WARNING: This chapter will have some blood and injury and an animal attack! So if any of those things are triggers for you please be aware! I'm not tagging where those parts are because it'll be pretty obvious in the story when they're coming.

Sabine woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside of the window as the light hit her face from a crack in-between the curtains. However, she refused to wake up. Her head felt like it was pounding. Probably on account of the drinks she had last night. But also, she felt so comfortable and warm pressed up against this bed or…whatever it was…

It didn't entirely feel like a bed. It felt like two things actually. Underneath her legs she could feel pillows. But her torso and head were resting against something warm. Or someone…

Sabine's brow furrows as she notes the feeling of two strong arms wrapped around her. One around her waist, and the other draped over her upper back.

She finally opens her eyes and looks to see herself laying on top of a wide expanse of tan skin with blue hairs growing out of it. Then she picks her head up and looks to see Ezra's sweet, sleeping face and immediately relaxes back into the embrace.

Sabine smiles and lays her head back against his chest and closes her eyes. Content to be in his arms, and feeling reluctant to leave.

As if he sensed her stirring, Ezra's arms shift around her to hold her tighter, and Sabine embraces the comforting warmth.

Until a few moments later when her eyes shoot wide open when her consciousness catches up with her and she realizes she's cuddling in bed with EZRA! Something she should not be doing with her best friend!

Sabine immediately pushes her torso up and struggles to get out of his grip.

But Ezra just groans in his sleep and holds her tighter. Making her yelp as she falls forward onto his chest. Her face was on fire from the fact that her body was completely on top of his now, legs and everything! And she noticed there was something hard poking her in the stomach. Whatever it was, it was annoying and making her uncomfortable.

"Ezra!" Sabine hisses.

He didn't stir at all.

"Ezra!" She shouts.

Not a peep. Just a snore.

Sabine rolls her eyes and growls in frustration and starts alternating between shaking his shoulders and then cupping his face in her hands and rocking his head side to side until he finally begins to wake.

"Ugh, Sabine what are you doing?" Ezra groans then notices the sun shining through the window. "Oh is it morning already?" Ezra asks groggily.

Sabine couldn't help but let a soft gasp escape from how hot his deep, gravelly morning voice sounded.

He yawns and stretches both of his arms out before resting one at his side and the other behind his head as he looks at her with half-lidded sapphire eyes that have Sabine's heart pounding.

"Good morning 'bine." He smiles.

"G-good m-morning." Sabine stammers slightly, still a bit flustered from how attractive he was in the morning.

Now this is a sight I could get used to-wait no! Stop it Sabine stop it! Sabine mentally screams.

Ezra smiles then frowns when he realizes that she was on him.

"Why are you on top of me?" He asks her.

"I don't know! I don't remember anything from last night!" Sabine explains. "You tell me why I was using your chest as a pillow?!"

She smacks his chest and Ezra smirks before looking beside him to observe where their pillow wall used to be.

"Huh…but we set up a pillow wall so that we'd each have our own section of the bed…" Ezra sleepily explains, rubbing one of his eyes. "I guess you must have climbed over it during the night?"

"I must have climbed over it? You're blaming me for this?!" Sabine exclaims. "How do I know that you didn't take the pillow wall down during the night and decided to cuddle with me huh?"

"Because I stayed on my side of the bed and you're the one who's on top of me." Ezra explains.

Sabine blushes and looks down.

"Oh…right…" Sabine says.

Ezra laughs and she growls at him and he stops.

Sabine shifts to move off of him but then she feels that weird, hard object poke her in the gut again.

"Ugh what is this thing poking me in the stomach?" Sabine complains. "Did you bring your lightsaber into bed with you?"

She shifts her body on it and Ezra grunts and winces, making Sabine's eyes widen when she realizes what part of him was touching her.

She shrieks and jumps away from him, pulling the blankets up to her chest and hugging them tightly to herself as she stares at the large tent in Ezra's sweatpants.

"Ezra Bridger why the hell are you hard right now?!" Sabine exclaims.

"'Bine calm down okay." Ezra urges her. "It's not for you, it's because it's morning."

"Morning? What does the fact that it's morning have to do with anything? Does the sun make you hard or something?" Sabine asks.

Ezra tilts his head back and laughs and Sabine can't help but smile at him even though she was mad at him. There was something so beautiful about the way he looks when he laughs. Damn this man and his ability to charm his way out of my wrath…

"No, the sun didn't give me a boner. You've never heard of morning wood before?" Ezra asks.

"No, but it sounds gross. Dicks are so weird." Sabine says while shooting him a disgusted look before scooting away from him.

"You said the opposite last night." Ezra says before grimacing and mentally cursing himself when he notices her posture straighten and her eyes widen.

"What?" Sabine asks in a scarily calm tone.

"I shouldn't have said anything…" Ezra sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Ezra…" Sabine repeats again, this time with a more assertive tone.

When he turns to face her, Ezra sees the mortified look on her face.

"What…did…I…do…last night?" She asks him.

Ezra gulps and looks at the blankets.

"I think it would be best if I didn't tell you…" Ezra admits softly.

He immediately senses the rage that builds inside of her as a result and the next thing he knows she's got his face in both of her hands and turns his head forcefully towards her.

"What…happened…last night?!" She repeats, more forcefully than the last time.

In the past, being in this position would've terrified him. But he was stronger now and he knew it. He had beaten her in a fight not too long ago after all. He could take her should it come down to it.

Ezra smirks and lets out a soft chuckle, making Sabine falter slightly from the unexpected response. And her cheeks color slightly from how hot it was that he wasn't scared of her like he used to be when they were younger.

"And what will you do if I don't tell you?" Ezra asks and Sabine loses her breath.

She was flustered and Ezra knew it. She wasn't used to him being able to fight back, and win. And seeing her reaction to that sparked a fire in his heart that only wanted to see how far he could push her.

"I…I'll punch you in the face!" Sabine threatens.

Ezra lets out a short laugh and flashes her a flirty grin that makes her heart skip a beat.

"You wouldn't dare do anything to damage this handsome face." Ezra says with a wink.

"Who says it's…handsome?" Sabine lies.

"You did. Last night." Ezra says.

Sabine gasps and lets go of his face so she could hit him. But Ezra catches her arms and then she shrieks when the next thing she knows he has her pinned on her back, holding her arms down while he lays on top of her to keep her pinned down with his weight.

Sabine gasps from how easily he was able to counter her, and from how close to him she was. Not only was his morning wood pressing against her thigh. But their faces were so close that their noses were practically touching. She wanted to kiss him…and more. But she also wanted to kick his ass for fighting her like this.

"You little lothrat! How are you beating me now?" Sabine asks angrily and squirms in his grip.

"Because I'm not the lothrat that you met all those years ago anymore. I'm all grown up, I'm a lothwolf now." Ezra says and Sabine shudders as she feels Ezra's exhale against her lips.

You've got that right you sexy son of a bitch. Sabine thinks and bites her lips.

"Threatening to beat me up if I make you mad won't work anymore now that I can beat you 'bine." Ezra reminds her and winks.

Sabine frowns and Ezra smiles.

Then the door to their bedroom opens and Thelma walks in.

"Good morning you two, I just came to tell you breakfast is ready-Oh my!" Thelma exclaims and covers her mouth with her hand when she sees the position the two "friends" are in on the bed. "Well it would appear that the baby maker did get some use last night after all…and this morning as well."

"The what?" Ezra asks and Sabine's eyes widen when she realizes that the cursed quilt she tried to hide last night was on top of their comforter.

"Ezra get off of me!" Sabine screams and squirms in his grip.

She seemed serious so Ezra let her go and immediately got off of her.

"I'll leave you two alone to continue getting good use out of that quilt then." Thelma says with a wink and shuts the door.

Mortified, Sabine grabs the blankets and pulls them up to her chest. Until she remembers that the baby maker was on top of it and she screams and shoves it away from herself.

"How the hell did that blanket get on here!?" Sabine shouts at Ezra.

"You looked cold during the night and I found this extra blanket so I put it on you to keep you warm!" Ezra explains.

Wait…aw that's awww that's so sweet. But I'm still mad at him! So even though he's incredibly sweet, handsome and perfect I'm still going to yell at him because he picked the worst blanket possible! Sabine thinks.

"And out of all of the blankets you could've picked, you had to pick the BABY MAKER?!" Sabine shouts.

"Wait that's the-" Ezra replies, eyes going wide when he realizes what he's done.

He tosses the blanket off of the bed then checks to make sure that he was still wearing pants even though he knows they didn't do anything the night before.

"Why is it called that and why is it in here?!" Ezra exclaims.

"Because Thelma gave it to us because she thinks we're…" Sabine starts before getting flustered and going silent.

"Wait…Sabine…does that mean that Thelma thinks we…" Ezra starts and Sabine takes in a sharp breath.

"Please don't say it, Ezra!" Sabine exclaims and puts her hand on her forehead. "That's the last thing I ever want to think about!"

"Well that's good." Ezra says and Sabine feels a pang of pain in her chest from that statement. "That means you're completely sober then."

"What does that mean?" Sabine asks, turning back to him with a confused look on her face.

"Well…" Ezra starts awkwardly. "You had a uh…funny way of asking me to get in bed with you last night." Ezra explains.

After a moment Sabine's eyes went wide and she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand before looking away from him to hide her embarrassment.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK! Sabine screams in her head. I must have told him everything last night about how I feel and how badly I want to fuck him and-

"Sabine it's okay." Ezra says, sensing her panic and pulling her from her panicking thoughts. "You were drunk. People say crazy things that they don't mean when they're drunk." Ezra says. "I don't think you meant a word you said last night."

"Oh thank goodness." Sabine sighs in relief and Ezra gives her a small forced smile in response. "Well, that explains why you're in bed with me. And it's been so long since you've slept in a proper bed! I'm glad you finally get to be back in one!"

"Yeah it has." Ezra says and leans back against the pillows and relaxes. "It's a luxury I'll never take for granted again."

"Good. So then tonight you'll take the bed and I'll take the couch and we'll all be happy!" Sabine says.

"No. Tonight you'll take the bed and I'll take the couch." Ezra counters and Sabine frowns.

"Ezra Bridger, do not fight me on this!" Sabine demands. "You are sleeping in this bed tonight!"

"No I'm not and you can't make me." Ezra says with a smile and a shrug and stands in front of her.

Sabine felt her frustration boiling up and felt her body tense with the need to fight him as she carefully moved into a position to jump on him from the bed.

"Oh yeah we'll see about that-AH!" Sabine shrieks as she lunges for Ezra and he bends his knees and ducks so she went over his shoulder enough for him to catch her and then lift her up like a sack of meilooruns!

If Sabine was embarrassed before, she was absolutely mortified now! Her face felt like it was on fire and not just from all of the blood rushing to her head in this position.

"Ezraaaaa!" She shouts and kicks her legs.

"Yes 'bine?" Ezra answers casually.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" Sabine growls.

"Stopping your attempt to beat me up. And bringing you down for breakfast. You need to eat. You've got to be hungry by now." Ezra explains and on cue, her tummy grumbles, asking for food.

"Oh…" Sabine says softly, surprised that he noticed that before she did. "Oh! Wait a minute we are not finished with this sleeping arrangement argument!"

"Yes we are." Ezra says as they leave the room with Jabba scampering behind them and Rex climbing into the pocket of Ezra's sweatpants.

Sabine growls in frustration and kicks her legs in the air in protest and tries to squirm out of his grip.

