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Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 8/17)
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BrentusofGath
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1/8/06 11:15pm
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RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (Updated, 12/31)
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Another innocent little...
UP!!!!!
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DaenaBenjen42
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1/9/06 8:39pm
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RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (Updated, 12/31)
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Note: Thanks to BrentusofGath for the beta. Also, thanks to BrightFeather for the encouragement.
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Ben frowned suddenly and pulled at Luke's pant leg urgently.
Luke looked down at his son. "What is it, Ben?"
"Momma. Momma hurt."
Luke stared at him. "Hurt, how?"
"Luke?" Han asked, concerned.
"Just a minute, Han." Luke got down on his knees and looked Ben in the eyes. "How is she hurt, Ben?"
Ben considered his father for a long moment. "In the dark, she's scared. Of the bad man."
Luke hugged Ben to himself. That made sense. "It's okay, Ben. Mara's going to be fine. Thank you for telling me that."
"The bad man?" Han wondered as Luke let go of Ben and stood back up. At Luke's raised eyebrow, he got it. "Oh."
Luke nodded. "Yeah. Is it really okay if he stays here?"
"Yes, now go already. Ben will be fine." Han looked at Ben. "Won't you, Ben?"
Ben looked up at his uncle. "Color flowers?"
Luke snorted in laughter, causing Han to look at him in question. "Long story."
"Ah." Han smiled comfortingly down at Ben. "Maybe not flowers. Let's go see what there is in the play room, hmm?"
Ben nodded enthusiastically and took his uncle's hand.
Luke watched as Han led Ben to the play room, then quietly let himself out and rushed home to his wife.
Luke was just closing the front door of the apartment when it hit him so hard he nearly blacked out. A wave of emotion cascaded over him, jangled his nerves and caused him to stumble back into the door jam.
He stood there for a moment, to let the sensations of fear and terror roll over him. Once the moment passed, he shook his head to get his senses under control and frowned.
"Mara?" he called out.
The answering silence was deafening, and the roiling emotions didn't cease or calm.
Slowly, Luke began to search the apartment a room at a time, looking for her.
As he got closer to their bedroom, Luke's senses suddenly boiled over with a strong and urging feeling that that was the place to look. He looked in and saw... an empty room?
Luke entered the bedroom and stood there, puzzled as could be. Where is she? he thought.
Then he heard it. The sound was so faint that he would have missed it, if it hadn’t been so quiet one could hear a pin drop and be startled.
It was the sound of harsh, terrified breathing, and the longer he stood there, the more certain he was that the sound was coming from the walk-in closet.
Luke stretched out with the force into the vast unknown behind the closet door. Suddenly, his fingertips grew cold, and the hair on the back of his neck stood and iced over; he found her. In the closet.
He went to the door of the closet and opened it slowly, almost fearful of what he might find behind the door.
"Mara?" he whispered.
There she was, sitting in the far corner, turned away from him in an effort to hide. "Go away."
Luke stared, astonished. She sounded like a child, just with those two words. "I'm not going away, Mara." Slowly, he entered the closet and sat down on the floor so as not to startle her. "What's wrong?"
"No. Go 'way. He'll hurt me. Go away!" Mara started to rock back and forth while hugging her knees, shaking her head violently. "Go away! Please!"
"No one is going to hurt you," Luke said soothingly, wondering what she was talking about.
"He's going to find out! He will!"
"Find out what?" Luke asked as he inched closer to her.
And then, without warning, an image of a disfigured, angry man in a dark robe flashed through his mind.
Luke blinked several times, but the image refused to leave. And the more he saw it, the more he recognized who the man was. Palpatine.
"Go away," Mara cried again, bringing his attention back to her. "I'm not supposed to remember! He'll hurt me!"
[Remember what, Mara?] Luke asked silently. [Tell me. I won't tell him. I promise.]
Mara stopped rocking back and forth and listened. "You won't?"
[No. I won't. You can tell me. Please tell me.]
Mara raised her head off her knees and stared off into the distance.
"Mara?"
The answer he got was an image of a flower. And then, like the current of a river, memory after memory washed over him. A man helping a woman obviously with child down into a chair at the dinner table. A child, presumably Mara, being locked in a dark room by a disfigured man in a dark robe. Flashing lightning and pain. A man taking notes while studying a plant. Laughter. Terror. The child sneaking out of the house, hearing a noise, entering a greenhouse, looking at the flowering plant, being grabbed from behind, a funny smell, darkness. The man frowning at the dinner table. The child throwing food at the dark man, to bond.
Pain. Anger. Longing. Loneliness. Isolation. Loyalty.
