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Mos Espa,
Everything is so intense with shooting and bombing everywhere. People have to run and hide, save themselves from being collateral damage from this war.
Fett’s allies have scattered, Din and Fett are trying their best to protect them. At least, that’s what Fett told him to do before he flies off to get reinforcement. You better hurry my friend, because he also isn’t sure how long he can withhold them.
“Fucking bloody droids….why they gotta use droids” Din mutters underneath his helmet as he keeps shooting blaster at them, he hopes Fett’s reinforcement is worth his nightmare.
He runs and hides too, at least trying to distract them from hurting others. The echo sound of blaster shots from the droids is too loud in his head and it’s getting into his whole body. As he thought he’s already okay with his trauma.
He can do this. He can do this. He’s breathing hard as he’s hiding behind the wreckage.
Din keeps shooting at their shields to distract them, and it works. They both turn to him even if this might be one of the scariest moments in his life.
But he’s doing this for his honor and he won’t regret it.
At least, Grogu is safe. His son is safe. With Luke, he’s with Luke.
Luke. God, I’m sorry.
As he raises his blaster to shoot more, the droids stop.
“What?” Some malfunctioning?
Then they start trembling, cracking, and crumbling, like they’re being compressed with an invisible force.
Force? Oh dear.
Somehow the scene reminds him of some of the most badass moments he has ever seen in his entire life on Moff Gideon’s cruiser when the last Darktrooper was crushed into an oblivion like some piece of junk in the decommissioning facility waiting to be demolished.
Those pointy legs and blasters are crushed together, their red eyes are blinking and finally cracked and go offline, for good hopefully.
“What’s going on?” Din peeks from his hideout, searching for any new threat.
But then, as the Scorpenek annihilator droids crumbled down with black smoke. He sees a person behind them, a figure in a black cloak who’s holding his son in his arms.
“Papa!” The kid chirps cheerfully once he sees Din,
“What? Grogu!”
Din comes out of his hideout as the figure approaches, sending the carcass of droids off his way by a wave of his hand because he wants to walk straight in his boots and not around them. Probably avoiding their oil spilling on his boots and cloak too somehow.
Sometimes Din forgot how powerful this man really is.
“Luke?” Finally they’re in front of each other,
“You’re alright?” Luke asks,
“I am…how come you are…?” Din tries to look at the face under the cloak,
“You can’t say goodbye like that, Din. You just can’t” Luke’s blue eyes meet his and they’re emotional.
Oh.
Grogu is handed to Din before Luke’s both arms go up and hug Din around his neck.
Oh….
Luke’s forehead is rested on his pauldron and Din’s other arm reluctantly but quickly holds Luke on his back too.
They’re into the moment and the little child is cooing in between them.
“I’m sorry for interrupting, but what’s going on?”
They hear the voice before they both look up to see a man in the green armor riding on the back of a rancor above the roof, how cool.
“Skywalker?”
“.....Boba Fett?”
Both of them squint their eyes as if they can’t believe what they are seeing.
“You know each other?” Din look at them back and forth,
“Well….” Luke doesn’t really know how to put this, “This is your friend?” He asks instead,
“Yes, we’re fighting the Pykes because he doesn’t want their Spice trade on the planet” Din nods,
“Welp….” Luke doesn’t really know how he should react with the information he just received,
Boba growls beneath his helmet at the sight of the completely destroyed droids, “It looks like the droids are taken care of. What do you wanna do boy? Wanna eat some Pykes?”
The rancor roars and Grogu’s eyes go bigger.
“I’mma let my boy have some fun now since he’s already out. I’ll be back with you later”
Then Boba is out with the rancor leaping and climbing away, somehow they can hear the Pykes’ screaming from afar. Good luck.
“How come you’re here?” Din asks, they’re finally back to their moments.
“I can’t just let you fight and die here right? You have your son, Din” Luke looks at him, almost pouting. “In fact, you could have just asked me to come with you, you know? I wouldn’t mind, but knowing you’re fighting for Boba Fett should be a good information beforehand”
“I can’t just ask that of you, it’s not your fight and you were sick”
“I’m okay now” Luke blinks innocently,
“Really?”
“Yes” It takes some weird dreams to recover but he’s okay now, he’ll get used to it, hopefully.
“I was raised and spent my first 19 years here so I think I have some right to protect my home planet too, even if I don’t really wanna come back” Luke gives his reasons, being a little sassy.
“You’re from here?”
“Yes”
“And you know Fett?”
“...He might have tried to kill me in the past but not succeeded, and my friend Han accidentally knocked him into the Sarlacc pit…”
“Oh”
“Yes, oh” Luke agrees, “I’m glad he’s alive” Really....
“Maybe I should leave before he comes back and finds my existence here isn’t really pleasant” Luke suggests,
“No, stay. You’ve saved the city for us, for everybody here” Din insists,
“Mah!” Grogu chirps, agreeing with his father,
“I just do what I should do as a good civilian”
“You saved me” Din points out, “Is that out of being a good civilian too?”
Luke just looks at his visor then his lips are formed into a small smile,
“Maybe?” He keeps smiling,
“....Thank you”
“You’re welcome”
And next thing he knows, the Mandalorian steps closer before resting his helmet with Luke’s forehead.