Ezra rolls his eyes and readjusts her position, tightening the grip his arm has around her waist, making her shriek from feeling his bicep press against her waist.

Shit…that hidden strength he used to have as a teen isn't so hidden anymore. And it's hot! Sabine wails internally.

Meanwhile, down in the kitchen, Ahsoka had just poured herself and Thrawn some tea.

"How did you sleep last night?" Ahsoka asks.

"On the couch." Thrawn says simply and Ahsoka looks confused.

"On the couch? Why didn't you sleep in a bed?" Ahsoka asks.

"Because Thelma had Eli and I share a room and there was only one bed." Thrawn explains.

Ahsoka snickers and Thrawn rolls his eyes.

"Yes it's cliché I know." Thrawn says after accepting his cup from Ahsoka.

"And it reminds me of Sabine and Ezra. I wonder how they're getting along after their first night alone together in a room." Ahsoka says and sips her tea.

"You won't have to wonder for long. I can already hear the happy couple approaching." Thrawn says and takes a long sip of his tea and looks at Ezra carrying a very agitated Sabine over his shoulder down the stairs.

Ahsoka gasps when she sees how Ezra is carrying Sabine and how frustrated and flustered it was making her.

"Oh this should be good." Ahsoka says and brings her teacup to her lips.

"You and your stupid new muscles!" Sabine shouts and squirms in his grip and kicks him in the stomach out of frustration.

He stumbles a bit, then readjusts his hold on her and he continues onward, carrying her down the stairs.

"It's embarrassing enough that everyone here is seeing you carry me around like a sack of meilooruns but I swear if you ever do this back on Lothal." Sabine threatens.

"Oh I am absolutely going to carry you around like this in front of Hera, Zeb, and Chopper. And your family too." Ezra says with a sly grin and a wink that makes Sabine gasp and her face heat up in both sexual and regular angry frustration.

"I will literally kill you if you do that!" She shouts at him.

"I'd love to see you try!" Ezra says before setting her down on a chair by the kitchen table.

She pouts at him before crossing her arms and turning away from him with her nose up in the air.

Ezra laughs and rolls his eyes at her childish way of showing her anger at him. He had forgotten how adorable she looked when she was pouting. That was part of the reason he loved to push her buttons back when they were teens.

Sabine stops pouting however, once she feels a blanket get draped over her shoulders and looks up to see Ezra was the one who gave it to her. She bats her eyelashes and her cheeks heat up as she pulls the blanket around herself.

"What's this for?" Sabine asks softly.

"It's a little chilly down here and you're barely wearing anything. I didn't want you to feel cold." Ezra explains and Sabine feels her chest get all warm until she realizes that he commented on her skimpy night attire.

"Hey! 'Barely wearing anything'? Really? Says the man who, since I found him, I've seen without a shirt on more than with a shirt on! Kemir rud tengaanar baar ibac mesh'la di'kut! (Walking around showing off your body like a beautiful idiot!)" Sabine retorts, gesturing to his bare torso and Ezra laughs.

He brings up his arm to run his hand through his hair and Sabine can't help but let her eyes roam across his upper body, watching how his muscles flex as he does so. And the artificial sunlight shining in from the window highlighting his handsome features and making his already bright blue eyes and smile shine even brighter only accelerated her heart rate. She had to bite her bottom lip to keep an airy appreciative sigh from escaping her lips.

How is it possible for this man to get even more handsome every time I look at him! Sabine internally wails.

"You have a fair point there. I guess I should work on wearing more clothes more often." Ezra says.

Dammit Sabine! What have you done? She internally wails. Now he's going to cover up that sculpted form of his that you love to ogle at and deny you're ogling at!

Ezra leans back against the counter and grips the edge in his hands and Sabine bites her lip and lets her eyes roam over his form.

Better drink in the sight now before he covers it up and I never get to see it-wait what am I saying?!

Sabine groans and holds her forehead. She was getting such a headache from dealing with her sexual frustration and now that things had calmed down a bit and her adrenaline was lower, her hangover had returned with a vengeance.

Thankfully, the elderly Chiss woman who had been in the other room had a cure for one of those things ready to go for the poor Mandalorian girl.

"Here, take this and drink you poor girl." Thelma says and sympathetically hands her a mug of strong caf. "It'll have you over that hangover in no time. Because even though you've only been here for one night it's clear that you don't need more troublesome things to deal with. I can tell that you've been through so much already in such a short time."

"You have no idea." Sabine groans and takes a long sip of her drink.

"Oh…I have somewhat of an idea…" Thelma chuckles.

Sabine spits her caf back into her mug when she remembers that she thought she and Ezra were a thing. And she was about to clarify that they weren't but then an adorable distraction conveniently entered the kitchen.

Icarus holding the hand of a still sleepy Lu'na, leading her into the kitchen while she rubs the sleep from one of her eyes while holding a stuffed toy in the crook of her arm.

The image alone made Sabine feel a warmth spread through her chest. What was it about these children that were making her feel this way?

"Good morning kids." Ezra addresses them. "I bet you two are hungry. I was just about to make some toast for myself and Sabine-"

"Wait, you're going to make me breakfast!?" Sabine exclaims.

"Y-yeah." Ezra says sheepishly and smiles at the ground. "I was just going to make some toast and eggs. It's nothing much but I figured since you're dealing with a hangover that I'd cook for you too."

"Oh…Oh Ezra!" Sabine says. "You don't have to do that."

"Yes I do. It's really not that much trouble to make some extra for you and you're not feeling well so I'm doing it." Ezra insists and pulls half of his hair up into a ponytail to keep it out of his face while he cooks.

Sabine internally screams. He's cooking for me now too? Will the Force please stop making this man so perfect?! It's making it increasingly difficult to not want to fuck him!

Lu'na' whispers something to Icarus for him to translate.

"Lu'na would like to request that you make a slice for Mr. Stuffin as well." Icarus explains and Lu'na holds up her plushie of some reptilian looking animal that neither Sabine or Ezra knew of.

"Well of course! Everyone needs to eat breakfast!" Ezra says and Lu'na squeals in delight as Ezra lifts her into the air and holds her.

"Here kids, I'll show you how to make it." Ezra says while holding up Lu'na with one arm, resting her up against his side to help support her.

Aw Lu'na looks so small in his arms. Sabine thinks to herself. His big…strong arms…that can hold not only children but me too…

"Careful with that mug Sabine." Ahsoka says, pulling her from her thoughts. "If you squeeze it any tighter it might break."

Sabine immediately places the object on the table and pushes it away from her and Ahsoka can't help but laugh.

Sabine growls at Ahsoka's teasing but it turns into a groan as she feels her head start to pound again and she places her hand on her forehead and holds her head in her hand.

Lu'na notices and gasps, tugging on Ezra's ponytail to alert him to what was wrong with Sabine.

"Ouch! Lu'na why did you-" He scolds then follows where her finger was pointing and gasps, setting Lu'na down and going over to Sabine.

"'Bine are you okay?" Ezra asks, placing one hand on her shoulder and the other replacing hers on her forehead.

Sabine couldn't help but smile from the warm touch of his hands on her body.

"I'm fine Ez." She says and flashes him a warm smile that warms his heart in turn.

"Are you sure?" He asks, kneeling down beside her chair and moving his hand to lightly hold her cheek. "You don't look fine."

Sabine chuckles softly and can't help but lean into his touch and sigh happily as she places her hand over his.

"It's just a hangover. I'll be over it soon. Thelma gave me some caf to help." Sabine assures him.

"Well okay then. I'm gonna get back to making breakfast. Getting some food in you will help too." Ezra says and gently moves his fingers down to swipe under her chin before going back over to the toaster, leaving the kids with Sabine.

Sabine couldn't help but sigh softly from that gentle swipe of his fingers under her chin. It felt so…flirty? It left her skin tingling and her heart pounding! And she couldn't help but stare at him as he walks back over to the counter to make breakfast. The morning light shining in through the windows may be hell on her hangover but the way it was shining on his form was making him look like a powerful hero sent by the manda!

Before she could get too lost in her ogling of the Jedi, she felt a tap on her leg from a small Chiss child.

"Head feel bad?" Lu'na asks, looking concerned at Sabine.

Sabine can't help but smile at the little girl.

"Just a little bit Lu'na. But I'm feeling better, don't worry. A nice big breakfast is all I need then I'll be all better." Sabine assures her.

Lu'na smiles, satisfied with that answer and runs back over to Ezra.

How do children have so much energy this early in the morning? Sabine thinks to herself.

"Well then that's good timing because it seems like Ezra just finished making toast to go with the eggs and bacon that Ivant prepared this morning." Icarus says.

Thrawn pauses mid-bite and looks at Icarus in surprise.

"E-Eli made… this?" Thrawn stutters.

"Yes." Icarus affirms for him. "He also made the scones to go with the breakfast tea that Thelma prepared. Is there something wrong with it?"

"No no not at all." Thrawn assures the Chiss boy. "In fact it's rather…good."

Sabine swore she could see a faint pink blush on those blue cheeks.

"Seems like that's not the only thing from Eli you want to taste." Sabine teases and Thrawn nearly chokes on his scone.

Ahsoka spits her tea back into her cup as she giggles along with Sabine from her joke.

Thrawn frowns at Sabine before countering with his own jab at her love life.

"I could say the same for you Miss Wren. Since it's obvious from your ogling of Bridger's backside that the caf isn't the only thing you're thirsty for." Thrawn says softly enough that Ezra couldn't hear him and sips his tea while Sabine's face heats up.

"Well it seems like you're well-rested since you're as witty as ever." Sabine grumbles and sips her caf. "I thought you and Ezra would have trouble sleeping since it's the first time you two have slept without being near each other."

Ezra and Thrawn look at each other and laugh, much to Sabine's confusion.

"Oh my Gods 'bine we were not sleeping in those hammocks at our camp every night." Ezra explains.

"Yes on most nights we would sleep in separate areas." Thrawn explains.

"Yeah except for that season where the draygozon comes out of hibernation and attacks anything it comes across, then we would sleep next to each other so if one of us got attacked in our sleep, the other would wake up and save them." Ezra explains.

Sabine blinked a few times to process that wild story.

"The what? And it did what?!" She asks.

"It was a large violent reptile that lived on the planet we were stranded on. These scars aren't just from Thrawn 'bine." Ezra says and points to a scar on his right bicep.

"Oh…" Sabine says, feeling an odd sensation in her heart as her sadness and confusion mixed together.

Then Lu'na came trotting up with a small scone on a plate. A little extra treat that she thought Sabine might appreciate. She reached up to place it on the table but she was too short. It was such a precious sight that touched everyone's heart. Icarus helped Lu'na place it on the table and Sabine thanked Lu'na with the warmest smile on her face.

"Thank you Lu'na." Sabine says.

"And here is the rest of your breakfast Miss Wren." Icarus says and places the plate with toast, eggs and bacon on the table in front of her.

"Thank you Icarus." Sabine says and accepts the plate.

"And…oh goodness now that I'm sober I'm realizing that hearing myself get called 'Miss Wren' by kids makes me feel old!" Sabine exclaims. "Is there something a bit less formal you kids could call me?"

"We could use your first name instead?" Icarus suggests. "Miss Sabine."

"Yeah that works!" Sabine says.

"Miss-abine!" Lu'na cheers, removing the "S" from the beginning of Sabine's name and replacing it with the two S's in "Miss" instead.

"Or perhaps not since Lu'na can't seem to pronounce it right-" Icarus notes.

