Burning 🔥 🦅- Ani gets to feel his little birdies kick.
Standing straight
backed with his head slightly inclined in respect and deference he no
longer had for the one in front of him, Yan went through the plans of
the future with Sidious, all too aware of Obi-Wan sitting silently
four meters behind him in the communication room as they spoke about
wide spread galactic massacre with Sidious blue shape as the only
light of the room.
He could almost
feel the ruffling of feathers Obi-Wan did not have in human form but
that wasn’t stopping him from pretty much puffing up like an avian
during a threat display it seemed which amused the knight of the star
Order.
“There is one
more thing.” Sidious drawled as Yan thought their meeting drew to
an end as they finished talking about the CIS, clones and the galaxy
wide war that they had been planning.
“My lord?” Yan
blinked, honestly a bit confused.
“Kenobi and
Skywalker,” The old man drawled, sitting back while jutting out his
chin a bit and Yan could feel his muscles tense as if a viper had
coiled around him. “Be gentle with them, I have plans for both of
them. Little birds like them who sing so sweetly are valuable, each in their own right of
course but yes. I intend to have them both so ensure that they do
not…” He trailed off and a smirk appeared over his lips, exposed
when Sidious tipped his head up enough to show his face to anyone in
the room in what he thought was a secure connection. “Temporarily
snuffed out, I’d hate to start from scratch.”
Yan could feel his
blood turn to ice.
Temporarily snuffed
out. Little birds.
Sidious knew
what Skywalker and Obi-Wan were.
He knew they were
starbirds.
Oh kark a Sith knew
there were starbirds alive, the only creatures that could permanently
kill a starbird knew there were two alive!
He didn’t let his
panic out and instead bowed to the man. “As you wish my lord.”
Yan murmured, the holo turning off.
Slowly he turned to
look at Obi-Wan, watching how pale and tight the others face looked.
Neither said
anything for a long moment. “He knows.” Obi-Wan finally murmured.
“So his words
imply,” Yan agreed, slowly moving over and settling down on one
knee in front of the seated Jedi, taking his hands to gently rub
them. “I won’t let him have you, not you, not Skywalker and
certainly not your little birds as you say. This-” He gestured
towards the holopad with a nod of his head that had recorded the
entire conversation. “Is just one of many steps of the dance to
bring him down and he will never touch your little birds, of this I,
Yan Dooku of Serenno, swear.” He murmured.
Obi-Wan let out a
shuddering breath, obviously struggling a bit and Yan could have
sympathy with that considering the flush of hormones that was
currently going through the others pregnancy swollen body.
So he remained
quiet and continued rubbing at the Jedi’s hands while mentally
counting, getting to his feet when he heard the door open. Huh, he got to thirty, Skywalker must have been close by.
Just as expected,
Skywalker was standing in the doorway, eyes slightly wild and a tiny
bit out of breath though he quickly calmed down when he saw Obi-Wan
just sitting on a chair looking unharmed. Yan
stepped back to provide space for the man.
Quickly the Jedi
knight stepped in and let the door shut behind him for privacy, ruffled curls
smoothed over with a hand now that he was calmer at the sight of an
unharmed mate as he made his way over to Obi-Wan with questions
screaming in his blue eyes.
“Are you
alright?” Skywalker asked quietly, eyes focused on Obi-Wan and
solely him as he knelt down beside his mate.
“Not really,
hug?” Obi-Wan smiled meekly at his mate, opening his arms to the
blond for his requested comfort and breathing out in relief when the others strong arms
instantly wrapped around him as he nosed into the curls for the tactile comfort.
“I’ll tell you about it in our quarters after a cup of tea but
right now I just…” He trailed off.
“Shh, no need to
explain right now,” Skywalker murmured into the others clothes, Yan
barely hearing him with how muffled it was against Obi-Wan’s soft
tunic. “I’m here for yo-ah!” The two pulled from each other in
surprise, staring at each other with wide eyes to Yan’s surprise
before they both focused down on Obi-Wan’s swollen stomach.
Quickly Skywalker
returned his hands to Obi-Wan’s stomach, a delighted smile lighting
up his face. “Was that…” He trailed off.
“I think so. Its
only happened at night so far.” Obi-Wan breathed out then laughed
suddenly and this time Yan could see why.
The others stomach
wobbled.
The little birds
had kicked and Yan couldn’t help a wry smile of his own as
Skywalker crooned in utter delight as he leaned in with both his
hands still on his mates stomach as he pressed tiny kisses all over
the others face before rubbing their noses together as they chirped
and trilled to each other. Most likely heaping praise onto his mate by the way Obi-Wan’s neck was coloring a deep red and his smile turned ever wider.
‘Well, that
serves as a good distraction from Sidious for now at least.’ He
thought with some amusement.
Joy was a good
distraction.