#echo love

The two had a nice dinner, Y/n playfully arguing with him to go halves on the dinner which he reluctantly gave into, the two leaving side by side, and somewhere on the way of walking Y/n home, they're hands intertwined comfortably.

Yet when they got to Y/n's home there contact broke.

"I uh...had a nice time..." Echo spoke rubbing the nape of his neck.

Y/n smiled nodding, the two staring at each other awkwardly.

"Well...I should go inside, you know...before I wake up the whole house."

"Wait!-"

Y/n paused from turning around as Echo walked up the small steps.

"I- would you like to do this again? Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" Y/n questioned, score, Y/n wanted to see Echo as much as Echo wanted to see him, "I'd really like that."

Echo smiled, "It's a second date then?"

Y/n nodded, shifting slightly closer to the clone, the clone following the signs, as Echo raised on his tippy toes, kissing Y/n as Y/n happily kissed back.

"OOOO Y/N'S GOT A BOYFRIEND!"

They pulled away looking up at the window, "Oh shit-" her brothers spoke rushing back inside escaping Y/n's glare.

Looking back at Echo the clone chuckled, "I'll see you tomorrow then?"

Y/n nodded, kissing Echo's cheek as he turned to go inside.

Echo and Y/n went of several dates after that, and several dates led to laying with one another, deepening their relationship even further. Echo was in love, deep, rock bottom in love, and he often found himself daydreaming of Y/n. His un-regular brothers didn't know much of this said relationship, shit they didn't even know that Echo had considered dating.

"Echo!"

"What?" Echo spoke snapping out his daze of Y/n once more.

"Rations," Hunter spoke handing Echo the food, but Echo looked back at the map.

"I'll eat when we land." Echo waved off.

"Again?" Tech spoke.

"Again? This is only my second time."

"No. every time we land here on Corosaunt you don't eat before landing," Tech informed, "You also go missing, and are always running behind when we are leaving."

"Catching up with the boys is all, I lose track of time." Echo played off.

"Ugh, the regs," Crosshair scoffed a toothpick between his teeth as he rolled it around.

"I highly doubt the regs leave bite marks on your neck," Tech spoke, "I believe you do forget that I log all medical information."

"Oh ho ho!" Wrecker cheered, "Echo's got a lady friend!"

"No!" Echo argued firm in his answer, and semi-telling the truth, he had a friend but just not a lady friend.

"You are not entirely lying," Tech spoke, "but you are lying your voice raised slightly."

"I. I'm trying to fly here!"

"The Marauder has been on autopilot," Tech spoke.

"Come on Echo, What's her name!" Wrecker cheered, Echo's pale face becoming flustered.

"And you must be seeing the girl often, huh?" Crosshair started to egg on, "Come on, Echo, tell us you're our brother!"

"Give Echo a break boys," Hunter spoke.

"Oh, he'll have his break once he goes running to his little lady friend," Crosshair spoke.

"Echo come on."

"come on echo! Give us some details! Some physical description!"

Echo sat with his arms crossed and leaned back into his co-pilot's chair.

"Aw! He's pouting! You want the babe all to yourself Echo?"

"She's gotta at least be pretty!"

Echo finally had enough, swiveling his chair around quickly to face them, "I can't tell you about no lady friend! Because I'm dating a dude! There are you happy now!"

Echo turned back around in his chair facing the controls once more.

Leaving his teammates shocked.

"We had no idea," Hunter spoke.

"Don't pity me, I'm perfectly happy with him." Echo defended, as he saw the planet in the distance, taking the ship out of autopilot and quickly taking control of the ship.

"Echo, we're not pitying you," Hunter defended.

"Save it would you," Echo argued as he landed the ship.

"Echo it was all in good fun-" Tech tried to reason, "Tensions have been high-"

Echo ignored Tech, standing up and walking away to grab his bag.

"Hey, Echo I'm-" Wrecker tried to apologize.

"What Wrecker? Your sorry!?" Echo argued.

"Hey!" Crosshair argued in an attempt to defend Wrecker, grabbing his shoulder in an attempt to turn Echo around.

Echo only pulled away, "I'll be back before we leave."

Echo made his way out of the ship, putting his helmet on as he walked away.

"I believe we've pushed him too far," Tech argued.

"You believe?" Crosshair spoke, "great observation Tech."

Wrecker frowned as he watched Echo leave the hanger, "I feel bad."