"No! It's fine!" Sabine squeals while she stares at the small little girl like she had hearts in her eyes. "She'll learn eventually but right now that is the cutest thing ever!" Sabine squeals and picks Lu'na up and hugs her tight while she giggles.

"Miss-abine! Miss-abine!" Lu'na cheers and Sabine's love for the little girl only grows stronger.

I need to have this child! I can feel it in my womb. She's too precious. I need to be her mother! Sabine internally shouts.

"And how should I address you?" Icarus asks Ezra. "Master Bridger?"

Ezra nearly chokes on his caf and Sabine arches an eyebrow as she observes Ezra's reaction to being called that.

"Yeah um…maybe not that." Ezra says and shrugs.

"Why not?" Icarus asks. "It seems like a fitting title for someone who has a mastery of the Force such as yourself."

"Yeah I wouldn't say I've mastered it…" Ezra says, avoiding eye contact with everyone.

"You commanded an entire pod of Purrgil to take my ship away with us in it, into hyperspace, across the entire galaxy into this region. I'd say that's mastery." Thrawn says and sips his tea.

Ezra's jaw sets and he frowns at Thrawn. And so does Sabine as she sets Lu'na down. Ezra's skill level wasn't the reason he didn't want to be called "Master". It was completely obvious to Sabine what Ezra was really dealing with, why couldn't Thrawn, the "master" manipulator, who's so gifted at figuring out what his opponents are thinking see that!

"You really did that?" Icarus asks, his eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Lu'na, equally intrigued, goes to stand beside Icarus.

"Uh…" Ezra mumbles while scratching the back of his neck. "Yeah."

"That's incredible!" Icarus exclaims.

The next thing Ezra knows, both Chiss children are clinging to his legs, looking at him with hopeful gazes. Sabine couldn't help but giggle from how adorable the sight was.

"Please! Teach us your ways!" They both wail, Icarus in basic and Lu'na in her native tongue.

Ezra looks between the kids and sighs. Sabine's heart sinks, knowing what was going to come next.

"Sorry you guys…I can't." Ezra tells them.

Their hopeful gazes immediately turned to ones of disappointment.

"No?" Lu'na asks in a heartbroken tone that breaks the hearts of everyone in the room.

"Why not?" Icarus asks.

"I'm just…not the best person to teach you guys." Ezra says and gently detaches each of them from his legs. "I'm sorry."

Lu'na looked like she was fighting back tears. And Ezra looked like he was struggling to stay stoic in front of the kids. But it was impossible. So he quickly left the kitchen to go stand on the front porch.

As soon as he left, Lu'na began to whimper.

"We no Jedi?" Lu'na asks her brother in broken basic.

"No Lu'na we're not going to be Jedi." Icarus tells her and Lu'na's bottom lip starts to tremble and Sabine can't take it.

"Don't cry Lu'na!" Sabine exclaims and hugs her tight while Lu'na hugs her back, burying her face in Sabine's chest and shoulder as she cries.

Icarus seemed to be on the verge of tears as well. Though he refused to acknowledge it, trying to remain stoic as always.

Icarus was a logical boy. He didn't seem like your normal boy who would want to learn how to use the Force just to do cool Jedi tricks. He wanted to learn to use his unique ability to become stronger to help protect his people. Sabine could understand that. And she knew Ezra could too. So she knew she had to help him see the bigger picture.

"Let me go talk to Ezra for you kids." Sabine suggests. "I think I know what's bothering him and how to change his mind." Sabine explains.

Lu'na and Icarus perk up as Sabine leaves to find Ezra out on the front porch.

He was standing with his arms behind his back, looking out over the homestead.

Sabine slowly walks out towards him.

"Hey." She says.

"Hey." Ezra replies softly. "Why did you come out here after me?"

"Because I'm worried about you." She admits and Ezra's heart flutters. "What Thrawn said must have brought up some triggering memories."

Ezra takes a deep sigh that confirms it.

"Yeah. It did. A bit." Ezra admits.

Then he lets out a soft gasp as he feels her hand touch his back. She lingers there a bit, slowly trailing her fingers down his back, as if she was tracing his scars. Just this morning she was threatening to break every bone in his body, and now, she was touching him gently, like a priceless work of art that she adored. It sent a shiver down his spine. Oh, if only one day Sabine Wren would look at him the way she looks at her favorite pieces of art.

Then she wraps her arms around his waist and Ezra places his hand over hers before sighing in relief and melting into her embrace.

"It's okay Ezra. You're not lost anymore. I'm here. I found you. Just like you asked me to." Sabine says, tearing up as she does so.

Ezra was tearing up too but in this position with her hugging him from behind, she couldn't see it.

"You don't ever have to use the Force like that again if you don't want to." Sabine reminds him. "These kids aren't asking you to teach them to summon powerful animals or perform other outstanding feats that other Jedi weren't capable of. They just want someone to teach them how to use the gift they were born with in a different way than they're used to. Don't you want to do that? And expand their knowledge of the Force to help them learn how to understand it and allow them to help others with their abilities?" Sabine asks.

"I do…believe me I would love to see them both grow up to be Jedi and help their people. It's just… I don't see how I could be a good teacher for them 'bine. I never finished my training. I don't know how much I'd be able to pass onto them. Why can't Ahsoka train them? She has more knowledge of the Force than I do. She'd be a better teacher." Ezra explains.

Sabine smiles at him before she sighs and shakes her head and moves to stand in front of him.

"Ezra Bridger do you have any idea who you sound like?" Sabine asks.

"Huh?" Ezra asks, looking confused.

Sabine takes his hand, unclips his lightsaber from her belt and places it in his palm.

Ezra stares at it for a few moments, brows furrowed in thought, trying to figure out what Sabine meant by this gesture until it finally clicked for him.

"Don't you remember who trained you?" Sabine asks him.

Ezra's mouth opened and closed as he processed the similarity she had just pointed out between him and his late master. It left him speechless.

"Kanan wasn't knighted before he took you on as a padawan. And he had doubts about whether or not he could teach you too." Sabine reminds him. "But he took you on anyway because he knew that even though he wasn't as knowledgeable of the Force or as skilled a warrior as his Master was when she trained him, he was the only one who could train you. And sure he couldn't teach you everything. But teaching you something was better than nothing."

Sabine looks at the two Chiss children watching anxiously from the window and Ezra follows her gaze and looks at them.

"You're the only Jedi aside from Ahsoka in the unknown regions Ezra. You two are most likely the only ones they'll ever meet." Sabine says. "The Force brought you to them for a reason! They're both willing to learn, and you're the one they want to train them to be Jedi, and pass onto them what Kanan passed onto you, to ensure that the teachings of the Jedi would never be forgotten."

When Ezra turns back to look at her there were tears in his eyes. Sabine expected as much, there were tears in her eyes as well from bringing up their dearly departed father figure. But there was something else in Ezra's eyes. Something about the way he was looking at her that made her chest feel warm.

She didn't even register the fact that he was cupping her cheek in his hand because she was lost in his deep blue gaze, searching for the emotion behind it.

"Oh Sabine…" he mutters and brings his forehead down to hers for a keldabe kiss.

Sabine gasps in surprise from the intimate touch but she doesn't protest or fight him on it. Instead she just closes her eyes, runs her hands up along his arms to rest on his shoulders and lets herself take in this moment of intimacy with him.

Meanwhile, inside the house, a crowd of the Mitth family and their guests had formed by the window to watch the pining idiots be obviously in love with each other.

Lu'na whispers into Icarus's ear.

"No, they're not kissing." Icarus informs the little girl. "They're just resting their foreheads together for some reason."

"It's actually called a keldabe kiss." Ahsoka explains and Lu'na punches Icarus in the arm with an "I told you so" look on her face.

"It's a very important gesture in Mandalorian culture. Mandalorians only do that with people they care for deeply." Ahsoka explains.

Lu'na whispers in Icarus's ear again.

"So if they care for each other deeply, why haven't they confessed their love to each other yet?" He asks on behalf of Lu'na.

"Hell if I know." Ahsoka says and looks back at them. "I thought they'd be together by now."

Sabine felt like her heart was racing from just being in his arms like this, but then he just had to speak and make her swoon even more.

"Sabine…I know I can always count on you to be there for me, and remind me of who I am." Ezra tells her and Sabine's heart leaps into her throat from hearing the sentence she's been repeating in her mind for a decade leave his lips again. This time expanded to be more specific.

"I'm literally lost without you." Ezra says and Sabine laughs.

"Oh Ez…" Sabine says, smiling and bringing her face up a bit. Accidentally making their noses cross. "You say that like you need me to live or something."

"And what if I do?" Ezra says in a low, gravelly tone and brings his fingers up to stroke her cheek.

A shiver runs down Sabine's spine from the tone of his voice and his feather-light touch on her cheek.

"What if I told you that looking at your art and reminding myself that you were going to find me someday, and dreaming about seeing you again, were the only things keeping me sane during all of those years alone in the wilderness with Thrawn." Ezra says and Sabine's heart races.

"Well you have a little pink lizard that lives in your pocket that you call your best friend so I wouldn't say you're totally sane." Sabine reminds him.

Ezra laughs and smiles a bright, infectious grin that Sabine catches as he brings his face closer to hers before hugging her close to him.

"You got me there." Ezra agrees.

They both laugh and Ezra pulls her into a tight embrace that Sabine melts into.

Sabine sighs contently as she relishes in the feeling of being in the warm embrace of Ezra's strong arms. And having her cheek pressed up against his tits. The thought of him growing taller than her used to scare her when she was younger. If only she could go back in time and tell her younger self about the sexy, good hearted man that annoying 14 year old boy would grow into. She never thought she'd regret not reciprocating that crush. But the universe just loved to make her regret her actions didn't it?

But she shouldn't be thinking about those negative thoughts right now. Right now she was in his arms, and she was happy. Until she feels something on her head and frowns.

When she opens her eyes she sees Rex's face staring back at her looking down from the top of her head. She screams and pushes herself out of Ezra's arms, flinging the reptile back at Ezra and it slams in-between his tits.

Ezra looks at Rex then looks at Sabine with a confused expression on his face.

"Why did you do that?" Ezra asks.

"Because that slimy little lizard creeps me out!" Sabine exclaims.

"He's not slimy! He's just a little slippery!" Ezra retorts, peeling Rex off of his chest and holding him gently in his hands.

"And that's somehow different?!" Sabine exclaims.

"Well they're two different adjectives aren't they?" Ezra asks and Sabine tilts her head down and pinches the bridge of her nose.

I'm in love with an idiot… She thinks to herself before peaking up at the hot dork in front of her. A very sweet…hot idiot that weaseled his way into my heart.

"Kaysh bid mesh'la a kaysh mirsh solus. (He's so beautiful but his braincell is lonely.)" Sabine says to herself and Ezra arches an eyebrow and smirks.

Then she hears the sound of a door creaking and looks to see the two Chiss children peek out from behind it to better observe the adults.

Sabine smiles at them and walks back over to Ezra.

"Looks like you have some new students to greet." Sabine says, rubbing his chest gently and Ezra grins at the children peeking in from the doorway.

Sabine beckons them to come over and they both look at each other before cautiously following Sabine's request and letting her take each of their hands and walk them towards Ezra.

The two children stayed quiet for a moment before Lu'na finally broke the silence.

"We Jedi now?" She asks softly and Sabine and Ezra can't help but giggle at the young girl's innocence.

"No." Ezra says and the kids both look disappointed and Sabine looks confused.

"You're not Jedi yet." Ezra clarifies.

