Thelma smiles at Sabine's sigh of defeat when she realizes that once again, she'll be in a situation that will test the true nature of her relationship with the man she loves.

And the man seemed uneasy about the situation as well judging by the way he looked at Sabine, the bed, and then at the ground.

"Oh and the bathroom in this room is pretty big too." Thelma says to break the awkward tension.

"Cool! I'll go check it out." Ezra says before dashing into the room to escape said tension.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Thelma says and reaches into a basket by the door and pulls out a blanket. "Here's a special quilt to help keep you two warm."

Sabine's face lit up when she saw the colorful stitching on it.

"It's beautiful." She remarks.

"Thank you. My mother stitched it, and it's been passed down in our family for generations."

"Oh then I'm honored you'd lend us something so important to your family. That's extremely kind of you. I don't know if we should even use it." Sabine rambles.

"Oh please, I insist." The elder woman presses. "No one else in our family has a use for it right now. It's a special quilt you see. My mother and I are rather superstitious and we both believe it has special powers."

"Oh." Sabine says softly and looks at the blanket in awe.

"I thought it would be more useful in this room as opposed to Thrawn and Eli's." Thelma says. "Especially since I overheard you talking to your other Sky-walker companion earlier and wanted to give you something that would help."

"Help with what?"

Thelma gives her a sly grin.

"Well, you see we call it the 'baby maker'." Thelma explains.

Sabine quickly tosses the quilt onto the back of a chair with a gentle toss. Wanting to get it away from her as fast as she could before it could work it's magic on her.

Thelma laughs as she notices how squicked out Sabine seems as she looks at her hands, worried that she got some sort of magic particles on them that would make her pregnant.

"Don't worry dear, the blanket itself doesn't make you pregnant. There's only one way to do that and I'm sure you're old enough to know how that happens." Sabine laughs nervously and wipes her hands on her thighs.

"Yeah, right. Of course." Sabine replies. "But why would you give me and Ezra the quilt?"

"Well given the conversation you had with your friend and the way you were looking at Ezra, I assumed that you wanted him to be the father of your children." Thelma explains and Sabine's face felt like it was on fire.

Wait, does she think we're a couple too?! Does everyone on this homestead think we're lovers?! Sabine shouts in her head.

"So if the two of you are under that quilt when you make love-" Thelma continues and Sabine lets out a short scream at the suggestion of her sleeping with Ezra.

And unfortunately, Ezra heard it and came out of the bathroom.

"Hey 'bine why did you scream, is everything okay?" Ezra asks.

"Everything's fine!" Sabine replies a little too quickly.

"I just saw a spider on the floor!" She lies and presses her foot down on a random spot on the floor to pretend to kill a bug while flashing a nervous grin at Ezra.

"Okay…" Ezra says, confused and not totally convinced.

"Well I'll leave you two be. Oh! One more thing I forgot to mention!" Thelma says. "About that wine you two drank-"

"Oh don't worry we're fine. I'm feeling sober already." Sabine says.

"I'm not. Not entirely." Ezra says and hiccups.

"Yes, that's typical with Sky-walkers. You'll stay drunk for a bit but it'll wear off fast." Thelma says and points to Ezra.

"Great." Ezra hiccups.

"You on the other hand." Thelma says and points to Sabine. "Will feel fine now but you'll get a second wind later. And since you had more than two glasses, you may not remember much the next morning."

Sabine blinks in surprise as fear settles into her stomach about what might happen to her tonight.

"Well goodnight! I'll see you two in the morning for breakfast." Thelma says and leaves, shutting the door behind her and leaving the two lovers alone in the room.

Sabine stood there awkwardly, unsure of how to go about this. She looks to Jabba for advice but he's already asleep. And a loth-cat, why would she need advice from him?

Then she hears Ezra grunting behind her and turns around to see him fumbling with his shirt.

She groans and rolls her eyes.

"You and this damn complicated shirt!" Sabine exclaims and goes over to him and begins to unbutton it for him.

"It's hard for me right now. Sorry." Ezra apologizes.

