A/N Set during Star Wars Rebels episode "Homecoming" and uses dialogue from that episode. Hope you enjoy! Xxxxxxxxx

"It's Hera." Gobi said, trying to keep his voice steady from where he was sat on their ship.

"What?" Cham spun around, instantly alert. "What's wrong with Hera?"

"Nothing… it's just… she's the head of the crew we are supposed to be working with."

Cham was silent as he paced their ship, trying hard not to show any reaction to this news but Gobi knew that this change would affect him deeply. Still, he was surprised when after a few minutes he still hadn't spoken.

"Well?" He prompted.

"Well what?"

"Aren't we going to change the plan?"

Cham sighed, stopping his pacing to lean over their table. His eyes crunched up as he dug his long nails into the table surface. Eventually he stood up with a reluctant resolve clear on his face.

"No." He tried to sound firm but Gobi could hear the regret in his voice.

"No?" Gobi stated in shock. "We can't betray Hera!"

"We are not betrayed her! She betrayed us by leaving! I have to do what's best for our people, which hasn't included her since the day she left our planet!"

"Not our people? She's your daughter! Of course she's your people!"

"No! The Rebellion are her people now!"

"She did what she believed was right!"

"SHE LEFT ME!"

The pair faced each other in anger. At some point they'd both stood up and were glaring daggers at one another. Gobi was the first to back down, suddenly sitting down in shock. They'd never gotten into an argument like that before. Gobi couldn't even remember the last time he'd screamed at anyone that wasn't him barking an order or shouting abuse at the Empire. Cham seemed to be in shock at their argument too, his eyes wdineing as he backed away from the table.

Before either of them could address what had just happened, Numa entered the room from the bridge. She looked between the two of them, immediately sensing what had happened.

"We are here." She told them diplomatically before heading to the docking port without another word, not wanting to get involved. Gobi couldn't blame her.

Wordlessly, Cham followed her without looking at him. He sighed. he knew this was just going to get worse the longer they ignored the argument.

Once Cham left through the hatch, he turned his attention to Numa who waited for him with a reassuring smile. It was hard to believe the little scrap of a girl she had been back in the clone wars had become one of their best fighters. He wondered what her life would have been like if she hadn't grown up in a constant battle of war and oppression. He reminded himself that this was why he was following Cham. So that no child would ever grow up to live a life like Numa's. Smiling back, he followed her though the hatch.

On the other side, Hera was waiting with her new crew. He took a long look at the girl he once cradled in his arms. She was no child now. In fact, she had grown into a beautiful young woman with a defiant gleam in her eyes that she had not doubt inherited from her father.

"It's been a long time father." She said, her voice void of any emotion.

Most likely not wanting to acknowledge the guilt at what he was about to do, Cham ignored her and instead turned his attention to the tall human male.

"So you must be the Jedi I've heard about."

"Jarrus… Kanan Jarrus… I've erm… heard a lot about you to sir. " The Jedi who was apparently called Kanan bowed awkwardly, no doubt trying to impress the father of his girlfriend. "And this is the rest of our crew, Ezra, Sabine and Zeb."

By the way the others rolled their eyes at his introduction Gobi guessed that in his nerves, Kanan had gotten their names mixed up. Hera's ever faithful astromech warbled in offence at being left out. Gobi didn't doubt Kanan would get an electric shock for that later.

"A fine group of fighters. Cham Syndulla at your service." His partner introduced himself.

"The liberator of Ryloth!" The mandalorian girl piped up. "I studied your clone war tactics at the academy."

"Ah yes, the Empire is still figuring out how to beat me." Despite everything that had just happened Gobi couldn't help but roll his eyes at the smug smile on the man's face before he introduced them.

"And these are two of my finest warriors, Numa and Gobi."

He wasn't offended by being introduced as just his warrior. They'd discussed it long ago that while they wouldn't hide their relationship they wouldn't broadcast it either, especially to strangers since it would be unprofessional and Cham didn't want Gobi to become an even bigger target for the Empire.

"Well, we should get to the briefing. There is a lot to do." Hera told them, clearly wanting to spend as little time with her father as possible. Howver she glady excepted a hug from Gobi before they entered the room.

"It's good to see you again Tiwva." She sighed.

