Title: A father's Gift
Author: Leiasky
Pairing: Q/F
Summary: Fleeing Coruscant, you remember the past as the present walks in the door and asks some very difficult questions.
Series: Yes. Other stories include: 'Punishment', 'Solstice Surprise', 'Christmas on Coruscant', 'Unexpected Visitor', 'Undercover', 'Dreams become Nightmares', 'Do You Believe in Ghosts?"
If you've not read these, they can be found on my page:
http://www.oocities.org/Area51/Shadowlands/6462/tpmfanfiction.html
A Father's Gift
The cruiser hovered in the busy traffic lanes, waiting for clearance to leave the system. Over the last few months, more and more citizens capable of purchasing tickets, evacuated the large city-planet.
The power struggles within the Senate had become so violent, that the people feared for their safety.
Palpatine convinced the voting populace that the dispersion of the Jedi Knights was something that needed to be done, for the safety of the galaxy.
He'd placed the blame on them for the start of the Clone Wars, in which more Republic Forces had been killed than in any other war in the history of the long standing democracy.
Little did he let on, that over three-quarters of the Jedi Knights had been killed in the battle as well. They had won the war for the Republic, but had paid the severe price for following the dictates of Chancellor Palpatine.
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You lean against the bulkhead and watch as the city lights twinkle in the early morning. The darkness is lifting and no longer hides the destruction marring the once, and still, beautiful city.
Buildings have been burned to ashes in the middle of others that remain untouched.
The destruction was centered only on the Jedi Temple and those known to have supported the Jedi Order. Your business was located and destroyed because of this. You've barely escaped with your life. With your meager belongings and the inability to decide whether to curse or pity the Knights who have died for a power hungry politician.
You crane your neck and look at the remnants of what used to be a grand marble building, with spires towering over the city, looking down on it, protecting it from harm.
The ruins of the Jedi Temple still smoke with the searing laser fire that had destroyed it. It would burn for days, and still release enough heat to warm an entire sector.
You blink back tears of remorse as they burn your eyes. You knew many of the inhabitants of that beautiful building personally. You'd serviced the Jedi Council for years…until……
You shake your head. It was no use in living in the past. It was done and over with. He was gone. Killed with the rest of the Knights of his Order.
You close your eyes to stop the tears. They make you weak. Only one other time have you been rendered to tears; And that memory was as clear as the vision of the great Temple burning to ashes in front of your very eyes.
*
You roll over and snuggle close to his warm body. You are almost as tall as him but even with that advantage, his frame dwarfs your own,, even in bed.
How you managed to maintain such a relationship with this Jedi is far beyond your comprehension. He came to you last night and you couldn't refuse him. You've never been able to refuse him anything, even during your games.
You snuggle into his warm embrace and press your lips to his broad chest.
His sharp breath brings a smile to your lips and then a chuckle as his large arms pull you up and his mouth devours yours in a breath-stealing kiss.
Your dominating nature wars with your desire to be dominated by this man and you struggle to get the upper hand. He will have none of it and quickly pins you to the bed, arms over your head.
"Not tonight, my dear." His husky voice sends tremors through your body.
"I must leave in a few hours and I will have my way until then."
You don't deny him. Over the years, you have reversed roles, keeping your relationship fresh and new. You'll submit to him tonight, and he will submit next time.
His body presses you into the mattress as he expertly sinks between your bent knees. One hand holds your wrists above your head as his mouth dips to claim your mouth in a hungry kiss.
You arch your hips into him, craving the contact you know he is deliberately withholding. Rarely are your games straightforward. You always throw in a twist of some kind.
You feel his arousal push against your curls but he does nothing to further any more contact..
A moan escapes your lips and he smiles, his eyes darkened with passion.
"Mine tonight, my dear. When I return…"
You arch up and claim his bottom lip, biting softly. His comment is lost on his tongue as you lick and suck at his lips. The only contact he is allowing right now.
You growl and he chuckles.
"What more would you like?" He asks with an innocent glance.
"You." You hiss and arch your hips to force his stiff arousal closer to your hardened bundle of nerves. You are strung tight and your muscles tense with want, desire and lust.
"You will have me," He whispers, licking your bottom lip. That tongue expertly travels along your jawline and to your neck where it joins your shoulder. His teeth sink into your soft flesh and begin a long, leisurely tugging. His lips clamp over your nape and suck lightly, causing shivers to race down your spine.
