Obi-wan smiled as he and Satine slowly made their way through the secret garden attached to Satine's quarters,"I guess the boys do have a romantic side."
"Oh, I'm sure there was a Jedi influence in there," Satine smiled as she squeezed Obi-wan's hand.
"Anakin would do something like this," Obi-wan smiled, pulling Satine close. "Happy Father's Day."
Mace smiled as he turned off the holocube. He had watched the message his men had sent him at least ten times. It made him feel good that his men thought of him like a father. At the beginning of the war, he would've thrown the cube away and lectured his men on relationships, but now he didn't care. He liked hanging out with his men, showing them how to do stuff or just playing sabaac. He sighed, would he be able to go back to just being a Jedi after the war was over?
Cody slowly made his way back to his office. It had been a long week. He'd had to leave his men on Courasant, for starters, and make a run to Ryloth to command the men stationed there as they were being attacked by a small task force from the Seps. The new commander was supposed to arrive three days ago, but had been late. Cody had been kicked, punched, shot and thrown more times this week then he cared to remember. He was sore, tired and crabby. He had a few broken ribs that were taking forever to heal, his knee had been dislocated, then put back only twelve hours ago, so it hurt a lot, and his shoulder had taken the majority of a kick from a magna droid. Thanks to his new armor, the droids claws hadn't gotten through, but it still hurt. When he had finally gotten on a ship to come back here, he'd had to stay up the entire time because the ship's Commander had been killed when the ship had been hit by a turboblast from a droid gunship, which meant he'd had to help the rookie crew steer the cruiser back to Courasant where he had been releaved by Admiral Kilian who had ordered him to get some rest, which he had gladly complied to.
He opened the door to his office, not even bothering to turn the lights on as he crossed to his desk. He set his helmet, ammo belt, gun belt, rifle and gloves on his desk before he fell into his chair. He was right, he wouldn't make it to his bed. He closed his eyes, letting his body finally rest. He was out cold in a matter of seconds. He was woken only minutes later by his com beeping. He sighed and turned his com on,"What?"
"Oh, sorry, sir. I didn't mean to disturb you," Odds' voice answered. "I'll just leave you alone."
"What do you need, Odds?" Cody sighed. "Just tell me."
"Well, could you come down the the rec room?"
"Sure," Cody stood, turning off his com, not even thinking to ask what for. He slowly made his way to the rec room, realising that he was the only person in the hallways. Weird, at least some of his men should be here. He opened the door to the rec room, frowning when he noticed the lights were off," Odds?"
The holoprojector turned on, showing Echo,"Hello, sir. Why don't you sit down?"
Cody frowned, carefully sitting on the only chair in the room, just a little worried.
"The men wanted to tell you something, sir, as do I," Echo smiled down at him. The image changed, showing Odds, Meds, Rex, Echo, Anakin, Alpha, Mace, and Obi-wan. They all were smiling at him.
"Thank you, Cody, for always having my back and keeping me sane," Obi-wan spoke first.
"Thanks, Codes, for showing me what it means to put others first," Anakin spoke next.
"Thanks, kid, for teaching me to trust," Alpha, Cody's old mentor, spoke, smiling.
"Thank you, Commander, for being there even when you didn't have to be," Mace nodded slowly.
"Thanks, sir, for keeping my head on straight even when things looked bad," Meds smiled.
"Thanks, boss, for not giving up on me when others had," Odds gave him a crooked smile.
"Thanks, Codes, for showing me there's more to life than fighting, even when it's taking over your life," Rex gave him a thumbs up.
"Thanks, sir, for giving me the courage to be myself," Echo spoke last. "We don't know where we would be without you."
The image changed to "Happy Father's Day" in big letters. Cody just starred straight a head, even after the projector turned off.
"Did we kill him?" Odds glanced at Obi-wan as they watched Cody from a security room.
"No, we didn't," Obi-wan smiled. "He just doesn't know what to do now."
Codu finally stood, turning to where he knew the camera was stationed,"Thanks guys. I needed that." He actually smiled at them before yawning,"Now I'm gonna go sleep, so Odds, don't call me!"