More Than A Princess | Cody
To say Cody wasn’t fond of this mission was an understatement. He absolutely hated it and would rather clean the mess hall for a week.
What was the mission you might be asking? Well it was simple. The 212th was assigned to protect a royal family from Separatists invading their planet. Apparently, this royal family was one of the main families funding the Republic. So the survival of this family was essential to the Republic.
But why did Cody hate this mission? It was because of the royal family itself. He heard rumors that all they cared about was their wealth and how they had a cold persona. He also heard murmurs about how they didn’t care for anyone else and was only helping the Republic simply because when the Separatists asked for their alliance, they didn’t offer that much money.
Despite if those rumors were true or not, he was determined to not let this royal family intimidate him.
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He lied. He was slightly intimidated. One look at the Princess and he was practically swooning. Her face was beautiful and she carried herself elegantly. She had this aura around her that automatically attracted Cody. It didn’t help him when he was assigned to personally protect her, while Obi-Wan was to protect the King and Queen.
“I cannot say how much I appreciate your service to protect us General Kenobi,” the King said.
‘Yeah right,’ Cody thought. The King could care less about the General or his service. All he probably cared about was that he was keeping his family alive.
“The pleasure is all mine, your majesty. It is my duty to protect those in need,” Obi-Wan said back.
“Please General, you are a guest on our planet. You should join us for dinner.” The Queen spoke now and her tone of voice made it seem like she was demanding him, not asking.
“Of course, I would love to join for dinner.”
With that, they all moved inside the castle with Cody and the Princess walking side-by-side. It just occurred to Cody that she still hasn’t spoken a word. All he remembered was that she did a curtsy when he and Obi-Wan arrived.
Why was it important for Cody to hear your voice? It’s not like he needed to know what it sounded like, it wasn’t vital information.
But why couldn’t he stop thinking about it?
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Dinner with the royal family was over and everyone started to get out of the dining room. Obi-Wan was to escort the King and Queen while Cody was to escort Princess (Y/N). He learned your name by hearing the Queen introduce you to Obi-Wan.
Why did the Queen have to introduce you? Why couldn’t you do it yourself? These questions roamed his mind while he was walking with you to your room. You still haven’t said a word the whole time he’s been around you.
You were leading the way to your room since he had no idea where it was. This was his first time at the castle after all, but if he was going to be guarding you then he had to know how to get to your room.
He noticed that he had arrived at your room when you stopped in front of two grand doors at the end of the hallway.
Okay, this shouldn’t be hard to remember.
“Thank you for walking me to my room Commander,” you finally spoke.
Oh kriff. Your voice was angelic and was music to his ears. He could listen to you talk all day and he wouldn’t be annoyed.
Seconds had gone by without a word exchanged. You stared into his helmet while he looked back at you. What you didn’t know was that Cody was analyzing your face. He analyzed how perfectly the moon radiated off your skin, or how your hair flowed gracefully down your neck.
He quickly regained his posture and said “it’s my duty ma’am.”
“Goodnight Commander. I hope you sleep well tonight,” and with that you gave him a smile and walked into your room.
Oh how smitten he was for you.
Cody did not sleep well that night. All he could think about was you and how you enraptured his thoughts.
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Cody got on board the transport and looked around for an empty seat. He was surprised to find that the only empty seat on the transport was the one next to yours.
So he walked past some other people that were on the transport which were advisors of the royal family or some clones and sat down next to you. Your attention was out the window and it wasn’t until he sat down that you noticed he was on the transport.
You gave him the most heart-warming smile that made his whole body jittery.
“Hello Commander, did you sleep well last night?”
“Oh uh… yes I did.” Lie. “How well did you sleep last night?”
“I slept great. Thanks for asking.” You gave him another smile and redirected your attention out the window.
This was new to Cody. No one had really asked how he slept, not even his brothers. Everyone slept in the barracks and they all knew how uncomfortable they were, so there was no point in asking.
