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When you tell him — Din actually has a lot of fears and worries, but the exact moment you tell him he's excited. He cannot wait to be there for you the entire time, he cannot wait to be in the hospital wing with you, and he cannot wait to see you holding their newborn. // About two days after you tell him, you found him up late one night, which is strange for him to leave your side at night. You found him tinkering with things he's been meaning to fix on the ship, and upon asking him what he was doing, you could tell something was up. "Din, is there anything you want to talk about?" you place a hand to his bicep, tenderly keeping him from turning away from you. "I just-" he starts, "what if they don't like me?" Your heart sinks for a moment as you realize he's having doubts and insecurities. "What if they don't understand. . ." he softly gestures to his helmet, "what if. . .I scare them?" You don't negate his worries, but you assure him of the positives he's missing. You understand that it'll take time for Din to adjust, and it's a huge adjustment for the both of you, but having open communication is key while you're preparing for 9 months.

Still trying to be independent — despite the fact that you're more vulnerable than usual, you try to keep your independence best you can, but Din makes it quite difficult. He practically won't let you out of his sight, "just in case" something happens, and when you ask him what could possibly happen, he proceeds to give the most exaggerated examples possible. So, you start small. You ask that he doesn't follow you from room to room in the house, and trust you to hang the laundry on your own without him having to carry the basket for you. While he might not follow you out, he still keeps a keen eye out from the window. You also ask that he stay home when you go to market, to your surprise he lets you, but when you come home you find him pacing back and forth, and that's the moment you realise just how much

Arguments — he's worried any kind of argument will cause harm to the baby. Not that the two of you argue a lot, but even with little bickering over things Din is much more sensitive to either calmly discussing it or saying nothing. He's come to just say "okay" or nothing at all when he disagrees with you on the small things. It's actually more so when you're simply getting upset or frustrated at something that he holds his hands out, as if preparing to tame a little beast, "Honey," he starts, seeing the frustration in your expression, "maybe you should just let me do that. . . think about the baby." // "Din, I'm fine," you snap, before taking a deep breath, "okay, see I'm fine, it's fine." || You two actually wind up arguing more over what he thinks you should be doing and what you think you should be doing in your condition. It usually ends up in a loving conversation and you make sure to meet in the middle as you're both coming from different sides and perspectives. Most of what you agree on is just to ease Din's anxieties.

On the Crest — Din was extremely hesitant to even let you fly on the Crest, but you made the point that at least he could keep an eye on you if you were along, so he complied. But naturally he tried to establish some ground rules. "First, you cannot be in the hull during hyper-drive. Secondly, you need to sleep where I sleep. Thirdly, you need to have your seatbelt on at all-" // "Din," you sigh, sitting in the passenger's seat, "I understand you want to be able to see me at all times and I promise to abide by that." Din nods slowly, staring at you for a while, eyes shifting between your newly forming baby bump and eyes. // Not a few hours later and you were up and walking around the cockpit. You wanted to look out the window, organize the little compartments, anything to keep you occupied, which naturally made Din groan. "Can you please," Din struggles to try and reach the hem of your shawl while flying, "just stay in your seat?" The distress in his voice is enough to make you giggle over the fact that he's stressing wayyy too hard about the situation at hand, so you sit back down, at least until you request to stretch your legs for a while.

Tatooine — On one of the trips you’re along, you run into the Sandpeople, they are very excited for your pregnancy and accept you into their encampment eagerly. Din works as translator, but struggles a little when the women begin asking / suggesting a bunch of intimate things about the pregnancy and your body during it, but you desperately ask to know what they're saying, happy to finally have others to talk to about it. // When transportation comes up you’re thrilled: “Oh my stars! Din, look, Banthas!” You say, walking up to a young one they brought out for you, petting its side, “I’ve always wanted to ride one.” You turn, smiling, to see Din staring at you with his arms crossed, "what?" You ask observing his grumpy stature. Gesturing a dramatic X in front of his body he states, “there is no way, in your state, that you are riding a Bantha.” He says matter of factly; you frown at him, tilting your head. Approximately 2 minutes later: “Isn’t this so much fun?” You look over your shoulder to Din, who is sitting right behind you, arms holding you very steadily in place on top of the young Bantha. He’s not exactly happy, but he does melt a little when the suns start setting and you lean further back into him sleepily, resting your head on his shoulder. You move your hands to rest on top of his as you begin to fall asleep with the sounds of night and the lulling walk of the Bantha. With his hands against your baby bump and you in his arms he's never felt more secure.

