Lif's Summer of Bad Batch 2024 Masterlist
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Week 1 Prompt: Water Gun Fight, Alt. Prompt: "It's not what you think." Water Gun Fights and Dad Voices, 1153 words On a hot afternoon on Pabu Omega and Hunter decide to have a water gun fight, though their method of doing so is a bit alarming.
Week 2 Prompt: Injured Flashbang, 2880 words Crosshair sees a flashbang go off through his heat vision lens, which gives the perfect opportunity for droids to sneak up on him. He’s injured from the fight that ensues.
Looking Out for Each Other, 665 words Omega gets hurt during a mission, and she’s determined to look out for Tech as much as he looks out for her.
Week 3 Prompt: "It's just a scratch." We Do This Together, 2599 words Tantiss is embroiled in battle. Crosshair has been singled out by CX-2. During the fight, CX-2’s helmet comes free, and Crosshair is met with an all-too familiar face.
A New Home, 871 words Omega wakes to find Hunter taking care of an injury. Things get overwhelming.
Week 4 Alt. Prompt: "You really think you're going without me? Not going to happen." Blind Side, 989 words Wrecker is on his first mission since one of his own bombs went off near his head. Crosshair is insistent he doesn’t go alone.
Week 5 Prompt: "You're a bad liar.", Alt. Prompt: "Need a hand?" Mayday, 6646 words Crosshair falls incredibly ill during a storm, and his family does what they can to help him. Only, there's not much they can do.
Week 6 Prompt: Battle Scars It Does, 993 words Hunter works up the courage to ask Crosshair if the scars on his head ever hurt.
Week 7 Alt. Prompt: Getting a Haircut Blackmail Material (Potentially), 2435 words Crosshair forcibly takes Hunter to get a haircut. Hunter actually has a good time.
Week 8 Alt. Prompt: Lula Lula/A Good Name, 2586 words Crosshair watched the bomb go off by Wrecker's head on their last mission, and now he sits by his bedside, riddled with guilt. He's dying to do something good for his brother, so Crosshair goes on a little shopping trip, Hunter and Tech following along.
Week 9 Prompt: "Hold still.", Alt. Prompt: Stargazing To Worship the Stars, 2655 words Phee drags Tech to one of Pabu's beaches at nighttime under false pretenses and ends up surprising him with a date to watch the stars together. Tech doesn't quite understand stargazing, but he begins to.
Stardust, 1335 words Omega gazes at the stars, save for in Tantiss, where she cannot find one.
Week 10 Prompt: Hugs, Alt. Prompt: "Just when were you planning on telling us that?" We're a Family, 3004 words Crosshair tries to find closure over Tech's death.
Week 11 Prompt: "I didn't think I would get this far." After, 1909 words Tech has gone missing on Pabu, and his family tries to find him, helping him away from a dark path.
Week 12 Prompt: Nightmares Omega's Safe, 2226 words Crosshair wakes from a nightmare to hear Omega sobbing, and he forces himself through his fear to go check on her. Hunter is already helping out.
Alt. Prompt: Radio Silence Alive (now featuring fanart on AO3!!), 2025 words After Eriadu, Echo leaves messages on Tech's comm channel, feeling like he's talking to his brother again.
Week 13 Prompt: "Stop touching me! // "I'm not touching you!", Alt. Prompt: Crashing Hard Afliplane Diatane, 3004 Eight weeks ago Hunter was shot, and he received life-saving surgery, and has been recovering... now with the help of a med he's no longer supposed to be taking. Hunter's body doesn't handle running out of it very well.
Rookie Flight Maneuvers, 513 words Hunter is taking a flight test with his squad, and brotherly chaos ensues.
Bonus Prompt Prompt: "Can you braid my hair?" Not Just the Braid, 1068 words Omega has a ridiculous request that Crosshair doesn’t know how to fulfill, and does not want to fulfill: braiding Omega’s hair.