#vaders babysitter

[darlingkairos]

Grand Admiral Maul, hearing about the Manchild he is forced to babysit

[chiliger]

Feels like it’s been a whole month.

[oiiikawas]

my favorite thing to think about is dad vader having the twins with him, running around on the starship.

he’s a busy man and at first he’s using his droids as babysitters while he’s at work. C3PO and R2D2, except they aren’t exactly good at babysitting. R2D2 actively encourages the twins to misbehave and get into trouble while C3PO just anxiously follows after them.

so eventually he decides to hire an actual person because a human being can’t be pulled apart and shut down the way his kids like to do to the nanny droids (they’re too much like him, he thinks sometimes).

the hiring process is extensive. vader isn’t likely to trust just anyone with his babies. so he holds interviews, background checks, etc. sometimes he doesn’t like the person. mostly though its the kids’ decision, how they will sit with him during the interview to see if they’re comfortable with their potential future babysitter. how leia will cross her tiny arms over her chest and scowl at the person or luke will stand up on vader’s thigh and whisper into his mask saying he doesn’t like them. whispering it so quietly so the person doesn't overhear and get their feelings hurt.

with you though, its different. its immediately different. the children adores you. and you’re good with them. gentle and compassionate and kind. but firm when you need to be. there’s fear when you acknowledge vader but you hold your head up high and look him straight in the eye whenever you do speak.

vader pretends he wasn’t already planning on hiring you when the twins begs him to. and he thinks about how they jump up and down when he tells you that you got that job. how your pretty mouth stretches into a beautiful wide smile. he pretends he doesn’t think about it from time to time. think about you.

[thenameisfives]

Help- I was watching kenobi with my family and my mom (used to be movies fan only) said “don’t laugh. But how are they all siblings? They don’t look the same”

….no mom they’re not actually brothers and sisters, that’s just their names in the cult 😭✋✋

[lovelybucky1]

Kinktober 2023 Masterlist

hey everyone!!! this is where all of my kinktober posts from this year will live (each fic will also be on my main masterlists under their respective fandom and character).

i dont have characters picked out for each prompt yet because i want to allow myself to write what im inspired about at the time

i hope you enjoy my fics and as always, please please please support writers and reblog their fics so more people can enjoy them (and it motivates us to create more content)

prompts under the cut

1. porn- neil lewis (no ship/x reader)

Bad Habits

2. anal sex- robert fischer x callgirl!reader

Special Request

3. corruption kink- college au!anakin x reader

Smoke Me Out

4. femdom- jonathan crane x batgirl!reader

Sweeten the Deal

5. piss kink- anakin x wife!reader

Wait

6. pegging - neil lewis x reader

Smile For the Camera

7. fear play- jonathan crane x reader

Better Than Revenge

8. choking - batman x scarecrow (scarebat)

High on Your Own Supply

9. hair pulling - best friend!anakin x reader

Nice Guys Finish Last

10. pet play- tommy shelby x reader

Leashed

11. threesome- oppenheimer x lawrence x reader

The Doctor is In

12. somnophilia- psycho au!jonathan crane x reader

Crane Motel

13. knife play- best friend!anakin x reader

Bad Guys Win

14. bondage- darth vader x reader

Insignificant

15. praise kink- han solo x reader

Pass the Time

16. degradation kink- tommy shelby x reader

Treat Me Wrong

17. sweat kink- lacrosse player!anakin x reader

Scent

18. cross dressing- jake "hangman" seresin x reader

Laced Up

19. breeding kink- trailer trash!anakin x reader

Babysitter

20. roleplay-

21. mask kink-

22. voyeurism-

23. spit kink-

24. daddy kink-

25. monster fucking-

26. glory hole-

27. dry humping -

28. sex pollen-

29. dumbification-

30. clothed sex-

31. predator/prey-

[jessicas-pi]

ok look i need to elaborate on the Satine Accidentally Creates A Mandalorian Empire (also adopts people) AU because once i start talking i can't stop.

This all starts because Satine isn't searched thoroughly enough when she's captured by Death Watch. Because a pacifist Duchess wouldn't carry any weapons, right?

Wrong! Just because she's a pacifist doesn't mean she won't defend herself, remember? It just so happens that she carries a deactivator pistol, which shoots energy blasts capable of taking out droids, and it also just so happens that Death Watch's new leader is part droid.

Satine disables Maul's legs moments before she would have been impaled.

Bo-Katan tries not to cackle as she informs Satine that she is technically the new owner of the Darksaber. In any other situation, Bo would be furious, but the irony of it is just too much.

Anyway, time skip ahead. Satine is trying to maintain Mandalore's neutrality in the war while also keeping the Nite Owls on a metaphorical backpack leash and negotiating with the remaining Mauldalorians. She refuses to carry the Darksaber, so Bo puts it in storage with Satine's old armor. (The Ahsoka-on-Mandalore arc doesn't happen, FYI.) Then, they get news of the whole Empire deal. The Death Watch Mandalorians try to throw a party at the news of Order 66.

Then Obi-Wan shows up on their doorstep with a heavily pregnant senator and a little girl.

Padme is brought to a medcenter for treatment, and with better care, she survives the birth of her children.

But more important than that is Reva Sevander.

Because in this universe, Obi-Wan sensed one single light in the darkness of the temple, and lifted the trembling girl from the pile of bodies she'd hidden herself in. Obi-Wan takes her to Mandalore along with Padme. A Mandalorian doctor treats her wounds as she breaks down, sobbing out the truth of what happened.

Soon enough, rumors are flying from Mandalorian to Mandalorian, murmuring that the Jedi children were slaughtered too.

Some warrior Mandalorians hate Jedi more than they love children. Most of them love children more than they hate Jedi.

They nearly start another civil war over which one of the clans should be allowed to adopt the jet'ika girl. Finally, Satine steps in, proclaiming that this fighting is only hurting Initiate Sevander, and that the child will be Satine's personal ward.

Word gets out.

Vader sends his first Inquisitor on a mission to kill the Initiate and any Mandalorians who dare to defy the Empire's orders.

Bo-Katan sends the Inquisitor back in several pieces.

(The Empire decides to hold off on attacking Mandalore just yet.)

Anyway, Vader isn't the only one to hear about Satine adopting a Jedi girl. Word spreads to others.

Ahsoka comes first, dragging a tied-up clone Captain and demanding the use of a medcenter immediately. A few weeks later, Kelleran Beq and Grogu arrive. Caleb Dume follows, too weary to be afraid of what could happen to him.

Mandalore--which is nearly next door to Dathomir--picks up a distress signal that nobody else could have. Bo-Katan and squad of Nite Owls (including their newest recruit, Ahsoka) investigate, and they bring home a ragged Jedi and a little girl. Satine, who will never regret helping the Jedi but has been getting severe stress headaches at the number of floating objects in her life, nearly breaks down in tears when she hears the Dathomirian child excitedly discussing the undead with their newest Jedi rescue, a redhead boy who won't explain why he refuses to take off his gloves. She didn't sign up for this she didn't sign up for this she didn't sign up for this--

It doesn't stop her from taking in each new Jet'ika they find. The Sundari palace is full of younglings, and while Bo-Katan complains about it frequently, she's having so much fun as the wine aunt to two dozen miniature Jedi (and she even encourages her Nite Owls to listen for rumors of surviving Jedi and rescue them).

(Ahsoka becomes the unofficial go-to babysitter for Sabine and Tristan, and while I'm not a fan of Force-sensitive Sabine in canon, the hilarity of it in this AU is too much to pass up because imagine Ursa's face when Ahsoka breaks it to her that so um just FYI your daughter has space magic.)

