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Sharp Edges - Crosshair x Reader [NSFW]

Collaborative work with @lightwise... What started off as self-indulgent Crosshair smut has evolved into a fully-developed fic, with plot, character development, twists and turns, angst, yearning, and plenty of delicious *spice*. ;)

Blind Date Gone Wrong

Blind Date Gone Right

The Roof

The Nightmare

Spice and Advice

The Tattoo

Work Party, Part 1

Work Party, Part 2

Carnival Games, Part 1

Carnival Games, Part 2

Showers and Plants

The Rescue

Shots Fired, Part 1

Shots Fired, Part 2

Introductions

Clarifications

Shattered

Kintsugi

Conspiracy

Coat Dinner

Kashyyyk

Spreading Wings

Cat Breakfast

Kaller

Taking Flight

Nesting (Epilogue)

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guys crosshair’s hand is fine, it just crawled off and joined the Addam’s family and its name is now Thing

Quite moments

A Quiet Grove (Quality Time)

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Author's note: This takes place after the end of Quiet Corners of the Galaxy, so it has some minor spoilers. Some mild suggestiveness, but otherwise this is the softest that Dara and Crosshair have ever been with each other.

Summary: Crosshair and Dara spend a quiet afternoon together.

On Pabu, there is an isolated grove overlooking the sea, where the only sounds are the chittering of moon-yos and the quiet rush of the waves. The grove sits beside a sheer cliff, the drop below a dizzying height that not even the most daring islander will try diving from. When Crosshair first returned to his brothers and joined them in their tropical paradise, he used to hide there for hours just to be alone with his thoughts. He’d spend whole afternoons looking out over the ocean, counting his regrets. 

Crosshair feels far away from those moments of self-disgusted contemplation now. The grove is peaceful, and he’s been in and out of a doze all afternoon. He can feel the sun on his face and fingers gently stroking through his hair, his head comfortably resting in a soft, warm lap. 

“I know you’re awake again,” Dara murmurs. 

“You stopped,” he complains, voice still hoarse with sleep. The last he remembers, Dara had been playing for him on her wooden flute, a low, mournful tune that was one of his favorites. 

Dara chuckles. “That was twenty minutes ago. I stopped because you were snoring,” she teases playfully. 

She carefully extricates her hands from his curls and settles more comfortably against the tree trunk at her back, but makes no attempt to move him off her lap. Still, he cracks his tattooed eye open to scowl up at her. 

“Quit pouting,” she chides. Her fingers are now preoccupied with a few lengths of teal and yellow leather cord that she’s weaving into a band of repetitive knots and patterns. 

Crosshair’s scowl deepens at that, and he huffs. “I know you’re due back in a few days, but you couldn’t possibly have intel to record right now.” 

Dara rolls her eyes, a smile teasing at her lips as she gazes down at him. “This is an art form, Crosshair. I don’t just use it for spying, believe it or not.” 

He raises an eyebrow at her skeptically. “I thought the knots were a message.” 

“Nothing gets past you.” Dara pauses in her work to stroke back through his hair, then along the gnarled scar at the side of his head, down his jawline and arm, finally intertwining her fingers with his, leaving him practically purring. Then she holds out the leather band in front of him, moving their hands to trace his thumb along the knots. 

“What’s it say?” Crosshair asks, closing his eyes again, as though it would help him to read the message beneath his fingertips. 

She bends over to plant a soft kiss at his temple before returning to her work. “Omega’s name. It’s a bracelet for her.” 

Crosshair chuckles. “You’re asking for trouble. Now the kid will want to learn how to read your secret code.” He settles more comfortably into Dara’s lap. He supposes that he can accept making a gift for his sister as a good enough reason to lose out on Dara’s music and soft pets for the afternoon.

He’ll just have to find other ways to feed his more hedonistic impulses later. 

With that pleasurable thought, it takes him no time at all to drift into a contented doze again. 

The sun is beginning to set the next time that Crosshair wakes. He stretches his arms overhead and blinks his eyes open to find Dara looking down at him fondly. 

The gentle feeling that gaze stirs in him is almost unbearable, so he tugs her down into a hard kiss and swallows her surprised squeak instead. He keeps the kiss relatively chaste—for him, at least—cupping Dara’s cheek as he pulls apart, but he knows her, and her expression is already hungry for more. 

