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sweetdreamsbuck · 2 years

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Congratulations again, my love! I thought I’d pop in and make a request!

Number 12 on list two with our boy, Buck… in any style of writing you’d like! ⛄️

snowfall, softly

beefy lumberjack!bucky x f!reader

warnings: EXTREME FLUFF! beefy lumberjack!bucky is a damn warning discretion advised. suggestive language

prompt: 12. tucking their hands into the other's pockets (bella baby, thank you for choosing this prompt i was hoping someone did xo) listen to 'Snowfall' by Tony Bennett while reading this xx

join in on my holiday season & 1k+ sleepover!

a/n: i don't really know what this is. but i'll be writing way more for beefy!lumberjack bucky because i'm in love with him and i've developed an unhealthy obsession and au surrounding him so yes this is for a fic prompt but also not at ALL lmao. i literally have a two page doc just talking about random ideas about him soooo enjoy xo. this isn't well edited, all mistakes are my own

There's nothing quite like color in the winter. Every vivid tone and each dull hue— all the pigments the earth had to offer seeming to blend together, finally at peace after a day of being overshadowed by the fervor of the sun.

Nature is theatrical like that and you always admired it for all its arrogance. Competing all day long for the spotlight, colors coming and going as the world kept turning; the sun boasting, its rays shone defiantly against each and every reflective surface in hopes of finding its match. It never seems to.

The colors of winter always pulled you in, but it wasn't until recent you learned just how mesmerizing those colors could be.

Watching Bucky return home, trudging his heavy boots through packed and dense trails of snow, his tools and heavy garments appearing featherlight after a long day of working in the lumberyard— although you know all too well the stress and weight that he carries from them.

It's a sight you never can seem to get enough of. A vision full of new hues, all singing and dancing around in the intoxicating aura of Bucky.

Bright and lively and full of unspoken sadness— the winter sun, working hard to keep the earth warm enough to see another day. There's a serenity and a strong calmness, glowing in a soft cast against the fields of snow covered trees. Bucky seems at peace there, brilliantly on display. They share a common likeness after all.

The flush of his rosy cheeks after a day of facing the unforgiving sun in the unbearable cold always manages to fill your heart with such warmth. Even the sun seems to be captivated by him.

Your giant of a man, angelic and tinted with the pinkest of pinks— the picture of frosted beauty. An intimate portrait of the man you've quickly come to love.

The winter brings a fresh new meaning to understanding Bucky. Getting to know who he was the last few months had been a dream, but you never could've been prepared to see him in this thrilling light.

A man of consistency, Bucky's routine is always the same: wake up, go to work, send you pictures that make him think of you accompanied by sweet messages throughout the day, come home to his shed and spend some time decompressing while working on only god knows what, then come inside to spend the rest of his day with you. But in the winter, beautiful new additions seem to bloom sprightly even in the chill of the darkest months.

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You'd met in the spring at the opening of a quaint new bookstore in the middle of town. His timid smile, broad shoulders, tussled locks, and dark spicy scented stature warmed your heart even there in the quickly warming spring months. An accidental slip of footing granted the moment when you tripped on an overturned rug and found yourself crashing hard into the arms of a man you'd just scolded yourself for ogling over. Your hands had quickly found themselves catching the pockets of his windbreaker, the speed of your fall causing you to frantically try and grasp onto the first thing you could find. His pockets. You wouldn't have known it then, but that was the first moment he ever felt his heart throb erratically in his chest at the sight of you. His usually brooding and towering frame scaring anyone in his immediate path, but not you. You couldn't help but cling to him— albeit being mostly to stop you from face planting— but the smile you awarded him when meeting his eyes to thank him for saving you from your embarrassment caused a color to awake in him like he never knew before. And a new action to yearn for— you clinging to him from the pockets of whatever he was wearing.

A few dates in, you'd learned everything and anything— yet not enough about the man you found yourself head over heels for. You'd learned that when his dad died, his father had passed down the only thing he owned; instructing only that Bucky could do whatever he wanted with the lumberyard and miles and miles of forest, as long as he kept the family business alive. So Bucky had built himself a small cabin and a work shed in the seclusion of his vastly wide ocean of trees and far spreading hills. His very own bittersweet little world inside the forest floor. One you've since learned to find the utmost comfort and security in after meeting Bucky that unforgettable spring day.

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Some new things had been recently added to his usual routine. Now he'd bring home fresh wood for the fireplace he'd built that was nestled cutely between layers of a brick wall. Bucky would walk through the door carrying deliciously aromatic cinnamon-scented pies that the sweet patrons of the yard had supplied him with as a token of their thanks for his hard work; helping keep the people of the town warm throughout the winter spell. He'd come home bundled in the softest fabrics, ones that made him look large and ethereal even through the chips of wood and grime that messily cling to them. He brings home sweet stories of animals he'd encountered and how he wished you could've seen them instead of just through his videos and pictures, running and wrestling around in the tops of trees he didn't have the heart to chop down.

All of these saccharinely sweet qualities of Bucky thawed your winter chill more and more each time he'd come home. But there was no preparing your heart for just how colorful he seemed to be in the especially frozen months— not for how he melted at your feet every chance he got to see you waiting for him with a mug of some warm drink, wrapped in his flannels and blankets inside of the cabin he built only ever intended for himself.

He'd take you in his arms, kissing you senseless until the cold tips of his nose and scruffy cheeks had been entirely warmed by the heat of your thawing touch and soft, loving embrace. Sometimes, he'd be so unable to help himself, clawing and desperately moving to shed you of the huge articles of clothing you had on. Seeing you wearing his clothing, completely surrounded by him and this little world he'd built for himself made something primal and protective rip through him; his need for you growing stronger and stronger by each day.

In the winter, the sun glistens in quiet repose, evident in shades of pinks and purples, dark and light all alike as the clock ticks 4:46pm, a time where the earth seems to thank her inhabitants for living another day— and that's when she works her winter magic.

And it happened like clockwork— soft tuffs of white slowly falling seemingly from nowhere and everywhere at once. It quickly became your favorite type of moment to live in as you watched and waited from the small window of Bucky's cabin. One where the sun bows along the earth's curtain line, a floor full of pine and shimmering frost, her fading light finally dimming for a brief nightfall while allowing for a reprieve. A picture perfect snow-globe you only ever hoped to live inside again and again. And it paints Bucky in the most gorgeous of light. Today no different.

You watched quietly as his towering figure pulled his black pickup into the long and winding path of a nonexistent driveway. The lines of his face looking defined and hard even from yards away; evidence of his tiring day spent miles into the forest floor finally revealing itself. You watched with a cup of earl grey perched delicately between your fingers as his chest puffed in and out slowly. Exhaling the stress and soreness of his day, turning the key in his ignition off, pulling it out just as briskly to exit the car being swallowed in light snowfall.

A smile, already ghosting your features, watching the snow continue to fall around him. He was a marvel; something of fiction— you were sure of it. His radiance shone proudly through the impending darkness of the December evening, color and light clinging to to him like a flannel clad pedestal, only ever meant to be adored by the last bouts of sun. It softly drifted around him, on him, surrounding him wholly with the most precious and tender care. The snow dancing along his features, melting and sticking to him, enamored by him.

