#crossmaul

The parallels, the potential!

Also, it's just funny. They are both so mentally ill, and I can't tell if they would make each other worse or maybe just stable enough to succeed.

Their dynamic would be interesting, too. Maul probably sees a kindred spirit in Cross and wants to see what would happen if he cultivated all of his feelings into messing up the Empire. Crosshair wants nothing to do with him, but the Sith is taking out all of the Imps on his trail while he's looking for work and refuge.

If they find the Bad Batch (and they will,) they're going to have to be careful Omega doesn't spend too much time around him. He'll either try to train her and/or she will try and fix him. (Crosshair thinks them interacting is a terrible idea. They are terrifying in their own ways.)

But now that they're joining the Bad Batch, he's going to see how much that changes around his family.

One day, on the Marauder, Maul is going to sense a disturbance in the Force, followed by Crosshair yelling, and he's going to freak out. Immediately go on offensive, ready to attack whatever is causing such distress...

And then he sees Crosshair on Wrecker's back, one arm around his neck and the other trying to snatch a bag of chips out of his hands. ("Because their the last ones, Wrecker, their mine!" "You took my favorite flavor of ration bars that one time, and ya didn't even like the flavor! This is payback!" "That was five years ago!") The sniper is cursing at his his older brother the entire time, meanwhile Omega and Tech are placing bets. Hunter watches in disappointment and wishes Echo were here with the control he managed to exert over their stupid younger brothers.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CT-9904 | Crosshair/Darth Maul Characters: Darth Maul, CT-9904 | Crosshair Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, POV Darth Maul, CT-9904 | Crosshair Has PTSD, Mentioned Clone Force 99 | Bad Batch, Hopeful Ending, First Kiss, Maul develops an attachment, Crosshair gets help, kind of asexual-coded Maul, Just beacause, revenge party, Maul is kind of getting a redemption, but also kind of not, the bad batch are in for a surprise, so is the Empire, both sith and sniper have abandonment and trust issues, That's it, i'm calling them sithsniper, Maul realizes why the Jedi liked the clones so much, Crosshair realizes why the regs were so stressed out all the time, he understands Cody’s pain, crazy dar'jetti, two very mentally ill people become a somewhat functional power couple, in Maul's eyes, Crosshair can do no wrong, in Crosshair’s eyes he does everything wrong, so they balance each other out! Summary:

Crosshair is taken to medbay after Mayday dies. When he is well again, he kills Nolan in his sleep, steals a ship, and deserts the Empire. Feeling unworthy and too ashamed to rejoin his brothers and sister, he strikes out on his own. And draws the interest of a Sith Lord in the process.