Anakin was on a bench by the playground equipment watching his two children as they played.

Christopher ate sand. Anakin smiled.

Juliet jumped off the step side of the slide--Anakin caught her with the Force and smiled. Juliet blinked: that was not the expression she'd expected from her daddy when she did something that reckless. Being half ( Read more... )

Anakin had brought Juliet and Christopher with him to his office hours today. Christopher was sleeping--at least until Juliet discovered the balls full of puppies and kittens, and then her ear-piercing shrieks of glee woke him.

So now Anakin was dealing with a crying infant and a preschooler demanding to keep all of the animals. Ever.

Save him.

Rory had been complaining about her back hurting today, so Anakin had taken Juliet with him to the island. He'd gotten all the way to his office and was in the process of unlocking the door when his comlink went off.

"Skywalker," he said immediately. "Oh....not back cramps. Contractions. I'll be there as fast as I can ( Read more... )