*   𝐣𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝.

         _{HOW SHE WISHES SHE WERE THE ONE TO FORGET — & still she welcomes it, however brief, this respite she’s been provided from the betrayal, the anger, the hatred, the hurt she knows she’ll see in familiar eyes when she finally speaks. ❛ You weren’t yourself. And Obi-wan he said he could — & you tried to — ❜ she shakes her head. ❛ Anakin, I had to do something. ❜}

                                      𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 _{through his mind ,   a puzzle of neurons that struggle to gain some insight ,   some knowledge.   first ,   there had been darkness ,   deep and swallowing as the smoke coiled ‘round his wrists   ——   it had smothered him.   controlled him ,   spit out madness and jealousy and things he’d rather forget.   BUT SHE WAS LIGHT.   she came for him and pulled him out of the shadows as she begged for the gold of his eyes to dissipate ,   she had succeeded where no one could have.   she was good and so ,   so bright :   the only thing that made sense in a world so plagued by despair.   and yet now she stands outside this iron cage  !   ❛   we were supposed to run away.   ❜   voice filled with emptiness ,   grieving as he attempts to understand.   had she betrayed him  ?   no ,   never.   he echoes her words on mustafar   (   and feels that a billion years have passed since then   )   ❛   we were going to leave everything else behind.   ❜   the jedi ,   the sith ,   his monstrosity   /   HE’D RATHER NOT THINK OF HIS DEEDS.   trembling breaths slide past his lips.   ❛   whatever obi - wan said ,   he’s wrong.   we can still be together.   we can raise our child ,   padmé   ———   just the two of us.   ❜}