Okay, enough about the Jedi (for now.) On to the war against the Empire!

So, Satine has been facing a lot of moral dilemmas, including what do you do when your enemies are evil and they're attacking your borders and they really can't be reasoned with? and she's solved most of them by giving Bo-Katan begrudging permission to "handle it." She's made it very clear that civilian casualties are absolutely unacceptable, and Bo-Katan huffs and says fiiiiine.

But then a nearby planet besieged by the Empire sends a plea for help. What can Satine do? Refusing goes against everything she stands for, but this would be a counterattack by Mandalore, not just self-defense!

In the end, there's no other answer. She sends the Nite Owls (and a Jedi who volunteered) to help the people and hopes that will be the end of it. She has her hands full already just trying to protect Mandalore!

But it happens again. And again. Satine still refuses to start a war against the Empire.

That changes when Sundari itself is full-on attacked.

Now, here's the thing about Satine.

She wasn't always peaceful.

It was the aftermath of the civil war--the destruction, the death, the needless suffering without a purpose, the fighting that she had been a part of--that made her a pacifist.

But when she runs to the palace window to look out at the city, listens to the bombs falling and the frantic comms from Bo-Katan's forces about the losing battle and the dying civilians, sees the Jedi rushing to shelter their children because one reason the Empire is here is to kill them, Satine remembers why she fought.

She spent fifteen years rebuilding Mandalore to be a peaceful, thriving society that no longer destroyed itself, and now someone else has come to burn it to the ground.

"Bring me my armor," she commands in a low, cold voice. "And the Darksaber."

The Empire is about to find out what happens when a pacifist goes to war.

[disastertriowriting]

Obikin Bingo Master Post

@obikin-events

Accidentally Cursed: Blood Cursed - In one universe, after being bitten by Echo, Anakin falls to the vampire side instead of joining Sidious. After Order 66, when on a mission with Obi-Wan, an injured Anakin is forced to confront his desire to turn his former master.

Babysitter AU: Revenge of the Tooka - In one universe, Anakin has a twin sister, Aniya. In one universe, the twins are freed from slavery and taken to become Jedi. In one universe, Qui-Gon trains Aniya while Obi-Wan trains Anakin.

Body Swap: Reversal of Time - It was an ordinary mission... until it wasn't. Anakin finds himself in a parallel universe where everything is the same... except everyone he knows are Sith. And in another time, in Anakin's time, a Sith-raised Anakin opens his eyes to a world of Jedi.

Bonfire: Until the Day I Die - "Don't try it!" Except Anakin doesn't listen to Obi-Wan's warning because he knows better. He knows that he'll make it. And he does, except the consequences are more than he can deal with. Is it truly victory if he's lost... what matters most, what always mattered most, even if he was too blind to see it?

Bounty Hunter AU: Scars Collected - In one universe, the Jedi manage to complete their coup before the worst of Order 66 can unfold. In one universe, the Council takes control of the clones and seizes control of the Republic. Put through a farce of a trial, Anakin is, of course, sentenced to be executed for the little that he did against the Jedi that night. But his family isn't ready to let him go.

Confused Identities: Emperor - Escaping Daiyu before the Inquisitor catches up, Obi-Wan is captured by a strange Sith on Mapuzo, who has something against him, for some inexplicable reason. But this is a Sith, so does he need a reason? Except then, Obi-Wan finds himself newly-crowned Emperor, with the Sith vowing to enforce his will on the galaxy. And why does something about the Sith seem so familiar

Cuddling: Disintegration - Anakin and Ahsoka are on Kaller with the 501st when the clones unexpectedly open fire on them with stunbolts. They escape, barely, and discover that, all across the galaxy, the clones turned on the Jedi and killed them. Now, a victorious Dooku is the new Emperor. It’s at the Temple that Anakin discovers a horrible truth. Obi-Wan has Fallen. And he has no idea why.

Cursed: Smoke and Debris - Shortly after Anakin's Knighting, a mission to Jabi'im goes badly, leaving Obi-Wan dead. Or so the Jedi think. Anakin, however, refuses to accept that his master is gone. He will find Obi-Wan and bring him home, no matter what it takes.

Domestic: Chains of Yesterday - Obi-Wan's never had personal experiences with slavery before, and it makes it hard to understand why Anakin acts the way he does sometimes. Or, the five times Obi-Wan tries to deal with Anakin's traumas from having been a slave, and the one time he actually starts to understand.

Falling Asleep On Their Lap: Tuk'ata Trouble - When on Daiyu to rescue Leia, Obi-Wan runs into a Sith hound, who seems strangely familiar. Which makes no sense because he's never seen one before. At first, he thinks the dog belongs to the Inquisitors, but now, it's determined to follow him and Leia around everywhere. He's beginning to think this may not be just a Tuk'ata.

FREE DAY: Breathing Ashes - Shot down on Ryloth by rebels, Vader and Sidious quickly discover a far more serious threat than the other insurgents: a Fallen Obi-Wan, determined to reclaim Vader as his apprentice, no matter what the cost. NOT VADERWAN

Fireworks: Fireworks - It's only been weeks since he became a Jedi, and Anakin is still struggling with the new environment and getting to know Obi-Wan. On the Coruscanti New Year, Anakin sees a fireworks display which sends him spiraling into a panic attack. It leads to a misunderstanding between him and Obi-Wan, but at least this once they have someone to help them communicate.

Gladiator AU: Eyes of the Dragon - Sold from one owner to the next after his dragon abilities are discovered, Anakin finally ends up with Obi-Wan as his... handler. Except, Obi-Wan isn't a slaver like all the others, and he's also far nicer. And Anakin can do little to free the young Togruta Jedi, Ahsoka, who was recently sold into slavery, no matter how hard he tries. The most he can do is help her survive.

Guardian Angel: Favorless - Found and raised by Sidious, Anakin is on Naboo when the Jedi find him. Given an offer to help the Jedi against a rising threat greater than both the Jedi and Sith, Anakin reluctantly accepts. He's left in Obi-Wan's custody, and the two have to move past their differences to work together. Except, more and more Anakin begins to question if being a Sith is what he truly wants.

Heartfelt Confessions: The Blood Awakens - Vader expected to lose the duel to Obi-Wan on Jabi'im, but he didn't quite expect Obi-Wan to jump and... bite him? Because apparently, his former master is now a vampire, and he has every intention of taking Vader with him as his new fledgling.

Interrupted Declaration of Love: This Ends Today - In which the Force gives a certain Jedi Master what he said he wanted, to see if he really liked it. OWK series AU; definitely not a fix it

Kidnapped: Nebulous - Being kidnapped by the Sith apprentice who killed Qui-Gon is the last thing Anakin expected to happen while on his first mission with his new Jedi master, Maul. Obi-Wan is... scary. And dark, which duh, he's a Sith. But Anakin is determined to escape him and find his way back to the Jedi, no matter the cost. It's never quite that easy.

Lying: What You Wanted To See - At the end of their duel on Mustafar, one moment Anakin had been certain Obi-Wan was able to leave him, but suddenly, he's acting like someone else entirely. Because apparently, he... time traveled, from after both their deaths. For Obi-Wan, the worst day of their lives was decades ago, but for Anakin it just happened, and it's not that easy to let go of it.

Pen Pal AU: Ben-Ekkreth-Chippie - Shortly after the formation of the Empire, Vader, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan all end up chatting on the holonet with each other, entirely unaware of their former identities. They didn't intend to become so close to each other, but it happens anyway. And then, their paths start leading back together again.