“Time for late meal?” he queries innocently. 

“Something like that,” Dara snarks back with an appreciative glance over his sprawled, languid form. 

Grinning, Crosshair gets to his feet, holding a hand out to help her up, only to furrow his brow down at the unfamiliar object on his wrist—a woven black band decorated with tiny white versions of his namesake. He traces his fingers over it reverently. When Dara puts her hand in his, he pulls her up and right into his arms.

“Didn’t want you to get jealous of the kid,” she murmurs into his chest. “Or forget about me, when I’m away.”

The moon-yos, invisible among the trees, chatter quietly. The waves below crash against the cliff edge. Crosshair holds Dara tightly for a moment longer, just breathing in the scent of her hair. 

“Never, burk’yc,” he whispers back. 

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Sharp Edges - Crosshair x Reader [NSFW]

Collaborative work with @lightwise... What started off as self-indulgent Crosshair smut has evolved into a fully-developed fic, with plot, character development, twists and turns, angst, yearning, and plenty of delicious *spice*. ;)

Blind Date Gone Wrong

Blind Date Gone Right

The Roof

The Nightmare

Spice and Advice

The Tattoo

Work Party, Part 1

Work Party, Part 2

Carnival Games, Part 1

Carnival Games, Part 2

Showers and Plants

The Rescue

Shots Fired, Part 1

Shots Fired, Part 2

Introductions

Clarifications

Shattered

Kintsugi

Conspiracy

Coat Dinner

Kashyyyk

Spreading Wings

Cat Breakfast

Kaller

Taking Flight

Nesting (Epilogue)

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The Two Bonded brothers

I keep thinking that Hunter can somehow feel Crosshair's presence or his gaze on himself. And the relationship between the older and younger brothers is the most difficult in the series. Does this mean that there is a special connection between these two? Definitely. It's like a bond of Force, only brotherly. I think those who have siblings will understand this (as I do).

The most amazing thing is that Hunter doesn't feel the same way about the other brothers, Wrecker or Tech. Although, how do we know? :)

TBB Headcanon: Crosshair Gave Omega Her Iconic Jacket from the Epilogue

Shameless Plug: This is tangentially related to my ongoing fic "Crosshair Accepts a (Helping) Hand." You don't need to read my fic to understand this post, but obviously, I hope you check it out once you're finished here...

Regarding this headcanon, it's quite possible I'm not the first person to share this. It's something I've wondered about since the TBB finale aired, and I know others have thoroughly discussed all of Adult Omega's possessions in the epilogue to see if there's any other connections or deeper meaning we might’ve missed on first viewing.

But, after the new Bad Batch comic "Ghost Agents" released a few weeks ago, I feel like my headcanon is all but confirmed.

So, let's recap:

In The Bad Batch series finale "The Cavalry Has Arrived," we get an epilogue where Omega leaves Pabu to join the Rebellion. She has a beautiful and tear-jerking scene where she bids farewell to a 50yo Hunter, and then flies off into the stars.

As people pointed out shortly after the finale aired, Omega has items representing each of her brothers, except Echo.

(If Echo is still alive at this point in the timeline, he's likely WITH the Rebellion. So, Omega doesn't really need any keepsake of his, because she's going to JOIN him.)

She is wearing a red bandana that may have been the same one Hunter wore earlier in the series. Or it's a new one that's at least reminiscent of Hunter's from S1-2. (She's also wearing a necklace that is the same one — or at least similar to — Hunter has in S1 according to BTS artwork.)

She has Tech's goggles on the dashboard of her ship.

Wrecker's Lula is seen aboard her ship as well.

And she has Crosshair's ....... bag?

While the items representing the other three brothers are obvious, Crosshair's is not.

Thus, some fans — myself included — figured that Crosshair was supposed to be represented by the bag that Adult Omega has. It looks nearly identical to the one she uses in S3, except that it now has a shoulder strap.

So, before I share my alternative, let's quickly examine this possibility:

Is Omega's bag supposed to represent Crosshair?

