So whose baby is it in “the risk?”
Lifting
his head off the pillow, Obi-Wan smiled wryly at the commander as he
stepped in. “Cody…” He
greeted quietly, watching the man lock the door behind him before he
started pulling off his armor. “You got time?” He asked sleepily,
having grown drowsy
at the silence and warmth of his bunk regardless of his intention not
to.
“Waxer
has the bridge,” Cody answered quietly, clipping off until he was
left in his blacks, making his way over to sit on the side of the
bunk. “Helix told you to take a nap?” He questioned. After
all, he knew very well how hard it was to make the Jedi rest.
Obi-Wan
grimaced but nodded, slowly shifting and rolling over onto his side,
making space on the narrow bunk with a pleading look on his face as
he peered up at Cody
through his fluffed out fringe.
Huffing
in amusement, Cody curled under
the blanket and into
bed with the Jedi, wrapping himself around him by tucking one leg
between the redhead’s and wrapping his arm around Obi-Wan’s
waist, resting his hand between the others shoulder blades. “Better?”
He teased gently.
Obi-Wan
responded by tucking his leg up over Cody’s hip and burrowing into
his chest. “Much. I didn’t think I’d actually get to sleep but
with you here, I might actually manage it.” He chuckled quietly
before settling in, smiling slightly.
Nuzzling
the soft hair under his nose, Cody contemplated a bit before huffing.
“I’m surprised you didn’t outright tell Skywalker. He did ask
after all.” He said quietly.
“He’s
such a fluff boy,” Obi-Wan rolled his eyes. “If he knew it was
you, he’d start coaching you on child rearing the moment I let it
slip. As it is I’m hoping me and you can go over it quietly
together.” He snorted sharply.
“Hey
I have ori’vode, I kn-”
“Babies
Cody, I mean he’d try to go through you the concept of burping and
diaper changes,” Obi-Wan explained more gently, smiling at him. “I
know you have little brothers, a lot of them and you’ve taken care
of them on Kamino and here. But babies are a tiny bit different.”
He poked the other
in the chest.
Grimacing,
Cody had to agree with that and nodded slowly. “Are… are there
places I could learn? I mean if you’re going to let me be i-”
“If
you finish that sentence you silly man I may have to smack you.”
Obi-Wan smiled softly. “Of course I want you in the baby’s life.
I was actually thinking of taking you to the creche to the babies
there for some hands on training. I know that crechemaster Maran and
crechemaster Dolan won’t mind since they have allowed such
arrangements before.” With other Jedi that was but to be fair,
Obi-Wan’s baby parent was not a Jedi.
It
was Cody.
And
Cody was safe just like any other clone.
When
Obi-Wan yawned a bit Cody tugged him into his chest. “Alright but
we can talk about this later. Right now I think its best you close
your eyes or else Helix might come scold us both.” Cody teased
gently, his heart beating a rapid tattoo as he held his lover close.
Humming
a bit, Obi-Wan did indeed close his eyes. “…You can tell whoever
you want right now though. I just wanted to avoid the stress with
Anakin, he went and looked up male pregnancy and then went and
hassled Helix for answers.” Obi-Wan chuckled sleepily.
“So
that’s why Helix looked so frazzled before we left.” Cody mused
out loud while rubbing his lovers back.
Obi-Wan
let out a soft humming noise once more, his breathing turning slow
and steady as he curled more into his lover.
“…We
could just keep everyone guessing who the parent is,” Cody chuckled
quietly. “Just take a few vode to the creche to learn baby care and
watch everyone be confused.” He glanced down and smiled softly as
Obi-Wan didn’t react, face buried in Cody’s chest and his
breathing deep. “…Yeah
okay, you just sleep sweetpea, we can figure this all out later.”
He pressed a kiss to the Jedi’s temple.