Both kids perk up immediately and Sabine gives Ezra a warm smile.

"So you've changed your mind? You will train Lu'na and I?" Icarus asks.

Ezra looks between the kids and Sabine and nods his head.

"Yes. I will be training you both." Ezra declares.

Lun'a and Icarus both cheer and run over to Ezra and hug his legs.

"Thank you!" They both shout and the adults can't help but giggle at their cuteness.

Lu'na whispers something into Icarus's ear.

"What is it Lu'na?" Ezra asks.

"She's asking when we can get lightsabers." Icarus translates and Lu'na nods.

Ezra chuckles and kneels down to her level.

"You'll get a lightsaber when you're ready to have one. And neither of you have even begun your training yet! So you'll have to wait for a bit before you get a weapon like this." Ezra says and ignites his lightsaber in front of them.

Sabine smiles at how the children stare at the kyber blade in awe.

"These weapons are very important to the Jedi. The Force draws us towards a kyber crystal. Then once we've been granted that crystal, we use it to make a lightsaber." Ezra says, turning off the weapon and standing up.

"This weapon is an extension of yourself, it represents your life. So keep it close, and use it wisely." Ezra instructs them.

Icarus raises his hand.

"Uh…" Ezra starts, not expecting such a young boy to wait to ask before asking his question. "Icarus…do you have a question?"

"Yes." Icarus says. "If this weapon represents your life, then why do you give it to Miss Sabine instead of keeping it with you?" Icarus asks.

Sabine feels her body get hot, and her heart begins to pound. It was like every single one of her nerves was suddenly active, waiting for Ezra's answer.

"Because Sabine is the only person in the entire galaxy that I'd trust with my life." Ezra explains and places the lightsaber in her hand.

"T-the o-on-ly…one?" Sabine squeaks out, unable to believe what she was hearing.

"Yes." Ezra reaffirms for her and Sabine gasps softly.

Between his words and that soft, endearing look he was giving her, Sabine could feel her heart swelling with love for this man.

"I-I can't be the only one!" She insists, laughing incredulously. "I mean, there's Hera and Zeb and Chopper! Anyone on our crew would do anything for you!"

Ezra simply smiles at her and Sabine's heart races.

"I'm sure they would. Hera and Zeb probably more than Chopper." Ezra says and they both laugh. "But out of everyone in our crew, you were the only one who came to find me." Ezra says and steps a bit closer to her.

She steps back but he follows her, maintaining the distance that she was desperately trying to widen between them.

"How did you know that I would be the one to do it?" Sabine asks, starting to breathe heavily as he steps even closer to her.

"Because after all of the years we spent together, I knew I could always count on you." Ezra says and Sabine lets out a shuddering breath from both hearing that meaningful phrase again, and the fact that her back just hit a pillar so now she was trapped between it and Ezra.

Not that she minded much…It was just that, having him profess how much he cares for her while being this close was starting to be…too much.

"And when I meditated to ask the Force for guidance. It only confirmed what I already knew. Out of everyone in the galaxy, you're the one that I know would go to the end of the universe and back to find me. But I already knew that, because I would do the same for you." Ezra explains and Sabine can't help but feel emotional.

Oh this man…Oh this MAN! Sabine internally screams. I should kiss him. No! I NEED to kiss him! I HAVE TO KISS HIM!

Sabine's gaze shifts from Ezra's eyes to his lips. And Ezra noticed and did the same.

He let out a soft exhale as she cups his hairy cheek in her palm.

I'm gonna do it… Sabine reaffirms to herself. I am going to kiss Ezra Bridger.

Sabine begins to bring her face closer to Ezra's and stands on her toes to kiss him when-

Icarus clears his throat and the two adults freeze.

"Sorry to break up the moment," Icarus apologizes while Lu'na growls at him.

"Moment?!" Sabine shouts a little bit too loudly.

She immediately jumps backwards out of his embrace, cheeks flaming with embarrassment as she loses all of the confidence she previously had.

"Moment? What moment? There was no moment?" Sabine chuckles nervously.

Icarus rolls his eyes.

"Anyway, I thought we should start training now?" Icarus suggests.

Ezra felt Lu'na tug on his hand and looked down and smiled at the small girl.

"Train! Train!" Lu'na insisted.

"Okay." Ezra says with a grin. "Let me get dressed first and then we can go train."

"Miss-abine too!" Lu'na exclaims and goes to grab Sabine's hand and smile at her.

"Me too?" Sabine asks, tilting her head in confusion. "Why? I'm not a Jedi. I can't train with you two." Sabine explains and kneels down to Lu'na's level.

"You may not be a Jedi, but you can still train them to be great warriors for their people with me." Ezra says from in front of them and Sabine looks up at him. "And besides, you're the one who reminded me to have courage in myself to be able to train these kids."

He holds out his hand for her and Sabine's heart races.

"You said that the Force brought these kids to me to train them. And the Force also brought us back together." Ezra explains. "So I think that means that we're supposed to train them together."

"Yes." Sabine says softly, holding back tears of joy as she slides her hand into his "Let's train them together."

Ezra's lips curl into a wide grin that fills Sabine's heart with so much joy she thought it could burst as Ezra helps her stand back up.

Until she shrieks in surprise as Ezra pulls her arm to make her fall forward into his chest so he could catch her and lift her over his shoulder again.

"Are you kidding me?!" Sabine exclaims and turns to look at the back of his head.

Lu'na laughs hysterically and even stoic Icarus can't help but snicker a bit too from the pair's antics.

"Sorry. I just figured we should both go back to our room and change into something more appropriate for training." Ezra explains smugly and gestures to their pajamas.

"Uh huh. And you think I can't walk back to our room on my own?" Sabine growls.

"Oh I know you can. This is just more fun for me." He says with a wink and Sabine gasps at how that turned her on more than it frustrated her.

She'd have to frustrate herself even more to fight his charming nature. But despite some angry outbursts and kicks she didn't put up much of a fight in this trip back to their room.

Whatever Ezra decided to change into must have taken him a lot less time than it took her to get back in her body glove and armor. Because when she came out of the bathroom where she was changing, Ezra wasn't in their room.

"Well, at least he's going to be wearing clothes." Sabine sighs in relief as she walks out towards the front lawn where Ezra and the kids were waiting to train. "This is a training session with children after all. So I doubt I'll have to worry about seeing him looking all sexy and shirtless…"

Sabine trails off as she sees the outfit Ezra chose to wear.

There he stood, wearing a new pair of gray sweatpants, and a black tank top. A tank top. A tank top that did absolutely nothing to cover his arms! His muscles were on full display and the cut of the tank top was low on the collar so she could still see the top of his chest. The sleeve holes were cut low too so she could see some tasteful side and under boob on him.

And then to make matters worse, his hair was down too. At least, it was until he decided to pull it back in a ponytail, biting the hair-tie in his teeth until he was ready to tie it back.

Once it was tied he ran his hand through the loose strands of hair framing his face and smiled at her.

He still looks sexy even with his hair tied back. Damn him…

"Hey there 'bine, ready for some training?" Ezra asks with a wink.

I'm ready to climb you like a tree because why do you have to look so fucking sexy even with clothes on!? Sabine shouts internally.

"Y-yeah." She stammers. "I'm ready! Let's get to it!"

"Great! So I think before I start teaching you kids forms and stuff, it would be a good idea to start with meditation to get a sense of what your connection to the Force is and focus on it." Ezra suggests and kneels on the ground.

Lu'na whispers in Icarus's ear.

"Lu'na would like to know what meditation is." Icarus translates.

"Meditation is when you focus on the Force with your mind to ask for guidance or to find peace in feeling your connection to it." Ezra explains. "And most people do it while sitting like this."

Ezra sits down with his legs crossed. Icarus follows his instruction and Sabine felt a small hand grab hers and looked down to see Lu'na tugging her arm.

"Miss-abine! Come meditate!" Lu'na says and tugs her towards Icarus and Ezra.

"Oh Lu'na that's sweet of you to offer but I'm not Force-sensitive like the three of you rememebr?" Sabine explains. "I can't meditate. So maybe I'll just sit this part out."

"You don't need to be Force-sensitive to meditate. Anyone can take some time to be mindful and connect with themselves and their surroundings." Ezra says and smiles at her. "Come give it a try if you want."

Between Ezra's kind smile and Lu'na's puppy eyes, how could she say no?

"Alright then." Sabine says.

"Yay!" Lu'na cheers as Sabine walks over to kneel next to Ezra.

Ezra smiles at her and takes her hand in his as she kneels next to him. The action had her heart racing. She was half-expecting him to kiss her hand. But he would never do something as cheesy as that, or would he? His younger self probably would but would his older self? Maybe she did need to meditate in order to get her mind off of this nonsense?

"Okay now I want you two to close your eyes but don't go to sleep." Ezra instructs them and Sabine giggles.

Lu'na hugs her side and Sabine looks down and smiles at the young Chiss girl and strokes her hair. She had no idea why this little girl was so attached to her when they only just met but it was adorable so she wasn't complaining. And she wasn't the only one who found it cute.

Ezra smiles at Lu'na before leaning over and telling her "And you can't hug Sabine while you meditate."

Lu'na frowns and moves back to kneel beside Sabine instead.

"Alright now close your eyes, and focus on your surroundings, try to feel the Force around you." Ezra instructs and the four of them close their eyes and do just that.

Ahsoka stood on the front patio of the house, multi-tasking by meditating and watching the four of them train on the front lawn. She felt calmer, focusing on the positive energy from them. However there was also a lingering foreboding feeling, like there was something coming that could do them harm. She sensed it coming from the hangar area where they parked the starbird but she couldn't pinpoint what was causing it.

That's when Thrawn approached her and broke her concentration. It was probably for the best. She was starting to stress herself out anyway.

"How are the lessons going?" Thrawn asks, coming to stand beside Ahsoka.

"They've only just begun." Ahsoka informs him. "But I can already tell that it's going to be successful."

Thrawn looks at the four people meditating on the lawn and smirks.

"You don't mean with the Jedi training do you Tano?" Thrawn asks.

Ahsoka simply smiles.

"I think training two younglings together will teach them more about how well they would do together as parents than simply training Jedi." Ahsoka says. "It worked for Kanan and Hera. I'm sure it'll do the same for them."

"If I recall correctly, didn't it take them years to finally confess their feelings?" Thrawn reminds her.

"Yeah but they also had a war going on that distracted them. Now that things are peaceful, things should move a lot faster for Sabine and Ezra." Ahsoka says.

She watches little Lu'na slowly scoot closer to Sabine as she meditates before hugging the Mandalorian and nuzzling her head against her side, causing Sabine to open her eyes and smile at the girl and stroke her hair. Lu'na giggles which alerts Ezra who opens one eye, says her name and both girls freeze and separate and pretend that they were meditating the whole time.

"They make quite a lovely little family don't they?" Thelma asks and Thrawn jumps.

"When did you get here?" He asks angrily.

"A few minutes ago but it seems your ego was too big for you to notice." Thelma snaps back and Ahsoka laughs while Thrawn fumes.

"You're going to lecture me on having a big ego while your determination to get two strangers into a relationship led you to getting them drunk and forcing them to share a room to get them to make love!" Thrawn scolds.

"Hey, that was not the plan." Thelma defends. "I didn't break out the good wine to get them drunk, I did it because we were having a party. And we actually didn't have enough guest rooms to give everyone their own, which is why I put certain people I knew would get along well together in the same room." Thelma explains. "But the temptation was there. Ezra was alone in a room with the girl he secretly loves throwing herself at him, and he didn't take advantage of her. That shows that he truly loves her."

