Zeb usually snores, but when Ezra wakes up crying in the middle of the night from a nightmare, he doesn't hear the familiar rumble of his Lasat roommate's breathing. That's because Zeb is still awake, unable to sleep night after night since Kanan's capture

"Zeb?" Ezra asks. Zeb doesn't want to embarrass Ezra or let on that he's heard him cry, so he pretends to snore again, and Ezra, convinced he is alone cries quietly until he's out of tears.

Eventually Ezra decides to head to the 'fresher to wash his face and get some water, and try to go back to sleep. Out of the corner of his eye he notices the door to Kanan's room hissing shut.

"Kanan?" Ezra rushes in, wildly hoping that his master reappeared in the middle of the night…

But he sees Hera, settling down onto the bed with her back to him. She sits bolt upright, blushing.

"What are you doing up?" "Can't sleep." There's silence for a moment. "Me neither." She pats the edge of Kanan's bed, and Ezra sits.

Hera notices that his eyes are puffy, and his hair is more disheveled than usual. But she doesn't mention anything. This has taken a toll on all of them. Hera sighs. "I miss him, too. But he'll be fine. We'll get him back." She scratches Ezra's back slowly, as reassuring as she can. Is she saying it more for Ezra or for her? She pushes the thought from her mind.

Ezra looks away, hair falling in front of his face. Hera reaches a hand out to brush the hair aside, but he turns farther. "Ezra, hey. Look at me." She's losing her composure, too, and gulps down a lump in her throat. Ezra turns back around shamefully to reveal tear-streaked cheeks and eyes squeezed shut.

And Hera understands. Ezra, who had opened his heart and let his guard down for a new family, fears more than anything to lose it again.

She draws him in close. She would never let that happen. Not on her watch. After a while, Ezra's sobs recede into sniffles, and soon his breath evens as he falls asleep with his head in her lap. She leans her head against Kanan's bedframe, stroking Ezra's hair, and stares defiantly into the darkness. Not on her watch.