(This is what I wrote on the day I didn’t have access to tumblr. I hope its enjoyable even if its not a prompt)
Frowning heavily, Anakin crossed his arms over his chest as he
continued scanning the southern entrance hall, discomfort aching
through him with every passing second as he leaned against the pillar
by the large.
He and Obi-Wan were
finally having a bit of downtime, a healer mandated decompression
pause from the war to try and cope and relax. Added bonus were that
also their troopers got some downtime in the barracks, Anakin knew
from his comms to Rex that Fives and Echo were stirring up trouble
and apparently a prank war between the 212th and the 501st
had started up.
Rex had refused to
comment if he was involved but Anakin suspected that the dear Captain
was and that furthermore, Ahsoka had become involved too.
Due to all of that,
he and Obi-Wan had decided to take dinner together at Dex, something
Anakin had honestly missed. He usually ran of to see Padme but had
decided that this time, for a few days at least, Padme could wait,
that Obi-Wan had priority but… Obi-Wan was late.
Obi-Wan was never
late.
Not really, if he
was stalled somehow, he’d always message Anakin to inform him.
‘Or something has
gone wrong.’ Anakin’s mind piped up.
His discomfort with
the situation finally boiling over, Anakin gave his comm one last
check, giving Obi-Wan one last chance before he pushed away from
pillar, stalking towards the elevators with his robes swishing rather
dramatically around him.
If Obi-Wan had seen
him, he’d give him a look and a small smirk, his eyes oozing of
amusement.
However Obi-Wan was
not there and therefore Anakin’s gait speed p.
Obi-Wan was never
late without a cause and Anakin would find out what kind of cause had
delayed him this time, tracking his master’s Force presence.
It puzzled him to
find the others Force aura on the living levels of the temple, each
step leading him to their quarters and the other was shielding
tightly. Only Anakin’s bond was really giving him any indication to
where his former master was.
Had Obi-Wan
forgotten the time and simply never left the quarters when Anakin did
earlier?
That didn’t
really make sense for the punctual master, tacking on the way the
other was shielding himself, Anakin felt himself flare with more
concern than ever. W
ith a newfound
sense of determination, Anakin made his way home and let himself in,
ignoring his slippers in favor of finding his master. He’d clean up
the floors from his boots later and apologize to Obi-Wan since the
man liked to walk around in only his socks in their quarters.
Yet, even knowing
Obi-Wan as he did, knowing that he’d never be late without a reason
did not prepare Anakin to find his old master face down on the floor,
curled up in a tight, shaking ball between their squishy couch and
the old leather armchair.
His comm laid on
the caff table, relentlessly beeping with a set alarm and every noise
seemed to make Obi-Wan shake even harder than before as he gasped
wetly for air against the floor.
“Obi-Wan!”
Anakin gasped, stepping into the living room, worry rising rapidly in
his chest as Obi-Wan flinched at the word, moaning in pain before
retching helplessly as Anakin dropped to his knees by his master.
Reaching out with a
sweep, he turned the comm off as he carefully turned Obi-Wan over
onto his side, the others pallid face scrunched up in pain as sweat
beaded on his forehead and he visibly flinched as light came over his
face.
Turning Obi-Wan
over also showed Anakin the half full pill container the other had
been holding onto.
Breathing out,
Anakin covered up the others eyes with his mech hand. “You’re
having a migraine again, aren’t you.” He whispered, cursing
quietly when Obi-Wan simply nodded.
He should have
asked to touch the other in case he made it worse but that was far
past it and he couldn’t really do much about Obi-Wan’s migraines
when they got this bad that they totally incapacitated him.
Normally, Obi-Wan
had medication he could take and it seemed like he had taken at least
the painkillers to try and aid him.
If he managed to
take both the painkillers and the preventative mesure, then his
migraine would hurt but he would be functional at the very least.
But that was in the
start of his migraine, before the worst of his symptoms.
Obi-Wan was well
into it now and the painkiller alone was doing little for him.
“Okay,” Anakin
shifted, getting ready. “I’m going to pick you up now Obi-Wan. If
you need to throw up, just do it, I can clean up but we need to move
you to your bedroom.” He stated quietly, waiting until he got the
tiny nod he needed.
With that done, he
removed his hand from Obi-Wan’s eyes, wincing when the other
instantly retched once more as light penetrated his eyelids. And when
Anakin finally lifted him…
Well, he had said
that if Obi-Wan vomited, it was fine, with the other pressed to his
chest, it ensured the bile didn’t go far.
Anakin wasn’t
sure if he was thankful or not that it was only bile as it coated the
front of his tunic, tabards and Obi-Wan’s tunic but whatever,
Anakin worked while he had the chance to prevent a repeat, getting
Obi-Wan to his blessedly dark rooms, activating the Force dampener
on the wall with his shoulder.
The effect was
instant, Obi-Wan went almost boneless in his arms even as Anakin
moved the last steps to Obi-Wan’s carefully made bed, settling the
other down on top of the sheets. With his arms free, he chucked the
now soiled outer tunic before getting to work on Obi-Wan’s clothes.
Obi-Wan just laid
there quietly, breathing shallowly as he let Anakin work, not even a token protest crossing his lips.
Obi-Wan had always
had migraines, but after Zigoola they had gotten worse, to the point
they were utterly debilitating. When they happened, Obi-Wan had no choice but
to let someone take care of him, usually Anakin.
Normally, such a
thing would make Anakin feel wanted, a bit smug, being able to take
care of Obi-Wan… but he had come to hate how out of it his master became every
time, fevered, nauseous, unable to handle the smallest of stimuli
from light and sound and even the Force.
It was why his room
was equipped with a Force dampener, to provide succor to his mind.
And Anakin’s heart hurt to see his strong, capable master brought down like this by something Anakin couldn’t fight or really help him with, only support him through.
Finally he got
Obi-Wan out of his soiled clothes and threw them into the corner with
his own. He’d throw them down the laundry hamper in a bit but right
now, Obi-Wan had priority as Anakin grasped the flannel on the others
nightstand and poured some water from a bottle in the room onto it.
It was one of the
things Anakin had insisted Obi-Wan keep in his room and it always
came to use in moments like this as Anakin knelt down by the bed and
carefully cleaned the others chin and down his neck, making sure to
clean out his beard for bile.
The cool touch had
Obi-Wan opening his eyes to tiny silvers, peering at Anakin before
giving a strained smile.
‘Hurting and
still trying to assure me master? You have to stop that.’ Anakin
smiled sadly back, reaching up to caress the others sweat soaked hair
away from his face with his cool mech hand. He didn’t voice that however, simply finished
cleaning Obi-Wan off and then settled to stroke his hair, knowing the
soothing motion helped the other drowse. “Just try to get some
sleep, I’ll be here.” He whispered quietly.
Obi-Wan let out a
small croak but eventually gave a small nod while closing his eyes
fully, leaning into Anakin’s touch.
‘It will be
alright master. I’m here. Its all gonna be alright.’ Anakin
promised, watching the other.