"It's okay." Sabine says and finishes opening up his shirt for him and staring at how the muscles in his arms and chest flex a bit as he takes the shirt off. "I'm happy to help."

"I should probably get out of my armor too. Before the second wind kicks in for me like Thelma said." Sabine says.

Ezra watches her remove her beskar and can't help but let his gaze linger on her body. All she wore underneath her armor was a body glove. And without the armor covering it, he was able to see more of the shape of her body. And he liked what he saw. He always had. But now, with this liquid courage in him, he felt like he could do something about it. And when he sees her fumbling to reach the back zipper of her body glove. His next move is obvious.,

The next thing Sabine knows, Ezra is right behind her.

"Can I get that zipper for you?" Ezra offers.

"Yeah…" Sabine says.

If she thought she was flustered before, her face was absolutely on fire as Ezra slowly unzips her body glove.

This could've been because he was drunk, but his hands were wandering a bit underneath the glove as he unzips it. Her skin felt warm everywhere his calloused fingers touched it. Caressing her sides and even her hips.

And Sabine didn't mind one bit. His touch felt so nice.

And could be about to feel nicer when she feels his right hand come to the hem of her panties. His finger dips inside the hem ever so slightly and Sabine's heart pounds as she presses her back against his chest, craving that warm skin to skin contact.

Oh why don't you just bend me over, yank them off and take me right now you gorgeous man! Sabine shouts in her mind.

"Okay, zipper's undone." Ezra says and steps away, making Sabine feel cold and disappointed.

Until she turns around and notices him struggling with his belt.

"Let me help you with that." Sabine offers and Ezra stiffens with both his posture and his penis.

"Y-you sure?" Ezra asks, amazed that she would offer him something like this.

"You helped me unzip my body glove. So it's only fair I help you unzip your pants right?." Sabine says softly.

"Y-yeah, I guess so." Ezra says, his drunk mind slowly sobering at the thought of Sabine's hands so close to his junk.

And then he shivers because rather than remain standing, Sabine gets down on her knees before him so she was eye-level with his crotch. He lets out a deep exhale as she grabs his belt and begins to unbuckle it.

His mind wanted to go to the gutter but he fought those thoughts. He did not want to get a boner while Sabine had a front row seat to see it.

But she remains on her knees even after his belt is undone.

She stares at his crotch before looking back up at him and Ezra loses his breath when he sees how dilated her pupils are. Then he lets out a soft, barely audible whine as her hands come up to undo the fasteners on his fly. Then his eyes go wide when her fingers grab the zipper on his fly and pull it down while using her other fingers from the same hand to gently run along his length, making it harden under her feather-light touch.

"Oh Sabine…" Ezra mutters, barely able to contain his increasing arousal towards the woman before him.

As she once again looks between his bulge and his eyes, Ezra feels himself begin to consider if he should let her do what he knows she's about to do as he sees her hand coming back up out of the corner of his eye and reaching for the waistband of his boxer-briefs.

However, Thelma swinging the door open unannounced while carrying towels ended whatever moment they were having.

"I also brought some extra towels-oh." Thelma says, taken aback by the scene she's walked in on.

"Oh my…" she says with a soft giggle. "I guess it's a good thing I brought extra then. Be sure to use one on the bed. That silk comforter isn't exactly easy to wash."

Sabine and Ezra are confused by what she's saying until they look down at the position their bodies are in before looking back up at each other. Then they both gasp and jump apart when they realize what the old woman was insinuating.

"Oh that! No! That…that was not…that was not what it looks like!" They both stammer.

Thelma merely laughs at the young flustered lovers before going to leave.

"Oh sure it is." She says and shuts the door.

"Does she really think that you were about to-" Ezra starts but Sabine stands up and cuts him off.

"I'm just going to put these towels away." She says quickly, turning away from him to bring the towels over to the dresser so he can't see how flustered she is.

Sabine bends over to put the towels away in the drawer and Ezra stares at her ass. It looks so good in that body glove…He grunts as he feels his cock stiffen. Then he looks down at his crotch and blood pounds in his ears when he sees the very visible tent pitched in his boxer briefs, sticking out of his open fly. He couldn't let Sabine see that.