As the waves of memory subsided, Luke shook his head and crawled closer to Mara. He put his hand on her arm.
"He made me forget," Mara whispered at the contact of his hand to her arm. "Over and over again, until I just let myself forget they ever existed."
Luke sighed and took her in his arms. "It's okay, now. I'm here, Mara."
"I know, Luke. I know." She lifted her head and smiled tiredly at him. "Never leave me?"
"I never will." Now that he was holding her, Luke felt something both odd and familiar. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Mara?"
"Yes?"
"Are you?"
Her smile was answer enough. "I was going to tell you."
"Before or after you made me wear this outfit?"
"Huh?" She pulled away slightly and looked at what he was wearing. "I really dressed you in that?"
Luke smiled wryly. "Yes. You really did."
She put a hand to her head. "Gosh, it's all a blur right now." Mara studied the outfit, and then smiled. "Well, I like it. Really brings out your eyes."
Luke groaned. "Mara, I am not wearing this all the time."
"I'm not saying you have to. Just that I like seeing you in colors every once in a while."
With that, Mara snuggled back into his arms.
They stayed there like that until Mara drifted off to sleep.
Luke glanced down at her, smiled, and then moved to get up. He picked her up, carefully exited the closet, laid her down on the bed, and tucked her in.
They would talk in the morning.
TBC...
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MirandaFair
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1/9/06 8:53pm
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RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (Updated, 1/9)
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Thanks for the PM. 
One of my favorite chapters! Mara, preggers?  YAY!
I was so concerned for her after Ben said, "Dark Man." I know who it had to have been. Luke coming to the rescue, classic.  Interesting things Mara revealed about her past. *kicks Palpatine*. More, soon! 
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LilyHobbitJedi
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1/9/06 9:11pm
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You're right, I do feel more sorry for Mara now than Palpatine. He deserved all the pudding in the face he got! What a cute moment there between Mara and Luke. Great job, I can't wait for more!
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JediFalcon
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1/9/06 9:14pm
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poor Mara, but she finally got around to revealing her past to Luke
more soon?
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*claps* Nice update, sis. Good job at explaining stuff.  Looking forward to more.
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RedGold
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1/10/06 3:18am
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Awesome chapter, I love this one the best. Mara is having a problem facing her memories but Luke makes it all okay! And she's preggers!!
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1/10/06 3:32am
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Awesome.
Well that explains it!
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ginchy
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1/10/06 5:40am
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LOL, so she's pregnant. Well, no wonder. 
Great chapter!
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1/10/06 9:51am
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Wonderful Chapter!
Ben looked up at his uncle. "Color flowers?"
Luke snorted in laughter, causing Han to look at him in question. "Long story."
 I think it's really a 'you had to be there to believe it' story!
I feel so bad for Mara, the memory she showed Luke was just awful!
There she was, sitting in the far corner, turned away from him in an effort to hide. "Go away."
That's exactly what I do when I'm upset, hide in the closet...I don't know why, but I did it when I was little and I guess I never grew out of it 
YAY! Mara's pregnant!
I can't wait for more!
Could I please be on your PM list! Thanks!
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DaenaBenjen42
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Aww, thanks everyone!
MirandaFair: One of my favorite chapters! Mara, preggers? YAY!
Thankyou.
More, soon!
Will try.
LilyHobbitJedi: He deserved all the pudding in the face he got! He did, didn't he? And thankyou.
JediFalcon: Thankyou.
BrightFeather: Thankyou, sister dear.
RedGold: Thankyou.
Vongchild: It does, doesn't it? Thankyou.
ginchy: Thankyou.
mavjade: Of course you can. *adds to PM list* And thankyou.
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amidalachick
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1/10/06 12:15pm
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Wonderful chapter! 
I liked when Ben asked about coloring flowers.
And poor Mara. That must have been terrible for her to remember.  At least she has (flowery) Luke there to help her through it all!
And her being pregnant was a nice surprise! 
Again, great chapter! Thanks for the PM!
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1/10/06 4:29pm
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Great chapter! Mara really is going through a difficult time, buit i'm glad Luke is there to help her.
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BrentusofGath
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It's posted!
Good new chapter! Lots of suspense. Palpatine is a dirty skunk. 
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DaenaBenjen42
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amidalachick: Thankyou. And her being pregnant was a nice surprise! For a while there, I was scratching my head and wondering why it was so surprising... and then I realized that I've been looking at it from the inside! Glad I was able to surprise everyone with that. (And by glad I mean ecstatic!)
JadeLotus: Thankyou.
BrentusofGath: Thankyou. Palpatine is a dirty skunk.
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