He shuffles around the back of his truck, pulling out a broken axe and two tightly wrapped stacks of wood. He's only just beginning his evening duties, off to tinker and toy after whatever hobby he's recently become obsessed with through the beginnings of the fallen snow. You chuckle breathlessly watching as he smiles and tucks pieces of hair behind his right ear, the snow starting to come down harder causing his hair to crowd his line of sight. He was so stunning, all in his own little quiet world.

And there's such quiet to be had in the loudness of the falling snow.

He didn't know it, but these were your favorite moments to share with him. He was blissfully unaware of your gaze on him. All of his problems; any troubles from his tiring day pushed to the furthest parts of his mind. Just him and the season that seemed to crave him; wrapping its arms around him fully and entirely. Just in the way you did— day and night, again and again and again.

The way that his coat seemed to cling to him today made your heart beat wildly in your chest. You couldn't help but miss clinging to him like that, too.

To feel jealous of a damn coat. That's what this man has reduced you to.

You hadn't heard from him much today, he accidentally left his phone home. You had received a frantic call from Sam's number, Bucky on the other end stumbling and stammering more quickly than you'd ever heard him. He was clearly very upset, no way to comfort him through the phone although he was only a few miles away deep inside the forest. You giggled at him as he explained his worry; he didn't give your sleeping form a kiss this morning because he was running late and didn't want to wake you, he didn't have time to make you a pot of coffee like he always did, he forgot to put his lucky undershirt on, then he'd left his phone home in his haste and regretted every decision he had made that morning deeply, starting with not kissing you. God— if you weren't absolutely smitten with his ridiculous antics and need to love you.

Missing him while he was at work wasn't something uncommon to you. You often found yourself sending him sweet messages— sexy ones, with pictures you'd spent a bit of time perfecting your poses for, when you were feeling particularly needy— but today was different. And he just looked so beautiful surrounded by the snow, surrounded by the coat you so desperately wished was you.

Placing your tea down on the end table and standing a bit too quickly, the room going fuzzy for a brief moment as your blood returns to a calm pace, you make your way to the hooks hanging near the front door. Putting on one of his big green and brown checkered flannels, you make sure to button it all the way up just like he showed you; always so concerned that your chest or neck being exposed would give his 'little bunny a chest cold'; you reach, grabbing for the remaining corduroy jacket that you can't help but bring to your nose for a brief second. It smells of pine and lavender and vanilla, a scent entirely that Bucky owned. Quickly looking down you see you're dressed in a pair of his thick socks, smiling at how they bunch around the ankles of your jeans. You stuff your feet into a pair of worn out boots and decide to welcome him home with some tea. He deserves it after a day such as the one he dramatically has had. You quickly head over to the kitchen, grabbing your your cream colored beanie with matching gloves that you left there from earlier, and pour a quick cup of tea for Bucky.

Opening the front door was a challenge; between the thick gloves you wore, your need to see him, and the warm mug in your left hand; but you finally managed to jiggle the knob enough to slowly open. Quickly hit by an air of frosted snow, you shiver and bring the warm cup closer to you. The drink already losing its heat to the harsh chill of the wind and snow frantically swirling around you as you step down the stairs of the porch.

He hasn't spotted you yet and you're thankful, wanting to selfishly watch him living in his little world a little bit longer. Slowly and carefully, you take a little detour to make your way to him, hoping to completely surprise him altogether. You walk towards where your car is parked, hoping the vehicle will shield you from your scarily perceptive and all-knowing boyfriend.

Walking past your car you notice the layer of snow on your windshield seems obstructed in its falling, sticking around bumps and lines you know shouldn't be there. Completely forgetting of your plan to surprise Bucky, your curious mind gets the best of you and leads you straight into his line of sight, around to the other side of the car.

The snow, still fresh and still falling, had the most precise tracks of what could only be Bucky's thick fingers— traced words into a layer of white that read 'I love you'. The snow, unaware of the love you felt for him causing your heart to skip almost an entire three beats, disregarded your feelings and began filling in the now faint divots of the precious letters he'd left, just for you. When did he do that? Your eyes water slightly and a smile tugs at your lips but does nothing to show the way he makes your heart sing.

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He'd been watching you too, just as you were perched in your little chair from your favorite window of the cabin. Bucky always loved knowing you sat there watching him as he came home from a long day. It made him feel loved— you made him feel like something worth fawning over. Unlike his last version of 'love'; it left him with a gigantic hole in his heart, one he never intended on allowing someone into again. But meeting you; with your damn hands that always needed to be in the pockets of his jacket; whose smile transformed every room you entered; whose eyes surpassed the glimmer of each and every star he'd ever gazed at; ignited a newfound glow in him, one that turned his life upside down and proved his pain wrong.

He saw you watching him with a content smile on your face, with a sparkle in your eye he could recognize from miles away; the kind that made his palms grow clammy and his face to heat up in a pink glow. He could feel evidence of it in his cheeks so he kept his eyes diverted from the window, hoping you hadn't caught him daydreaming about you. Maybe you'd just thought he got lost in his thoughts.

He huffed loudly in the small confines of his truck and smiled to himself, thankful for the cold; at least it would shield his burning desire and love for you just a little longer until he went inside.

He had wondered if you knew just how much he thought of you, just how much everything he did was with the desire to give you everything and anything needed to drown you in the knowledge of his love for you forever. Exiting his car and moving all of his things to his shed, he saw you left your spot inside the frosted view of the window.

As the snow began to crowd and overwhelm him, he thought of leaving a sweet message for you to see tomorrow before you left for work, hopefully making up for his guilt for the awful morning he'd had. Leaving you without giving you a kiss was the worst thing that had ever happened to him, he'd decided. And hopefully, the snow would fall roughly enough, caging you both inside the cozy cabin tomorrow, enough to cause you to have to stay home wrapped tightly around him in bed while he showered you in kisses and his undying affection. But for now, he'd write of his love in the snow of your windshield.

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"Bunny, what are you doing out here? It's freezing you'll get si—" he trails off, taking in your adorable appearance. His face beaming with something you're unsure of— just truly happy you finally took his advice to wear his winter gear.

Bucky always told you that the clothes you had weren't good enough, his 'little bunny would freeze to death' if she didn't put on one of his flannels or heavy coats every time she left the house. It made no sense to you, your own sherpa lined jackets and thick thermals always were enough to shield you from the cold. But how could you resist him when he whined so sweetly, looking so concerned and worried for you?

Making your way closer to him, you hold the earl grey out towards him with a smirk, your eyes playful and light at the sight of his content glow. He takes the tea from your hand and downs it in two big gulps, never breaking eye contact and throws the cup somewhere next to him. Immediately taking you into his arms, spinning you around beneath the falling snow, and dipping you into a passionate kiss.

