#senatuse

[commandsfear]

senatuse spoke: ❝  you’re my person.  ❞

When angels spoke, you listened. As such, every time Padme so much as breathed, Anakin hung to her words like gospel. Three little ones this time, ones that he would treasure within his heart, ones that he would repeat in his mind when he was far from her, ones that would remind him always of the LOVE between them.

"You're my person."

Did she know what that meant to him? To belong to someone in a way that didn't remind him of arid heat and sand caught in the cracks of his skin? She must. Padme was smarter than he was.

"And you're mine," he prayed to her as he dared to press a kiss to her lips. Just a chaste gesture as he let the feeling of belonging overwhelm him. Such feelings always did. Anakin had gotten very good at hiding them beneath cocksure smiles, behind a confidence that seemed to be made of durasteel at times, but often was just a very plain glass.

If he could, he would hold her forever. But they both had duties that made them who they were. He could never ask Padme to stop being a Senator-- even if, some days, he wanted to run with her and never look back only to feel pangs of guilt at the mere idea of abandoning the war, the other Jedi... Of leaving behind Obi-Wan, Ahsoka... Rex.

Their family was here. Their lives were here. Their love was here. Daydreams would not change those facts. Anakin would not change those facts as he teetered on an edge the Council would never approve of. But he didn't care. Love that made you feel like this could never be wrong.

[skyw4lkr-arc]

there’s no doubt about it,     its her face.             her beautiful,       angelic if not slightly weary face staring at him from the cold glow of the holo.       unseeing,    but knowing    &    wise in a way only she seemed to posses.          his wife,     his padme.        alive    &    well only a level below him in his own brig.           vader’s breath hitches as a static roar fills his ears,          drowning out the explanations from his general on how she came to be captured in the first place.        ‘   ...  rebel scum ...  took out five of our men  ...  identified as former queen of naboo and senator padme amidala  ... ’        the sound of her name,     spoken with such disgust   &   venom has him striding off the bridge,    a harshly barked,      “ don’t follow me.    ”     left in his wake.          he can idly feel the confusion and trepidation of the men witness to such an uncharacteristic display,           but its tuned out as vader reaches out with the force.

he feels her almost instantly,       her presence in the force a tidal wave of nostalgia and agony it causes him to stumble slightly.     gently,     so as not to startle her,    he pokes her through the connection they once shared.      anakin used to do this during the clone wars as a way to let her know he’s safe    &    thinking about her.        the memories choke him harder than the smoke of mustafar ever could.

vader almost the rips the door of her cell apart in his desperation to see her,    &   the moment her startled eyes meet his masked ones,        his knees fail him and he falls before her,    like zealot at the altar of an ancient goddess.         “   padme ---   ”     he manages to choke out,          flinching at the mechanic sounding drone that fills the room.             the door behind them falls closed   &   they’re alone     ;     husband   &   wife,        for the first time in 6 years.       “   how   -------   how are you alive?    ”                @senatuse​

[craveschallenges]

@senatuse liked .

“ . “ just like that, she bows her head slightly in acknowledgement, in recognition. though she was far from an upstanding citizen before and after the fall, everybody knew padme amidala . more importantly she knew what the other represented for darth vader. and the old republic . and the rebellion. more importantly, perhaps, she was luke skywalker’s biological mother. “ it’s not fitting for former royalty to ask assistance from a smuggling freighter. IS IT? “

[skyw4lkr-arc]

photos anakin has taken of padme      @senatuse

[skyw4lkr-arc]

@senatuse​      ------   “ i’d follow you to the ends of the universe, if you asked me to. ”

coarse hands rub against the flesh of her back,    soothing the tense muscles with gentle kneads    &   soft pulses from the force.        padme’s normal confident stride has slowly been transforming into a waddle with every passing week     &    while anakin finds it terribly endearing,     he knows the burden of pregnancy has been,     quite literally,     weighing her down.              “    i know,   my love.     ”       husband presses a soft kiss against her shoulder,   using his teeth to nip at her skin playfully before pulling away.       “    you wouldn’t be able to stay away considering i give the best back rubs in the galaxy.    ”    

[fateviled-a]

