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Flufftober Day 4 - Wounded

The last thing Firmus Piett expected to see upon entering Lord Vader’s quarters was Luke Skywalker asleep on the couch.

His jaw dropped, and so did the stack of datapads in his hands. He fumbled them for a moment, nearly caught them, and then they hit the floor with a clatter.

This was it, then. This was how he died. Because whatever the explanation was for this, he was certain Lord Vader wouldn’t be inclined to share it with him.

Unwilling to leave a mess as his last legacy, Piett knelt and began gathering the datapads with numb fingers. One had bounced across the floor out of reach, and before he could lean forward to retrieve it, it lifted off the ground.

Piett stared as the datapad floated lazily towards him, forcing himself to take it and add it to the stack as if nothing out of the ordinary were occurring. As if a prominent member of the Empire’s Most Wanted List and Lord Vader’s personal obsession wasn’t propped up against a pile of pillows on Lord Vader’s couch with a blanket wrapped around him, blinking sleepily up at Piett with his hair sticking out at odd angles.

“That last one got away from you,” Skywalker said, then yawned. He at least had the good grace to cover his mouth and look embarassed. “I hope it’s not broken.”

“I’m...er...I’m sure it’s fine,” Piett responded. He tightened his grip on the treacherous datapads and stood straight, considering his next move. If this was a trap for Lord Vader, it was an extraordinarily bad one. He’d quite literally caught Skywalker sleeping on the job.

Still, Skywalker was a Jedi, and had obviously captured Lord Vader’s attention for a reason. It was best not to underestimate him. Even if he did look remarkably young and slight, stretched out on a couch that Piett had never seen anyone use before.

He knew better than most, appearances could be deceiving.

“You seem surprised,” Skywalker remarked.

“Candidly, yes.” Piett sat the stack of datapads on a small table by the door. Best to have his hands free, just in case. “I am accustomed to finding Rebel spies in our ranks, but not sleeping in Lord Vader’s quarters.”

The boy laughed softly. “I’m no spy. And you can stop worrying.” He pulled the blanket back, revealing a cast encasing his right leg. “I’m not much of a threat right now.”

Piett kept his gaze steady. Appearances, and all that. “You’ll forgive me for disagreeing.”

Skywalker shrugged. “Up to you. You’re looking for Vader?”

“Lord Vader and I have a briefing at 1900, yes.”

The boy’s eyes widened. “It’s 1900 already?”

“Past, by now.”

“He’s late. He should have been back ages ago.” Skywalker closed his eyes, his brow furrowed and his face drawn with worry. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze was blank and unseeing. Just as Piett was starting to worry, the boy blinked, shook his head and focused back on Piett. “I can’t find him,” he said. “This isn’t right. Can you com him? He might be--”

“Stop,” Piett said firmly. Skywalker, for all that he wasn’t a member of the Imperial Navy and likely held no respect for Piett’s authority, stopped. “Under no circumstances will I com Lord Vader at the request of the Rebel I found in his quarters unless you explain to me exactly what is going on here.”

The boy looked well and truly frightened now. Perhaps his ruse, whatever it was, was starting to unravel. “You know what the Force is, right?”

“Yes.” Jedi and their bygone religion were strictly taboo subjects in the Imperial ranks, but one didn’t survive in Lord Vader’s service for long without developing a healthy respect for his strange abilities.

“Vader and I can both use it. It lets us...it’s hard to explain, but we can sense each other. We can use it to communicate, and to track each other’s locations.” His expression softened for a moment. “It’s how he found me when I hurt my leg.”

Piett was more open-minded than his predecessor had been, but even he drew the line somewhere. “Are you trying to tell me that the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy is secretly communicating with a Rebel Jedi using his mind?”

Skywalker looked pained. “I told you, it’s hard to explain. And we weren’t secretly communicating. Until a few days ago it was mostly him talking and me ignoring him.”

“I see,” Piett said flatly.

“No,” the boy exclaimed, “you don’t! He always answers when I reach out, always. And he’s not answering now and I can’t sense him, which means he’s either shielding or something’s happened to him.”

“Shielding?”

“It’s...” Skywalker puffed out an exasperated breath. “It’s exactly what it sounds like. You have shields around this ship protecting her from things trying to harm her - asteroids and proton torpedoes, things like that. We can do the same thing, to protect our minds from intruders.”

“Perhaps,” Piett suggested dryly, “Lord Vader is occupied with something which he doesn’t want a member of the Rebel Alliance ‘intruding’ on.”

Skywalker looked stricken, and so young. How could this boy, barely into adulthood, be responsible for so many Imperial lives? “I know you don’t trust me,” he said. “You have no reason to, and my--Vader wouldn’t trust you so much if you were easily fooled. But hasn’t he ever given you an order that didn’t make sense, that was based on one of his hunches or feelings, and it turned out to be correct? That’s the Force. I have the same hunches and feelings, and right now they’re telling me that something is wrong.”

His voice was completely earnest, and layered iwth a depth of emotion Piett couldn’t begin to comprehend.

“Please,” he added softly.

Piett understood the Imperial system better than anyone. He knew all too well that military protocol demanded Skywalker be arrested, if not shot on sight. Conversing with him, comming Lord Vader at his request, was beyond foolish. A junior officer making a mistake like this would have been stripped of his rank, either officially or through Lord Vader’s alternative methods of staff management.

