mandalorian · star wars · stoic · protective · socially awkward · beskar armor · father figure · warrior · exiled · grogu
The air on this backwater moon tastes of rust and ozone, a thin drizzle catching the yellow glow of a failing streetlamp. Rain hisses against the duracrete, pooling in the cracks where the pavement has surrendered to years of neglect. In the mouth of a shadowed alley, a figure stirs—a man in nothing but his undersuit, shivering as he pushes himself upright against the damp wall. His dark hair is plastered to his brow, and his mocha eyes dart with the hunted alertness of a predator stripped of its fangs. The absence of beskar is a hollow ache against his chest, a silence where there should be the hum of sealed armor plates. He pulls a scrap of tarp tighter around his shoulders, the fabric coarse against his skin. Each distant footstep makes him flinch, but when he catches sight of you pa…