Giggling against his lips at his dramatics, you wrap your arms underneath the flaps of his jacket, tracing your hands around and trailing up the thickness of his neck, pulling him in closer— as close as his body can get through the layers of thick fabric you both wear. His mouth lifts in a gentle smile against yours at your action, his pillowy lips encasing yours in a way only he knows how. It causes your brain to fog and your heart to increasingly thump in time with the rapidly falling snow. The sea of white capturing you both in a snow-globe Hallmark movie-type moment— those movies pathetically paling in comparison to the vision of the two of you, completely enthralled in each other's presence.

Time still moves; the air, still chill; the snow, still rapidly producing and falling in the same breath— but the feeling of the kiss wipes the earth of everything, leaving only you and Bucky inside the whispers of the falling snow.

Your hands quickly find their favorite spot inside the pockets of his jacket as you deepen the kiss further, your tongues moving against each other as you hold him to you. Dragging him towards you from that part of his body makes you feel secure, there's no real explanation as to why. It's just something you found necessary in showing him you loved him. Leaning into him, pulling him towards you, it let him know you needed him in only a way he could provide. You'd let him wear you if he asked, truly.

You feel him smile into the kiss as your hands wind themselves deeper into the fabric of his jacket, pulling at the fabric for all the give it will allow. It always causes him to stumble a bit in awe— the way you always cling to him, pulling him securely and flush against you.

Why wouldn't he try, too? Surely you should know how good it feels to be needed in such a way.

You feel his hands make their way down your back and push up the fabric of his huge jacket that was suffocating your frame. He smoothes his hands over the fabric of his flannel you're wearing and slowly tries to move his hands into the back pockets of your jeans. He moves all of one centimeter down the globes of your ass and his fingers already have seemed to meet the bottom of the seam.

His frustration grows clearly evident in the kiss, his lips slow as he keeps attempting to get his hands to fit in the pockets, cramping and bending them every which way in hopes of finding a successful angle.

"What do you think you're doing, Bucky? Hmm?" you tease, trailing your lips down the side of his jaw as he tries one last time to shove his hands into the back pockets of your jeans. He flushes a deep red at you catching him, his plan meant to be smooth and undetectable, crumbling under the heat of your quick smirk and sharp gaze.

"You always do that thing with my pockets... it's my favorite," he blushes, his confession being something he never thought he'd admit to you. "Just wanted to try it, too..."

You laugh and pepper teasing kisses all over his cherub-like face, the snow mixing in with the soft actions of your lips causing him to whine through his giggles and attempting to move away from your mouth. Your hands fastened tightly in his jacket pockets keep him close to your unrelenting joyful torture. Slowing your kisses and giving him a moment to breathe, you chuckle, "Your hands are just so big baby. They'll barely fit!"

A smirk grows along his pink cheeks, his eyes shimmering with the dark color of something you normally only get to see behind closed doors. Never out in the open— not with the season that seems to worship Bucky. His lips make their way gently across your jaw, humming as he finally explores the skin for the first time that day. "Mmmm, sounds like what you said the first time you let me touch you, isn't that right bunny? But what happened after that? I think my hands are just the right size..." he lowly whispers, his voice dropping into that rasp you love. His lips continue to tease along the skin of your jaw and down the side of your neck exposed to him, his hushed words being delivered into the delicate skin just under your ear.

You feel your body shiver even through the layers of warmth from both your heavy clothing and Bucky, and he chuckles darkly, continuing to press hot kisses along your skin as his nose nuzzles underneath your clothing creating a path for his lips to follow.

"Bucky..." you breathe out. His lips on your neck and the sight of him in the middle of the fallen snow, only paying attention to you and none of the fast paced world around you both, causes an indescribable feeling to spread through you. His colors, even in the dark of the night, gripping and pointedly beautiful— the most gorgeous winter mural you could ever find yourself entranced by.

"Okay but seriously, why would they put pockets in these damn things right over my favorite ass if they weren't meant for me to be grabbing in 'em? Only way my hands will keep warm. And you want me to be warm, right bunny?" he innocently asks through his smug grin, leaving a sharp slap at your left cheek, his hands moving to attempt to slide back into the comically small pockets. This time, he lets out a loud laugh. This attempt of shoving his hands into your pockets even funnier than the first time.

You gasp at his unexpected slap and shove your arms further into his pockets as far as they can go, pulling him in closer and crashing your lips into his. He uses this as an excuse to pull you off of the ground and further up his body, his hands kneading the rounds of your ass through the pockets of your jeans as you wrap your legs around him, pulling him closer to you through your kiss. Thank god he was a giant, you've never gotten to share such intimacy with someone before, and certainly not someone like him— someone as strong yet so soft, so endearing and so playful.

He moans feeling your hips rock softly against his as he begins walking to carry you back towards the cabin. He sloppily trails kisses down the side of your face and to the crook of your neck, softly moaning with every other step that sends your hips softly bouncing on his.

"Alright, come on my little snow bunny," he huffs out through a quick last kiss on your jaw. "We gotta go get my girl real warmed up," he croons, his voice dropping into that low grovel you love. "And you know I always make them fit..."

He nibbles and softly sucks on the skin under your ear until you're giggling and trying to move away from him, but your hands stuck securely in the pockets of his coat nestled tightly between your bodies prevents you from going anywhere. He laughs brightly at your struggle against him through your fits of giggles. Dropping a kiss to the side of your temple he whispers, "I love you so much, bunny."

