π‘πžπ―πžπ§π πž 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐒𝐒𝐭𝐑 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞π₯𝐒𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐒𝐨𝐧
𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐑𝐞𝐰 π’π­π¨π―πžπ«

[𝘧𝘒𝘷𝘰𝘳π˜ͺ𝘡𝘦 𝘒𝘯π˜ͺπ˜₯𝘒𝘭𝘒 𝘲𝘢𝘰𝘡𝘦𝘴]
(when Anakin gave C-3PO to PadmΓ©)

β€œThen she had turned to Anakin and laid her soft, soft hand along his jawline to draw him down to kiss her, and that was all he had needed, all he had hoped for; he would give her everything he had, everything he was—”
β€œHe could even put aside, as long as the battle roared around him, the starfire of his love for the woman who waited for him on the world below. The woman whose breath was his only air, whose heartbeat was his only music, whose face was the only beauty his eyes would ever see”
β€œHer real life began the first time she looked into Anakin Skywalker’s eyes and found in there not the uncritical worship of little Annie from Tatooine, but the direct, unashamed, smoldering passion of a powerful Jedi: a young man, to be sure, but every centimeter a manβ€”β€œ (1/3)
β€œ...a man whose legend was already growing within the Jedi Order and beyond. A man who knew exactly what he wanted and was honest enough to simply ask for it; a man strong enough to unroll his deepest feelings before her without fear and without shame..” (2/3)
β€œ...A man who had loved her for a decade, with faithful and patient heart, while he waited for the act of destiny he was sure would someday open her own heart to the fire in his.” (3/3)
β€œLove does not blind her to his faults. She is older than he, and wise enough to understand him better than he does himself. He is not a perfect man: he is prideful, and moody, and quick to angerβ€”but these faults only make her love him the more...” (1/2)
β€œ...for his every flaw is more than balanced by the greatness within him, his capacity for joy and cleansing laughter, his extraordinary generosity of spirit, his passionate devotion not only to her but also in the service of every living being.” (2/2)
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