flamesofmustafar:

How many times do you think, while in Tatooine, Obi-Wan replayed that moment he and Anakin parted on that ramp before he left for Utapau? Where everything had seemed, just for a single moment, perfect between them? How many times do you think he tried to remember if there had been any sign at all in Anakin’s face that would’ve told him he was going to lose that boy, whom he loved and had so much hopes for? And wondered if that moment had been the point where he should’ve decided not to go without Anakin or just walked back to Anakin and stayed with him? Because all he can remember is seeing a shy smile on that beautiful face while wishing him ‘May the Force be with you’… was that real or was Anakin deceiving him already? If that was not real then what was ever real between them? How many times do you think he has gone over that moment over and over and over again..? And each time coming up with nothing to soothe his pain because he knows in the depths of his heart that the smile had been true….then what went wrong? What did he do wrong? What did he miss?