But Piett had not become an admiral through blind adherence to protocol, least of all where Lord Vader’s hunt for Skywalker was concerned. The efforts expended always seemed to far outweigh any strategic benefits to be gained by Skywalker’s capture, but they had carried on relentlessly.

Which suggested, Piett knew, that there was more to Lord Vader’s obsession than military strategy. The way he had stared into space after the Millenium Falcon had impossibly escaped from the trap laid at Cloud City, then walked off the bridge as if he carried the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders.

The way Skywalker looked at him now, eyes wide and pleading.

There was something here that he didn’t fully understand. But, like Skywalker had said, sometimes, when it came to Lord Vader, the right course of action didn’t always make sense.

He took out his comlink. Relief washed over Skywalker’s face. “One last question,” Piett said. “Why, exactly, are you here?”

Skywalker looked perplexed. “I broke my leg.”

Piett wanted nothing more than to roll his eyes, but years of military training stopped him. “You’re Luke Skywalker,” he said, “and I found you sleeping, unguarded and unrestrained, in Darth Vader’s quarters. Why are you here?”

“Ohhh,” Skywalker said, as if it hadn’t occurred to him that his presence would raise questions. “He knows I’m here, if that’s what you’re asking. He brought me here.”

“Are you a prisoner?”

A fleeting, pained expression crossed the boy’s face. “I don’t know.”

Piett nodded. This was enough. It would have to be. He had a feeling asking more questions - learning anything more about this strange boy and his place in Lord Vader’s life - would be hazardous to his health.

He activated his comlink. Before he could enter Lord Vader’s frequency, the boy gasped softly. Piett lowered the comlink in alarm. “What is it?”

“He’s--”

The door slid open and Lord Vader entered. Piett snapped to attention as Vader paused just inside the doorway.

“Admiral.” There was a warning note in his voice that Piett had heard too many times before.

“Lord Vader,” he said. His voice was steady and his heart rate was normal. He had learned long ago that fear only sharpened Lord Vader’s temper. “I apologize. I arrived for our 1900 briefing and--”

“And you weren’t here,” Skywalker interrupted. “He was just about to com you for me.”

Lord Vader tilted his head. “I was delayed over an hour. Why did you wait until now?”

Skywalker’s cheeks flushed and he glanced down at the blanket covering his legs. “I fell asleep,” he muttered.

There was a soft noise from Lord Vader’s respirator, one Piett had never heard before. He walked over to the couch and smoothed down Skywalker’s unruly hair. The boy closed his eyes and put his own hand over Vader’s.

Piett began mentally putting his affairs in order.

“I apologize, little one.”

Piett moved on to listing all the people he would have said goodbye to.

“I couldn’t sense you. Are you alright? Where were you?”

“Having a conversation where I could not be interrupted, and where it was imperative that your presence not be detected.”

Skywalker went very pale. “You mean--”

“Yes,” Lord Vader said. “You are not safe here anymore.”

The boy’s grip on the black-gloved hand tightened. “What do we do?”

“Not now, Luke.” He turned to Piett, who held his head high and hoped it would be quick. “Admiral, your decision to hear Skywalker out rather than arrest him was sound.”

“I--” For a moment Piett wasn’t sure what was happening. “Thank you, Lord Vader.”

“I trust you will continue to show the same good judgment in the future.”

There was no mistaking Lord Vader’s meaning, and only one answer that would keep him alive. “I will, my lord.”

“Good. There is a Corellian VCX-Series fighter in my personal hangar. Have it refueled and fully provisioned before the morning shift.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Are you sending me away?” Skywalker interjected softly.

“Dismissed, Admrial,” Lord Vader said, then turned back to Skywalker as if Piett had ceased to exist. “Not by choice, little one.”

Piett didn’t hear Skywalker’s murmered answer. He was already moving - was lucky to be alive - was halfway through the door when Skywalker called out to him.

“Admiral Piett?”

He turned, remembered belatedly that he knew the boy’s rank. “Yes, Commander?”

Skywalker smiled faintly at the title. “Thank you for listening. Instead of arresting me, I mean.”

Piett wanted to tell Skywalker to take care not to fall asleep out in the open again, that other officers would not be as patient as he had been. But Lord Vader’s hand rested heavily on the boy’s shoulder, so he simply nodded and said, “of course.”

The door slid shut, leaving him finally, mercifully alone in the corridor. He stood very still, allowing himself a moment to try to make sense of what just happened.

Piett had never seen Lord Vader show a shred of kindness to anyone before, much less receive kindness from anyone who wasn’t looking for something in return. Why had Skywalker spent the last three years running if this was how they behaved towards one another?

Maybe Skywalker, like Piett, hadn’t known that Lord Vader was capable of kindness.

Skywalker seemed to have made his decision. It was time for Piett to make his.

He could tend to the Corellian fighter as Lord Vader had commanded, undoubtedly committing treason and helping a wanted criminal return to the Rebellion. Or he could contact Imperial Centre - for that was surely who Lord Vader’s private conversation had been with - inform them that a Rebel Jedi was secreted away on board his ship, and be responsible for destroying the heart he hadn’t known Lord Vader to have until just minutes ago.

It was no decision at all, really.

Piett straightened his collar and set off. He had precious little time left before he was due back on the bridge.

But it was time enough to refuel a starfighter.

#y'all this is the first time I've written Piett #or written this much fluff #and it was SO FUN #my fic #sw fic #fictober 2020 #flufftober #flufftober 2020 #admiral piett #firmus piett #let admiral piett rest #luke skywalker #darth vader

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jasontoddiefor · 4 years

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Eli can i get *shifts in their place* dadvader recs? 👀

For you, my friend, always!

