This Is So Beautiful, But Omg It's Not Even 8am And I'm Already Crying

This is so beautiful, but omg it's not even 8am and I'm already crying 😭

Carrying On

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Whumptober 2024 - Day 4 - "you're still alive in my head" (Billy Locket, More)

Rated: G | Words: 375

“That form’s not going to fill out itself.” 

Fives sighs. “I know that. I’m trying to figure out how to word this.” 

“You’re trying to figure out how to lie on an official report,” Echo deadpans. 

“I’m not going to lie,” Fives counters. “I’m going to embellish to hide the ugliness of the truth. Those are two very different things.” 

“Hmm,” Echo hums, unimpressed by the argument. “Rex is going to see right through your osik. So will the General.” 

“Well, then,” Fives says with a grin, “I guess I’ll just write for their entertainment.”

“Reports aren’t supposed to be entertaining. They’re supposed to be informative.” 

“They can be both if they’re not written by you,” Fives croons. He begins typing. 

“Don’t forget to add where you dropped into the wrong corridor,” Echo says. 

Fives grunts. “That’s irrelevant.” 

“Seems relevant when you set off two alarms doing it.” 

“I deactivated them before I got caught, didn’t I? I’m an ARC, I improvised.” 

“You were sloppy.” 

“I would’ve liked to see you do better,” Fives snaps. His breath catches for a moment and he stops typing. “No. You would’ve done better.”

Echo doesn’t answer for a long moment, and Fives is afraid he left. He closes his eyes and waits. “We all make mistakes,” Echo says finally. “Just…you need to be more careful, Fives.” 

“I’m trying,” Fives mutters. “It’s not the same without you covering my six.” 

“I’m not the only brother who can have your back,” Echo says. 

Fives frowns down at the datapad gripped in his fists. “But I need you.” 

“I’m not there,” Echo tells him. He sounds like he’s pleading. “You have to carry on, Fives.” 

“Easier said than done,” Fives murmurs. 

A knock behind him makes Fives turn, and Rex stands in the doorway. “Got that report almost finished?”

Fives clears his throat. “Um, yeah—yes, sir. Almost finished.” 

Rex nods. “Good, man.” His expression shifts. “First solo mission.” 

“Yes, sir,” Fives says. 

“You holding up?” 

“Of course. Carrying on.” Fives tries to smile. He knows Rex isn’t convinced. 

The Captain doesn’t say so. He only nods again and leaves Fives to finish his report. 

“Echo?” Fives whispers. 

Silence, deep and empty. Then, “I’m here, Fives. I’ll always be here.”

I listened to the song More by Billy Locket on repeat while writing this story (which is where the prompt came from for today!). Please, please listen to it...it's such a beautifully tragic song, and I couldn't help but think about our clone boys while listening to it 😭

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Part of me can't believe studios would make a Mando & Grogu movie over any Fett/Mereel story (like imagine a Blood Ties movie omg) & another part of me is glad they haven't touched it bc what if they did adapt them & ruined it, and then the ruined version becomes canon *cough Bad Batch Scorch cough*

One thing that i was upset about the EU becoming non canon is these awesome comics are not canon. We don’t have a backstory to the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy anymore. I love each one of these cause they are with Jango and Boba Fett. I highly recommend these graphic novels.

Bruh I drew this with my computer mouse because I can't use my tablet rn

It is 100% canon. Look at him! Ba'buir 🥰

if kal with a baby wrap isnt canon it should be

Was looking for sketch references & these two pics were close to each other in the results.

I immediately imagined a shiny chatting up a girl after a battle & then these ARC mfs rappel down from a building & land next to them with the wind making their kamas billow majestically. They hear a noise and pull out the heavy weaponry, blasting some straggler clankers to pieces. She's like 😍 and the shiny trooper is like 😔 . Poor vod.

Comfy cozy stylish Professor Tech 🥰

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(Forgot to post mine here lol)