Echo made his way out the hanger, helmet on his head as he walked through the temple, making it to the stairs he greeted other troopers and saluted Generals on his way down to the platform where he hailed an Air cab.

There was only one place he could be going, and that was Y/n's home, the home was large and definitely put to use, he lived with his parents as the oldest boy, helping out his aging parents with a large sum of kids, twelve kids of there own, and another six kids they had adopted through the years. There reasons? No one deserved to be alone and were alone as children themselves. They worked good jobs and owned a popular company as well, but still lived as modest as Corsaunt allowed them to.

When the air cab stopped he paid the driver and stepped out onto the street. Walking down the street just a bit he made it to the home.

Knocking on the door he took off his helmet waiting for an answer, a small girl answered it.

"Echo!" She cheered hugging his legs, the little girl had become attached to the clone.

"Hey there Princess." He smiled kneeling down as she gave him a full hug, he smiled patting her back, "Y/n here?"

She nodded, "But he's talking with mamma and pap, do you wanna play dress up in my room? Maria and Jay is playing too!"

"Sure." Echo smiled as he let the small girl lead him away closing the door behind him as she rushed him.

"Hey! Its Echo!" Some of the boys yelled from the living room, rushing into the hall.

"Echo! Echo!"

He laughed as the kids surrounded him, "Look what I made! You think I could become an engineer for the republic!?"

"I got an A+ on my test!"

"Look! I broke my hand and have a cast! Can you sign it please!?"

"Okay! Okay, one at a time." Echo chuckled, going through each of the kids, congratulating them, signing a cast, and telling that one young boy he could for sure be an engineer and hoped he worked on the ship he traveled the galaxy in.

Once he finished saying hellos the little girl known as Princess lead Echo to her room, Jay one of the teen brothers sat in a little pink chair, Maria another small girl doing his makeup.

Jay waved to Echo with a soft chuckle.

"Well don't you look gorgeous?" Echo chuckled.

"Oh, I just can't wait to see how they prettify you," Jay spoke with a laugh-filled eye roll, "She's been doing my makeup for an hour. Didn't know I needed it that bad. Or that I needed that much pink."

Echo was sat down as he set his helmet on the small tea table their father had made for them.

"Now close your eyes!" Princess spoke holding makeup in her hand.

Echo chuckled, oh no

"Well, which one do we get?" Hunter questioned.

"Does it look like I know?" Crosshair argued.

The three were standing in a grocery store, overlooking the pies, many looking confused at the group of clones, sure they've seen clones, but never shopping for groceries.

"I vote for the rhubarb." Tech offered

"The what?" Wrecker questioned.

"Hey, can I help you-" The baker froze looking at the irregular customers, "Oh...Uh...can I help you all?'

"We need something to bring to a brother boyfriend's house," Tech responded.

"Oh, uh families meeting for the first time?" the baker tried to make small talk.

"You could say that..." Hunter shrugged, "We uh, don't know anything about them or about...these."

Hunter gestured towards the pies.

"I'll be back." The baker spoke leaving and going to the backroom, they never did come back.

"This is useless." Crosshair spoke holding a boxed pie up, "Who eats this shit anyway?"

Two twins ran over holding each other's hands, "You're clone troopers!" they cheered.

"Scram-"

"Crosshair!" Hunter argued.

"You guys are so cool!" They cheered, "Can we be one of you one day!?"

It was ironic, the twins want to be clone troopers.

"To be clone troopers, you have to be a clone," Hunter told them.

"Well, Technically they are clones." Tech spoke, "They are identical twins. You can tell by just looking at them,"

"So we can be clone troopers!?" They cheered.

Hunter looked at the guys as they shrugged, Crosshair rolling his eyes, " yeah, you can be clone troopers, I have your first mission for you."

The two nodded happily listening intently, "what pie do we choose?"

Echo sat still in the chair, the little girl still in front of him, "There!"

Echo opened his eyes, coughing as there was a little too much powder on his face.

"Oh, how beautiful." Jay compliment sipping the fake tea.

"See!" Princess cheered showing Echo a mirror.

It was easy to say that the little girl knew how to blend, but not color pick, the blues, and reds along with purples mixed in looking like he had gotten beat up.

"Oh, Wow!" Echo spoke, "Thank you."

"I'd have to agree with Jay,"

Echo turned his head seeing Y/n in the doorway, "Hey," Echo smiled.

"is that glitter?" Y/n questioned holding in laughter as Echo looked back at himself.

"Is that what that shiny stuff is?" Echo questioned.

