Sabine grunts as her back hits the wall. A noise that was muffled by Ezra's lips as his mouth devoured hers and his body pressed hers further against the wall, desperate for contact. Sabine may not be Force Sensitive but the way Ezra left her gasping for breath after their mouths finally separated told her that he had been wanting and waiting for this for just as long as her. She had barely even finished exhaling before Ezra sealed his mouth to hers again.
Sabine groaned into the kiss and gripped his neck and the back of his head tightly to ground herself as Ezra overwhelmed her with his passion. She felt his hands moving down her back to cup her ass and start to lift it up. Her eyes opened wide and she groaned loudly into the kiss and struggled in his hold as she realized Ezra was trying to lift her up in his arms to hold her against the wall as they made out.
Ezra senses her panic and pulls back immediately and gives her space. Guilt washed over him in droves. He took this way too fast. She had given him a taste and he let his hunger get the better of him and cloud his judgment. He closes his eyes and grips his hand in a tight fist, preparing an apology and bracing himself for rejection when instead he feels a pair of soft lips against his own.
He opens his eyes to see her reassuring warm smile that melts his heart with love for her, before she kisses him again. He closes his eyes and kisses her back, gently. From now on he would let her take the lead tonight. He would give her whatever she wanted. No matter how much or how little that was.
She gently pushes on his chest and he lets her walk him backwards as they kiss. He grunts when the back of his legs hit the couch and she pulls back from their kiss and looks him over, her pupils dilated with lust as she runs her hand down from his shoulder to his chest and pushes on him so he falls back onto the couch in a sitting position.
He watches her approach him, chest heaving with anticipation as she smiles and presses on his chest once more, pushing him to lay back on the couch as she swings her leg over his lap and sits down on it, straddling him. His hands immediately grab her hips and she lets out a soft gasp from the action.
She places her hands over his and Ezra winces as a pang of guilt washed over him, thinking he offended her by being too handsy. But she instead gives his hands a squeeze and smiles at him. She even rocked her hips side to side a bit, making Ezra moan from the friction that caused on his cock. Which only made his grip on her hips tighter which caused her to let out a breathy exhale as she leaned forward on his chest to meet his face.
Ezra removes one of his hands from her hips and brings it up to gently stroke her cheek. He wanted to memorize her face at that moment. That look in her eyes, the slight upward quirk in her lips indicating a smile, even the light from the artificial lights coming in the window seemed to make her amber eyes even more gorgeous than she already was.
She leans forward to kiss him and Ezra's heart skips a beat as he closes his eyes and accepts her loving embrace.
They both stay still like that for a while. No other sounds filled the room except for the sounds of their lips meeting over and over again.
Until that was only so much. And then Sabine's back dips, and she rolls her hips against his crotch and he groans into her kiss and clutches the fabric of her tank top at her back, making her press herself against him more and kiss him more forcefully. Ezra's heart raced and she repeated the action, grinding herself against his crotch and he couldn't help the needy whine that escaped him as he began to rock his hips back against hers, keeping with the same rhythm, making her whine in pleasure on top of him.
The new motion that had been introduced caused Ezra's grip on her to tighten. Sabine moaned into their kiss as Ezra squeezed her hip tighter. The sweet friction urged him to boldly grab Sabine's ass and she let out a high pitched moan as their lips parted. Whining as Ezra squeezed it in his grip over and over and she made no move to stop him. His other hand moved to her hip and squeezed it. Making her shiver when she realized how big his hands were in comparison to her own.
She ran her hands all over his chest, exploring it, pressing on it, wanting to memorize every scar, every muscle, every mark on his body, in order to begin to know it as well as her own.
Ezra began to kiss her back more passionately as he sought to memorize the feel of her lips. How soft they felt. How wet. Wait…wet? He pulls back and notices the tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Sabine!" He gasps and sits up so he's looking at her eye level. "Are you alright? What's wrong?"
"I-I…I don't know." Sabine whimpers as sobs begin to wrack her body.
Ezra pulls her into a hug, letting her bury her face in his chest to let it all out, gently rubbing her back to soothe her as well. That nightmare had clearly made her emotional, and making out with him definitely did more to fire her up than it did to calm her down.
"Sabine?" Ezra asks and wipes away her tears as she sobs. "What do you want?"
