Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was back in his office (the holiday decorations were gone, thank you very much), tinkering with an overly complicated baby monitor.

For a baby who wouldn't be born for months. Anakin was getting neurotic early.

The door was open.

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[missed_the_gate]

At some point, John trudged up to the open door, cloak in hand. "I was told I owed you a thank you."

[sith_happened]

Anakin's eyes locked onto the cloak. "You washed it?"

[missed_the_gate]

"There's even hope it didn't shrink," John replied, only half joking.

[sith_happened]

"You didn't put one of those smelly dryer sheets with it, did you?" he asked, holding his hand out. "I don't want to smell like flowers."

[momslilassassin]

Ben had been dreading this meeting all week, but he'd promised his father.

So there he was, knocking on the door jamb.

"Granddad?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin glanced up and froze. "Who did that to you?!"

[momslilassassin]

Ben took a step back. Wow. He thought his dad could look scary.

Now he know where it came from.

"No one here," he said quickly. "Don't bring the building down on top of us or anything."

[sith_happened]

Anakin took a deep breath and counted to ten.

Then again.

And he was still gripping his desk hard enough to make the wood creak.

"Who was it, and how many pieces are they in now?"