Balancing Act (Obi-Wan Kenobi x Reader)

🪐Chapter Seven🪐

"Assassins did have a code after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid"

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Chapter Seven

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"Without Senate approval, we can't move forward with peace talks with the Separatists on our own."

"This is not just an issue of the Senate anymore. If the tensions continue to rise between the Separatists and the Republic then skirmishes are likely to occur. We must work for peace before innocent lives are put on the line. It is our duty as peacekeepers-" you paused when a knock came from the door. The Reconciliation Council Padawan stepped in sheepishly.

"Apologies. The High Council has requested Master Pavond immediately."

Letting out an inaudible huff, you turned back to your fellow Council members and bowed, "I apologize, but I must leave. I will read over the meeting notes when I have the time."

Exiting the council chambers, you sent a smile to the Council Padawan and went on your way, releasing your frustration into the Force. You were left to stew in your thoughts until you were halfway to the High Council chambers, where two familiar Force presences intertwined with yours in a way that'd become natural over the years.

"Master (Y/n)!"

Spinning around, you smiled brightly as Anakin ran up to you, "Anakin! How did your mission go?"

"Very well! But it was kind of boring."

"No fighting then?" You looked behind Anakin to ask Obi-Wan that since he would explain rather than just complain.

"None. The border dispute was settled easily with a new treaty."

"Only because both of the leaders were infatuated with you," Anakin smirked, his complaints about the boring mission long forgotten, "You should have seen it, Master, they were all over him."

Raising a brow, you looked back to your husband, who was flushing an impressive shade of red, "Really?"

"Anakin is exaggerating. I'm sure all they felt was a healthy amount of respect for me as a representative of the Jedi."

Anakin scoffed, "Yeah, that's why one of them asked for your hand in marriage."

That pulled a laugh out of you. Anakin seemed pleased at that and walked ahead of you and Obi-Wan. The two of you shared a look behind his back.

Never subtle, is he? You asked sarcastically through your Soul Bond - strengthened and mastered over the years to the point of holding full conversations rather than just exchanging impressions.

It's either other marriages or ours he talks about. I prefer the teasing, Obi-Wan replied back.

The two of you had informed Anakin of your marriage two years ago when he was seventeen - three years after you got married. By that point, you agreed he was old enough to know the importance of discretion and understand how you could be married and not forsake the Code at the same time. He was upset at first for not being told but came to understand rather quickly. According to him there were secret marriages between slaves too, so he'd always known how to keep a secret like that for other people. Helping him understand how your marriage worked in relation to the Code was a longer process that resulted in an even longer conversation about you being a Gray Jedi. Sometimes he still seemed confused about all that - about how one could be Light and Dark at the same time - but he took it in stride.