[ Whatever (false) cheerfulness she had managed collapsed into grief. "You would have been," she mentally corrects him. She had been in Leia's life just enough to leave a vague impression on her. Luke didn't know what she looks like. She'd be a ghost, a fairytale, a stranger to her own children.
Yes, it's grief. Grief for what they won't have. She hadn't thought about having a family. Now there's an emptiness where Leia should be.
[ She doesn't have to say it. He knows, like he always does. He knows the heavy sadness that shrouds her, he can feel it as if it were his own. But she-- she alone has always been able to bring a brightness to him in the Force, in a way that no one can. And he won't leave her in the darkness.
Anakin dips his head and cups her face once more. He steels himself for this; he has to believe it to convince her. ]
Padme, look at me. Listen to me. The future is always in motion. Nothing is set in stone. We will be happy. We will raise our children. And you will be the galaxy's greatest mother, wife, senator. I will give you all of that, my love. All of it.
[ She touches his cheek lightly, her eyes filled with a different kind of sadness. Anakin lives in "should." He should be able to fix things, the galaxy should be fair, their children should grow up with them.
He's making a promise he can't keep. A promise he'd die to keep. ]
I trust you. But, more than anything, I want you with me. I don't want to sacrifice 'now' for a 'maybe.'
[ he smiles, a ghost of that rakish smile from when they first met again twisted with a touch of bittersweet. he wraps his arms tight around her. he doesn't have the words to tell her how much it means to him to hear it.
ultimately, because her happiness means everything.
she means everything.
so it makes sense, that he will give her everything. ]
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Yes, it's grief. Grief for what they won't have. She hadn't thought about having a family. Now there's an emptiness where Leia should be.
Words stick in her throat. ]
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Anakin dips his head and cups her face once more. He steels himself for this; he has to believe it to convince her. ]
Padme, look at me. Listen to me. The future is always in motion. Nothing is set in stone. We will be happy. We will raise our children. And you will be the galaxy's greatest mother, wife, senator. I will give you all of that, my love. All of it.
Trust me.
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He's making a promise he can't keep. A promise he'd die to keep. ]
I trust you. But, more than anything, I want you with me. I don't want to sacrifice 'now' for a 'maybe.'
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I'm right here.
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I wouldn't be doing half as well as I am if you weren't.
[ She strokes his cheek lightly with her thumb. ]
I want you to know that whatever happens in the future, I'm happy for this. For the time we have together. For your love.
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ultimately, because her happiness means everything.
she means everything.
so it makes sense, that he will give her everything. ]