#rexcho

Pairing: Rex/Echo

Rating: G

@cloneshipweek

and @wanderingjedihistorian for asking for some Rexcho content!

inspired by ‘For A Man Should Walk Tall’ by @thefoundationproject

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7

Rex’s shoulder guard has a weight to it that his other doesn’t. Echo knows that’s ridiculous - every piece of armor they have is weighted to match it’s likeness. Fives’ guard weighs the same as Echo’s which weighs the same as Rex’s.

And yet...

It’s Rex’s guard. Formerly Commander Cody’s guard, apparently.

The uj’ayl recipe is in Cody’s hand. Echo hadn’t known what his handwriting looked like before this.

Even if, in physical space, the guard weighs the same as his other, his brain is creating the extra weight of legacy in it.

It snaps smoothly into place across from the other. When Echo turns his head, he catches a whiff of ozone and cleaning agent - signs that while the rest of his shell is new, this piece has seen action.

He’s looked up to the Captain since their first meeting, and now... now he’s wearing a piece of his armor.

It’s an intimacy that he doesn’t quite know how to handle, sticking in his throat and weighing on that shoulder.

He’s shared armor before, with Fives (on purpose) and Cutup (on accident). Every growth cycle on Kamino had them taking on hand-me-down training armor.

This is different, though.

This is Rex.