Ahsoka looks outside the window sipping her tea and looking over the orchard. Well, the direction of the orchard. Nothing could be seen of it due to the heavy artificial rainfall.

"Sabine, Ezra and the kids are out there. Do you think we should go and look for them?" Ahsoka asks, turning to Thelma who was knitting by the fire.

"No." Thelma answers curtly. "That rainfall is so heavy that you can barely see anything in front of you. Finding them would be impossible."

Thelma sips her tea and Ahsoka turns back to look at her with a look of shock on her face.

"Unfortunately they'll just have to spend the night in a quaint little cottage stocked with just about everything a young family of four would need to survive for that amount of time. I do hope they'll manage it somehow." Thelma says and takes another long sip of her tea while Ahsoka lets out a short laugh from the old woman's obvious plan.

Meanwhile, at the cottage, Sabine held Lu'na in her arms and paced back and forth in front of the kitchen window. She looks outside and sighs. If only the rain wasn't so heavy then she might be able to see the boys through this storm.

"Mama." Lu'na says softly and tugs on her leg. "Are Papa and Icky okay?"

Sabine's heart melted at the sight of the sad, scared, wet little girl before her and the question she posed. She instinctively held her tighter in her arms.

"Oh of course they are!" Sabine says reassuringly and looks out the window again while resting her head on top of Lu'na's. "Sure this rain may look scary but it's just water! How could the boys possibly get themselves hurt out there?"

"Ouch! Ouch! OUCH!" Ezra howls as he tries to climb out of the bush but keeps getting scratched by the thorns.

"Master, you're crushing me!" Icarus wheezes from underneath Ezra who was trying to shield Icarus from the thorns by crawling on top of him.

"I told you not to call me that!" Ezra scolds him.

"Well when you're crushing me under you it's kind of hard for my lungs to get oxygen to send to my brain to think straight!" Icarus shouts back.

"Well excuse me for not wanting you to get all scratched up by these super painful thorns!" Ezra retorts.

"Well I already did to get in here and find my kyber crystal so what does it matter?" Icarus asks.

"It matters because Sabine is going to kill me if she finds out you got hurt! And I also feel guilty for letting you get hurt in the first place so now I feel like I need to make up for it by suffering more for both of us but mostly because your mother- I mean Sabine! Scares me and I know she's going to be so mad at us for getting all scratched up out here!" Ezra admits and Icarus just looks up at him and smirks.

"Oh yeah because having to be near you shirtless and rubbing medicinal lotion all over your muscular upper body seems like an activity she absolutely despises, hence why she keeps volunteering for it." Icarus says sarcastically.

Ezra glares at him and Icarus flashes him a cheeky grin.

Sabine was leaning against the kitchen counter, twiddling her thumbs while Lu'na inspects the overalls that Sabine had found for her to change into. Then the door swings open and Ezra and Icarus stumble inside the cottage. Sabine sighs in relief and runs over to them.

"Oh thank the Force!" Sabine exclaims as she throws her arms around Ezra's neck and gives him a huge kiss on his cheek with a lot of force behind it, enough to squish his eye shut, before she presses her body against his as she hugs him tightly.

Ezra was momentarily stunned from her kiss but hugs her back nevertheless. She must have really been worried about him, he realizes.

But then it seems like Sabine didn't even realize what she did as she just moves on from that and places one hand on Ezra's shoulder and cups his cheek with her other hand. "Are you alright?"

Ezra smiles at her worried face and leans against her hand even more.

"Aside from being absolutely drenched by the rain, doing fine." He says and Sabine chuckles.

Then she gasps softly as he brings his hand to her cheek, mirroring the action she did to him.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

"Aside from being soaking wet and worrying about you getting lost, I couldn't be better." She says.

Ezra snickers and looks at the ground before looking back at her.

"You worry about me too much." Ezra says and gently rubs his thumb against her cheekbone, sending a shiver down her spine.

"W-well considering that just yesterday you almost got torn to shreds by a dangerous wild animal, can you blame me for being worried about you alone out here?" Sabine asks.

"Fair enough." Ezra admits.

"Mama and Papa are flirting!" Lu'na exclaims, pointing at them.

"No we aren't!" Ezra and Sabine shout and jump apart.

"Icarus!" Sabine exclaims and kneels down beside him, deciding that changing the subject would be the best idea.

"How did you manage to get lost?" Sabine asks. "We were all supposed to stick together."

"I know but I sensed something with the Force and I had to go check it out." Icarus explains. "That's how I found this."

He pulls the kyber crystal out of his pocket and Sabine gasps.

"You found a kyber crystal out here?!" She exclaims.

"Yeah! Isn't it amazing?" Ezra parrots. "Who would have thought, right? Maybe if there's some parts in this old place, I can help you make a lightsaber." Ezra offers.

Icarus's face lights up.

"I get to make a lightsaber?!" He exclaims.

"Well you have the crystal now, so that means you can have one." Ezra explains.

"This is the best day ever!" Icarus exclaims and holds up his kyber crystal.

Sabine places her hand over her heart and beams with pride for the young boy, until she notices all of the scratches on his face and arms and a look of worry comes on her face.

"Icarus, how did you get all of these cuts!?" Sabine exclaims and kneels down in front of him to inspect his injuries.

"Well I kind of had to crawl through some thorn bushes to get this crystal." Icarus admits.

"Oh you poor thing! That must have hurt!" Sabine exclaims.

"It wasn't too bad. The gap was big enough that I could get through without getting scratched too much." Icarus explains. "But Ezra had it far worse coming in to get me."

Icarus's watches as the Mandalorian woman stands up and glares at the Jedi. He could sense the shift in her emotions. It sent a chill up his spine and he crossed his arms behind his back and tried to avoid eye contact with her. When she remained silent he reluctantly looked back at her and found her standing with her arms crossed over her chest, and her hip slightly cocked as she frowned at him.

"Okay 'bine look it's not as bad as he's making it sound alright?" Ezra laughs nervously. "He's just exaggerating-whoa Sabine!" Ezra exclaims as Sabine starts aggressively un-buttoning his shirt.

Ezra didn't know whether to be scared or turned on by this. But he was definitely feeling a mix of both!

When Sabine gets his shirt open she gasps when she sees the cuts all over his torso.

"Ezra! You di'kut! How could you let yourself get hurt again!" Sabine shouts at him, smacking him upside the head before placing her hands on his chest and inspecting his new wounds.

Ezra exhales at the feeling of her hands exploring his chest. But he had to remind himself of the reason why she was doing so, lest he get carried away.

"How many times are you going to get your chest torn open while we're here?"

"As many times as it takes to protect the kids." Ezra says and Sabine looks back and forth between him and Icarus at and sighs before kneeling back down to face Icarus.

"What am I going to do with you boys?" She asks and rubs Icarus's cheek with her thumb. "Hopefully I can find something here to clean those cuts."

Then Lu'na sneezes and shivers and Sabine looks worried again.

"Speaking of finding things in this old place, we need to get the kids out of these wet clothes." She says in a concerned voice then looks at their own soaked attire. "And ours too. I found some clothes in this place that could fit the kids. And as for us…"

Ezra watches as she pulls out one singular outfit, consisting of a tank top and sweatpants.

"I was only able to find one…" Sabine informs him.

"Okay…" Ezra says and awkwardly rubs the back of his neck. "But at least it's functional! I can wear the pants and be topless since you can't…obviously."

His gaze shifts towards her chest and an image of a topless Sabine in sweatpants briefly pops into his head and he quickly shuts it out of his mind before he dwells on it for too long, and his body reacts to the fantasy.

"Yeah…obviously. Well let's go get ourselves changed out of these wet clothes." Sabine says.

Ezra heads upstairs first, so that he can use his ability to scope out the rooms for any danger before declaring it safe for them.

"Okay, it's all good up here!" Ezra calls down the stairs and the kids run up the stairs with Sabine following them.

"Find anything interesting?" Sabine asks him.

"Not really, but I found a room for the kids to sleep in! And I found a room for us too!" Ezra says.

"Oh Ezra, that's great!" Sabine exclaims.

"Yeah it's perfect!" Ezra says then opens the door to the room that they would have to use for the night. "Except ours only has one bed."

"Of course it does…" Sabine says and rolls her eyes.

Ezra notices her reaction and twiddles his thumbs.

"You can take the bed and I'll just sleep on the couch downstairs if that would make you more comfortable-" He suggests.

"No it's fine we'll just share the bed I don't mind." Sabine says and walks over to it.

She said that so casually that Ezra was stunned.

"W-wait you're serious?" Ezra asks.

Sabine freezes and her eyes widen when she realizes how easily she accepted the idea of sharing a bed with him. Her heart pounds as she tries to rationalize her feelings and she turns around to face him.

"Y-yeah…" Sabine cautiously replies while rubbing her arm. "I mean we've shared a bed twice now! Sure one of those times was by accident and I don't really remember much of it but going off last night…Being in your arms while I was asleep was surprisingly…comfortable. I actually liked it. It was…nice. I-I really wouldn't mind doing it again honestly."

She shyly looks down and plays with the blankets while Ezra had his mouth gaping as he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

D-does she really mean it? Does she like having me in bed with her? Then he remembers what Icarus told him about ignoring signs. Is this a sign? Were there any signs at all? He takes note of her facial expression and her body language. Her face was flushed and her chin dipped slightly. Either she was embarrassed or she was flustered? Perhaps both? He discreetly reaches out with the Force for a deeper understanding and senses conflict inside of her. Why does she feel conflicted about the answer she gave me? Is she worried about how it might make me feel? Or is she worried about how it makes her feel?

He steps forward with his hand held out towards Sabine, prepared to question her further but a very happy Lu'na runs into the room and halts his plans.

"Mr. Stuffin!" Lu'na cheers and runs into Sabine and Ezra's room showing them her stuffed animal that resembles a ysalamari. "Look mama Mr. Stuffin is here! Now I'll be able to sleep tonight!"

She gives the stuffed animal a big squeeze as Sabine's jaw drops.

"But…you left that in your room back at the house…how did it get here?" Sabine places her hand on her chin and rubs it.

Sabine had a sneaking suspicion that a certain old woman may have set this up for them.

"Well, that's not our priority right now." Ezra says, removing his cloak. "Right now let's just get out of these wet clothes before we catch a chill."

"Right. Lu'na, do you mind giving me and Ezra some space to change please? You and Icarus should go to your room and change too. We'll be right downstairs once we're done." Sabine explains.

"Okay!" Lu'na says and smiles as she runs out of the room.

"Well that was easy." Sabine says as Ezra moves to the other side of the bed. "Good thing we're stuck here with well behaved kids at least."

