Oh no I’ve figured out the Twister au—
If it were up to Anakin, he would never return to Oklahoma.
His mom is gone, his step brother never liked him anyway, his team is—
But when Padme surprised him with plane tickets, calling it an engagement gift and squealing about how excited she was to see where he grew up— Anakin couldn’t find a good enough excuse to say no.
Now, staring at a familiar caravan of ramshackle vehicles on the side of the road, Anakin thinks maybe he should have told her the truth.
Because the truth is, if it were up to Anakin, he never would have left Oklahoma in the first place.
If it had been up to Anakin he would be in the back of that beat up bus searching for the next big storm.
If it were up to Anakin he would never have walked away from the two things he loved more than anything.
But it hadn’t been up to Anakin.
No, Obi-Wan took that choice away.
“It’s an incredible opportunity, Anakin, think of what you could do at a school like that.”
“But I belong here, chasing storms.”
[even then he hadn’t been able to say “I belong with you, Obi-Wan.” Even now he doesn’t think it would have changed anything.]
“I can’t make you go. But I won’t let you back on this team until you come back here with a degree.”
Anakin hates him.
But when his eyes land on the figure tinkering with the same damn satellite dish they’ve had forever, a shock of fire red hair glowing in the Oklahoma sun, Anakin thinks that may not be as true as he’d thought.












