Life

Chapter Eighteen

Pairing: Din Djarin x OFC (Aili Verdella) Warnings: choking (and not the sexy kind), miscommunication (so much of it), cursing, Kuiil attempting help Mando and Aili Word Count: 4.4k Also on AO3

Masterlist//Main Masterlist

Summary: The whole gang is on the way to Nevarro, Mando is being weird after a quick talk with Kuiil and Aili is suspicious. Cara and Mando have an arm-wrestle and secrets are revealed about the child which leads to several people putting their foot in their mouth at different times.

They were loading up the blurrg when Kuiil spoke up. “That one is good for you,” he said without preamble as usual. That didn’t make his words any less jarring for Mando to hear as he barely stopped himself from accidentally pulling too hard on the blurrg’s reins. The last thing they needed was for him to piss off the blurrg again. 

“What?” was the only thing he settled on saying. 

Chapter Seventeen

Pairing: Din Djarin x OFC (Aili Verdella) Warnings: mentions of sex (but not explicit at all), teasing Word Count: 3.1k Also on AO3

Masterlist

Summary: Cara figures out what happened between Aili and Mando in no time and starts teasing but it backfires a little on her. They make it to Arvala-7 without anymore trouble from little green children and Mando is reintroduced to someone he left behind when he first rescued Little Green. 

Cara couldn’t stop herself from staring, trying to figure out what exactly had changed since the last time she had seen Aili and Mando. They were all down in the cargo hold again, Aili with the kid in her arms to keep him out of trouble. She watched the way Aili slowly rocked the kid to sleep which was normal before her eyes wandered over to where Mando was.

If she were anyone else, she probably wouldn’t have noticed anything out of place. Maybe she wouldn’t have noticed the way Mando’s helmet was slightly tilted towards Aili and the kid so he could watch them. Or she wouldn’t have noticed the way Aili kept glancing at Mando with only half the amount of annoyance in her eyes as she had back on Sorgan. That was probably the thing that had really given it away for her. 

Chapter Sixteen

Pairing: Din Djarin x OFC (Aili Verdella) Warnings: pining, good ol’ teasing about past mess-ups, star wars cursing, that’s about it for this chapter Word Count: 3.4k Also on AO3

Masterlist

Summary: Mando continues to secretly pine after his travel companion, Aili pretends nothing happened between them and continues to make fun of Mando as often as possible. Then they receive a message that’s going to change everything for them, for better or for worse. Might as well pick up a few friends, just in case. 

Note: So the story is coming to an end very soon and I have an announcement to make but I’ll keep it for the last chapter. Just wanted anyone reading this to know to be on the lookout for that. 

Mando leaned against the ladder, watching as Aili played with…Little Green as she had called him. They were playing with the stuffed animals that they had each bought the kid for Life Day. He almost didn’t want to interrupt, seeing her actually smile after the prison ship debacle was a welcome sight. It had been about a solar week since that and…the other thing that had happened but true to her word, nothing had changed between them. The following day Aili had treated him like nothing had happened, like she hadn’t told him things she probably hadn’t ever told anyone else. Like they hadn’t screwed each other against the ship wall.

so maybe doubt and regret go hand and hand with this realization!

Chapter Fourteen

Pairing: Din Djarin x OFC (AIli Verdella) Warnings: canon-typical violence, cursing, sexual-references (I think),  Word Count: 5k (and we’re still not finished with the episode) Also on AO3

Masterlist

Summary: Surprise, the job goes sideways as so many of Mando’s ideas do. Only this time there’s a countdown involved making it more pressing than ever for them to get the job done as quickly as possible. Too bad the crew decides it would be the best idea to cross Mando and Aili… 

“All right, we’re on the clock,” Mayfeld said once everyone was on the prison ship. “The second we engage those droids, they’re gonna be all over us.”

“I know the drill,” Mando said shortly. 

“Bio trackers activated for all but one but I’ve got eyes otherwise,” Zero said over Mayfeld’s comlink and everyone took a moment to look at each other in confusion. 

bad days don’t last forever

napping is never a crime

all the cells in ur body are working so hard to keep u healthy and happy and they love u very much

also dogs, they love u very much

instant hot chocolate takes 2 minutes to make and requires no culinary expertise please indulge urself

u are a part of this world 

and a very important part