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Started February 10, 2022 by @emilyevewrites group

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"since about a tattooine morning "

Shiloh's eyebrows arched. "Damn, I'm impressed. I can't get up that early. Neither can Estelle."

"What did you say about me?" the girl in question asked, skipping back into the room holding a container of bellberries in her hand.

"I said you're not a morning person," Shiloh explained with a knowing smirk.

"Oh, no!" Estelle agreed quickly. "I'm not."

Hiro laughed "it's my routine "

Estelle's eyes widened. "Really? Do you actually get up that early?" She sighed and shook her head. "Stars bless you…"

"I had a job ya know. it was mandatory"

"Ah, I see," Estelle murmured. "I never had to get up that early. Only when I met this one." She hip-checked Shiloh, who growled under her breath.

Winter grabbed the bell berries from Estelle and threw them into the batter.
“Ya know, I never was a morning person until after I had a kid. Frost gets up ridiculously early. And if we had a day like we had yesterday, it’s hard to get up. Frost has boundless energy. We the tired parents do not. Anyways Frost is currently tormenting Elias. I taught him well in that category.”
Sudden giggling caught Winter’s attention.
“Speaking of which, here they come now.”
Elias rounded the corner with his hair pulled up in a messy ponytail, wearing shorts and a t shirt, holding Frost upside down by his ankle.
“Alright everyone get a good look. It takes effort for me to wear decent clothes and have my hair pulled back in whatever I decide to do to it. From braids to flowing free, it takes effort. Effort that I do not possess right now. So you’re stuck with a ragged looking light blue skinned man with a toddler as a weapon. Come at me and I will release the boundless energy this four year old possesses.”
Elias laughed and gently set Frost down on the floor. As soon as Frost touched the floor he squealed and took off running around the ship.
“Something smells good. What’s cooking? From my point of view it looks like muffins and I am stoked. And don’t mind the toddler he’s just got the equivalent of the zoomies. He’ll chill out. Probably.”

hiro chuckled "frost, come here," he called and held his arms open for the child. hed let frost braid and unbraid his hair all morning which in turn kept the tot busy

Winter finished the muffins, and put them all on the counter of the kitchen.
“Alright everyone dig in. Chocolate muffins for Frost, and Stars help us all if he eats all of them, blueberry for Elias and probably Estelle, and bell berry for Shiloh, and Estelle if she wants them. I think I’ll eat some of the chocolate ones to prevent Frost from devouring them all. Hiro, just eat what you want. Go for it. Nothing is gonna stop ya. And thanks for keeping Frost busy. His braids are a little messy, but he’s pretty good at it. He likes to do his dad’s hair. I would love to say I taught him how to braid, but alas, my hair doesn’t like to braid because it is very curly. Elias taught him. He does Frost’s hair most days. I braid Elias’ hair when he doesn’t feel like it, and he tries his best with mine. My hair doesn’t cooperate with anyone, and that includes me.”
Elias stood up stiffly and grabbed some blueberry muffins.
“Hun, your hair isn’t that bad. It holds itself together pretty well and your braids can last for days. It’s just time consuming to braid your hair. As for Frost, I didn’t do much with it today. I’m surprised it’s stayed up this long. That pony tail is holding on for dear life.”
Winter laughed and patted the couch.
“Come here son. Let Ama do your hair today. What do you want? Braids? A pony tail? A bun like Ada?”
Frost scurried over from Hiro with a chocolate muffin in hand.
“A braid please Ama! The dragon looking one!”
Winter patted her son’s head.
“Alright. It’ll take some time. Can you sit still for me? And Hiro, if you want your hair braided you can ask me or Elias to do it. Or if you don’t know how, either of us can teach you. Elias more than I because he’s got similar hair to you. All you have to do is ask.”

" thank you, ive never learned more complicated ones except for the simple braid," he said and sat, eating a muffin he chose randomly

Estelle plucked a blueberry muffin and a bellberry muffin eagerly from the array. She kept the blueberry one for herself while giving the bellberry one to Shiloh. The Twi'lek took it gratefully and pecked Estelle on the lips in thanks. Their way of showing affection wasn't subtle, but it was quiet and less noticeable in other ways.

They kept to themselves during the others' conversation, speaking quietly and coming up with excuses to brush against each other in little ways. Estelle leaned her head on Shiloh's shoulder, closed her eyes, and smiled. Her partner accommodated her and gently ran her fingers through Estelle's long and soft blue hair.