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Between the Light and Shadows: Luke & Vader One-Shots One-shot collection focused on Luke and Vader. All AU.

Darth Vader Goes to School Darth Vader gets bored with killing people and decides to get a degree in Engineering. He develops an interest in his classmate, Luke Lars. Poor Piett becomes the awkward middle man.

His Imperial Highness Luke Amidala Darth Vader discovers a boy in the deserts of Tatooine while hunting down Obi-Wan Kenobi. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Luke Skywalker is his son.Luke grows up under the obsessive over-protection of his Father and it changes everything.

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Interruption Lord Vader is the fearsome Commander of the Imperial Navy. When Captain Roderick is called before him, the last thing he expects is an interruption in the form of a five year old boy.

Luke & Vader One-Shots This is just a collection of Luke and Vader oneshots. Summaries and warnings will be at the start of each chapter.

Missing and Presumed Dead Three months after ESB, Luke Skywalker is still reeling from the revelation of his parentage. When he finally cracks and tells Leia, she comes up with a plot to get Darth Vader off his back: stage his death. However, neither of them know that Darth Vader actually cares for his son, so the news ends up creating a Sith Lord hell bent on destroying anyone even remotely involved in Luke's demise. But when Leia tries to contact an in-hiding Luke, she finds that something terrible has really happened, and now no one knows where he is. Meanwhile, Darth Vader starts getting a mysterious, unwilling visitor in his dreams...

The Boy Upon investigating the Rebel spy captured in Tatooine, Vader is surprised to find a thirteen-year-old boy, seemingly a ghost from a life that he'd rather forget...

The Dad Vader Chronicles A series of one shots centered around Vader as he attempts to raise two Force Sensitive children. In no particular chronological order. Dad Vader is Best Vader! Originally posted on Tumblr.

The Miscellaneous Adventures of Vader Senior, Vader Junior and Vader Junior-ette A collection of drabbles, nearly always angsty, but is that a hint of fluff I see on the horizon...?If you want Dad Vader BAMF-ing out in one fic but blabbering on about Tatooine super-healing soup in the next, you've come to the right place.As I get more Vader plot bunnies out of my system, this series will grow. That's basically it. Welcome to my brainfart dump!

The Tooka Debate Luke's attempts to sway Vader to allow him a pet.

to gain a son After falling into a trap laid by the Empire and being captured by two Inquisitors, Luke Skywalker wakes up in an unfamiliar room with an unfamiliar man watching over him.

And if I may be so bold to rec my own fanfic:

every planet, every star, every single grain of sand In which Darth Vader finds 9-year-old Luke on Tatooine, proceeds to have a breakdown, kills Palpatine and makes his preteen son Emperor, as you do. Otherwise known as the Adventures of Teeny Tiny Emperor Luke and his Royal Dad Guard Darth Vader.

#star wars #fanfic recs #bondingrazzledazzletime #ask

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nspx · 7 years

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Tumblr user Nina nspx’s star wars fic rec vol. 2

An anon asked me for an ahsoka/anakin fic rec and i accidentally deleted the ask (i’m dumb!!) BUT because i love ahsoka and i love anakin and i love their relationship and how they helped each other, i’m gonna do a completely separate fic rec for the anon (i hope u see this lmao sorry for deleting the ask).

but anyway, since the last time i did a rec i had 22 bookmarks on ao3 (i did the last one on october 19th 2015?? how time flies) and now i have like 80+, i decided to do much more than just an anakin/ahsoka rec, but a general star wars fic res

DISCLAIMER: none of these fics feature anakin/ahsoka in a sexual relationship because i am Not About That BUT they do feature other pairings. anyhow.

These are fics u need to read. need to. sorry, i don’t make the rules. this is gonna be so long. i’m sorry (not)

AHSOKA/ANAKIN

A River Flowing by Barkour

A shadow has left the force, but other threats remain as Padmé and Anakin prepare for the birth of their child.

Part 2 of Peachy

The only issue i have with this fic is that it hasn’t been updated in forever. It’s so good tho!! i’m pretty sure i read this one at least four times. anakin doesn’t go evil (which is something the anon asked for!! here u go) but not everything is perfect - duh, it is a star wars fic, we don’t know what happiness is here - and AHSOKA IS SO WELL WRITTEN!! so good. it also dives into life after the jedi, being a civilian, being dirt-poor and living on coruscant and ALSO!! padme/ahsoka is well developed in this. so good. so great. 10/10 must read

Assassination Attempt No. 23 by pieandsouffle

Tatooine's only senator (or, indeed, one of the only people from that desert planet who is capable of reading and writing, or actually understands what the word 'politics' means), Anakin Skywalker, seems to be one of those rare individuals who attract bounty hunters like flies zero in on a bantha corpse.

The senator!anakin au. what more do u need in life? shenanigans ensue

Old Shadows by Sildae for Windona

Ahsoka asks Anakin about his past after the events on Kadavo and Zygerria.

My babies. My poor heart.

Obi-Wan and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad (Life) Day by wreckageofstars

It's Obi-Wan Kenobi's life day, but good luck telling the galaxy that.