"Well Princess, I have to steal your model here," Y/n spoke.

"aw..." Princess frowned as Y/n walked in ruffling her hair, "He's not leaving don't worry."

"Thanks for the makeover." Echo smiled as he got up.

She nodded as Echo grabbed his helmet and his bag walking towards the door as Y/n followed him walking into the hall.

"You'd get beat up in there?" y/n questioned with a smile, the two walking up the steps and to Y/n's room.

"I was in there for an hour." Echo responded, "Poor Jay's been in there for two."

Y/n laughed, "I'm sure your brothers would love your new look."

Echo frowned as they walked into his room, Y/n wetting a rag and handing it to Echo.

"Somethin wrong babe?" Y/n questioned.

"I- It's my brothers..." He responded, wiping his face as Y/n went to his record player, selecting one of their favorite, 'Everybody Loves Somebody', they both found it good background music while they caught up or simply laid together.

"What happened?" Y/n inquired.

"I, I told them about us," Echo responded his face now clean as Y/n took it from him, tossing it into his hamper as Echo set his helmet down on the nightstand, his bag leaning up against it.

"Didn't take it nicely then?" Y/n presumed.

"I...I got angry, I think it just surprised them...I stormed off." Echo responded.

"Better than starting anything physical," Y/n told him sitting on his bed and pulling Echo in, the clone sitting on Y/n's lay, legs on either side of Y/n's.

Echo huffed, "Well. I love you just how you are." Y/n told Echo.

Echo smiled smally as Y/n planted a small kiss on his lips.

"What do you think I should do?" Echo questioned.

Y/n shrugged, "You do what feels right, I don't know your brothers like you do,"

Echo let his gloved hand mess with the end of Y/n's hair, Y/n smiling as he held Echo's hips with one hand.

"I missed this..."Echo admitted, "I missed you."

"I missed you too babe," Y/n told him, "But I know if you can come from an explosion you can come back to me any day."

Echo chuckled, his head leaning against Y/n's, kissing the male under him softly, both of Y/n's hand's held Echo's hips. Both hands lowering down to Echo's ass where he picked Echo up and tossed him on the bed playfully.

Echo chuckling as Y/n laid down beside him, both facing one another. The soft music playing in the background as Y/n kissed him once more, Echo climbing on top of him during the kiss.

The two pulled away softly, "mind me undressing?"

"Oh for me?" Y/n teased as Echo chuckled, going to lean down to kiss Y/n his link came on.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding." Echo argued, but lifted his comn device up, pressing the red button.

"What?" Echo seethed, "Im in the middle of something Tech!"

"oh, Nothing, I just needed to track your location, we have a pie and are coming over, I just needed you to respond," Tech announced.

"WHAT!?" Echo argued, "You're not coming over here!"

"Yes, Hunter turn down that street, that house on the left." Tech spoke, "I'm sorry did you say something Echo?"

Echo gritted his teeth, sat on Y/n's lap, as he pulled his forearm armor off which had his comn link embedded in it, angered, and tossed it away.

"Hey, come on Echo it won't be that bad." Y/n tried to persuade.

"You don't know them then," Echo spoke pulling himself off Y/n's lap his head in his hand.

"Hey, Hey. Look at me." Y/n told him, pulling Echo's hand away from his face, nudging Echo's chin up to look at him, "I know families can be frustrating look at mine,"

"Look at yours?" Echo argued in defense, "It's perfect!"

"That's not entirely true," Y/n spoke, "Like you, I had to tell my family I was dating you, somewhere confused, but they came around, asking questions- it's just different, to some people."

"They already don't accept me because I'm a reg," Echo spoke.

"Imagine Echo, being different for so long, so long people look at you weird, people that meant to be your brothers, just for someone in that group to come along and join your's," Y/n told them, "Tell me, how did you get assigned to them?"

Y/n knew the story, he knew about Echo's past, Echo had revealed that much to him a while ago, the two laying together after a love-filled night.

"They offered me a spot..."

"They offered you a spot." Y/n repeated, "Now why would a group of so-called defective clones, allow a reg to join their squad?"

"I-I don't know," Echo spoke looking away.

"Come on, Echo. You're different you know that- that's what makes you so beautiful." Y/n told him, "It makes your original, it's what makes you, you. It's who I fell in love with, remember?"