Winter braided Frost’s hair and she watched the chatter around the room. She smiled at Estelle and Shiloh, and looked at their happiness. Then she had an idea.
“Hey you two love birds. I got a question. When are you going to decide to take on a kid? If you ever want one that is. You two would make wonderful parents. And I am absolutely dying to become an aunt.”
Elias butter in.
“I’m not necessarily dying to become an uncle but it would be fun. Means I could hype your kid up on sugar and not have to deal with the consequences. And that’s the fun part. Now about you Hiro. Anyone in particular you looking for? A pretty girl? A fashionable boy? A hot alien? Who cares! I can guarantee you’ll see them all on Coruscant. And speaking of which, we all know the most fashionable man in the galaxy. That Lando fella, who hangs out with the wookie and Leia and her husband. The Solo fella.”
Winter laughed.
“Yeah if you consider pink and green mixed together in a wild outfit to be fashionable, then yes Lando is the most fashionable man in the galaxy. I’m not going to lie, he has good taste sometimes. Other times it’s wild. And I can almost guarantee what’ll happen on Coruscant when Lando sees all of us. He’s going to want to take us shopping to buy new clothes because we aren’t fashionable enough for the high class Coruscant people. It happens every time. I know for a fact that he’s going to look at you Hiro and try to give you a whole makeover.”
She looked at Elias and they both laughed.
“Don’t worry though. He’ll make you look like Tatooine royalty. That Skywalker fellow may notice you and come over to speak with you if you’re wearing the colors of his home planet. Wouldn’t it be cool to finally meet him? A real Jedi master.”

hiro flushed at some things said, turning his cheeks a dark crimson. " I've just stuck with the 'male' gender so it's going to be harder to find.." he mumbled but sighed " and I'm not honestly sure now… i have a great family here and I know that if I go with that Jedi, I may never be able to see you again. you guys are the only thing I have to family, and what about frost? i still have to figure out what the hell is going on between us… it's not fair for him to be left in the dark while I go off to go be some wanna be hero.."

Both Shiloh and Estelle blushed heavily at Winter's ask.

"I'm not sure," Estelle finally answered for the both of them. "We've talked about it, but never settled on anything. I've quite liked being the 'cool aunt' for now." She was grateful, however, when the conversation quickly changed topics. "Speak for yourselves!" the blue-haired woman scoffed. "We look fabulous." She settled a hand on Shiloh's knee and nuzzled her nose against her wife's neck.

Winter rolled her eyes at Estelle and Shiloh.
“You two are absolutely wild. But when we get to Coruscant, Elias and I have to get out of our normal everyday dress, and put on the royal crest and royal garb of Hoth. Estelle, you’re probably going to have to wear the colors of Hoth as well. And poor Frost here will have to dress as the crown prince of Hoth. He absolutely hates wearing the outfit but he behaves himself well. He knows that when he wears it, he has to behave. But between all of us, he enjoys watching people back away and bow to him when he runs through the halls of the senate building. Most of the water planet senators think he’s absolutely wild. It’s not his fault that he can run and screech while their kid is trapped in a floating bubble because they can’t regulate their temperature. We’ve taught him well. And as for you Hiro, you can find anyone you want on Coruscant. Don’t worry, Elias and I will make sure you look presentable, before you meet any nice gentlemen. Just run around with Frost. He catches everyone’s eye. We’ll just have Lando or the Pantoran senators make you the protectorate garb for Hoth. You’ll get free reign wherever Frost goes. You never know. You may meet someone that catches your fancy. And don’t worry about losing us, or Frost. We don’t even know if the Skywalker fellow will be there. It’s just a hopeful guess. We won’t worry about splitting up, until we reach that bridge. Okay?”
Elias groaned.
“Gah. Those outfits are always so ridiculously uncomfortable. I don’t understand why we can’t just walk around in our armor. I mean I do, because we’re also the protectorate of the senate and when we’re out of royal garb we’re in our armor which means something is going down. I just wish we could just walk around in whatever we want. But it’s the senate.”
Winter patted Elias on the shoulder affectionately, and kissed his cheek.

hiro sighed, his crystal blue eyes watching his toes. he was worried, scared.. and among other things. he let out a heavy breath, not realizing it had clouded up, his force causing it to change in color to his swirling emotion. colors swirled in it, each fighting for control. when he opened his eyes the cloud dissipated and spread out.

Winter halted braiding Frost’s hair, and Elias sat straight up eyes wide.
“Well that’s new. I’ve never seen a Force Wielder be able to project their emotions outward before. Winter and I have the Force Echo, where we can see what was in the past, but we can’t project our emotions, unless you count onto each other. I wonder if you could heavily influence people, kind of like a mind trick.”