"Yes. He does." Ahsoka agrees. "I can sense it." Then she frowns and looks at the forest. "But that's not the only thing I'm sensing. I need to talk to Ezra about something." Ahsoka says and leaves the group.

Sabine tried to focus, she really did. But no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't get her mind off of the man kneeling beside her.

She stared at him as he meditated. There was always something about how calm and focused his expression was while he meditated that would give her butterflies in her stomach. And it doesn't seem like much has changed.

He amazed her. And not just with his warrior skills as a Jedi. But as a person. She had watched him grow from a selfish annoying teenager into a selfless and kind man. And this selfless and kind man had stolen her heart though she would never admit it.

He also could sense that his best friend was focusing on him rather than the exercise. So he opens one eye to look at her and smirks.

Sabine yelps and immediately closes her eyes and pretends to focus on meditating.

Ezra chuckles and her cheeks color with embarrassment.

"Having trouble focusing 'bine?" Ezra asks teasingly.

"Yes." Sabine sighs. "I'm not Force sensitive like you. I can't meditate. At least not as well as you three can." Sabine says, noting that the two kids were still deep in their trances.

"Anything is possible through the Force." Ezra says and places his hand over Sabine's.

Her breath hitches from the contact and she felt her heart begin to pound but she couldn't let herself get distracted. She had to hear what he was going to say.

"Like Master Yoda once said, do or do not, there is no try." Ezra reminds her and Sabine sighs.

"Alright. I guess I'll try, or do again. But don't expect much." She warns him.

"Don't worry. I have no expectations of this whatsoever." He assures her.

Sabine frowns at him before she closes her eyes again and this time to Ezra's surprise, after a few minutes, she begins to seem focused!

Her breathing was steady, her posture was good, and she seemed very calm and serious. It was…beautiful, just like the rest of her.

Once he got over his initial infatuation of her that he had as a teenager, Ezra decided in his mind that her most beautiful attribute was her passion. She has so much of it for so many things and applies it to all of them. Art, the rebellion, her people, her family. Her heart had room for all of it! And whenever she was putting her heart into something, that's when she looked her most beautiful. Just like she looks right now.

But he also couldn't resist pulling some sort of prank on her while she had her guard down. So when Lu'na and Icarus arose from their meditation, he let them in on a fun idea he came up with.

Ezra picks up a leaf off of the ground and slowly brings it towards Sabine's face.

"Can you feel the Force?" Ezra asks and brushes her cheek with a leaf.

"No, why are you…wait, yes! Y-yes! I can!" Sabine exclaims excitedly. "Ezra I'm feeling the Force!"

The Force sensitive trio snickers, causing Sabine to open her eyes to see what's so funny and then she gasps when she sees the leaf in Ezra's hand that was "The Force" she must have felt.

"Ezra Bridger you little-" Sabine growls before getting up and lunging for him.

Ezra steps to the side at the last minute, making her lose her footing and fall to the ground, much to the amusement of the children who were laughing hysterically.

Sabine looks over her shoulder at Ezra and growls. She had had enough of his teasing. She picks up a decent sized branch off the ground and gets up, holding it above her head, ready to swing it at his stupid smug face until that cocky mouth of his opens to say:

"Jii meg copaani gar dajunar narir ti meg Sabine? (Now what are you plotting to do with that Sabine?)"

Now that was something she never would've expected to hear from him and it made her brain stop working, her heart stop beating, and her lungs stop breathing for a split second all at once as she heard Ezra Bridger speak nearly flawless mando'a! He's hot, an incredibly capable warrior, a gentleman who won't take advantage of her, knows her better than anyone, and now he speaks her language!? She couldn't help but swoon.

Instead of striking Ezra, she trips and he catches her in his arms before she hits the ground so she was looking up at him just like he did after she found him on that deserted planet and she was left dumbfounded by his new sexy appearance.

"Gar copaani nu ibac copaani gar Sabine? (You weren't expecting that were you Sabine)" Ezra asks and Sabine's mouth opens in surprise.

"H-how…" She starts "W-When did you…y-you learn to speak mando'a?"

Sabine was in shock from both the fact that Ezra spoke mando'a, and that it was so hot that the only thing keeping her from jumping his bones right this second was the fact that there were children present.

"When I was stranded with Thrawn. Once we had our basic camp set up and didn't have to worry too much about finding food or water or shelter we had a lot of free time on our hands to learn other things. And some of the ship's language databases were somehow still working so I decided to take the time to try to learn a new language." Ezra explains.

"And you chose mando'a? Why?" Sabine asks.

"Because of you. I thought it would make you happy if we could talk in your native language." Ezra explains.

Marry me right now! Sabine internally exclaims.

"Hm. Well you-you may know a few words and grammar but your pronunciation is off. I can figure out what you're saying but just barely." Sabine counters trying to sound like she's not as impressed as she actually is.

Ezra laughed and Sabine's ears were burning from how beautiful it sounded.

Then Ezra brought his face close to hers and a small gasp escaped her lips.

"Perhaps you could help correct me then Sabine?" Ezra asks. "So I can learn to tell you all the things you'd like to hear in mando'a." He adds with a wink and Sabine's resolve breaks and she nearly falls out of his grasp.

"Hiibir ni lo te to'kursh bal gotal'ur kar'taylir darasuum at ni staabi jii! (Take me into the orchard and make love to me right now!)" She demands in mando'a before remembering that he could speak it.

"What was that?" Ezra asks, looking confused. "I didn't catch all of that but did you say you wanted me to take you somewhere and-" Ezra starts but Sabine cuts him off.

"It's nothing!" Sabine blurts out a little too fast, relieved that he didn't understand all of it.

"Copikla." Ezra says and brushes some grass out of her hair.

"What did you just say to me?" Sabine asks, anger lacing her tone.

Ezra's cocky expression falls as he notices the shift in her tone and the look of anger on her face.

"C-copikla." Ezra explains. "It means cute in mando-AAH!"

He screams as Sabine suddenly stands up and tightens her arms around his neck to get him in a headlock.

"It does but that word is only for babies and animals! You should never use it to describe a woman unless you want your head ripped off!" Sabine exclaims. "You still have a lot to learn!" She shouts and knees him in the stomach.

Lu'na whispers something in Icarus's ear.

"No, I'm not sure if they're sparring to try to do a demonstration for us. I think Ezra just got her really mad. But I suppose we could attempt to learn a few things from watching this." Icarus surmises.

Ezra groans and stands up to see Sabine throw a punch at him but he catches her fist in his hand and smirks.

"Okay so I may not have known that word but I do know what mesh'la means." He says and Sabine's frown immediately turns to a look of shock and fear as she realizes she may have revealed too much to him.

At least last night she had the excuse of being drunk but now…she couldn't come up with anything to deny it!

Ezra smirks as Sabine shrieks and jumps away from him. He loved her reactions when she was flustered. It's why he pushes her buttons so much.

"So, you think I'm beautiful Sabine?" Ezra asks and runs his hand through his hair and winks at her.

Sabine's face was burning with embarrassment and rage. And Ezra's smirk falls right off his face as he realizes he may have poked the bear a little too hard this time.

"You won't be by the time I'm done with you!" She shouts and picks the branch back up and swings it at him, whacking him in the gut again.

He recovers quick enough to get into a defensive stance to block her punches and kicks but she was so fast with them that he didn't have time to counter attack and eventually his defense gave out and she kicked him in the chest, knocking him on his back on the ground.

Ezra bends his knees preparing to jump back up but Sabine was quicker as she

swung her leg over his hips and pinned him to the ground with the weight of her body as she straddles him and holds his own lightsaber to his neck. And it was hot as hell.

Lu'na and Icarus were both staring at her in awe of her skills and they clapped for her.

"Miss-abine is awesome!" Lu'na says.

"I told you I'd figure out how to take you down." Sabine says to Ezra with a smirk.

"T-that y-you did." Ezra stammers as he takes in the eroticism of having her straddling his crotch while she had that satisfying and triumphant look on her face while holding his kyber blade at his neck.

Then, Ezra smirks and it makes Sabine feel warm in all of the right places.

"And I never doubted you would. Consider me defeated." He says and lays back with a smirk as he senses Sabine get irritated again.

"Are you kidding me! You're just gonna forfeit like that? Give me a harder fight! I know you can!" Sabine insists.

"You sure?" Ezra asks with a look on his face that had her cheeks flaming.

"Y-Yes!" Sabine says, gaining confidence over the course of the confirmation.

Then she gasps as Ezra suddenly flips her over so she's underneath him while pinning her arms above her head, just like their first sparring session after she found him on the deserted planet, and in the bed this morning, making her gasp in both sexual and regular frustration at the fact that he managed to keep getting her trapped in this position!

Icarus covers Lu'na's eyes to try to shield her innocent gaze from the suggestive position the adults were currently in but she just tilts her head to the side to peek anyway.

"Copaani troch ibic meg gar copaanir teh ni Sabine?(Are you sure this is what you want from me Sabine)?" Ezra asks.

Oh Gods does he have to ask THAT in such a hot husky voice and in MANDO'A when he's in-between my LEGS! Sabine screams in her mind.

"Yes…" Sabine says breathlessly, practically moaning. "Elek gedet'ye Ezra ni copaanir bic, ni linibar bid dush! (Yes please Ezra I want it, I need it so bad!)"

Now Ezra was starting to feel flustered too. Hearing her plead for him in her native language like that while he was laying in-between her legs made some thoughts enter his head that made his blood flow immediately shift South. And sparring with her would only risk getting them into more compromising positions so he decided to just get up.

"Okay but some other time, right now we need to focus on training the kids." Ezra says.

"Coward!" Sabine teases.

"If you two are done flirting can we get back to the lesson?" Icarus asks.

"We weren't flirting!" Sabine and Ezra shout back defensively.

"We were uh…" Ezra stammers.

"Sparring!" Sabine finishes for him and Ezra goes along with it.

"Yeah! Sparring! We were just sparring to demonstrate some moves to you kids." Ezra explains and Sabine nods.

"Uh huh. Sure." Icarus says.

And then Lu'na, inspired by Sabine jumps at Ezra to tackle him.

"Attack!" She shouts as she launches herself at him and Ezra decides to humor her.

"Oh no! You got me! I'm down again!" Ezra exclaims and dramatically falls back onto the ground making Lu'na laugh even more.

Sabine smiles at the two of them. It was so adorable to watch him play with Lu'na. And it was a side of Ezra that she'd never seen before. There weren't many young children with the Rebellion for obvious reasons. So she never saw him interact with young children before. But seeing it now, it began to make her feel things…

Lu'na squeals in delight as Ezra levitates her off of his chest with the Force.

"Icky! I fly! I fly!" Lu'na cheers.

Icarus groans at the nickname.

"I see that Lu'na." He groans.

"Hey she's having fun, be happy for her!" Ezra says. "You can have fun too, you know?"

The next thing Icarus knows he's floating and it makes him laugh and Sabine giggles. Maybe one day he'll do that with our kids… Wait OUR WHAT?! WHAT AM I THINKING?!

Once he sets them down Lu'na asks another question.

"Can I have a lightsaber now?" She asks and Ezra laughs.

"Well you're not ready yet and I don't know if there's any kyber crystals around here. But before you make your own lightsabers I can give you some training in how to use them." Ezra explains and the children's faces light up

"There's some pretty sturdy branches around here." Ezra notes and picks up the one Sabine fought him with. "Why don't you two go look for some more in the woods and bring them back here? Then we can carve them into training sabers for you two."