"And you too eoh uru." Gobi responded, the guilt twisting even deeper into his heart.

He didn't get a chance to talk to Cham to talk between the meeting and boarding the stolen Imperial shuttle. Cham and Numa went with the rest of Hera's crew in the cargo hold, whilst Gobi stayed with Hera on the bridge.

"Master Windu spoke highly of your heroics at the battle of Lessu." Gobi heard Kanan say as he sucked up to Cham in the adjacent room.

"Ah Mace Windu! Now he was a true Jedi! Out numbered a hundred to one we charged across Lessu's energy bridge to certain doom. We would not be stopped. You know, they named that attack in song, The hammer of Ryloth!" Since they'd gotten together, Cham's opinions on him writing songs about him changed for the better. And Gobi was pleased to hear him getting along with Hera's boyfriend. He was worried Cham might dislike him but he was pleasantly surprised when he had taken the boy under his wing.

Hera didn't seem as pleased about this however and shut off the door to Cham's chatter in annoyance.

"Cham has taken a shine to your Jedi." Gobi teased.

"It's more the other way around." She retorted stubbornly. Gobi chuckled. She was just like her father.

"And your Jedi, Kanan wasn't it? He treats you well?" Gobi asked.

Hera turned to face him, a genuine smile on her face that lit up his soul.

"Yes." She promised him. "He does."

"And the rest of your crew? They treat you fairly as well?"

"Honestly, they're more like my family than my crew."

"Oh? That's good." Gobi said, genuinely happy that she had found people who loved her as much as he did. But he couldn't help the involuntary flare of jealousy.

He looked down at her astromech who was stationed by his feet, to check that what she had told him was true. The small nod and gentle warbling assured him that she had.

"The galaxy has been good for you Hera." He told her warmly. "You've flourished more out here than you ever could have on Ryloth."

"Thank you. I just wish my father could see that." She got a faraway look in her eye before quickly changing the subject. "And my father, how has he been?"

"Cham's been… Cham."

Hera snorted. "That doesn't surprise me."

Gobi was about to say more when Kanan walked into the room to talk with Hera. He watched as the pair the shared teasing yet loving looks that he would sometimes share with Cham.

As though summoning him by his thoughts Cham appeared on the bridge.

"Gobi, get ready for landing."

As he left, Gobi tried to catch Cham's eye to try to silently plead with him not to do this but Cham ignored him, probably knowing what he was trying to do. Reluctantly, he went into the other room where Numa and the rest of Hera's crew were waiting. As expected, Hera's plan went off without a hitch and they landed, albeit haphazardly, in the transport.

Unfortunately, the landing also caused Numa to drop her bag of explosives, leading the mandalorian girl to notice the bombs inside.

"I'm sorry my friends." Numa said genuinely before she and Gobi reluctantly stunned them. Gobi went back to the bridge to find that Cham had already stunned Kanan and the astromech, and now had his gun pointed at his daughter.

"Father!" Hera cried in betrayal.

"I'm sorry. We needed your help to get on board." Cham told her, but unsurprisingly it did little to quell her anger.

After Cham chained her to the controls she turned her attention to Gobi.

"Tiwva?" She begged. The betrayal in her voice nearly broke his soul.

"I'm so sorry." He said although he knew it wasn't enough. He was angry at Cham for creating this plan and angry at himself for going along with it. "I tried to talk him out of it but he wouldn't listen to me! I'm not-"

He cut himself off but they both knew that he had been about to say her mother.

Hera's features softened, although the fire in her eyes remained.

"He does listen to you Gobi. More than he ever listened to my mother. The Rebellion needs this transport. You have to convince him to change his mind."

Gobi sighed, knowing how stubborn Cham could be. "I'll try."

Once he exited the ship however, he found that Cham had already headed off towards the bridge. Reluctantly, he found Numa and helped her to plant detonators on the proton bombs. Even the idea of blowing something up couldn't make him happier.

Eventually they planted them all, but having recovered from being stunned, the mandalorian girl and the lasat manged to use a mouse droid to taze them and tie them up.

Gobi was still reeling from the effects when his comm went off. The lasat took his comm unit off him and answered it before he could stop him.

"Gobi, Numa proceed with our plans." Cham said over the comm.

"Apologies General Syndulla, we have been captured." Numa wheezed.

