some princes don’t become kings
Relationship(s): Anakin & Palpatine, Anakin & Obi-Wan, Anakin & Yoda, Anakin/Padmé (background)
Rating: T
Word Count: ~4.1k
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence, Post-Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones, Canon Compliant Through AotC And Then It Diverges, War, Major Character Injury, Injury Recovery, Jedi Temple Halls Of Healing On Coruscant, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst With A Happy Ending, Ableism, Internalized Ableism, Anakin Skywalker Doesn’t Turn To The Dark Side, Fix-It, Sheev Palpatine Being An Asshole, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, General Anakin Skywalker, Battle Scars, Force Lightning, Crying, Like...So Much Crying Guys
Every time the healers go on about how lucky he is, Anakin wants to laugh. His threshold of despair has always been fairly high – growing up as a slave on the dust ball of Tatooine will do that to a person – but even he’s having a hard time finding the good fortune in being limbless and scarred.
“It’s a miracle that you survived,” Master Che tells him before nearly every treatment, her last farewell before she dunks him in a bacta tank for Force knows how long. “A weaker man wouldn’t have.”
“Your burns are healing nicely,” one of the assistants says when he’s pulled from the tank again and again, groggy and tingling. “We should be able to fit you for your prosthetics soon.”
Or: Anakin gets injured a few years early and it saves the galaxy.
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