"I…" Sabine sniffs and looks up at him. "I want you!" She cries.
Ezra smiles at her and cups her cheek.
"Then you have me. I'm yours." He says and kisses her again, gently this time. "Now let's get you back to bed so you can sleep."
"Okay." Sabine says softly and nods in agreement.
She lets Ezra scoop her up in his arms and carries her to the stairs, Jabba and Rex both scuttling along after them on the floor as they make their way to their room.
Ezra lays her back down in the bed and tucks her in.
Sabine smiles, snuggling into the comfort of the blankets until she realizes that Ezra is leaving her again and her eyes open and she quickly grabs his hand.
"No! Don't go!" She desperately begs.
Ezra stops walking and turns to face her.
"Stay with me Ezra, please." Sabine mutters.
Her voice sounded so broken and she still had tears in her eyes. How could Ezra say no to that? Especially when he wanted nothing more than to hold her in his arms and kiss all of her tears away. She was clearly still worked up from her nightmare. Leaving her alone after that would be a horrible idea anyway.
He climbs into bed and Sabine instantly relaxes once she feels his arms wrapped around her and she lays on his chest and listens to his soothing heartbeat. Ezra smiles, feeling her relax in his arms, and he can't help but rest his forehead against hers, elated that he actually got to be with her like this. That she wanted him like he wanted her. At least…he hoped.
Her making out with him could have easily just been an impulsive decision she made based on whatever she experienced in her nightmare. But even if that was the case, Ezra wanted to savor this for as long as he could. This was all he ever wanted after all.
He looks down at her kiss-swollen lips and makes the bold move of capturing them on his own again. She moans against him and kisses him back before they both part for air smiling.
"I'll be right here when you wake up Sabine, I promise." Ezra says and briefly kisses her again.
"And I'm right where I want to be. So I won't be going anywhere either." Sabine promises.
They both laugh and kiss once more before falling asleep.
After a very long night, Sabine began to stir under the covers. Becoming increasingly distressed when she reached out with her arm, expecting to feel Ezra's warmth only to find him not there.
She sits up and gasps in a panic only to be calmed down when she feels Ezra's hand grab her own.
"Hey." He says to her gently. "It's okay, I'm here." He says and gives her hand a squeeze.
Sabine lets out a sigh of relief with a big smile on her face as she looks at him at her bedside.
"Yes…you are." Sabine says and gives him an adoring look that makes the Jedi feel warm all over.
Then her brow furrows in confusion when she notices that the bedroom lights are still on. That was odd, the sun should be out by- her eyes widened when she turned to the balcony to find that the sky was still dark outside.
"Huh? Why is it…" She mutters in confusion.
"Oh, yeah." Ezra says with a laugh and Sabine turns to him for an explanation. "You uh…were really exhausted yesterday so uh…you slept all day today…"
Sabine's jaw drops.
"I slept ALL DAY!" She exclaims.
"Yeah! I was really worried about you at first but then Ahsoka and I both checked you out with the Force and you felt fine! You just really needed the rest, that's all!" Ezra explains.
"Oh wow…" Sabine says and rests the palm of her hand on her forehead. "That's uh…embarrassing."
"No it's not." Ezra says and shakes his head. "You've been really stressed out ever since you found me, and from what Ahsoka tells me, it sounds like you weren't too different before you found me either."
Sabine laughs and squeezes his hand.
"Well, how do I feel now?" Sabine asks him.
Ezra closes his eyes and Sabine smiles as she feels a slight tingle in her head from Ezra reaching out to her. Something someone would only notice if they were paying attention to it.
"You feel…happy. Content….Euphoric." Ezra lists off. "And that conflict that I've been sensing from you ever since we reunited is…gone."
Ezra opens his eyes to see Sabine smiling at him and looking at him like she adores him. His heart pounds with hope but he doesn't want to get ahead of himself.
He stands up and Sabine raises her eyebrows when she sees his nice attire. Black pants instead of his usual orange ones. And his white button up shirt looked like it had been ironed. And his hair looked clean and combed along with his freshly trimmed beard.
"You cleaned up nice." Sabine compliments, making Ezra's cheeks color. "What's the occasion?"
"Well…I uh…I didn't want to leave you alone when you were sleeping because I didn't know when you'd wake up and I didn't want you to be scared when you did if I wasn't there." Ezra explains.