" never tried, but it only shows when they're strong.." he mumbled " bathroom?" he asked winter

Estelle and Shiloh watched the display with awe. "Incredible," Shiloh murmured.

"Indeed," Estelle added, tilting her head. She blinked and looked at Winter as well. "How much longer until we arrive on Coruscant?"

Winter looked at Estelle and Shiloh and pursed her lips.
“Uh, considering we’re in the outer rim, and Coruscant is right in the heart of the galaxy, it would have taken under 7 hours at lightspeed. But we’re about 3/4 under lightspeed so it’s going to take a few days. We’re just cruising, in order to recover. We’ll get there soon enough. If you want to get there faster I can always push the speed up.”
Winter then looked at Hiro and smiled.
“Uh yeah, it’s beside Frost’s room. If you want to take a shower or freshen up, or whatever you want to do, there are towels and wash rags in the bulkhead above the door to the bathroom. And you’re smaller than Elias, but I’m sure he has some clothes you could wear. We do have warm water in the bathroom before you ask. The Pantorans thought of that in case we had guests. And there is a heated room, just in case you’d like to stay there instead of spending the night with Frost. The Pantorans made that room specifically for guests who come from a warmer climate. A boy from Tatooine should be quite comfortable there. If you’re comfortable with it.”
Elias stood up.
“Here. Let me go get you some clothes. I just hope I have a long sleeved shirt and a pair of pants that’ll fit you decently. And then I can show you the bathroom. It’s not much, it’s pretty basic, but it’s enough. And don’t worry about the water running out. The Pantorans equipped the ship with a state of the art filtering system. So no matter how much water you use, it’ll be filtered and cleaned before you use it again. It’s their own design. And it works really well. Come on kid. Go clean yourself up and take a breather.”

Hiro nodded "I would rather be with frost. I literally have never had that deep of sleep in my life." he said and chuckled. he followed Elias to the room and then to the bathroom.
as he showered his breath filled the room, turning it a deep purple in colored fog. he was focusing his emotions and letting each one pass as the hot water rushed his skin. first was purple, homesick, next few were red, anger, a dark yellow, regret, and a blackish grey, sadness. every one of the colors that had fought in the original cloud all got a turn and eventually he shut off the water and the cloud once again dissipated and he opened the shower curtain

Elias walked back towards Winter and put his arms around her waist. He kissed her neck, and Winter rolled her eyes.
“Hun. I know Shiloh and Estelle won’t mind displays of affection but we do have a son and he loses his mind whenever I kiss you.”
Elias mumbled.
“I know. I’ll get you later. And if not later, I’ll get you to myself on Coruscant. And when we get to Coruscant I want to go out on the town. You enjoy the upper city, so why not make it the best we can? I know we’re about six months early, but we get paid for every senate meeting we attend. We can rack up some money. Build a buffer. I know we’re well off, but we could be even more well off, and just enjoy our time.”
Frost was overhearing the conversation the entire time.
“Ewwww Ama and Ada. Nasty. No kissing.”
Winter laughed at Frost and finished braiding his hair. Elias stuck out his tongue at Frost and kissed Winter. Frost screeched and took off running towards Estelle and Shiloh.
“AUNTIES AMA AND ADA ARE KISSING TELL THEM TO STOOOPPPP!”
Winter laughed at her son’s antics.
“Elias. Hun. I know. I know. Coruscant. We’ll have our night on the town. I promise. Anyways, my motherly instincts tell me that we have a homesick boy on our ship. He literally left everything behind and jumped aboard a ship with 4 adults and 1 crazy child that he’d never met before. I’ll see if Estelle and Shiloh can keep Frost busy for a little bit. We’ll talk to him. It’s a little odd however, how he’s taken to Frost and Frost to him. Estelle! Shiloh! Can you keep Frost for a little bit? We’re going to talk to Hiro. That poor boy has to be homesick.”

"Yes, of course. I think we all understand that," Estelle nodded and replied while Shiloh exclaimed as Frost climbed into her lap.

"Oh!" the Twi'lek gasped at the boy's cold touch and laughed. "Hello, little snowball!"

hiro was in his warmer room, letting his cloud fill the room of the room. it always made him feel better to let his emotions out like this then talking about them

Winter and Elias stood up, and walked back to where Hiro was. Elias knocked on the door.
“Hey kid, can we talk with you? We know a thing or two about leaving a home behind. We just want to make sure you’re okay.”