Ezra Feels Guilty:

D199/4 ABY, Lothal

Since Zeb was having a party of sorts with his own kind, and Jacen was doing Force training with the guys, Sabine retreated to the tower to paint. Two hours flew by as she became absorbed in her work, not even realizing that so much time had passed until she felt Ezra's arms wrap around her from behind and his chin prop itself on her shoulder.

"It's beautiful, whatever it is," Ezra commented on the swirls of blues and greens on the canvas.

Sabine hmmed and finished the dash of teal she was working on before putting the paint down and turning around in Ezra's arms, which immediately got her mouth captured in a sweet kiss. She smiled as she pulled back a little. "Thank you, but it's not finished. That's just the background."

Ezra shrugged and kissed her nose. "I'd buy it the way it is."

Sabine laughed and pulled away from his arms so she could put her paints away. "Of course you would, babe. Sooo. I have to ask. Did you or Kanan have anything to do with the kitten arriving at my front door via lothwolf messenger this morning?"

Ezra shrugged and tried to look innocent but failed miserably. "I may have had a hand in that, yes. Forgive me?"

Sabine snorted and shook her head at him. "There's nothing to forgive, you dope. I wouldn't want him for myself, but you should have seen Jacen's face when he saw it. That was priceless. Is that lothcat as special as I think it is?"

Ezra nodded. "Yah. I think so. Just as I was leaving you this morning I felt him crying in the Force so I followed the sense of sorrow. Little thing was all alone in the grass a few kilometres from here. I arrived just before a lothwolf did, presumably to help it as well. The kitten was very happy to not be alone anymore. The lothwolf and I had a little talk and I sent him to you. Easy as that."

Sabine rolled her eyes at what Ezra thought of as easy. If every human could talk to animals, then yes, perhaps it would be considered easy. But to her, she was still amazed by Ezra's affinity for beasties. And it looked like Jacen was picking that up as well. Sabine had already come to terms with the fact that her home would probably be overrun with lothcats when Ezra got back, since they liked him so much.

Finished cleaning up, Sabine walked back over to Ezra and snuggled into his embrace again, resting her head on his shoulder, taking advantage of their last few minutes together before Ezra had to leave to go do his daily routine. "I can't wait for the day I get to keep you all night long," she murmured into his shirt.

Ezra rested his cheek on top of her head and sighed. "Me too, cyar'ika. I'm not faulting Ahsoka, but I can't believe how long it's taking to find me. Somehow, I thought I'd be back long before this. I'm sorry that you're doing practically everything by yourself. I should be there with you. I hate that I'm not."

Sabine looked up and cupped his beloved face in her hands. "I'm doing alright, Ezra. You don't have to apologize for circumstances beyond your control. We'll be together again for real eventually, I know it."

Ezra closed his eyes and bowed his head for a moment, before meeting her sincere amber ones. "I know it too. I just feel guilty, is all."

Sabine pulled his head down for a quick kiss. "Don't. You keep doing your thing and I'll do mine. Sooner or later, you'll come home. I can wait."

Ezra rested his forehead on hers. "I love you, Sabine. You're my flame of hope when I feel hopeless."

Sabine smiled sweetly, lost in the royal blue depths of his eyes. "And you're mine, Ez'ika. We will always be like the phoenix, rising from the ashes of our pasts and soaring together." Then she grinned a little. "Listen to us, getting all sappy and poetic. Can you imagine the ribbing we'd get from Zeb and Chopper if they heard us now?"

Ezra grinned back. "I don't want to. It would completely ruin the mood."

Sabine wrapped her arms around his neck. "Ohhh? We're having a mood, are we?"

Ezra lifted her higher so their faces we're even. "Yes," he breathed, eyes going heavy lidded. "We are."

Sabine smirked slightly then pressed her mouth to his, starting a passionate kiss that would last as long as there was breath in her lungs.

Cerulia

Ezra danced across the sand, amber Kyber sword flashing in the late afternoon sun as he parried the thrusts of Raign's dark red sword. Their swords glowed faintly with the strength of the Force and rang with a pleasant sound as they struck each other. All around them, dozens of pairs of Cerulian Jedi practiced as well, more for the fun of it than anything else at this point. Somehow, the relatively peaceful culture had slowly turned to a warrior race as more and more Cerulians took up the practice of their own version of the Jedi arts.

Master Tia watched from the sidelines, a smile of satisfaction on her face as she cuddled Krystal's and Raign's six month old baby girl, Skye. The infant had Raign's great big black eyes and Krystal's dark red hair, making a striking combination. Krystal sparred with her own padawan, a young teenage boy with Tia's own long tentacles, marking him as one of her great-grandchildren.

Ezra flipped over Raign's head, blocking a strike thrust up at him in midair, and landed laughing. "You'll have to do better than that, old man," he thought.

Raign scowled jokingly. "Who you calling old?" he thought back. "I'm not even a year older than you and you're still twenty-three."

Ezra grinned as his sword flashed again, blocking another swing by Raign. "Yah, but I'm not a dad. You are. Thus, you're old."

Raign snorted and attacked with increased vigour, as if to prove he wasn't old.

It took Ezra a few moments to notice, since he was in such a good mood, but it finally registered that the Force felt different all of a sudden; lighter, happier, relieved. Everyone on the beach was slowly coming to a stop and closing their eyes, smiles crossing their faces, including Ezra and Raign.

Ezra was so surprised, he spoke out loud. "What happened?"

Raign shrugged, as did everyone around him.

Tia made her way onto the beach, still carrying Skye who was drooling happily all over a lothcat doll Ezra had carved for her. "I think there has been another shift in the balance of the Force. Although this time, for the better," the old Master surmised.

