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1. Adjusting to the Light by Elthadriel, KokoBean

   Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo/Clone Trooper Boil (Star Wars)
   • CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo/CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives
   • Clone Trooper Boil/Clone Trooper Waxer (Star Wars)
   • CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo & CT-7567 | Rex
   • 501st Legion Members (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) & CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo
   • CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo
   • Clone Trooper Boil (Star Wars)
   • CT-5597 | Jesse
   • CT-6116 | Kix
   • CT-7567 | Rex
   • Original Clone Trooper Character(s) (Star Wars)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Trauma
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Depression
   • Dysphoria
   • Chronic Pain
   • Discussions of Weight Loss
   • Non-Linear Healing
   • After CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo is Rescued From Skako Minor
   • Not Canon Compliant - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon)
   • Echo stays with the 501st after being rescued from Skako Minor
   • Background Relationships
   • Undefined lines between platonic
   • romantic
   • and sexual relationships
   • Polyamorous Clone Troopers (Star Wars)
   • struggling relationships
   • Alienation
   • Friends With Benefits
   • Casual Sex
   • Hopeful Ending
   • CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo-centric
   • Canonical Character Death
   • in the form of Fives and Waxer

   Summary

   After being rescued from the Techno Union, Echo returns to the 501st only to find he can’t just pick up where he left off. He’s changed, and the 501st has changed. Mourning Fives and unable to piece together the truth of what happened to him, Echo finds common ground with Boil, a man also struggling to move on from his dead partner.

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