“Oh I almost forgot something,” you went under your seat to grab a small basket. You unraveled the cloth that covered it and handed it to Cody. The scent that came out of the basket was rich and enticing that almost made Cody drool. Inside the basket were some pastries.
“Grab one. It’s for you.” Your gaze lingered on him as he put a hand in the basket and grabbed one… what was this exactly?
As if you read his thoughts you said, “it’s an exo-protein wafer if you’re wondering. I made some for your brothers but I’m not sure if they’ll like it, so you’re the first person to try this.”
This was new to Cody. No one made anything for him or his brothers. So why were you doing something nice for them? It confused him as to why a princess would spend her time doing something kind for other people.
Cody took one bite out of the wafer and his taste buds exploded. The wafer was delicious and it was both savory and sweet at the same time. It was so full of flavor that he ate the rest in one big chomp. Suddenly realizing what he did, he looked away embarrassingly trying to avoid eye contact. You giggled in response.
“So, I take it that you like it?”
“I love it. You did a really good job making these.”
“Thank you Commander.”
You tucked a strand of hair behind your ear and put the basket back under your seat after he grabbed another one. Knowing that you brought a smile to his face made your face blush.
“So why did you make these for us clones? We’re not anything special.”
“What are you talking about? You guys are special. I really appreciate the army protecting me and my family.”
“Just doing our duty ma’am,” Cody said instinctively. Not a lot of people appreciated him and his brothers efforts, but whenever someone did he would mutter those same words. However, when you said it he could tell you genuinely meant it.
“I have to save some of these for your brothers, but I’ll make more for you when we get back to the castle.”
“I would love that.”
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Everything was absolute chaos. For some reason on the way back to the castle, you were ambushed by Separatists. Now Cody and his brothers had to fight off these droids that were blocking the way to the castle.
Cody ordered you to take some cover and hide behind a large rock. His attention wasn’t entirely on you since his mind was focused on the battlefield.
One second he looked at you, and the next you grabbed a blaster and started shooting back at the droids. He was utterly shocked to the point that he stopped shooting and directed his whole attention to you, and how wonderful you looked using a blaster.
“Cody look out!”
All of a sudden, you pushed him to the ground and he saw a blaster bolt go through you. Luckily it didn’t hit you or Cody, otherwise you two would be dead from a head shot. You had just saved him from getting killed.
Now he realized that you were on top of him, hovering over his body. You were panting heavily and had your arms around his head holding yourself up.
He never saw such a beautiful sight before.
Noticing the awkward position you two were in, you got back up and went back to shooting the droids. Throughout the rest of the battle all you could think of was how handsome Cody looked beneath your body.
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“I gotta say, I’m impressed how good you are with a blaster. It’s not everyday you see royalty shooting down droids without missing a single shot.”
“Whenever mother and father are out of the castle, I go to the training grounds to practice with a blaster.”
You and Cody were walking back to your room talking about the battle that occurred today. He was fascinated by how flawless you handled yourself in battle and was surprised you weren’t a warrior.
After the battle, you gave the wafers to some of his closest brothers and they all insisted that you ate dinner with them. You happily agreed and spent dinnertime sitting next to Cody and listening to stories told by some of his brothers.
“Well, here we are.”
You both had finally reached your room and it saddened Cody because he did not want the night to end. Neither did you.
“Thanks again for walking with me Cody.”
“No problem your highness.”
Cody grabbed your hand and gave your knuckles a sweet kiss. He looked back at you lovingly and you couldn’t help but fall in love with the man before you.
He bent his head down next to your ear and whispered, “goodnight (Y/N),” only for you to hear.
“Goodnight Cody.” You smiled and opened the doors to your room, but before you walked in you turned back around to him.
“Oh, Cody?”
“Hm?”
You leaned forward and kissed his lips, using your right hand to caress his cheek.
“Sleep well,” and with that you walked into your room and closed the doors.
Cody unconsciously moved his hand up to his lips and licked them. He really wanted you to kiss him again.