"Yeah don't jinx it 'bine. Please." Ezra says and Sabine lets out a laugh that immediately turns into a gasp when she sees Ezra begin to disrobe before her.

Ezra removes his shirt and Sabine can't help but admire the sight.

She's seen him wet and shirtless once before, and that sight alone was enough to make her clench a fruit in her hand until it popped. And this was no exception.

The hairs on his chest and arms were damp with rain droplets. And when he threw his head back to shake some of the water off of his hair while running his hand through it, Sabine found herself crossing her legs to try to alleviate the ache she was feeling in-between them but then he used his other hand to reach for his belt and unbuckle it and Sabine couldn't help but let out a soft moan at the sight.

Excuse me Sir? The Manda? The Force? Anyone! Would you mind telling me who decided to turn my best friend into some Sex God because what the kriff am I looking at?! Sabine exclaims in her head. I know the Force works in mysterious ways but what in the world could there possibly be to gain from me wanting Ezra kriffing Bridger to blow my back out?!

"Sabine, are you okay?" Ezra asks, noticing her strange behavior and the noise she made.

"Huh?" Sabine asks then realizes he had noticed her ogling him. "Oh what? Me? Y-yeah of course I'm okay! Everything's fine…"

Ezra starts pulling his pants down a bit, revealing more of his sharp 'v'-line and Sabine can't contain herself.

"You're so fine…" She mutters.

"Huh?" Ezra asks.

"N-nothing!" Sabine stammers, realizing she said that out loud.

"Okay, well uh are you going to turn around so I can change, or…?" Ezra starts and Sabine's cheeks heat up and she quickly turns around.

"Oh right! Yes! Sorry!" Sabine says and turns around quickly and gets to work removing her own attire.

She gets her armor off easily enough but then finds herself struggling with her body glove. While Ezra finishes changing into the pair of sweatpants he'll have to wear until the rest of his clothes dry, he notices Sabine's dilemma.

"Dammit." Sabine grunts as she tries to peel her wet body glove from her skin.

"Are you having some trouble there 'bine?" Ezra asks.

Sabine looks at him and rolls her eyes for pointing out the obvious.

He clearly didn't gain any more brain cells during his time away than he did muscles.

"This body glove is perfect to wear under my armor and normally it comes off easily but unfortunately it's not so great in heavy rain. That's why I usually wear a cloak with it if I know there's going to be a storm but unfortunately that sudden downpour outside was very unexpected and now it's proving very difficult to remove." Sabine explains and tugs at her suit.

"Want me to help you take it off?" Ezra asks and Sabine nearly falls over before looking back at Ezra with a shocked expression.

"D-did you just say you want to help undress me?!" She exclaims.

Just the thought of having his hands on her, removing her clothes and touching her body was enough to make her even wetter than she already was.

"Yeah!" Ezra says, then looks confused when he sees how shocked Sabine is.

Ezra's cheeks were flaming when he realized how that sounded and how he should have been more specific.

"B-but not physically in the way you're probably thinking. I meant that I could…possibly…use the Force to…help remove your body glove." He says weakly as he looks at the ground, embarrassed by what he made her think he meant.

Sabine stayed silent for a while. And after what felt like forever, she finally answered.

"Okay." Sabine says and Ezra's eyes widened.

"R-really?" He asks.

"Y-yeah." Sabine says and awkwardly rubs her arm. "I mean sure it's a bit awkward but as long as you close your eyes so you're not looking at me, I uh…I wouldn't mind the help." Sabine says and smiles.

"Oh…uh, okay then." Ezra says in a tone mixed with nerves and excitement. "Just turn around and try to keep still."

Sabine nods and turns around, letting Ezra get to work.

Ezra takes a deep breath and gently pulls the garment down her shoulders. Just that action alone made his blood flow shift south as he couldn't help but think this is what it would be like to undress her for real, before taking her to bed… But then Sabine had to go and turn around to look at him over her shoulder with a demure look on her face that brought that scenario to life even more for him and then Ezra's eyes widened and his dick got stiff.

"Weren't you going to close your eyes?" Sabine reminds him.

"Oh! Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah I was, don't worry! I just wanted to look at first so I could get a sense of where to concentrate the Force on. So now I don't need to look anymore." Ezra nervously rambles, scared of potentially angering her.

"Okay, then continue." Sabine says and turns back around.

Ezra nods, closes his eyes, and continues to peel the wet fabric from her body.

Sabine let out a soft gasp as she felt the Force gently skim the sides of her breasts as it pulled the body glove down her chest, and thankfully her own noise muffled Ezra's soft groan from the realization of where his hands were at the moment. His knees almost buckled from it, but the fear of what Sabine would think if she learned why he reacted the way he did kept him standing, and urged him to continue. He just had to keep going, and get this over with.

Sabine closes her eyes and can't help but lean into the touch of the invisible hands she felt cascading down her sides, caressing her figure as they freed her wet body glove from her waist, moving down to her hips. She let out a soft hum at the feeling, imagining Ezra's hands holding her hips and how good that would feel, with his body against hers and she gently sways her hips a bit from the thought.

Ezra lets out a shuddering breath as her hips sway in the Force's grip. And his cock twitches as his mind goes to the gutter with thoughts on that action.

"'bine." He gasps.

"Hm?" Sabine asks, looking at him over her shoulder.

"I know this must feel weird but try to keep still for me. It's harder to concentrate the Force on your body if it's moving." Ezra instructs.

"Okay…I'll try." Sabine pants then immediately fails as she screams and stumbles from feeling the Force start to tug on her panties.

Ezra's cheeks were coloring and so were hers as she looked over her shoulder at the flustered space wizard.

"I-I don't need help removing…those." Sabine squeaks and Ezra gulps.

"S-sorry. I didn't realize that was what I was grabbing." Ezra mutters.

"I-it's okay." Sabine stammers. "You can keep going." She blurts out, purposely facing away from him. "Just don't look at me and please be careful to grab my body glove and not…anything else."

"I'll do my best." Ezra says in a husky voice that makes Sabine cover her mouth with her hand to muffle the involuntary moan she made as a result of how sexy he sounded while he was touching her with the Force.

He eventually gets it off of her and lets out a sigh of relief that he made it through that ordeal without giving away how much it turned him on. And Sabine did the same, until she turned to look over her shoulder and saw Ezra open his eyes and screamed.

"Ezra! I'm half naked, don't look!" She shouts at him and Ezra panics and falls down having not seen anything thank the Force.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" He exclaims and covers his eyes with one of his hands. "I didn't see anything I promise! Just get changed please."

Sabine does just that, removing her bra and panties and putting on the tank top over herself. She prayed that it would cover her enough and thankfully she was right.

"Okay I think it covers me enough. You can turn around now." Sabine says.

Ezra sighs in relief now that they both had dry clothes to change into so there wasn't any risk of either of them catching a chill.

Crisis averted!

Or so he thought until he turned around and saw that while the tank top did cover her, it only just barely did so.

The hem was very high up on her legs. Just barely below the top of her thighs.

And then she turned around and tried to look at her backside over her shoulder and Ezra took a sharp inhale at the sight that made Sabine feel flustered.

"W-why are you looking at me like that?" She asks.

"N-no reason." Ezra stutters. "It's just that that shirt practically looks like a dress on you."

"You are ridiculous!" She exclaims and runs around to the other side of the bed and throws her arms around him and hugs him tight as she laughs.

Ezra smiles and hugs her back, closing his eyes and savoring the moment of holding her in his arms. Until she pulls away to ask him a very important question.

"This thing covers my ass right?" Sabine asks and turns around, trying to pull the shirt down as best she could.

"Y-yeah." Ezra says, trying to sound as stoic as possible. "I can't see a thing…" he says while staring at her before his mind becomes consumed with thoughts about her body.

He knew what her figure was like. She had worn a skin tight body glove for most of the time he's known her after all. But seeing so much of her skin and other parts of her that he never ever thought he'd get a glimpse of in his life had his brain short-circuiting from how sexy she looked. And the idea of what lay underneath that top, had his brain fry itself even more.

He discreetly covers the boner he was growing with his hands folded in front of him. That is until Sabine puts her hands on him again.

Ezra's breath catches as she places her hands on his chest and traces the scratches. He smiles when he sees her brow crease with worry and places his own hands over hers, causing her breath to catch.

"They're fine 'bine." Ezra assures her and gives her hands a squeeze. "I've had worse. This is practically nothing to me."

"I realize that. I just…" Sabine starts and drops her hands from his body and Ezra can't help but feel disappointed from the loss. "I don't like seeing you hurt."

"I know. Then I'll try to make an effort to not get hurt as much for you." Ezra assures her and Sabine feels her heart flutter. "Now speaking of getting hurt, let's go make sure Icarus and Lu'na aren't getting up to anything bad in their room."

"Mama I'm bored!" Lu'na whines from the kitchen table as Sabine checks the drawers for something a kid her age to play with.

"I know Lu'na! I'm still looking for something you can play with! What about Mr. Stuffin? Don't you want to play with him?" Sabine asks.

"No, I don't feel like playing with him right now." Lu'na says.

"Of course you don't." Sabine sighs and turns around to keep looking and screams when she sees Rex staring at her while sitting on the counter.

Lu'na laughs at Sabine's startled reaction to the axolotl and Sabine growls and scoops the little thing up in her hands and glares at it.

"If you don't stop sneaking up on me and scaring the crap on me I swear I'll kill your slimy ass! Got it?" Sabine threatens.

"Oh really?" Ezra asks and Sabine turns to find him standing in the doorway-no leaning against it, with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face as he sees her threaten his little lizard friend.

Said lizard friend that got squeezed in Sabine's grip the second she saw how hot Ezra looked standing there like that.

Rex squeals and flails in her grip and Sabine quickly releases the creature that scuttles across the counter and rejoins Ezra as he holds out his hand for him to hop into and be returned to his pocket.

"I have an idea to pass the time. How about I cook us all a meal?" Ezra suggests and shrugs.

Sabine gasps and looks at him in disbelief.

"You can cook?" She asks.

"Yeah." Ezra replies and scratches the back of his head.

He couldn't help but grin at the bewildered look on her face.

"Since when?" She asks. "The last time I saw you try to do anything beyond warming something up you nearly burned down the Ghost and Kanan and Hera banned you from the kitchen. How are you suddenly good at it now?"

"I was stranded on a planet with nothing to do other than learn to survive for a decade. I picked up a few hobbies to pass the time, remember? Learning to speak mando'a was one and cooking and baking was another one of them." Ezra explains.

"Huh." Sabine says and tilts her head with interest.

He sure picked up a lot of attractive skills while he was away didn't he? Sabine notes. It seems like that planet he was stranded on took my best friend and made him husband material.

