Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types+2
the darkness will rise
by revanchxst (BadWolfGirl01), thelavenderhimbo
And Rex turns his head, locks eyes with her, raises one eyebrow, a sardonic little smirk hovering on the corner of his mouth, and she flushes dark sienna and looks away, quickly. (This is… the fourth? or fifth? time he’s caught her staring this trip. But it’s not like anyone could blame her, they aren’t usually in this close--proximity to each other, she just… he’s just… it’s… well.) The scanner beeps, startling her (and she’s pretty sure she hears Rex snort, but she’s not listening specifically for him, nope), and Ahsoka glances down at it. Has to take a second to remember what she’s supposed to be looking for. Right, the rendezvous. “Uh,” and she clears her throat, tries to force away the heat in her cheeks, “we’re at the rendezvous point, but I’m not picking up anything on the scanners.” “General Skywalker, do you read me?” Commander Cody’s voice crackles over the comms, static-laced for all that the small blue-glowing holo of him is perfectly clear. [or: Mortis, if Rex came along.]