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Oh man...this is adorable, hilarious, and a bit sad.

Luke is tiny. I will never take critiques on this. Luke is smol. He itty-bitty. He is a little ball of fluff with "an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face" that makes anacondas do want. But I digress...Luke = small, Vader = massive

Vader is also someone who hasn't received or shown physical affection to anyone in twenty+ years. He doesn't really know how to do it. So when Luke is finally ready to actually give and take a hug, Vader may get a bit excited and...squish...with a side of crunch.

Luke, of course, doesn't hold it against his father. He finds it a bit funny. Besides, it was the first time he's been hurt with love...it was far better than being hurt with lightening or blasters or whatnot. But yeah...his shoulder is popped and a rib might be a little busted. But this is Luke and he has no idea how to handle pain normally so is all "welp...this is my life now."

Vader is crushed. He is a monster. He has harmed the most precious being in the whole universe. He has done so terribly wrong.

Luke is really all, "daddy....chill...please. It's really ok? It...uh, it just means we have to practice! That's a positive. right?"

Well, that perks up Vader's puppy ears. Practice hugging? He can hug his son again and again and again? Yes please.

He is a bit weary afterwards, of course. Luke just says to hug him soft and apply pressure and he'll tell him when to stop. That works well and now Vader knows the exact amount of power to put into the hug without harming angel of his life.

It is one of the few things Luke has any power/control/authority over. He finds something pleasant about getting something like this back in his life. So they balance it out where every day Luke gets his maintenance disciple and Vader gets his hug training. it really helps them get closer and it leads to Vader having to open up a bit about why this is so awkward for him and the pain he has bene through. it really tugs at Luke's heart and makes him reach out for him more to just help his father feel better and find Light and good in his life once more.

Of course the downside is now Vader is a master hugger and does it whenever he wants...and will also use his size to his advantage and yoink up his son away from whatever he was doing and takes him off to do a hugging session.

Luke just sulks as he is carried off like a football cause he does not find his height or small form all that amusing.

So after I read that chapter, I was really thinking about it and kinda wandered into “what if” territory. And I wanted to know what you think would happen if this:

What if…. “Somehow Padmé was alive…” (LMAO mocking sequel trilogy) and for whatever reason, she either thought they were dead or was kept from them. So anyways she finds Anakin and Luke, around the time of this most recent chapter (but doesn’t know what they have been up to) and of course they are both delighted, Anakin to have his Angel back, and Luke gets to meet his mom! In this scenario, would Anakin suddenly have less physical interest in Luke, now that he can be with his wife, or would he still be trying to sneak to be with Luke? If he stopped going after Luke, would Luke become hurt and jealous of his mom? Would he do bad things to try and I get more attention back? Or be relieved and happy with their new “normal” family?

Oof, anon. I love this ask.

I was talking about this with @hornyfandomtrash, but there really would be only two options, if Padmé was alive.

The first, as HFT said, Anakin would have to extend his relentless, controlling behavior equally onto both of them. His jealousy would force him to keep them separated, except for when he wanted the three of them to be together, similar to how he already restricts Luke's time spent with Obi-Wan until it suits him. He would probably never let Luke and Padmé be alone together, and even that wouldn't be enough to really stem his possessiveness. Padmé would, most likely, be driven away, forced to go back to wherever she's been these last 18 years. Anakin wouldn't take it well, but I think Luke would be relieved. She isn't the parent he spent his life idolizing, after all. She was a stranger to him, really, in the end.

The only other option is a lot darker, but the only way the three of them could really stay the three of them is if Padmé knew, and refused to intervene, regardless of how she actually felt about it. I personally can't see her joining in — Anakin probably wouldn't let her, even if she wanted to — but maybe she's willfully ignorant, or distantly consumed by guilt. Maybe, when Anakin "tucks Luke into bed" at night, she pretends to be asleep when her husband finally comes to bed, pointedly ignoring the fact that it's two hours later.

- 7 AM Anon, just as excited about all your other WIPs as I am with SotF

Hey! No worries, I’m always happy to answer questions about Mando Foundling au. :)

Luke will still have his wounds, which is part of the reason Din is so convinced he’s been abused, and as a result of that and his recent head injury has created this fantasy of being an adult Jedi capable of fully protectint himself. His lightning scars and (damaged) prosthetic hand will still be there, as will all his other old scars (beneath a bunch of new ones).

Aww, thanks anon. Not sure about "most popular" but I am very grateful to everyone who's left kudos, comments and bookmarks. Thank you all so much.

Ah, the deaged!Luke AU. Not-so-secretly one of my favs. I'm so happy someone's interested in seeing more of it. ♥ Thanks, anon!

And just... Leia and Han will spend the rest of their life always thinking about him, and what they consider were their mistakes, looking for Luke and just for a way to help him now even if they know that they can hardly help someone who doesn't want that help (but that's the thing right? Luke did want their help but by the time they could give it to him it was far too late.)

- 7 AM Anon

Admittedly, thinking about what happened to Obi-Wan and Leia and Han after the fic is one of the hardest things about this ending. But that’s what I like about writing tragedies that end so openly: if that’s what you imagined happened afterwards, then that’s what happened! There’s nothing canonical to suggest those things couldn’t happen, so if you decide that Luke pushes Anakin from their penthouse balcony and runs back to his real family, then that can be the true ending to you.

I know some people find that unsatisfying, or exhausting, but I’ve always been a sucker for fics that light that spark to your imagination and let it blaze. Especially after a such a heavy fic, for me personally, it’s always more of a comfort to know that things could still work out — in another time, another story.