"Cham, we don't have time for this. Imperial reinforcements are on their way." Gobi heard Kanan say faintly over the comm. And where Kanan was Hera had to be nearby.

Sure enough, a moment later Hera and Cham's arguing could be heard over the comm unit.

"I want freedom from the empire as badly as you do, but this battle can't be won on Ryloth alone." She declared, her voice as hard and proud as steal. "During the clone war, you didn't just fight for our village. You rallied everyone to liberate the entire planet. You inspired me. The rebellion is no different. But either you couldn't see that, or you didn't believe in me and that's why I left."

Gobi took Hera's words to his soul. He knew she was right.

He locked eyes with Numa to find his own feelings reflected there and after sharing a quick nod he stood up.

"I am sorry Cham, but I'm with Hera."

He couldn't hear Cham's over the comm but he doubted he was very pleased with his decision.

"Well father?" Hera asked.

Cham sighed, knowing that if he didn't do this then he would lose his daughter forever.

"I guess you have your chance to prove me wrong."

Gobi didn't think that was the most encouraging response but that didn't deter Hera's enthusiasm. Within minutes, they were executing her newly formed plan. It was all going smoothly until one of the stabilisers exploded.

Gobi was nearly thrown from his seat in the gun turrets as the ship suddenly titled sideways. He wasn't sure how they were going to make it out of this mess when he heard the sound of Cham and Hera working together to make the ship balanced again.

Before long they had the hyper drive working and were able to escape. Gobi made his way back to hull with the others to find Cham and Hera for once talking in a civilised manner.

"When you left I was heartbroken. But now I understand you are like your mother. She was a dreamer like you." Cham said, finally understanding his daughter and his role as a father. "I am proud of you Captain Syndulla."

Gobi's heart soared as he watched them hug for the first time in over a decade.

He smiled proudly at Cham as they went over to one of the stolen ships to return to Ryloth.

"So, you and Hera made up?" He asked. They were alone in the cargo hold whilst Numa went to set the hyperspace coordinates.

"Yes, I took your advice and listened to her."

"Good." Gobi said before punching him the arm. Cham looked down at him in confusion whilst rubbing his arm. Gobi didn't hesitate to point his finger directly at his face so that he was almost touching his nose.

"Now don't you ever make me choose between you and your daughter ever again!"

Cham's shock faded as he took in his words and was replaced by a look of shame.

"I deserved that. I'm sorry. I never should have put you in that position." With his uninjured arm he reached up to place his hand on Gobi's shoulder so that he knew he was serious when he said "And she's your daughter too."

Gobi blinked at him in shock as his anger cooled down. He'd seen Hera as his daughter for a long time but he had never said that outload. He wasn't sure how to respond.

"I heard her call you Tiwva." Cham continued, trying to coax Gobi out of his silence.

"And you don't mind?"

Cham's air bulges raised up, as though shocked Gobi would ever think that.

"Of course not. You've been a part of our family for a long time. In fact…"

His hand travelled down his arm until he held his hand before the orange skinned twi'lek knelt down on one knee. Gobi let out a small gasp.

"Gobi Glie, will you allow me the honour of becoming your life mate?"

He didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know how to breathe. All he could do was stare down at Cham in shock who was gradually looking more and more nervous.

"Is that a yes?" Cham asked uncertainly.

Snapping out of his stupor, he rushed forward to crush his lips against Cham's who nearly fell over with his force. It didn't take long however for him to regain his balance and start kissing back with equal force. Eventually they had to stop to breathe, their lips still grazed against each other's.

"Of course it's a yes." Gobi murmured against his lips. "But that doesn't mean I'm not still mad at you."

"I know" Cham chuckled uniting their lips together again. Their pointed teeth clashed like hungry teenagers discovering love for the first time.

Unfortunately, they were interrupted when the cargo doors opened with a loud bang.

"Seriously? I was gone for barely a minute!" Numa cried at the sight of them without any real malice.

Too happy to feel embarrassed, they stood up and followed her to the bridge, their hands intertwined as they thought about all the possibilities their future as husbands could bring.

To Little max: I hope it was as epic as ou hoped! Xxxxxxxxx

To FossilQueen1984: Thank you so much!!! You're the one who's sweet! Xxxxxxxxx