Stobin Mandalorian AU part 3
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Abby’s eyes are so big and soft and brown. They’re like his mother’s eyes, round and sweet. She’s so cute, even in the bland grey onesie the Russians put her in, which isn’t nearly as nice as she deserves. She deserves nice, comfy, pretty clothes — and a warm hat, because it gets cold in the evenings even in the summer.
“Steve,” Robin sighs, “I’m soooo thirsty. Can you hold Abby while I get a drink from the fountain?”
Steve holds his arms out before she’s even done talking. She snorts and passes him the baby, who blinks up at him with big eyes. The weight of her is perfect in his arms. He’s never going to put her down.
He follows dazedly after Robin, and the only reason he doesn’t spend the entire time staring at Abby is because if he manages to trip and drop her because he isn’t paying attention he’s going to blow up the mall.
He hands Abby back very reluctantly so he can take his own drink of water, then accepts her again gratefully when Robin goes back for more. He’d get some for Abby too, but he’s pretty sure babies this small aren’t supposed to drink water. It’s all moot anyway because they’re both running off to puke before Robin’s done her second turn.
He holds Abby very carefully to avoid getting her dirty — either from the puke or the gross bathroom floor. She protests a bit but doesn’t start crying again so all in all it’s a success.
“Oh god,” Robin groans, “was that all of it? I hope that was all of it.”
“Think so,” Steve grunts, wiping his mouth with some toilet paper. It’s really flimsy, he hates this place.
“Quick, ask me a question.”
Steve blanks. He can’t remember any question he’s ever asked. He looks at Abby, then down at the toilet bowl.
“When was the last time you pissed your pants?” Whatever, that works.
“Today,” Robin says, sounding almost amazed. “When that Russian doctor took out the bone saw. It was just a little bit though.”
Steve laughs softly, tipping his head back to rest it against the wall. Definitely wasn’t all of it, then.
“Your turn.”
Robin hums. He can see her shoes tap-tapping against the tile through the small gap under the stall.
“Well, I was gonna ask if you’ve ever been in love, but after seeing you with Abby… now I’m wondering — why did you break up with Nancy Wheeler?”
Ah. Ouch.
“She broke up with me.”
“Wait, what?”
Robin scrambles up and around into his stall, crouching in front of him and Abby.
“She broke up with you?”
Steve doesn’t understand why she looks so confused. He nods.
“I mean, technically, yeah,” he says, and she tilts her head in confusion. “It was, uh, Halloween. Tina’s party, you remember. She was drunk and she started going on about how we killed Barb and our whole relationship was just…” —he swallows, looks away— “bullshit. That we spent a whole year pretending we were in love. When I talked to her the next day she couldn’t take it back, so.” He shrugs.
“Holy shit,” Robin whispers. “Steve, I’m so— I thought you broke up with her because you didn’t want to settle down or something, holy fuck.”
Steve laughs, “Settle down? Nancy? No, she’d hate that. She has all these big dreams, and she’s not exactly bad with kids but I don’t think she really likes them either.”
He looks down at Abby, strokes her soft little cheek. “No, if anything I was too boring for her, not the other way around.”
“You’re not boring, Steve,” Robin protests. “Wanting to settle down and have kids doesn’t make you boring.”
“What about you, then?” Steve asks, and it should be a simple question except Robin looks like she’s going to throw up again.
“Um, well, I don’t know,” she says, eyes fixed on the toilet roll. “I guess it sounds nice, but…”
She takes a deep breath.
“Do you remember… what I said about Mrs Click’s class?”
Steve nods slowly, “Yeah, you said you were obsessed with me because of my bagel crumbs, or something.”
“It wasn’t your stupid bagel crumbs,” Robin rolls her eyes, “it was because she wouldn’t stop staring at you. It was like she was half in love with you, bagel crumbs and all, even though you couldn’t more clearly be gone on Nancy Wheeler. She’d spend the whole class staring and sighing and I wanted her to look at me. Just once.”
“…Mrs Click?” he asks, because the blue drug might be mostly gone but his thoughts were soupy even before that.
Robin sighs.
“Tammy Thompson,” she says emphatically.