Sleeping — Din is over-protective in just about everything, but he's really heightened how protective he is at night. With you having a lot of rough or sleepless nights due to the back pain, and simply the pregnancy shifts in your mood / energy, Din has become an even lighter sleeper than he was before (which was incredibly light to begin with). When he feels you stir in his arms he jolt awake and waits to see if it was actually something or if you're actually asleep. When you keep moving, he props up on his elbow, leaning over you, "can I help? Do you need anything? Is something wrong?" You smile and turn onto your side, "no, I just wanted to face you," you answer calmly, stroking your fingertips against his chest as he lies back down, relieved. When you can't sleep, he's more than happy to stay up with you, in fact he's so on top of it, that when you start to slowly get out of bed in the middle of the night Din joins you immediately, as if he'd been awake the whole time, waiting to see if you'd fall asleep or get up.

↳ because of these kinds of unpredictable nights, Din finds you falling asleep on the couch or in the Crest when (when you accompany him out there while he fixes things). Din either leaves you be, adding a blanket if needed, or he carefully carries you to a more comfortable place. // Likewise, sometimes when you and Din are just relaxing together, you'll suddenly notice Din fell asleep, head in your lap, or even just sitting next to you. Often you take that moment to rest yourself. The funniest place you found him asleep was in the Crest in the middle of the day. You giggled to yourself, but opted to leave him alone so he could finally rest.

An advantage — when you insist on coming with him, Din worries that it’ll draw the wrong sort of attention. You debate him, claiming that he brings a lot of attention when he enters a room too. However, entirely thanks to you, Din has discovered it’s a good cover, since most people don’t even know he’s married. If someone has a bounty for him, they assume he’ll be alone, not with a pregnant woman. So it helps for a cover in highly populated areas.

↳ Likewise, when he had to go to a very popular shop, he found it near impossible to get through the crowd. He returned back to you at the ship in frustration. “Did you get the parts?” You ask curiously, hearing him sigh. . . more than usual. “No,” he says immediately, before placing a hand on his hip and pointing to the market and the shop, “I can’t get more than three feet deep into that crowd, we’ll be stuck here forever.” Looking to the crowd, you stand up and wave for him to follow you, “get me as far as you got,” you whisper, “and then follow my lead.” Barely a few feet into the crowd and you start to lean heavily against Din (who immediately goes to support you), with eyes fluttering faintly you touch a stranger on the arm, “please, water? I- my baby.” With that you and Din are moved to the nearest bar which is right next door to the shop he needed. After that, Din doesn’t stop bringing it up for weeks, heart eyes and in love with you.

For starters, he’s an absolute angel when you’re pregnant — the first time around was chaotic, in the most loving way. He was nervous, he wasn’t sure what to help with, but he wanted to be there for everything, even just the months and months of waiting. / The second time around Din was a little torn, he wanted to help with everything involving you, but he also knew he needed to help with your first born, sometimes just keeping him occupied to give you time to rest, etc. / With the last one, you both were pretty confident in yourself and had a natural swing in what to do. This time though, Din had to manage two little ones on his own sometimes. This allowed him to start to get a feel for fatherhood.

At first though— Din is absolutely overwhelmed, although he won't admit it to you. When the kids are newborns he's absolutely worried that if he even touches them, they'll get hurt. That being said he's hyper-careful when cradling them or walking around with them, it's almost hilarious to see! He's all decked out in his armour yet walking around like a tender grandmother. At first he was also worried that if he took his helmet off they'd start crying and learn to not like him. Of course, you never want to pressure him, so you tell him it's okay if he's not ready, and when he's ready it'll be the right time. He constantly feels the need to help you in any way he can, which at times makes him feel a little helpless, especially when you tell him you've got it. You pick up on this and try your best to involve him even in the little things that you absolutely could do on your own, but you want him to feel involved when he's home.

