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Title: Pain Management by Redrikki
Fandom: Star Wars
Character/Pairing: Anakin Skywalker, Shmi Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker & Shmi Skywalker
Word Count: 676
Warnings: Slavery, child abuse
Summary: "Anger can get a slave killed. Shmi teaches her son some coping strategies."
Why I Rec This Fic: Perfect and heartbreaking. 

Title: No Armor by Endeni
Fandom: Star Wars
Character/Pairing: Padme Amidala
Word Count: 636
Warnings:
Summary: "How Padmé came to gift her cloak to Mon Mothma." A prequel to Carmarthen's terrific Armored in Silk.”
Why I Rec This Fic: Padme loses a lot of agency in the 3th movie, its great to see her perspective on her position here. And oh the tragedy of how life erase her plans.
Podfic by KeeperofSeeds here

Title: Armored in Silk by Carmarthen
Fandom: Star Wars
Character/Pairing: Mon Mothma & Leia Organa
Mon Mothma, Leia Organa,
Summary: "Before Senator Leia Organa of Alderaan's first speech to the Imperial Senate, Mon Mothma brings her a gift."
Why I Rec This Fic: I love fanwork that explores Padmes legacy both in political/rebellion side but also in the personal, and costuming is such an important part of the visual medium of a movie so it’s cool to see written fic working with it.
Podfic by thriceanddone here

Title: Turn Around by primeideal
Fandom: Star Wars
Character/Pairing: Jobal Naberrie
Jobal Naberrie & Padme Amidala,
Word Count: 808
Summary: "Seven moments in the life of Jobal Naberrie."
Why I Rec This Fic: I love that the Star Wars fandom is so big that whatever background character you pick there is probably some fanworks about them. Star Wars canon doesn’t do much with their mother characters so this is specially appreciated.

Title: golden slumbers by exley for notbecauseofvictories
Fandom: Star Wars
Character/Pairing: Padme Amidala
Padme Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala & Sheeve Palpatine, Padme Amidala & Obi Wan Kenobi
Word Count: 1714
Summary: "Five lullabies Padmé sang, and one she didn't." 

She pays it no mind; she sings a song and she separates her clothes, an old hymn from Naboo. The song praises the moon goddess who inspired the crescent-shaped ceremonial headdresses of Naboo’s queens. She’s known it since her days at Theed; the news has made her feel like a girl again, excited and full of promise. She wonders if she’s carrying a girl, and hopes she’ll know that feeling of soaring in the sky, unencumbered.