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The plot bunnies are mine though
Every number stands alone. There will be five sets of ten prompts.
Some drabbles contain MATURE themes, so if you are not comfortable, do not read.
Background info that stays constant:
"He" refers to Obi-Wan and "She" is Sabé Maberrie.
Sabé was 18 years old to Padmé's 14 and to Obi-Wan's 25 during the phantom menace. During the TPM she is actually an inch taller than Padmé and must bind her chest. As the movies continue, she looks much like Padmé as she grows older, but Padmé eventually grows a half-inch taller than her. She, however, ends up having more curves than the senator, with flared hips and a larger bust (that of course distracts our favorite negotiator). She takes on the job as Chief of Security, but still goes on missions as Padmé's bodyguard and sometimes decoy (for they still look similar) and lives with her in Coruscant. On a random note- Sabé and Padmé's great, great grandfathers were twins and the two women sometimes refer to each other as cousins.
#21 – Fool
Anakin didn't know who was the greater fool; the self-sacrificing handmaiden or the duty-delusional Jedi Master. Watching them dance around each other was amusing but frustrating.
#22 – Mad
He had assumed the queen wasn't as apathetic as she appeared. Layers of make-up and fabric added to her cool and calm façade. But the fire burning in her eyes as she glared at him when he told her to send no reply bespoke of the passion hidden in her young body. There was something about her that just didn't fit with the files he read on the young queen. He intended to find her secret.
#23 – Child
She never asked for much, or really anything at all. But as she cradled one of the twins, he knew he would not, could not, deny her this time.
#24 – Now
Tomorrow he will depart on another mission, the steadfast Jedi leading the way while remaining loyal to the code. Tomorrow she will return to her Lady, the loyal decoy never faltering from her path of servitude. But tonight they will be what the wish to be, friends, confidants, lovers, and soul mates.
#25 – Shadow
As the dark hand of the Empire spreads throughout the universe, they escape to where they first met; to the hot sands that seem to fill the entire horizon.
#26 – Goodbye
They never say goodbye, it's always until next time. Goodbye is too final, and they both enjoy being selfish just this once.
#27 – Hide
He stares at her bare back. He never really understood Nabooian fashion, but he's never appreciated it more. It doesn't matter that her life was at stake right now, for she always was the best decoy and had volunteered after the ship had been bombed. All that mattered was the entrancing line of her spine, the two dimples at the small of her back, and the smoothness of her skin he felt as he led her down the hallway. He never realized just what those handmaiden cloaks hid until now.
#28 – Fortune
He silently slipped in through the back door just after she finished walking down the isle. He could not help but think, what if? What if he was the one she was standing opposite of on the altar?
#29 – Safe
Sitting in their quarters, he and his padawan enjoy their brief respite from the constant stream of missions they had lately. Anakin lazily flips through the holonews while he meditates off to the side. They both start, however, when a disturbance is felt in the force and they both run to the window. Smoke billows up from the Senate building and off to their side the holonews blares a breaking news banner.
For a few tense minutes we wait for news of what had happened. We both know that the Senator and her ensemble were to arrive today, and around this time. Sabe had sent him a holomessage the other day saying she would play senator again for the trip despite her promotion to chief of security.
The marquee above the live streaming video of the wreckage finally announces our fears: The senator's ship was bombed and it appears as if the young woman and her bodyguards have been assassinated. Anakin goes still and he can feel the young man's emotions quickly escalating out of control.
Before I can even start to lecture him, or even speak a word, the marquee changes. It seems the senator used a decoy and is safe. The decoy, however, received fatal wounds.
His heart stops beating and he can only think one thing: no. No, no, no, no. She cannot be gone. His padawan helps him to a chair and he leans his head into his hands.
He does not know how much time passes but he is awakened from his shock by the beeping of his comlink. He looks around, and realizes Anakin has left him and spots his comlink on the counter. He slowly rises to retrieve it and answers it with a gruff tone.
The voice he hears on the other side, however, makes him snap to attention.
"Obi-Wan? Obi-Wan! Are you there? It's Sabé. Please answer me, are you there?"
The words don't register in his mind as she starts to ramble about how she came a day early to check the Senator's room for security, not trusting anyone else, making Cordé play decoy instead. The only think he can bring himself to say is simple, and comes out in a tone not ever Sabé can decifer.
"You're safe."
#30 – Ghost
With all the commotion surrounding Anakin's fall and their quick escape to Tattooine, he forgot to tell her about Qui-Gon. Her shriek and the sound of breaking glass as a glowing form appears while she is cooking make's Obi-Wan's senses go on high alert and he grasps his saber. Rushing into the small kitchen, he cannot help but laugh at the scene. There Sabé stands brandishing a cutting knife, ever the resourceful handmaiden, at a sheepish looking Qui-Gon.
The next ten will be up shortly. I appreciate constructive criticism along with any review.
The first ten reviewers get to pick a prompt for me to write for the fifth set of ten prompts.
Next ten prompts: blur, wait, change, command, hold, need, vision, attention, soul, picture.
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