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gffa · 7 years

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✦ In All The World by Ammar, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 76.6k wip The story of how Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi tamed each other, from Naboo to Anakin’s early days at the Temple. Rec #1: I spent about two days of reading time devoted to nothing but this fic because it was just so engrossing and satisfying for what I was looking for. It’s very smoothly written, it’s easy to just sink right into, and it does such a fantastic job at being what it sets out to be-the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, mixed with plot, mixed with philosophy on what the Jedi are, mixed with world-building. It’s set in the days just after Qui-Gon’s death, as Obi-Wan grieves and tries to figure out what’s next, while there’s still aftermath happening and new assassination plots happening on Naboo, while Anakin tries to figure out where he fits into all of this, and how there are all these awkward moments between him and the Jedi, how the beginning seeds of his friendship with Obi-Wan are there, but haven’t yet had time to grow, yet it’s so important, all mixed with a lot of thought and care given to how the Jedi look at the galaxy. It’s a wip and the first arc isn’t complete yet, but I found it satisfying because the plot isn’t really the point for me (though, it absolutely is well-done and I’m glad the fic has it, it makes it so much more satisfying a read to have them actually doing things, that Obi-Wan is already teaching Anakin things), it’s about the characters and there’s a lot of good stuff there. This is an Obi-Wan who is still young, who hasn’t matured into who he is in AOTC or ROTS, but you can see the beginnings of it, as he struggles through these difficult times, as well as Anakin who is young and so eager to help, but you see the seeds of so much anger in him, both are just spot on for this moment in their lives. There are loads of great moments as well, especially the question of who cut Obi-Wan’s Padawan braid was beautifully handled in the fic! It’s one of those that’s a genfic but it’s exactly what I look for in genfic and was so, so good for me. Rec #2: Oh, I know I’ve recommended this fic at least once before, but I think it’s updated at least twice since the last time I did a full rec for it? And I just really, really love this fic a lot, because it’s got such a solid plot, it’s all about the days just after The Phantom Menace, where Obi-Wan is just beginning to teach Anakin and they don’t really understand each other fully yet, where the fic also does an excellent job of how there’s actual tension there, how Anakin has moments of being angry and frustrating, how you can see both the good and the future fall in him, which is perfect. But the writing is incredibly solid all the way around, I cannot delight enough in how it’s a story about investigating an assassination attempt but uses it to actually teach Anakin things, to get to see Obi-Wan explaining everything, to answer questions and start shaping Anakin’s training, which is something we have very litte of in canon. And it’s fantastically characterized, I love everyone where and it’s always easy to just slip right back into the story, to get caught up in what’s almost a sort of… slice of life type of story, for Jedi. Not quite, there’s a continuing plot, but the highlight is definitely on the friendship between the characters and it’s one of those that I’d love to make everyone read! Chapter 13: This is an update rec and will be focused on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. I was delighted to see this fic updated and I tore through the chapter because, ahhh, it was just as good as ever! I do recommend the fic as a whole, it’s one of the best Obi-Wan & Anakin early days fics I’ve read recently, it’s got fantastic characterization of those immediate days on Naboo afterwards and it has such a fantastic plot, like it’s used as a vehicle to drive the characterization, but it’s genuinely interesting for its own sake as well! And that’s not something I get often enough, even in Star Wars fandom! This chapter especially goes in for the political and plotful stuff, there’s a lot of talking about the situation on Naboo, which is really beautifully done, it feels like it fits so well, like this is a set-up that absolutely could have happened, that this is a snafu that Obi-Wan and Anakin could have been drawn into, that it’s a great way to show the distance between Obi-Wan and Anakin that they start out with, but is slowly starting to be bridged, as they work through this case. A CASEFIC. For Obi-Wan and Anakin’s early days! That’s already 70k! Like, you don’t know what a treasure that is, especially when it’s such top-notch, professional level writing for it. And it makes me read about the politics of characters and worlds I’ve only barely met and yet I care! I’m interested! I’m here for Obi-Wan explaining to Anakin and helping to teach him how to think something through and it’s so good. Chapter 14: This is an update rec and will focus on the current chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. I tried wait until there were at least two chapters of this one, but I love this fic so much that I couldn’t resist jumping on it as soon as I saw it updated and I just really, really love this fic a lot. It’s centered on a plot, that something is going on with someone having hired a bounty hunter to possibly assassinate the Queen post-The Phantom Menace, but of course it turns out to be so much more complicated than that, and it’s about Obi-Wan struggling to deal with the loss of Qui-Gon and getting to know Anakin and starting to teach him. So much thought and care has gone into the story part of this fic, just as much as has gone into the characters of the fic, that it’s one of the best fics I’ve read in the fandom and I look forward to every update on it. This chapter especially had me taking screenshots of it to remind myself of some of the stuff I loved because it hit me straight on with how good this fic is: Your focus determines your reality, Qui-Gon always said. It was one of those Jedi teachings that seemed strange, the first time you encountered it. Reality seemed concrete; unshiftabe, unyielding to the ideas of beings. Stone and duracrete cared nothing for your focus, your attitudes. If you thought that a durasteel wall would yield to you, it wouldn’t. Fools ran at durasteel walls and bashed their heads on it and bled. And yet: didn’t focus matter? This is in the middle of an investigation, while Obi-Wan is discussing a Naboo artist’s painting in the office of a person of interest, and the layers of the story here are fantastic–it’s a scene that’s about Obi-Wan on a case, it’s a scene about expanding the culture and history of Naboo, it’s a scene about the Jedi philosophy and what objectivity and focus mean, that it’s at the heart of the Jedi code. It’s this almost small scene amongst a bigger case fic story, but it had such an impact on me because it felt so incredibly solid like it could have been lifted right out of the GFFA itself, like this story is such an incredibly natural, organicextention of Naboo’s culture that it fit seamlessly for me. It’s not even really meant to be about that! It’s just adding in detail that would naturally come up in the story! And yet it’s one of my favorite things, for how well-written it is and how it balances characterization with it, it’s not just info dumping things on me, the reader. And it’s that incredibly enjoyable sense of solidity and smoothness (it’s so interesting to read about Obi-Wan digging into all of this! and teaching Anakin as he goes!) that make this one of my favorites in the fandom, too. ✦ All But Name by Mirror and Image, obi-wan & anakin + padme & dooku & qui-gon & yoda & ocs & cast, 107.9k “You will be a Jedi, Anakin. I promise you. In all but name.” Oh, let me tell you my feelings about this fic. By the time it was finished, despite that I’d just read a novel’s worth of fic, I was so sad it was ending because it’s such a great build-up and great characterization and great pacing and great story. When I first started reading, I was a little wary because Obi-Wan didn’t entirely feel like himself to me, despite that I acknowledged that he was grieving and he was just post-TPM and hadn’t had the time to progress yet, but by the halfway point of the fic I got it, I understood why the story made all the choices it did, why it put Obi-Wan into the situations and places that it did, because it absolutely was about a larger path that he was following and the Force needed him to be right where he was at those specific moments. By the end of the fic, you can see the care and thought that was put into the story, why everything happened the way it did, in addition to how much insight and care the authors put into Anakin’s development as a young child still emotionally and mentally developing. It’s not just that