Pillow Fight: Attack of the Toxin - In one universe, Anakin has a twin sister, Aniya. In one universe, the twins are freed from slavery and taken to become Jedi. In one universe, Qui-Gon trains Aniya while Obi-Wan trains Anakin.

Rescue Mission: See the Moon - Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan are awakened one morning to a massive disturbance in the Force. They quickly discover the disturbance centers around Coruscant's moon, which suddenly appears to be not only alive, but it also has the ability to... possess people? And the only way to avoid that is to avoid looking at the moon at all, which becomes increasingly difficult.

Telepathy AU: My Own Way Home - Ten years after the Empire formed, Vader, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka start sharing dreams. They can find no way to stop it, but do they really want to? Especially not after Ahsoka realizes who Vader is after long thinking Anakin dead, Obi-Wan begins to accept that there may be more to Vader than the Sith he's become now, and Vader finally has the chance at being with his family again.

Set In A Different Time Period: The Land Which Bears Your Footprints - Found by Sidious, Rey is raised on Exegol as a Sith. While struggling with recurring dreams of her past life as Anakin, she's given her first mission - to infiltrate and destroy Luke's New Jedi Order.

Sleepy Confessions: Multiples - Obi-Wan in ROTS - Anakin and Obi-Wan have just landed aboard the Invisible Hand to rescue Chancellor Palpatine when suddenly, four other versions of Obi-Wan appear with them. One Obi-Wan is hard enough sometimes, but five? That is a whole other story. It doesn't help that they're not terribly fond of each other... or that the eldest are hiding things about the future.

Whump: Fading - After leaving Vader a second time, Obi-Wan is given, and takes, the chance to travel to the past to fix his mistakes. He hopes it will be easy. It's not. As the galaxy around him spirals out of control a second time, Obi-Wan captures a newly Fallen Darth Vader and runs away with him. Even if he can't save Anakin, at least he can stop Vader from terrorizing the galaxy again.

[fingerless-glovez]

POKÉMON AU LET’S GOOOOO

Dia

• Lives in the forest outside of Tristitas Town

• Very rarely goes into town

• Everyone between Tristitas Town and Akedia City is so worried about him

• The only people who can actually find him are Jay, Lou, and, to his annoyance, Tino

• His partner Pokémon is Linos the Snivy

• Has an army of Morelull, Paras, Foongus, Shiinotic, Parasect and Amoonguss at his beck and call

• Due to their propensity to put people to sleep and suck out their life force, Dia usually patrols the forest to make sure nobody dies

• He then drags them back out and slips a note in their pocket that says something along of "Do not go back in this forest. You almost died. I don't want to drag you out again. You're really heavy."

• Decided to run away after finding Meloetta

• Was already being exploited for his singing voice by his parental guardian, but when he found the mythical Pokémon collapsed in his backyard, he knew it'd be bad for both of them if she found out

• He was at the age where he could start a Pokémon journey anyway, so no one really questioned it when a 10 year old kid ran past them

• Especially not the mysterious man who first found him in the forest and gave him his starter

Lance:

• Lives in the desert outside of Ira City

• His house is at the top of a mountain surrounded by a sandstorm that requires safety goggles to get to

• Uses Gogoat to get up the mountain itself

• Will not go into the city if he knows Addis is there

• His partner Pokémon is Gruscha the Lycanroc

• Gogoat was given to him by Zeneau

• His name is Zeneau Jr., but Lance usually just calls him Zen

• Best friends with Gym Leader Hawke

• Found Christoph and Absol hiding in the cave at the bottom of the mountain

• Christoph is being pursued by the token Evil Team, and Absol refuses to leave his side

• After a bit of negotiation, Lance eventually convinced them to move into his house

• Everyone thinks Lance has a girlfriend because of all the extra groceries he buys now, and he's just like "... no."

• Left Ira City because of daddy issues

• Seriously, Addis isn't even a part of the Evil Team. Dude IS an Evil Team

• Addis is an Elite Four member trying to become Champion so he can basically take over the entire region. He wanted Lance to do it with with him (à la Darth Vader style), but for those of you who know Lance's backstory, you can probably guess why Lance said "fuck no" and dipped

• It wouldn't have upset Addis too much if Lance hadn't stolen his fossil revival machine before disappearing. It's Rotom powered now

Tino

• Lives in Akedia City

• Works at the Akedia City Gym as Lynt’s assistant

• And by assistant, I mean babysitter

• It's not uncommon to see him running around town and diving into bushes looking for him

• His partner Pokémon is Audino

• She usually finds Lynt first due to her amazing hearing

• Tino accidentally hurts her ears sometimes, but she forgives him because she knows he can't help it when he's stressed

• Self-appointed therapy Pokémon. Is always there when Tino's feeling sad

• When he's not running around having a prolonged panic attack or refereeing Gym battles, he can usually be found running the Gym's café

• Fidough is the café's mascot/sous chef

• Audino helps the waitresses

• They all have an adorable working relationship

• It's a very popular place because the workers are just so damn wholesome

• Sometimes he has to run some late errands, and he's managed to befriend the local Gengar that likes to scare people walking around at night

• Tino hasn't actually caught him, but he usually hangs out in his shadow wherever he goes

• Gengar's far from the only mischievous ghost Pokémon haunting the streets, but he's established himself as the scariest

• But Tino is off limits

[authortobenamedlater]

Throwing Rex at you for the bingo.

Character Opinion Bingo

(I thought I marked the squeak too oh well)

So many headcanons: Rex sometimes snaps and starts ranting about mundane things. Nothing profane or rude, just silly things like the ship being too hot or cold, his armor being uncomfortable, how he can’t handle another ration bar. Most of his brothers are used to it, but every now and then a Rex Rant will catch a shiny off-guard. Cody or Fives usually is standing behind Rex gesturing to the shiny to move along, all is well.

He also never knew Anakin became Darth Vader, unless this is contradicted somewhere I don’t know about.

Canon isn’t real if I don’t look at it: Rex is Luke and Leia’s fun uncle and occasional babysitter. He and Ahsoka would also continue to get into occasional trouble in a happy ending AU.

[tennessoui]

Pls post the song recs! I also need more songs :/

ahhh im unforgivably late since it's been weeks since i asked for new songs/reblogged a post asking for songs my blog reminded them of/obikin songs and here's what i got!!:

Music with your dad by nasty cherry: oh such a vibe, stacy's mom but more scandalous it does give me unrepentant eighteen year old anakin sleeping with (seducing) older, dad of his friend, obi-wan vibes or babysitter obi-wan sneaking behind the kids' back to meet up with dad(dy) anakin

Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears seems like your vibe, kit: knew this song already and i do love it it's so catchy

'tous les garcons et les filles" francoise hardy: this is such a good song and i never would have found it on my own and i have no idea what it means and i don't want to i just like how it sounds

Freaks by surf curse gives major obikin vibes: this person is incredibly right but this gives me major vaderwan vibes, this is like playing in ben kenobi's head right before he falls asleep and these lyrics flash behind vader's eyes as he meditates in bacta

You are the Apple by lady lamb and Being so normal by Peach Pit: these songs!!! currently obsessed with lady lamb because of this song these both are excellent recs thank you anon

[corruptedforce]

Stubbornness is a family Trait || & Luke

[ Plotted starter with @mayxthexforce ]

Luke Skywalker was the most stubborn, insufferable person he had ever met in his entire life, and he had spent the last forty plus years dealing with himself, so that said something.

