#alternate title: the last installment of my dissertation on the mortifying ordeal of being known

[canonicallyanxious]

tonight, we run [10/10]

Part X: Sol // Druck | David/Matteo | 6.2k / 80.3k words

Summary:

"This is where I used to go when I wanted to be alone.” 

“Do you want to be alone right now?” 

“No,” David said. 

Matteo’s eyes fluttered open. 

“Neither do I,” he said.

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There’s a war brewing in the galaxy. Matteo just wants to keep his head down and stay out of trouble. David isn’t going to let him. Or: a Star Wars AU.

Fic:

It was the typical line-up David had come to expect from Alliance Council meetings: an assortment of ranked officers standing in a loose circle around a holographic projection of the cosmos, at ease but carefully attentive as people took turns sharing reports and strategies for upcoming maneuvers and campaigns. Laura was there, of course, leaning against the far wall with her arms crossed over her chest and her sleepy half-lidded expression deceptively relaxed, though he knew in reality she was likely paying keen attention to the entire proceedings. Her eyes were trained on Amira, currently giving a brief update on recruitment efforts and the numbers of their ranks. Steadily growing by the day, which was a promising sign; astronomical growth would risk attracting unwanted attention, but the numbers demonstrated they were getting the word out in the right places. Her brother, General Omar Mahmoud, stood by her side, nodding along as she spoke. 

David tried to focus on Amira’s words, but it was hard to do so when his palms prickled with sweat, throat tightening with nerves at the thought of what he wanted to do in this meeting. For the most part business proceeded as usual in this room - as if he and Laura hadn’t gone missing for almost a month - and it wasn’t the Council’s style to ask for full debriefings from deserters, not in front of a full crowd in any case. Still, he’d felt eyes on him when he’d entered the room fifteen minutes prior. He knew they were waiting for him to volunteer some sort of explanation.

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