the writing is really smooth and easy to become engrossed in, it’s not just that there’s a plot happening (maybe not that many light saber battles, but there are some and it’s a great balance between the quieter moments of their lives and the healing process they go through and the bigger, more epic moments of their lives), but also that I cared deeply about the characters. It’s a fic that’s about Obi-Wan and Anakin’s early days and how things are different when they’re no longer part of the Jedi Order, how that subtly changes their dynamic until it’s entirely different (and yet still entirely recognizable) from where they ended up in canon. It’s one of my new favorite fics because it does justice to how those changes start small, how Anakin has more freedom to express his attachments and emotional instability because they’re not at the Jedi Temple and because Obi-Wan doesn’t have the support from others, so he can’t be as strict about it, plus he too needs that emotional connection in the wake of his own losses, until they’ve grown close and found a better way for Anakin to deal with his anger and emotions, because they were nudged in just the right direction for it. It doesn’t villainize anyone (not even the Jedi Order is villainized, thankfully! they’re not perfect and some characters are furious at them, but they’re still good people) but instead gives these characters a different path to follow, one that I could see the canon characters going down if they’d had these circumstances instead. That thought and care was given to how they would interact with each other, how each of their mindsets and motivations would affect their interaction, that Anakin’s anger and restlessness aren’t just swept aside, but instead tackled head-on, in a more subtle sort of way. Reading the author’s notes really gave a look into how much thought was put into his development and I loved it for that. But ultimately, at its heart, this is a fic about Obi-Wan and Anakin becoming much more emotionally available to each other as they both develop over the months they figure out their new lives, it’s a fic about having only each other to rely on and that creates a more intense bond, even as it nearly threatens to drown them. It’s a fic about Obi-Wan grieving his losses and struggling to hold onto what he can, dealing with depression and coming through it after a struggle, it’s a fic about learning to accept help from those who care about them. It’s about all those things, but it’s also about how awesome Obi-Wan is, how brilliant a negotiator he is, about how morally unbreakable he is, about how he’s amazing in so many ways, as well as just how much sheer, raw potential Anakin has, how he’s such a caring little moppet even when he’s a trouble magnet. It was a fic that I legitimately respected on a technical level, but it won my heart for giving me so much that pleased my id at the same time! And that’s not even getting into how fascinating Dooku was in the last third of the fic, how I loved his addition to the story and every interaction he had with Obi-Wan was absolutely satisfying as hell. This is a fic that is really, really worth reading and this is why I got into the Star Wars fandom in the first place! ✦ Shadows of the Future by stormqueen873, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast, 129.3k ObiWan lost the duel on Mustafar, but instead of dying, he finds himself on a ship leaving Tatooine, with his old Master and a familiar young boy. As events begin to unfold, can he stop the future he knows from occuring? I AM SO SAD THIS FIC IS OVER. I admit, the beginning is super fluffy and it takes awhile to get into the real tension of the piece, but when the fic delivers on the revelations, when Qui-Gon finally finds out what Obi-Wan knows, when Obi-Wan finally has to really let loose in a fight, when Anakin realizes what happened in Obi-Wan’s future, all of it is so goddamned worth the wait. I do actually enjoy the fluff of this fic, I don’t mean to indicate otherwise, because it’s adorable and necessary, where Obi-Wan just loves kidlet Anakin so much and has the experience to be more open about it this time, the maturity to better handle everything, has Qui-Gon still alive to let up on his own grief, it’s wonderful to read and soothed my heart and paved the way for the relationships being even stronger than they were. But it’s really in the second half where this fic becomes absolutely magical, where shit finally hits the fan and revelations have to happen and the plot cannot remain the same because Obi-Wan’s not going to let things fall apart again. I absolutely could not put the fic down by that point, I was utterly engrossed and read practically the whole second half in one sitting because I kept needing to turn the page, just one more time, just one more time! The tension of how things unfold, Sidious and Maul’s plots, the Jedi Council trying to figure out what’s going on, Qui-Gon trying to figure out what the hell is up with Obi-Wan, Anakin bonding so fiercely to Obi-Wan, all of it ties together and culminates in a fine as hell epic fight scene that left me so damned satisfied. The fic is absolutely focused on making things better, in fixing everything, but it never forgets that Obi-Wan is not who he was in the original timeline, because he’s grown, he’s healing here, but he’s still a Jedi Master who has Seen A Lot Of Shit, that the second time around is necessary to be built on top of the previous one, which is how time travel fics work best for me. Plus, this has one of my new favorites of the duel on Mustafar, when Anakin won that duel and how he won it, how you realize it shapes so much of what happens between them. And the ending! MY HEART FEELS SO MUCH BETTER AFTER THIS FIC. ✦ The Hand Dealt by not paranoid enough, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 75.9k Just before boarding the ship to escape Naboo, Qui-Gon is injured. Now, it’s Obi-Wan who has to find the hyperspace generator, Obi-Wan who meets Anakin—and that changes everything. Oh, man, this fic. I have always sort of vaguely wanted a fic where Obi-Wan was the one to walk into Watto’s shop instead of Qui-Gon, but I never knew just how much I needed it until I stumbled over this fic and could not put it down. It’s beautifully written and everything it’s doing is so satisfying to me, because the first quarter of the fic is all about the beginnings of this developing relationship, that Obi-Wan and Anakin immediately take a shine to each other, that there’s this absolutely perfect dynamic of mild competitiveness without Qui-Gon being a sore point between them, that it’s entirely about Obi-Wan and Anakin. And that developing relationship remains absolutely fascinating, because the events somewhat echo canon, but are entirely different at the same time, which leads the relationship between them to be entirely different–that lack of Qui-Gon between them starts them out on an entirely different footing, it pushes Anakin to imprint on Obi-Wan so much harder than even in canon, it provides Obi-Wan a reason to care for Anakin more directly early on than even in canon. It creates a situation where other people are still important, but this relationship becomes so vital so much earlier that other things get shaded in differently and I cannot waitto see how the sequel deals with that. But it’s not just that the overall structure is satisfying, it’s not just that the writing itself is absolutely lovely and nicely polished, it’s that the characterization of both characters is spot on. Anakin is this precious little moppet who is so mecurial in a way that’s just right for the character, he’s so good-hearted and giving, but he’s also full of fear and rage, the uncertain circumstances in his life and lack of structure wear away at what little stability he has. Obi-Wan is just the right blend of feeling guilty and being hard on himself with the self-assurance and emotional stability he has, he’s so solid even when he’s been dealt difficult circumstances, even when he’s not sure what to do. There are so many amazing little moments in this fic, any time that Anakin gets Obi-Wan to smile or when Anakin tries to gross him out and Obi-Wan instead holds his ground because he’s not a child, yet he still obviously indulges Anakin at times, that sense of growing connection and bond there is so well done. The entire fic is all about putting them in circumstances that are true to both their characters, they’re both incredible and powerful yet so human, flawed but wonderful at the same time, and being entirely emotionally satisfying to me, as well as genuinely interesting divergences from canon, that it’s one of my favorites and I cannot express my love nearly enough. (Seriously, that moment where Anakin tries shoving a bug in Obi-Wan’s face to gross him out and Obi-Wan, who indeed does not like bugs, just stares right back and doesn’t so much as blink, that’s when I knew I loved this author for getting these characters and their relationship.) ✦ Ashes to Ashes