Some no order 66 Hardcase/Wolffe? The war has ended, they can have a date that isn't at 79'! Hardcase is curious and Wolffe has the big trauma about space, so what about an herbarium? They can walk and see maybe new thing! Wolffe has been on a lot of relief missions, so he can point out plants he's seen!
(Aw this was such a cute prompt to write! Thank you for asking it)
A greenhouse isn’t a place Wolffe ever thought he’d get to visit, but his life has already had its fair share of surprises, so what’s another one to add into the mix?
Now that the war is over, he and Hardcase can go anywhere. Not that spending the nights drinking their asses off at 79’s isn’t nice, but there’s so much they have seen yet, so why not do it now? This, at least, is Hardcase’s reasoning. Wolffe is less inclined on searching for adventure like Hardcase is, but he can put up with it for him.
There’s only one thing: he’s been able to ignore it during the war, having more important things to focus on, but travelling to space has a certain… effect, on him, and not a pleasant one. He’s lost count of how many panic attacks he’s had on a ship already, as memories of the Malevolence come down crashing all over him and leave him struggling to breathe.
If they want to go somewhere, they’ll have to do it within the limits of Coruscant if they want it to be a nice experience.
Wolffe can’t help but to be angry at himself for this weakness of his: he’s supposed to be better than this. Hardcase, on the other hand, is much more understanding.
“Built to handle the stress of war my ass,” he said once. “That’s complete banthashit and you know it.”
At the time, all Wolffe could manage was a noncommittal nod. It was at least heartening that he wasn’t the only one having this issue, far from it actually.
“How about this? Next time I go to a mind healer you can come with me, see if it can help you too,” Hardcase suggests. Uh…
“Not a bad idea.”
“Wolffe, let’s go on a date!”
“Alright. 79’s?”
“I was thinking of somewhere else, actually.”
“Oh? Do tell.”
“Well, I’ve heard of this cool place…”
And here they are now.
From outside, the greenhouse doesn’t look like much, but Wolffe supposes that what really matters is what’s inside.
“C’mon! Let’s go!” Hardcase exclaims, taking Wolffe by the hand and dragging him closer. Always enthusiastic, his Cas’ika.
As soon as they step inside, Wolffe’s surprised by how luminous it is, and warm - especially warm. Well, given that they have to keep all these plants inside, he should’ve expected it.
“Woah, so many…” Hardcase mutters, more to himself than to Wolffe, who still nods, surprised as well by the number of various plants kept inside. It’s an explosion of colors and different smells, and although it’s a bit overwhelming, it’s not entirely unpleasant.
It’s ridiculous that they’re so in awe for something this mundane, but for them this is all new.
Wolffe gets distracted only a moment, and Hardcase’s already gone.
To be fair to him, he has really vanished, but has just decided to inspect the plants from a closer point of view, mindful not to touch them despite how badly he wants to do it. As Wolffe joins him, he’s looking at something beside the vase. Oh, it’s a datapad with all the information needed about the plant.
“Wow, they even tell you where they go and stuff,” Hardcase says. Yup, they tell you everything, which is interesting to Wolffe because he’s seen these plants, not all of them of course, but a great deal of them, yes. Having been involved more into the relief efforts than actual warmongering, he’s visited some weird ass planets with some weird ass flora and fauna - he’s still recovering from the shock regarding some of those.
The thing is, however, that he has no idea about how these plants are called, nor about what they do, since it was never relevant to the missions.
There is one that catches his eyes, however…
“Oh, I know that one,” he says, pointing to a very small tree. Uh, that’s weird: aren’t trees supposed to be bigger?
“You do? And where is it from?”
They both get closer to it in order to inspect it better. The datapad say it’s a Bonshyyyr.
“I saw this on Kashyyyk,” Wolffe says. “I remember them because I thought to myself ‘hey, these trees are too small’…”
“That’s exactly what I was thinking too!” Hardcase immediately interjects.
“They’re supposed to be like this,” Wolffe chuckles, enjoying the surprised expression on Hardcase’s face.
“No way!”
“Yes way.”
“I… woah.”
“You know…” Wolffe confesses. “When I found out about this, I thought that if I’d ever get to own a plant, it would be one of these things.”
At those words, Hardcase turns towards him, excitement written all over his face.
“Yes! Let’s get one for ourselves!”
“Are you sure? It might a pain to take care of it…” Wolffe asks.
“So? It’s not like we have much to do now,” Hardcase points out. He’s right, of course, but for some reason it still doesn’t feel entirely right to Wolffe; he doesn’t even know what’s actually stopping him: is it the fear that he won’t be able to maintain it alive?
No, it’s not that, at least not entirely. It’s just that it still feels weird to him that now he can do all the things he planned to do after the war is over because yes, the war’s truly over now.
A look at Hardcase, however, is enough to push him to agree. Everything to make him happy - he deserves it.
“Alright, we can take one to bring home.”
“Yes! How are we going to name it?” Hardcase asks, excited.
“W-What? You want to name it?” Wolffe asks, confused.
“Yeah, why shouldn’t we?” Hardcase points out. Well, it makes sense, in a way.
This is interesting and all, but maybe they should keep going with their date instead of spending this much time talking about something they still have to get.
“Fine, but how about we finish our trip before deciding that?” he suggests, offering Hardcase his arm, which the other takes with no hesitation.
“Of course!” he says, smiling in a way that makes Wolffe’s heart flutter in his chest.
This is going to be a great day, he’s sure of it.
“… Oh! I thought of a name!”
“Oh yeah? Do tell.”
“Rex.”
“… He’s going to hate it, I love it.”
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