The Crest is like a second home, but— while Din loves that the kids feel at home in the Crest, it's not exactly baby proof. There are weapons, dangerous liquids, wires everywhere, and heights that are easy to slip from. That's why he spends late nights trying to upgrade the locks, polish up the ship, finally put those panels up to cover the wires, etc. In fact one time after you put the kids to bed, you came out to the Crest, seeing that there were spotlights on it. Walking up the ramp, you spot Din, balancing on the ball of his feet, helmet at his side while he's combing through wires. Hearing a footstep he immediately ducks and reaches for his helmet, "just me," you smile, still closing your eyes in case he decides he'd like to have the helmet on. "Okay," he almost whispers, and you're happy to see him without his helmet as you walk up to him, "what're you doing out here? It's really late, Din." // "I know," he sighs, "I'm sorry I just- wait you have to see this," he quickly returns to the position you found him in for a moment, before stepping over to the ladder leading to the cockpit. Gently pulling up on one of the rungs, the entire ladder folds up. "So the kids can't reach it, or fall or anything," he looks to you, obviously proud of his work, "they can just play in the bay without us having to worry. . . as much at least." You smile up at him in silence, "what? Is- do- you think it's still too low?" he worries. You shake your head, wrapping your arms around him, "it's perfect, Din. I just can't believe I'm the luckiest girl in the galaxy."

He's their hero —despite the fact that you have a house in a very small village, Din still has to work and that means he's still gone quite often. Since the kids, he's tried to take jobs that keep him closer to home, but that's not always the case for the money he needs to earn. That being said, the kids have this big idea about their dad, he's the hero of all their playtime stories and they've even tried to make little Mandalorian helmets of their own. // When he comes home they are more excited than they've even been, yelling "DAD!" as they run out to meet him as he walks down the Crests' bay door. He squats to be able to hug them all at their level, picking up your daughter when he stands again. "Did you slay any rancors?" Your son asks, pulling on Din's cape. "Did-did you rescue any princesses?" Your daughter asks, tracing the lines in his helmet. Din chuckles, "only one princess I know of, and she's already safe in my arms." / "Hey-" you chime from behind him. "Ah and there's my Queen," Din makes a little bow. You smile widely, "alright, you're off the hook," you push on tip toes to push up his helmet enough to steal a quick kiss.

King of over-protective — as the kids get old enough to walk or toddle around, he becomes very over-protective. When you all go to the local market, Din is like "superdad" keeping track of each kid. When a vendor kindly offers something for free to one of the kids, he stares at the vendor for a while, asking "what is it? where'd you get it from? Why are you giving it away?" Nervously, they answer all of his questions, realizing he's a Mandalorian. // He's also very protective of any kind of "play date" in fact he frequently offers to be the one to accompany the kids, just so he can keep a lookout. When your daughter starts to get little flowers from others on the planet and school that she's attending, Din is in instant defense mode, but before he does anything you remind Din that they're literally kids. That being said, Din still stays on silent intimidation mode around the other kids when he's picking your daughter up. He's scared a little Rodian and Twi'lek before and you've 100% made him go back and just say hi to them so they wouldn't be quite so scared.

↳ some people would get annoyed with how over-protective Din is, but you don't. Because you know his own background and childhood experience wasn't easy, you know he's just trying to keep them safe. He's worries to get to him someone will go for the kids.

He has anxieties — now that he has a family of his own, he'd do anything to keep you safe, and it really weighs heavy on him that he has a dangerous profession, he worries it'll teach the kids bad lessons, or that it'll endanger them somehow. When these kinds of fears come up, you have to work it out with him assuring him that he's doing all he can for the family. "But a bounty hunter? What kind of message does that send?" Din asks, pacing your bedroom, "Will they think I'm barely making it by? That I'm a low-life-" before he can go on you stand to meet him, placing your hands on his crossed arms, "they're going to know that their dad did everything he could to provide for them and keep them safe, and they'll love you for that. No matter what you think of it."

