(TW: Blood, Death)

(y/n)'s POV
"I'm so sorry." I hugged Ani to my chest as he silently cried. I ran my my fingers through his hair to help soothe his devastated emotional state. He just told me everything about his visit with the Emperor, now I see why he was having a melt down earlier. And now I feel like a horrible wife for walking away from him, when I should've been there to comfort him, "I'm sorry I walked away earlier." I sighed as I rested my cheek against the top of his head.

"Don't apologize, I'm sorry that I hurt you." He held his arms around my waist tightly. He felt horrible about it, but I know it wasn't something that he meant to do. I'm pretty sure he didn't even know that I was in the room when he lost control.

I sighed softly, "Dont worry about it, it was an accident. I know you would never hurt me on purpose." I lifted my head up to kiss his hair gently before resting my cheek back down, "But I have to ask; I thought you wanted him dead, so why are you so upset?" I hope that didn't sound as rude as it came out. I just genuinely want to know what is going through his mind right now so I can understand him better.

He sighed as he lifted himself up slowly to meet my gaze, "I don't know," He answered honestly, "I really can't tell you, I've hated him for so long. But the second I watched the light leave his eyes, I didn't hate him anymore. In the end, he tried to make amends." He groaned as he laid his head back on my chest, "But I know I-" He stopped speaking and lifted his head up to gaze at the door, "Ellie's coming, Pietts busy and she's lonely." He chuckled softly.

"I can tell her I'll hang out with her later." I didn't want to leave him alone like this. I'm his wife, I need to be here for him.

"No it's okay," He wiped his red eyes and stood up from the bed, "Just before you came in I got a call from Tarkin; he wants to have a meeting with me," He bent down and placed a kiss on my forehead, "Come and see me in my office later though."

"I will." I smiled up at him.

He smiled back and turned to leave the room; he waved the door open and Ellie had her hand raised like she was about to knock.

"Such a gentleman." She smiled as she strutted inside.

Anakin chuckled at her, "I heard you coming, don't keep her busy for too long. I'll be needing her later." He turned to me with a wink, putting on his best act in front of her; even though I could see that he was still upset.

She shrugged, "I'll try not to, but no promises. Ready to spoon babe?" She asked as she turned away from him and walked towards me.

Anakin glared at her from behind, but quickly shook his head with an annoyed sigh and left the room.

I chuckled up at her, "You know he doesn't like when you say stuff like that." I rolled my eyes, I don't get why it bothers him. Shes only messing around; but he's a typical jealous husband.

She grinned as she hopped in the bed next to me, "I know, that's why I do it."

I raised my brow, "This is coming from the girl who used to be terrified of him; and now you're deliberately trying to annoy him." I shook my head in amusement. Oh how things have changed.

She shrugged as she sprawled out onto the bed to comfortable, "That's before I found out he's actually a big teddy bear. Plus, I'm dating his best friend, so he won't do anything to me unless he wants the wrath of Piett." She chuckled with confidence.

The wrath of Piett; That's something I would like to see.

~*~•~*~

Vader's/Anakin's POV
I sighed in annoyance as I walked into the conference room that Tarkin had asked me to meet him in. He was seated in one of his chairs with a smug look on his face, "Hello Lord Vader, please sit." He gestured to the seat in front of him.

I reluctantly sat down, wondering why the hell I need to be here right now, "What do you want?" I asked harshly with a sigh as I rested my head in my hand. I didn't even bother to look into his mind to see, I always hated going inside of his head. Everything about him just irritates me to no end, he's palpatines lap bitch. Plus his thoughts are usually just him complaining about everyone else, not that that's actually a surprise.

He chuckled with zero humor, "I've called you here to show you a little something," He began tapping on a tablet, "Ive been getting the feeling that you've been hiding something, turns out I was right," I instantly sat up straight with a racing heart, he pressed one more button and an image of me and (y/n) in my office popped up; It was when she was giving me my wedding ring. My eyes widened slightly and I instantly glared angrily at Tarkin; I also felt a wave of anxiety coarse through my body like ice cold water filling my veins, "I installed a camera in your office while you were away on your little trip." He grimaced as he turned off the hologram when (y/n) was getting on her knees, "I don't need to play what happens next." He held a look of disgust; I almost smirked. And I would've if I wasn't freaking out in the inside. I'm gonna have to kill him and Palpatine is going to punish me immensely for it. But I'll take the suffering so nothing happens to her, "I only expected a relationship, but a marriage?" He shook his head as he clicked his tongue, "Lord Vader, how you have fallen."

