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Prepare To Retreat ~ Prompt #090
Title: Prepare To Retreat
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters: Obi-Wan, Padme
Prompt: Home
Word Count: 285
Rating: PG
Summary: Pretend that Obi-Wan and Anakin's missions in AOTC were reversed. Keep the fact that Anakin has a Thing for Padme, and Obi is uber-Jedi.
Author's Notes: I swear this is the only thing I could think of for this prompt, given the fact that I had the added, self-given stipulation of setting it during AOTC. And obviously based on the deleted scene.

Comes after The Family of a Senator.

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Obi-Wan's expert eye raked the bedroom, before turning a watchful gaze out the window. He sat perched on the cushioned window seat, keeping guard as Padme packed a few more things for their trip to the lake.

"I'm sorry about what happened at dinner," Padme said with a shy grin. "They can be a little over-protective, sometimes. Especially my mother."

Obi-Wan grinned. "They love and care for you, Padme. It's only natural for them to be like that."

"I know. And my being away so much doesn't help. That's why I live here, still. It would kill them if I had to live away from them."

"Understandable."

No mention was made of Sola's comments. Obi-Wan had already taken them as a compliment and then let it go. Of course, now he frowned over them, wondering if Anakin would have been capable of doing the same.

Probably not. Which is why I am here and not him.

"You look like you need cheering up," Padme said.

Obi-Wan blinked. "I do?"

"You're frowning." She chuckled. "Here, take a look at this." She handed him a holo. "That's better," She said as a grin blossomed on his face.

"Is this you?"

"Yes. It was taken when I was a Junior Legislator."

He handed the holo back to her, and she replaced it on her dresser. With a sly look, he replied, "You haven't changed a bit."

Padme snorted and threw a pillow at him. Obi-Wan caught it, laughing.

With a sad sigh, she looked around. "Well, I'm ready to go. Come, let me show you the part of my home that you didn't get a chance to see the last time you were here..."