Then her heart starts to race as Ezra leans in close to her with that attractive smirk on his face.

"So what would you like me to make?" Ezra asks.

Sabine lets out a short laugh.

"I get to pick the meal?" Sabine asks.

"Yeah." Ezra says with a shrug. "I found a ton of different ingredients here! And I know how to work with all of them! It's crazy good luck that someone stocked this place full of food before this irrigation storm."

"Yeah…it sure is lucky…" Sabine says thoughtfully.

Somewhere on the homestead Thelma was stirring her tea and chuckling.

Sabine gasps softly and her cheeks color as she feels Ezra's arms wrap around her waist. He gently rests his forearms against her hips and she places her hands on his chest as an instinctive reaction to him holding her. When Sabine looks up at him her face heats up even more.

"So what would you like me to make for you, mesh'la?" Ezra asks smoothly and winks.

I'd like you to bend me over this counter and give me some of that sausage- Sabine thinks before shaking those thoughts from her head and laughing instead.

"I-I don't know…" Sabine says with a shrug. "What can you cook that won't set on fire?"

Ezra laughs.

"Many things. You name it. I'll make it for you." Ezra says and Sabine bites her lip and looks away from him.

"Oh oh oh!" Lu'na shouts and holds her hand up.

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

"I have idea!" She shouts.

Ezra and Sabine giggle and Sabine rests her head against Ezra's chest and he wraps his arms fully around her waist.

"Or maybe we could go with something the kids would like." Sabine says and Ezra hums in agreement.

A few moments later their eyes go wide when they realize Sabine referred to them as the kids. That's what Kanan and Hera called them… They both stare into each other's eyes, experiencing the same deja vu as the memories of their teen years came rushing back to them. And now they realized that they had stepped into the same roles as Kanan and Hera. How ironic? But what did that mean?

"Hellooooo!" Lu'na shouts, turning their attention back to her. "I wanna cook!"

"Okay then you can help me make whatever you want for Icarus, your mom and yourself to eat!" Ezra says and scoops her up from the chair and she squeals in delight.

"How can I help?" Sabine asks.

Ezra looks at a bookshelf and pulls a book out for her.

"You can sit on the couch and relax." He suggests and hands her the book.

Sabine gasps when she sees it's an art history book.

"Amazing…" She mutters and walks over to the couch, eager to learn about Chiss art.

Ezra laughs and shakes his head at how quickly she became distracted by that book that she didn't even try to protest him forcing her to relax and enjoy herself.

"What about Icky?" Lu'na asks.

"Well, depending on what we make, once we take a break, I'm going to help him find parts for his lightsaber. Until then," he starts and hands her a spatula and bops her nose with it. "Let's get cooking, kiddo."

Sabine was amazed by how easy it was for them to act like a family. Even though they had some experience with that from their time on the Ghost, this was different. Back then, they had been the kids, relying on Kanan and Hera to finish raising them where their parents had left off. But now, they had taken on those parental roles themselves for two orphans who were much younger than they had been when they came aboard the Ghost. And sure they weren't perfect but, the transition was surprisingly easy. They had never once been in charge of children yet they took to caring for these kids like it was natural for them. Just like Kanan and Hera when they took them in…

Her mind wanders from the page and she turns to look at Ezra bringing Icarus around looking for parts while the water boils for the pasta he was going to make with Lu'na. Ezra instructs him on what he would need to construct his saber. If she closed her eyes, she could imagine she had traveled back in time and that she was hearing Kanan give Ezra these same instructions.

Even though she was far happier now that the Empire had been defeated, she couldn't deny that she missed those days. Amidst all the struggle and fighting she also found warmth, laughter, light, and love among these people that had become a second family to her. And that love…She always thought it was platonic. And it certainly was, for a while. But as time went on, and closer to that fateful day when Ezra left her for what she thought was forever, she couldn't deny that that love may have turned into a different kind of love. No matter how hard she tried. But she would keep trying because if he didn't feel the same she would never recover.

"Papa! Papa! Look!" Lu'na shouts and comes running over to the boys with something in her hands.

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

"Bam!" Lu'na shouts and pulls out a canister of some sort that she must have found while digging through one of the boxes in the kitchen.

"Hey, awesome, that's something we could use for Icarus's lightsaber!" Ezra exclaims.

He reaches for the object in her hands but she pulls it back.

"No! My lightstick!" Lu'na protests.

Ezra and Sabine can't help but giggle.

"Well first of all, it's called a lightsaber-" Ezra explains and reaches for the object in her hands but Lu'na pulls back.

"Don't care! It's mine!" Lu'na defiantly proclaims.

Ezra laughs again.

"But you don't even have your crystal yet." Icarus reminds her. "It won't even work for you. Why not let me have it?"

"It does work! See!" Lu'na says and pretends to ignite it.

Ezra immediately catches on to what Lu'na is doing and dramatically falls over as she pretends to hit him with her weapon.

"Oh no! I'm unarmed! Please have mercy!" Ezra begs and quickly gets up and backs away from her.

Sabine laughs as she watches Lu'na pretend to keep slashing him with her toy and then she jumps at him and Ezra groans and catches her, holding her to his chest.

"Oh no! You got me!" Ezra exclaims as his legs hit the arm of the couch and he falls backwards onto the couch, with his head landing on Sabine's lap.

Sabine gasps and looks down at Ezra staring back up at her from her lap. Both of them immediately became flustered and Ezra was about to move but then Lu'na squeals and jumps on top of him and both of the adults end up laughing.

"Oh no! You've got me! I'm dead! I'm dying!" Ezra says dramatically before going limp and closing his eyes with his tongue hanging out.

Sabine laughed and so did Lu'na.

"Come on papa! Wake up!" Lu'na says and pushes on his chest.

Eventually Ezra does wake up, and he grabs the little girl in his arms and pulls her close.

She squeals and laughs and Ezra laughs with her. Along with Sabine who looked like she could barely contain her joy.

Ezra leaned back against Sabine's lap as they played but then Lu'na eventually climbed off of him and Ezra made a move to leave Sabine's lap but she stops him.

"You can stay there." She tells him. "I don't mind."

"Really?" He asks.

"Yeah…" Sabine says and brushes some of his hair out of his face. "I don't mind at all."

Sabine gently ran her fingers through Ezra's hair and he smiled at her.

All of a sudden she felt a burst of warmth spread from the center of her chest throughout the rest of her body.

W-what's h-happening? Why am I feeling like this again? She stammers in her mind.

Admittedly, Ezra flashing her this look had made her feel this way before. Back during the Rebellion he would give her this same look after he pulled off some boneheaded stunt that could have gotten him killed but instead he survived, sometimes even accomplishing his goal in the process as well. He would flash her a charming grin like he expected her to be impressed at his fighting skills. Her knee-jerk reaction was always to scoff and roll her eyes, sometimes even smack him upside the head and scold him for being reckless. But the look he would give her afterwards, that soft smile, that adoring look in his eyes as he apologized to her. It would make her heart beat faster and her whole body feel warm. It was a confusing feeling, she didn't know why she felt it. But it wasn't a bad feeling. In fact, she liked it. She liked it when he looked at her like that! When he gave her that look it gave her the urge to…kiss him! She used to ridicule Hera for embracing Kanan after he gave her the same look after he would pull a similar stunt. And then there she was with Ezra looking at her like she was the thing he loved most in the world and she totally understood. And for some Force forsaken reason beyond her comprehension she liked it! And the implications of that were too terrifying so then she would panic and slap him in the face to make him stop making her feel things by acting so dreamy.

She wanted to slap him again now. But for some reason she couldn't bring herself to do it. Was it because of the position they were in now? No. She could easily just lift her legs up really fast to knock him off of her lap but for some reason she didn't want to retaliate like she used to when she was younger. What was happening to her?!

Why does he have to look so handsome and charming like this and why does it make my heart beat so fast!? Sabine screams in her head before Ezra drops a bomb.

"I like this." He admits to her with that cute grin boys do when the corner of their lip curls up that's just super attractive and never fails to make girls lose their minds.

And lose her mind she did as Sabine stares at him with her face on fire as her heart felt like it was pounding a mile a minute.

Ezra was confused and a bit nervous due to her reaction. He couldn't tell what she was feeling. He discreetly tried to get a sense of what she was feeling through the Force but all he could hear was a high pitched "eeeeeee!" sound for some reason and he had no idea what that meant.

"I…I like this too." Sabine admits and Ezra lets out a short laugh and smiles incredulously at her. "Really?"

She smiles and nods and he turns his face to the side and his lips unintentionally brush against her thigh.

Sabine pretends to continue reading her book and thinks nothing of it. But then she feels his lips actually on her thigh, like he had kissed it and she couldn't help the ever so soft moan of pleasure that left her lips at the feeling of his mouth on her thigh and as she put down the book to look at him, thinks about how much she wanted his mouth higher up between her thighs as well. As she looked at his handsome face she couldn't help but press her thighs together at the thought of having his face between them.

But once again, they were interrupted. For good reason this time.

"Papa! Papa! The water!" Lu'na shouts and Ezra sits up and sees the pot is boiling and gets up.

Lu'na tugs on his arm and Ezra smiles.

"You're a playful little thing aren't you?" Ezra asks her and smiles. "You're like a little lothcat."

Lu'na gasps and smiles.

"I'm a lothcat? I'm a lothcat! Lothcat! Lothcat! Lothcat!" Lu'na shouts then squeals as Ezra lifts her up.

"Alright then little lothcat let's keep cooking." Ezra tells Lu'na and she laughs.

Then he turns to Sabine.

"You want to come too? I have some sauce I want you to taste to make sure it's spicy enough for you." Ezra offers.

"Oh okay! Sure I'd love to taste it!" Sabine says and follows him into the kitchen.

Ezra sets Lu'na down and stirs the sauce in the pan a few times before gathering some on the spoon and taking a taste of it himself to make sure he's satisfied with it before offering the spoon to her. But not for her to hold, just for him to place it in her mouth.

Sabine smiles and gets giddy at the thought of him guiding the spoon to her mouth like that way that a lot of couples do when cooking together.

Sabine opens her mouth to accept the spoon. She takes a sip and her eyes go wide as the flavor hits her tongue.

"Ezra…this tastes amazing!" Sabine exclaims.

Ezra's face lit up from her praise!

"Really? You really think so?" He asks excitedly.

"Yes! It's spicy and sweet at the same time it's incredible. I love it!" Sabine exclaims.

Ezra couldn't contain his joy! He wraps his arms around her waist and scoops her up! Sabine squeals in surprise and delight as she's suddenly lifted and spun around by the Jedi. Her younger self would have killed Ezra for grabbing her like this but her current self didn't mind one bit. In fact, she couldn't help but laugh with joy for how happy being in his arms made her. And how could she be mad at him when he looked so excited that she liked his cooking. He would always get so excited over any amount of praise from her no matter how small. It was so endearing.