"I'm gonna go take a shower." Ezra says and quickly walks past her into the bathroom as she turns around.

As soon as he shuts the door behind him he leans against it and sighs. He looks down and notices some movement in his left pocket.

"Are you getting restless there Rex?" Ezra asks and pulls out his little lizard friend from his pocket.

While he was stranded with Thrawn he came across this pink lizard that Thrawn called an axlotl. And the little guy had scampered his way into Ezra's heart with his adorableness and his ability to fit in just about anything the Jedi wanted to keep him in.

"You're not the only thing in my pants craving attention." Ezra says and pulls down his pants enough for his erection to bob out. "Shit, I don't think I can remember the last time I've been this hard." Ezra says and grips his cock in his hand while Rex climbs on his shoulder. "But then again, it's Sabine, what did I expect? She's always had this effect on me." Ezra says with a short laugh.

"Sabine…" Ezra repeats softly and as he strokes himself, his mind begins to wander to how her soft skin felt under his touch when he unzipped her body glove. How great her ass looked in it when she bent over. And especially, how she looked sitting on her knees staring up at him with those smoldering amber eyes as she helped him with his pants.

Ezra groans and strokes himself harder as he thinks about her feather-light touch on his shaft on top of his boxer briefs. And what might've happened if Thelma hadn't walked in on them.

She could've pulled his erection out and stroked it just like he was doing to himself right now. Or…she could've even put it in her mouth.

"Oh!" Ezra moans as he gets a mental image of that with Sabine staring at him with those alluring amber eyes while she-

"Fuck! I shouldn't be thinking about her like this." Ezra says and stops himself. "She's not some sexual fantasy girl, she's my real life dream girl and I know she would be grossed out if she knew that I was touching myself while thinking about how she so kindly offered to help me undress." Ezra explains to Rex. "I think that Chiss wine is finally wearing off of me and I could use a cold shower to take care of this, how about you?"

Rex licks one of his eyes.

"Sounds good buddy." Ezra says and pulls his pants down all the way and goes into the shower.

Little did he know that while he was in the shower, Sabine was having similar thoughts about him while he was undressing her.

"Ezra…" Sabine moans and lays on her back on the bed while her hand slides along the hem of her panties. Following the trail he left behind for her.

Then she takes the leap and dips her hand into her panties, just like she was hoping he would do earlier when he was touching her.

She moans as she remembers how nice it felt to feel those calloused hands of his touching her bare body and what she wouldn't give to feel it again!

Then the water stops and she immediately pulls her hand out of her panties and sits up on the bed feeling embarrassed about the fact that she was just touching herself while thinking about Ezra.

"How was your shower?" Sabine asks cheerfully as he comes out of the bathroom.

"It was great." Ezra says and shakes his head, knocking the water droplets from his head. "You know rivers and waterfalls make for pretty great baths sometimes. But now that I've returned to civilization, I realize how much I missed a good ol' refresher."

"Yeah." Sabine says and flashes him a fake grin like she wasn't just touching herself to the thought of him.

"And speaking of showers, I think I could use a shower too!" Sabine declares and runs past him into the bathroom and shuts the door.

Sabine sighs as she turns the shower on and let's the warm water run down her body and onto the shower floor.

"This feels nicer than our shower on the starbird." Sabine says to herself as she reaches for the soap.

Then she hears an odd noise and looks down in-between her feet to see a small pink lizard staring up at her in-between her feet.

Ezra has just finished pulling up his new grey sweatpants that Thelma found for him to sleep in, when he hears Sabine scream from the shower and immediately runs into the bathroom to make sure she's okay.

"Sabine! Are you-" he stops when, to his relief, instead of seeing that she fell, he sees Sabine with shower curtain wrapped around her front to cover her body as she presses herself against the wall, staring in terror at the little pink lizard enjoying the water from the shower that was being sprayed on his head.

"Oh! I knew I forgot something here!" Ezra says and goes over to the shower.

"Wait so this…thing is yours?" Sabine asks.

