STAR WARS: possible spoiler warning

[avali]

STAR WARS CALL OUT POST:
STEP 1: pick a muse
STEP 2: leave a comment with their name in the subject line, pictures, words or all of the above
STEP 3: profit

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[naberrie]

[ with a quiet sob, padmé hides her face against his chest. her arms snake around his waist, and she holds on as fiercely as he is to her. the tightness that has lived between her ribs eases. she did not realize the weight of her guilt until it released its grip on her. for the first time in a long time, she can breathe.

her fingers curl into the material of his orange flight suit. she remains like that, indulging in the sense of steadiness embracing him provides. her grownup son. she pulls back, but not away. sight alone is not enough. her hands lift to his face. her thumb strokes a cheek; her fingers brush his hair away from his face. trying to commit him to memory as if this is only a dream soon to be stripped from her. ]

You look like your father, [ padmé observes with a touch of wonder. when one knows what to look for, the similarities are plain. the color of their eyes, the texture of their hair. the funny laugh. the smiles. ] You've grown so much.

[ wound tight around her obvious pride is the bittersweet knowledge that she missed it. all of it. thought it hurts, it fails to diminish her joy. does the opposite, in fact. her happiness is almost perfect. ]

[skyfeets]

[His expression levels out at that, even if he doesn't realize it. There's no brushing away her hand or turning his attention, but he's restless meeting the pain of her stare, knowing why she feels it after everything Ben had told him before--

Luke tightens his grip, steels his stare the way he figures he ought to.] I'm going to fix it.

Everything Vader ever did, I'm going to make it right. [It wasn't exactly a new conclusion to draw: he'd been certain for a while that he needed to finish what his father started-- that he was the only person that could-- and the more he helped out with the Rebellion the more sure he was that he needed to leave.

They needed more if they were going to win against the Empire; the odds just aren't evening out.] You won't have to hide anymore.

[naberrie]

Darth Vader is not to be underestimated. [ her eyes widen in alarm. the similarities between father and son are rooted further than skin deep. a heavy stone drops into her belly. ] Only a Jedi Knight can hope to face him. Luke —

[ she shakes her head. it is twenty-three years ago, and she is asking another headstrong man not to think solely with a lightsaber. padmé's hand drops to his collar. she bunches it nervously in her fingers. ]

I beg you…don't be so quickly drawn to battle. Not before you're ready. And never for my sake.