Pedro Pascal Characters x Reader

The Caregiver (Din Djarin x Reader)

Summary: When you are offered by a Mandalorian to become a caretaker of a child, you don't know what to expect. But love definitely wasn't on that list.

After having the Child for months, the Mandalorian quickly realized that he needed someone to help him. He could not just rely on strangers to care for the Child, he needed someone who was reliable and responsible enough.

Thus, you came into the picture. Mando found the Child playing around with you when he was collecting information about his new bounty. Since you fell in love with the small thing and you also were educated in caregiving, it was very easy for him to convince you, and so, you quickly found yourself on his ship as the caregiver for the Child. You even got a tiny room on the ship all for yourself.

Mando liked that you were quiet, you didn't ask unnecessary things and you took amazing care of the Child.

A year has passed and now you got used to living on a ship, taking care of a child and a man-child. Although the Mandalorian wasn't a very talkative person, you enjoyed his company. And the most cliché thing happened to you, one that your friends warned you about back when you were a child.

One day, while you were waiting for him back at the ship, a man tried to steal the ship but you didn't let him. The man attacked you and if it wasn't for Mando, you would be dead, he saved your life, and in return, you fell in love with him. You couldn't believe that you fell for someone who you barely knew, let alone never seen the face of.

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It was a late evening when you were sitting in the passenger seat. Mando had another bounty frozen and you were delivering him. You heard him make his way up the ladder as you turned in your chair to look at him and he sat down into his driver's seat.

"Where's the kid?"

"Sleeping. You know he scared me this morning. I thought he might have a fever, he was very warm, and since I don't know much about his species, I wasn't too sure. But after giving him a bath he wasn't warm any longer."

"Hmm." came his answer. You let out a sign, another night when he didn't want to talk.

"I'll go and sleep as well. Good night." you said and you heard him say back a quiet 'night' as you made your way down. You took a quick look at the Child, satisfied when he was still asleep before you headed into your small room. You closed the door behind yourself and changed into your pajamas.

Mando woke you up saying that you arrived on the planet. Since you wanted to get some shopping done, you quickly changed and headed out. While Mando was handing his bounty over and collected the payment, you and the Child went to the nearby market.

You grabbed everything you needed into your basket. You enjoyed being out since most of the time you were on the ship, not necessarily talking to anyone, but just being out and having others being around you. Suddenly you stopped in front of a merchant, the scarves that he sold were just beautiful. He noticed you staring and so being the great businessman that he was, he instantly was with you talking about his products, showing you all the different colour options, materials everything.

And a certain scarf really captured your attention. The material was soft and although the merchant constantly talked, explaining the material, you didn't hear him at all.

"How much?" you asked.

You heard him say an amount, but it was just too much.

"But for a pretty lady like you, I can make a discount." he wasn't hinting anything, you saw that he wasn't interested in any of that. He genuinely gave you a discount, but the price was still too high and although Mando did pay you for taking care of the Child, it wasn't enough. You were about to thank him and leave when someone behind you spoke up.