Hi Moddy! Question…how is Vader(intime) avoiding the direct requests of Palpatine to visit him? Does ObiWan understand or maybe ‘Anakin’ drops a bit of ‘ooh creepy old man is giving me creepy vibes’? Has he figured out a way to reveal Palpatine’s double dealing? Just really wondering how this is heading, and huzzah for Vaderwan!
Blinking up at the
ceiling for a long moment, Obi-Wan finally manage to lift his head
and peek down at his chest where Anakin was latched onto him with his
arms around the knight’s waist. “Ani?” He wheezed.
“Don’t make me
go to him!” Anakin cried out, eyes wide, looking truly panicked.
“What?” Obi-Wan
finally sat up quickly, pushing the blond back to look at him
properly. “Don’t make you go where Anakin? What’s wrong?” He
held the others face.
The blond gave a
little sniffle that alarmed Obi-Wan even more as Anakin shifted to
sit on Obi-Wan’s knees, straddling them as he twisted his right
sleeve with his let hand. “T-The Chancellor. He… he told Master
Windu that the council could send me to him for conversations but the
chancellor creeps me out and I don’t want to be alone with him and
please don’t send me to the Rotund, I promise to be good Master
Obi-Wan!”
A proverbial verbal
diarrhea was escaping Anakin, rushed and panicked in its delivery
that was only cut off when Obi-Wan pulled his young padawan tightly
against his chest, hushing him while rocking the teenager who
trembled against his chest.
“No, no I won’t
send you to the Senate, to the Chancellor. Calm down Anakin, I’ll
talk with the Senate and explain you don’t feel comfortable with
the man.” Obi-Wan crooned, one arm wrapped around the boys shaking
frame and the other cupping the back of his padawan’s head to press
him against Obi-Wan’s collarbone. “I promise not to leave you
with him alone.” He assured.
Face pressed to the
folds of Obi-Wan’s collar, Anakin’s smile was hidden from the
galaxy.
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Resting against
Obi-Wan’s side as the older man napped, Vader only felt a bit bad
for taking advantage of the others protective instincts.
Just a bit.
But he couldn’t
allow being left alone with Sidious as the other Sith was sure to
expose him for what he was if left too long in the others presence.
Because Vader knew that the other wasn’t stupid by any means and he
wasn’t going to give him a chance to discover the truth.
Slowly Vader
reached up and wrapped his hand around the japor amulet around his
master’s neck, smiling at the lacks face as he felt the heat of the
amulet responding to the creator of it.
He would make sure
to make Obi-Wan a great lunch as apology for taking advantage off
him, perhaps even a dessert though Vader wasn’t quite sure about
managing anything too fancy. Perhaps just a jiggly sort of pudding or
even just a fruit dessert?
Obi-Wan would like
that, he knew.
‘My pretty,
wonderful Obi-Wan.’ He thought fondly before shifting up slowly and
pressing a soft kiss to his forehead, carefully slipping off the
couch to drop into the kitchen to get started on the lunch as Obi-Wan
continued resting on the couch with soft puffs of air escaping him.
It was best Obi-Wan
ate before he talked to the council.
‘I wonder if I
can be in the room when he explains why I don’t want to see
Palpatine.’ He mused, a small smirk crossing his face at the
thought. Maybe he could play it up a bit, shuffle his feet around,
muttering about creepy men and how he stared at ‘Anakin’.
Oh he could already
imagine the throbbing vein in Windu’s temple…