There's Alcohol in Eggnog?

The Confession

For the first time in months, command was quiet and no battles raged on; the war was at a lull. In contrast, the Resolute itself was buzzing with excitement and contentment. In commemorance of Life Day, which was in a few days, as well as the momentary cease in hostilities, Anakin and Obi-Wan had planned a celebration for their battalions while they waited for their next deployments, and festivities had begun as soon as the cruisers had met up. 

 Anakin could feel the pure joy and excitement radiating off the men as well as from his Padawan, making his chest feel warm. Anakin smiled as he strode down the corridor, feeling lighter than he had in months. As Anakin approached the hanger, the location of the main gathering, he could hear music and laughter and could smell the wafting scent of corellian ryshcakes, keshian spice rolls, and jogan fruit tarts. His mouth watering, Anakin sped up, pumping his long legs faster until he reached the hanger. 

When he arrived, Anakin's eyes widened and his smile grew at the endearing sight;

The hanger was decked out in shimmery decorations and Ahsoka was perched on Fives' shoulders trying to arrange a strand of colorful lights, as Rex stood ready to catch them looking begrudging while radiating fondness into the force. 

As for the other members of Torrent,  Echo was telling an elaborate story to a group of enraptured shinies, using his cybernetics to accentuate exciting details, Hardcase and Jesse were throwing crumpled up "snowballs" made of festive paper at each other, Dogma and Tup, Anakin's newest troopers, sat nearby as Dogma braided Tup's long hair, and Kix sat watching the proceedings like a hawk, ready with water, bacta, and hypos. 

 Other troopers from the 212th and 501st were either dancing loosely to the music that drifted from a bucket that had been modified as a speaker or were sitting pressed shoulder to shoulder, holding drinks, on top of crates.  Finally, Anakin caught sight of Obi-Wan who was smiling and swaying slightly to the music from where he stood next to Commander Cody, a small drink nursed in his hand. 

Anakin felt a wave of overwhelming love and fondness wash over him, making his heart swell, and helping him to momentarily forget about the horrors of war. 

Anakin was broken out of his reverie when Obi-Wan teased, "Anakin, are you just going to stand there staring at us like a gaping porg, or are you going to join us?"

His face heating, Anakin sashayed dramatically further into the hanger and towards the celebration. As he made his way towards his friends and his men, Anakin caught sight of a bowl of what looked like varactyl egg nog, and he couldn't resist but to grab a cup.

 Anakin  hadn't drank varactyl egg nog since he was a Padawan, so the first sip brought back memories of Life Days past. Anakin smiled at the memories of when Obi-Wan was young and flustered and when he was a bratty Padawan, and at another memory  from when they had almost caused an intergalactic disaster due to a misunderstanding involving egg nog.

Smiling and shaking away the memories, Anakin wondered why the egg nog tasted slightly different from what he remembered, but hey, egg nog is egg nog, so he chugged the first glass before refilling his cup and sauntering towards his old master and Padawan. 

Luckily, it was just as Anakin reached the others when Fives tripped over a piece of scrap metal, sending him and Ahsoka tumbling to the floor, so Anakin was able to reach out and cushion their fall with the force. 

"I can see you're both head over heels for Life Day!" Anakin couldn't help but crack, eliciting groans from all in earshot. 

"Well, you can say that it really lights up their life!" Obi-Wan said gesturing to the lights they had just set up as he sauntered over,  putting an arm around Anakin.