Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

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.

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[nonelikemesince]

Anakin's training session out in the preserve had somehow ended up with him being followed around by the tiny orange-furred kitten he'd found in a ball (he wasn't asking), and now it wouldn't leave him alone.

He wasn't really sure what to do with this, and he couldn't get it to leave (just for once he wished he had some of his brother's Force gift with animals), so it was still trotting at his heels -- and occasionally pouncing at his pants leg -- when he stuck his head in the doorway.

At which point he looked kind of horrified, and half like he wanted to turn and run. He'd been meaning to say something, but . . .

[sith_happened]

"KITTY!" Juliet shrieked happily, setting Christopher off yowling again.

"Hello, Anakin," Anakin said, looking slightly frazzled. "It's okay to run away, I promise."

[nonelikemesince]

He really wanted to, actually, but he was also stubbornly determined not to act on the impulse. (It wasn't all because of the shrieking, either. He wasn't entirely sure how to react to the former Darth Vader with small children.)

"I won't," Anakin said instead, jutting his chin out slightly. "Do you . . . need any help?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin shook his head as Juliet wandered up. "I'm Juliet," she announced, pronouncing the word carefully. "You're Anakin?"