#rexanidala

[galactic-rhea]

If it's not too late to do suggests/requests, may I offer the idea of Padme flirting with Rex while Anakin is in the background (supportive, not jealous; either he's aiming for throuple or he's just Padme's bestie instead of in a relationship)

sorry i couldn't resist doing the htyd meme Padmé is as weird as anakin with the flirting alright

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[rexanidalaweek]

Rexanidala Week

This event will run from May 17th to May 23rd. For rules and guides, please see the pinned post.

You can pick one of the three prompts, or mix two of them, or do a different fic for each prompt. You can even mix from different days. The world is your oyster. In fact, I encourage it! If you don't like any of them, there's a set at the bottom as 'free space' prompts. You also don't actually have to do the prompts same day.

If anyone's inclined to make a fun visual calendar for this, feel free! Graphic Design is not my passion.

Day 1: May 17th - Soulmate AU - Body Swap - Mistaken Identity

Day 2: May 18th - Time Travel - Heists - "Don't freak out. Yes, we started a war, but- BUT- we ended it in the same week."

Day 3: May 19th - Pirate AU - Political Prisoner - Bodyguard AU

Day 4: May 20th - Fantasy - Wedding - Flower Language

Day 5: May 21st - Roleswap - Coming Out - Dancing

Day 6: May 22nd - No order 66/No war/War cut short - Accidental Baby Acquisition - Grief/Mourning

Day 7: May 23rd - Omegaverse - Different First Meeting - "I appreciate the vote of completely misplaced confidence."

Free Space: Any Day - Renaissance Fairs - Coparenting C-3PO and R2-D2 - Cultural Differences

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Padme would be an AMAZING Sugar Mama

now, you probably read that and thought "uhhh duh. anakin is the trophy husband, so of course padme is the sugar mama."

no. padme is not the sugar mama to anakin. she is the sugar mama to rex (and to some extent the entire 501st legion).

now. you can think of this as platonic funny ha ha like "oops, in an effort to get closer to the captain and soldiers that help keep her husband alive, padme accidentally become their sugar mama by getting them the best gear, rations that then morphs into trinkets and clothing" and surprisingly anakin is the one that has to point it out to padme who like "eh, they deserve it having to try and keep you alive love. at least until I can get the clone rights bill past and they can start earning some real money for the amazing work they do."

Or you can think of this as prerequisit for rexanidala. where Rex and Padme end up becomeing friends (because how can you not become friends when this man is constantly by your husbands side and is competent, funny, and caring. of course they become friends)

and Padme is like "if you or your men need anything, just let me know" like some kind of mafia boss. but then 2 months later, rex actually takes her up on the offer because they are low on bacta and the senate is tied up in meetings and decisions to actually send them some. Rex is desperate and texts padme.

next rotation they have a shipment of bacta requesting permission to board and unload.

and then it just kinda spirals from there. Rex obviously never takes advantage of this. padme is his friend, but also the wife of his general who is also his friend. he'd never do that. yet he still ends up with nice clothing and bracelets, and brand new holonovels and movies.

and then one day, when rex is again guarding for anidala holocall, they start gushing together about how great rex is and how he deserves so much. and then suddenly they both realize. oh shit- we like rex. they agree to not do anything about this yet, cause they want to have an indepth convo in person about how this would work, if they even want it to work, and any fears or insecurity that might pop up with this revelation.

only, anakin fuckin sucks at lying/hiding his feelings, he's awkard and distant otherwise he risks trying to attempt to flirt. So now Rex thinks he did something wrong, he stops asking padme for things, and stops accepting the gifts. stops the late nights with Anakin pretending to do form work. goes back to "general" and "sir".

until finally they are back on coruscant, and Padme can scold at anakin for accidentally making rex uncomfortable. they talk, decide yes, they do want to see if Rex is interested, or at the very least, apologize for making him uncomfortable. Rex cries when they tell him cause he was so afraid they found out his feelings and was pushing him away.

idk, I just think there is alot of potential when it comes to rexanidala and padme being specifically rex's sugar mama.

[headedtobandomeer]

Okay but Cody and Obi-Wan being convinced that Rex is in a throuple with Anakin and Padme.

And they're not wrong but none of the three people in that trouple have figured that out yet

[padawansuggest]

Anakin: *comes out of a senate closet covered in lipstick marks*

Fox: …who did that? Was that you? *looks at Padme coming out behind him*

Padme: *points to her face* I’m not even wearing makeup today.