Ezra set her down but still kept his arms wrapped around her waist so she kept hers around his neck as she lovingly gazed at him. That look gave him butterflies in his stomach and made his cheeks color.

Sabine notices how flustered he was and takes pride in that. And when she notices a small blob of sauce on his beard by the corner of his mouth she can't help but giggle.

"Hey Ez, you've got a little something…" Sabine starts and points to the corner of her mouth to point out the spot to Ezra.

"Oh uh, here?" Ezra asks and points to the wrong side of his mouth.

Sabine laughs.

"No it's…" she starts until her mind trails off and her heart starts pounding as a bold idea pops into her head.

He made me flustered by undressing me with the Force and kissing my thigh. It's only fair that I do something bold like that too to make it even. Sabine theorizes.

"Don't worry…I got it." Sabine whispers softly before bringing her mouth to the corner of his.

Everything stopped for Ezra. Time, his heart, his breath, his brain. Nothing else existed except for the feeling of Sabine Wren's lips being so close to his own.

He closed his eyes and let out a shuddering breath as he focused on her presence around him. Like how soft her lips felt, gently brushing against his skin, so close to his that if he turned his head a millimeter he would be kissing her.

But the scratching noise at the door ended the moment.

Ezra pulled Sabine close and they both looked at the door on alert, wondering what could be making those noises.

"Stay here with the kids." Ezra whispers about to go brave opening the door but Sabine puts her hand on his chest to stop him.

"No. I think I know what it is." Sabine says with a smile and goes to the door and opens it.

"Jabba! What are you doing out here?" Sabine asks as the soaking wet cat came running in and shook himself out. "How did you even find us here?"

"Lothcats just have a way of finding me remember?" Ezra reminds her and scratches the cat on its head before it runs off with Lu'na chasing it. "Do you mind watching the stove for a minute? I'm going to get Icarus some more parts for his lightsaber."

"Sure." Sabine agrees and Ezra leaves.

Sabine feels Lu'na hug her thigh, burying her face into the side of it as she tugs on the hem of her shirt.

"Mama can I have a glass of water?" Lu'na asks.

"Sure." Sabine says and pulls a glass out of the cabinet.

"That's an adult cup. She'll spill it. She needs a smaller kid one." Icarus informs Sabine.

"Oh, okay." Sabine says and moves some glasses aside to try to find a cup for the child.

And luckily she found one.

"Wow this place sure is selectively convenient. I can't find pants for me or a shirt for Ezra but I can find full outfits and dishware for the kids." Sabine mutters before turning on the faucet to fill the cup with water.

"Hey you're in luck Icarus! I found some old machine parts in the back and it looks like they're still good-" Ezra says before nearly tripping as the tie rope around his waist got loose again and dipped down, exposing his right hip, thigh, v-line and almost his dick.

Sabine gasps and quickly covers Lu'na's eyes to protect her innocence.

"Dank ferrik." He mutters under his breath as he sets the parts down on the table and reaches to fix his pants.

As much as she claimed to hate his dick, Sabine couldn't help but stare at his groin, mesmerized by the fact that she almost saw it. She knew deep down that she wanted to see it. But she would never admit that, not even to herself. So instead she just stared and imagined what a v-line like that could lead to-

"Mama you're spilling." Lu'na points out that the cup was full and overflowing.

Ezra turns to face them and Sabine yelps, quits staring at Ezra and turns around and turns the faucet off. She keeps staring out the window so he couldn't see that her face was on fire. She needed to change the subject. Then she noticed the box of disinfectant that she left on the counter. Perfect.

"Icarus before you're allowed to build your lightsaber I need to disinfect your cuts." Sabine says and walks over to him with the box of wipes.

"Aw come on mom really?" Icarus asks.

Everyone froze. Icarus blushes and Ezra feels warmth spread through his chest as he looks at Sabine and can tell that she was having similar and stronger feelings from Icarus calling her mom.

Icarus looked up at her shyly, worried about how she would react to him calling her his mother.

Sabine just smiles and kneels down next to him.

"Yes really. Those cuts could get infected and then you'll get sick." Sabine explains to Icarus. "So I need to put this medicine on them to make sure that the cuts stay clean okay?"

"Okay." Icarus says weakly and takes Sabine's hand as she leads him over to the couch.

Ezra watches until he notices their other child jumping up and down in front of him.

"Uppy papa! Uppy! Uppy! Uppy!" Lu'na chants and Ezra smiles at her and scoops her up.

"Up you go!" He shouts, swinging her up and down a bit much to her delight before holding her in his arms like she requested.

As Sabine sat on the couch readying the disinfectant for Icarus she couldn't help but watch Ezra and Lu'na and smile. He really was so great with kids. It made her feel happier than she was expecting to see him do so well with them.

Sabine takes out a disinfectant wipe from the box and Icarus takes off his shirt and shows her his back. She applies the salve but then Icarus winces and recoils from her.

"Ouch!" Icarus yelps and jumps away from Sabine. "That really stings!"

"I know it hurts but those cuts need to be disinfected or else you'll get sick." Sabine explains.

Icarus whimpers and pulls his knees to his chest while burying his face in his legs.

Sabine sighs and places her hands on his arms.

"Hey ad'ika." She says to him soothingly.

Icarus sniffles and looks up at Sabine.

"I know it's scary and painful. But it won't last long and it will keep you from getting sick!" Sabine says.

Ezra couldn't help but overhear the child in distress and he gives them a sad look before turning to Lu'na.

"Hey lothcat, I know you love uppies. And I love giving you uppies." Ezra says and bounces her up and down in his arms a bit to get that message across. "But I think right now your mom could use some help with your brother- I-I mean uh…" Ezra stammers as he realizes he just casually referred to them with familial terms.

Lu'na just gives him a knowing smile and he feels his face get hot.

"I mean Sabine and Icarus." Ezra corrects himself.

"Sure." Lu'na replies sarcastically.

"Okay, well I'm going to put you down for a minute to help them but then I'll be right back okay." Ezra explains and sets her down.

"Okay!" Lu'na says without a hint of disappointment in her voice.

When Ezra came over to the couch, Sabine looked up at him and they exchanged that sad, pitiful look that parents give each other when their child is going through a rough time.

"Hey there little buddy." He says to Icarus and kneels down on the floor so he's eye-level with him on the couch. "What's wrong? Why aren't you letting Sabine give you your medicine?"

"Because it hurts!" Icarus shouts before sniffling and shoving his face back into his legs.

Sabine gives the young boy a heartbroken look and gently reaches out to touch him before thinking better of it and pulling her hand back. She didn't want to risk upsetting him more with an unwanted touch.

"Well sometimes things in life that are meant to help us, hurt." Ezra says simply. "But once the pain is gone, you feel so much better! You just have to be brave. Can you be brave for Sabine?"

Icarus sniffles and picks up his head to look at Ezra and the Jedi smiles, happy that he got through to him until he asks

"Can you?" He asks.

"Huh?" Ezra replies.

"You got scratches too. So you need Sabine to put medicine on them too. Can you be brave for her?" Icarus asks.

Ezra looks at Sabine and smiles.

"Of course I can." He says and she bashfully looks away from him.

Icarus rolls his eyes and gags at the obliviously lovey dovey adults before continuing.

"Alright then do it." Icarus orders.

"Do what?" Ezra asks.

"Let Sabine treat you first. You're supposed to be my mentor, so lead by example and demonstrate to me how to brave the pain aren't you?" Icarus explains.

Ezra looks at Sabine and she shrugs.

"Kid's got a point." She says.

"Yeah. He does." Ezra says and smiles at him. "Alright kid." Ezra says and sits on the couch in-between Sabine and Icarus with his back facing Sabine so she can treat the scratches on his back first.

"Let me show you how proper Jedi training and discipline can help you bear any pai- OW! DANK FERRIK THAT STINGS!" Ezra shouts and jumps away from Sabine the second she wipes the disinfectant on his back.

"Told ya." Icarus deadpans as Lu'na skips over to the couch with two cookies and offers him one.

"EZRA!" Sabine scolds and slaps him on the back.

"OW! Sabine what was that for?!" Ezra exclaims.

"For cursing in front of the kids you di'kut!" She scolds him and smacks him upside the head. "How could you do that?"

"It hurts so bad! I couldn't help it!" Ezra pleads.

Sabine immediately softens when she sees the pained expression on his face and the tears brimming his eyelids.

Wow…it really does hurt that bad. Poor thing. Sabine thinks to herself as she prepares to apply the wipe to him again.

This time, Ezra grabs a pillow to bite to keep himself from shouting any more expletives around the kids.

As soon as the wipe touches his back, his body recoils, but he bites the pillow and uses his willpower to stay still for Sabine. But this was becoming hard to bear even for her!

Seeing Ezra be in so much pain broke her heart. It was getting hard to watch. Even Lu'na had to look away and hug Jabba because it was starting to make her cry. But Sabine knew that she had to keep applying the medicine to keep the cuts from getting infected.

She wipes his back again and this time he shouts loudly into the pillow and grabs the back of the couch for support. Sabine gasps and tears fall from her eyes.

"Oh Ezra!" She exclaims and drops the wipe and hugs him from behind. "I'm so sorry!"

Ezra smiles and places his hand over hers as he turns his head to speak to her.

"It's okay Sabine. Really." Ezra weakly assures her.

"No it's not Ezra! I'm hurting you!" Sabine sobs.

"So what? You try to beat me up at least once a day, why do you suddenly have a conscience now?" Ezra asks.

Sabine frowns at him before shaking her head and continuing.

"Because this is entirely different from just a little punch, Ezra!" She tells him. "You're in excruciating pain and I just can't stand it!"

Ezra squeezes her hand and rests his forehead against hers as she sobs. He closes his eyes and tries to send her calming energy through the Force in order to soothe her.

"Hey, wait a minute." Icarus says, drawing the adult's attention towards him. "Sabine your hand that was holding the wipe is on his chest, right over where one of his scratches is." They look down at where her hand is. "You would have residue from the disinfectant on your hand. But it's not stinging. Maybe the pain is coming from the abrasive wipe and not the medicine itself."

Ezra and Sabine turn to look at each other. It was a good theory. And it was worth a shot.

With one hand, Sabine squeezes out some disinfectant from the wipe onto her other hand. She carefully places that hand onto a scratch on Ezra's back.

"Ah!" Ezra winces and tenses up.

Sabine was about to recoil her hand from his body but then she felt him relax.

"Oh." Ezra moans in surprise. "That feels a lot better."