Anakin and Ahsoka are little shits. obi wan and padme are drinking buddies?? sign me the fuck up. the end

hold on to me, 'cause i'm a little unsteady (ws!obi-wan au) by QueenWithABeeThrone

the one where Obi-wan falls off a ship and gets the Winter Soldier treatment, Anakin doesn't fall to the Dark Side but still loses his limbs, Ahsoka can fly with a one-of-a-kind wing-pack, and Padmé gives birth to twins and a Rebellion.

TBH. SO GOOD. ANAKIN AND AHSOKA ARE AWESOME IN THIS. ALSO IN THIS SERIES BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

angels choking on their haloes QueenWithABeeThrone

Anakin hadn’t been lying, when he said he could never kill Obi-wan like he was being asked to, no matter what Obi-wan’s become.

or: Mustafar, in reverse.

Part 1 of hold on to me, 'cause i'm a little unsteady (ws!obi-wan au)

GO READ THIS. it’s unfinished (hasn’t been updated since early 2016, i weep) BUT. still worth a read. really worth it. the second part of this verse ends on the nastiest, most delicious cliffhanger. I WEEP

and hey, a honorary mention, since i haven’t actually read this fic but it was in my ao3 history

Perturbations by the_dragongirl

Anakin makes a different choice, the day Ahsoka leaves the Jedi Order. His actions will determine which of the many possible points of balance in the Force will become the new equilibrium

Part 1 of A Shift in Equilibrium

this has a lot of kudos so?? what the hell. give it a read and tell me what you think

this is it for the anakin/ahsoka part of the rec

OTHER

Fundamental Force Carriers by tanarill

The Sith Lord Darth Vader lived his life. He probably didn't live it well, but he lived it as well as he knew how. At the end there, he'd even managed to woman up and kill Sidious. But he was dying, and at peace with the past.

The past wasn't at peace with him.

Part 1 of Probability Matrices

honestly, this fic is just SU CH a delight. it’s well written, it’s got some real cool science facts for your everyday nerd needs BUT IT’S ALSO THE CRACKIEST CRACKFIC TO EVER CRACK. like. vader dies and goes back in time and he’s got 0 fucks to give about the jedi’s opinion?? he’s here to make things right whether the jedi like it or not??? such a funny, amazing fic. 12/10 on this. nice.

Echoes of Mortis by wreckageofstars

Post-Mortis Arc AU. In a universe where the Father failed to take away Anakin's vision of the future, the Hero With No Fear struggles with the knowledge of what he will become and the knowledge of who, exactly, is responsible. Drastic steps are taken and in the process things go a little bit...sideways.

tbh. so good. also a post-mortic fic (i’m a hoe for mortis). i won’t say too much about this one because i don’t want to spoil anything. i was on the edge of my seat while reading this fic AT ALL TIMES. AT ALL TIMES. I HAD TO READ THE LAST CHAPTER BEFORE READING ON TO MAKE SURE ANAKIN WOULDN’T GO ALL EVIL. i was so pleasantly surprised. it’s just so - poetic. anakin really does a lot of growing in this, i think. brilliant fic

those immortal dead by notbecauseofvictories

I care more for that long age which I shall never see than for the little of Time that I hold

Padmé Amidala is forgotten, not gone.

This is a five times padme amidala’s legacy lived on, basically. it’s got poe in it as well!! and rey, my daughter. what more do you need from a fic? so well written, so poignant, so beautiful

Palpatine Ad Portas by izzythehutt

When the Emperor Palpatine moves the Empire Day Celebration to Naboo, Darth Vader is forced to confront a past he had thought better buried and forgotten. Admiral Piett becomes the reluctant confidante of the monarch, caught in the middle of a deadly Sith cat-and-mouse mind game. Meanwhile, the young Rebel who blew up the Death Star returns to his mother's home world to pay his respects on the anniversary of her death--unaware of his father and the Emperor's presence on the planet and the very grave danger he is in.

Part 2 of In Loco Pirates-Verse

fucked me up really bad, tbh. vader goes to naboo. luke is there. it’s brilliant, but so painful. read at your own risk (but do read it)

Hello From the Other Side by DarthNickels

Kylo Ren is destined to take up the mantle of Vader. The Force can be incredibly literal.

MY FAVOURITE IMPERIAL OFFICER PIETT IS IN THIS!!! and he hates kylo so much, he thinks he’s such a pale imitation of vader, he’s so disgusted by him. i live for it. 10/10

The Sith Who Brought Life Day by ophelia_interrupted for Binder-lover

An Imperial officer loses a bet and has to get Darth Vader a present for Life Day.

i feel like this is such a star wars fic classic that everyone’s already read ages ago except me. the style on this feels really like. (don’t judge me if i’m way off on this lmao) catcher in the rye. reminds me old american classics. that type of feel. it’s so good!!

Into the Archives by skygawker

After hearing the legend of Darth Plagueis the Wise from Palpatine, Anakin decides that his best chance to save Padme is to break into the restricted Holocron Vault of the Temple Archives to search for information about Plagueis. Predictably, all does not go according to plan. Revenge of the Sith AU.

My tiny son anakin is such a mess in this. and you can tell this is au because anakin and obi wan actually talk about anakin’s feelings?? what?? what are those?? anyway. so good. it hasn’t been updated since feb 2016 but like?? my fics havent been since july 2015. figures

for a hundred miles through the desert by wreckageofstars

[“There's no water, on Tatooine,” Luke said finally. “I mean, no large bodies of water, like you have on other planets. Pools, lakes. Oceans.”