"Yeah." Ezra says and brings his hands down to the shower floor for the lizard to climb into them. "He's a species of amphibious lizard native to this part of space called an axlotl. But I call him Rex." Ezra says and smiles at his little friend.

"Rex? You named him after our friend?" Sabine asks and can't help but smile a little bit.

"Oh, well I guess I did but honestly I just thought he looked like a Rex. I found him stuck in some reeds when I was bathing in a river. So I freed him and he's been my best friend ever since!" Ezra explains and holds Rex out to him. "Isn't he the best!"

Rex and Sabine stare at each other without breaking eye contact until Rex licks one of his eyes with his tongue.

Best friend?! Oh this boy's lost his little blueberry mind over the past ten years hasn't he?

"Your best friend…w-why didn't you introduce him to me sooner?" Sabine asks and flashes him a fake smile.

"Because I was worried that you'd think I was crazy." Ezra says.

"What?!" Sabine exclaims. "Ezra…you, crazy? Oh I would never-"

"You think I'm insane don't you?" Ezra cuts her off, immediately picking up on the fact that she was lying.

"A little bit, yeah." Sabine admits.

Ezra looks disappointed and Sabine's heart breaks.

"But you were also stranded out in the wilderness for like ten years so I understand why you're a little insane. It's okay. You've always been a little crazy." Sabine says and Ezra laughs.

"Gee thanks I guess?" He asks.

Sabine laughs and looks at the little lizard in his hands.

"I meant it as a compliment. Now do you mind taking Rex and leaving so I can shower?" Sabine requests softly.

Ezra looks down at her and sees the shower curtain wrapped around her body. Remembering she was naked under there, his eyes widened and he quickly went to leave.

"Oh yeah! Right, sorry! Bye!" Ezra stammers and quickly leaves the bathroom and shuts the door behind him.

"So he has a lizard. That he talks to." Sabine says to herself. "Do I still want this man despite that?" She asks and closes her eyes for a minute as she thinks about it. "…Yeah I don't care, lizard friend or not I still want him to blow my back out." Sabine admits to herself.

When she came out of the shower, in her shorts and tank top to go to sleep, she expected to see Ezra in the bed but he wasn't there. Instead, he was making himself comfortable on the COUCH- Oh no he wasn't!

"Ezra Bridger, what do you think you're doing!" Sabine exclaims.

Ezra sits up so fast that Rex scurries off of his shoulder and goes to hide behind Jabba.

"I-I'm sleeping on the couch so you can go to sleep on the bed." Ezra explains. "Why does that make you upset? I thought you'd prefer the bed."

"I would but you've been living out in the wilderness for a decade! You deserve to sleep on something nice!" Sabine says and gestures to the bed.

Ezra feels a warmth spread through his chest from how thoughtful that was of her. But he still couldn't let her take the couch. He would feel way too guilty about letting the woman that had his heart and rescued him, from sleeping on a couch instead of a cozy, warm bed like she deserved.

"Yeah, I've been sleeping on way less uncomfortable stuff than this couch for the past decade." Ezra says and stands up to walk over to her. "Believe me the couch is an upgrade! Besides, I doubt that the bunk you had on the Starbird was very comfortable either." Ezra says.

"It was comfortable enough! And you've been sleeping on either dirt, a hammock, or a poorly made bed!" Sabine argues.

"Hey, it was a good bed! I slept great in it!" Ezra retorts. "You saw it! You know it was well built!"

Yeah no kidding considering how well built the man who made it is- Sabine! Again? Now is not the time! Stop ogling and start fighting!

"Good, then you'll love this one even more, '' Sabine says and makes her way to the couch but Ezra stops her by putting his arm in front of her.

"No, you-" Ezra starts before leaning towards her. And by the time Sabine realized what he was doing, it was too late. In one swift grab he wrapped his arm around her waist and lifted her over his shoulder like she was a sack of meilooruns!

Sabine's face was on fire from how flustered she suddenly felt! And thankfully he couldn't see it, but she did have to slap her hand over her mouth to muffle the "eeeeee!" shrieking noise she made as a result of being turned on by her best friend showing off his strength once again.

