𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 , & the face under the golden , wild strands of it looked less boyish , & his eyes still had that glow to them , a fire-touched color , & padmé loved him more now than she had loved him yesterday , as if her heart would always hunger for him. an anakin-shaped thing , & empty of him. she is watching him from her balcony , where the sun touches anakin's face as he steps out of his ship , and shines upon it in pinpoints of light , until the blue of his eyes is bluer , until the red of his cheeks is redder , until he looks back at her and the animal of her chest comes alive. ❛ i didn’t know you’d come , i thought your training and your duties would keep you. ❜ these are her outstretched hands , upturned to touch him as the light does. now the warmth of his body is so close she feels it in hers , as she touches @sitheoi , involves him in her arms , & the animal in her heart soothes itself. ❛ oh ani , i’m so glad to see you ... ❜