Icarus and Lu'na exchange excited looks and run off into the woods.

When Ezra turns around he sees Sabine smiling at him.

"What?" He asks.

"You're really good with them." Sabine says.

"So are you." Ezra tells her. "Lu'na adores you. I think she might want to learn how to be a Mandalorian from you more than she wants to learn to be a Jedi from me."

Sabine stares at the ground shyly and laughs.

"Maybe. But she's still young and being a Mandalorian is about much more than just fighting. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to teach her a few things though." Sabine says before looking up and seeing Ahsoka running towards them.

"Ezra! Where are the children?" Ahsoka pants.

"They went into the woods to collect branches so we can make them training sabers." Ezra says. "Why do you ask?"

"I'm sensing that there might be something dangerous out here. I don't think it's wise to leave the children alone in the woods." Ahsoka advises.

Ezra closes his eyes and concentrates on the Force. When he opens them he shares her look of concern.

"I'll go find them." He says and leaves to go after the kids.

"Should I go too?" Sabine asks Ahsoka.

"No. It doesn't feel like a huge threat. I'm sure it's something Ezra can handle." Ahsoka assures her. "Besides, I'm sensing a different kind of conflict within you right now."

Sabine yelps because it was true. She was panicking. First her pussy succumbed to her sexual desire for this man and now her uterus and ovaries were encouraging it. Her body had betrayed her to Ezra's newfound sex appeal and parental skills. It wouldn't be long now before her mind gave way too and she just jumps him and begs him to take her!

"H-he's a good dad. A-and that's making me want…want to…want to have kids with him!" Sabine exclaims.

"Knew it." Ahsoka smirks. "How badly do you want it?"

"Oh Gods Ahsoka, it's really bad! I just want to spread my legs open for him to use my uterus like it's free real estate!" Sabine exclaims then grabs her robes in her hands and tugs on them. "Why do I want that!?"

"Because you come from a culture that puts a high importance on family and raising children, and now that you see he would be a good partner to raise warriors with, you're down bad for him even more than you were before." Ahsoka explains.

Sabine's eye twitches.

"Oh no…Ahsoka you've just made me realize that Ezra Bridger is turning into a DILF!" Sabine squeaks and covers her mouth, shocked at the words that just came out of it.

"He's becoming a what?" Ahsoka asks.

Meanwhile in the woods, Ezra finally found the kids. But unfortunately the danger had found them first.

Icarus and Lu'na were hugging each other in fear as a draygozon, the big, dangerous lizard that lived on the planet he and Thrawn were stranded on, stalked them.

It must have climbed on board the ship somehow before it took off. Ezra thinks. He had no idea how they didn't notice it but that wasn't worth thinking about right now. Right now he had to protect the kids from this beast.

He runs out in front of it with his hand out, getting in-between the creature and the kids.

"Ezra we are scared." Lu'na whimpers.

"Don't be. I won't let it hurt either of you!" Ezra says and channels the Force to calm the creature.

Its posture loosens and its pupils start to dilate as Ezra calms its mind.

"That's it big guy, just take it easy." Ezra says. "You two get out of here and go back to get Sabine and Ahsoka, we can take care of it."

Icarus and Lu'na run away to get help.

Once they're gone, Ezra reaches at his side to get his lightsaber, thinking that since it's out of its habitat and could hurt people, unfortunately it would be better to end it fast rather than having to constantly mind control it to exist here peacefully. But then his resolve falters as he realizes that he doesn't have his lightsaber or any other weapon with him.

And once the calming energy was gone, the creature took its opportunity to strike at Ezra and knock him to the ground.

"A Dad I'd Like to Fuck, Ahsoka! If he's good with kids that makes him a DILF! My best friend is turning into a sexy himbo that's also a great dad! That makes him the total package so now I'll have to fuck him!" Sabine exclaims.

"You know, normally I would disagree because you don't actually have to fuck him. Sex is optional in life you don't ever have to do it. But in your case, yeah, you have to fuck him. You need to get dicked down by this man ASAP, I don't know how much more of this you can take. I'm surprised you haven't just jumped him already." Ahsoka says.

"Because it'll ruin our friendship if I tell him that I want to ride his dick and have his babies!" Sabine wails.

"Are you sure about that?" Ahsoka asks. "Kanan and Hera taking in you guys didn't seem to ruin anything between them. In fact, having kids only seemed to make them like each other more."

Sabine was about to retort but then she saw Ahsoka's knowing smirk, and felt her heart skip a beat when she realized she was right. Her cheeks flush as she holds the side of her index finger against her bottom lip and thinks about Ahsoka's observation about her parental figures.

"Y-yeah but, Ezra and I aren't…" Sabine says and lets out a short laugh. "W-we're not them. Just something worked for them doesn't mean it'll work for us."

But she didn't have much time to think about it. Because then the children came running towards her from the orchard.

"Miss-abine! Miss-abine!" Lu'na screams.

"Oh thank the Force you two are okay!" Sabine says and kneels down to let Lu'na run into her arms for a hug. "But where's Ezra?"

"Ezra needs help!" Icarus says. "He sent us here to get you and Ahsoka because there's some giant lizard creature attacking him!"

Sabine's heart fills with fear and she takes off into the orchard with Ahsoka and the kids following her.

She followed the sound of hissing and Ezra's screams and when she finally made it to the scene of the battle she screams in terror at the sight of the man she cared for covered in bleeding gashes trying to hold back the open jaws of a huge lizard that was trying to swallow his head.

Her eyes fill with tears and as if it was an instinct, she grabs her strongest weapon to use to protect the man she denies she loves.

"Get off of him!" She shouts and runs towards the creature.

The draygozon turns its head towards her and shrieks as it gets slashed in the face with a lightsaber.

"Sabine…" Ezra mumbles weakly.

Sabine swung the saber around wildly. She didn't care where she hit the creature; she just wanted to do anything to get it away from Ezra.

Ahsoka showed up with both of her sabers lit up to help Sabine but once she sees how aggressive she is with the creature and how successful she was at pushing it back away from Ezra, she realizes that she doesn't need her help at all and relinquishes her sabers.

"Wow she's really being brutal to that thing." Icarus notes. "It doesn't even have a chance to fight back, she's so ruthless."

Lu'na's eyes were sparkling with excitement at the violent sight before her.

"Mama…" She says.

"What did you just call her?" Icarus asks.

"Mama!" Lu'na exclaims and points to Sabine savagely slashing the beast to pieces. "I want her to be mama!"

Icarus arches an eyebrow in confusion and Ahsoka laughs.

"Don't you dare touch him again!" Sabine shouts as it wails in pain from all of the harsh blows.

"So amazing…" Ezra mutters dreamily as he watches Sabine fight the draygozon with just as much awe as Lu'na. And dizziness from blood loss.

"I already lost him once! I'll never let anything else take away the man I lo-" Sabine gasps as she realizes what the word that was about to escape her lips was and what that meant for how she felt about him.

She quickly covers her mouth with her hand as a feeling of dread washes over her. Oh no, oh no no no no no out of all of the words why was the first one that came to mind that one! She internally panics. I can handle being attracted to him but being in love with him?! No! No no no t-that was probably just my brain being foggy with adrenaline! Yeah! I didn't really mean to say that word right? Right? But wait if I want to have kids with him then that's not attraction that's… Dank ferrik! What is happening to me?! Sabine asks herself before realizing that the giant lizard she was fighting had stopped moving which meant it was safe to go check on Ezra.

"Ezra!" Sabine shouts as she runs back towards him and collapses on her knees beside him.

Fear settles into her chest when she sees all of the blood.

"Oh Ez, no, no no you're badly hurt." Sabine fusses over his wounds before cupping his dazed face in her hands and turning it to meet hers.

"Can you hear me?" She asks.

"Sabine?" Ezra mutters as he tries to stay awake.

But he heard one of the kids shout "look out!" and saw the head of the beast open its jaws and aim for Sabine's neck.

And without hesitation he pushes her out of the way and screams in pain as the creature bites down on his arm instead.

"Ezra!" Sabine screams and punches the creature in the face, making it release his arm before wrapping her arms around its neck and squeezing hard.

"No one hurts my Ezra and gets away with it!" She growls as it chokes.

"Die you monster!" She shouts before banging it hard on the head with her helmet, so hard that it collapses and blood spills from his head.

Its eyes were rolled back and there was a huge dent in it's head now so it had to be really dead this time.

"Did she just kill that thing with her bare hands?" Icarus asks in disbelief.

"Well, the lightsaber wounds weakened it a lot but, yeah she finished the job with nothing but her helmet and brute strength." Ahsoka says.

"Wow, she's awesome." Icarus says, looking as excited as Lu'na.

"Ezra! Ezra! Say something to me! Please!" Sabine begs and holds his face in her hands.

"Marry me." Ezra mumbles softly, staring at her with the same amount of awe as the kids.

"Huh?" Sabine asks, not understanding what he said. "Ezra, you're going to have to speak clearer. I can't understand what you're saying. But it looks like you're losing a lot of blood and we might need to give you some more. What's your type?"

"Badass, artistic, gorgeous." Ezra mutters softly and Sabine tilts her head in confusion as she tries to figure out what he's saying and Icarus groans in frustration because even though he couldn't make out the words, that look on Ezra's face said it all.

"She means your blood type, you moron!" He shouts.

"Oh!" Ezra says and Sabine smiles. "Red!" And her smile falls.

Icarus smacks his hand against his forehead.

"Perhaps we should find a more competent Jedi to mentor us Lu'na." Icarus says.

"No." Lu'na replies. "They are perfect for mama and papa."

"Really? You want them to be your parents?" Icarus asks.

"Yes! They are both pretty! She is nice and kicks ass and he is nice and stupid! Perfect!" Lu'na exclaims.

"Can't argue with that logic." Icarus agrees.

Ahsoka joins Sabine and assesses the damage.

"He's bleeding pretty bad but I think I can heal him enough with the Force to stop it until we can get him inside and treat him with bacta gel." Ahsoka suggests.

Sabine nods and reluctantly steps back to let Ahsoka treat him.

As Ahsoka treated Ezra, Sabine stood by the kids and hugged herself with worry. Until she felt a tug on the leg of her body glove and looked down to see Lu'na tugging at it. So she braves a smile for the little girl.

"Don't worry Lu'na. Ezra's going to be fine." Sabine assures her.

"Not what I want to ask." Lu'na says and Sabine tilts her head in confusion. "Train me."

Sabine looks confused.

"What?"

"Train me!" Lu'na repeats louder.

"Lu'na, honey Ezra already wants to train you you don't need me to-"

"No!" Lu'na says and points to the giant dead lizard beside them. "Teach me to do that!"

Sabine lets out a short laugh as she tears up a bit and looks at the little girl.

"Did I really inspire you that much?" Sabine asks and Lu'na nods and hugs her leg.

"I want to be you!" Lu'na exclaims and Sabine covers her mouth as tears of joy stream down her face.

"Oh Lu'na!" Sabine exclaims and kneels down to hug the girl. "I'm honored! Of course I'll train you."

"C-can you train me too?" Icarus asks. "You've demonstrated your skills very effectively today. I think I would benefit from learning from you as well as Ezra."

"Of course Icarus! I'd be happy to!" Sabine says and pulls him into the hug as well, making the boy blush as he wasn't very used to getting physical affection.

Sabine smiles at both of the kids, grateful for them distracting her from her worries for a moment.

