[there's a variety of choice curse words that escape him the moment that anakin wakes up. finding himself pressed face first into the corner of a hallway may not be the strangest position he's found himself in before, but it's certainly not a favourite. especially once he manages to right himself again, his back popping in a way that he hasn't felt in--
decades.
he takes a moment to breathe. to remind himself of how that feels. he's alive again, doesn't need to bury himself in machinery to survive. that he can feel that cold press of metal against his hand. the solidness of the floor.
that once familiar warmth in his chest that he's only ever felt when he's near a very small list of people.
padmé
twenty-three years. twenty-three years and he still feels like a bumbling teenager the moment he feels her presence. it doesn't keep him from moving though, his feet taking him in her direction despite the nervousness, the regret, the shame that sully his memories--
(he killed her. he's to blame. she should hate him.)
--but the idea of padmé being brought here is motivation enough to have him scramble round the corner, feet sliding as he finally catches sight of her and forces himself to stop. to leave the decision with her as to whether she even wants to be around him anymore.]
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decades.
he takes a moment to breathe. to remind himself of how that feels. he's alive again, doesn't need to bury himself in machinery to survive. that he can feel that cold press of metal against his hand. the solidness of the floor.
that once familiar warmth in his chest that he's only ever felt when he's near a very small list of people.
padmé
twenty-three years. twenty-three years and he still feels like a bumbling teenager the moment he feels her presence. it doesn't keep him from moving though, his feet taking him in her direction despite the nervousness, the regret, the shame that sully his memories--
(he killed her. he's to blame. she should hate him.)
--but the idea of padmé being brought here is motivation enough to have him scramble round the corner, feet sliding as he finally catches sight of her and forces himself to stop. to leave the decision with her as to whether she even wants to be around him anymore.]
Padmé?