He had spent years now, trying to get him to believe there was good in him. Was there good in him? He didn't even know if he believed it, except he did. Obi-Wan had given up on him, when he left him all alone on Mustafar to die, refused to help him, but Luke hadn't given up on him, despite the fact that he had put him through unspeakable things. He still wanted him to remember who he was.

Who was he though? Was he Darth Vader, the Sith Lord, who had inspired fear in many, who could force choke with a look? Did Anakin Skywalker even exist within Darth Vader? He had long ago pushed down everything good about himself, well the good that those considered good of him, when they had thought about Anakin Skywalker. It wasn't that he didn't know he was Anakin Skywalker. The Sith had just long replaced the man, who was supposed to be great, but had failed.

It had not been the general consensus that they should save him, to begin with. But, his son had been stubborn, and he didn't remember much after that. He'd passed out and then he'd been in a medical center and had to have several surgeries. He had a different set up now, not a suit so much, but he was still in a brace for a while under his clothes. He had to often wear a rebreather collar, to help him breathe, and he had a defibrillator in his chest. The rebreather was needed a lot of the time, but in small amounts, he could take it off and breathe room air. He'd received lung transplants, because go figure, that was an option.

What he really hated though, were the glasses that he had to wear. The doctors had said it would be years if ever, before he could have more surgery. He'd possibly force choked the doctor, which had gotten Luke a look, that look, he clearly didn't want to change.

Did he want to change? Was he a Jedi? Was he a Sith? He sure as fuck was not a Rebel.

He rarely was left alone, because well, he tended to do stupid things, like do more than he was supposed to do, even when he was watched. But, it was difficult for him not to piss off certain people. To be honest, he did it on purpose, because he still had to find some way to be a menace.

When he was alone, he communicated through the force with Obi-Wan, a lot. When he had passed out on the way back, he had asked his forgiveness and they had talked. Obi-Wan was teaching him things and had managed to not be an insufferable bastard yet. That was a hole in him that he hadn't realized, that he needed to be filled. He needed those talks, even if they still bickered.

Today had been an issue though. The last week, his babysitter had been his person that was his 'it's complicated' with, and they'd survived. He had gotten up and finally, had at least sat down to appease her.

But today, they had seen fit to send Han fucking Solo to babysit him. He was technically the lone survivor of the Jedi Council, the Grandmaster, which he liked to think about because somewhere out in Force Ghost land was Yoda. That damn elf would hate the fact, but he hadn't made him master and really, he was the Grandmaster and technically, he was a Jedi again, even if he wasn't claiming that fact...yet.

He and Solo had stared each other down for a good hour. He'd told him he didn't deserve his daughter. Han had told him he didn't deserve her as a daughter, which he agreed with him on and he was sure Leia was somewhere agreeing on, as well. But, that was a whole other story, and it was not this morons business. He really could force choke him and slice him up with his lightsaber, only Leia would hate him even more than she already did.

When Han had gone out to his ship to get something and taken too long, Vader had done the mature thing and locked the door, even putting something in front of it, so he couldn't get back in.

Now, he didn't like how things looked in here. He still didn't like when things didn't seem in order. Years of being in the suit had caused him to be in a sterile environment at times, and he had decided he could clean. The problem was, he had been overdoing it and breathing room air too long and he got lightheaded and groaned, trying to sit down but hit his head on a table and knocked himself out, still without his rebreather.

[takadasaiko]

A Flicker of Light, chapter 6 (a Star Wars story)

Story Summary: A canon divergent AU in which Luke Skywalker is raised within the Empire to be either his father's heir as a Sith Lord… or his replacement.

Chapter Summary: Luke and Mara are tasked with tracking and turning a Jedi apprentice.

FFN II AO3

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It had been one assignment after another, the Emperor's orders bouncing he and Mara from one planet to the next while his father could be found wreaking havoc on enemies of the Empire that conveniently appeared on the opposite side of the galaxy. Luke knew why, just as his father did. It was the truth no one acknowledged because it wouldn't do anyone any good. For now, Palpatine's orders were to be followed with the utmost loyalty, and Luke was proving himself the loyal little pet that the Sith Master wanted.

It had been just over a year when he learned that his father's and his paths were crossing. He reached out often, their bond as strong as ever no matter the distance, but he hadn't been so long without laying eyes on him since his father had found him with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Now, as the shuttle he and Mara piloted - the babysitters masquerading as pilots long since abandoned for a more discrete approach when available - came out of hyperspace in the Mustafar system, it was everything Luke could do to keep his expression even. It had been eight years since he'd been near the planet that he'd called home for the first year with his father. Life had taken him in many unexpected directions since then, but in many ways, it had started there. He'd learned to trust his father and his father had taught him more than Obi-Wan had ever dared. His father had faith in him. He knew what he could be and he trusted Luke in turn to fulfill his potential. Luke wouldn't let him down.

"Homesick?" Mara teased, nodding towards the volcanic planet just off to the left of its moon that was their actual destination.

"Just thinking."

"Loud enough for the whole system to hear."

He felt his face flush a little and his partner flashed a triumphant grin. He rolled his eyes, letting her enjoy herself at his expense. He'd get her back eventually in one of the few games they still indulged in.

"Lambda T-4, we have you entering the atmosphere of Nur," a voice chimed over the system, sounding more bored than Luke thought he'd ever heard. "Please state your business and clearance codes."

"Transmitting codes now," Mara answered, keying in their top secret clearance status codes that would bypass the first instruction.

There was a long moment as they continued their descent and Luke let his gaze sweep the crashing waves on the moon below. A year on Mustafar and he'd never given its moon much of a thought. It was beautiful, in its own dark and stormy way. The closer they drew, the more power he felt off of the waves as well as the giant fortress spiking up above the them. Fortress Inquisatorious didn't appear to have any shields, but there would be enough firepower to blast them out of the sky if some idiot got the codes crossed.

"Taking their time, aren't they?" he muttered, easing back on the descent ever so slightly.

Mara shrugged. "They're just verifying. Your dad should already be there, so they'll be expecting us."

Luke huffed a response and the comm system chimed. "Lambda T-4, you are cleared for landing in bay three." He picked up speed again and glanced at Mara.

"You haven't been here either, have you?"

"No. No real reason to deal with the Inquisitors until now." He felt her mood shift ever so slightly like it did when she was weighing a question. He motioned for her to go ahead. "I hate when you do that," she grumbled.

"Just ask."

"Zero patience." She shook her head, resetting. "Has your dad told you why we're being called in on this?"

Ah. Luke knew that Mara knew that he and Vader communicated, just as everyone involved simultaneously knew that it was frowned upon and impossible to stop. That's why she'd been hesitant to ask. He tilted his head, caught between pretending he didn't know what she was talking about and being straight with her. He flipped the switch and the thrusters allowed their shuttle to hover as it came into the dock. "No," he said at last and they touched down. His senses flooded with his father's presence and the smallest smiles touched his lips.

"A little professionalism, fly boy," she muttered, the nickname the only sign she was teasing as she stood and chatted for the exit. Luke punched the button for the back ramp and followed, pulling himself together. He was the son of Darth Vader, a future Sith. Someday he would command the Inquisitors and first impressions lasted.

The two teens exited the shuttle, drawing only a few glances at the fact that neither wore a uniform of any type. Instead they were both clad in dark colours, Luke's a bit more reminiscent of Jedi robes than Mara's, with lightsabers hanging from their belts on full display this time. Luke spotted his father in the distance with a tall, ashy-pale creature dressed in an Inquisitor's uniform with the same strange lightsaber fastened to his back that the Inquisitor his father had killed had had.

You've grown, the thought echoed over the bond he shared with his father and Luke wondered if it had been intentional.