“Well, yeah,” Han said, eyebrow raised at the sudden change of subject, tone still sharper than he meant for it to be. “Place is a dustball. So?”

The kid still wouldn't look at him.

“So,” he said, face carefully blank, like it so often was these days, “I never learned how to swim.”]

Han has a hard time coming to terms with Luke's fall to the dark side during Dark Empire; so does Luke.

This is some serious EU shit, but it’s pretty good on its own as an AU scenario. I LOVE the meta on this. love

and rise, rise in the desert sand by hollytrees

Padmé and Anakin keep in touch after TPM.

(Or, the author has started writing Fialleril's Pen Pals AU, possibly because they hate themselves.)

THIS ONE IS SO PAINFUL AND HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL!! it’s got one chapter but it’s so worth it

Never Heed by dogmatix, norcumi

The Sith Emperor is dead.

A clone visits one more pyre in his long life.

Part 4 of Ghosts of 66

This is Rex coming to Vader’s pyre. fuck mE UP. like HONESTLY. THERE’S ONE BIT IN THIS THAT MAKES ME WANNA CURL UP AND CRY EVERY TIME. actually two bits. three bits. the whole damn story. anyhow

Mercy is the Mighties' Jewel by akathecentimetre for TheCrackedKatana

They've chased each other all over the world - yet somehow, they will always end up here. Modern-day spy!AU with illustration by JakartaInn.

The Obi-wan and Ventress spy au of your dreams. what more do i need to say?

TFA FIC

to lie with your soul in the grave by plinys

Poe casts a glance at the door, he can see their mothers through the semi-transparent glass, it’s too quiet to hear them talk, but he knows whatever it is it can’t be good. The kid sitting next to him seems to have the same idea.

“So, who talks first?” Poe says, breaking the silence between them.

Tbh.. don’t judge but when tfa came out i liked kylo (i’m more.. conflicted about him now) and i read a lot of kylo fic in that time period. i was never a reylo, so i read a lot of other kylo fic, which was mostly either kyhux or kylo/poe WHICH THIS FIC IS ABOUT. THEY KNEW EACH OTHER GROWING UP. THEY WERE IN LOVE. all i remember from this fic is that it’s so well written. give it a read if you’re into this sort of thing

I read like three more kylo/poe fics that are also very good, so. anyway. here goes

saying that I love him but I know I'm gonna leave him byselenedaydreams

“This could be us one day.” Poe whispers half to himself as he finally turns towards Ben, finding a curious expression on his face. “This could be us.” He repeats, this time with more excitement. “You and me. Pilot and copilot. Traveling the universe together.”

Poe has never seen Ben smile at him the way he’s smiling now but Ben’s reaching for his hand and lacing their fingers together so it must be good. “Together.”

Lost To Me by red0aktree

Poe met Ben Solo when he was too young to even know what it meant to meet someone.

Poe met Kylo Ren years later.

Separating the prince of the First Order from the boy he grew up with proves more difficult than the pilot could ever imagine.

Melting Away by SF2187

Before he was Kylo Ren, he was in love with the best pilot in the Republic.

what i like about these fics is that (from what i remember) they don’t erase the fact that kylo is a raging asshole now. nice

excavate me (from all the girls I've tried to be) by Shadows_of_a_Dream

“Rise, Skywalker.”

“I told you,” Rey hisses through gritted teeth. “He’s gone.” Like everyone else. Like all the girls I’ve tried to be. Like all the girls I might have yet become, because I’m going to die alone on this unknown sea.

The mask returns his lightsaber to his belt. And like a crashing wave, like a renewed flame, like the weight of a planet falling squarely upon her shoulders, the mask looks at her and says, “I was talking to you.”

Part 1 of I never asked to tread the skies (but if I shall, I suppose I'll fly)

This one is so... intense. so intense. and so good. 20/10

need somewhere to begin by doubtthestars

Anthology of the War

1//The first time she officially meets Poe, she divulges secrets that aren't hers to tell. 2// If he had been born in any other family, Ben Solo would have been a soldier. 3// When she sees Rey, Leia only has a brief moment to reflect on all of their wrongs.

Read. That is all.

Trial by nymja

Kylo Ren kneels in the snow before her.

“Do it,” he demands.

Rey breathes in through her nose. Her hands are shaking. Her blade starts to burn the skin of his exposed neck. Do it for Han.

Luke takes Rey to face The Cave.

Part 4 of Do or Do Not

So cool.

Lessons Learned by nymja

“You’re never going to get anywhere if you don’t learn patience, first.”

“I’m the strongest knight here!”

The Jedi looks around the room, eyeing the skull of his grandfather with pointed distaste. “Yes, well. Good work.”

Part 1 of The Sad Grandpa Trilogy

Forceghost!obi-wan is so disappointed in kylo. it’s great. READ THE WHOLE SERIES BECAUSE IT’S GOLD!! it’s so good!! the next one is about rey and forceghost!anakin in the desert and that fic is so interesting because in it, anakin isn’t really as much of a grandfather figure as he is a friend figure and one of his corporeal forms is a warning to rey. like a mirror in the force (to her, to ren, it’s so brilliant). honestly i could talk forever about the next fic in this series because anakin is SO WELL WRITTEN. SO WELL WRITTEN.

