crack_van | Centripetal Force by Dilly (PG)

Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Obi-Wan
Author on LJ:

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Author Website: Dilly's fic at Skyehawke, Ficwad, the Warp 5 Complex, AdultFanFiction.net, and A Teaspoon and an Open Mind.
Why this must be read:

Obi-Wan spent a lot of time on Tatooine, waiting. Mourning the world and the apprentice he'd lost, waiting for his chance to train Luke. Being "a crazy old wizard" who lived out on the Jundland wastes. In the process he turned from the elegant, powerful Jedi to an old, tired hermit. This is an elegant look at five minutes of his life, somewhere in the middle. And at the nature of time.

Torm signs and takes off his spectacles to wipe them clean. "What are you blathering on about, you crazy old wizard?"

"Nothing," Ben said quietly, with a smile that he kept to himself. "Everything. Anything, really."

"And you wonder why everyone thinks you're insane."

Ben quirks an eyebrow, keeping his eyes focused on a particularly nice phoenix design in the corner of his silver clock. "When did I ever say I wondered that?"

Torm shrugs.

"However, I will argue that I am neither old, nor a wizard," Ben adds.

Torm chuckles in a way that makes Ben's spine crawl with irritation. There was a time when no one would disregard a Jedi's words like that. A time when there was some form of dignity. "Are you buying anything?" Torm asks.

Centripetal Force