"Lord Vader," Mara greeted, the closest thing to humility that Luke thought she could manage with his father. She turned towards the ashy-pale creature. "Grand Inquisitor."

"I'd heard rumour that the Emperor's Hand would be assisting on this," the Grand Inquisitor said, his tone almost amused as he looked Mara up and down. Then those eerie yellow eyes turned on Luke and the teen held his gaze unwaveringly. "And you… what might you be?"

"My son, Natus," Darth Vader boomed and there was something satisfying in the startled expression that the Grand Inquisitor couldn't keep from his face.

He regained his composure and gave the smallest of bows. "Lord Natus."

The title added weight to the Sith name he'd been given that Luke hadn't expected, but he kept his expression even and his gaze hard. "Father, I understand our next assignment is yours."

"It is," he confirmed. "Come." He turned, and Luke instantly fell into line with him, just a step and a half behind as had been their habit in the Palace, and it left Mara and the Grand Inquisitor in their wake. Strange how quickly the dynamic changed.

Do not dwell on her feelings, his father chided. In this matter, she answers to you.

They continued through the bay, Luke watching the Imperial soldiers and Inquisitors all around them. He reached out, trying to gauge the size of the fortress. It reached out and down, power radiating off of every wall as it held the waters out and, deeper down, something in. It was a prison. Interesting.

Father led them to what appeared to be a briefing room, surrounded by large windows that stood between them and the vast ocean on the other side. Inquisitors waited for them there and offered their lord a bow upon entry. Luke's gaze swept the two women - one a dark skinned Human with long braids and a hard look. The other appeared to be a Mirialan, though if she were, her green skin had paled so that it almost appeared a similar shade to the Grand Inquisitor - and he found the Human watching him back, the slight tilt of her head pulling her uniform back just enough to show the bandages beneath. Luke let his gaze turn lazy as the Grand Inquisitor moved forward, acting as a bridge between Darth Vader and those that did his bidding.

They had uncovered a confirmed rumour of a child - the Grand Inquisitor's word, though a little probing confirmed the child was closer to fifteen or sixteen - that had shown tremendous power. They had received permission to recruit and train the Force sensitive individual rather than destroying him.

"Then why haven't you?" Mara asked, her cold tone drawing a spike of irritation from both Sisters. Irritation… and embarrassment.

"Because they couldn't," Luke answered. "They tried and failed."

His father's breathing altered just enough for Luke to pick up on the snort that no one else seemed to notice. "Indeed, and their failure has opened an opportunity for you. You will deliver him here. He will not become a Jedi."

"How would he?" Luke asked. "Any Jedi that would teach him are dead."

The room grew a little colder as his father's mood shifted, but he was relatively certain that the chill was aimed at the Inquisitors. "Not all. Grand Inquisitor, provide my Master's Hand with anything she and my son will require. Natus."

The abrupt summoning caught him by surprise and Luke felt a flicker of curiosity from Mara as well. Just as quickly, she turned to the Grand Inquisitor and began drilling him for information

—-

Vader strode through Fortress Inquisitorius with intentional steps, military personnel and Inquisitors alike scattering to make way for the Sith Lord. Behind him he felt his son keeping up, his own footsteps much more certain than they had been when he left the Palace on Coruscant. He was older now and stronger. He'd always been quick to pick up on feelings around him, but to be able to pick apart what the Inquisitors had failed at from their own thoughts… He'd taken what his father had taught him and built on it. It was impressive, but that did not mean he had completed his training. He would be tested in ways he had not been yet.

Doors opened for them as Vader led Luke into another private meeting room and closed behind them. "The Emperor has been pleased with your progress," he stated, not turning to look at the boy who was quickly growing into a man outside of his father's care.

"We've had many successful missions. I admit, I was a little surprised we were called away from Lothal. We were making progress."

"An ISB agent has been sent in your stead." Vader paused at one of the large windows that opened out into the ocean and Luke came to stand next to him, his hands clasped behind his back and those blue eyes so like his own once were staring out into the depths. He watched him for a long moment, trying to get a better read on him. The last year had been difficult, even if neither were allowed to show it. Though if Palpatine's intention had been to drive a wedge between them, he'd been unsuccessful. He had missed his son, though. More than he had even given himself a moment to realize.

"You know… if anyone ever fires a couple rounds off in here, these windows aren't going to hold," Luke said as he touched the glass, his vocalized thought filling the empty air and intentionally quiet bond between them.

"No one is foolish enough to attack this fortress."

"It only takes one fool with what he believes is a purpose," Luke answered seriously, disproving Vader's immediate assumption that he'd just been filling the silence.

Luke shifted, but kept his shoulders back and his chin tilted up. "Mara and I have seen more than our share in the last few months, Father. I don't understand why."

"They are merely sparks that need to be extinguished. Do not concern yourself with them, Son. Instead, your focus must be on the task at hand." Blue eyes studied him internetly and Vader turned to face him fully. "Do not mistake the Inquisitors' failure for utter ineptitude."

Slowly, he saw the carefully crafted mask of stoicism start to crack. It was in the eyes first - Luke's eyes often betrayed him - and by the time it worked its way down to the way his lips quirked upward at one corner, his brows drawn down and his head tilted ever so slightly, the amusement had broken fully through. "Are you worried for me, Father?"

"Yes." The word rode out sharply on an exhaled breath and it served its purpose to startle some of the weight back into the conversation that should never have left it. He needed Luke to understand. He couldn't underestimate this foe. "Few Force-sensitives remain that have the untapped power to make them a potential use for the Inquisitor Program. Avron Elrick not only proved his potential, but training."

"You do think he has a Master," Luke mused softly, a little awe making it into his voice.

"Perhaps, but more likely a Padawan with delusions of grandeur. I do not require both, only Elrick."

"And if the delusional Padawan comes to his rescue?"

"Then you will kill him."

Vader felt the hesitation, even as Luke squared his shoulders a little. "Wouldn't two Inquisitors be better than one?"

"We are nearing the mark, my son. Soon you will join me, but to do that, you must commit and prove yourself capable."

Confusion flashed briefly over their bond. "I am capable, Father. I am committed."

"Then deliver Elrick and dispose of his would-be Master."

Father and son stood alone in the room, the younger desperately trying to regain control of his feelings that betrayed him. On impulse, Vader reached a gloved hand forward to rest briefly against the side of the teen's head. The words couldn't be spoken, but the meaning was clearly accepted, and Luke gave a short, terse nod. "I'll bring him to you, Father," he swore and turned on heel.

He'd grown in the last year. Matured. If Vader didn't secure his son at his side, Force only knew what would happen. The time was now, and he knew Luke would come out victorious. He was, afterall, his son.

—

For what little good the Inquisitors had done to bring in Avron Elrick, Third Sister had at least managed to plant a tracker on him during their battle. She'd been more offended than Mara thought she had the right to be when she'd questioned if that would actually lead them to Elrick, but the tracker had proved useful. They tracked him to the Bryx sector and must have damaged his hyperdrive because he didn't get very far after the short skirmish.

"Is that where he landed?" Luke asked as he slipped into the co-pilot seat, finally relinquishing his post in the gunnery station, and motioned towards the splotchy red and brown planet below.

"It is. What can you find on it?"

He already has a datapad in hand, scrolling through the details. "Anzat," he read aloud. "Breathable atmosphere, looks like we have a presence there and it looks like there's really only one spaceport. I'm sending down an alert to grab him when he lands."

"They won't be able to hold him," Mara counted and received a shrug for her efforts.

"Worth a shot."

"Anything in the databanks to indicate if he has allies there?"