Ezra put his sword in the sheath across his back, sensing practice was done for the day. "Sabine mentioned that the Rebellion was going after a second Death Star today. They must have destroyed it."

Tia smiled at Ezra's enthusiasm. "Yes, that may be part of it, but I think there would have to be something more to it to change the balance so much more in favour of the Light. I would guess that either Darth Vader or the Emperor has perished, perhaps both. Destroy the two most powerful Dark side users in the galaxy and the balance would have to shift."

A mental wave of elation rang across the beach and then made its way around the planet at the news. No one cared that they may have all trained in the Jedi ways for nothing for the past threeish years, since they enjoyed the practice anyway. They did care that the villains of the galaxy had finally been taken care of. That was enough for them.

Ezra started walking briskly towards his home that he shared with Link. "I'm going to see Sabine early today. She'll know what's happened," he called over his shoulder to anyone who cared to hear.

Raign scooped up his daughter from Tia's arms and grinned after Ezra's retreating form. "He'll take any excuse to see his wife he can get away with," he thought with amusement.

Krystal laughed as she walked up and put an arm around Raign's waist, shaking her head at him. "You know you'd be exactly the same if you were in the same position," she thought back.

Raign smiled down at his wife fondly and kissed the top of her head. "Of course I would. I would hate to be parted from you. I don't know how he does it."

Ezra appeared in the tower bedroom behind Sabine's sleeping form. All that was visible of her was her short lime green hair, putting a smile on his face. He carefully folded the blanket back with a wave of his hand and snuggled up behind her, spooning her curled up body, causing Sabine to make a contented sound in her sleep. Ezra simply enjoyed the time watching her sleep since wrapping his Force signature around hers was one of his greatest joys right now and she was just so wonderful to look at. He eagerly looked forward to doing the same with his actual body, but this was all he had, so he savoured it to the fullest.

Sabine was dreaming about colours, so many colours, swirling through her mind, chasing the Ghost through hyperspace. Then she was riding a lothwolf, more colours chasing her through the passage of time. Then she was in Ezra's arms, the ecstasy of joining with him sending more colours through her mind. She moaned a little in her sleep, happy with her dream. It took her sleepy brain awhile to register that she was tingling for real, not just in her mind. But when she did, her eyes opened a fraction to see a familiar bare muscled arm wrapped around her in the faint light of predawn. Sabine closed her eyes again and snuggled back a fraction, even closer to the hard body she could feel behind her, hoping to take her dream into reality.

Sensing Sabine was finally awake, Ezra pressed a kiss to her neck, just below her ear, eliciting another hum of pleasure from his beautiful wife. He slipped his second arm under her body so he could pleasure her with both hands. His right hand found a home at her perfect handfuls of breasts, while his left hand wandered down to her core of pleasure, finding her already wet and ready.

Sabine felt Ezra's hard cock press against her entrance from behind and then slip inside, filling her so perfectly, reaching to the very end of her sensitive tunnel. She clenched around him reflexively and let out a moan of appreciation. She reached back and buried a hand in his hair, holding his mouth to her neck where he was sucking on it just enough to send shivers through her.

Ezra thrust his Force made cock in and out of Sabine's warm depths, paying special attention to her reactions so he knew when he had the angle, speed, and depth just right to send the most pleasure through her. He loved driving her to the brink of climax and then holding her there as long as possible before sending her over, which made her come harder and longer. His fingers stayed busy on her clit while he curled over her body and kissed a path to the breast he could reach, sucking her nipple into his mouth and laving the hard point with his tongue.

Sabine's eyes closed at all the sensations assaulting her, then she'd force them open again so she could drink in the sight of Ezra lavishing attention on her, then she'd lose the battle again and her eyes would close once more. At some point, she tugged on his hair again to pull him up and twisted her upper body just enough so she could mash their mouths together and kiss him like a wild thing, tongue delving into his mouth and duelling with his. She pulled back to gasp in air, eyes meeting his over her shoulder. "You. Are. So. Kriffing. Amazing," she gasped with every thrust of his cock. "But. Please. Let. Me. Come."

"As my lady commands." Ezra grinned wickedly and kissed her again, stealing her breath, all while thrusting harder and faster and sending a jolt of Force energy to her clit.

That did it. Sabine went over the edge and flew through the stars without the benefit of a ship. She shuddered and came and came forever as Ezra kept the sensations going until she couldn't take it anymore and her body collapsed into a puddle of satisfied boneless flesh.

Ezra smiled to himself at once again making his wife scream his name. He flooded her insides with mental Force energy, representing his come, and eased up on his movements until coming to a complete stop and withdrawing his make believe flesh from within hers. He kept himself wrapped around her though, because she liked the snuggling part after too, which was good, because he loved snuggling.

Sabine eventually mustered up the energy to turn around in his arms, kissing him slow and sweet. "I love waking up like that, babe. Thank you."

Ezra smiled, trying to stay humble at least to a small degree, but her praise made him feel like the best man in the galaxy. "It was my pleasure, cyar'ika. You know I'll literally love you till the end of time if you let me."

Sabine smiled back. "I know. And when you get back, I swear I'm going to repay all those hours you've spent loving me and drive you insane in return until you're begging me to stop."

Ezra smirked. "I'm looking forward to it."

Sabine smirked back. "Good." She pushed him a little. "Now get your cute ass off the bed and go wake up Jacen and that kitten you gave him and go make breakfast for seven. We'll comm Hera and see how it's going after I get down there."

Ezra kissed her cheek, and then did as ordered, a happy grin on his face.