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"Touch" by Shoiryu (PG-13)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan
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shoiryu
Author Website: ArashinoYume.Net (Seems to be down.)
Why this must be read: Because very little in my OTP touches me (if I may use the expression, given the title) in the way this fic does. Shoi proves she truly understands the depths of both characters, providing an emotional intensity and truly showing the pairing of Anakin/Obi-Wan. The story is powerful and finely crafted, conveying a depth of character that is truly envious. There is no waste of words, simply a well-crafted tale of the bond of love between Anakin and Obi-Wan that feels real.
Today, however, is different, because today Anakin has reported back to their shared quarters with a sullen, unhappy face, amid angry reports from his teachers. Why? Obi-Wan asks, and is told only that his apprentice has been starting fistfights. "Attacking other students unprovoked," are the exact words of the Piloting instructor, her short tentacles curling irritably around her rubbery maw.
The only thing to do at this point is to turn to Anakin with his questions, which Obi-Wan does, doing his very best to school his expression into the detached calm of a more experienced Knight.
"He touched me," Anakin says, chin jutting out as though daring Obi-Wan to find fault with this justification. "I told him not to."
Obi-Wan's idea of a touching that warrants physical violence is not something he can imagine Anakin being blamed for, nor is it something he can even fathom happening in the Jedi Temple at all, but he can't quite contain the alarmed rise of his voice as he says, "What kind of touch, Padawan?"
On the shoulder, as it turns out, the sort of casual lean most boys of that age engage in with their peers. The boy had simply decided that Anakin's shoulder was an acceptable place to rest his elbow for a few seconds during a lecture. Anakin had in turn found it perfectly acceptable to punch him until he bled.
That night Anakin crawls uninvited into his bed to press himself against Obi-Wan's chest, and Obi-Wan does not understand. There is no other apparent motivation beyond that of any son seeking his father's hand. Anakin wants to be touched, to be reassured that he exists, and Obi-Wan exists, and though the two of them may be alone they are at least alone together.
Touch
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Author on LJ:
shoiryuAuthor Website: ArashinoYume.Net (Seems to be down.)
Why this must be read: Because very little in my OTP touches me (if I may use the expression, given the title) in the way this fic does. Shoi proves she truly understands the depths of both characters, providing an emotional intensity and truly showing the pairing of Anakin/Obi-Wan. The story is powerful and finely crafted, conveying a depth of character that is truly envious. There is no waste of words, simply a well-crafted tale of the bond of love between Anakin and Obi-Wan that feels real.
Today, however, is different, because today Anakin has reported back to their shared quarters with a sullen, unhappy face, amid angry reports from his teachers. Why? Obi-Wan asks, and is told only that his apprentice has been starting fistfights. "Attacking other students unprovoked," are the exact words of the Piloting instructor, her short tentacles curling irritably around her rubbery maw.
The only thing to do at this point is to turn to Anakin with his questions, which Obi-Wan does, doing his very best to school his expression into the detached calm of a more experienced Knight.
"He touched me," Anakin says, chin jutting out as though daring Obi-Wan to find fault with this justification. "I told him not to."
Obi-Wan's idea of a touching that warrants physical violence is not something he can imagine Anakin being blamed for, nor is it something he can even fathom happening in the Jedi Temple at all, but he can't quite contain the alarmed rise of his voice as he says, "What kind of touch, Padawan?"
On the shoulder, as it turns out, the sort of casual lean most boys of that age engage in with their peers. The boy had simply decided that Anakin's shoulder was an acceptable place to rest his elbow for a few seconds during a lecture. Anakin had in turn found it perfectly acceptable to punch him until he bled.
That night Anakin crawls uninvited into his bed to press himself against Obi-Wan's chest, and Obi-Wan does not understand. There is no other apparent motivation beyond that of any son seeking his father's hand. Anakin wants to be touched, to be reassured that he exists, and Obi-Wan exists, and though the two of them may be alone they are at least alone together.
Touch