Steve thinks on this for a moment. He’d thought Robin was confessing to him earlier, back in the bunker, but apparently not because she was actually talking about a girl. But then, it still sounds..? Oh. Oh. Okay.
Well, he kind of feels like he’ll die without her at this point, so it’s not like he’s going to reject her for something he doesn’t really care about in the first place. Robin’s Robin, she matters more to him than who she does or doesn’t want to kiss. Besides, maybe if they aren’t dating then she can’t break his heart.
“Doesn’t she want to be a singer?” he asks dubiously, instead of trying to say any of that out loud. “That’s like the opposite of settling down. And she isn’t even good at it anyway.”
Robin’s jaw drops.
“Yes she is!” she protests.
“No, I’m serious,” Steve laughs, “she sounds like a muppet! We should get her to sing educational songs to Abby.”
“Steve!”
Steve starts singing through all the Sesame Street songs he remembers, except he doesn’t get far because he keeps laughing. Robin’s laughing with him, giddy with relief, and Steve feels his heart swelling into his throat again.
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Soundwave (+some Megatron) hcs
idk I was feeling silly and goofy so here we are (sorry to all the requests marinating in my inbox, I'll get to you eventually)
-They have sensory issues. When they're sensory seeking, they'll often play metal, phonk, or dubstep music at extremely high levels through their speakers to drown out all other noise while working.
-On the other hand, they can get overstimulated or sensory overload very easily. Even the smallest of noises can set them off because of their sensitive hearing and mind reading abilities. Megatron knows this, and for their comfort, has installed soundproof walls in Soundwave's main work area. Sometimes he'll offer to watch over the cassettes if they're having a particularly rough day.
-Sometimes Soundwave will turn their audio receptors off to avoid getting overwhelmed. It's hard to tell when they've done so, because they're always aware of their surroundings and will turn them back on when someone is near. If it's only Megatron nearby, they'll keep their receptors off, because Megatron understands why they do this.
-Since Megatron used to work in the mines, she is partially deaf from the constant roar of the machinery. He uses sign language to communicate with Soundwave when their audio receptors are off, which is actually preferable for both of them.
-Megatron assigns so much work on the ship to Soundwave for a reason. She knows that Soundwave isn't a fan of going outside of the ship, especially when they're on Earth. Too many sounds, different lighting, textures, etc. Soundwave gets overwhelmed quickly whenever they have to go outside- which they can usually mask in order to get the job done- but it will leave them feeling extremely drained and stressed later. Considering that Soundwave already doesn't recharge as much as they should, this isn't something that Megatron is often willing to risk.
-Soundwave is an extremely light sleeper when in recharge. They recharge best when their cassettes and/or Megatron rests with them, because the noises they make while recharging provides a sense of familiarity and comfort. Their noises give Soundwave something to focus on, rather than anxiously listening to anything and everything else.
Soundwave is so autism coded- I couldn't resist a little bit of self-projection lmao
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hello hello fellow wolf359 enjoyer! i know you've probably noticed this in the past, but i've never seen you mention it and figured you're find it neat :D. What I am referring to is the fact that, in the live show, Cutter always looks directly at the members of the crew. There is no forth wall. And yet, every member of the crew (save Hera iirc) looks straight up, like they're looking at a screen. Which makes sense, because from their POV he's on that screen, not right next to them.
yes, there's something about that, for sure!! first, it's a great character choice, because you know cutter is an intense eye contact type of person. it's also a genius staging choice; it's so, like... they can't see him, he shouldn't be able to see them, but there's a sense that they feel. perceived by him. like he's watching. "how did you know i was here, sir?" / "well, you know what they say about good magicians and their tricks." ... or, well. that's the idea? all of them do actually look at him, at some point (but notably only in their one-on-one performance reviews.) minkowski and eiffel both do it quite a few times - cutter even touches eiffel, which... obviously cannot be read literally, either, but is such an interesting choice re: visual power dynamics. hera, i think, stands out because she doesn't ever look over at him. until she snaps. it feels so much more intentional in how he's trying to provoke her.
... and, of course, i have to mention again that the way they talk "up" to cutter is also how the crew except for eiffel talks to hera. eiffel looks over to hera when he addresses her, and even crosses the stage - where she's positioned away from the others. no one else does.
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