"Aw Ez…" Sabine says, heart-warmed by how thoughtful that was.
"And so I uh, had a lot of time to myself to think and I got this uh…crazy thought that maybe I could make dinner for you and the kids again! But then the kids told me to uh, change that plan to make it just you and me…like a uh…like a…"
"Like a date?" Sabine finishes for him.
Ezra smiles nervously and nods his head.
"Yeah! Yeah…a date. If you want to! You don't have to! You can say no!" Ezra stammers.
"I'd love to!" Sabine agrees.
The look on Ezra's face was priceless and Sabine couldn't help but laugh.
"Really!" He exclaims with elation.
"Yes! Really!" Sabine repeats. "You got dressed up so nice and everything, it would be a shame to waste it. And I really do love your cooking!"
"I mean this really isn't much, it's super casual!" Ezra downplays, running his hand through his hair. "And you don't have to get all dressed up either by the way if you don't want to! I don't even know if you have any other clothes here aside from your body glove and armor and your sleepwear anyway. So don't feel like you need to change anything. I know you don't wear your armor to hide yourself from the world. You wear it because it's who you are. And it's beautiful on you. You're beautiful."
Sabine smiles and shyly looks away from him before laughing.
"Well, I already knew that. I didn't need you to tell me. Just like I also didn't need you to tell me that my tits are better than Zeb's. I could have lived my whole life without that comparison." Sabine reminds him.
Ezra groans and falls to his knees and leans forward, hugging her and shoving his face in her stomach to hide his embarrassment and Sabine laughs and runs her hands through his hair.
"I am so sorry about that…I never should have said that. I don't know what I was thinking. I am the dumbest man alive." He mumbles against her.
"Well you said it not me." Sabine replies and Ezra pulls back to look at her.
"Hey!" He exclaims in mock offense and Sabine laughs and hits his shoulder.
"Okay now get out of here so I can get dressed. Unless you're planning on seeing me naked again?" She asks rhetorically.
"Oh! Right! Sorry!" Ezra exclaims and scrambles to get up to leave, tripping once as he rushes to the door to exit the room and give her some privacy to get ready.
Well…There's a pretty decent chance he might see me naked again tonight. Sabine thinks to herself as she bites her lip and watches him race to the door. But we'll just see how things play out.
Ezra shuts the door behind him and leans his back against it, letting out a huge sigh of relief.
"So how did it go?" Icarus asks.
He and Lu'na had been waiting for him in the hallway.
"Did mama say yes?" Lu'na asks.
"Yes! She said yes!" Ezra exclaims.
"YAY!" Lu'na and Icarus cheer and hug him.
"Mama and Papa are going on a date! Mama and Papa are going on a date!" Lu'na cheers and jumps around in a circle.
"You'd better get down to the cottage and get cooking! She doesn't take that long to get ready." Icarus reminds him.
"Oh yeah you're right I've got to go get everything ready!" Ezra exclaims and starts to run away but Icarus and Lu'na stop him.
"Don't panic and try to go overboard just be yourself!" Icarus advises.
"And you have to tell her you love her!" Lu'na demands.
Ezra laughs and shakes his head. "Lu'na it's just a date I think it's too soon to-"
"Papa promise?" Lu'na demands, staring at him with as much determination as she can muster.
Ezra knew he had no choice and he was fine with that. He smiles and laughs, tearing up as he cups the little girl's cheek.
"Papa promises." He says and kisses her forehead.
Once Sabine was ready she leaves her and Ezra's room to find Lu'na standing in the hallway.
"What are you doing here?" Sabine asks.
"Taking you to your date." Lu'na announces and takes Sabine's hand. "Follow me please."
Sabine laughs and lets the little girl lead her to her romantic rendezvous with Ezra.
"Ezra hurry, I can see her coming- whoa dude!" Icarus exclaimed as he saw Ezra bending over to pull a tray of a classic Lothali dish out of the oven. "Why are your pants so tight?"
"I don't know. They feel nice and Ahsoka said Sabine would like them so I decided to wear them." Ezra explains.
"Well, she's definitely going to like them." Icarus says and shudders at the thought of witnessing Sabine checking out Ezra's ass in those pants. "And she's almost here! So get that stuff on the plate and get it outside quick dude!" Icarus urges him.