He knows if he releases your hands he will have lost, so he holds them tightly. His long arms afford him the ability to slide halfway down your body before he is faced with a choice.
You know what he aches for, but he cannot have it unless he releases your hands. You ache for the same and resolve not to move if he chooses to release you.
For now, long, thick fingers probe you, sliding easily between your folds and over the sensitive nerves.
Your hips arch, craving more contact than the light touch he is torturing you with.
One finger slides in easily only to be joined by another. They push slowly in and out, deliberately avoiding touching anything that would make your release more forthcoming.
You arch your hips and his palm brushes your straining bud.
"Please," You whisper and he smiles against the nipple on which he is currently nibbling. He bites down and you hiss.
"Patience." He whispers and continues his caress to your other hard nipple. "I don't know when I will see you again. I must make this night memorable."
"It is!" You groan as his fingers flick lightly over nerves that you would rather he be stroking instead of teasing.
He licks each nipple, before turning that perfectly roughened tongue toward more sensitive areas of your midsection. He licks and sucks at the sensitive skin, sending sharp tremors through your spine and into your toes.
You struggle against his hands, but you are no match for his strength. You gasp as his fingers move roughly within you. They still carefully avoid that sensitive bundle of nerves and you whimper.
"Enough!" You hiss between clenched teeth and are rewarded with his warm, wet mouth covering your own in a heated kiss.
Your tongues dance and war for a few minutes, each lapping up the sweetness of one another's mouths. Your body arches, begging for more contact as his lips draw the living breath from your lungs.
His fingers continue their relentless assault until they close firmly over and around your hard bud. They pinch and stroke at the sensitive flesh and you cry out into his mouth. Your hips buck as he flicks it a bit more. Your body tightens in the familiar climb to orgasm, yet he holds you there with his touch, unwilling to throw you over just yet.
Before you know it, your arms are free and he has disappeared. His mouth closes over your hard bundle and sucks deeply, driving you over the edge quicker than you anticipated.
His tongue eagerly laps at you, tasting the sweetness that your body releases into his mouth. His fingers continue to stroke you from within as his tongue caresses every sensitive nerve ending. You shudder beneath him for what seems like forever until he pulls himself above you on flexing arms.
You spread you knees wordlessly, allowing him to sink completely into your depths. He leans over you and with a grunt, begins to thrust slowly. You arch your hips to meet each thrust. His hands circle your head, holding you from being jarred too roughly by his now frantic and powerful thrusts.
You fasten your ankles around his waist as he plunges into you time and again. You feel your body stretching to accommodate his thickness, just as it always has.
A kind and considerate lover he has always been, even all those years ago when you tortured him at the request of the Council. He always made sure you were ready, wet enough to take his considerable size. A less sensitive man would not have been concerned with the wonderful friction gained from a less ready pathway.
You groan as his thrusts become more frantic, hips slamming into yours with such power and precision you feel you will be split in two.
His breath hitches in his throat and you can feel his muscles tighten. Long hard, quick strokes follow in succession until he groans into your neck.
His hips circle against yours, rubbing coarse curls against your over-sensitive nub. You arch beneath him as you feel another wave cresting. You meet each of his thrusts, striving to come with him. Meeting him thrust for thrust.
Your hands tangle in his sweat-soaked hair, pulling, holding firmly as the tightness in your loins snaps, flooding your body with spasms of completion.
Your muscles squeeze and contract around his stiff cock, milking it, taking all the searing heat that bursts within.
He collapses atop you, breathing heavily, and you wrap your arms around his broad shoulders. You kiss and bite at his neck, teasing the straining muscle that joins his neck and shoulder.
As your breathing settles, his hips buck against you once again, causing your teeth top sink into his flesh.
He groans and continues to thrust his hips into you. You can feel his semi-hard member pressing into you even at this smaller size and you tighten your hips.
"I - have - to - go - ." Each word is punctuated by a sharp thrust and you lick at the bruise you are sure your teeth have made on his shoulder.
"I - know," You whisper, raking your nails down his back.
He grunts as you smile. "Something of me to take with you."
He shifts his body and presses a hard kiss to already bruised lips. "Your mark?"
"Always." You chuckle.
"Aghhh," he grunts and bites down on your bottom lip.
"Then I should leave you with something to remember me by," He chuckles and slides out of you and off the bed. The evening chill slams into your body when he is no longer there to warm it, and you shiver.