"are-" he continues as he carries the poor flustered girl over to the bed before gently throwing her down on the mattress on her back while he looks over her with both hands beside her chest.

"taking the bed." He commands and Sabine let's out a shuddering breath as she realizes she'll need to change her panties again before bed.

And that delayed drunkenness from the Chiss wine was finally starting to kick in for her. It was both terrible and perfect timing depending on how you look at it.

Sabine saw his gaze shift downwards towards her heaving chest and she felt herself get even hotter under his gaze. She looks to her left and sees how close his hand is to her. She could easily just pick it up and place it over her left tit.

If she did, would he get the hint that she wants him to squeeze it? And that while he's squeezing it she'd love it if he pulls down her tank top enough to free her other one so he could suck on it. And then she'd want him to undress her entirely, and himself as well so the two of them can go at it like wild loth-cats in an alley.

She also didn't want him sleeping on the couch when there was a perfectly good bed that was big enough for them to share.

Unfortunately for Sabine, her booze-addled mind combined her lustful thoughts with her logical ones.

"Take it with me." She requests softly.

Her words entered Ezra's ears and went straight to his dick.

"H-huh?" He stammers. "W-what was, uh, that…you said?" He asks, not trusting his own drunk mind to have processed her intent clearly.

Sabine giggles and puts her arms up over her head, holding her hands and stretching her torso, pushing her tits up and swaying her hips slightly, showing off her athletic figure to him.

Whoa…is she…is she really… Ezra thinks to himself as he watches the love of his life show her body off for him while she lays underneath him.

Ezra couldn't help but stare at her body and let his mind go straight to the gutter with thoughts about what he wanted to do to it. His hands were so close to her chest. He could just grab both of her tits and squeeze them to make her moan. The hem of her tank top was riding up, revealing her warm skin underneath. He wanted to press kisses to it and caress every inch of her body to show her how much he adores her.

"You're so handsome…" Sabine mumbles in-between giggles and wraps her arms around his neck.

Ezra couldn't help but let out a surprised laugh at that.

"You really think that?" Ezra asks her.

His heart was hammering in his chest. Between her touch, the words leaving her lips, and that look in her eyes, he could've sworn that he was dreaming right now and that she actually wanted him! Romantically! Sexually!

"Yeah…" Sabine sighs in a way that has Ezra gripping the blanket tighter.

"You're such a hunk…" Sabine slurs and runs one of her hands down his abs.

"Oh by the Force…" Ezra gasps and catches himself before he collapses on top of Sabine from her touch.

Ezra felt like his whole body was on fire, and his blood flow had definitely shifted downwards, away from his brain, which made it very difficult for him to find some way to process this situation logically. Although, Sabine saying these things and touching him like this defied all logic.

"Ez…" Sabine calls.

He pulls himself out of his head and looks up at her and takes in a sharp inhale when he sees the smoldering look in her amber eyes and the sultry smile on her face.

"Sleep with me." She requests, spreading her legs open.

Ezra quickly stood up straight. His jaw was on the floor but he couldn't tear his gaze away from her body as she presented herself to him.

OH MY GODS! Okay, it's happening! Ezra shouts internally as his mind finally comes to grip with the fact that the love of his life was finally asking him to sleep with her.

Just stay calm, stay calm…. He repeats to himself to try to keep his heart from exploding with how fast it was beating.

"Mmmm…is that your lightsaber or are you just happy to see me Jetti?" Sabine asks after taking a look at the very prominent tent in his pants.

She giggles when she sees it twitch and sits up to be closer to Ezra. Then she locks eyes with him and Ezra gasps as he feels her slightly brush her finger against his shaft.

STAY FUCKING CALM! He shouts in his head. JUST FUCKING CALM DOWN!

But he couldn't. So he knocks her hand away before she could grab his dick and takes a step back.

"Ez, come back!" Sabine laughs. "I just want to play…"

Ezra gulps as she gives him that seductive look and pushes her chest forward.

"Come fool around with me." Sabine says and opens her legs again, giggling.

"Oh Sabine…." Ezra moans and leans back against the couch for support.

He was breathing heavily both from arousal and shock that this was really happening.