"Okay he's stable!" Ahsoka says. "Let's get him back inside!"

Ahsoka with help from Sabine managed to get Ezra back to their room where Thelma was able to apply some medicine to stop the bleeding.

"That beast really did a number on you." Thelma notes as she treats him.

"Yeah. But it didn't hurt Sabine or the kids, so it was worth it." Ezra groans.

"Ezra…" Sabine says softly and holds his hand.

Thelma chuckles.

"Aw, you two love each other so much." Thelma says.

"No we don't!" Both Sabine and Ezra shout and Sabine jumps away from him while Ezra winces in pain from the outburst.

Once Thelma was done, Ahsoka conveniently decided to leave Sabine alone with him and a jar of bacta gel for her to apply to his wounds that covered the majority of his upper body. A fact that Sabine was very flustered about.

Ezra assured her that he could apply the gel himself but when Sabine came out of the bathroom in her sleep attire and saw Ezra sitting on the bed next to Jabba, struggling to get the gel on his wounds, her cheeks colored because she knew she'd have to help him. And getting her hands all over his muscular upper body wouldn't be a challenge for her at all right?

"Ugh." Sabine groans and sets her body glove and armor down on top of the dresser. "Quit struggling, let me help you."

"Y-you don't have to-" Ezra starts but then she sits beside him and takes the bacta gel from him and he realizes there's no use in resisting.

She collects some on her fingers and begins to spread it on the wounds on his face. But it stings so he squirms.

"Stop moving." Sabine scolds Ezra as she cups his jaw in her hand to keep his face steady to apply bacta gel to the scratch on his cheek.

"Sorry 'bine, it stings." Ezra complains.

"Well then remember that next time you decide to go cuddle a draygozon." Sabine says.

Ezra laughs before wincing as she applies another coat of bacta gel to the wound on his cheek before putting more on her fingers to treat the wounds on his arms and torso.

"For the record I wasn't trying to cuddle it." Ezra reminds her.

"Oh no. You just saw some strange alien creature that could very easily kill you and thought it would be a good idea to go touch it!" Sabine scolds him and slaps a coat of bacta gel on the big gash on his chest.

"Ow! Shit Sabine! That hurt more than the draygozon!" Ezra complains.

"Good. Because if you ever try to use the Force to befriend a dangerous animal again I'll hurt you way more than whatever creature your dumb little blueberry brain thinks is okay to interact with!" Sabine scolds him.

"I wasn't trying to befriend it." Ezra chuckles then stops when he sees her glaring at him.

"Just turn and let me see the one on your side." Sabine instructs.

Ezra winces as he turns his torso to show Sabine the gash on his side.

She gasps and covers her mouth with her hand to stop herself from screaming. And then her emotions got the better of her. And she took it out on the man she was supposed to be healing.

"Ezra you kriffing di'kut!" Sabine exclaims and gives him a hard punch to the gut and continues to hit him as she lets out a string of curses in mando'a.

Jabba quickly runs off of the bed to avoid getting hit and hides on the couch.

"Were you trying to get killed? How could you let yourself get hurt like this?!" She shouts.

"Oof! I really wasn't trying to get hurt 'bine! But I had to distract it so it wouldn't hurt the kids!" Ezra groans and holds his stomach where she hit him. "And maybe I should find someone else to fix me up since I think you're hurting me more than helping me."

Ezra starts to stand up but Sabine pushes his shoulders back to make him sit back down.

"No! You let that thing nearly bite your arm off to protect me! So now I'm the one that's going to pay you back by fixing you!" Sabine declares.

She swings her leg over his lap so she's straddling him and Ezra's eyes widen and his breath is stolen from his lungs as she settles in his lap. He shudders and exhales, unnoticed by her as she gets more bacta gel on her fingers to apply to the gash onto his side.

Oh Gods…Oh Gods…she's really sitting on my- OH KRIFF I'm getting hard! No! Ezra! Stop! She's already beating you up because you got hurt. If she sees you're hard for her sitting in your lap she might cut your dick off! Ezra screams in his head. Just think non-horny thoughts. Non-horny thoughts.

But how could he think of anything else when her bare thighs were resting comfortably on his lap. And when her chest was right in his line of sight and he could just make out the slight outline of her nipples against her tank top.

"Ah fuck!" Ezra yells as the bacta hits the deep gash and stings worse than the other wounds.

At least that killed his soldier…

Sabine gasps when she sees he's in pain. Seeing his face contort like that made her tear up.

"Ez! Are you okay?" Sabine asks, concerned.

"I'm fine." Ezra grunts. "It just stung worse than the others because it's deeper."

Then he notices her misty eyes and gently cups her cheek in his hand

"Hey now what's with those misty eyes?" He asks kindly. "Sabine, I'm fine. This wound is a bit deeper than the others but it's nothing to be worried about. Just get some bacta on there and sure it'll sting for a minute but I'll be fine. Why are you about to cry?"

"Because you're hurt Ez!" Sabine chokes out from her throat that was tightening with on-coming sobs. "Do you have any idea how terrified I was when the kids came running up to me and told me you were in trouble with some creature I'd never seen before? Ezra, I thought I'd find you…" Sabine's bottom lip trembles and then she covers her face with her hands as she begins to sob.

Ezra moves her hands away and gently wipes her tears away with his thumbs as he holds her face in his hands.

"Hey…" Ezra says to her in a soft tone. "Don't go thinking about that, okay? I'm right here, you've got nothing to be afraid of."

"Ezra I already lost you once and it nearly broke me, please, I'm begging you, please don't scare me like that!" Sabine begs. "Promise me I won't lose you again!"

Ezra frowns and looks down at his lap, unable to meet her gaze and Sabine's heart sinks.

"Promise?" Sabine asks again, softer this time. "Please? For me?"

Her broken voice broke his heart. In that moment he wanted nothing more than to tell her what she wanted to hear. Anything he could say to make her happy. But he couldn't. He was a Jedi. He couldn't make promises like that, not even for the girl he loves.

"Sabine, you know I can't see the future unless the Force gives me a specific vision. And if that vision is of my death then…that's the will of the Force and I can't change that. I can't promise you that I'll never be killed." Ezra says and Sabine starts to cry again so he quickly continues "But I can promise that I will spend every moment that the Force allows me at your side. I spent the last ten years dreaming about being with you again. I have no plans to leave you anytime soon. And I promise I'll try harder not to scare you as much by putting myself in danger if I can help it. Okay?"

"Okay." Sabine says and sniffs as she rubs her eyes with the heels of her palms to get rid of the tears.

Ezra moves her off of his lap and sets her down in his place on the edge of the bed. He holds her hand and kneels on the ground in-between her legs.

"And if I ever scare you again, you have full permission to beat the crap out of me." Ezra says and Sabine laughs.

"That's a dangerous privilege you've given me, Ezra Bridger." Sabine warns him.

"I know but after everything I've put you through, you deserve it." Ezra says.

Oh Ezra if you think finding you was stressful, the sexual stress you've been putting me through might be even worse… Sabine thinks to herself.

"But Ezra I took so long to find you." Sabine reminds him. "If anything I owe you."

"No Sabine you don't. I don't care how long it took you to find me. I just wanted you to find me." Ezra says and Sabine feels her heart begin to melt with love for this man.

"Sabine, you saved my life! And I know there is no way I could ever pay you back for spending all of those years searching for me. I am forever in your debt. So if there is anything you want me to do for you just say the word and I'll do it." Ezra says, shifting so he's kneeling on one knee in-between her legs.

Well your face is already in-between my legs so why don't you shove it in my pussy and eat me out? Sabine thinks to herself and feels herself get hot from the thought.

I mean his tongue sure knows how to talk. I wonder how skilled it is at other things-Oh manda I am down so bad for my idiot best friend! Sabine screams in her head before thinking of a more appropriate request.

"Okay, then I want you to take the bed tonight and I'll take the couch." Sabine says and Ezra laughs and stands up.

"No, I'm not doing that." Ezra says.

"Oh come on! You just said you'd do anything I ask you to! Why not this?" Sabine asks.

"Because it's not fair to ask you to downgrade to the couch after everything you've done for me!" Ezra explains. "Why do you keep trying to switch with me?"

"Well…because…. you were…. good to me last night." Sabine says with a small smile. "You deserve it, as a reward for doing the right thing."

Ezra smiles and shakes his head.

"Sabine, I did what I did last night because it was the right thing to do. You don't owe me anything for choosing not to take advantage of you. If I claimed you did owe me for that then that would be taking advantage of you too! I don't need a reward for doing the right thing. Just having you know that I care about you and that you can always count on me like I do for you is enough." Ezra explains and pulls the blankets back on the couch to climb in them.

Oh…oh well now I really want to fucking give you a reward! Sabine thinks and bites her lip as she stares at Ezra's sexy silhouette in the light of the fire.

You can have more than just the bed, you can have me in it! Just get those pants off and get your sexy, good hearted ass over here and dick me down you perfect man! Sabine mentally shouts and rubs her thighs together to try to give herself some friction to calm her now throbbing cunt.

"Take your pants off and get over here." She blurts out loud without a second thought before realizing she said it out loud and slapping her hand over her mouth.

"What?" Ezra asks, not catching what she said.

"What?" Sabine asks, pretending nothing happened.

But Ezra could sense certain emotions coming from Sabine. Emotions that made his heart pound because having her feel that way about him would be too good to be true so it probably wasn't. But nevertheless he could push her buttons at least and that was always grounds for fun, he thinks as Rex climbs on his shoulder and he gently rubs him under his chin.

"Did you call me mesh'la again?" Ezra teases and Sabine's face burns as she looks at him smirking at her. "I mean I must look pretty good standing here by this fire. I can't blame you for staring." He comments while running his hand through his hair.

Fuck he really does look gorgeous right now but I can't tell him that it'll just inflate his stupid ego more! Sabine internally screams.

"You look hideous." Sabine lies and looks away from him.

"If you think I'm hideous then why did you call me mesh'la before you knew I knew what it meant?" Ezra counters and Sabine growls and frowns at him. "Admit it, you think I look good." Ezra presses.

"I do not!" She shouts back.

"Do too!" Ezra argues.

"Do not!" Sabine yells.

"Do too!" Ezra yells and then Sabine gets up and marches over to him and backs him up against the wall.

"Do not! And I will never admit to anything regarding your stupid new hair and muscles and beard ever!" Sabine shouts at him. "Why are you still smiling?" She growls.

"So you do like the beard?" Ezra asks smugly before regretting it as he senses the rapid increase in her rage.

Rex yelps and quickly scurries off of Ezra's shoulder and hides in a flower vase with his head poking out so he can watch while Jabba hides under the couch.

"I'm gonna beat your ass!" Sabine threatens and all of Ezra's confidence fades as he ducks and runs away from her.

"But I'm still badly hurt, remember?" Ezra pleads before screaming and ducking as she throws a heavy book at his head.

"If you can run that fast and dodge that well then you seem healed up enough to me!" Sabine shouts and picks up a heavier book.

Ezra screams but thankfully he was spared from her wrath by a small crying child that had just burst through their door.

They both turned to see little Lu'na standing in their doorway with tears in her eyes and snot dripping from her nose.

"Lu'na!" Sabine and Ezra exclaim.

Sabine drops the book and runs over to her.

"What's wrong?" Sabine asks.

"Lu'na had a bad dream." Icarus says, stepping into the doorway behind Lu'na. "They're pretty common for sky-walkers."

