Ye olde shuttle parking [early afternoon]

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After hours of sweaty work, Anakin had finally gotten the hyperdrive working again.

He's slept through most of Sunday--he'd needed the rest--and was looking almost like himself again.

Except for the nervous twitch he was developing as the time Rory normally showed up got closer.

Blurry - Puddle of Mudd

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Anakin held her glance for a heartbeat too long to be completely teasing, then looked away.

"Too much past," he reminded her.

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Rory turned even redder. "I was kidding."

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"Me too," he said quickly.

Not really, no.

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"...right," Rory said doubtfully. "Um. We should be getting home soon."

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Anakin nodded. "I'll fly this leg," he said.

Distractions were good. Very, very good.

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"Okay," Rory said, moving. "I get to look out the windows, then.

Yay distractions, yay.

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Anakin's hands flew over the controls as he flipped the shuttle through a neat loop and did a slow pass by the nebulae.

"Not a bad view," he admitted.

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"It's beautiful," she sighed, focusing on the view outside. "Thank you."

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"I love seeing you happy," he said softly. "I'm glad this worked."

Then he focused just a little too intently on the instrument panel in front of him. He didn't like feeling so emotional exposed, even to Rory.

Hell, especially with Rory.