Ezra does what he says and carries out the last dish to the patio in the back of the cottage they stayed in while they were waiting out the storm in the orchard. And as soon as he set the plate down, Sabine appeared with Lu'na, wearing her armor and a bright smile on her face as she takes in the ambiance of the patio, lit up by fairy lights on the pergola above it.
"Oh wow." She says as she walks over to Ezra at the table. "This is all so beautiful!"
"Thanks! I'm glad you like it." Ezra says and brushes a lock of hair behind his hair.
Sabine mimics his action and shyly looks away from him.
Lu'na giggles at their shyness and Icarus leads her away to give the two adults some space.
But not before she could shout at them "Flirt you guys!"
Sabine and Ezra both gasp in surprise at the request and share a nervous chuckle as their cheeks heat up in embarrassment.
"Yeah I uh…already did that once and it didn't go over too well from what I remember…" Ezra reminds her and Sabine laughs.
"Oh I remember." She says and rolls her eyes.
Ezra gulps, feeling nervous as she recalls her displeasure of the kind of person he was when they first met.
"Uh oh…" He mutters and Sabine arches an eyebrow. "You uh…might not like what I decided to make for you then…"
Sabine looks at what's on the table and sees a platter of a common Lothali street food that was a pastie stuffed with a variety of vegetables and cheese baked into a dough shaped like a triangle.
"Oh I remember these! I fell in love with them when I first came to Lothal! They're my favorite! Why would I be upset that you made them for our date?" Sabine asks.
"Because the first time I asked you out on a date, it was to go and get these." Ezra reminds her.
He grimaces and looks away from her, awaiting her stinging insults but instead she just tapped his shoulder. And when he turned back to her, she was holding one of the pasties up to his mouth, urging him to take a bite.
"What a clever idea." She compliments him. "I love it."
Ezra's face lights up and he happily takes a bite, making her laugh before she brings the opposite corner to her mouth and takes a bite herself.
"Don't worry so much Ezra. You're not that little boy who annoyed the kriff out of me anymore. You're a man I care for. You're much more mature now too. I'm sure if you tried flirting with me again it wouldn't be as awful as it was when you were younger." Sabine assures him.
Ezra laughs and looks at the ground.
"Honestly I don't even know if I have it in me anymore since I spent so long being scared of making you mad by flirting with you." Ezra admits.
"Well you're free to try." Sabine says with a shrug. "Are you sure you don't have anything flirty to say to me? Could you use the Force to flirt? I seem to recall you bragging about doing that once you got better at mastering your powers."
Ezra laughs again.
"Using the Force to flirt would probably be a misuse of it." Ezra explains.
"Well that's no fun." Sabine pouts. "So what if there was a hypothetical situation where you would be allowed to use the Force to flirt with me? What would you do then?"
Ezra picks up on the loophole she was subtly hinting towards him and smiles and laughs while looking at the ground before looking up at all of the flowers growing from the vines on the pillars of the pergola before looking down at her with a grin.
"I'd use it to pluck the prettiest flower I could find." Ezra says and holds up his hand and with a curl of his fingers, a flower comes off the branch and lands in his grasp. "And then I'd give it to the prettiest person I see."
Ezra places the flower behind Sabine's ear and her breath catches.
"How was that?" Ezra asks.
"Very smooth." Sabine says and flutters her eyelashes.
It was then that Ezra noticed a blob of cheese on the corner of her mouth from the pastie. And his heart started to pound as he got another bold romantic idea.
"Hey, you've got something uh…" Ezra starts and points to the corner of his mouth to point it out for her.
"Oh…" Sabine says but rubs the wrong corner of her mouth.
Ezra smiles and his heart beats fast, knowing that now he could do what he intended to do.
"Did I get it?" Sabine asks.
"No but don't worry…" Ezra says and leans in close to her. "I've got it." He whispers and presses his lips to the corner of her mouth.
Sabine closes her eyes and sighs happily as she feels him kiss her before pulling back. He copied her move from the last time they were here. Very nice.
"How was that?" He asks her.
"Very good." Sabine says and rewards him with a quick kiss on his cheek.
"Oooo!" Lu'na shouts from behind the bushes where they were watching before Icarus covers her mouth to silence her teasing.
The adults just laugh and smile at each other.