Echo kept his gaze away, Y/n nudging his face to look at him once more, "I know it can be hard baby, but give your boys a chance, Im sure they wouldn't be coming over with a pie if they meant to be mean,"

"I surprised they even knew what a pie was," Echo told Y/n who chuckled, kissing Echo softly on the lips.

"Y/N! Dear! Can you come down here!" His mother called.

Y/n pulled away from Echo, the male flustered in the face, "I love you."

"I love you too," Echo responded, the two smiling as Y/n stood up.

"Come on, Ma will be glad to see you," Y/n told him the two walking out the room, down the steps, and found Y/n's mother in the kitchen.

"Oh! I needed you to set the table- oh and is that echo!?" The woman asked, "Aw how are you dear?"

"I'm good," Echo told her with a smile.

"Oh ma, his brothers are gonna come over and meet us," Y/n told grabbing the plates.

"Oh! Really?" She smiled at Echo who helped Y/n by getting the cups out of the cabinet, "I'm sure they're fine men all like yourself my dear!"

"They're a little, wild," Echo admitted

"Nonsense! Have you seen my house?" She laughed, "But it's good, you can be alone for so long, you forget what someone else's voice hears like, I would rather be annoyed by it than forget it,"

Echo smiled, with a nod, "This way Echo."

Echo followed Y/n as they set the mass of plates and cups on the table, going back to get the silverware. They set the table making small talk along the way. As Echo sat the last cup down there was a ring of the doorbell.

"I got it!" A teen girl shouted, "And stop touching my makeup, Princess!"

"You said I could have the old ones! Siora!"

"This isn't old!" Siora argued opening the door, frozen in her spot, the men with helmets on in dark armor.

"One...second." She smiled closing the door.

"ALRIGHT! WHO STOLE SOMETHING!"

Y/n looked back at Echo as they rushed through the hall, kids of all ages gathered in the living room, down two steps as they hid behind the small fencing, watching their sister shout.

"What do you mean, stole something?" Y/n argued.

"The Corosaunt guard is outside idiot!" She defended.

"The Corosaunt Gaurd!?" Y/n walked towards looking out the peephole "You dipwad it's not the Corosaunt guard!"

"They have red and black armor!" Siora argued.

"The Corsaunt guard is red and white!" Y/n defended, looking towards Echo, "See not a perfect family."

Echo chuckled as Y/n opened the door, the room beside them tense as Y/n straightened his back out.

"I'm assuming you're-" The shortest one spoke.

"Y/n." Y/n smiled holding out a hand, "Echo's boyfriend."

There was a loud 'oo' as Y/n glared at the kids only a few steps away "We'll shut up"

"Come on it, sorry it's a full house." Y/n offered the clone's filing in, "Feel free to leave your things on the bench,"

"This is for you!" The largest one said handing Y/n a pie, the same height as Y/n actually.

"Oh, thank you," Y/n smiled, as the kids watched the clones.

"I'll go put this inside, Echo, be nice." Y/n teased kissing his cheek and going to put the pie down.

"We have an audience." Crosshair acknowledged as the group looked at the kids.

"That is quite a few children," Tech responded..

"Scatter!" The kids quickly scattered as they rushed through one of the two doors on the other side of the room, escaping the eyes of the clones, some running down the hallway right in front of the clones.

The group looked back at Echo who said nothing.

"So uh..."Hunter spoke, "Nice, lad."

"I know," Echo responded coldly.

Y/n shortly returned with a large kettle pot and cups, "Would you all like something warm to drink? I know it's starting to get cold out there."

"Oh, no- we just came to say-"

"nonsense! Come on!" Y/n smiled, "We already set your plate for dinner."

"We get to eat something besides rations!?" Wrecker cheered, Tech jabbing him in the side with his elbow, "ow-"

Y/n nodded, "Yeah come on! Come and sit while dinner finished my moms making hammocks and beans,"

He set the tray down on the living room table, sitting on one of the long couches.

"Come on no one will bite," Y/n responded.

They slowly followed over, taking the cough diagonal of Y/n, Echo sitting next to him as he poured the drinks, handing them to eat member.

"Thank you." Tech thanked both in name of him and his brothers.

"it's no problem really," Y/n spoke.

With their cups set in front of them and on the table, Wrecker was the first to pull of his helmet. Setting it on the floor between his feet.

Y/n poured himself a cup and Echo, "Thanks." He smiled as Y/n nodded, leaning back with a cup in hand.

Tech was the next to take off his helmet, they were all seemingly very weary of the moves they, made, Crosshair followed simultaneously with Hunter.

"So..."