TW: Electric Shocks, Graphic Description of a Panic Attack, Discussions of Triggers, Implied Sexual Assault
"Ugh!" Ezra groaned as yanked on the panel that he was supposed to fix. Chopper and Ezra were tasked with fixing a stuck and malfunctioning panel in the cockpit of the Ghost. Ezra was to figure someway to get into the panel and Chopper was to fix it. Unfortunately, Ezra was still, after 15 minutes of pulling, tugging, and muffled cursing, trying to remove the panel from it's place. "Sorry Chop! It's still stuck tight!" Chopper grumbled, it was taking Ezra forever to free the panel. The other members were probably well past done with their tasks that they were instructed to do by their pilot. The whole reason why Ezra was with Chopper in the first place was because the Ghost was hit earlier that week and some of the vents were damaged. The others wanted to fix that before Ezra went up there to clean, to prevent a incident like the last time the teen went up there. Chopper was sure that Ezra would be checked over anyway. Suddenly, there was a huge creaking sound and the vent began to dislodge from it's place. Both Ezra and Chopper began to cheer, finally! They were almost done! In their fervor they failed to smell the smell of burning plastic and the rise of electricity in the air. When Ezra yanked off the broken panel, he was greeted by a 100 volt shock. While it was at the same voltage as Chopper's tazer, the fact that both of Ezra's hands were in the electrified panel, made it so much worse. When the shock finished it's course though the boy's body Chopper could only watch in what only could be described as horror as Ezra began to hyperventilate. The boy began taking small, very fast paced breaths, not truly getting the air he needed. His hands began groping the ground searching for anything to ground himself. His big blue eyes were wide and searching, again looking for something to ground himself with. Chopper rolled over to him helplessly, trying to calm him down with his grumbles and noises. He had seen this before, Kanan had one before the others came along and the only thing that could calm him down was... Hera. Of course, Hera, why didn't he think of this before! He frantically commed Hera, telling her about Ezra's panic attack and telling to please come and help him. She hurriedly told him she was coming, and turned off the comm. Chopper sat there worriedly, watching as Ezra went from very pale to very pale with his lips and fingernails turning blue. Finally, Hera burst into the cockpit.
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Hera ran into to the cockpit to see Ezra in the middle of a severe panic attack and Chopper warbling at her to fix him. Assessing the situation, she got down on her knees, and put Ezra's hand on her chest. "Ezra? Honey? I need you to breathe. Can you feel how I'm breathing?" She made exaggerated breaths to show him. "Can you copy me?" But Ezra was too far gone for that. So Hera maneuvered Ezra into her lap and made sure his back was up against her chest. "Come on Ezra, breath for me." After a few more minutes of exaggerated breaths, Ezra slowly began to breathe normally. Both Hera and Chopper sighed in relief, he would be ok. "Ok, Chopper, I want you to watch him for a minute while I set up his bed. We're going to spoil him for a bit." As Hera left, Ezra began to talk again, "... I'm sorry Chop. I... was reminded of... someone I once worked for." Ezra mumbled in a soft tone, but Chopper shushed him. Hera would deal with this later, now would be the time for cuddles, warm blankets, and hot chocolate.
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When Hera came back into the cockpit, Ezra was sleepily trying to get up and finish his task. Hera softly smiled, however this was not the time. She helped Ezra to his feet and took him to his bunk. She instructed Chopper to finish fixing the now neutral panel. "It's ok Hera." Ezra mumbled as they made the trip down the hallways to the teen's shared cabin. "It's not a big deal." Hera smiled and sighed, "Ezra on my ship, panic attacks and triggers are taken seriously, and after you have one, you relax for a while." Ezra looked like he wanted to argue, but he didn't, he knew when to pick his fights. Plus, it would be nice to lie down for a while, he was still quite tense after his run in with the Dark Side. Normally, a shock like that wouldn't trigger him in that way, he prided himself on pushing trauma down until it became nonexistent, but today, it was just the straw that broke the camels back. When they arrived at Ezra's cabin, they went in and Ezra went and lied down. "I'm going to get you some hot cocoa. And then you are going to rest. We'll discuss your triggers later."
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After the cocoa, Ezra was wrapped into a warm blanket and fell asleep. Hera went to leave, but decided against it. She climbed up into the Padawan's bunk, put his head into her lap, and began softly petting his hair. She watched the tension melt from his still small and underfed body. 'No child should have to deal with this.' She thought sadly. Hera looked down at the sleeping boy, he would be a heartbreaker someday, with a little more meat on his bones, no boy, girl, or other gender would be able to ignore his, for lack of better words, beauty. Ezra would enter adulthood with the strength of the peak of Jedi. Hera would make sure that he would.
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When Ezra woke up, Hera was gone, but Chopper was there, and he called for Hera. Hera walked in and smiled at the still sleepy child. "Are you up for a little chat?" Ezra nodded, better to get this over with sooner rather than later.
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"So," Hera began, as they got comfortable in the common room. "How about I start by telling you about mine and the others triggers to look out for and afterwards, you can tell me yours?" Ezra nodded, it would be good to know what the others had problems with, just in case. "Well, Kanan's is Clone Trooper armor, for obvious reasons." Ezra didn't know those reasons, but he motioned for her to continue anyway. "I personally can't handle head shots. My... my mother died that way." Ezra nodded in sympathy, he knew how how that felt. "I'm sure you know how Zeb has issues with those Ion Disruptivers, but I thought I would confirm it. And Sabine, please don't touch her without warning. She's had some issues with some troopers at the academy." Hera however grinned, "Trust me though, they touched her once and she made sure they would never touch or enjoy another person again." Ezra's eyes widened, he made a mental note to just never touch Sabine... Ever. He would much rather keep his bits and pieces. "So?" Hera started, and Ezra signed. Here we go. "Umm, believe it or not, getting shocked isn't a trigger, it just didn't help my mental state much." He flashed a small smile and continued. "Right now, my only trigger is being touched anytime from my chest to my thighs." Hera nodded, and surprisingly didn't ask questions. Hera noticed the teen's shocked expression and smirked. "We don't ask questions about these things. We just respect and remain an open ear if you do want to talk to someone." Ezra grinned ear to ear, someday he would tell them, but for now, he just accepted Hera's warm hug and relaxed.
Disclaimer: If I owned this show, I'd actually have the money to merch that I want from this show.
So... Halfway through writing this, I realized that I can't write fluff. I write torture and the comfort after the torture. So this is your fluff and more Chopper content (TwinBoxes I didn't forget about you) WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!? katie i have failed you i am so sorry
also the title good lord. i am so sorry. someone stop me.
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Early update this week due to me being out of town this weekend. I thought I would give you the chapter sooner rather than later!
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