"You mean a Master?" She heard his fingers dance across the screen as she took them into orbit. "Maybe… there's only been one known Jedi noted in Anzati history. She never made it past Knighthood, but there's also no record of her death. Karis Sali."

"Could be who he's running towards."

Luke made a small, noncommittal sound. "I don't know… I think these records must be incomplete. Says she was born three hundred years ago."

"Then just a place to hide," Mara agreed and the spaceport was coming into view as they descended.

They landed without any trouble, but as predicted it had been a waste of time to involve the local security. Two men dead and at least five more injured, Elrick was nowhere in sight. Thankfully their beacon was still active.

Active, and leading them below the spaceport and into the valley that was filled with mist. They lost precious time as one well-meaning Imperial transport pilot tried to talk what he thought were just two kids out of the pursuit. They shook him, finally, and started after their mark.

"You think he's heard one too many specter tales?" Mara asked as her boots skidded in the soft mud on their way into the valley.

"Maybe not. Even our records had some spooky descriptions of the natives," Luke answered with an unexpected seriousness lacing his voice. "They feed on a sentient's essence, supposedly."

"Did your dad say anything about them?"

"No."

"Meaning it could be untrue, could be he didn't know, or…"

"Could be he wanted us to figure it out for ourselves." They hit the bottom and she could barely make him out just a handful of steps away the fog was so thick. "He seemed to think this was a big one. Maybe the one that lets me join him."

Mara frowned a little at that. He hadn't talked about joining his father for a good two or three months now. She'd hoped he'd accepted his place, at least for the time being, but there they were again. "Do you really want to?" she asked carefully, inching towards him.

"Of course. That was the whole point of this."

She pushed a sharp breath out through her nose. "Glad to know I was just a landing pad on your way across the galaxy."

"That's not what I meant!" he argued, and he must have realized his voice was as loud as she had. He grimaced and turned to look at her, mist dancing across his skin and his eyes were the clearest part of him. "It's not what I meant," he repeated, though quietly this time. "I just mean it's the next phase. I join my father, learn the ropes of the Imperial Navy, and you—"

"Go on alone," she finished for him.

His hand snapped out, catching her by the wrist. "You're never alone, Mara. I'd never—"

It hit them both at once. A fluctuation in the Force. A warning. He released her and they both grabbed for their lightsabers, purple and red igniting just in time as green came slicing through the mist. Mara caught the blade with her own and she felt Luke take an intentional step back. Suddenly, the mist started to part, rolling outward and away from them at his command, and it revealed Elrick on the other end of the lightsaber.

He was tall, with narrow eyes the colour of lava and skin almost as dark as the stone it would have created, blue-tinted blood caking the side of his face. Now open and on display, he lashed out, swinging his blade around expertly at her and using his height to his advantage as he barreled down on her.

But Luke came from the other side, splitting Elrick's attention. The older teen parried well enough, his boots slipping in the muck all three were battling in. He swung, he parried, but Mara and Luke had spent their childhood sparring against each other and the past year honing their partnership. It wasn't long before the green lightsaber was driven from his grasp and he backed up and away from their blades. "Kill me then. I won't go with you," he snarled.

"That's not your fate today," Luke answered as he adjusted his grip on his blade.

Mara was ready to join him as he started forward, but suddenly every muscle tensed like it had been frozen in place. Her fingers twitched without command and her lightsaber fell, the blade snapping out of existence, and a sense of dread crept up from behind her like the mist.

"Mara!" Luke shouted, but Elrick had taken advantage of her immobility and had called his lightsaber to him. Green clashed with red and the older teen drove Luke back so that there was a greater distance.

A strangled curse left her as the mist crept around, a figure that was vaguely human emerging. Grey skin and dark hair, the woman's coal-black eyes felt like they cut through to her soul, and all at once Mara couldn't help but remember Luke's description of them: they fed on the essence of sentient beings.

The creature circled her, even as lightsabers hummed and clashed in battle behind, and Karis Sali tilted her head. "Have you come then, to take my apprentice for the Empire?"

If the Anzat woman expected Mara to answer, she should have loosened her grip. As it stood she felt like she was being crushed by some unseen force. Or perhaps the unseen Force. It was strange. Maybe this is what it felt like when a Jedi used the Force, but Mara would have thought there was less darkness involved. Less barely-bridled rage.

Sali came to stand directly in front of her and she tilted her head. Mara could feel her rummaging inside of her mond. "You are more," the Anzat murmured. "So much more, yet so much less than what you could be. You serve the one that will bleed you dry because you do not know anything else. Your family, your life… all stripped from you. There will be nothing left if you devote yourself to an empty cause."

"You know nothing," Mara managed.

"I took an oath once," Sali said, "to put away my cravings, these desires of my kin. The Jedi Order helped me find another way. I can help you find another way."

Mara flexed her fingers as best she could against the hilt of her lightsaber, but it barely moved. "The Order is dead."

"Perhaps it is." A sadness made its way into Sali's face and it shifted, pockets opening up in her cheeks to produce tentacles. "And we are both doomed."

The Anzat woman approached and Mara struggled against her hold.

—-

Luke found himself face down in the mud, muscles burning and temper blazing. He'd been up against foes of every shape and size in the last year, but never a Force-sensitive. He'd been waiting for the opportunity usually only allotted to his father and his Inquisitors, but there he was squandering it. Elrick, even injured, was fast on his feet. Fast, nimble, and - just as Father had warned him - powerful. With a sweep of Elrick's arms, the Force had turned against Luke and had sent him skidding back so that he tumbled feet over head.

He snarled dangerously as he pulled himself to his feet, calling his lightsaber to his hand. The hilt snapped to his palm just in time to flick the trigger and brace himself against the incoming swing of green. Luke pushed back, swung hard, and skidded to his knees to duck the swipe at his head. He popped up on the other side, taking advantage of a rock to leverage his weight off of as he let the Force propel him upward, and he flipped while still in the air so that he could land a blow as he passed. His red blade connected with green, stopping his forward movement, and instead he focused his power downward and drove the would-be Jedi to his knees.

A silent, mental scream broke through his concentration as he landed, and Luke's head whipped around to where Sali loomed over Mara, tentacles extended as if she intended to feed off of her. "No!" he screamed, flinging his hand out and power erupted from him. It lifted the Anzat Jedi from the muddy ground, suspending her there with her limbs outstretched and her head tilted back and far away from mara.

Somewhere in the back of his mind he could feel Elrick stand to take another swing at him and his opposite hand swung out, two fingers lifting from his lightsaber was all it took to drive Elrick back in his fury.

Mara still hadn't budged from her terrifyingly taught position that Sali had frozen her in and Luke stalked forward. "Let her go!"

"Only if you let us go!" the Anzat answered, straining to speak from where she was suspended. "We want nothing of you."

"And I need nothing from you," Luke said and his fingers twitched. Bones snapped and life evaporated from her dark eyes as he allowed her body to crash to the ground.

Mara sucked in a strangled breath even as Elrick screamed behind them, anguish ripping through the air as he raced forward, desperate to end the battle no matter if he found his vengeance or his death. Luke used the Force to redirect the blade and he slipped around, blocked it at his back as he pivoted, and swung around with his opposite hand and lifted Erick in the air as he had his Master. The other teen gargled and choked against the invisible hold and Luke felt the anger threaten to overtake him.

But killing him wasn't the goal.

With effort, he released the newly unconscious Elrick down into the mud and turned back to where Mara had collapsed. Fear surged and Luke darted forward only to drop to his knees next to his friend. "Mara?" he called desperately, his palm against her cheek. He hadn't seen how close Sali had gotten. If she's gotten her tendrils on her and drained her. If she had…..

