i'll get back to Mandalore and get all that caught up soon but i've had this scene in my head and it just had to be typed up. This is the aftermath of "clubbing with clones" from Fox's point of view. poor Fox.

Fox hadn't needed any alcohol after the kiss. He was completely intoxicated by Soniee Ordo. He had warned her about that last drink she took, and he had been there to catch her when she passed out. A few of his brothers encouraged him to take her to a room upstairs, but he knew that's not what she would want. Instead, Fox scooped her up into his arms, grabbed her helmet, and called a skycab to take them back to Senator Amidala's apartment.

The Senator gave him a disappointed frown when the arrived but that was nothing to the telling off he got from the droid. Still he would not be swayed. "I wanna be here when she wakes up, make sure she's okay."

Padme shook her head. "Commander I'm not sure that would be a good idea. She'll be fine here. You're welcome to come back in the morning..."

"Please, Senator, I wouldn't feel like I had done my duty if I didn't see the job through to the end." Truthfully, he didn't know what he would do with himself for the rest of his free shift. He just wanted to be near Soniee, to watch her sleep if that was all he was able to do.

She sighed. "Alright. Give 1K0 and I a moment to get her ready for bed and then you can sit in the chair and guard her if you feel it's necessary." She gave him a hard look. "But if she wakes up and asks you to leave because you're making her uncomfortable, you leave immediately."

"Yes, Ma'am. Of course."

He could have just sat there staring at her, the light from the never sleeping Galactic city streaming through the blinds over her beautiful form. No, her Mesh'la form, he reminded himself and then he got an idea of what he could do while he sat. He pulled out a datapad and searched for Mando'a. He was determined that when she woke he would be able to converse with her. He was a quick study. All clones were and soon he would be able to tell her what was in his heart, in her native tongue.

Fox read not only about the language but also about the culture and Resol'nare, the tenants of Mandalorian life. He already wore armor similar to the beskar'gam of the Mando'ade and he was learning the language. He supposed the Chancellor was like his Mand'alor and his brothers made up his clan. When he thought of protecting his family and raising children as Mandalorians though, he could only think of Soniee.

He'd never imagined being a father before, but now he could picture her with their child. He could also picture her as a young widow, because she would surely outlive him. Even if he did make it through the war, his accelerated growth would only allow a few precious years for him to spend with her. He didn't want to waste a moment of it.

He fell to staring at her again. He remembered how she sought him out after each dance at the club, or how her gaze would find his over the shoulder of her dance partner, and marveled at how she knew him among all his brothers. Not just knew him. What was the Mando'a word? to know, kar'taylir, to hold in the heart. And that was exactly how he felt about her, that he held her in his heart.

She was lying, curled up on her side with her back to him and as he watched her he noticed her shiver. "Are you cold?" He asked softly.

"Hold me." She breathed sleepily.

Had he imagined it? No, he was sure he hadn't. Quick to obey, Fox climbed onto the bed and spooned around her. He didn't presume to get under the covers with her. He was fully clothed minus his armor plating and she was wearing the nightgown that Padme and the droid had changed her into. Still it felt very intimate to lie there next to her. Her small body fit perfectly against his but he wasn't sure where to put his hands.

Finally, with one arm pillowed under his head, he settled the other hand on her hip. She didn't pull away and even seemed to snuggle back a little closer to him. His hand slid from her hip down into the lovely valley of her waist.

She raised her arm over her head and the fabric of her nightgown tugged his hand up further to rest on her ribs. After that, it was too delicious a temptation not travel the final few centimeters cup her small round breast.

Soniee breathed a sound of pleasure that was not quite a moan and squirmed against him. Shebs pressed against his steadily swelling organ, was almost to much for Fox. He gently squeezed the breast through the fabric of her nightgown, finding the nipple with the side of his thumb. He teased and fondled and all the time waited for her to tell him to stop. But she didn't so he slid his arm further around her, meaning to give the other breast the same attention.

She had to roll toward him slightly, more on her back now than on her side, to give him better access. Her eyes were still closed but her face was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, reacting to his worship of her body. He placed a light kiss on her temple and then continued with his exploration.

Down from her breast his hand found the sweet depression of her navel and then the chime for the comm in her helmet rang. He wanted to ignore it but she gave a throaty giggle and said, "Better get that, might be important."

"I'll take care of it." He dragged himself away from her after a quick kiss on the nose and she rolled back over onto her side.

She called to him sleepily. "And then you can come back and kriff me, Korkie."

Korkie? That wasn't a word he knew. As he crossed the room to pick up her helmet, he thought back over the Mando'a he had absorbed earlier. No, it wasn't in his limited knowledge of the subject. Perhaps it wasn't a Mando'a word at all. Maybe it was something else entirely. He grinned. Maybe it was something she liked during sex. He was going to find out. As soon as he got rid of whoever this caller was, Fox was definitely going to find out exactly what she liked.

He took care of the comm but when he got back to her, Soniee was sound asleep.

i'll give you 3 guesses who the comm is from but you're probably only going to need one. poor Fox.

edit: got the chapter all posted. went in to clean the kitchen and this song came up on my pandora. For Fox:

Eavesdrop by The Civil Wars

I don't want to talk right now
I just want your arms wrapped around
Me and this moment before it runs out

Oh, don't say that it's over
Oh, no, say it ain't so
Let's let the stars watch, let them stare
Let the wind eavesdrop, I don't care
For all that we've got, don't let it go
Just hold me

I can't pull you any closer than this
It's just you and the moon on my skin
Oh, who says it ever has to end...