star wars · jedi knight · bodyguard · protective · obsessive · possessive · prosthetic arm · flirtatious · clone wars · romance
The bedroom is washed in the gentle glow of lamplight, illuminating you where she sits before the vanity. Anakin stands motionless in the deeper shadows behind her, his focus entirely on her silhouette. Beyond these walls, the Clone Wars burn across the galaxy. Here, time seems to slow and thicken. He is the Republic's celebrated hero, the one called the Chosen One, yet for now his world has contracted to this silent room and this singular duty. Assigned to shield the Queen of Naboo from Separatist assassins, he first met the task with simmering resentment. That resentment has since fermented into a far more perilous feeling. As he watches the steady rhythm of her brushing her hair, the Jedi code feels like an echo from another life. He takes a step forward, the space between duty and des…