Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

Anakin opened his office door.

And stared.

Someone had redecorated.

Anakin stomped around the office examining streamers on the ceiling and paint on the wall, then the glitter-bestrewned Farrah Fawcett poster, and finally flounced over to sit in his chair.

With its pink boa.

He waved a hand and started up his little galaxy of stars, then picked up a pen that had been decorated with feathers--all of his pens had been decorated with feathers, what the hell?--and hoped no one visited today.

Though that didn't seem very likely.

[OOC: Door's closed, post is open!]

I Am What I Am - John Barrowman

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Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Anakin sighed. "We're not running off together," he said. "We're having coffee."

That wasn't going to exactly endear him to the one who introduced him to coffee.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Oh."

That was all she had.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Anakin got the feeling he'd done something wrong, but he didn't know what it was.

"So did you call anyone else when you were at Caritas?" he asked.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Hamlet, Alec, Jaye, Charlie, Xander," she recited. "And Luke, of course."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

"Of course," he echoed hollowly.

Bad choice of conversation topics, but he didn't want her to leave yet.

"I saw John today," he said.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"How is he?" she asked immediately.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

"Not in the clinic, if you were worried," Anakin said dryly.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Good. Does he look like he's been eating and sleeping?"

Oh, Rory. You are not one to criticize in this area.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Anakin opened his mouth to say that Rory wasn't one to criticize in that area, then closed it again.

Apparently that was what Luke was for these days.

"He looks better than he did in class Monday," Anakin said. "He broke his hand, though."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"He hit a wall," Rory said, because she'd heard. "You didn't hurt him."

It wasn't an accusation or a question - just an observation.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

"He's beating himself up enough for both of us," Anakin said. "But if it ever happens again..." There was steel in that voice.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I doubt very seriously that he'll ever hurt me again," she said softly. "The guilt's eating him."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Anakin let out an unamused chuckle. "Something new we have in common."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

She watched him quietly. "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. Or at least, I wouldn't be as cognizant, probably."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Something like hope sprang into Anakin's eyes, but it disappeared quickly. "I'm glad I was there to help," he said softly.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad you were," she agreed, putting a little emphasis on 'you.' "And maybe someday I'll go back to looking reasonably not-unattractive and stop showing up in your office looking either purple or like I'm about to pass out."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Anakin's cheeks flushed. "I wouldn't care if you showed up in a bathrobe with your hair on fire," he said. "I just like seeing you."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory blushed dark red. "I would rather not have fiery hair."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

"I'm sure I have a bucket around here for that kind of emergency," Anakin said, ducking his head under the desk.

Then banging his head on the underside to remind himself not to be such a frelling moron.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Are you okay?" she asked, mildly concerned.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

"Fine," Anakin replied, sounding pained.

He finally came back up with a red, blotchy face.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You don't look fine," she said, crossing over and looking concerned. "You're all blotchy." She tentatively - shyly, really - reached up and pressed the back of her hand against his cheek, and then his forehead. "I hope I didn't give you my cold."

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

Anakin couldn't help it. He leaned into her hand and closed his eyes.

Mostly to hide the tears that were springing into them. "I'm fine," he said quietly.

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

She gently traced her finger over the scar beside his right eye. "I was so...." She couldn't think of the right word, so she let him fill in his own adjective, "when I first saw you, I didn't think to ask about this. What happened?"

Re: Visit Anakin after classes

[sith_happened]

"Lightsaber duel on my way out of the cloning facility," Anakin said, his voice coming out way shakier than he'd prefer. "I wasn't quite as fast as I needed to be."