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Techie’s gaze darts across the room like he’s scanning for cameras or listening devices. After a pregnant pause, he whispers, “Armitage, I… I like men.” He swallows dryly and clutches at the hem of his oversized yellow sleeves. 

All in one rushed, breathless gasp, Techie blurts, “I’m s-sorry! I don’t know h-how the First Order feels in th-these matters-! B-but I’ll keep it quiet if y-y-you w-want me to! I swear! Or I can l-leave if that’s not okay!” His voice is high and desperate as he frantically reaches for Hux, seeking his touch in reassurance.

“It’s- um…” Techie bites his bottom lip and shifts his weight from side to side. This part might be even harder than coming out.

What if Armitage disapproves? He doesn’t think he could handle that! Only recently has he let himself hold some hope in his heart, to let himself dream.

And most of his daydreams are about…

“Kylo Ren.”

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Techie’s gaze darts across the room like he’s scanning for cameras or listening devices. After a pregnant pause, he whispers, “Armitage, I… I like men.” He swallows dryly and clutches at the hem of his oversized yellow sleeves. 

All in one rushed, breathless gasp, Techie blurts, “I’m s-sorry! I don’t know h-how the First Order feels in th-these matters-! B-but I’ll keep it quiet if y-y-you w-want me to! I swear! Or I can l-leave if that’s not okay!” His voice is high and desperate as he frantically reaches for Hux, seeking his touch in reassurance.

Hux blinked a little at Techie’s confession, trying to understand the problem, and then his brother began panicking, and Hux nearly panicked with him – or rather, for him.

“Hey,” he said and grabbed his forearm, placing his other hand on Techie’s shoulder. “Hey, hey, breathe. This is not an issue. Stats, I thought you’d tell me you are running off to the Resistance or something. But this? So long as the man you like isn’t Luke Skywalker, nobody cares. I promise. You can like whoever you want,” he said and smiled reassuringly.

“In fact, if I wasn’t married to my job, I like men as well. Something we have in common, huh?” When was the last time he even had the time to think about liking anyone? He couldn’t quite recall.

“Was that… An issue where you were before?”

Techie’s eyes widened in shock and he gaped at him, bewildered by the calm response, until he leaned against his brother and pretty much collapsed on him with relief. He had to take a few moments to collect himself and stop his shuddering gasps. “Really? We’re… the s-same?” This perks him up considerably, and he latches onto Hux in a tight hug.

“MaMa was pos-s-sessive of m-me. If I looked at any boys, she’d hurt me. The other t-techs made fun of me too. I thought m-maybe… I hoped it wouldn’t be the same, h-here.” Techie wipes at his wet eyes and gives a shaky laugh. “I’m so relieved!” He aches to ask who Hux had liked before, if anyone, and to tell him who he likes too.

Hux smiled and rubbed his brother’s back. “Well, she can no longer hurt anyone, if that helps. And nobody will give you grief over that here. We’re not monsters, after all. And if you meet anyone you like, you can always tell me, with no fear of retribution or anything like that, okay? We’re brothers, after all.”

Physical contact always broke Techie out into a cold sweat. In his eyes, every person could be a threat. But, more and more often, Armitage gave off no warning bells at all. So now Techie could initiate and receive touch from his brother, and, miraculously, feel safe doing it. “Th-thank you, Armie. So, so much!”

“There is someone I like,” Techie whispers, shy. He pulls away from Hux and dries his tears on his sleeve.

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Techie’s gaze darts across the room like he’s scanning for cameras or listening devices. After a pregnant pause, he whispers, “Armitage, I… I like men.” He swallows dryly and clutches at the hem of his oversized yellow sleeves. 

All in one rushed, breathless gasp, Techie blurts, “I’m s-sorry! I don’t know h-how the First Order feels in th-these matters-! B-but I’ll keep it quiet if y-y-you w-want me to! I swear! Or I can l-leave if that’s not okay!” His voice is high and desperate as he frantically reaches for Hux, seeking his touch in reassurance.

Hux blinked a little at Techie’s confession, trying to understand the problem, and then his brother began panicking, and Hux nearly panicked with him – or rather, for him.

“Hey,” he said and grabbed his forearm, placing his other hand on Techie’s shoulder. “Hey, hey, breathe. This is not an issue. Stats, I thought you’d tell me you are running off to the Resistance or something. But this? So long as the man you like isn’t Luke Skywalker, nobody cares. I promise. You can like whoever you want,” he said and smiled reassuringly.

“In fact, if I wasn’t married to my job, I like men as well. Something we have in common, huh?” When was the last time he even had the time to think about liking anyone? He couldn’t quite recall.

“Was that… An issue where you were before?”