"It does?" Sabine asks, smiling with joy that a solution to Ezra and by extension Icarus's pain was found.

"Yeah. It stings a bit still but it's barely noticeable now!" Ezra informs her. "Nice observation skills kid!"

Ezra holds up his hand to Icarus for a high five and the boy just stares at him in confusion until Ezra awkwardly puts his hand down.

"I guess high fives aren't common among the Chiss." Ezra notes.

Sabine giggles from his disappointment and this time places both hands on his back and gently runs them down along his skin to spread the salve on his wounds.

Ezra sighs and leans back into her touch and Sabine gasps softly as she begins to feel hot on her face and in-between her legs from his reaction. And oddly enough, that only pushes her to continue. Caressing his skin, mapping out every scar, muscle, and sensitive spot with her touch. And each new discovery excited her more.

Then he turns around for her to do the same for the scratches on his chest. Her mouth felt dry as she ran her hands over his heaving chest. Pressing a bit more to make sure she really was applying the medicine thoroughly and that it was getting into all of the places it was supposed to be.

Then Sabine gasps as suddenly Ezra tilts her head up to face him and places his other hand on her hip, just like she had imagined when he was undressing her with the Force earlier.

The two of them stare into each other's eyes. Unable to pinpoint an exact emotion in either of them as they were feeling so many things at once.

Even the children felt the tension as Icarus slowly scooted to the edge of the couch to distance himself from the adults.

"Uh…maybe you two should, uh, get a room or something?" Icarus asks but receives no reply from the adults.

They clearly didn't hear him as Ezra's other hand slowly moved down, dangerously low, towards her ass.

"Dank ferrik!" Lu'na shouts before sipping from her cup.

Hearing those words leave the child's lips broke Sabine from the trance.

And Ezra quickly picked up on the immediate shift in her emotions through the Force as fear now coursed through him as a result.

He quickly gets up and runs away and Sabine runs after him.

"Beat his ass mama!" Lu'na shouts.

"Lu'na!" Icarus exclaims, not expecting his little sister to say another curse word.

"Where did you learn that?" Icarus asks.

"You." Lu'na says. "Want me to tell mom?"

Icarus gulps when he hears Ezra scream from upstairs.

"N-no. I-I'd prefer it if you didn't." Icarus says and shrinks into the couch.

"There you go. All better." Sabine says with satisfaction and helps Icarus get his shirt back on.

"Great timing! You guys finished just in time for dinner." Ezra says while setting the table for dinner.

Lu'na was attempting to help but unfortunately she just couldn't reach. So Ezra lifted her up by her armpits so she could help set the table before setting her down at her place at the table.

On her way over to the table Sabine looks out the back door and notices that there's a patio. It had a pergola and some nice looking outdoor furniture. Certainly it was in no shape to be used at the moment considering the weather but maybe some other time. She couldn't help but picture herself and Ezra sitting out there alone together, laughing and sharing a drink and some food. And the rain…she couldn't help but think about those cheesy holomovies Hera would drag her to the lounge to watch. Specifically the scenes where the couple would kiss in the rain. How ironic that those scenes used to make her gag and now here she was, imagining her and Ezra frolicking in the downpour before he pulls her in close for a kiss. It was a nice thought. And Lu'na agreed, as she smiled from her place at the table, overhearing the thought in Sabine's mind through the Force.

Sabine goes to sit down but then Ezra quickly stands up and pulls out her chair for her. She just had to laugh.

"What was that for? I can pull out my own chair, you know." Sabine reminds him and takes a seat and lets Ezra push her in.

"I know I just… I don't know, I just felt like it would be polite." Ezra says shyly and sits back down in his seat beside her.

Sabine looks over the spread of food before her and can't help but salivate. Pasta with meatballs and Ezra's special sweet and spicy sauce all over it, along with warm bread and butter on the side. It all looked so good. She couldn't wait to taste it.

(A/N: Yeah I know, this isn't star wars food but I'm Italian and this is a typical family meal for my family and so I thought it would be nice for their first meal as a family. And also I was craving it while I was writing this because I watched too many cooking videos on tiktok about pasta and meatballs before writing this and so this was the result, sue me!)

"Did you really make all of this?" Sabine asks.

"Yeah." Ezra says and laughs. "You saw me in the kitchen slaving away and Lu'na can vouch for me." Ezra reminds her.

"It's true! He did it all!" Lu'na assures her.

Sabine smirks and takes a bite of the food. Her face lights up and so does Ezra's.

"Oh my gosh!" She exclaims bringing her hand to her mouth to keep the food from spilling out as she praises Ezra. "This tastes amazing!"

"Really?" Ezra asks with a huge smile on his face.

"Yummy! Yummy!" Lu'na cheers and digs into her food, making a mess all over her face.

And Icarus had forgone his manners and was practically licking his bowl clean.

Ezra tears up with joy that they all enjoyed his cooking.

"So I really did good?" Ezra asks.

"Yes! You did amazing!" Sabine says after swallowing and Ezra grabs her hands and squeezes them.

"You have no idea how happy that makes me to hear that you like my cooking!" Ezra says and Sabine smiles.

"Well, I'm happy to eat it!" Sabine laughs. "Will you cook for me again sometime?" She shyly asks.

"Yes! I'll cook for you anytime you want, whenever you want! Forever if you want!" He rambles and Sabine laughs and hugs him.

Ezra hugs her back and holds her tight.

After dinner, Sabine tried to wipe Lu'na's face, but she was fiercely resisting.

"Come on Lu'na! Hold still!" Sabine urges and Ezra laughs at the child's antics as he stands up and starts to put the plates away.

It's then he notices an old radio. Curiously he turns it on. When music came through it was a welcome surprise. Especially to Lu'na who got up from her seat and started bouncing around.

"I love this song!" She shouts.

Sabine places her hand over her chest and mutters "oh" from how adorable she looked dancing around like that.

"Come dance with me Icky!" Lu'na demands and the boy sighs and goes over to her and takes her hands and does a child's version of a slow dance with her.

"Oh…how precious." Sabine says, practically melting from how adorable they were.

Ezra looks between them and Sabine, biting his lip, thinking of an idea that he wasn't sure he should put into action but…he felt confident after she praised his cooking. Maybe he could try impressing her with this too.

Ezra offers Sabine his hand and her brain short circuits.

"Care to dance Milady?" Ezra asks and winks at her while flashing her that attractive smirk of his.

In a trance from his sapphire gaze, Sabine slowly places her hand in his then gasps as he pulls her out of her chair and in close to him with his other arm wrapping firmly around her waist. She gasps softly from the contact but smiles nonetheless, her cheeks warm as Ezra gently sways with her in his arms.

They do that for a while. Sometimes spinning around too to change things up and make each other laugh, such as when Ezra held her fingers in the air as she twirled in front of him.

Then he makes a bold move and wraps his arm around her waist, pulls her into his chest and dips her, making her gasp.

"Whoa!" Sabine gasps.

"Was that too much?" Ezra asks her and stands her back up, pulling her into his embrace once more.

He was still very aware of how her body was pressed against his. And that tank top was very thin. So he could feel the warmth of her body, her naked body underneath that oversized fabric that he couldn't ignore.

"No, I just wasn't expecting that. Since when did you learn how to dance? Another hobby you picked up while you were stranded?" Sabine asks.

Ezra looks at the ground and chuckles.

"Maybe. But I didn't practice much because holding Thrawn this close was…very awkward." Ezra says and Sabine laughs.

"But you have no problem holding me this close?" Sabine asks and reaches up to stroke his beard.

She heard his breath hitch. Now Ezra was the one that was flustered.

"W-well I um-I uh…I-uh, well, no not um, really." Ezra stutters as he looks into her warm amber eyes and finds himself at a loss for words.

If anything I want you even closer. Ezra thinks to himself.

Sabine giggles before giving him a small smile, with an alluring look in her eyes that turned the golden flecks of amber in her irises into sparks that set his heart ablaze.

"That's good." She says softly after what feels like forever. "Because I like being this close."

Ezra's brain short circuited and he felt his heart pounding in his chest and his ears as he felt nothing but joy and happiness coming off of her in the Force which only exaggerates his own.

And then she brought her face closer to his, briefly looking at his lips before looking back into his eyes and that's what did Ezra in. His knees buckled and he fell backwards, smacking his head on the cabinet as he collapsed on the floor.

When Ezra woke up he was laying on the couch with surprisingly no headache. Sabine must have given him bacta spray. He rolls over on his side and smiles at the sight of Sabine and the kids all sitting around the coffee table, setting up sheets of paper with color sticks for the kids.

"Lu'na do you like to draw?" Sabine asks.

The Chiss girl nods enthusiastically.

"Yes many sky-walkers enjoy art as their pass-time activity." Icarus informs her.

"Oh well you know Lu'na, I happen to be an artist." Sabine says, leaning over to talk to Lu'na.

Ezra can't help but smile at the huge grin that forms on the small girl's face from the realization that Sabine knew how to draw.

"Draw for me mama!" Lu'na demands and shows Sabine her paper and coloring sticks.

"Of course I will!" Sabine agrees.

Sabine pulls the hem of her shirt down a bit more to conceal herself before moving to kneel down with the kids.

Jabba was there too, batting a color stick around on the floor. And he looked on his chest and saw Rex happily curled up on it.

"So how come there aren't any adult sky-walkers?" Sabine asks.

"Because we lose our connection to the Force as we age." Icarus explains. "No one really knows why."

"Oh." Sabine says in a confused tone. "Well what do you do after you lose your powers?"

"Most of us become caretakers for other sky-walkers since we have the experience." Icarus explains.

"Not me though! When I lose my powers I want to be like mama!" Lu'na declares and shows her her drawing of Sabine in her armor.

Sabine couldn't stop the tears from filling her eyes. This little girl just said she wanted to be just like her… and it makes Ezra tear up a bit too.

"Oh Lu'na…" Sabine sighs and pulls in the girl for a big hug. "Thank you! That makes me so happy to hear! I'll even train you a bit too if you want!"

"So I can have knife?!" Lu'na asks eagerly.

Ezra couldn't help but laugh and that's when their little family discovered he was awake.

"Papa!" Lu'na shouts and runs over to him.

"Hey there lothcat." Ezra says as Lu'na climbs on his chest, making Rex scurry off somewhere else.

"Are you better Papa?" Lu'na asks.

"So much better!" Ezra says and the little girl squeals as Ezra lifts her up and brings her back to the table.

"Well now that you're up, I can go upstairs and check to see if at least some of our clothes are dry." Sabine says and stands up, allowing Ezra to take her place in-between the kids as she goes upstairs.

Rex makes his way onto the table and Lu'na pokes him gently with her color stick.

"Papa why do you have Rex?" Lu'na asks.