THE CLASSICS

tbh @fialleril‘s Double Agent Vader verse gets the biggest shoutout (love u fia you’re my inspiration) for sheer amazingness. i won’t list any of the fics in the verse because u need to read all of them. yes, all of them. get to it

ACTUALLY. you should read all of fia’s work. all of it. (on the offchance that fia actually reads this, i can’t wait for anabasis i am so pumped)

ALSO!! another must read is @phil-the-stone‘s pocket full of sand 'verse. it’s such an Iconic piece of star wars fanfiction!! like bye, everyone needs to read this

ALSO another one of hers because?? why not. nursery ‘verse!!! i’m so heart eyes over nursery verse. i’m forever flattered because some of my headcanons are in this!! best thing i’ve ever done. (phil writes mostly b99 and ouat now, but still check it out, her writing is so good)

other fandom must-read authors include:

1000-alshain

actual-leia-organa

threadsketchy

star-vault-ofthe-heavens

darthnickels

cadesama

ygrittebardots

@anghraine

@izzythehutt

FF.NET MUST READ AUTHORS ARE:

Mathematica

irnan (all of their work, i’m not kidding, writer goals)

frodogenic (they wrote darth vader’s limplet and other hilarious fics, honestly, star wars humor at its finest)

motchi

a bunch of others, though you might find more in my previous rec

Now. Since we’ve come to the end of this ridiculously long rec, it’s time for me to shamelessly plug my own blog. you can find more tumblr fic in my tag here, you can find my writing here and on ao3 *whispers* leave me a comment, you can find my bookmarks here (and find fics i did not include that are also very good)

have fun reading!!

#star wars #star wars rec #rec #star wars fanficton #anyhow #ive been here for too long #i HOPE the anon sees this lmao

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musewrangler · 2 years

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Rill—

I’m due some shore leave so I thought I’d do a brief jaunt over to Moran VII. I wish you could be there, but I know how busy you are these days. They have some fantastic bodies of water so I thought I’d brush off some of that sailing I did in sims on Coruscant. If I’m any good you and I will have to take a trip.

Any souvenier requests? I hear there’s a market with some exceptional stone carvings. You were always partial to animals. What will it be? Eeopie? Hawk? Kaadu? Wolf? Name it and I’ll get you something.

All my love,

Firmus

You know, despite what everyone says, you really are the sweetest little brother. Thank you! I’m so pleased you’re finally getting some actual fresh air. And I am terribly jealous about the sailing. You’re terrible about getting holos. Please take loads so I can feel like I experienced it as well. And be so careful, Firmus. I assume you’re doing this with trained professionals who have done this outside sims as well.

Hmmm. Well I have a deep weakness for Clea agate as you know. If you could find a wolf in that I would love it.

Let me know you got this and message me before you leave!

Massive hugs

Rilla

#star wars #star wars original trilogy #star wars au #firmus piett #admiral piett #commander fox #commander wolffe #cc1010 #cc 3636 #rilla piett #bail organa #clones are like older brothers to Piett #wolf hunting #piett becomes a rebel spy

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musewrangler · 2 years

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“I’m glad you’re going to be alright,” she said sincerely. “Now, this new office. What does that mean? Admiral finally see your worth?”

He snorted and she longed to be shoulder to shoulder with him, sharing wine and laughing over the absurdities of his commanding officer, while she told him of Leia’s latest exploit or Mos Ameda’s face after Senator Organa verbally obliterated him.

“Hilarious, Rill,” he said. “No. But apparently, I somehow met with Lord Vader’s approval. He’s made me Captain.”

She blinked, puzzled. “Of what?”

He grinned broadly now—one of his rare and uninhibited smiles which showed her the boy still present within his soul.

“Of the ship, Rill.”

And she was filled simultaneously with pride at this very significant accomplishment and fear because…

“Lord Vader promoted you himself?” she asked, setting down the fruit and coming to stand as close to his holo image as she could, imagining that she could see hazel eyes and not the blue and flickering data image.

“He did. Strangest interview I’ve ever had. And this ship, Rilla, she’s…she’s very special.”

He glanced up as he said this, but his tone was full of love.

And despite the situation, despite her fears for his safety now that he would be serving directly with a Sith Lord on the flagship of Death Squadron, she realized that her brother was precisely where he needed to be. More—he was where he wanted to be.

#star wars #star wars original trilogy #star wars au #firmus piett #admiral piett #leia organa #general veers #commander fox #maximilian veers #commander wolffe #rilla piett #darth vader #Rilla lives #piett becomes a rebel spy #clones on the Lady

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musewrangler · 2 years

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“Well, Commander,” Havell continued, definitely flushing in shame now. “I was ah…part of things. And while we were in detention, the navy boys were saying terrible things. They don’t like this captain apparently. Not posh enough. Not Core. And they were saying they’d find a way to teach him a lesson about being a traitor. Poodu like that. I’ve reported it to Colonel Veers, sir, but…well the navy usually gets away with a lot here.”

And Wolffe felt a chill of apprehension. Surely…surely this couldn’t be…

Fox said it for him.

“Who is this captain, Sergeant?” he asked, folding his arms.

“I only saw him during that altercation, sir,” Havell answered. “Being army myself, I don’t know much about the navy. But well…he seemed to have principle, arresting his own officers. He’s only been aboard a few months. What was his name, Inglur? Peters?”

He appealed to another man who shook his head. “No, no. But it started with a ‘P’. I heard the Colonel say it.”

Wolffe felt the blood rushing in his ears. “Piett perhaps?” he asked tightly, and Havell lit up.

“Yes, that’s it. How did you…?”

And then comprehension dawned.