Omega first gets her bag in 3.04 "A Different Approach," when she and Crosshair are trying to blend in on Lau. She steals the bag from an alleyway and uses it to carry the credits she wins at the cantina.

I want to point out that Omega is the one who picks out the bag in the episode.

When she decides to go back for Batcher, she throws it at Crosshair, telling him to take the credits and leave.

He, of course, finds her and returns the bag and credits.

She then surrenders the bag and credits to the Imperial officer when they get caught trying to free Batcher. Crosshair then recovers the bag and tosses it onto one of the empty seats as he and Omega fly away from Lau.

The bag doesn't reappear until 3.05, when Omega uses it to store the Nala Se’s datapad when the Bad Batch visit Barton IV.

We see it again in 3.11, when she and Lyana place Tech's goggles and Wrecker's Lula in the Archium. She then places it atop the crates Crosshair and Hunter are pushing through the colonnade when the Marauder explodes.

I want to point out that, between the Marauder exploding and Omega's abduction, the bag is one of Omega's only possessions that survives Season 3.

Anything she had on her when she was taken to Tantiss was confiscated; and anything she had on the Marauder was likely destroyed or at least severely damaged.

Thus, it makes sense that Omega might find the bag on Pabu — perhaps where she left it in the colonnade — when she returns in the series finale, and she keeps the bag for the next several years.

The bag would no doubt be an important keepsake for Omega as one of the few items that survived the events of the series. Plus, once she added a shoulder strap, it'd be very functional and handy.

I don't have a problem with Adult Omega having this bag or one like it in the finale.

My problem is with the idea that the bag represents Crosshair.

Unlike the bandana, the goggles or Lula, the bag is not significant to Crosshair.

Hunter's bandana is iconic — one of the things that immediately sets him apart from a “standard” clone.

Tech's goggles are equally iconic for the same reason, and were probably the only item he used that survived both his death and the Marauder's explosion.

Lula was likely Wrecker's most prized possession during the Clone Wars, as he panicked when he couldn't find it on Kamino in the TBB series premiere.

Meanwhile, Crosshair does have some association with the bag, but it is tenuous at best.

Unlike the other three items, Crosshair never owned the bag and then gave it to Omega. He did not pick the bag out for her — she swiped it herself. He handled it twice and promptly returned it to Omega both times. In fact, none of the characters in the episode focus on the bag so much as the credits inside the bag.

Additionally, Omega's 30,000 credits are never brought up again after 3.04, despite Crosshair going out of his way to retrieve them/the bag during the shootout at the cargo dock.

So, because of that, it's quite possible that the showrunners intended for the bag to represent Crosshair in the epilogue.

It's an item associated with him and Omega, and Omega wouldn't have it if not for Crosshair. I mean: Why put so much focus on him retrieving the bag/credits, if the credits were never brought up again in the show?

However, like I said, I take issue with that idea.

I have no problem with Omega still using the same bag after all these years. I just don't think it should be the item that represents 'taking Crosshair with her,' the same way the bandana, the goggles and Lula represent her 'taking' her other brothers with her.

Granted, I latched onto the 'bag represents Crosshair' idea before because we really didn't have a clear alternative.

But that all changed with the new "Ghost Agents" comic...

Crosshair, Omega & the Leather Jacket(s)

In "Ghost Agents" Vol. 1, the Bad Batch is tasked with finding a thief that stole valuable information from the Republic. To find their thief, the Bad Batch dons civilian attire and goes down to the Coruscant underworld to get information.

Hunter wears a tank top, a scarf around his neck and bandages around his arms. Wrecker wears a long-sleeve top with pronounced cuffs. Tech appears to wear a long-sleeve shirt as well, although it's hard to tell because we don't get many panels of him in this sequence.

But Crosshair wears a jacket!

And it appears to be a leather flight jacket!

In "The Bad Batch" series, we don't get many instances of the male clones wearing true civilian clothes. We see Hunter in a shirt and Wrecker in a poncho in 1.02 “Cut and Run”; Echo wears his droid-like disguise in 1.04 “Cornered”; and Crosshair wears his ugly onesie with a baseball cap and toilet seat in 3.04 “A Different Approach.”

Other than Cut in 1.02, that’s about it.