"Rex is my best friend. For the past ten years he's been the only one I can talk to." Ezra says and pushes on Rex's belly and rubs it. "He's actually a pretty great conversationalist once you get to know him."

Lu'na places her hand on his arm.

"Are you okay?" She asks.

"Not really." Ezra answers softly.

"Is that why you can't tell mama you love her?" Lu'na asks.

Icarus snorts with laughter and Ezra shoots him a glare before turning to Lu'na with a sad smile and rubs his hand on her head.

"Maybe." He admits and sighs. "If only I knew how she felt about me."

Icarus stares at him like he's stupid.

"Dude. First of all, it's obvious she wants you! How you haven't noticed is beyond me! And two, you have the Force! Just read her mind, then you'll know for sure." Icarus tells him.

Ezra just puts his hand on his shoulder.

"I can't do that." Ezra tells him.

"You literally-"

"No. Icarus I know I have the ability to do that. And so do the two of you. But I won't do it and I don't want either of you doing it either. Because it's wrong. It's a violation of privacy. She's entitled to her thoughts, I have no right to seek that information from her just because I want it. That would be selfish and a huge breach of trust. I would never want her to worry about having to watch what she thinks around me because I might be listening to her inside of her own head. That would be terrifying for anyone. I would never put anyone through that, certainly not someone I love as much as her." Ezra says and takes his hand off of Icarus's shoulder and lets him get back to drawing.

"I understand. You're right. Thank you for telling me Ezra." Icarus says.

"You're welcome." Ezra says and messes with his hair a bit.

After a moment Lu'na breaks the silence.

"She thinks about your hair a lot." Lu'na says.

"What?!" Ezra exclaims and turns to Lu'na. "Lu'na what did I just say about reading people's minds?"

"I didn't do it on porpoise!" Lu'na protests.

"I think you mean purpose." Icarus corrects and Lu'na sticks her tongue out at him.

"What do you mean you don't do it on purpose?" Ezra asks.

"Sometimes we just hear people's thoughts if they're loud enough." Icarus explains. "We don't know how to tune it out."

"Oh, interesting…" Ezra mutters to himself. "So uh…does she like my hair?"

"Seriously?!" Icarus exclaims. "What just happened to that whole speech on respecting her privacy with her own thoughts?"

"Well this is different. It's just what she thinks about my hair and Lu'na was the one who read her mind and now I'm just curious." Ezra defends and Icarus rolls his eyes.

"She really likes it!" Lu'na says and Ezra's face lights up.

"She does?" He asks eagerly and Lu'na nods.

Ezra runs his hands through his hair and smiles to himself.

"Ugh, lucky you're only hearing stuff about his hair." Icarus complains. "I've heard her think about how 'cute' Ezra's butt is one too many times."

"She thinks my what is what?!" Ezra exclaims.

"No, I heard that too." Lu'na says and Ezra is even more shocked.

"Why is she staring at my butt?" Ezra asks and twists to try to stare at it to see if there was anything interesting about it that would make Sabine want to stare.

"Probably the same reason you stare at hers." Icarus says and Ezra glares at him.

"Her thoughts aren't the only ones we can hear you know." Icarus reminds him.

"Fair enough." Ezra says then a moment later asks "Why does she think it's cute?"

"Why would you even ask me that?!" Icarus exclaims.

"Icky I ran out of paper." Lu'na says and shows him her full pages.

"I wish I had more to give you but this is my last piece." Icarus apologizes.

"Then how do we draw?" Lu'na asks with a pout.

The two kids stare at each other for a bit until turning to Ezra.

"Hey kids I'm back." Sabine announces. "Let me see what you two-oh my!" She gasps when she sees what became of Ezra in her absence. A canvas for the children to doodle on.

"They ran out of paper." Ezra explains with a forced grin, shutting one of his eyes as Lu'na colors in the loth-cat on his cheek.

Sabine can't help but laugh from how adorable and funny this was. And that made Ezra feel even better about all of this.

"Oh my, they've made quite a mess of you haven't they?" She says and kneels beside him. "These look so good though."

"They'd be better if he wasn't so hairy." Icarus comments.

"Hey!" Ezra lightly scolds and Sabine giggles and reaches out and cups his jaw in her hand, gently running her hand along his jawline tracing his beard.

"He is very hairy isn't he?" Sabine asks rhetorically in a soft voice that has Ezra swooning as he stares into her warm gaze.

She gently runs her thumb along his chin, just barely brushing his bottom lip. Ezra can't help but lean in closer to her, feeling himself drawn in by her gaze and her touch, like he was in a trance. His mind was blank and all he could think about was her warm and soft touch, and the warm and inviting look in her amber eyes. And he couldn't help but wonder if her equally inviting lips would feel just as warm and soft as her touch. Until the spell is broken as she says

"I guess we could just shave him-"

"Whoa no no no no no!" Ezra exclaims and crawls backwards away from them. "I spent too long trying to grow this all out! I'm not going to let you get rid of it like you did when we were kids!"

"When did I…oh…" Sabine says as she remembers.

"Yuck, Ezra why are you in the galley shirtless?" Sabine asked.

"Just showing off my pride." Ezra said proudly and Sabine laughed.

"What pride does your scrawny ass have?" She asked.

"I've just grown my first chest hair. So I'm a man now. That's what Kanan said." Ezra said and smirked as he folds his arms behind his head.

"Really?" Sabine asked and walked over to him. "I can barely see-oh there it is!"

She plucked it from his chest and Ezra screamed.

"No no no no Sabine give it back I need it!" Ezra wailed as Sabine ran into the hallway. "Kanan! Sabine stole my manhood!"

"Oh for the love of the Force Ezra…please work on your phrasing!" Kanan shouts from his room.

"Right…I forgot about that." Sabine says.

"I didn't." Ezra frowns and Sabine laughs.

"Are you really still mad at me for that?" She pouts.

Ezra looks into those amber puppy eyes she was flashing him and his heart melts.

"No. Of course not." He mumbles.

Sabine smiles and takes a purple color stick and crawls over to him.

"Mind if I add something?" She asks.

Ezra's brain short circuited. He's asked her to use him as her canvas once before and had Kanan not walked into the cargo hold at the last second, he wouldn't be alive today.

But now she was asking him for permission to draw on him?! Everything he thought he knew about how she felt for him was changing and he wasn't sure what to make of it.

"S-sure?" He stutters and watches as she begins to draw a circle on his left peck.

He quickly recognized what she was sketching.

"Are you drawing your starbird symbol on me?" Ezra asks.

"Yeah. What about it?" Sabine asks.

"Nothing it's just…why? Are you branding me as yours or something?" He asks and she laughs.

"Maybe I am." She teasingly replies.

Ezra laughs it off but secretly he can't help but feel flustered from the thought of her claiming him.

Then they hear a rumble that sounds like thunder.

Lu'na screams and runs into Ezra's lap.

"What was that? Was it thunder? I thought the rain was artificial?" Sabine asks.

"It is but at a certain point the pipes start to creak from overuse." Icarus explains. "And it sounds just like real thunder."

"Papa, I'm scared." Lu'na mumbles.

"Don't think about what you're afraid of. Just focus on the Force. It'll make you feel safe." Ezra explains.

Ezra watches as the four year old gets herself comfortable on him and hides her face in his chest.

Sabine places her hand over her heart from the adorable sight.

"Papa makes me feel safe not Force." She mumbles and Ezra smiles at her.

"Awww…" Sabine mutters as her heart melts.

Ezra looks from Sabine back to Lu'na and hugs her close in his arms.

"Alright, you just stay there then." Ezra says and hugs her close. "I'll keep you safe."

Sabine felt a tug in her heart. Like she was longing for this. And perhaps she was. She had always thought about being a mother someday. But she never would have expected wanting Ezra to be the father.

Lu'na yawns in Ezra's lap and so does Icarus.

"It's getting late…" Ezra notices. "I think it's time for you kids to go to bed."

"What?!" Icarus exclaims. "But I haven't finished building my lightsaber!"

"Then you can finish it tomorrow." Ezra says. "Sleep is important, now let's get ready for bed you two."

"Okay." Icarus grumbles and the four of them go upstairs.

Eventually they managed to get the kids tucked in for bed before heading back to their room to do the same and look for some more clothes to change into as well. Specifically Sabine. This tank top did its job but it was also scratchy and Sabine wasn't too fond of the idea of sleeping in it. And she was even less fond of the horrible color clash of the tie Ezra found in one of the dressers that didn't go with his now dry button up or pants that he put back on in the bathroom just to show her the complete look.

"Where did you get that?" Sabine chuckles.

"I found it in the closet. I think it makes me look fancy." Ezra says and places his hands on his hips.

"I think it makes you look ridiculous. That color doesn't match your outfit." Sabine teases.

"It's a white shirt and a light blue tie." Ezra scoffs.

"With brown pants." Sabine reminds him and tugs on his tie, both of them smirking at each other.

"You have such horrible fashion sense." She insults.

"Then it's a good thing you stopped me from reciting the ridurok or else you'd be stuck with an unfashionable husband." Ezra quips.

Sabine laughs a bit before placing her hands on his shoulders and smoothing the wrinkles on his shirt.

"Well, horrible fashion sense aside...I think you'd make a very good husband." Sabine says and stops working.

"Y-you m-mean it?" Ezra stammers.

Sabine's face felt like it was on fire from what she just admitted to him but seeing that adorable dumbfounded look on his face couldn't help but make her laugh.

"Yeah…I mean, I know you so well and you're such a sweet guy and you can cook and you're an excellent warrior and you're great with kids and…you're pretty easy on the eyes." Sabine says and shyly looks away.

Ezra's face lit up and a dopey grin formed on his lips.

Oh my Gods this is really happening! She's really saying this to me! Ezra internally screams. If he was a dog, his tail would be wagging.

"I'm not saying that we should get married or anything obviously. But…if we did, like if we had to pretend or something, I don't think I'd hate it." Sabine says and looks back up at him.

"I…I wouldn't either." Ezra says. "You're the most amazing woman I've ever met. You're smart, talented, badass and beautiful. And you've saved me countless times, in more ways than one. Whoever gets married to you would be the luckiest person in the galaxy."

"Oh Ez, that's too sweet I'm gonna cry." Sabine says and turns away from him smiling as she tears up.

Ezra smiles as a mischievous thought pops into his head.

"Well, that won't do. If you were my wife I'd never make you cry." Ezra says.

Then Sabine shrieks as she's suddenly swept off her feet as Ezra wraps his arms around her waist from behind and hoists her up in the air.

"Ez! What are you doing?" Sabine laughs.

"Making you stop crying like a good husband!" Ezra explains.

"And you thought lifting me up into the air was the best way to do that?" She asks.