“Oh. Was he…was he your captain? On Avenger?”

Wolffe exchanged a grim look with Fox. The use of the possessive was more accurate than Havell knew.

“Yes he was, Sergeant. Please fill us in on this incident.”

“And on the army/navy tensions you seem to have here,” Fox added. “I want to know what we’re walking into.”

#star wars #star wars original trilogy #star wars au #firmus piett #admiral piett #general veers #maximilian veers #commander fox #cc1010 #commander wolffe #cc 3636 #piett becomes a rebel spy #rilla piett #long game #ssd executor

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musewrangler · 2 years

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Wisdom dictated that he leave it. That he had utterly no ground here…

But he knew he was right to assess this plan as foolish. Luke was certain it would work. Vader was not so sure and felt that his daughter may have the more level head of the two. At least wait until Palpatine was disposed of to go after such a worthless target.

And his pride rose as well—that his tiny daughter thought him a coward…

He used the Force to flick the secure comms.

“Admiral dear, this is getting excessive…” came fond and teasing tones. Trusting. Happy to hear from Piett.

It wounded him badly and he didn’t think he was capable of being wounded anymore.

“You ought to wait to retrieve the smuggler until after we complete our plans,” he said bluntly, and heard her hiss of breath.

#star wars #star wars original trilogy #star wars au #firmus piett #admiral piett #leia organa #anakin skywalker #darth vader #luke skywalker #enemies to friends #rebel veers #piett becomes a rebel spy #because he works with Skywalkers #Leia and Anakin are too similar

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musewrangler · 2 years

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< You , Lady, are not the commander here,> he reminded her.

<I wish him to know how glad I am he has returned,> she decreed serenely as though she hadn’t heard him.

His ship was unbelievably stubborn when she wanted to be. He wasn’t sure if that trait imitated himself or Piett more.

Not for the first time, Vader wondered what a direct confrontation between the Lady and the Emperor would look like. He quite genuinely didn’t know who would prevail. Her will was incredible and while the Force was powerful, Vader did not know anyone, including himself, who could take on a Super Star Destroyer which had her own mind. Her own heart. Speaking of which…

“The Lady wishes you to know that she is very glad of your return,” Vader told Piett who quirked an eyebrow, but smiled.

#star wars #star wars original trilogy #star wars au #firmus piett #admiral piett #darth Vader #tom venka #Dr. Henley #general veers #maximilian veers #matthew scraps #enemies to friends #rebel veers #piett becomes a rebel spy #in essence

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musewrangler · 2 years

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Veers put the plates into the recycler and leaned on the counter to look at the Captain. “I want to know how you are, Firmus. Not just by combing through holo feeds and hijacked Imperial fleet reports.”

Piett’s mouth slowly curved upwards.

“You…did that?”

The General nodded, not trusting his voice. Unable to put into words how he clung to the smallest crumb of information in the hunt to find out if Piett still lived. If the Lady still kept her Captain safe.

There was a beat.

“I…was sent on mission frequently,” Firmus said. “I was hunting for anything to do with Padme’ Amidala. Artifacts. News of her after the slaughter of the Jedi.”

“I think you mean the ‘glorious triumph over the traitors’,” Veers told him grimly.

“That news was received differently out near Axxila,” Piett responded quietly. “The Republic had many faults, but various Jedi did great kindness in the Outer Rim. Fought for the beings there. Our ship grieved their murder.”

Veers had never heard Piett speak of these things. He came back to his old chair and sank into it while the Captain continued.

#star wars #star wars original trilogy #star wars au #firmus piett #admiral piett #leia organa #general veers #maximilian veers #matthew scraps #tom venka #doctor henley oc #hobbie klivian #enemies to friends #rebel veers #Piett becomes a rebel spy #rescue

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jasontoddiefor · 4 years

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Hello! Seeing your time travel Vader thing made me want to read some Vader centric fics, but I'm like a fringe fan at best and have no idea where to start? Do you have any fanfic recs? Thank you!

I do have a lot of Vader fanfic recs! Most of these are Luke & Vader because I am a sucker for the Sunshine Son and Nightmare Dad. And also canon-divergence because canon is so sad R2D2 play despacito. Otherwise... In general I’d avoid the stories that are heavy on the Imperial politics because those are confusing af. Luckily, there are plenty fanfics that just decide to deal with Vader (angst)! All these should be p easy to follow without in-depth canon knowledge. This list got longer than expected. Have fun :D

Title: Consequences Summary: AU, one-shot, complete. After their confrontation at Bespin, father and son meet again at a formal gathering and try to reach an understanding—in front of a lot of people. (This story was written in 1997 it’s older than me RIP) Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24188299

Title: Dazed Summary: When captured by Imperials, Luke decides to try to reach out to his father, and accidentally hits on the one time Vader's mind is not at its most guarded state. He's not trying to control his father, but his call, and the trust placed in Vader, cause the Sith's mind to become a bit muddled. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/17698844

Title: Revenge leads to Karma, and Karma Bites Summary: Darth Vader created them for his revenge; the clones of Obi-Wan Kenobi were his to torture and kill. But when something goes wrong and one of them isn't grown before being released from the pod, he's met with a dilemma that could change the face of the Galaxy. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/9055873

Title: Ripples Series Summary: Vader decides that the creation of the Death Star is a step too far, and finally turns against Sidious. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/437479

Title: on the day... series Summary: Vader learns about Leia and intends to make her Empress. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/813801

