He Sleepwalks?

A/N: I'd like to thank my fellow other (and follower), ArtCat for allowing me to use one of her ideas.

Kanan awoke with a start. Something didn't seem right. Using the Force, he checked on the rest of the crew. All of them were sleeping peacefully in their beds. Well, all except for one.

"Where is Ezra?", Kanan thought. After a minute or two, he figured out where Ezra was. The boy was… headed towards his room?

"Why would he come to see me in the middle of the night?" the Jedi wondered.

Kanan decided to get up and see what was going on. He walked up to the door, opened it, and looked down the hall.

Then, he saw his Padawan. The boy was walking towards him.

"Ezra, what are you doing?", Kanan whispered. "It's the middle of the night."

Ezra didn't respond. He just kept walking.

"Ezra?", he said again.

Ezra still didn't respond. Once the teen close enough, Kanan realized why the boy hadn't responded.

His eyes were closed, and he was breathing deeply.

"He's sleepwalking!", Kanan thought.

This surprised Kanan. Ezra had never done this before.

Kanan wondered what had caused the teen to start sleepwalking. Then. He remembered something Hera had told him a few nights ago. She'd told him that Ezra hadn't slept well while he was gone.

He knew things like stress and sleep deprivation could cause people to sleepwalk. Suddenly, it made sense! Ezra had probably been so busy coming with a plan to rescue him, and that was why he hadn't slept well.

"That's what caused it", Kanan thought.

He couldn't blame Ezra, though. After all. Kanan knew he would've done the same thing if he'd been in Ezra's place.

He gave the sleeping teen a small, sympathetic smile. After everything the poor kid had been through in the past few days, he deserved (and needed) a goodnight's sleep.

Instead of taking the Kid back to his room (and possibly disturbing Zeb), Kanan decided to let Ezra stay with him.

Kanan gently placed a hand on his Padawan's shoulder.

"Come on, Kid", he whispered. "You're sleeping in my room tonight."

Ezra snorted softly in response.

Kanan chuckled softly to himself as he led the teen into his room. Then, he helped the kid get into bed. Although Ezra was still asleep, he complied. Once the kid was laying down, Kanan shut the door. Then, he walked over to his bed and laid down beside Ezra.

Ezra stirred slightly.

"Mmm", He moaned.

Kanan looked at Ezra.

Is he going to wake up and ask me what happened?", Kanan thought.

However, Ezra didn't wake up. Instead, he snuggled up to Kanan, wrapped his arm around him, and laid his head on his chest. After a few minutes, Ezra sighed softly and drifted back into a deep sleep.

Kanan smiled and wrapped an arm around Ezra. He didn't know if his Padawan would ever sleepwalk again, but he knew exactly what to do if he did.

Kanan smiled at the boy considered a son.

"Goodnight, Kid", he said whispered.

Then, Kanan closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

The End.