Poor butterfly wings Obi-wan… too bad he couldn’t be rescued before wing damage by hot and heroic Cody/Mace/Anakin/Quigon (any of the proceeding, ;) or combo of the proceeding or the proceeding in a combo of some kind) followed by cuddles and reassurance… Also I adore you, your writing is epic and completely fantastic.
‘She’s taking
the outmost of pleasure in this.’ Obi-Wan thought darkly even as he
jumped with Anakin behind another fallen block of castle stone,
growling faintly under his breath as the droid missile hit not far
from where they were and Ventress cackled happily.
“She’s having
way to much fun!” Anakin spat out.
“Yes.” Obi-Wan
agreed shortly, eyes faintly narrowed as he tried to search her out
with the Force so he knew where to go once the blaster fire died down
a bit or their troopers could give cover fire at least.
“How about I make your padawan scream like I made you on Rattatak
Kenobi?!” Ventress shouted across the battlefield suddenly, her
laugh echoing wickedly. Ice stiffened Obi-Wan’s spine at first then
fire roared through his body as he clenched his hands on his saber.
He could feel Anakin’s eyes on him.
“Did you tell him how you screamed his name when I tore your pretty
wings out?” She called again and Obi-Wan’s back spasmed with
remembered phantom pain, his throat suddenly raw at the memory of
scream, the smell musky mold mixed with his blood, Alpha’s wide eyes
as he looked at the torn glittery wings on the floor, bile in the
back of Obi-Wan’s mouth, and just to many phantom aches to be
certain what really hurt.
“Poor butterfly! All ripped of his wings.” She laughed some more,
dragging Obi-Wan back despite the taste of iron in his mouth.
Had he bitten on
his own tongue?
“Obi-Wan?”
Anakin whispered, resting a hand on his shoulder, as always carefully
avoiding the middle of his back where wings had once been a part of
his anatomy.
Never where the
wings once were connected.
It never failed to
trigger a flashback.
“…I’m going
to tear her head off.” Obi-Wan whispered quietly before seemingly
shaking himself. “I mean…” He took a deep breath, letting rage
and despair off into the Force before looking at the other. “I’m
fine.”
Anakin only gave
him a long look despite the blaster shots and missiles around them.
“… I will be
fine one day.” Obi-Wan sighed.
()()()
“She said you
screamed for me.” Obi-Wan didn’t open his eyes as he continued
cleaning out the hilt, sitting cross legged by the fire still. He
felt the troopers around scatter even as Anakin sat down beside his
old master.
“Mmmn, I screamed
a lot of things when she pulled my wings out.” Obi-Wan offered back
bluntly, hoping the discomfort would cause Anakin to stop asking.
A gentle hand
brushed the back of his. “Obi-Wan…”
The older man
sighed quietly and finished up, putting the casing back together and
hooking the hilt back on his belt before looking at Anakin, meeting
the worried blues. “…Yes, I screamed your name. It was a moment
of weakness, hoping you’d somehow hear me and find me before she…
it was stupid.” He looked away.
“… I loved your
wings I have to admit. The color, the way they shone in the light, I
even miss the stupid powdery trail they left behind at times.”
Obi-Wan snorted quietly at that and Anakin grinned, taking it as a
minor victory.
Obi-Wan’s wings
had been fragile looking things, in soft shades of purple with
swirling patterns and black lines. When light shone through them, it
looked like gems were inside them as Obi-Wan lightly fluttered them
or they quivered in response to his emotions.
Sometimes they’d
drip with powder and Anakin had even tried to lick some of his finger
once, wondering if it was like powder sugar.
It had not been.
And he had never
done it again.
“…I feel like
I’m broken. Like something is… wrong with me. I dream that I’m
flying at times.” Obi-Wan whispered quietly, staring at the fire,
settling his hands on his knees. “And then I wake up and I remember
that…I will never fly on my own again. That she took it from me.”
He closed his eyes again.
Silence rose as
Anakin struggled to find the right words to comfort the other but
Obi-Wan was already speaking again.
“I can’t even
get them back. They aren’t like an arm, can’t be replicated by
cybernetic.” Obi-Wan swallowed then gave a breathy, choked laugh.
“But at least I fit the image of a general now, that’s what the
Chancellor told me.”
Anakin’s eyes
widened at that. “What? What do you mean Obi-Wan?”
“Didn’t I tell
you?” Obi-Wan swallowed, opening tired eyes to look at the other.
“He came to see me, after I returned from Rattakak. Told me that at
least I looked more intimidating without the wings… meager
comfort.” He sighed and looked back at the fire.
Feeling his jaw
drop, Anakin almost couldn’t believe Palpatine would say such a
thing.
But he knew the
other wouldn’t lie about a thing like that.
Force karking sith
spit.
Reaching out Anakin
dragged the other into his arms and held him tightly. “Obi-Wan…”
“…I want my
wings back…”