Rex: *comes out behind them both with his helmet on*

Fox: Rex, take the bucket off.

Rex: …no…

Fox: *wrestles him down and forces it off of him*

Rex: *mouth and a bit of his nose suspiciously red stained* …I didn’t do it either…

Fox: oh my god…

[astra-lumen]

rexanidala is amazing because they’re all hyper competent people who would do anything for the people they love and they’re absolute dumbasses when interacting with each other.

[cawsceries]

rexanidala my beloveds 🫶🫶🫶

[varpusvaras]

More Soulmate Marks AU stuff (a thing I will be writing later on because this is possessing me) is that Padmé and Anakin have matching marks. Palpatine sees these and fully believes that Anakin and Padmé are soulmates, especially since by the time Palpatine meets Anakin for the first time, Anakin and Padmé have already met each other, and with how taken Anakin is with Padmé, it's a safe assumption to be made.

What he doesn't know is (and what Baby Anakin doesn't mention because he at first didn't quite get the Marks either) is that while Padmé and Anakin have the same mark, they didn't fullfill each other's marks.

No, Anakin and Padmé are not soulmates.

Anakin and Rex, however, are.

As are Rex and Padmé.

When Padmé gets pregnant with the twins, it is Rex who takes her to her prenatal appointments, because if it comes down to it, they can just claim that Rex is the father. It would still cause a scandal, of course, but not as big as if people knew that the twins were Anakin's. Anakin rather likes this arrangement, because it keeps everybody off his back as well. They all know that Padmé is having an extremely healthy pregnancy, and they since finding out that it's twins, they have really put an effort into making sure that everything goes well, as Padmé is accessing all of the top-tier health care.

The thing is, that Anakin is still really, really obsessive.

He has it all planned out. He will carry out his destiny, he will end the war, he will get Rex and his brothers their freedom, and he, Padmé, Rex and the kids will live a happy life together.

He gets the dreams of Padmé dying in childbirth. They go to the doctors. The doctors run every single test and tell them that everything is absolutely as it should be, and with them all there for the birth, the chances of something happening are minimal. They will take every precaution, so if something goes wrong, they have every tool available to prevent things from escalating.

Anakin thinks that maybe the stress of the war is getting to him. But the dreams just keep coming, and they are so similar to the dreams of his mother, and he just cannot let them be.

The doctors continue to tell that everything is alright, and that they will do absolutely everything to stop anything from going wrong.

Anakin still cannot let it be. He analyses every part of his dreams, trying to see what could be the cause, trying to see the thing that connects all the dreams together-

Rex is not there.

He's never there, not in single one of the dreams. And Padmé looks so heartbroken, and she keeps asking after someone and-

Rex is dead.

There is not other option. In his dreams, Rex is dead, and Padmé keeps asking after him. She has lost her soulmate, and is heartbroken, and cannot keep going-

No, no, no. Anakin can't let that happen. He cannot lose Padmé, and he cannot lose Rex, and he cannot let Padmé lose Rex either.

If Rex is alive, then his dreams cannot come true. If Rex is there, then they cannot be real.

So Anakin becomes extremely protective of Rex, and every single battle is even more stress to him, because at least Padmé is safe on Coruscant, but Rex is not, Rex is always there, and Anakin needs to keep him safe, because if he doesn't, he will lose them both.

And he just keeps spiraling deeper and deeper, because he needs them, because losing one of them means losing the other as well, and he can't take it, he can't-

Then Palpatine offers him his help.

Anakin is so ready to listen. Palpatine is the Chancellor. He could do something, he could make it so Rex doesn't have to fight, he could make it so Anakin can have them both-

Palpatine tells him that he can help, if Anakin just helps him. And Anakin listens, listens to Palpatine tell him everything, listens to the solution he could have, and Palpatine just keeps telling how he can keep Padmé from dying.

But that's not enough.

If Rex doesn't die, if Rex is there, then Padmé won't die, either.

Palpatine keeps talking and talking and talking, and then tells Anakin of how the clones will help them destroy the Jedi, how they will be their army that brings the Empire to its fruition, and Anakin-

all Anakin hears is that Rex will have to keep fighting, that he won't have Rex, that Rex is forced to keep fighting, forced to be in more danger-

And right then and there, Anakin looks at Palpatine, and sees the enemy.