Techie’s eyes widened in shock and he gaped at him, bewildered by the calm response, until he leaned against his brother and pretty much collapsed on him with relief. He had to take a few moments to collect himself and stop his shuddering gasps. “Really? We’re… the s-same?” This perks him up considerably, and he latches onto Hux in a tight hug.

“MaMa was pos-s-sessive of m-me. If I looked at any boys, she’d hurt me. The other t-techs made fun of me too. I thought m-maybe… I hoped it wouldn’t be the same, h-here.” Techie wipes at his wet eyes and gives a shaky laugh. “I’m so relieved!” He aches to ask who Hux had liked before, if anyone, and to tell him who he likes too.

Techie’s gaze darts across the room like he’s scanning for cameras or listening devices. After a pregnant pause, he whispers, “Armitage, I… I like men.” He swallows dryly and clutches at the hem of his oversized yellow sleeves. 

All in one rushed, breathless gasp, Techie blurts, “I’m s-sorry! I don’t know h-how the First Order feels in th-these matters-! B-but I’ll keep it quiet if y-y-you w-want me to! I swear! Or I can l-leave if that’s not okay!” His voice is high and desperate as he frantically reaches for Hux, seeking his touch in reassurance.

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“We can always t-talk next time you come, Armitage. I don’t m-mind if you take a nap!” Techie says, a little too quickly to be normal.

There’s something he’s avoiding.

Something big.

Hux noted the quick response and found it just a little suspicious. Was he so tired he turned paranoid? Or was there something to it?

“Do you want me to go, Billy? If you do, I can go…” But the thought still hurt a little.

“N-no!” Techie lurched forward, grabbing Hux’s sleeve to keep him in place, cheeks red. “There’s someth-thing I need to tell you, okay? B-but you have to promise n-not to be mad…”

His eyes were wide and scared; hoping, praying, that his brother would understand what he was about to say.

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“I, um, just wanted some c-copper wires,” Techie admits, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. “There are these t-tiny figures I like to make with them, b-but I left all of my wire friends behind at Peach Trees.” This is such an embarrassing thing to say! Techie convinces himself that he isn’t a child to be needing his toys, like MaMa used to say before she’d crush them under her heel. 

“Oh,” Hux said, looking a little uncomfortable. “I apologize. I didn’t think… I just wanted to get you out of there so badly, I didn’t think of taking the time to let you gather your things. Of course you can have all of the wire you want. Is there anything else I could replace for you?”

“That’s all, really. You’ve d-done more than enough,” Techie mumbles, shy once again. “Going b-back for my stuff was a shitty idea anyway! We’d get our h-heads blown off.”

Techie follows Hux to the door and stands by it, waiting to say goodbye to his brother and have some time to relax by himself. It’s been an eventful few weeks, that’s for sure! But he’s excited to meet everyone else formally, to get assigned his own job, and to meet with Hux as frequently as possible. There’s much catching up to do, years and years worth of it.

Hux wasn’t there too often for the next couple of days. He had a lot of his own work to catch up on, and he mostly made sure Bill’s droid sent him updates, and that he could drop in to chat every day for just a couple of hours.

Until, one day, exhausted from doing his work at all the hours of day and night on top of giving all his free time to Bill, he actually fell asleep in his chair in the middle of their conversation.

Techie had been chattering about his day (mostly small, silly things, but it made him happy that Hux wanted to listen) when Hux suddenly pitched forward and fell asleep on the table.

He jumped up and was ready to panic, but- oh! He was asleep, not hurt. Thank the stars. Techie shrugged off his jacket and placed it gently over his brother’s shoulders.

Hux shivered at the touch and woke up, sitting up to look around. “Huh? What? I…” He looked around and his eyes locked on his brother. “Kriff. Did I fall asleep? I’m sorry…” He rubbed at his eyes. “It’s been a long day.”

Techie gives a fond huff and places his hand gently on Armitage’s shoulder. “You can always sleep h-here, whenever you want to get away.” He pauses and adds, “Did something big h-happen?”

“It’s not about getting away,” he sighed. “There’s so much work, I don’t really have the time to sleep much. And I don’t want to sleep when I come here. There’s so much more we could do!” He reached forward and took Techie’s hand.

“I just need to have more caf or something. Don’t you worry.”

“We can always t-talk next time you come, Armitage. I don’t m-mind if you take a nap!” Techie says, a little too quickly to be normal.

There’s something he’s avoiding.

Something big.

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“I, um, just wanted some c-copper wires,” Techie admits, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. “There are these t-tiny figures I like to make with them, b-but I left all of my wire friends behind at Peach Trees.” This is such an embarrassing thing to say! Techie convinces himself that he isn’t a child to be needing his toys, like MaMa used to say before she’d crush them under her heel. 