He looks over at Jabba and Rex who were just as shocked as he was that this was happening. Then he got hit in the stomach with a pillow and looked up to see Sabine holding another one.

"Come fool around with me!" She repeats and throws the pillow at him and Ezra lets out a sigh of relief.

"Oh! Okay! This is what you wanted." Ezra says and tosses the pillow back at her while approaching her.

"Yeah…now…get in bed…with me…" Sabine slurs seductively.

Ezra takes a shuddering breath as she looks at him with her dilated pupils and pulls his arm to bring him closer.

"I wish you would word it a little better but okay." Ezra says and climbs onto the bed next to her.

He had to admit there was a small part of him that was disappointed that she was asking him to have a pillow fight instead of sex. But given that she was drunk and unable to consent, he was overwhelmingly relieved.

She lets out a high pitched shriek in delight followed by a bunch of giggles once he's on the bed and she starts whacking him with a pillow while Ezra laughs and tries to dodge her blows.

Even drunk, she can still aim a hit accurately! Ezra notices then laughs and hits her back with another pillow.

She gasps and acts offended before hugging her pillow and sitting next to him.

"You know, I know a way that we can both share the bed without touching." Sabine states simply.

"Oh really? How?" Ezra asks, amused by her drunk logic.

Sabine slams the pillow down on the mattress, lined up with where the other two pillows were.

"Pillow wall!" She shouts and giggles.

"Oh yeah! That's a great idea 'bine!" Ezra compliments and Sabine smiles proudly and claps as Ezra gets up and brings back more pillows to make two separate sleeping spots on the bed.

"There! All done!" Ezra says once he finishes setting it up.

"Yay! Now we can fuck." Sabine says and slides her arms around Ezra's shoulders.

Ezra gasps as the wind is knocked out of him from Sabine's comment.

And when he stands up and meets her sultry gaze, his heart starts beating even faster.

"Sabine…" Ezra whispers softly as she presses her torso up against his.

"Please Ezra…I've wanted this for so long…and you're so hot. Please…make love to me." Sabine requests.

As he looks into her smoldering amber eyes, he can sense the lustful emotions coming off of her. He knew that if he touched her, she wouldn't protest. And if he undressed her and fulfilled her request, she wouldn't stop him. He'd spent the majority of his adulthood living in the wilderness with nothing but his hand to relieve himself. And now the woman he loves was giving him a full invitation to have his way with her. It didn't take him any time at all to make a decision on what to do.

When Ezra looks back at her, Sabine feels a heat pool in her lower belly when she sees how dilated his pupils are. Then she gasps as Ezra grabs her hips in his hands and pulls him against her.

"Yes…" She moans. "Ezra…Please…take me." Sabine begs, bringing her lips close to his.

Jabba and Rex watch with bated breath as their lips get closer until Ezra places his finger on Sabine's mouth, pushing it away from his.

All three of them looked confused by the Jedi's actions.

"I think you've had too much to drink 'bine." Ezra says with a small smile. "What you need is to go to bed."

"Yeah…with you." Sabine breathes and tries to kiss him again but he pushes her shoulders back to keep her away.

"No. Alone on your side of the pillow wall to go to sleep." Ezra tells her seriously.

"But…but…Isn't this what you've always wanted from me?" Sabine asks him.

Ezra lets out a short laugh and shakes his head.

"14 year old me would gladly take what you're offering me right now. Because this," Ezra says as he caresses her waist a bit, making her sigh in pleasure and causing Ezra to grimace as his dick twitches from the erotic noise "is all I ever wanted from you back then. But I'm not that horny teenager that wouldn't take no for an answer from you anymore. I'm a man now and I know better. Taking advantage of someone when they're drunk is wrong and is no way to start a relationship with someone. And especially not with you."

"Why?" Sabine asks, still horny and offended that he rejected her.

Ezra laughs and runs his hand through his hair.,

"You've always known why Sabine. When we first met I thought you were the most beautiful woman in the galaxy. And I still think that and the reason I stopped flirting with you is because you weren't interested. And then as I got more mature and we got closer and I saw you for the person you are, I realized I wanted way more from you than just one night."