The next thing Sabine knew, the little Chiss girl was hugging her legs and burying her face in-between them.

Sabine was startled at first. Again, she had never been a very "motherly" person. But whether it was because of her age, or the fact that she had a scared crying child pressing herself against her, she couldn't help but feel a maternal pull towards this child. The poor helpless kid just needed someone to help her feel better.

Ezra feels his chest get warm as he sees Sabine's bright amber eyes fill with warmth as she picks up the child that was clinging to her and gently rubs her back and whispers soothing things to her as she carries her to the bed.

"It's alright Lu'na." Sabine says as she strokes her hair and lays her down while lying down next to her. "It wasn't real. It was just a bad dream. Nothing's going to hurt you here."

Lu'na picks her head up to look at Sabine with puffy red eyes. "I stay here?" She asks meekly in broken basic.

Sabine flashes the child a loving smile that makes the fire in Ezra's heart grow even more.

"Of course you can." She tells her.

Lu'na smiles and snuggles closer to Sabine's body and buries her face in her abdomen as Sabine hugs her back after getting them snuggled in under the covers.

Jabba even comes out from under the covers to lay down on the bed next to the girl to comfort her.

Then Lu'na mumbles something against Sabine's stomach.

"What was that?" Sabine asks sweetly.

She lifts her head to repeat herself by pointing at Ezra and speaking in her native tongue.

"She's asking Ezra to sleep with you." Icarus translates.

Sabine and Ezra exchange a flustered look and Icarus rolls his eyes.

"You two are so immature, you know what I meant!" He scolds.

"We know but…in the future…please don't word it like…that." Sabine requests.

"Alright then. But are you sure that sharing the bed wouldn't be an awkward situation for you two?" Icarus asks.

"Uh…" Sabine and Ezra say as they look at each other.

"Yes it would be kind of awkward so um, maybe I could sleep on the couch," Sabine says and looks up at Ezra and starts to remove the small girl from her waist "and then Ezra can stay in the bed with-" Ezra reaches for Lu'na but then she realizes what Sabine's doing.

"No! No no no!" Lu'na shouts and wraps her arms back around Sabine again, holding her even tighter as she sobs against her abdomen. "Mama! Papa! Stay!" She wails

Sabine lets out a soft heartbroken gasp and looks at Ezra with tears forming in her eyes.

He looks back at her, equally stunned and with tears forming in his eyes as well.

Sabine didn't know what came over her. Having this helpless child that needed her to feel safe trumped all of her fears about what cuddling in bed with Ezra could make her feel for him.

"Well…" Sabine says before smiling softly. "How can we say no to her now?"

Ezra's eyes widen as he sees Sabine move herself and Lu'na over on the mattress and then pats the empty space next to her.

"Sabine…are you sure? You don't have to do this if you're not comfortable." Ezra stresses to her.

Sabine's heart flutters at the fact that he asked for her consent just for sharing a bed. He really is perfect isn't he?

"We can think of something else if you don't want this." Ezra continues.

"Ezra, she just called us her mom and dad!" Sabine whispers. "And I don't think she's in any mood to be told otherwise."

They both look down at the small girl and share a chuckle at the fact that she chose them to be her parents for the night.

"If it helps her." Sabine says and looks back up at Ezra with a warm smile and equally warm amber eyes that make him lose his breath. "Then I don't mind playing along for just one night."

"Yeah…for just one night…" Ezra repeats.

Ezra and Sabine's gazes stay locked onto each other's as Ezra slowly climbs into bed. But he keeps his distance, until Lu'na protests by detaching one arm from around Sabine's waist and making a grabby hand at Ezra, wanting him to come closer.

Ezra looks to Sabine for her consent and despite the coloring in her cheeks, she nods her head yes. He takes a deep breath before moving closer to her.

"Sabine…" He says so softly to her it makes her heart flutter. "Can I touch you?"

Now her heart was beating even faster at the thought of physical contact with him.

"Yes." She replies without even thinking about it.

Sabine gasps as she feels Ezra wrap his arm around her waist and pull her and Lu'na close to him. And she lets out a shaky breath as he gently drapes his other arm over her hip, just under where Lu'na's arms were around her waist. And she couldn't look away from his vibrant blue eyes as she rested her hands on his chest.

"Is this okay?" He asks.

They were so close she could feel his breath against her lips. And she could feel his heart pounding under her palms. But hers was beating a mile a minute as well so who was she to judge?

"For one night?" He adds softly.

"Yeah…" Sabine squeaks out, her mind still short-circuiting from the fact that she was cuddling with the man she was trying to hide/deny the fact that she was in love with. "Just for one night…"

She runs her hands along his chest and smiles.

Ezra feels his cheeks color and his lips curl into a small smile as he puffs out his chest a bit more to show off to Sabine.

She gasps and bats her eyelashes in surprise. Then she frowns at him, scoffs and rolls her eyes.

"Ezra Bridger, are you flexing for me?" Sabine scolds him while lightly smacking him in the chest.

"Yeah…" Ezra admits sheepishly and Sabine sees unamused. "What? You were feeling up my chest. I thought you wanted to…see how strong I've gotten."

Sabine sighs and shakes her head.

"Ezra, I was checking out your wounds, not you!" Sabine explains.

"Oh!" Ezra says and feels his face heat up in embarrassment. "Well…do they look good?"

Sabine looks up and sighs before deciding to play along with his double meaning.

"They look very good Ezra…" Sabine says in a flirty tone while lightly petting the hair on his happy trail. "They have plenty of bacta on them and are closing up so I'm not worried about Lu'na accidentally re-opening one during the night if she gets restless."

"Great!" Ezra says and turns to lay on his back, pulling both girls on top of him. "Then cuddling won't be an issue tonight…" Ezra says then trails off when he sees Lu'na clinging to Sabine and trying to avoid touching him.

"What's wrong Lu'na? You don't want to cuddle with me?" Ezra asks in mock-disappointment.

"No!" She answers and crawls to the other side of Sabine's body and hugs her back.

"Why not?" Ezra asks.

She shouts something to Icarus in her native tongue. "You're too hairy. She thinks it's gross." Icarus translates.

Ezra frowns at Sabine as she laughs hysterically from Lu'na's insult.

"I'm guessing your laughter means you agree." Ezra says.

"No it doesn't." Sabine says and rests her head back on Ezra's shoulder. "I actually kind of like it."

Ezra's breath hitches as Sabine absent-mindedly runs her hand through his chest hair. Then when he looks into her eyes and sees that same smoldering look in her eyes from when she was drunk the night before, he can't help but feel excited.

"Really?" Ezra asks, pulling her a bit closer.

"Yeah…it makes you feel fluffy." Sabine giggles.

"Fluffy?" Ezra asks with a laugh.

"Fluffy?" Lu'na asks.

"Yeah. His chest and his face is all soft and fluffy like a loth-cat." Sabine says and then reaches up to stroke Ezra's beard.

Ezra's breath hitches as she gently traces his hairy jawline.

She rests her head on Ezra's shoulder and snuggles against his side.

"Is this okay?" Sabine asks, looking up at him.

"Yes of course! It's fine. Well…almost." Ezra says and Sabine arches an eyebrow.

"Almost? Why almost?" She asks.

Ezra smiles and looks over at Icarus who was looking at them with a look of longing on his face. He may be stoic and mature for his age, but he was still a child. And all children get scared sometimes.

"Hey Icarus!" Ezra says and the nine year old boy immediately straightens up like a cadet called to attention.

Ezra rolls his eyes at the formal reaction.

"Climb on in with us buddy." Ezra says.

Icarus blinks in confusion.

"What?" He asks.

"Get in and snuggle. If Lu'na's spending the night here then so can you. The four of us are sleeping together in bed tonight." Ezra says and pulls the blankets back to let Icarus in.

"But I don't understand…I'm not the one that had the nightmare, I do not need to be comforted." Icarus explains and Sabine sits up to help Ezra coax the boy into bed with them.

"Icarus, you're a very strong and brave boy. But you're still a boy and you can still get scared. And I can tell that you're scared of being alone tonight." Sabine says in a very motherly tone.

Icarus sniffed like he was holding back tears. Sabine and Ezra's care for him broke his stoic resolve and he ran into the bed and hugged Ezra's side.

Ezra messed up his hair a bit before wrapping his arm around him. Rex had finally made it to the bed and climbed into Ezra's pocket to curl up for the night.

"Don't worry Icarus." Ezra tells him.

"We're here for both you and Lu'na." Sabine says.

Ezra pressed his fingers to Icarus's temple and soon after, the boy was dozing off.

Then he reached over Sabine and did the same thing to Lu'na and got the same result.

Then he brought his hand towards Sabine and paused. "Sabine, do you want me to use the Force to help calm you down to go to sleep too?" Ezra asks.

"Actually, I don't think I need it." Sabine says and settles down.

"Really?" Ezra asks, surprised that Sabine was so relaxed in his arms.

"Yeah…being with you and the kids like this just makes me feel…content." Sabine says. "Maybe that's why I climbed over the pillow wall last night? To get into your arms."

Ezra and Sabine laugh. Then she notices him staring at her.

"What is it?" She asks.

"Mesh'la." Ezra says softly.

Sabine felt her face heat up. Her instincts and common sense told her that he was directing that at her but he couldn't be! Could he?

"Huh?" She asks.

He gently reaches out to stroke her cheek with his fingers.

"Don't be so embarrassed about calling me mesh'la because I think you're mesh'la too." Ezra says.

Sabine's chest and face felt like they were on fire. He thinks I'm beautiful?! Does this mean he likes me back? No! Sabine calm down, he's always thought that remember! Don't jump to conclusions.

"Oh…you're too sweet Ezra. I really should give you something to thank you for taking care of me last night and taking that draygozon bite for me." Sabine sighs.

"Again, Sabine, I really don't need a reward for-" Ezra starts then freezes when he feels Sabine press her lips to his cheek.

Ezra was stunned. He couldn't speak or move. He just laid there in silence and contemplated those long three seconds she had her lips on his face before pulling back and resting her head on his shoulder.

"Goodnight Ezra." Sabine says softly to him before drifting off to sleep.

"Y-yeah…g-goodnight…Sabine." Ezra stammers.

Sabine couldn't help but smile at how startled Ezra sounded from her kiss. If it affected him like that then maybe…just this once she'd let herself fall asleep with a hopeful thought in her heart.

Ezra on the other hand was wide awake and grinning like an idiot.

He couldn't help but tear up as he looks down and sees the kids curled up with him, Sabine and their pets. Like they were a family.

It was a dream come true for him. It was the future he's always wanted. And unlike last night, Sabine was doing this sober.

Sure it was probably mostly for the kids sake but she touched his chest and complimented him of sound mind! She didn't have to do that but she did! And she kissed him! She's never done that before! Ezra didn't know what to make of it, his mind was short-circuiting. He couldn't think straight! All he knew was that Sabine Wren had kissed his cheek and was sleeping in his arms, willingly, by her choice!

She squirms her body a bit closer to him so she's pressed right against his side and Ezra immediately pulls her tighter to him to maintain that contact. And his heart flutters when he sees Sabine smile in her sleep as a result. Tears of joy were running down his cheeks from how full of hope his heart was.

He didn't want to fool himself though. It could've not meant anything to her even though it was everything to him. And yet, his intuition told him that such a gesture had to mean something for her.

So with hope in his heart, he gave her a gentle squeeze goodnight and a gentle kiss to the top of her head before resting his head on top of hers and dozing off. Excited for what tomorrow would bring for them.