Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Characters: Cody and Rex.
Themes & Warnings: Kid fic, cutesy fluff, puppy love.
Word Count: 985
Summary:
Cody and Rex were close even as children, and little Rex was already beginning to develop an independent personality. One night, he creeps into Cody’s bunk to discuss his worries.
Notes:
I’m fascinated by clones and their origins, as the whole concept is very morally dubious - there’s more than a hint of slavery and child soldiers about it all. For those such as the Jedi, who didn’t have sinister motives, I expect it was a case of choosing the lesser of two evils.
Cody and Rex apparently trained together before the war. It’s so cute to think of these sweet boys as being close since childhood. As they haven’t got their nicknames yet, they’re still using numbers - CC-2224 will be Cody when he grows up, and CT-7567 will be Rex. I’m going on the assumption that higher numbers mean earlier births for the first generation of clones, hence Rex being an underclassman here.
This fic turned out as fluffy as kittens.
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A sudden movement in the dark, and a young clone was jolted awake by his bunk sliding out of it’s capsule. Even though his little body was that of a child only seven or eight years old, he had the instincts of a soldier, and snapped into a crouch on the mattress before he was really aware of anything else.
“2224?”
Someone, another clone, had whispered his number. Only just awake, he blinked and peered into the darkness, just making out a human shape. “Identify yourself,” he ordered.
“7567. Can’t sleep,” the other boy replied. He was one of the lower ranking cadets on the course, and a few months younger than 2224, but they shared a bloody-minded streak and had quickly bonded. 7567 occasionally thought in ways that others didn’t, though, and it wasn’t the first time he’d came seeking comfort in the night.
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