#dartain

(part two: juno. // part three: please, please, please.)

Qibbu’s Hut, entertainment sector—strike team operational house—early evening, 371 days after Geonosis

So … how long does it take two squads to finish their meals in the bar?

Long enough, I think.

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After a hot shower, Etain and Darman fall back into bed, both sated and exhausted. Darman brushes Etain’s wet hair out of her face and pulls her into his chest. As long as they were alone, he would steal as much of her as he could.

Etain takes a deep breath, memorizing the way Darman feels—the firmness of his body against hers, the strength with which he holds her, and the peaceful way his mind comes to rest. He is a glowing light, bright and warm like a campfire at full burn.

The future is as inevitable as the turning of the galaxy, but for now, Etain basks in Darman. She looks up from where she’d curled her face into his chest to find him staring at her intently.

“What?” she grins.

“I’m counting your freckles.”

“Counting my freckles? Why?”

“Someone’s got to,” he insists.

Etain giggles, running her fingers over his shoulder. “How many are there?”

“At least ten.”

They both break into a fit of laughter. Etain rolls onto Darman, lying on him like a big pillow, and stares down into his face. They’d already made love twice and three times would be too much, not to mention surely the others would be back soon.

She kisses him anyway with nothing more than a brush of her lips. “Now how many?”

“I’m up to twenty-nine.” Darman grazes her skin with his fingertips, making idle shapes along her back, and if Etain doesn’t concentrate on his mind, then she can let the randomness of his touches cause a shiver.

They keep pausing to stare at each other, and Etain continues to marvel at how different he is from his brothers. It’s in his eyes, and the way he smiles, nothing at all like Niner or Fi or Atin or any of Delta.

Darman’s head rests back onto the pillows. Etain is staring at him, and he isn’t used to someone who isn’t one of his brothers paying such close attention to him. “You don’t have to read my mind, you know. You could just ask.”

“I wasn’t—oh, Darman.” Etain sits up.

And Darman flinches, realizing he’s said something wrong based on the way she frowns. “I didn’t mean it like that.”

“I know.” Etain smiles, a little sad to think her Jedi-ness would always be strange to Darman. “I was only admiring your eyes.”

“My eyes?” Darman’s brow knits. He thinks she’s the one with eyes worth admiring, green with flecks of amber.

“Mhm.” Etain brushes her hand over his forehead. “And your nose.” She follows the bridge of his nose. “And your lips.” Her index finger lands on his lips, one of the softest parts of him.

Darman flushes. There is a joke in there about saying he’s one of a kind. He forgets to say it as Etain traces the line of his mouth.

take me back to...

✧ Star Wars | Darman Skirata/Etain Tur-Mukan ✧

Darman does a double take at his cyare. “May I know why you're wearing that?”

Etain nudges her sun hat. “A smart move to not get my face sunburned?”

“But I love it more when your mesh’la little freckles aren't in the shade.”

“You're very poetic,” Etain chuckles.

Darman smiles. He gestures around the vast plains of golden fields. It is harvest season. “Remind you of something?”

Etain huffs. “Qiilura.”

“You were intriguing.”

“That's one word, Dar. Are you certain it wasn't ‘exasperating’? Or ‘draining’?”

Darman laughs, the corners of his eyes crinkled—a trait that she loves dearly. “Never.”

Mando'a glossary Mesh'la: beautiful

A/N: As you can probably guess, The Night We Met by Lord Huron came through in my playlist. I'm aware this is terribly OOC (haven't gone through the novel series) but I love imagining them in this scenario. Year is whenever after O66 ☺️ o fellow Dartain stans this is for you!! 💛 @arliganzey

Just came across another one of those "OMG?? CLONE if COMMANDO GOT JEDI PADAWAN PREGNANT??? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN???" video on youtube

Why is it always phrased this way? It's insinuating that darman assaulted etain with the tone it's using, when in reality, it was consensual between the both of them, although the whole pregnancy thing was purely etain's idea, i didnt see darman explicitly stating he wanted a child but that's a discussion for another day

I check the comments to see if anyone brings this up, and nope, everyone's just like "noooo don't start a video like that 😂😂"

You're completely missing the picture here.

(What im gonna say now is gonna basically rehash somebody else's post but its true)

While the word Padawan insinuates a younger jedi student, like ahsoka, padawans could be in their twenties too, like in the case of etain. She was a woman of legal age who wanted to bang a clone (trust me girl, we all do, welcome to the club) so she did. No problem. Cool.

Wait i was gonna type something up but then my brain thought of something else

Etain and darman bang in triple zero. Etain was a general in triple zero. Padawans were commanders. SHE WAS A GODDAMN JEDI KNIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED

i am just so tired of these videos that hear "oh yeah, clone and jedi had child" and went "WHATTT?? EGREGIOUS!! MUST MAKE CLICKBAITY VIDEO NOW!!"

watched the video. They used an image of mara jade when talking about etain, first of all, then the captions called darman "darmon" 💀 (which could be a typo but im not giving them the benefit of the doubt), AND THEN THEY SAY THAT ETAIN DIED PROTECTING A PADAWAN, LIKE BRO DID NOT EVEN BOTHER TO GET THE SOURCE MATERIAL RIGHT

this is my magnum opus