More lightinus? Cody and obi wan dealing with wings, along with his men?
Honestly,
the rest of the men were right, their Jedi took the cake but Cody was
quite happy with them still, especially his own Jedi as he pulled the
tent flap open to find his General kneeling on the floor of his tent
while twisting around trying to reach his own back, arching his wings
back and forth.
“General?”
He blinked, lowering his clipboard in some confusion.
The
man jumped, turning his head to look at the Commander over his
shoulder. “Oh! Commander Cody! I didn’t hear you arrive, was
there something you needed?” He smiled happily, shifting around on
his knees to face him.
“I
just had some forms for you to fill in but… what are you doing
General?” He questioned in confusion, scrunching his brows a bit to
show his bemusement to the other man.
Lips
curling with frustration,
Obi-Wan shrugged a bit. “I was trying to get to the pinfeathers in
my wings, they need grooming to
break out because they’re driving me insane,” The man huffed,
hitching his shoulder a bit with a wince. “All the flying earlier
made me aware of them after I gave everyone that wanted to ride.”
Obi-Wan tacked on after a moment.
Smiling
wryly, Cody scratched his neck. “That was true, you did give both
General Skywalker and Commander Tano quite the rides and then
everyone else that wanted,” He watched the man. Cody had declined
the ride because of… reasons but now he felt kind of responsible.
“Do you want me to help you?” He questioned.
Blinking,
Obi-Wan stared at him before beaming. “That would be lovely Cody,
thank
you.” He quickly turned around, giving the other man his back and
his wings.
Settling
down
behind the General while
putting the clipboard down on the ground,
Cody pulled his armor plates and gloves off while trailing his eyes
over the glowing appendages with a small frown, visually searching
out the itching spot or
spots.
“Where…” He frowned, uncertain and suddenly wishing he had made
Helix explain wing care to him when the medic had offered earlier.
He
had put it off though because he had a report to do and he figured he
could do it once the report was sent in but then Longshot had
distracted him with a supply question and then Killer had needed him
for a guard rotation issue and so on and so forth and Cody had
forgotten even as he intended to come back to Helix since the medic
had been kind enough to send him a message about the wing and feather
care.
“There’s
a patch of covert feathers near the base of my wings that I can’t
reach, closer to where they join really but my hands don’t stretch
that far,” Obi-Wan explained, spreading his wings so they touched
the walls of his quarters and Cody winced at that sight. It didn’t
look comfortable and he suddenly felt like he was looking at a bird
in a cage and had to squash the urge to get the other out before he
died. Which was a ridiculous notion really, Obi-Wan was a Jedi and
not a songbird who needed to be wild. “Just carefully scratch near
the base with your fingers, the loose feather should come right out.”
Obi-Wan explained. “As
for the pinfeathers, just slowly rub the sheath until it loosens up
and the feather comes bursting out.” He
explained to the other.
Taking
his General’s word to heart, Cody shifted closer to the kneeling
man and put his hand on the innermost part of the wing at the top,
slowly starting to scratch downwards in a steady, dragging motion.
Instantly
Obi-Wan pressed backwards with a soft noise, his shoulder hitching a
bit. “Oh that’s the ticket, those damn itchy loose ones.” He
moaned as Cody pulled out several loose ones that he let fall to the
ground.
They
felt… soft.
Soft
and warm.
Cody
marveled at the sensation both from the feathers that came out and
the ones that stayed, marveling at how Obi-Wan’s wings felt beneath
his touch. They
didn’t feel dusty or greasy but more silky and warm though as he
worked at a pinfeather he found and got it out of the sheath, he
found oil at the base that he slowly rubbed out over as he noticed
the other healthy looking feathers had a cover of that oil.
Clearly
that mean that his feathers should have that and working steadily,
Cody managed to get all the lose snags and work on the pinfeathers
that itched.
All
the while Obi-Wan continued to let out those soft little hitches of
breath, mewls and pleasured whimpers that the other was trying to
muffle without much luck and they were quite sweet sounds. Sounds
that Cody didn’t… didn’t want others to hear as he shuffled
closer on his knees while working slowly and steadily.
He
wanted to keep this moment between the two of them because even
though Cody had seen these wings sear through droids, Obi-Wan was
giving over his wings and that was about trust because he could
imagine someone breaking those wings potentially.
And
here Cody was, running his fingers through them, gently pulling the
loose feathers out as Obi-Wan pressed back into his touch, his
glowing wings stretched out as best he could in his too small tent.
Letting
his eyes drop to the feathers already laying on the ground, still
glowing, Cody wondered if the other would notice if one was gone
before quickly snatching one and tucking it away into his belt.
‘It’s
already fallen, he won’t miss it.’ Cody thought, his heart
pounding a bit against his chest as he continued running his fingers
and working at the sheaths of feathers that were still developing.