(Flashback)
Ahsoka had succeeded in destroying the temperature control on the cruiser as it headed to dock into the medical station. There she sat on the floor, warming her and Barris's unconscious body to keep them both warm. It had taken all her skill and wit to get her and the ship safe from the parasites that lodged into one's brain and controls them by voicing the commands of the Geonosian queen into their very thought and controls until they were just a puppet. Everyone but her had fallen prey to the parasites and succumbed to their effects, including Barris. At least everything was alright now. She heard the door of the ship open and felt through the Force three figures coming onboard, one of them a Jedi, Master Kit Fisto to be precise. She felt his presence before her and felt his hand lift her cheek up.
"Hello Master Fisto, we're ready to pick up the supplies," she said, her voice shaking from the cold in the ship. Her eyes closed again as she seemingly passed out.
"We'll take care of that. You rest now, Ahsoka," said Fisto. That was the last thing she remembered before she blacked out and the next thing she knew she was on the med station, talking with her master.
The very idea of the worms burrowing into her brain and taking control of all her senses frightened her more than anything. She could still feel the slimy things on her hand as one of them tried to take over her mind. The experience still haunted her, and she didn't want it to happen again.
Her nightmare was haunting her in earnest. She rolled and tossed around in her sheets, sweat forming on her brow.
Barris was holding her by her throat as she held a worm in her hand, the worm writhing on her.
"Barris, no!" said Ahsoka. Her hypnotized friend didn't even listen to her pleas as she settled the worm on Ahsoka's cheek. The worm slithered its way to her nose, preparing to enter. Ahsoka screamed as it tunnelled its way through into her nostrils and past. It felt so foreign to her it hurt. She could feel it moving into her very head as it latched onto her brain. She felt a feeling wash over her as Barris let go of her throat. When she looked around, she was seeing, but it wasn't her.
She looked at Barris and smiled evilly as they went on to their mission for the Geonosian queen.
"Ahsoka," said a calm voice. She automatically lashed out at it, her fist barreling into whatever it was that was talking to her. A hand found her shoulder and she woke up with a start. Turning on her light in her room she saw her boyfriend sitting on her bed, holding his nose.
"Oh, sorry," said Ahsoka, making her voice sound as caring as sorrowful as possible.
"It's okay, you were having a nightmare," said Taran, holding his nose. Ahsoka gently moved his hands. She must have hit him really good because both nostrils were bleeding.
"I'm so sorry," she said, her voice full of emotion.
"It's fine," he said. His hand motioned for water in a basin near her bed to flow towards him and make a water bubble around his nose. The water glowed white-blue and he motioned it back into the basin. His nose was perfectly healed. He wiggled it to make sure everything was fine.
"Again, I'm so sorry," she said.
"What were you dreaming about?" he asked. Taking in a shaky breath she told him the nightmare she had. Taran listened, thinking hard as she told him the story.
"Seems like you're having trouble letting go of that Geonosian brain worm incident," he said.
"Yes. You don't know how freaky those things were, especially when they try to crawl through your nose into your brain," she said.
"Yeah, didn't need to know that," said Taran, rubbing his nose. "But you know that they're gone, except back on Geonosis."
"I know, but it was like I was in the middle of a horror movie on the HoloNet," she said, shivering. Taran got closer and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's okay, I'm here now. You don't have to worry about those things again," he said softly. She relaxed and rubbed her head on his chest.
"Why are you always so caring?" she said softly.
"Someone has to be," he said, kissing the top of her head. His sign of affection went straight down through her lekku, sending her heated signals and making her feel warm all over.
"And you know the best places where to kiss me," she said. "But do you know where the best place is?"
"Where?"
"Here." She looked up and kissed him. He pressed into it more, adding more pressure, yet more passion. Moving their lips together in sync, he laid her down on the bed, careful not administer all of his body weight on top of her. She was glad that Taran was here, doing this with her. He was dream that she wished would never end, something she would always go back to no matter the circumstance.
His hand traced up and down her lekku, making her shiver by how light the touch was. It was intoxicating to her, sending pleasurable tingles all over her. Taran pulled back from her to gaze into her eyes.
"I love getting lost in those eyes," he said.
"Same here, but yours are the most radiant to me," she said. She loved the way his green eyes shined as they looked at her, seeming to peer into her very mind. Everything about him was something to love, from the way his hair was, to his gentle touch, to his sarcastic humor, to his endless caring. He was everything to her, and she would never want to give that up.