"Don't go," Luke begged softly, cradling her. "Don't go."

And in his arms, she didn't budge.

—

There had been a consistent cold that clawed at him even after leaving Anzat as if the mist had worked its way though his skin, permeating his muscles and clinging to his bones. It wrapped around his lungs and filled his mind, whispering words of doubt following him wherever he went, despite the overall success of the mission. The Jedi was dead, the apprentice had been delivered to Fortress Inquisatorious, and the medics said that Mara should wake soon.

But they'd said that yesterday. They'd said it when they'd arrived the day before that too. The longer she slept, the more the whispers felt true: he hadn't been strong enough and he'd failed her. He gave an involuntary shiver and tried to push them back. She'd be okay. She had to be.

Luke pulled in a deep, steadying breath through his nose as he approached the door leading to the lower chambers. Father had arrived back on the planet and he'd been summoned. He thought the medical staff - slim as it was in the Fortress - was likely relieved to see him go. He had only left Mara's side when pulled away by duty. It was the only reason he'd left now.

He moved through the dark hall, and he couldn't help it when the tombs on either side drew his attention. Frozen there were sentients of every shape and size, and at the end he saw the newest addition: Karis Sali, her neck still at an odd angle from where he'd snapped it. Luke stopped and stared, uncertain how he should feel about the trophy on display that had once been a living, breathing sentient.

"You really must be his son to have been able to defeat her."

Luke whipped around at the unexpected voice. How the Third Sister had been able to creep up on him like that, he had no idea. She either had mental barriers that anybody would have killed for or he really was distracted. Maybe a bit of both. Whichever the case, he felt the briefest flicker of smugness from her and she nodded towards the end of the hall. "Your father is waiting."

He moved past her, walls falling back into place and she felt like a void of anger and bitterness and ambition, just like her brothers and sisters. She didn't walk with him, but he felt her watch him to the end of the hall and the door that opened for him there. On the other side stood his father with another Inquisitor. Elrick was strapped to a table, sweat standing against dark skin, and he struggled to pull air into his lungs.

What's happening? Luke asked over their bond, not willing to put his ignorance on display.

"He is being remade," his father answered out loud, drawing Elrick's attention. The teen let out an almost feral scream at the sight of Luke and a wave of cold slammed into him. It was all he could do to remain steady under it and the Inquisitor returned to his work, the torture reclaiming Elrick's attention.

Luke grimaced, turning his gaze to his father and reminding himself what Elrick's Master had done to Mara. There was a long, brutal moment before the Dark Lord turned, cape whipping at his ankles and his son was relieved to follow him out. Thankfully, the Third Sister was nowhere to be seen as they exited, the door stifling Elrick's screams behind them.

"Do not waste your pity on him, my son. He would have struck you down the first chance he had. Now, we will break him and the pieces will be put together as an Inquisitor. He will serve you."

"I don't need his service," Luke managed, the chill running through him again.

"And yet you will have it. You have earned it." There was a moment when only the mechanical breathing from his father's suit filled the silence. "When she wakes, you will return to Coruscant with the Hand. She will make her report and you will join me then. I have foreseen it."

Luke swallowed hard, the thought of parting with Mara leaving him sadder than he would have admitted out loud. He pursed his lips, wondering if there was a way he could ask for more time without it sounding like he had changed his mind. He still wanted to join his father, but almost losing Mara was like a terrible glimpse into what life would be like without her and he hated it.

Another chill ran up his spine and he squeezed his eyes closed. "Father, I think they did something to me. I don't know what, but since Anzat it's been so cold."

There was a flicker over their bond. A heaviness of guilt that Luke rarely felt from his father. And just as quickly as it had come, it was shut off again. "I once taught you to sharpen your fear to your advantage. This too will strengthen you."

"How?"

"You will learn to use it. I will teach you once you have joined me on the Executioner."

"Why not now?" Luke pressed. He didn't like the idea of living with this terrible feeling any longer than he had to. It weighed on him like it might pull him under if it stayed with him too long.

"It will take time." His father turned, and Luke could feel yellow eyes watching him from behind his mask. "It will not always feel like weakness," he promised, his voice a little softer.

"I trust you," Luke promised and raised his head.

"You did well, my son. Go. It won't be long."

Exactly what wouldn't be long, Father didn't say. He strode forward, leaving Luke to find his way back to the small medical wing alone.

—

She couldn't remember what had happened. There'd been something between landing on Anzat and the sharp smell of a medical facility, but Mara couldn't remember what that was. Her mind felt sluggish, but she pushed past the haze and into consciousness, she found her training fell into place without effort and fed her details about her surroundings. Sharp angles, echoing footsteps, a tiny room… It was too small to be the medical wing on Coruscant and too well stocked to be Anzat. Nur then. She'd been dragged back for delivery, which at least meant Luke had gotten out alive. Probably. She looked to her left and then to her right. No, definitely.

In a chair, slumped at what would prove was a horribly uncomfortable angle once he woke up, slept Darth Vader's son. She watched him for a long moment, taking in the familiar features of the boy that had managed to worm his way past every defense she had and had become her friend. She'd fought with him, bled with him, and saved his life on more than one occasion. It looked like his turn to save her this round.

He stirred and Mara let her eyes slip closed again. She heard him stretch, the chair scraping and he popped his neck loudly before a long moment of silence. "You just going to keep pretending to be asleep?" he finally asked, and Mara couldn't help her own snort of amusement over it as she let her eyes slip open. Luke stood over her bed now. "How're you feeling?"

She took a moment, carefully stretching out each limb and each digit, finding everything exactly where it should be. "Whole."

"Listen to that vote of confidence," her friend snarked, but the amusement didn't reach his eyes.

"What happened?"

"You had a run in with an Anzati Jedi that nearly killed you. You've been out for a couple of days."

"Did you… win against them both?"

"You don't have to sound so surprised."

"Yes I do. Two Jedi? You're good, but…"

He gave a shrug. "There was a lot riding on it."

"Right. Joining your dad on the Executioner."

His blue eyes flickered to meet hers and Mara was a little taken back by the intensity in them. "I thought she was going to kill you. I thought you were… I killed her before she could. I ended it." He pressed his lips together, looking away and a shiver passed through him.

Mara reached out, her fingers light on his wrist as she pulled him towards the bed and scooted to give him room. He took it, but instead of sitting on the edge like she'd expected he folded his legs up and slid them under the blankets to settle back against the headboard. "Okay then," she snorted, but leaned against his arm, the closeness comforting in the wake of what they'd been through. "Thank you. For saving my life."

"You've done it for me."

"And I'll do it again," she promised and heard him sigh, dropping his head to the side so that his cheek rested against her red hair. "You're going, aren't you?"

"Guess that depends on what you tell the Emperor."

"Do you want to go?"

"I don't want to leave you."

"That's not an answer."

"Sure it is." He slunk down just a little. "Could we not talk about it?"

Mara nodded and sighed, letting her eyelids droop and she hooked her arm through his. It was stupid. It wasn't like he was leaving the Empire. He was just continuing his training. They'd see each other. They'd have missions that crossed, the Emperor would make sure of it. She knew all of that, but even as she tightened her hold on him and he leaned in a little more, she couldn't help but feel like this was the beginning of the end.

