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     FISTS SLAM against the nearest surface  (  a granite countertop, she notices only seconds after the pain registers  )  and then are clasped together in hope of ridding her skin of the red. Words struggle, fighting their way through her throat, and as if on cue, the scars lining the flesh of her shoulder seem to heat up, only multiplying her discomfort. That, paired with the ghost of his company, is enough to draw a short cry from her lips.

     ❝   Liar,   ❞  she whispers once the pain has subsided just enough to make room for speech. ❝   You could’ve stopped him. You saw this coming.   ❞

     LEIA, I KNOW I do not deserve your trust, && I know you will never see me as your father, but I have done everything in my power to reach him. He is blinded by his master, && believes me to support his fall to the dark. 

               A soft surge would wash around his daughter, drawing her into a moment of sparkling remorse as clear && sharply edged as a shard of glass. All that he could’ve been to her, all that he would’ve done to save his grandson had he the ability. It’s a sorrow that transcends death, boundless && drawn by the thin thread of their connection in the Force: the undeniable truth of their relation; brilliant && burning for one brief apotheosis.

                Then it brushes past, ebbing off the restless electricity && rage that defines his daughter’s presence. 

     But I would never— if there was anything I could do—-…

 
independent & private roleplay blog for anakin skywalker/darth vader of all star wars media. written by scout. || est. feb 2016.