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Echo and Arani ~ ♡

Proportions? Don't know her. I feel good about this one though ♡ Day 3: Duty Over Relationship

"...We always put the mission first. Always. It was easier than admitting anything, but things always got a little complicated when we were put on missions together."

"Echo, you said this was the right way through the vents." "Do you want to check the map? You must've taken a wrong turn." "Me? I don't have the map in the first-hey, watch the knee!" "I'm trying to turn around." "Well, stop it. Let me just...I'll just crawl over you." "What? Arani, don't-" "Echo... your hand. Move it, please." "Oh, right. Sorry."

Beautiful, wonderful & lovely comm from @tahny-andthe-diamonds !! Arani and Hunter had a fling early in her story while she worked at The Spire ~ (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

Day 4: Look at me

"...It kept building from the little things; our fingers brushing, a hand on the shoulder in support, a knowing glance from across the room."

"...I started pressing my nose to his whenever I saw him. It was a gesture of excitement. I liked his company. The first time he did it back, I think we were both surprised."

"...He let me in and I did the same. We shared stories, spent more time together. I moved my bed closer to his hammock and we spent most nights making each other laugh. We both felt it. We never said it out loud, but we both knew."

"...This love had grown quietly."

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Day 7: A Happy Memory

"...Echo, it's your turn." "...Can't Gregor do it?" "...Gregor did my turn."

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Day 2: Star gazing, Holding Hands, Confiding in Each Other

"...I was afraid and, like all of the times I was afraid, I laid in the grass and watched the stars hanging above me. I kept having premonitions. Nothing new to me, but this one had too many familiar pictures. I felt small, lost. I felt like a child again. Ever since I was young, it was my duty to act. To protect...but my family didn't believe in that. Sometimes I wish I had stayed with them." "...We were just sharing the silence. I don't think either of us said a thing. His hand felt foreign in mine. I don't think he knew how to offer comfort but I wasn't going to dismiss him. Honestly, I needed it. When we did talk, it was about the constellations and the planets each of us had visited." "...In my short time with them after leaving Lantaana, I knew enough about Echo to where I didn't need to know what he had been through. We had a shared understanding of pain and loss...survival. How did I know? Well...it was just a feeling. I think he knew it, too."

hehe I forgot this was this week Day 1: First Glance, First Meeting

"...I could recognize that skull helmet anywhere but the others? I'd never seen them before. It didn't take much for me to assume it was his squad. What they were doing on Lantaana, I had no idea. I hadn't seen him since Cody called him in for a mission. Maybe it was time for an introduction to his friends." "...Hunter motioned for his squad to lower their weapons as I approached. I'm sure he said my name in astonishment once he recognized me but I couldn't quite hear him. There was one aiming his blaster at me despite Hunter's command. There was something off about him. I had watched him from above - lingering and looking around like he was tracking something Hunter couldn't. For that, he was unsettling." "...After reacquainting ourselves, Hunter explained what they were doing on Lantaana and he introduced me to the rest of Clone Force 99. Tech, Wrecker, Crosshair.....and Echo."