Ezra cups her cheek in his hand and Sabine gasps softly from the sudden contact, making him smile.

"I want to be your partner Sabine. I want to wake up next to you every day and work to change the world with you. I want to see how cute you look when you lose yourself in your art and then get mad at me and chase me away when I come to see what you're doing because I'll break your flow." Ezra says and Sabine giggles.

He smiles and strokes her cheek with his thumb.

"I want sex with you too. Believe me, there is not a single part of me that doesn't want you right now." Ezra says. "But I can't act on that. Because you're not in the right state of mind to tell me if it's what you really want or not. And given our past, something tells me it's not what you really want. So let's get you to bed instead. Because that's what you really need right now."

"But-" Sabine starts then stops as Ezra scoops her up in his arms bridal style. "But I do want it." She continues as Ezra carries her to the right side of the bed.

"No you don't. That's the booze talking Sabine." Ezra explains to her as Jabba gets on the bed and bites the corner of the comforter, pulling it along with the other sheets back so Ezra could lay Sabine down in the bed.

"I remember Kanan telling me about his life before he met Hera. He said that sometimes he would get so drunk that he'd want to sleep with anything with a pulse that could consent. And sometimes he'd regret it the next morning. I'm not gonna let that happen to you. And especially not when I'm the one that would be sleeping with you. I'd never take advantage of anyone when they're drunk, but especially not someone I care about as much as you." Ezra explains as he tucks her in.

"But Ez…I care about you too…a lot." Sabine slurs and rubs her palm along his hairy cheek and he couldn't help but press his face into her touch.

"Ezra I lov-" Sabine starts before Ezra places his hand over her mouth.

"Sabine…please." Ezra begs her with tears in his eyes. "Don't…don't say that. Hearing you tell me the words I've always wanted to hear from you when you don't really mean them would break my heart." Ezra says and slowly pulls his hand back from her mouth.

"B-but I," She stammers and sniffles. "I-I do mean it!" She squeals as her bottom lip trembles.

Ezra feels the tears forming in his eyes slide down his cheeks as Sabine begins to cry.

"Why don't you believe me?" She sobs.

"Because you made it very clear to me a long time ago that you don't think about me that way." Ezra says, trying to keep his voice steady as places his fingers to her temple.

"I've changed my mind!" Sabine wails. "I thought you were an annoying little shit when I first met you but then you grew up and we got closer and I spent a decade searching the galaxy to find you because I lo-" Sabine explains before suddenly feeling sleepy.

"Save it for when you're sober 'bine." Ezra says as he helps Sabine lay back in bed. "If you really are telling the truth, then I know you'll tell me someday when you're not drunk. Then I'll believe you." Ezra says then lets out a sad sigh. "As if you'd ever say anything like this to me without being under the influence of something."

Ezra then moves to leave but Sabine grabs his arm.

"Wait! At least give me a kiss goodnight." Sabine requests softly. "Please…"

How could he say no to such a simple request from the woman he loves. Especially when she gave him that sad little pout that broke his heart enough to make him cave to her will.

He gently places his fingers on her cheek. And she closes her eyes and puckers her lips for the kiss. Only to feel him press his lips to her forehead instead.

And then she didn't open her eyes again that night. Because she felt the Force lulling her to sleep as Ezra places his fingers on her temple again, using the Force to calm her mind to make her drift off to sleep for the night.

"Thanks for getting so drunk that you won't remember any of this when you wake up tomorrow morning." Ezra says and gently strokes her cheek with his thumb. "It gave me a chance to practice what I want to say to you one day when you're sober."

And with that he tucks her in under the warm quilt that Thelma brought them, noticing her small smile as she snuggles in under the blanket as Jabba curls up with her.

"Goodnight Sabine." He says while gently stroking her cheek with the backs of his pointer and middle fingers.

"You're the love of my life. Forever and always. Even if you never love me back." He says sadly before getting into bed on the other side of the pillow wall and going to sleep with Rex on his shoulder, dreaming of what could be, the same as Sabine, if only they were brave enough to love each other.