by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 5.3k A few months after the events of The Phantom Menace, Anakin is having nightmares about burning alive. This is a short but lovely piece about the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s training, which is sort of cute and seemingly harmless on the surface, but when you know what’s coming, is super ouchy underneath that. I love that it’s not cold-hearted, you can see the Jedi care, but you also just quietly understand where it all starts going wrong from the beginning, and the fic does that really well. ✦ Of Questions, Dishes, and Pathetic Life Forms by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 3.1k Obi-Wan has never been very good at babysitting Qui-Gon’s “pathetic life forms”. Anakin is no exception. Incessant questioning, chaos, and a little big of snuggling ensues. Oh, I loved this fic so much. Set just barely after Anakin was first brought back from Tatooine and Obi-Wan really didn’t know what to do with a child yet, he was vaguely annoyed by having one around, but little moppet Anakin just somehow charmed his way right in by being adorable and kind of a failboat and maybe a little obnoxious but in a good-hearted way. The whole fic was so charming and wonderful and spot on, a lovely examination of the time before Obi-Wan loved him, but you could see the beginnings of it, the awkwardness still there but slowly starting to melt away, and it was just so damn precious, in a really well-written way. ✦ Life And What Comes After by Ibelin, obi-wan & anakin & cast, amnesia, 32.6k wip Obi-Wan dies on Jabiim. Anakin blames himself, doesn’t know how to go on and yet - he does. Maybe the Force rewards that kind of thing, or maybe he just gets lucky, but when a mission lands Anakin on a vaguely familiar planet, he gets a second chance to do what he knows he should have done in the first place: save his master. (And maybe a chance to save the galaxy, too.) Chapters 1-2: I love that one of the tags is “Unrealistically Well-Adjusted Anakin Skywalker” because that put me in exactly the right frame of mind to read this, that I could just totally roll with Anakin making well-adjusted/emotionally healthy choices, as well as this is a fic that’s entirely about being a fluffy amensia fic, after the whole thing on Jabiim. My immediate reaction was: Give me it. And I was not disappointed, because the two chapters that have been posted are fantastic–there’s some heart-wrenching hurt as Anakin mourns Obi-Wan’s loss, but the second chapter had an absolutely stellar conversation between him and Mace, where they don’t have to be friends to both be good people. The conversation was so engrossing, I loved how I understood where both characters were coming from, that it kept the conflict and tension between them, while putting them in a space where they could both really listen to the other, bringing out spot-on characterization and lovely moments of Jedi philosophy from both of them. I read that whole chapter just wanting to clap my hands to my chest and go, yes! this is what the Jedi are! this is what Mace Windu is! because the fic clearly wanted to treat everyone with respect. While I would have read for just that conversation alone (and it’s the highlight of the fic so far), I’m practically champing at the bit to get more of this fic, because if that conversation went so well and the fic did that well with those two characters, I’m definitely intrigued about how things will go once Obi-Wan is properly back in the picture. I’m already having feelings about Anakin’s thoughts of him, how the fic managed to balance their good moments and bad moments, that they absolutely clashed and there was tension, but when Obi-Wan is gone, Anakin is devastated and so much of the good paths he walks down now are because of Obi-Wan, like, yes, show me Obi-Wan’s influence on him and Anakin’s loyalty to him, all while making better choices, and I am totally, totally here for that. Chapters 3-4: I was already pretty hooked on this fic, but then chapters 3-4 were posted and, yes! Finally! Finding Obi-Wan again! And I loved the way it happened, the way Anakin stumbled over him in a way that seemed almost nudged along by the Force and then how desperately glad he was to see Obi-Wan was still alive and just… I love that it’s not perfect, Obi-Wan doesn’t remember much, but it’s good, that the whole thing just made me really happy, the entire conversation they have was engaging for being so good-hearted and caring and about the connection between them, that Obi-Wan may not remember, but there’s something here that he’s missed, some part of him has missed Anakin. It’s definitely an Anakin who is much more emotionally well adjusted but the fic has decided to roll with that and it works for me, it’s still really well written and warms my heart and just… there are scenarios (like amnesia fic) where you want the reunion to be satisfying, it has a natural building up of tension and expectations, and this one was just… not precisely understated, but just had this really warm glow that I absolutely adored and am super ready for more of this one! Obi-Wan dies on Jabiim. Anakin blames himself, doesn’t know how to go on and yet - he does. Maybe the Force rewards that kind of thing, or maybe he just gets lucky, but when a mission lands Anakin on a vaguely familiar planet, he gets a second chance to do what he knows he should have done in the first place: save his master. Chapter 5: This is an update rec for this fic. I tried to wait until there was more, at least two or three chapters together, but I couldn’t wait because it was the second part of the conversations Anakin has with an amnesiac Obi-Wan and it’s just so intriguing! The little things (like the brief hints dropped of what Obi-Wan’s former life was) and the bigger things (like the implant that’s super suspicious and meant to raise the readers’ wariness) make me really excited about what’s coming next and I’m enjoying that Anakin is not exactly the best person to be subtle in a conversation like this, as well as he’s clearly just barely holding himself back from flinging himself at his master and clinging onto him and that just gives me all the Anakin feelings. And I love that the author continues to have this way where… yes, there’s angst and hard times, but there’s an undercurrent of things will be okay, even if it takes awhile. That there’ll be fluff as well as angst, which is exactly what I want from an amnesia AU fic! Chapter 6-7: I’m doing another update rec for this because I have feelings and because it’s one of those fics that I read pretty much as soon as I see it’s been updated, where I intend to let some of my favorites build up for a bit but I just cannot resist this one, it’s too good of a mix between being a fluffy, comforting fic and a gently building plot/tension fic, where I’m enjoying Obi-Wan and Anakin reconnecting, the almost laid back slice of life-esque moments just as much as I’m enjoying the hints of what happened to Obi-Wan while he was gone, what’s going on with him now, what greater machinations are in store. And these two chapters were especially good for me, as someone who is heavily invested in this relationship, as Anakin has such intense feelings about Obi-Wan, both absolute and utter joy that Obi-Wan’s alive and that there’s something in him that recognizes Anakin, but also Anakin’s jealousy of Obi-Wan caring about someone else, having in-jokes with someone else, of Obi-Wan having someone else in his life. It’s a genfic, but it doesn’t need to be more, their relationship is so very satisfying, how Anakin is getting this glimpse of what Obi-Wan’s life might have been like outside of the Jedi and he both enjoys it and is jealous that Obi-Wan cares about someone else. So satisfying for that. Chapter 6-9: This is an update rec and will focus on the current chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. There have been several chapters updated recently and, oh, if I adored this fic before, I’m definitely invested in it now! I am entirely here for plot-based fic, especially plot-based fic that absolutely is centered around long conversations between Obi-Wan and Anakin where they may not have their usual context (because Obi-Wan doesn’t remember him, except that some part of him clearly very much does) but they still have all this weight and connection between them that’s both beautifully written and a straight shot to my id. This is a gen fic, but Anakin’s jealousy over Obi-Wan’s maybe-sorta-possibly girlfriend, whether you want to read it as an undercurrent or just that Anakin can’t stand anyone taking up his Master’s attention, is absolutely perfect, I read these chapters practically wriggling around on the bed because it was just so much exactly what I wanted. I’m definitely curious where the plot of the story is going, what the medical implant does and how it’s going to be removed, I’m curious about anything else the fic will throw at me, but if it was just super satisfying conversations of Anakin being made of feelings while desperately wanting his Master back, being so close but unable to just quite reach him, loving him so very much and you feel that in everything he says? I’d still be more than content with this fic. This is one of the fics that I pick up as soon as I see a new chapter has been posted, one of those that I’ve become entirely charmed by, because it’s so solidly good and knows how to build up tension and give me interaction between my favorite characters, how to write those deep undercurrents of feelings while still having everyone behave within reason on the page. And it does a great job with Anakin’s character especially, sure, he’s more stable than he is in canon, but the fic embraces that and instead focuses on the more satisfying parts of Anakin that are super emotional, like how jealous and restless he gets when Obi-Wan is just out of his reach and I eat it up like delicious candy for that. ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & some anakin/padme & ahsoka & qui-gon & rex & cast, time travel, 57.8k wip The Daughter has a bad day and it irrevocably changes the fate of the galaxy, twice over. Or; ROTS Obi-Wan and Anakin are swapped with their younger, TPM, selves. It changes things, in both parallels. I am so glad I stumbled over this fic and got caught up in it because it really was a whole lot of fun! I do have the caveat that it’s rough around the edges and takes a chapter or two to get going, but once I was in the thick of things, I was absolutely engrossed in it and the heart of the fic is on the Obi-Wan & Anakin relationship and it is absolutely so satisfying with that. Swapping places with their older/younger selves leads to some important discussions for ROTS!Obi-Wan&Anakin, which, let me tell you, I was glued to my reader during that conversation because it was just exactly what my heart wanted from it! But also, TPM!Obi-Wan&Anakin in the future, stumbling over everything going to hell as it does during ROTS, and how they’re thrown into this mixed up world and start to bond and obviously complement each other right from the start, was also deeply satisfying. It’s a fic that’s also about their relationships with other people, but it’s very much revolved around these two characters and their relationship, which is what I picked this fic up hoping for and got something that I really got hooked on and would absolutely read another 100k of this. It’s good-hearted and clearly loves them both, loves everyone in this world (except for Palpatine, but fuck that guy) and, though the shit they go through is difficult and painful, I feel like this is a story about hope, even in the most dire circumstances, I feel like it’s a story about giving the characters the room to set things right. And that sense of how the people they meet are so good–it was so much fun to see Mace being kind, so much fun to see Rex being kind, so much fun to see Padme being kind, so much fun to see Qui-Gon being kind–in addition to Obi-Wan and Anakin having space to work shit out, ahhhh, that’s so very, very much my jam. Chapters 8-9: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole–though, I will do my best to avoid any major spoilers, so that the rec is still useful for those who are seeing it for the first time! I picked up these two chapters last night to read, so it was about another 15k of fic to read, and promptly got sucked right back in and ate it up like candy. There’s a brief caveat I have, in that Clone Wars era Anakin is in his 20s, while TPM Padme is 14, and there’s some mutual flirting/attraction that gave me brief pause, but it doesn’t go much of anywhere and the fic quickly moves on to Anakin interacting with Qui-Gon, to how he’d put this person up on a pedestal and had all these idealized notions about who he was, and has to confront who he actually is, which doesn’t go the way Anakin expects. Which was so, so satisfying and good for me, the way Anakin gets more and more upset as he’s old enough to see who people are more clearly, which leads to him realizing how desperately he cares about Obi-Wan, still needs him, understands more what Obi-Wan has done for him in being his Master. The scene where Anakin is practically crying on Obi-Wan, clutching at him as he’s spiralling off, oh, man, so good for me, I would have read the fic just for that scene alone! But it’s more than that, it’s also TPM era Obi-Wan and Anakin in the future, thrown into the ROTS thick of things and having to struggle to figure out what the hell is going on just as much as they’re struggling to stay alive. And it’s sosatisfying to see them interacting with Padme and Ahsoka and Rex, who they are already warming up to and kind of already adore as well, but there’s a connection between them, a bond forming between them as Anakin tries to find any stability in this new world he’s trying to wade through, as Obi-Wan sees more of Anakin than he ever had a chance to before and realizes how much he wants to help him and teach him and protect him. I would have read this fic just for time travel shenanigans, but it’s very much at its heart about Obi-Wan & Anakin’s relationship, helping to provide them with the room to better understand each other and show just how much they love each other and are necessary to each other, it’s about revelations and climaxes that are so goddamned pleasing to my id but also genuinely engaging and fun and touching. I hope this fic goes on for at least another 50k! Chapters 10-11: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. Ahh, another time when I should have let it build up more, but I couldn’t because I had to read now, especially when it’s continuing the Obi-Wan and Anakin feelings all over the place. It’s so incredibly satisfying, there’s so much emotional outpouring here, especially when the two Anakins switch places and so all the feelings that they’ve conveyed to each other are clashing/contrasting against the other version of their Master/Padawan. Moppet Anakin with Master Obi-Wan and Knight Anakin with Knight Obi-Wan and they understand so much more, but also all that history isn’t there anymore, and, ahhhh, it’s so good. And yet there’s still connection there, that even this different version of the person they care about is still there with them, there’s still that gravity between them. Plus, oh, man, Master Obi-Wan with Moppet Anakin is ADORABLE. And just how much Obi-Wan puts up with when it comes to Anakin, every moment of realization of just how much patience and kindness and carehe’s put into Anakin over the years, done in a way that also shows how wonderful Anakin’s character is, oh, I’m serious, I could read this forever. It’s so engaging and charismatic and wonderful. ✦ The House That Obi-Wan Built by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin, 10.4k Obi-Wan and Anakin find that home life isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. I admit, I had to edit the HTML of this fic to make it better format so I could read it, but it was absolutely worth it. I had a bit of a depression spiral over the last couple of weeks and this fic was the one that helped cheer me up when I needed it. It’s this great fic where Obi-Wan decides that Anakin needs something different in his training, a different approach, and so he decides to take him to Malastare to live for awhile, to set up a house there, because Anakin is an unorthodox Padawan and so could use unorthodox training. It’s adorable and has all this incredible sparkle and charm, it hits me right in the domestic adorability place, the author is really great at writing that dynamic of an older brother and younger brother who clash but clearly care deeply about each other. But also just really, really great characterization, especially Obi-Wan having a trolling streak in my absolute favorite bit of the fic: “Oh. And I wanted to say thanks for letting me have the big room. That was real cool of you.” “Not at all. You’re a young boy. Young boys need lots of space to bounce around. Besides, I have this debilitating fear of large rooms. Give me space and I just can’t handle myself. I start sweating, shaking…it’s impossible to function.” “You’re doing that thing again when you’re making stuff up with a straight face, aren’t you?” “Yes, Anakin, I am.” I cackled out loud because, yes, that’s perfect. It’s a feel good fic, but also has a lot of genuine charisma and sparkle, which was exactly what I needed. ✦ Sofa, So Good by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin, 10.9k Why would anyone want Obi-Wan’s grody old couch? You may want to read The House That Obi-Wan Built first, but all you really need to know is that Obi-Wan decided to train Anakin on Malastare because he needed something different and they’ve started sprucing up the place they got. I also had to reformat this fic to get it into readable shape (but it was just a find & replace job), which I mention to encourage others through that because, oh, every moment of this was joy. The author does an absolutely fantastic job with their dynamic, that