, feeling Crosshair place his forehead against his. “And we’ll tell you as many times as you want. Just remember, you are you. Stutter. Our Vod’ika. No one else, just you.”

Stutter pulls away and feels his lips form into a smile, but then he grimaces and makes a small noise of discomfort, placing a hand on his stomach again. Crosshair frowns with worry “What’s wrong? Do you have a belly ache?” Stutter nods, forcing a smile onto his face. “Y-Yeah, I’m fi-fine.” That’s a lie and Crosshair can tell when Stutter curls up in pain.

Crosshair pulls him close and gently massages his stomach, something they’ve had to do in the past. Stutter feels a little embarrassed that he’s in so much pain that Crosshair is comforting him in the same way he did when they were younger. He won’t lie, it does feel nice, but he doesn’t want to burden Crosshair with his needs “I’m a b-bit too old for th-this Cross.” He says and Crosshair shrugs, continuing. “I don’t think that you are too old for anything. Wrecker still has his Lula, despite him being a fully grown adult now.” Crosshair says, making Stutter softly chuckle, then hum as he feels the effect of Crosshair rubbing his stomach getting to work in making him feel better.

There’s suddenly a shuffling right next to him, making him look to the side to see Rex waking up, who lets out a big yawn. He groggily opens his yellow eyes, which look at Stutter with pure gentleness and kindness. “Mornin’, Stut’ika. You’re human again, how’re you feeling? Still got a stomach ache?” He asks, seeing Crosshair rubbing Stutter’s stomach comfortingly. Stutter nods. “Y-Yeah, but not as ba-bad as y-yesterday.” Stutter smiles as he runs a hand along the fur on Rex’s arm, humming contently “Yo-You haven’t tran-transformed back y-yet?”

Rex looks at Stutter and then down at himself “Ah, yeah. I must’ve just been so subconsciously worried about you that I haven’t been able to transform back yet.” Stutter feels bad when Rex tells him that “S-Sorry, Rex. I-I didn’t mean to w-worry you.” Rex shakes his head and ruffles Stutter’s hair. “No need to apologise, Stut’ika. As long as you are okay now, that is all that matters.” Rex tells him, nuzzling his hair and licking it a few times.

Some moments pass before Rex starts to shrink and transform back to normal. His bones rearrange and fur disappears until he is left bare chested, only wearing his torn pants. The others wake up too, stretching as they sit up and smile, seeing Rex and Stutter both back to human. There’s going to be many times like these, they all know that, but they’ll be there for him, no matter what.

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