Luke doesn’t really understand but somehow the gesture seems intimate so he closes his eyes and rests his hands on Din’s chestplate.
They stay like that with a very happy green baby in between them.
*Grogu’s Mission : Accomplished*
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“So….you and Skywalker huh?”
“What about us?”
They’re already back at the Palace after the war is over and Boba’s baby Rancor is full, now sleeping peacefully in his dungeon. The rest of the crew are resting, healing, and eating.
“Look, I wasn’t holding a grudge against him okay? Relax, it was a bad job gone wrong and it was actually his friend who pushed me down into the Sarlacc. Don’t have to get so alarmed and protective”
Din almost growls, “I’m not”
“Right” Boba sips his spotchka, “Not gonna join us?”
“No, Luke went off to visit his family’s tombs. I wanted to go with him but I also feel he wants to be left alone. And I got this little monster to feed”
Din feeds the kid on his lap with a small piece of meat and he chews on it happily,
“Adorable kid you got” Boba’s finger strokes his big ear,
This is the first time he actually sees Djarin’s kid closely. What a cute little green squirt with such an appetite.
“Uncle Boba is better than your other uncles and aunts, you remember that. Now eat a lot” Boba encourages him by putting another plate of grilled lizard in front of them,
Grogu raises his both hands and chirps. Food! He's happy!
“Papa? Mama?” Finally he realizes his master isn’t here,
“He’s out, will be back soon” Din answers softly as he speaks to his child,
“Mama? Holy Hutt’s hell. I need more drinks” Boba is a bit startled with the information,
Din sighs and rolls his eyes under his helmet, “He keeps calling him that, I can’t do anything about it”
“I guess Congratulations is in order then” Boba feeds himself a grape and feeds some to the little one too,
“No…we didn’t…it’s complicated”
“Nothing is too complicated if you don’t make it. The kid has spoken, now get him his mama”
“Wait, you’re okay with this?”
“Why wouldn’t I be? It’s your personal matter and I think perhaps, two parents might be better than one” Boba shrugs, “Jedi are good with kids even if they’re a bit strict. I’m not sure they’re still following their stupid ‘no attachment’ rule or whatever but some of them were actually thirsty. My father had flirted with one and looked like he succeeded because he sent me away immediately, only to come back few hours later and he looked so damn relaxed” He sips his drinks,
Din just stays quiet, isn’t sure what he should do with the information he just received.
“Luke, he…he’s quite nice and the kid likes him” Din thinks maybe he can talk about this to Fett,
“And you don’t?” Fett just looks at him, even daring him to deny,
“I…I think…maybe” A great Mandalorian bounty hunter who now also possesses the Darksaber stutters,
“Look, I know it might be hard for us to express our feelings through words because we’re like the kind of people who express more through our actions. But if you are sure about this then go for it. Life is too short”
Din just looks at him as Fett pours him more drink,
“I guess you’re right” Din nods,
“As I always am, cheers” He raises his glass before drinking it as Din is sipping the drink through a long straw, it doesn’t look cool but he doesn’t want to remove his helmet.
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Luke is back an hour later,
It’s already late at night but Din is waiting for him at the palace hangar because Luke has borrowed the speeder bike and Fett is kind enough to lend him.
“Hey” Luke greets as he gets off the bike, adjusting his cloak.
“Hey, is everything okay?” Din asks,
“Yes. Just my aunt’s and uncle’s tombs at our former place which is deserted now. They were killed by the Empire” Luke has a sad smile on his face,
“I’m sorry”
“It’s okay. It was almost ten years now. I’ve put some flowers that I picked from my temple on their tombs. I hope they like them. Glad I’ve thought about it” Luke looks casual about it, or at least he’s trying to be.
“Grogu?”
“He’s sleeping on my ship”
That’s true, Luke climbs up and takes a peek at the glass dome. Grogu is sleeping soundly with a blanket wrapped around him and some cute plush. Luke almost coos at the sight.
“Well, I guess I’m heading off now. I don’t want to extend my stay over my welcome” Luke shrugs,
Din is safe, Grogu is safe, the people of Tatooine are safe and Spice free. His mission is accomplished.
“Fett doesn’t mind you staying. You also helped saving the city he’s now ruling. He appreciates it” Din says,
“It’s nice to know. Maybe I’ll drop by and say hi next time” Which might be a millennium away, “I guess you’re staying right? It’s okay, just deliver Grogu when you feel like it. He must be happy to spend some time with his father” Luke offers,
“Actually Luke”
Luke turns to him because his tone is serious, “Yes?”
“I’ll be leaving tonight too. And when we arrive, I want to talk to you”
Luke’s heart beating just a little bit louder,
“Talk to me? About what?”
“You’ll know”
The Mandalorian is fidgeting even if just a little, his hands are clenching and unclenching beside him,
“Oh, alright. I think…I wanna talk to you too” Luke says with his clear blue eyes,
“Oh…well, then we’ll talk”
“Alright”
“Alright”
Luke secretly hopes that what they will be talking about is somehow the same thing. And his heart is still beating so loud inside his ears and his cheeks are too warm now.
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To be continued….
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