Padme Amidala x Reader- Predating/Asking Out
Request: “Could you please do a Padme x Reader were you meet her in Coruscant and have fun going to plays and museums together before one of you finally gets the courage to ask ther other out?”
These made me very happy to write and I’m sorry they took me forever. My life has been literal insanity recently but hopefully things will be calming down soon! Requests are open, so send them my way!
You meet Padmé at a formal fundraiser for a bill she is trying to pass in the Senate
You accidentally catch her eye from across the room and a jolt of… something runs through you
Without thinking, your legs begin to move and suddenly, you are crossing the floor to reach her. In turn, she quickly excuses herself to go talk to you
While your first introduction is formal and dictated by the sudden nerves in your stomach, you can't help but to be further entranced by the Senator from Naboo
Your conversation doesn't last long; it can't, not with the important people and duties Padmé has to attend to at this party, but she learns your name and enough about you that you know you will see her again
Sure enough, a few days later, you receive a HoloMessage from Padmé herself inviting you to a play
Immediately, and with inexplicable butterflies in your stomach, you accept
She's dressed more casually when you meet her for the play, but Padmé remains elegant and beautiful nonetheless (her smile when she sees you only amplifies it all)
“I've always loved the fine arts,” she confesses to you before the start of the show, “and I wanted to get to know you better.”
So begins a long cycle of you and Padmé going out. It's not dating, as you disappointedly remind yourself, because nothing in her language or disposition indicates as so. But you get to know and spend time with her, and that's all that really matters
She takes you to all types of museums and plays, and engages in deep conversation every second that's not spent appreciating the art in front of you
The two of you can talk about anything from art, to current politics, to each other's lives and beyond
Hours and hours can pass with you and Padmé lost in conversation, just being in each other's presence and getting to know everything you can about the other
It takes too long, in your opinion (actually, in both of yours), but eventually, something changes. The way you act around each other, the way you look at each other: it shifts to something beyond that of friends
Neither one of you can keep up this guise any longer and what was first held back comes so blatantly clear, to Padmé’s the lingering gaze on you, or how she always seems so close, until finally, finally, she slips your hand into yours and begins the happiest chapter of your life:
“Come have dinner with me,” she says almost randomly during one of your excursions, looking at you with the hint of a smile beginning to form on her lips, “it'll be a date.”
It feels like a dream. A very happy, very much wished for dream. But it's real, you remind yourself, as a full smile breaks out on Padmé’s face, matching your own
“I'd love to,” you accept, squeezing her hand with the intention of never letting go