@senatuse​​ said   —   ‘  am  i  foolish  for  wanting  this ?  it  will  end  in  flames .  it  always  does .  ’ rex      ASK MEME :  MISCELLANEOUS QUOTES.

          nothing  of  the  question  should  surprise  him.      ever  since  becoming  privy  to  the  secret  that  his  general  and  senator  kept,    rex  had  known  there  were…      risky  aspects  to  the  situation.      still,    he  is  incapable  of  looking  at  her  with  a  modicum  of  shock  in  his  gaze,    mouth  set  in  a  thin  line  while  he  runs  the  question  through  his  mind.      every  mission  with  anakin  skywalker  had  seemed  to  only  prove  one  thing:      the  jedi  cared  more  than  he  should,    certainly  more  than  anyone  within  the  order  would  have  considered  safe.      but  rex  wasn’t  a  jedi,    and  he  certainly  couldn’t  deny  that  there  was  something  between  the  two  that  seemed  to  outshine  even  the  brightest  of  suns,    and  what  could  be  foolish  about  that?      lips  quirking  into  what  he  hopes  is  a  reassuring  smile,    rex  allows  himself  to  answer  gently.      “truthfully?    no,    i  don’t  think  so.”      for  anyone  to  love  and  let  themselves  be  loved  by  general  skywalker  was  not  a  surprise.      the  man  practically  bled  compassion  and  empathy,    giving  all  of  the  501st  and  anyone  who  came  across  him  much  needed  hope  in  bleak  times.      more  than  that,    rex  knew  that  between  the  two  of  them…      the  risk  was  worth  it,    it  had  to  be.      loving  padme  certainly  made  anakin  better,    gave  him  a  purpose  outside  of  the  war  that  seemed  every  day  to  take  a  little  more  from  all  of  them.  

          the  chances  for  them  to  speak  truthfully  and  privately  were  few  and  far  inbetween.      rex  knows  if  there’s  anything  he  can  say,    any  reassurance  he  can  offer,    he  might  not  get  the  chance  again.      shoulders  falling  from  their  rigid  stance  and  letting  himself  ease  ever  so  slightly,    he  glances  around  them  once  as  he  collects  his  words.      “for  something  that  will  end  in  flames,    things…      they  seem  to  already  be  there.      no  offense  to  the  council,    of  course,    senator.”      he  wasn’t  wrong,    of  course.      this  war  seemed  never  ending,    and  some  days  were  harder  to  believe  that  he’d  survive  than  others.      sighing,    he  pushes  the  thought  away,    eyes  once  more  turning  back  to  padme.      “what  i  mean  is—”      what  did  he  mean?      he  was  not  made  for  this;    he  was  built  to  fight,    not  comfort.      “he  is  a  good  man,    and  you  are  a  brilliant  woman.      if  that  and  the  love  you  share  isn’t  enough  to  try  and  make  things  work  out,    what  is?”      jedi  code  or  not,    to  make  one  live  without  the  kind  of  affection  they  both  shared  seemed  cruel.

[skyw4lkr-arc]

“     well,            look   who’s   finally   come   home.           ”                        vibrant   oceanic   eyes   are   now   dull   with   exhaustion,                  bordering   on   crazed   as   the   once   great   jedi   knight   anakin   skywalker   manically   bounces   two   gurgling   babies   in   his   arms.         they   finally   stopped   crying   when   they   felt   their   mother   approaching,               after   hours   of   intermittent   screaming.                           it   was   luke   who   was   primarily   distressed   at   padme’s   departure,                     but   his   anxiety   subsequently   fuelled   his   twin   sister   into   the   same   headspace.                 once   again,            anakin   is   extremely   thankful   he   took   a   leave   of   absence   from   the   order   when   they   were   born.            “         did   you   miss   your   children,            senator?            cause   they   sure   as   shit   missed   you.            ”                          @senatuse​  

[queensdecoy]

@senatuse liked for a starter

"Next time you plan on risking your life like that, warn me!" Sabé snapped, she had one job and that was keeping her senator and best friend alive.

"At the risk of sounding like Captain Panaka. You're going to be the death of me, Padmé!"