"Well it worked didn't it?" He remarks.

"You're ridiculous!" Sabine laughs then yells as Ezra dumps her on her back on the bed while she laughs hysterically and he climbs on with her and lays on his side beside her and pulls her close to him in his arms while she rests her hands on his chest and drapes one of her legs over his.

They rest their foreheads together and take in this tender moment of the two of them just holding onto each other. Until Ezra's hand starts moving up her leg again and Sabine remembers she's still going commando and quickly gets up to fix that.

"I'm going to change!" She quickly says and runs into the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Ezra was playing with Jabba on the bed when he hears Sabine call from the bathroom.

"Hey so I uh, found a top that I thought might be good for sleeping in." Sabine says from the bathroom.

"Oh did you find some pants?" Ezra asks.

"Well uh…no." Sabine says. "But I think my panties cover me enough and are bland enough that I don't mind sleeping in just them."

Ezra arches his eyebrow and looks at Rex, then turns to look at Jabba. Both of them seemed unsure about what to do in this situation but she would have to come out of that bathroom at some point. So, seeing her in whatever outfit she had found would be inevitable. He felt his cock twitch as multiple ideas of what he might see walk out of that bathroom run through his head.

"Can I uh…" Ezra starts and looks at the pets before gulping and looking back at the bathroom door. "C-can I see?"

Sabine stays silent. And Ezra fears that he may have angered her. Until he sees the door open, and his breath catches in his throat.

Sabine steps out, wearing a loose, thin, silk, purple cami top that went down to just above her navel. The other tank top showed some side-boob but at least it covered the rest of her chest! This one had a v-cut that wasn't too deep but it showed just enough of her cleavage that seeing that slight exposure combined with her panties, despite not being sexy at all, was enough to make Ezra grab Jabba and place him on his lap so Sabine wouldn't see his boner.

"I…I…" Ezra stammers and looks her over, unable to form words as his blood flow shifts away from his brain and towards his dick instead at the sight of Sabine wearing such skimpy night attire.

"It's too revealing isn't it?" Sabine asks and tries to cover herself.

"Well, uh, it's uh…" Ezra stammers

Jabba, unhappy with being used to hide the Jedi's indecency again, hisses and jumps off his lap. Thankfully Ezra thinks fast and grabs his belt, pretending to wrestle with it in order to disguise the fact that he was trying to hide his boner. But that plan seriously backfires when Sabine frowns at him and places her hands on her hips.

"Are you struggling to get that belt off again?" She asks and marches over to him.

"N-not really, I-I just-oh Gods..." Ezra mutters as Sabine kneels in-between his legs and grabs his belt.

This was so much worse than seeing her from far away. If he looked down he could see all of her cleavage. And that definitely didn't help soften his cock at all. In fact, it was doing the opposite.

He discreetly tugged on his pant leg to try to keep his hardening cock tucked against his thigh so that Sabine wouldn't notice it. But that was failing him too as Sabine leaned in closer to his crotch to pull his belt buckle loose. And Ezra's mind immediately went to the gutter with thoughts of her doing other things in that position. With her hands, and with her mouth.

"Ezra, you're so tense." Sabine says in a tone that sounded way more seductive than it should have and Ezra bites his bottom lip to hold back a moan.

She looks up at him and her brow furrows in concern.

"It's those scratches again isn't it?" Sabine asks and places her hand on his abdomen, running her fingers over the wounds.

"Uh…yeah sure it is!" Ezra says, seeing his way out and taking it.

He lets out a sigh of relief when Sabine stands up and moves away from him. But then groans in annoyance when she returns with the box of lotion wipes from earlier.

Ezra rolls his eyes but submits to her care regardless, leaning back against the pillows pressed on the headboard with his arms behind his head.

Sabine couldn't help but let out a gentle gasp as she felt a heat pool in her lower belly from how hot he looked in that position, showing off his sculpted torso and arms like that while smirking at her. How in the Force could Ezra Bridger be so effortlessly sexy?! He was turning her on and she was mad about it. But two could play that game. So with a frustrated grunt, she swings her leg over his lap and sits in it, straddling him as she begins to apply the salve to his scratches.

Ezra let out a soft grunt when he felt a pleasurable warmth cover his crotch as Sabine settled in his lap. His cocky attitude immediately changes and he grips the sheets and his eyes widen as his dick gets stiffer from her warmth. It didn't help that she was also practically caressing his torso to apply the medicine.

One of the straps on her top slid down her shoulder and that was enough to fully pitch the tent in his pants and he squirms under her to try to keep her from feeling his erection underneath her.

"Clearly you're hurting from those scratches since you're so tense so just sit still. I'll make it better." Sabine says and runs her fingers in-between his pecs.

Ezra shudders from her touch and her words and he discreetly reaches down to his crotch and undoes the fasteners on his pants to relieve some of the strain on his now throbbing erection.

"Sabine…please." He begs and grips the sheets beside him.

It took all of his willpower to not just grab her hips, and push her crotch down on his cock so he could hump her until he came.

"You don't need to beg." Sabine giggles and plays with his chest hair and he squirms from how hot that was.

He squirms under her, trying to subtly re-adjust himself so that his dick wasn't pressed directly against her but she just frowns and rolls her hips against him and he cries out in pleasure as she unintentionally grinds herself against him.

Sabine gasps and puts the disinfectant down.

"Ezra! Did it sting again? Did I hurt you?" Sabine asks, fretting over Ezra, confusing his pleasurable groan for one of pain.

Sabine cups his face in her hands and the action allows him to refocus on her caring actions towards him rather than her body. He flashes her that bright smile of his and suddenly her face feels hot.

"W-why a-are you…looking at me like…that?" Sabine asks.

Then she gasps as Ezra wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her in closer to him.

"Because I've been alone with Thrawn for so long that I forgot what it's like to have someone care that I'm okay. I missed this." Ezra explains then rests his face against her chest. "I missed you."

Sabine's face felt hot and she hugs him back, running her fingers through his hair. An action that causes him to groan and feeling the vibrations of it against her breast made her let out a soft sigh of pleasure. Which reminded her…

"Hey, Ez?" Sabine asks.

"Hm?" Ezra acknowledges.

"Earlier, when you were touching me with the Force to help me undress…" Sabine says and her face heats up and Ezra gulps and shifts his body on the bed as she brings up that sexually tense moment between them.

"C-could you…feel me?" Sabine whispers.

"Feel you?" Ezra repeats. "I-I felt for your presence when I was focusing the Force onto your body-"

"No, not like that." Sabine interrupts and Ezra looks confused. "I-I mean like…did it feel like you were…touching me?"

"T-touching you?" Ezra asks in an unsure tone as his mind was barely able to process anything from her talking about how he had undressed her while she was currently pressed against him with only a thin layer of clothing separating him from her naked body.

"Y-yeah." Sabine stammers.

"T-touching you, h-how…exactly?" Ezra mumbles and Sabine takes in a shaky inhale as her gaze shifts downward.

She looks at the expanse of skin on her bare legs and gulps before Ezra's eyes widen as she takes his wrist in her hand and guides his hand to rest on her bare thigh.

The entire room suddenly felt silent. Neither of them could hear the rain outside. The only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of their heavy breathing from Sabine's bold move.

"D-did it…feel…l-like this?" Sabine whispers and slowly moves Ezra's hand up her thigh.

Ezra gasps as he feels her warm skin slide under his fingers, and he can feel his mind start to get foggy with lust as he looks into her eyes.

"Yeah…" He admits. "A little bit."

Ezra places both of his hands on her thighs and Sabine gasps in shock at how bold that touch was. Ezra begins to remove his hands, thinking it was a mistake until Sabine places hers over them.

"It's okay." She says with a smile. "I put one of your hands there, remember? And besides, I've got my hands all over you to clean these wounds so it's only fair for you to have your hands on me. I don't mind. You can touch me."

She said that last part in such a low whisper that it made Ezra's heart pound and his cock twitch. He prayed that Sabine couldn't feel it but he was sure she could, given how there was barely any clothing between them and the soft exhale that escaped her mouth at the same time it twitched. But to his surprise, she didn't scold him for it. She just continued to apply the salve to his wounds.

Sabine noticed as she got back to work cleaning his wounds that as her hands moved lower down his abdomen that's when she felt his hands moving higher up her thighs.

She could feel his boner pressed right up against her crotch. And she couldn't deny how good it felt.

Her hands finally stopped at his waistband and his fingertips were at the crease where the top of her thighs met her pelvis.

They both looked up staring at each other while their pupils dilated with lust. Sabine was the first to look back down and Ezra followed her gaze and his eyes widened as he watched her spread her legs apart further. Was she doing that for him?! Did she want him to touch her pussy? He tried reaching out with the Force to get some sense of what she wanted but her emotions were going haywire and he couldn't make out anything for certain. And he wasn't about to risk almost certain death just to cop a feel.

"Sabine…what do you want?" He whispers as his fingertips slide up her thigh towards her crotch.

"I…I want…" Sabine pants as she starts to lower his pants ever so slowly and she braces herself for her lips to meet him as he brings his face closer to hers.

She gasps when she feels his fingertip catch on the seam of her panties and tug ever so slightly.

"Yes." She moans softly, at the same time that thunder booms outside and they hear a child scream, drowning out her voice.

Soon Lu'na was inside their room looking surprised by the position she found them in.

"What are you doing?" Lu'na asks and they both freeze and turn to look at the child.

They both blink, look at where their hands are, and immediately jump apart, their faces flaming in embarrassment.

"WHAT!NO!WHAT?Weweren'tdoinganything!" Ezra and Sabine both ramble at the same time.

"I was just…uh…cleaning! Cleaning his wounds!" Sabine quickly answers with a forced smile and puts her hands on Ezra's chest.

"Yep! Mama was just making sure I'm all good and healed up! Like the good friend she is!" Ezra answers with the same expression.

"Yep! Haha nothing inappropriate going on here, just good old fashioned medicinal care!" Sabine lies. "Now why are you here Lu'na?"

"I can't sleep. Thunder scary." Lu'na says.

Ezra and Sabine smile and look at each other before looking back at Lu'na.

"Come up here kid." Ezra says and holds out his arm for Lu'na who comes running over to the bed and climbs onto it and snuggles in against Ezra's side.

"Do you want to sleep here with us tonight? Would that make you feel better?" Sabine asks and Lu'na nods.

Sabine gets up and goes to shut the door when she screams and falls down when she sees two glowing red eyes staring at the three of them from the dark hallway.

Ezra immediately jumps up in a defensive position.

"Sabine what is it- oh it's just Icarus." Ezra says in relief.

Sabine feels her heartbeat start to slow back down once she sees the outline of the small boy peeking in through the door.