His armour is like a jungle-gym for them — They are constantly hanging onto his boots and belt, making him walk around with them hanging off of him. Sometimes if he's crouched down they'll even climb onto his back and hold onto his cape, which at first gives him an absolute scare that they might fall. Your boys are obsessed with climbing on his metal plates like its a jungle gym, usually Din stops them before they get too far though. // "Daaad," your daughter whines, "can I try on your helmet?" Din glances over to you, you're about to step in, not wanting to force Din to do anything he doesn't want to do, but he subtly gives you an 'it's okay' sign as he gets down to her level. Slowly taking it off, he hands to helmet to her, "woooow," he smiles, "it's really big," she tries putting it on, "you must be shuuper smart to have such a big head," she giggles. "He sure is," you comb a hand through Din's hair, letting him know you're there for support. "Daddy?" She says seriously as she lifts the helmet so she can look at Din. "Yes?" He asks nervously, watching her look over his face. "You've got pretty eyes," she blinks, "Mama always says mine look like yours but- but I didn't know what they looks like." Din has to take a minute, realising his daughter hasn't seen his eyes close up until now.

Bedtime Champ — when the kids won’t go to sleep you send Din in to try and convince them that they need to go to sleep. Naturally he tries his best, but after a few minutes or even an hour and Din still hasn't come back yet, you go to check on the situation. You open the door to find Din asleep beside them with all the kids around or on top of him asleep as well. // When the kids get scared, they come to your bedroom and will whisper "mommy. . . daddy. . .mommy," until Din wakes up (he's a very light sleeper), he instantly places an arm over you in case its danger, the kids jolt at his sudden movement, but Din relaxes when he sees the little silhouettes in the doorway. "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?" are Din's first questions. "She said that a Wookie was outside my window!" your son exclaimed pointing to his sibling. "AFTER he said there was a Hutt growing under my bed," your daughter whines, nearing tears. Looking over your shoulder, just now waking up, you give a questioning "hmm?" Din touches your shoulder, "I got it." Getting out of bed he ushers the kids back to their room, checks outside the window, looks under the bed, tucks them back in, and pulls out one of their kids chairs. Sitting down, he promises to stay awake all night to keep an eye out.

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Din is actually super sentimental — he remembers things even you don’t and will bring them up at random. // you’ll hear him softly laughing or see him gently smiling to himself, when you ask him “what?” curiously, he responds with a “do you remember the time that you-“ and to your shock it’s the most detailed memory of the most random or obscure thing that you did. Sometimes it’s not even an all the “special” moment; it’s just something about you behaviour that Din loves. With a bit of shock you say “you remember that?” Din, of course slightly blushing, answers, “yes, of course.”

Knows your favourite places — sometimes traveling across the galaxy you’ve found little places on specific planets that make you smile and feel like home, even though you’ve only traveled there a few times. However, despite you never saying, Din took notice while you were there and the way your eyes lit up and your shoulders relaxed and you breathed a little easier at certain places on the planets.

↳ it's happened once or twice (or more) when you've woken up and taken the ladder to the cockpit, you find Din steering the Crest to an obscure planet. "Where are we going?" you ask. Din tilts his head to see you, "you'll see." It's not until you get closer to the ground that you realise you've been there before. "Is this that place with that garden and river? And- and actual WILD FLOWERS?" You ask placing a hand on his arm with bright eyes. You hear Din chuckle, "yep, sure is." When you land it’s super quiet and calm, but what surprises you most is Din joins you outside the Crest without his helmet. “What- but your-“ Din takes your hand, “I did a scan of the planet, there’s no one else on this side of the planet; I thought we could just take a walk together?”

Always reminds you to take care of yourself — Din knows that the moment you get back to the ship after a stop, trip, fight, or mission, you’ll immediately go to see if Grogu’s okay or if he needs anything, maybe if Din needs any help, etc. But Din gently reminds you that you need to take a break // settling back into the ship you set Grogu up with some dinner, you ask Din if he needs anything, when he says no, you’re not so certain so you just casually watch / follow him around for a bit, despite how tired you are. When Din finally turns to face you, you ask again what he needs, “I need you-“ / “okay, I’m here,” you respond. / “to take a break,” he sets his hands on your arms, and rubs lovingly, “please, I need you to be okay, which means taking care of yourself too.”

