Burning bird- Obi talks to Ani about his vision.
As he started to
get larger, Obi-Wan also started to slow down a lot more, becoming
more a nesting creature than a social creature since his instincts
demanded he keep himself and his burgeoning lives safe from harm.
Good thing people
didn’t mind visiting him in his room and sitting either on the
bedside or the floor to speak with him.
Yan of course
pulled a chair to sit on but that was him being his usual self so
Obi-Wan didn’t mind.
Some of the younger
clones and Boba he even allowed to crawl into his nest with him to
cuddle, needing the physical comfort when Anakin was off in the
Kamino facility, teaching the clones, planning or training with Jango
and the brothers.
His stomach was so
swollen with the babies now, Obi-Wan hoped it wouldn’t get bigger
but something told him they would and he’d be reduced to waddling
all over.
Pouting a bit, he
carefully disentangled himself from his nest and carefully made his
way towards the kitchen, needing tea.
Of course he got
caught up in a full fledged mechanic argument as Anakin stubbornly
held on to that the P something was the superior machine to a machine
Jango was tooting as the best as several of the brothers pinged in
with what they thought were the best and what they had flown with in
simulations.
Chuckling softly at
that, Obi-Wan limped to the kitchen and half noticed the silence
before Anakin was suddenly there, trilling softly into his ear while
hugging as Jango and the others went back to their discussion as
Anakin joined Obi-Wan in the kitchenette instead. “You’re
limping. Is it your hip again?” The blond nosed at Obi-Wan’s hair
and ear in an affectionate move.
“Yeah, but we
were warned about this. Cartilage is softening in my hip area to make
the space necessary, you remember right?” Obi-Wan put his hand to
the counter to push himself up on his toes only for Anakin to quickly
reach up and grab the sapir tea tin, putting it down in front of
Obi-Wan. “Anakin…” He grumbled.
“Please don’t
push yourself mate,” Anakin nosed at him again, rubbing Obi-Wan’s
stomach with one hand. “The healers said you would have to accept
help as you get bigger. You’re not an embarrassment, just my lovely
mate, I love helping you.” He assured
Muttering with a
bit of a blush in his cheek, Obi-Wan measured up tea instead of
answering as he waited on the pot to boil.
So he was a tiny
bit ashamed of how his changing body reduced some of his abilities if
he didn’t fill it out with the Force as a crutch. It was just so
strange to no longer be able to reach his toes without sitting down
or how his hip ached daily because of the softened cartilage and than
there was the constant hormones not to speak about the nightmares he
was having.
Pausing a bit,
Obi-Wan rested a hand over Anakin’s before turning slowly, ignoring
the boiling water kettle as he peered up into blue eyes. “…Anakin,
I might be having visions.” He started only to hesitate even as
Anakin tensed against him.
The fellow
starbirds eyes turned dark as he cupped Obi-Wan to him, trying to
make himself bigger somehow and simultaneously cover Obi-Wan up from
view. “Tell me everything.” He demanded quietly and intently, a
string of worry in his voice.
Pressing his nose
to Anakin’s neck, Obi-Wan sunk into him and quietly told him each
detail he could of the maybe vision, the sensation of hands, the
brush of air past his ear and how it did not feel like Anakin.
He left nothing out even as it made him nauseous and frightened,
clinging to his mate.
“I won’t let
them collar you, never ever, not my mate,” Anakin crooned quietly,
holding Obi-Wan tightly to him as he ran one hand comfortingly up and
down the others back. “No slavers and no Sith will ever have you,”
His hand cupped around the swollen stomach covetously and
protectively at the same time. “Nor our children.” Anakin swore.
‘No… Ani would
burn planets before he allowed our little birds to be taken.’ That
should alarm Obi-Wan as a Jedi but all it did in that moment was
reassure him as he sunk into the other man, fine tremors rolling
through his body as he was held tight by his mate.