"Oh…Icarus it's just you…oh you scared me!" Sabine pants.

"Yeah, so it turns out Chiss eyes do that same reflecting thing that Loth-cat eyes do in the dark." Ezra explains. "Don't feel bad for being scared Sabine, it takes some getting used to. Thrawn would spook me so much with it in the first few months when we were marooned."

Icarus slowly enters the room with an apologetic look on his face.

"S-sorry for scaring you mom-" Icarus says then covers his mouth after he realizes he accidentally called Sabine his mother again.

Sabine seemed shocked too at first. But then she just smiles and walks over to Icarus.

"It's okay Icarus. Don't feel bad. I'm sorry that I didn't recognize that it was you sooner. I didn't know your eyes could glow like that. It's just something that I'll have to get used to since I'll be taking care of you and Lu'na." Sabine says and kneels in front of him with open arms.

Icarus looks at her like he's in complete shock of her behavior towards him. It had been so long since he had someone care for him like a parent. He could feel the walls around his heart crumble as his stoic façade falls with it and his bottom lip trembles as his eyes tear up.

"Mom!" He shouts and sniffles as he runs into her body, burying his face against her chest and crying.

Sabine smiles and hugs him back, tearing up a bit herself while soothingly rubbing the back of his head. It had probably been so long since this boy had gotten a hug from a parent.

Ezra watches them embrace and gets misty-eyed too. And he was now more certain than ever that Sabine was going to take these children back to Lothal with her. Which made him happy because she wasn't the only one who had gotten attached…he ponders as he looks down at little Lu'na pressed against his side. He knew Jedi weren't supposed to have attachments but…if Kanan could make it work then so could he. And as he looks back over at Sabine, now standing and holding Icarus in her arms with his legs and arms wrapped around her body to hold onto her as she soothes him with her words, he can't help but yearn for this to be their future.

"We were about to go to bed, do you want to sleep with us?" Sabine asks.

Icarus picks up his head and nods.

Sabine carries him over to the bed while Ezra gets everyone under the covers.

"I'll be right back. I'm just going to get changed and ready for bed." Ezra says and heads into the bathroom.

Ezra had been taking a little longer than expected in the bathroom so Sabine knocked on the door to check on him. When he told her she could open it, she swung the door open to see him trimming his beard. And for some reason it was turning her on. Maybe because the way he was tilting his head was allowing her to see more of that strong jawline he developed over the years.

"Why are you trimming your beard?" Sabine asks.

"To keep it nice and tidy looking. I don't like it when it gets all raggedy looking." Ezra explains and trims a few more long hairs.

He could sense Sabine's eyes on him and smirks and rests his hands on the bathroom counter, leaning forward, and Making Sabine cross her legs at the sight of his back muscles flexing like that.

"Okay 'bine, spill." Ezra insists and Sabine looks confused. "Be honest with me." Ezra says and gives her a genuine smile and a slight squeeze of her hips. "Do you like the beard?"

Sabine laughs and walks up to him. She puts both hands on his face and runs them along the hairy path of his jaw.

"I do like it." She admits. "A lot." She says softer and less audible, leaving Ezra hanging on her last word before turning and going back to the kids in bed.

Ezra let's out a happy sigh and leans back against the counter and smiles at Rex.

"She totally loves it." He says confidently.

Lu'na climbs onto Ezra's lap and Sabine sits next to him with Icarus sitting beside her, hugging her waist. Then Ezra feels Sabine curl up against his side with her legs resting over one of his and her hand resting on her chest and his brain short-circuits.

Ezra stiffens and turns to look at her. She seemed to feel the tenseness in his body and began to back away. Terrified of having her think that his tenseness meant rejection, he wraps his arm around her shoulders and pulls her back against him. Sabine gasps from the sudden action and Ezra's face felt like it was on fire as he stared into her stunned eyes.

"S-sorry, I-I don't…know…why I-" Ezra stammers and starts to pull his arm back.

"No." Sabine says and takes his hand, pulling his arm back to where it was. "It's okay. I like it."

Ezra loses his breath and watches as she rests her head on his shoulder.

He couldn't help but smile as his mind raced with excitement from having Sabine want to be in his arms like this. He was so happy he could kiss her! He…could…their faces were definitely close enough that it wouldn't be hard to, just, lean in and…press his lips against hers. But that was way too risky. For now, he was content to just rest his head on top of hers, place a hand on her legs, and settle in with the kids.

"Can we have a bedtime story?" Lu'na asks.

"A bedtime story?" Sabine asks, laying on her back and pressing herself up against Ezra's side as he wraps his arm around her waist and pulls her close.

Ezra rests his hand on her hip while Sabine lays her hand and head on his chest, stroking Lu'na's hair with her other hand.

Icarus arches an eyebrow at how naturally they fell into this position with each other. For two people who claimed to be just friends, they sure did cuddle like a couple.

"What story would you like to hear?" Sabine asks.

"One about a Prince and a Princess that fall in love." Lu'na says dreamily and Icarus groans into Sabine's back.

"How about something Icarus would like too?" Sabine suggests to her and Ezra's face lights up.

"Oh I've got an idea." Ezra says and smiles. "How do you kids feel about pirates?"

The kids look excited and Sabine groans and rolls her eyes, resting her head under Ezra's chin.

"What's wrong mama?" Lu'na asks. "Do you not like pirates?"

"Not really. Specifically not the one Ezra's about to tell you about." Sabine growls and glares at Ezra who gives her a nervous laugh.

Sabine found it to be more likable than she thought. Sure the story of their venture to Whykanthu to get proton bombs wasn't so great but Icarus pointing out all the times Hondo was acting shady and Ezra completely missed it were absolutely hilarious.

"So then I was single handedly fighting off the droids-" Ezra says.

"No you weren't!" Icarus accuses and Sabine laughs. "Given the number of them and the fact that you had companions with you capable of fighting makes you facing all those droids on your own completely illogical." Icarus argues.

"Well it's what happened." Ezra rebutted.

"It's still stupid." Icarus shrugs.

"It was not! I was doing the best I could!" Ezra pouts.

"I'm sure you fared fine in the battle. But the best you could do is not trust a pirate with a history of double crossing people." Icarus insults.

Sabine couldn't help but laugh at Icarus's snide remarks.

And Ezra would have been harsher towards his padawan had it not been for hearing that beautiful laugh that he'd missed for so long. He'd let Icarus continue to roast him for as long as he wanted as long as he could keep hearing that laugh. And he did.

Soon enough the kids were satisfied and asleep in their arms while Sabine and Ezra cuddled with them, and each other.

"So much for just one night…" Ezra says with a smile as he wraps his arm around Sabine's waist to pull her to him as she snuggles up against his side.

"It's alright. I don't mind cuddling in bed with you at all." Sabine says as she makes herself comfortable against him.

Ezra smiles and his heart soars with joy and he pulls Sabine closer to him.

"I feel the same way." He says to her.

Both of them lock eyes before he panics and quickly adds "F-for the kids sake of course!"

"Yeah…" Sabine repeats softly to him. "Just for the kids…"

Sabine and Ezra look at the sleeping children in their embrace and smile at them.

"You want to keep them don't you?" Ezra asks.

"Is it that obvious?" Sabine asks and Ezra smiles at her.

"I didn't even need to use the Force to pick up on that." Ezra says and Sabine buries her face in his neck. "You're such a good mother to them, it's no wonder they love you so much. I think they want you to keep them too."

Sabine smiles and runs her hand through Icarus's hair and smiles as he hugs her tighter in his sleep.

"Well…I…" Sabine starts and her cheeks color and she gently runs her hand through Ezra's chest hair. "I mean…maybe…we don't have to…pretend to be their parents."

Ezra felt his heart start to beat fast and he gulps.

"Y-you want to…adopt them…together?" He mutters.

"Yeah. I think so." Sabine says with a sheepish smile.

"And y-you want me? Me, to be the father? And raise them with you?" Ezra asks and does everything he can to keep himself from freaking out.

"Yeah. I mean you're so good with them and they like you just as much as they like me and you can train them. You're the perfect father for them." Sabine compliments him. "But not in a romantic way! I mean we can totally raise kids platonically right?" Sabine asks.

"Oh yeah totally! Absolutely!" Ezra quickly agrees. "We can totally raise kids together without having there be anything between us!"

"Yeah I mean look at who took care of us! Kanan and Hera managed to-oh…" Sabine stops when she remembers how that relationship ended up. "Hehe…bad example." She says sheepishly.

"Yeah." Ezra agrees, just as flustered. "But we're nothing like them. Just because they ended up falling in love doesn't mean that we have to."

"Oh yeah absolutely! Duh! We're completely different! No similarities at all! Haha." Sabine agrees a little too quickly.

After a few moments of silence, listening to his heartbeat as she lays against his chest she smiles.

"I'm happy I got caught in the rain with you and the kids." Sabine says.

"Me too." Ezra answers sincerely.

Sabine's breath hitches as Ezra brings his face closer to hers. And when he presses his lips to her cheek, she can't help but gasp in surprise.

As Ezra pulls back, Sabine notices his cheeks were coloring, and he was avoiding eye contact with her. It was…cute.

"What was that for?" Sabine asks him.

"I don't know." Ezra says. "You've given me a bunch of those now so I figured you wouldn't mind it if I gave you one back?"

Sabine smiles at him.

"Well you're right. I don't mind the kisses but I do mind one thing…" Sabine says and Ezra furrows his brows in confusion while Sabine runs her hand along his jawline. "I'm not sure if I like how the beard feels against my face."

Ezra chuckles and kisses the inside of her palm, making her heart flutter again.

"I thought you said you liked it?" Ezra reminds her.

"I do!" Sabine assures him. "It just feels…different against my face."

"Is this your subtle way of asking me to shave?" He asks in a husky voice and shoots her a smoldering glare that has her cheeks coloring and has her high pitched squealing inside of her head.

Needless to say if there weren't children present her panties would be off by now. But she couldn't let him get the upper hand on her like this.

"Is this your subtle way of saying you want to kiss me more?" Sabine asks.

Ezra gently caresses her cheek and Sabine leans into his touch.

"Do you want me to kiss you more?" He asks softly.

They both take note of how close each other's faces were to each other. Even after ten years apart, they could stare so deeply into each other's eyes to convey a message to each other without even saying anything. Classic them.

But while the delivery may have been old, the message was new.

Slowly, they brought their faces closer together, angling them so that their lips could meet in a kiss.

Then thunder booms again and the kids both wake up and jump over the adults sides to snuggle in-between them. Effectively separating their parents from kissing.

Sabine and Ezra just look at each other and exchange a laugh and a loving smile before wishing each other goodnight and going to sleep.