You watch his lean, chiseled body bend over and pull something from a hidden pocket.
When the bed depresses beneath his weight, you slide closer to him.
"I've been meaning to give this to you for a while now. I've just not had the time."
He takes your hand and turns it palm up. You feel a cold metallic object and curl your fingers around it as he calls for the room to be lightly illuminated.
Your eyes narrow to until they become accustomed to the light and smile at the jewel he has placed in your hand.
It looks like a rock attached to a strong silver chain. Upon closer examination the rock is split down the center revealing jagged geode within.. The stone is a transparent blue/green and when you look into it, its as if you can see his eyes looking back at you.
Your hand shakes. Never would you have thought he would give you such a beautiful gift. True, in your life and travels you have been given more beautiful objects, but this had come from this giant sitting beside you. The only gift he had ever given to you.
"It is from my home planet. Normally the stones are not split but revered for the plainness that they represent. They teach important lessons to those with the willingness to learn."
A long finger snakes beneath your chin and your eyes meet his. "But you are unlike any stone in the River of Light on my world and I had it split so that you could see the beauty within."
"If you'd have given me a rock I would have thrown it right back at you," You quip with a smile.
He returns your smile, his azure gaze burning with something akin to desire. You know love burns there but you've not spoken of it since that day at the cabin. Your duties keep you apart for too long to admit it again.
"I have given you a rock." He chuckles, and takes your hand. He brings your fingers to his lips and kisses each one in turn, lingering just long enough to send warm shivers down your spine. " A rock split to show you the beauty that resides within your soul. The beauty I fell in love with.."
You gasp but remain silent, staring at him through eyes filled with the same feelings of love and belonging.
He stands and dresses slowly, watching your reaction to his gift. You hold it like it is a delicate flower and he smiles as he fastens he belt securely around his waist.
"I'll return in a few days, hopefully, and you can properly thank me."
You chuckle and glare. "You may not like what you come back to. Leave me in the middle of the night." You scoff.
He leans over and captures your lips, imprisoning them between his own. He licks and sucks at them, lavishing the top and then the bottom. When he pulls away, you are breathless.
"At least I didn't leave you unsatisfied."
You laugh as he walks through the door, your eyes following his lithe body as it moves swiftly toward his destination. Had you known it would be the last time you saw him, you would not have let him out of your arms. *
The memory is as clear as if it happened yesterday, rather than over a decade ago. You wipe at the single tear that slips down your cheek and turn your eyes from the destruction littered below.
A young girl ambles into the stateroom and you turn your eyes to gaze at her beautiful features. A girl her age should be smiling, instead she is confused by her life being uprooted so suddenly.
"Captain Antilles asked me to give this to you," She held out a datapad and you take it quickly. What else could there possibly be.
"Sit with me," You instruct and the girl complies, sitting beside you quietly.
You sigh as you read over the plans. The Jedi Temple is no more than simmering ashes and the plans to build over it are already in progress. A planet always under construction, is Coruscant.
You read the press release announcing what will become of the land beneath the crumbled Jedi Temple.
An Imperial Palace, home to the self-proclaimed Emperor himself, will be constructed over the ruins of the once sacred Jedi home.
You shake your head in disgust. It is useless to speak out against the ruling government, anyone who'd done so in the past had been quickly disposed of.
Your little girl stares up at you with transparent blue eyes, so similar to those of an old lover.
"What did they do to deserve this?" The young girl asks slowly, casting a curious glance out the window.
"Nothing." You say flatly.
Tear slips down your cheek as you watch the end of a tradition, longer than any being alive can remember, crumble to ashes before your very eyes. Those who had upheld the sacred traditions, massacred by a maniacal madman.
You unfasten the stone necklace from your neck and reach for your daughters small hand. You place it in her palm, squeezing it shut around the stone.
"It's warm." She announces and begins to examine it more closely.
The transparent geode, visible from the split down the center, is as clear as it was thirteen years ago and you smile.
Your daughter's transparent gaze pierces you with unasked questions.
You smile at the innocent face looking up to you for the answers you are not sure how to give.
"We live in dark times, my girl," You begin, stroking the long, dark hair. "What I tell you now is for your ears only."
She nods slowly and glances at the jewel encased in her palm.
"Your father would have wanted you to have this when you were old enough to understand what it means." You begin.
THE END