#ifeelitagain

          “every year, they bring someone out here. every year, they seem to think it will help. they never realize that every year, it is themselves killing their crops, their forest. i protect this place, yet they attempt to kill it off.” his lips curve into a frown. “why should i let you live? when your people are the ones attacking this place?”

“I--” he thinks about it for a moment, resisting the urge to look around and see if there’s anyone looking. It doesn’t matter, it shouldn’t matter. His lips twitch, and his eyes flick towards the other’s mouth. “If you want me,” he says, his voice low, leaning towards the man in spite of himself. He reaches out, fingers hooking into the leather of his belt, pulling him closer. “I’m yours.” The whole thing was humiliating, but he would get nowhere by acting as if it were. He could go down this road-- as long as he’s careful. 

“You don’t know what Yuletide is? It’s the last longest night of the entire year’s cycle, and it’s when the sun returns for longer stay,” he explains. “I’d.. like to go back for a visit to celebrate it. But we’re lightyears away from the Outer Rim.. I won’t make it back in time.”

          “...ben.” his lips curl into a soft smile, a rare expression as he focuses on his brother. he’s missed him, and it shows.

Damn him. Glaring daggers at him, Rey is torn between getting to remain inside, and having to allow him to make such a rule. After several seconds of obvious inner struggle she relents, though her glare doesn’t. “Fine,” she spits out.

When the whistle sounded she took off into the woods.  Without needing to look behind her, she knew that she had left the other girls behind.  She kept up a steady pace for some time, fighting against the burn in her ribs.  Faintly she heard the second whistle that signaled the arrival of the Alphas.  She ran for another ten minutes before needing to rest.  Her heart nearly pounding out of her chest, she chose a strong looking oak tree nearby.  She hoisted herself up, climbing up a few feet into the branches.  She waited in silence for forty-five minutes before hearing a trio of Alphas growing closer.  She held her breath, afraid that even her shallow breathing would tip them off to her location.  But the Alphas were too intent on their quest to think about looking up at the trees.  She waited another fifteen minutes before climbing back down.  Exhaling loudly, she figured she had another half hour before the run was over.

         Are you NOT aware of how unprofessional that is?” 

“Ah, there you are,” Obi-Wan grinned. “I thought you forgot me completely. Come here and sit beside me.”