"I don't really know much about kids but, if they're teasing us like that it means they approve right?" Ezra asks Sabine and she laughs.
"I've spent some time with kids on Lothal." Sabine says and moves closer to him.
Specifically Jacen but Sabine didn't want to tell Ezra about him. That was Hera's news to share. Also she really wanted to see the look on his face when he saw that Kanan and Hera had a son. She and Zeb even had a bet going on whether or not he'd faint.
"And yes it does mean they approve." Sabine assures him and rests her head against his chest.
Ezra smiles and gently hugs her back, feeling warmth spread through his chest because of her embrace.
"Well that's good. I'd hope your kids would approve of me." Ezra says with a laugh and Sabine furrows her brow in confusion and pulls back to look at him.
"Ezra, what do you mean by your?" Sabine asks. "They're our kids, remember? I told you I wanted you to raise them with me! You're their father!"
"I know but after you got mad at me yesterday I was worried that you would have changed your mind about that." Ezra explains.
Sabine laughs and shakes her head.
"Ezra, what happened yesterday was a stupid argument! I care more about what happened here instead! Spending that day with you and the kids in that house…it's the happiest I've been since we were on the Ghost together!" Sabine exclaims. "We made our own little family together. And I want it to stay together when we go back to Lothal. Icarus and Lu'na are our kids."
"Yeah…there it is again…our kids." Ezra says and twiddles his thumbs nervously.
"W-what's wrong?" Sabine asks, placing her hands over his and looking at him with concern.
"I-it's nothing." Ezra lies, then his smile falls and he looks at his feet before looking back up at her, his eyes shining in the way that a man about to pour his heart out to the woman he loves does.
Thrawn told him he should be honest, and reminded him how stubborn Sabine was. He was right. Eventually one of them had to make a move. And well…last night she definitely made the first move that got this whole ball rolling. So now he felt confident enough to make his.
"Actually…it is…something." He starts and swallows hard before meeting her eyes and continuing. "Look, I know friends can be close but typically they don't decide to raise kids together and make out!" He says with a laugh. "I've been sensing certain feelings from you. And I know you don't have my powers and you can't sense anything from me so I'm telling you now that if you're holding anything back because you're worried about how I'll take it then don't be. Because if it is what I'm sensing then I-I feel the same for you! I love you Sabine Wren. I always have. And I always will, no matter if you feel the same or not. I know that could ruin our friendship but I can't live with the guilt of not telling you the truth! So, please, before we go back to Lothal I need to know…Do you love me?"
Sabine teared up and smiled in response.
"Yes!" She exclaims.
Ezra grimaces and looks at the ground.
"I knew you'd say no-what?" He starts then looks up at her, his eyes wide with surprise and she laughs at his reaction. "D-did y-you…just…you…you couldn't've…said-"
"YES!" Sabine shouts again, louder and throws her arms around his shoulders. "Yes! I said yes you stupid lothrat!"
Ezra tears up and he laughs and hugs her back, looking at her face and shaking his head in disbelief, making her cry even more.
"I was so worried that I ruined everything." Ezra admits with a small laugh.
"Well, you don't have to worry about ruining anything. Because I finally know what to say to you now. Ezra Bridger, I love you!" Sabine exclaims.
Tears of joy leaked from his eyes that were bright with happiness.
"S-say it again!" He begs. "Please I-I c-can't believe it! Say it again so I know it's real!" Ezra begs and Sabine laughs joyously.
"I love you!" Sabine exclaims and Ezra grips her tighter and laughs in joy.
"Will you two just kiss alre-" Icarus complains before Sabine grabs Ezra's shirt and pulls herself up to press her lips against his.
"Whoa." Lu'na says, watching as Ezra picks up Sabine and spins her around, making her laugh before setting her down and kissing her again.
They kiss for a few minutes. Icarus and Lu'na exchange looks of concern.
"A-are they going to eat anything besides each other's faces?" Icarus asks her and Lu'na shrugs.
"They better not! I worked hard on the salads! Isn't anyone going to mention the salads?!" Lu'na shouts angrily and gestures to the small salad bowls that she left on the table for her parents.
"Uh…I don't think so Lu." Icarus says and pats her on the head.
Lu'na scoffs and crosses her arms.
"Don't like mama and papa anymore." Lu'na declares. She didn't mean it though.