I silently pulled my lightsaber from my belt and gripped it in my hand under the table, "And what exactly do you plan to do with this information Tarkin?" I asked as I glared hatefully into his eyes, while my grip tightened; my finger already on the button, ready to ignite.

He shrugged as he leaned back in his chair, "I thought about giving it to the Emperor, but then I decided that I would give you a chance, you are vital when it comes to winning this war." He grinned and it made my stomach turn uncomfortably, "End this pointless relationship and I won't send this to him." He threatened me and it only made me angrier.

"I'm not ending my marriage." I spoke through gritted teeth. Even though I sounded threatening, his smug expression never fell. He considered himself to be untouchable, he knew the Emperor thought of him as an important asset.

He growled in annoyance, "You need to stay focused on this war, not playing house with some bit-."

I cut him off by piercing my lightsaber straight into his neck, "You really should've just minded your own business Admiral." I retracted the blade and his head fell to the desk with a loud thud. I've been wanting to do that for so long and felt amazing to finally shut him up.

But fuck, this is gonna have dire repercussions for me. I didn't even know what I was going to say to the Emperor about this; he's going to be furious.

I slowly pulled my comlink up; to call the one person I trusted and needed right now, "Piett where are you?"

After a few moments I finally got my response, "I was on my way to see the girls. Why; do you need something?"

I sighed; running my other hand through my hair in frustration, "Yes, I need you to get to conference room A, alone and please be quick."

~*~•~*~

"What the fuck Anakin?" Pietts eyes widened as he gazed on Tarkins lifeless body; he closed the door quickly behind him when he fully entered the room. He walked over to Tarkin's corpse and looked up to me with bewilderment in his eyes, "This can't be good."

I shook my head with a long sigh, "No, this is fucking terrible. He's going to be pissed about this and I have no idea what to say to him." I breathed in and out heavily; feeling a panic attack about to surface. It's not that I'm not worried about me either, whatever punishment he's going to give; I'll handle it. What I'm actually worried about is if this is going to provoke him to want to come here. I don't want (y/n) anywhere near that fucking raisin. It already bugs me enough that they're in the same galaxy.

Piett crossed his arms over his chest, "Well, why did you do it?" He gestured to Tarkin, whose blood was starting to leak off of the table and drip onto the hard metal floor.

"He put a camera in my office while I was gone and he got a recording of me with (y/n); he was threatening to send it to the Emperor if I didn't end my marriage." I groaned as I sat in a chair and laid my head back.

Pietts face twisted into one of disgust, "Oh god, what did he see?"

I sighed as I shot him a glare, "Enough to know what my dick looks like Piett, but that's not my point. What if the Emperor decides to come here because of this?"

He sat down next to me and placed a hand on my shoulder to help calm my erratic nerves, "Okay, you're going to tell him that you lost your temper and Piett got caught in the crossfire, that tends to happen a lot, so it'll be believable," He nodded and I shrugged in agreement, "And if he decides he wants to come here, then I'll put (y/n) and Ellie on a ship so they'll be a safe distance until we tell them that it's safe to come back, the Emperor has never spent more than a few hours here before so it should be okay." How he came up with an entire plan in less than a minute is beyond me, but I'm fucking grateful for it. I immediately pulled him into a hug, "I like this." He commented with a sigh of satisfaction and I pushed him back off.

I shook my head at him as I stood up from the chair,"You made it weird."

~*~•~*~

"To what do I owe this call Lord Vader, usually it's me calling you." He tilted his head in curiosity with a wicked grin on his face.

I took a deep breathe, "I regret to inform you that Admiral Tarkin," I paused for a moment and swallowed nervously, "Is dead."

His eyes darkened, "Do I have you to blame for this?" He spoke in a low threatening manner.

I nodded slowly, "Yes Master, I lost my temper and he got caught in the crossfire. I'm sorry." I looked away from his fury filled eyes and down to the floor as I tightened my fists in nervousness.

"Look at me you incompetent fool!" He shouted; which startled me and I snapped my eyes back up to him, "He was a very trusted ally and I've had him on my side since before the rise of the Empire. Since before I even had you." He snarled as he looked at me with disgust. I knew this is how he would react.

I nodded again, "I know and I'm sorry. I made a mistake."

"You have been making too many mistakes lately Lord Vader," He spat my name with venom, "I think it's time I came over there myself to fix a few errors, you and I are going to have much to discuss." He growled and the hologram ended abruptly. I already know what he means by discuss. I dropped my head down and leaned against the table with my palms, something tells me that the torture I'm about to endure is going to worse than anything he's done so far.

Yet I only had one thing on my mind, I need to get my wife off of this station, now.

(a/n Hope you liked it ❤️)