Daytoday: please tell me there is security footage of the Chancellor aatacking Jedi in the middle of labor.
Opening
his eyes slowly to stare at the ceiling for a long moment, Obi-Wan
let out a confused noise.
The
last he remembered…
The
babies!
Sitting
up with a cry that turned into a scream of pain as Obi-Wan wrapped
his arms around his stomach, Obi-Wan struggled to make sense of
things even as warm arms wrapped around him along with a familiar
scent.
And
a familiar voice. “Obi, Obi its alright, Obi-Wan you need to calm
down, its alright.” Anakin crooned, carefully pushing Obi-Wan down
while calling out for a healer to come.
Allowing
Anakin to push him down, Obi-Wan
hiccuped for air as he forced his teary eyes to open, watching as the
healer bustled in with a hypospray of what he hoped was painkillers.
But
more than that was Anakin he took notice of, his love’s scar
stretching down his cheek and over his neck.
That…
“…Ani?”
He rasped, touching the others cheek as the hypospray was set..
Covering
his hand and pressing it to his cheek, Anakin let out a deep breath.
“We took care of Palpatine… I’m fine love, the healers fixed up
the single injury I got.” He whispered.
Blinking,
relaxing as the pain left his system, Obi-Wan started looking around
the room instead. “Babies?” He remembered that, Depa announcing with surprise just before Palpatine attacked that there were more than one in there.
Babies,
the shock to know there was more than one.
“They’re
here,” Anakin smiled and leaned in, carefully raising the bed so
Obi-Wan could look at the two small bassinet right beside it. In them
two small swaddled bundles rested.
Swallowing,
Obi-Wan glanced at the other and then back at the babies he couldn’t
remember coming out of him as
the healer quietly left the room again, sensing they needed time.
“…Ani what happened?” He rasped, needing answers desperately as
he clearly had gaps in his memory considering he was clearly in a
Hall room, had his babies and his stomach hurt something fierce
compared to being in the Senate, in labor and being attacked.
Reaching
for a mug and pouring a glass of water, Anakin was clearly gathering
his thoughts as he brought it over and gave Obi-Wan some water which
the redhead sipped gratefully. “…Palpatine let out some kind of
dark energy
and… well Master Billaba had to give you an emergency c-section.”
Anakin breathed out.
Swallowing,
Obi-Wan blinked before nodding slowly. “…So I passed out?”
Anakin
nodded, setting the glass aside again. “We, the council and I, took
care of Palpatine during that time and thankfully there were cameras along the halls so the Senators knows it was self defense,” He grimaced before tucking
Obi-Wan’s hair behind his ear. “I was so scared though, you were
so pale and they had to put a breathing mask on you…” Anakin
shuddered.
Blinking,
Obi-Wan reached out and hugged his lover. “I’m going to be fine,
I’ll be fine.”
He murmured softly.
“I
know… but I was so worried,” Anakin huffed before shifting and
reaching out to the bassinets, pulling them even closer. “But look,
there’s two of them,” He laughed in quiet awe, beaming at
Obi-Wan. “We made them.” Anakin
beamed.
Unable
not to smile in the face of Anakin’s joy, Obi-Wan turned his
attention back to the bundles. Wrapped in soft yellow blankets, two
sleeping faces poked out.
Tiny
noses, little pink mouths and pale faces.
Their
babies.
Huffing
softly in awe, Obi-Wan reached out slowly and ran a fingertip over a
little button nose, grinning when the baby squirmed inside their
wrap. “I…what?” He didn’t even know what he was asking.
“A
boy and a girl,” Anakin murmured, holding around Obi-Wan as they
watched, guessing what Obi-Wan really wanted to know. “We have two
little twins, the boy was hiding behind his sister, its why we didn’t
see him on the scans.” He grinned while cuddling Obi-Wan.
Huffing
again, Obi-Wan snuggled into the others with a small smile. “…What
happened with Palpatine?” He whispered.
“Dead.”
Anakin murmured shortly and that was the end of that question really.
Obi-Wan
was too tired to really follow the trail of questions and the
painkillers were starting to function finally.
But…
“Wanna
hold one…” He mumbled and smiled happily if
a bit sleepily
when Anakin stood and picked up one yellow bundle, carefully
depositing it into Obi-Wan’s arms.
“Meet
our daughter Obi-Wan.” Anakin beamed, holding the other yellow
bundle in his arms, their son.
Snuggling
her to his chest, Obi-Wan felt more at peace at that moment then in
the last three years.
Just
for now they were safe.
For
now they were happy and together.
He’d
take that after so many years of war and uncertainty.