He tells you what he loves — Din doesn’t shy away from compliments, even if he’s a little shy himself, but he still feels you should know that you’re beautiful and how much he loves you for all that you are. He’s especially fond of your eyes and the small little details both in you physically and in general, like the way you laugh, or how patient you are with Grogu, and how gentle you are with him as he’s opening up to you more and more. // Din’s not always the most poetic or perfect with words, but he’s absolutely genuine, he means everything he tells you no matter how smoothly he says it.

↳ despite what you’ve told him he is always amazed and always reminds you how he feels about you actually picking to be with him, “I know I’m not the most. . .well, best, kind of. . . sort, so the fact that you picked me-“ is usually how he starts it off. As you just smile at him lovingly, not rushing him, he becomes a little flustered and just winds up blurting out how he feels, “you’re the most perfect being in the galaxy and more beautiful than any of the constellations I’ve seen over the years, so. . . thank you,” he looks down, “I don’t deserve you, but I’m more than glad you’re here with me, at least right now, or for-” You smile and hug him closely, “and forever.”

Breaks — Din's learned to take it a little bit slower from time to time. Being constantly on the go can be hard on you and when he realises you're lagging behind a bit and you've already said you're fine twice, Din knows it's time to take a break. This applies no matter where you are. When you're out on a planet's surface, he'll either find some shelter for you or he'll make it, no matter what. When you try and tough it out by asking "why are we stopping?" Din just sighs and says in all seriousness "needed a break, I'm not as tough as you." You breathe, relaxed that you're getting a rest, "okay, you're the boss here." and sit next to him, resting yourself against his shoulder. Din says nothing to make you feel like he stopped because of you.

On planet accommodations — Din tries to set up arrangements outside of the Crest when you're on planet. For example, he tries to find Inns more often for you to stay at while he's on a mission on the planet. He's also started to pack more provisions, he's learned that just the bare minimum isn't best for 2 people, so in a way having you around has also helped him prepare more for himself too.

Caring for you — Din is phenomenal at taking care of you. When you start having symptom flares, Din doesn't bombard you with a a ton of questions or freak out because he doesn't understand, he asks calm, direct questions like: "what do you need?" / "where/how can I help?" & "what isn't helping?" (so he can try and minimize flare triggers) Din will do anything he can for you, and that includes backing out of a mission to stay with you. He knows his priorities and you're his number one.

↳ he can be helpful in literally lending a hand, arm or whatever you need for support to make it back to your encampment. He also subtly reminds you of things that will help when you're starting to have a flare or episode, yet he never acts like he knows more about it than you. Din just tries to avoid mentioning the negatives and instead tries to give the positive solution when he can. "I can get your medicine for you, if it'll help," he'll say when he sees you beginning to shut down a little more from the effects.

Medical bays — sometimes you need a check-in, and that usually results in a medical bay requiring you to stay a few days, telling you: “you can’t handle such a fast pace, inconsistent, lifestyle.” Din feels guilty for keeping you on the run all the time, but he’s reminded of your amazing strength when you look the doctor in the eye and say “it’s my life and this is my choice.” Din doesn’t see any need to try and tell you what’s best for you in this case, as he believes that you know you what's best. When you look to him for assurance or an opinion, he's more than willing to give it, but only by invitation from you. (Unless it's an extreme case and he needs to step in and defend / help you)

↳ Din stays as long as he can with you, but he still needs to keep up on the bounty runs, seeing as that's the only means of making some money for him right now. Sometimes, he leaves Grogu with you, if he knows it's going to be a long stay / recovery process for you; he wants you to have some company while he's gone. Other times when you don't have to stay at a medical bay, but you just have to stay in the Crest, Din definitely leaves Grogu with you.

Holograms — Din still wants to take you everywhere with him, so when you can't be there he tries to contact you through his mobile hologram device. Almost always, unless you’re resting, you answer from the Crest or the medical bay. He's gotten one or two strange looks from locals when you ask him to get a little closer to the cute creatures of the planet, but he doesn't care. He wants to see your smile and he'll do whatever it takes to bring a smile to your face.