The rest of the time, the male clones wear military armor/uniforms, some version of military fatigues, or prison uniforms. Even Emerie only wears a medical uniform.

I realize that in "The Bad Batch" series, the characters didn't have many options when it came to civilian attire/disguises.

But, in "Ghost Agents," they presumably had a little more time and resources at their disposal to put their disguises together. I mean, Hunter wrapped his arms in bandages for crying out loud! (And, believe me, I'm not complaining. He served with that look!)

So, presumably Crosshair picked out his jacket himself. It was something that fit with his character and his fashion sense.

That means that, in the entire TBB section of the Star Wars universe, the only two clones we've ever seen wear jackets are Crosshair and Omega.

That can't be a coincidence.

(Note, it's quite possible that other clones wear jackets in TCW series or in other Clone Wars/Rebels comics, but I'm not counting those. I'm only looking at the TBB arc in the TCW show, the TBB comics and the TBB show itself.)

The fact that both the jackets we see are leather (or at least part-leather) flight jackets can't be a coincidence either.

So, it makes more sense and feels more significant if Adult Omega's jacket — not her bag — is supposed to represent Crosshair!

My headcanon:

Unlike Tech's goggles or Wrecker's Lula, I doubt Crosshair owned the jacket first.

It's quite possible that Crosshair either made the jacket for Omega or picked it out for her.

Or, perhaps Omega picked it out herself, but Crosshair either helped her do so or altered it for her.

We see in one shot that it has a CF99 patch sown onto the shoulder. So, either it was custom-made by/for Omega OR it was altered at some point.

I'm fine with the idea that either Crosshair picked it out for her or that he altered it for her.

I wouldn't be surprised if something similar happened with Omega's bandana.

I doubt that's the same bandana Hunter had in S1-2. We see him wearing a thinner, darker one in S3. So, either he lost his original bandana or it was on the Marauder when it exploded. Either way, it probably didn't survive the events of S3.

Plus, the one Omega's wearing doesn't have the CF99 skull on it either, so I'm guessing it's a different bandana than Hunter’s from S1-2.

Perhaps the one she has in the epilogue is one she and/or Hunter found on Pabu, and Omega decided to get it — or he gave it to her — so she could wear it in his honor.

So, why couldn't the jacket work the same way but for Crosshair? Either he picked it out for her or he sewed the patch on for her?

Either way, it would represent him as she sets off on her new adventure.

And her badass flight jacket would be far more significant than a dumb bag he inadvertently retrieved for her one time several years prior. 3.04 is the only time Crosshair handles the bag or is associated with it. The rest of the time, it is in Omega's possession.

Again, it is her bag.

It wasn't something he picked out for her; it wasn't something he already owned and gave to her; and it wasn't a duplicate of an iconic part of his wardrobe.

So, yes, I'm much more inclined to believe the jacket is supposed to represent Crosshair, not the bag.

TL;DR

Unlike his brothers, Crosshair is not obviously and/or significantly represented by any of Omega's possessions in the TBB epilogue.

While some people might posit that Adult Omega's bag represents Crosshair — because it's likely the same bag the two of them had on Lau in 3.04 — that bag wasn't significant enough to Crosshair individually, unlike the items that represent his brothers.

Crosshair and Omega are the only two clones in the TBB show/comics we see wearing jackets.

Both of jackets we see them wearing are specifically leather flight jackets.

Omega's jacket was either custom-made or altered for her, as it has a CF99 patch on the shoulder.

Anyway, feel free to reblog or comment with your thoughts. I could be totally wrong about this. Like I said, it's quite likely the showrunners wanted the bag to represent Crosshair. Why else would they focus on him retrieving it in 3.04 if the credits never came up again? Why else ensure the bag survives the Marauder explosion in 3.11?

BUT with the "Ghost Agents" connection, I now feel like the jacket is Crosshair's true representation as Omega leaves Pabu for the Rebellion.

That's my headcanon and the TPTB can pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Again, check out the latest chapter of my ongoing fic, "Crosshair Accepts a (Helping) Hand," if you enjoyed reading this. I won't spoil anything for you, but I basically wrote this to justify a plot point in the latest chapter. ;)

Protective and loving Crosshair for Omega