Painting

[lumy12]

Title: Painting
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters: Anakin
Prompt: fanfic50's #7 - Hair
Word Count: 219
Rating: G
Summary: Anakin, newly-arrived at the Temple, misses home.
Author's Notes: Um... nothing comes to mind. Go figure!

Anakin ran his fingers over the braid that brushed his right shoulder. His new Padawan braid: a symbol of his dedication to the Jedi Order and apprenticeship to his master. He was still getting used to it. The braid itself was bumpy and tight -- tighter than his mother’s wide braids. The end of it looked and felt like a paintbrush. If he were back home, he knew Kitster would try to use it as a paintbrush as well, which would probably result in a friendly scuffle.

He fingered the coarse bristles, thinking of his friend. Anakin didn’t have any friends here yet, and he was sure he never would. His peers stared at him scathingly when no master was looking, even though he hadn’t done anything deserving of their scorn. When he’d told Master Obi-Wan that everyone hated him, Obi-Wan had replied that Jedi don’t hate.

Had he really seen Kitster a mere week ago? It felt like longer ago than that. And he knew it would be much longer still until he saw him again. If he saw him again.

Anakin swallowed a sudden lump in his throat. He wasn’t a baby. He wouldn’t cry. “Don’t look back,” his mother had said. He squeezed the braid as hard as he could until the threat of tears passed.

Comments

[frostbit-sky.livejournal.com]

Aww I want to give Ani a hug. Very nice fic. You captured his sadness about leaving his loved ones behind and fear/nerves very well.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I want to hug wee!Ani a lot :( Poor little guy.

[sakurafromjapan.livejournal.com]

Such a perfect "missing scene" from the post-TPM saga, this one is ! *smiles* You know, It's a LOT of fun to read fics ( of this kind ) that tell us about the everyday lives of our beloved Jedi. Yes, I love them to pieces ! - so it's always this kind I often try and find on the Fanfiction.net. :)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it! I wrote it real quick at work yesterday. (it DOES have both Obi-Wan and Anakin in it... just not the way you like them to be... hehe!)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Of course you read the one with Kitster in it first ;)

I'm so pleased you like it! I blame you for the Kitster characterization so it's a good thing you like that :P

Yay for making the memories! (I really should start doing that with more fic, the way you and jedi_em do) This one got so little response... I'm just really happy you like it. (did I say that already? Heh, yeah)

Also, I lied -- I'm going to save your gift fic for bedtime tonight, since it's nice'n'long. But thanks in advance!

[emavalexis.livejournal.com]

Awwwwuh! So sweet, Wendy. And really nicely emotional for such a short piece.

Lovely! :)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thanks M!! This one I literally pulled out of my ass in practically no time. I love it when that happens! (okay so... maybe not literally out of my ass. Whatever XD)

[ansketil-rose.livejournal.com]

See? You too have the power!

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Oh! I guess once in a while I do! You must have taught me this skill before I even met you. Fascinating!

[ansketil-rose.livejournal.com]

Awwww... Poor Anakin! I really liked the focus on his braid - a chain, almost. Obi-Wan had replied that Jedi don’t hate.

They do. They just don't like to admit it, even to themselves. That's why Sith Lords make the best therapists. Anakin needs to go and see his uncle, the chancellor. He'll give him a hug.

Jokes aside, this is really good and the idea of his squeezing the brain is very charged.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3

Anakin should ALWAYS go see Uncle Palps. For lollipops and trinkets. ;)