Title:A (Not So) Typical Day at Skelos' Finest Ship Parts Summary: Luke and Vader meet shopping for ship parts. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/7570984

Title: Father and Son series Summary: What started out as simply answering a distress signal quickly spirals into something much greater for Luke Skywalker. When hit with a strange energy wave, Luke finds himself in the body of his eight year old self stuck with Darth Vader, who has also had a bit of de-aging himself. Now Luke and Vader must work together to find out who is responsible while trying to remain low key. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/448135

Title: Missing and Presumed Dead Summary: Three months after ESB, Luke Skywalker is still reeling from the revelation of his parentage. When he finally cracks and tells Leia, she comes up with a plot to get Darth Vader off his back: stage his death. However, neither of them know that Darth Vader actually cares for his son, so the news ends up creating a Sith Lord hell bent on destroying anyone even remotely involved in Luke's demise. But when Leia tries to contact an in-hiding Luke, she finds that something terrible has really happened, and now no one knows where he is. Meanwhile, Darth Vader starts getting a mysterious, unwilling visitor in his dreams... Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/20799716

Title: Under the Stars Summary: A space battle goes wrong, Luke and Vader end up shooting each other down and crash land on an uninhabited planet. Vader reaches the crash site of the rebel snub before his adversary has regained consciousness. With Imperial search crews slowed down, Vader decides to interrogate the rebel pilot and then dispose of him. That is, until he realizes who exactly is in his hands. Or Luke and Vader have an (involuntary) father/son camping trip, well sort of. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/10099484

Title: Hostage Summary: AU in which Luke grows up as the Prince of Alderaan and Bail and Breha Organa’s son. When Luke is sixteen Bail becomes too outspoken against the Emperor, who sends Lord Vader to take the young prince as a hostage and cow his father into submission. Held captive aboard Vader’s ship, Luke is faced with the unpleasant reality of being the pawn in this power play under his captor’s watchful eyes; until they both realize a thing or two… Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/1063433

Title: Into the Starlight Summary: The Empire has the Rebel base on Vrogas Vas surrounded, and Vader offers them an ultimatum: hand over Luke Skywalker and live, or refuse and he will raze the base to the ground.There's really only one option. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/24031285

Title: Falling apart Summary: Since Bespin, Vader has come to realize that his health will not hold out forever. After twenty years, his prosthetics are failing, and the botched surgeries aren't helping. Now, he's waiting for his son, and facing the fact that his only hope to survive is to use Luke as a shield, and pray that Luke wants him to survive. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/18111686

Title: The Family Tree Summary: In which Luke Skywalker is stranded in a tree waiting for a flash flood to recede. Too bad he's got company... Post-ESB oneshot, can be read as canon-compliant. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/18591151

Title: Interruption Summary: Lord Vader is the fearsome Commander of the Imperial Navy. When Captain Roderick is called before him, the last thing he expects is an interruption in the form of a five year old boy. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23892787

Title: Darth Vader Goes to School Summary: Darth Vader gets bored with killing people and decides to get a degree in Engineering. He develops an interest in his classmate, Luke Lars. Poor Piett becomes the awkward middle man. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23905714

Title: Cadet Summary: A young Luke Skywalker goes undercover as a Cadet to spy on the Empire for the Rebellion and meets someone everyone fears, Darth Vader. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/20558780

Title: Vader’s Folly Summary: An ancient site filled with ancient technologies, of course Dr Aphra can't resist playing around. The result, one Sith Lord with a lot of options. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23360584

Title: When Darkness Shows The Stars Summary: Shmi’s new Master was strange. He was a large creature clothed in black with his every word masked by a terrifying vocoder. He didn’t refer to himself as her Master, and he didn’t behave like one either. All he did was tell her to stay in the plain rooms he’d provided her and to not ask too many questions.In which a sixteen year old slave named Shmi appears on The Executor. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23246569

Title: Plain Sight Summary: Luke is hiding from Darth Vader in the best place possible. Plain sight. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/10824996

Title: His Father’s Eyes, His Mother’s Nose Summary: Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Luke is captured by the Empire and tortured for information. While Luke struggles to survive long enough to find a way out, Vader searches for answers as to why this rebel pilot was wielding Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/14757731

Title: Bycatch Summary: It is a period of unrest for the Empire, the Rebellion has destroyed the Death Star. Vader's failure has put him in bad standing with the Emperor. There are people working to replace him and now there's rumors of Anakin Skywalker alive in the Outer Rim. Luke Skywalker has heard the same rumors and he cannot ignore them... Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/22037440

Title: An Absence of Fear Summary: It started out with a visit to a grave. That day changed everything in his life, but some people, like his son, don't change. His son remained fearless, unlike him. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5789386

Title: Truths and Deceptions Summary: A year and a half after he destroyed the Death Star, Luke Skywalker was trapped, and captured by Darth Vader. In a desperate attempt to save his life, Luke pretends not to remember anything after buying a certain pair of droids. Vader, on the other hand, hopes that he can use the probably temporary amnesia to show Luke how much he cares for his son. Luke just thinks Vader is taking advantage of the situation. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/18526573

Title: which grows higher than soul can hope series Summary: "If Vader captures you, if he threatens to torture or kill you, you tell him you're Padmé Amidala's daughter." Link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1220462

#star wars #darth vader #anakin skywalker #luke skywalker #fanfic recs #ask #illsendyoumyconsultationfee #illsendumyconsultationfee

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