“Oh,” Hux said, looking a little uncomfortable. “I apologize. I didn’t think… I just wanted to get you out of there so badly, I didn’t think of taking the time to let you gather your things. Of course you can have all of the wire you want. Is there anything else I could replace for you?”

“That’s all, really. You’ve d-done more than enough,” Techie mumbles, shy once again. “Going b-back for my stuff was a shitty idea anyway! We’d get our h-heads blown off.”

Techie follows Hux to the door and stands by it, waiting to say goodbye to his brother and have some time to relax by himself. It’s been an eventful few weeks, that’s for sure! But he’s excited to meet everyone else formally, to get assigned his own job, and to meet with Hux as frequently as possible. There’s much catching up to do, years and years worth of it.

Hux wasn’t there too often for the next couple of days. He had a lot of his own work to catch up on, and he mostly made sure Bill’s droid sent him updates, and that he could drop in to chat every day for just a couple of hours.

Until, one day, exhausted from doing his work at all the hours of day and night on top of giving all his free time to Bill, he actually fell asleep in his chair in the middle of their conversation.

Techie had been chattering about his day (mostly small, silly things, but it made him happy that Hux wanted to listen) when Hux suddenly pitched forward and fell asleep on the table.

He jumped up and was ready to panic, but- oh! He was asleep, not hurt. Thank the stars. Techie shrugged off his jacket and placed it gently over his brother’s shoulders.

Hux shivered at the touch and woke up, sitting up to look around. “Huh? What? I…” He looked around and his eyes locked on his brother. “Kriff. Did I fall asleep? I’m sorry…” He rubbed at his eyes. “It’s been a long day.”

Techie gives a fond huff and places his hand gently on Armitage’s shoulder. “You can always sleep h-here, whenever you want to get away.” He pauses and adds, “Did something big h-happen?”

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“I, um, just wanted some c-copper wires,” Techie admits, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. “There are these t-tiny figures I like to make with them, b-but I left all of my wire friends behind at Peach Trees.” This is such an embarrassing thing to say! Techie convinces himself that he isn’t a child to be needing his toys, like MaMa used to say before she’d crush them under her heel. 

“Oh,” Hux said, looking a little uncomfortable. “I apologize. I didn’t think… I just wanted to get you out of there so badly, I didn’t think of taking the time to let you gather your things. Of course you can have all of the wire you want. Is there anything else I could replace for you?”

“That’s all, really. You’ve d-done more than enough,” Techie mumbles, shy once again. “Going b-back for my stuff was a shitty idea anyway! We’d get our h-heads blown off.”

Techie follows Hux to the door and stands by it, waiting to say goodbye to his brother and have some time to relax by himself. It’s been an eventful few weeks, that’s for sure! But he’s excited to meet everyone else formally, to get assigned his own job, and to meet with Hux as frequently as possible. There’s much catching up to do, years and years worth of it.

Hux wasn’t there too often for the next couple of days. He had a lot of his own work to catch up on, and he mostly made sure Bill’s droid sent him updates, and that he could drop in to chat every day for just a couple of hours.

Until, one day, exhausted from doing his work at all the hours of day and night on top of giving all his free time to Bill, he actually fell asleep in his chair in the middle of their conversation.

Techie had been chattering about his day (mostly small, silly things, but it made him happy that Hux wanted to listen) when Hux suddenly pitched forward and fell asleep on the table.

He jumped up and was ready to panic, but- oh! He was asleep, not hurt. Thank the stars. Techie shrugged off his jacket and placed it gently over his brother’s shoulders.

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“I, um, just wanted some c-copper wires,” Techie admits, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. “There are these t-tiny figures I like to make with them, b-but I left all of my wire friends behind at Peach Trees.” This is such an embarrassing thing to say! Techie convinces himself that he isn’t a child to be needing his toys, like MaMa used to say before she’d crush them under her heel. 

“Oh,” Hux said, looking a little uncomfortable. “I apologize. I didn’t think… I just wanted to get you out of there so badly, I didn’t think of taking the time to let you gather your things. Of course you can have all of the wire you want. Is there anything else I could replace for you?”

“That’s all, really. You’ve d-done more than enough,” Techie mumbles, shy once again. “Going b-back for my stuff was a shitty idea anyway! We’d get our h-heads blown off.”

Techie follows Hux to the door and stands by it, waiting to say goodbye to his brother and have some time to relax by himself. It’s been an eventful few weeks, that’s for sure! But he’s excited to meet everyone else formally, to get assigned his own job, and to meet with Hux as frequently as possible. There’s much catching up to do, years and years worth of it.