TBC

Notes: And Luke takes another step into the Dark Side... This was a tough one to write, but fell nicely into place once I decided on the planetary backdrop for their chase. Major shoutout to Nimata_beroya for the the planet recommendation. The Anzat are only in the Legends stories now, I believe, and they're super creepy, so it sort of matched nicely for Halloween weekend. It worked out very well for what I needed though and it was really fun to have a brief moment with the Grand Inquisitor before he flings himself into oblivion rather than answer to Vader for failing him. Speaking of that... there may be a future chapter that Rebels fans will enjoy soon ;)

Next Time: Luke adjusts to his new life on the Executioner.

[wisechaosglitter]

Bad Babysitter

Babysitting little Luke didn't go as smoothly as Rex hoped it would, and now he has to face an unhappy Dad Vader.

Read on Ao3 or FFN

Part of my Dad Vader & Son series, so there are lots of references to other events in the series...which is why some of this won't make sense if you haven't read the others. Not that it will necessarily make sense if you HAVE... okay, never mind. 😚

[sinfulskywalker]

Hello Sinful! It's been a while. Hope you're doing ok! Just wanted to resend some prompts I had. A part of me was pained reading Luke only had 3 friends at the end of LLOM: a droid, a toy and his Dad's servant. Could we get some sneak peeks into how Vanee and Vader cared for Luke? It must have been like having a newborn in the house. Just want to see Luke being explicitly babied again.

TW: slight infantilism, dark fic, possessive Vader

Hello hon 😊

Sure thing. But first some canon knowledge is that Vanee is a creep. Dude straight up worships his master's phantom after he's dead. But my Vanee I made a little more....humble.

With Luke's memory wiped it very much was like starting over. Luke was very weak after the ritual and disoriented. Vanee did his best in ensuring Luke's suite was clean for his arrival. To Vanee's surprise, Luke was nothing like the rebel that was described whom he was supposed to fit. Luke was calm. He looked up at his father as if he hung every star in the sky.

Vader relishes in it.

Vanee gets used to nights where he can hear Luke sobbing down the hall in his bedroom from a nightmare, an accident or simply wanting his father's attention after a night time bottle.

When the boy isn't fussing, he's carefree and giggling, chasing after toy ships that fly mid air or remote controlled toy droids. The giggling heard through out the palace is the biggest change and most odd considering it's dark and grim atmosphere.

Being a caretaker of a fortress was one thing. A babysitter was another. Vanee learns quick Luke likes his milk warm not cold (his punishment being a scowl from the blonde then a tearful apology after Vader found out about the disrespect) and Luke rather enjoyed seeing the volcanos in the distance burst at night.

Overall Luke was a joy to have around. He was compliant. But most of all Vader got what he wanted: a child who was a product of love he shared with his late wife wanting him. Not simply tolerating his existence and relation. No. Luke wanted a father. He wanted him as his father.

And every night on Mustafar, just before bedtime, Vader ensured Luke knew how much he was loved by him as he laid his child to bed for sleep.

Mission accomplished.

[alexawoodswrites]

There is an extensive list but here we go:

Dr: Golden Trio

Love interest: Harry Potter

Title: Witch

- my first dr (thx shiftok)

- The first place I shifted to

Dr: Mcu

Love interest: Steve Rogers

Title: Alexa Stark, The infinity Witch.

- i ❤️ this Dr

- basic IK but I was new

Dr: H20

Love interest: Cleo

Title: Mermaid

- This was inner child healing tbh

Dr: Twilight

Love interest: Edward

Title: Enchantress

- Bella is my sister (I'm adopted)

- I love this Dr in the fall

Dr: Criminal Minds

Love interest: Dr Spencer Reid

Title: SSA Woods

- This Dr i post the most about

- I have recently shifted here

Dr: Teen Wolf

Love interest: Stiles

Title: Witch

- Can y'all tell i like magic?

- This is one of few under 18 Drs

Dr: Pixie Hollow

Love interest: None

Title: Garden Fairy

- I fucking love this Dr

- It's so surreal

Dr: Once Upon a Time

Love interest: Undecided

Title: King Arthurs daughter

- I have magic in this one too because Gold pisses me off

Dr: Fame

Love interest: Undecided

Title: Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Dancer, Author, and Activist.

- Me if i was rich growing up basically

- This Dr feeds my ego HARD

Dr: Star Wars

Love interest: Idk yet

Title: Jedi Master

- I ❤️ this one 2

- Darth Vader is so fucking scary

Dr: Umbrella Academy

Love interest: N/a

Title: Number 8

- i scripted out a lot tbh

- Klaus 🤝me

4 lifers

Dr: Supernatural

Love interest: Sam Winchester

Title: Enchantress

- You sensing a theme?

- Dean 🤝 Me

Pie

Dr: The vampire diaries

Love interest: Elijah Mikealson

Title: Tribrid

- No I'm not his niece, Klaus isn't the only hybrid

Dr: Hunger Games

Love interest: Peeta Mellark

Title: The Mockingjay

- I'm gonna get hate for this

- I just rlly want to overthrow a government

Dr: Percy Jackson

Love interest: Percy Jackson

Title: Daughter of Nyx

- I'm so slay in this Dr

- i love Anna Beth but she is not in this Dr

Dr: Reign

Love interest: Francis

Title: Alexandria, Queen of Spain

- don't ask too many questions this Dr is in the works

Dr: Bridgerton

Love interest: Anthony

Title: Lady Woodlinson

- IM THE DIAMOND OF THE SEASON

- I fucking love parties

Dr: OuterBanks

Love interest: JJ

Title: New Pouge

- I hate Rafe

Dr: Maze Runner

Love interest: Thomas

Title: Runner

- I hate Teresa

Dr: The last of us

Love interest: Ellie Williams

Title: Immune

- I made the zombies less scary

Dr: The Witcher

Love interest: Geralt

Title: Witcher

- Yennefer BACK OFF

Dr: The 100

Love interest: Clark

Title: Leader

- I shit my pants seeing that deer

Dr: Pitch Perfect

Love interest: Becca

Title: A Bella

- I LOVE RIFF OFFS

Dr: Glee Dr

Love interest: i have none

Title: Glee club member

- Rachel has a wakeup call

- sue doesn't insult me( my ego can't take that rn)

Dr: My Babysitter's a Vampire

Love interest: Erica

Title: Vampire

- THIS IS SO FUN

Dr: Ever After High

Love interest: Raven

Title: Alexa Arthur

- Ahhhhh

Dr: How to train your Dragon

Love interest: Hiccup

Title: Dragon rider

- TOOTHLESS IS SO CUTE OMFG

Dr: Shadowhunters

Love interest: Jace

Title: Half-blood (half demon/ half Angel)

- don't argue about lore idc

Dr: A series Of unfortunate events

Love interest: Violet

Title: Ally

- I punched count Olaf, paid for it , but i did do it.

Dr: Pirates of the Caribbean

Love interest: Undecided

Title: Pirate

- Jack is so fun

- i scripted they didn't smell bad, great idea tbh

[lovelybucky1]

Star Wars Masterlist

+ smut

$ fluff

# angst

! dark

din djarin x reader

oneshots

medic $

obi-wan kenobi x reader

drabbles + headcanons

lovemaking headcanon +$

sneaking into your room $

anakin skywalker/darth vader x reader

drabbles + headcanons

fuckboy!anakin +

enemies to lovers +

armpit kink +

trailer trash!anakin +

breaking curfew+

oneshots

ego (rockstar!anakin) +$

join me (unburnt!vader)!

smoke me out +

scent +

wait +

nice guys finish last +

bad guys win +

insignificant !+

trailer trash!anakin +

trailer trash!anakin nsfw alphabet +

babysitter +

trailer trash!anakin headcanons +

han solo x reader

one shots

pass the time +