older brother and younger brother dynamic that works so well for them here, BUT ALSO that Obi-Wan is an absolute shit cook and he’s kind of a dick sometimes in that way older brothers are, especially when responsible for their brother’s training, but it’s always done with love, and it’s so sharp and engaging and fits the characters, especially for something that was posted in 1999! But then I’ve always liked anything by Smitty and this fic really holds up, it’s absolutely charming and sharp and was an incredible bright spot in my reading this week, which was already pretty great. ✦ House of Cards by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin & oc, 23.8k Just when Obi-Wan thinks he has life figured out, a shadowy bounty hunter proves him wrong. It would probably help to have read “The House That Obi-Wan Built” and “Sofa, So Good” before this one, but it’s not absolutely necessary and all you really need to know is that Obi-Wan has decided to train Anakin on Malastare instead of on Coruscant and, of course, shenangigans happen along the way. My one caveat about this fic is that it spends more time on the OC than I could really quite get into, so I wound up feeling a bit distracted during those parts, but the Obi-Wan and Anakin stuff is just as delightful as the other fics in this series. I really love this author’s take on both of them, especially that there’s a sense of sharp fun to the both of them, there’s a weight to both characters that strikes me as true, that this can be a warm-hearted fic, but I wouldn’t really call it fluffy, either. Especially in the interaction between Obi-Wan and Anakin, you can tell the author loves both of them and there’s this great exchange that had me cackling: “I have some errands to do. I want you to work on that patience exercise I taught you yesterday.” “All morning?” “No, Anakin. Your line is, ‘Yes, Master. Your every wish is my command. I live only to serve.’ No, go medidtate.”because, oh my god, that’s it, that’s them, it’s hilarious and perfect. For all that this was apparently posted in 1999, it really holds up as a great sense of who these characters are and how they’d interact! ✦ Come On, Get Up, Let Me See Your Bruises by Imadra Blue, obi-wan & anakin, 5.8k When Obi-Wan and an eleven-year-old Anakin crash land on a muddy, dangerous planet, Anakin is badly injured. Obi-Wan is pushed to the limits, determined to save his young Padawan, even if it’s at the cost of his own life. Oh, no, feelings. ): Obi-Wan and Anakin are only just a little ways into their Master/Padawan relationship, so they don’t really know how to talk to each other very well yet, the feelings are there but neither of them really realizes it, and so of course they fall into a dangerous mission with a terrible crash that leaves them injured and that’s when they realize just how much they’ve come to truly love each other. It’s so satisfying for whump fic and h/c in the way Obi-Wan is so desperately worried over Anakin, in that it eventually gives us them melding their minds together so Obi-Wan can help keep Anakin focused when he has a concussion, and it just happily, happily embraces being all about shoving these characters into tough circumstances to make their bond even stronger and give me feelings about it. God bless. ✦ A Good Place to Die by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash?) + some anakin/padme & yoda & bant & cast, some violence/injury, 115k Exhausted after over a year of fighting in the Clone Wars, our heroes are sent on another mission to a vacation paradise planet. This mission brings danger and the aftereffects may very well shatter the deepening friendship between Master and Padawan. This fic consumed me for the last several days and I am going to try to write a coherent rec for it, when all I really want to do is just keyboard smash like you wouldn’t believe. I admit that the fic is OTT in places, some of the reactions aren’t really earned, as well as I would say Obi-Wan would be less “this is all my fault” and more “get your shit together, Anakin” (in a supportive way), but at the same time, what the fic does is takes issues that are absolutely there in canon and puts them in a high pressure cooker and watches everything explode in the most satisfying for me way possible. This is 115k of Anakin absolutely losing his shit when Obi-Wan is near fatally wounded, in a really selfish and hypocritcal and emotionally messy way that is entirely, entirely accurate to his character. Anakin is a character–especially at this point in his life–where he thinks that he’s ready to be a Knight, that he’s ready to be on his own, then something happens and he has to actually stand on his own for awhile, and he absolutely cannot handle it, he swings wildly between various emotions, he’s angry and hurt and terrified and desperately doesn’t want Obi-Wan to die because he still needs his Master. It’s 115k of Obi-Wan’s slow path to recovery and how he protects Anakin still, how he tries to make things easier on Anakin, how he tries not to burden his Padawan, tries to give him the space to be happy, how he just cannot take Anakin’s happiness away, not even when he needs help. It’s an exploration of Obi-Wan’s struggle to accept help (instead of always giving it), to open up emotionally to Anakin, just as much as it’s about Anakin’s absolutely horrible reactions when something bad happens. It’s chock-full of those moments that are an absolute struggle to get through to the other side of because they’re both so terrible at communication, it’s a fic that’s all about how Obi-Wan tries to encourage Anakin’s indepedence and respect his privacy, while Anakin just desperately wants Obi-Wan to shove him into a chair and make him talk about these things. It’s a fic that’s about how there’s such affection there (all the little memories of how Anakin used to crawl into Obi-Wan’s bed or curl up against his side when he needed comfort or the forehead kisses were so good for me), yet also you see how the distance has grown between them. It’s a fic that absolutely nails how much I want to just smack Anakin for his reactions, how much of a brat he is, how selfish and hypocritical and hurtful he is when he lashes out, how he was wrong in his reactions, but while also still completely loving him, that is exactly how I should feel about Anakin Skywalker. He’s does and says horrible things and is selfish and hurts people who love him, but I still get why they love him and I still love him myself, I would still move mountains to help him. It’s a fic where you get that Anakin really does need someone to grab him by the scruff of the neck and make him apologize for the shitty things he’s done and to put him back in his place because he needs someone else to set the boundaries. There’s even a moment towards the end that shows how Anakin loves both Padme and Obi-Wan, that he gets different things from them, and it’s only a brief moment but it nailed how I feel about these two characters in his life. It nailed how he’s so incredibly sorry afterwards, how much he hates himself, how Palpatine twists things around and makes Anakin’s inability to trust in the love from others all the worse. It’s a fic that also had some great Obi-Wan & Yoda moments, some great moments with Bant and Garen, that I could see undercurrents of Obi-Wan/Anakin to go with the textual moments of Anakin/Padme, it’s a fic that’s about how Obi-Wan and Anakin do love each other, how they can say it to each other, how they can finally understand a few more things about each other. It’s long and just one id-satisfying amazingly cathartic read that left me entirely sated by the end of it. ✦ Measure of Force by esama, obi-wan & anakin, 2.1k Anakin woke up with his heart thundering in his chest, explosion echoing in his head. Oh, I loved this fic something fierce. I love the concept of it, I love the little details in it, I love the philosophy of it, but I also love that it understands the characters. I love that it’s this quiet moment between Obi-Wan and Anakin, where you can feel the weight of the fate that binds them, yet also still they only just met, it’s a quet few minutes in the middle of the night and yet something incredibly important happened here, all over tea. I love that already you can see Obi-Wan becoming Anakin’s teacher, not just scolding him or talking at him, but to him, listening to what he says in return, which allows for some realizations when Obi-Wan’s metaphor on the Dark and the Light sides of the Force gets away from them a bit. And what I really love is this sense of… the series of events we see in canon could have been this giant vision that Obi-Wan saw, there’s a chance to follow a different path in this universe, all while done in this really lovely, understated, in-character way that was just a beautiful read. ✦ You Didn’t Hear It From Me by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin & garen & bant, 6.2k Garen Muln reminisces about his childhood friend. Oh, my god, this fic was an absolute scream, I don’t think I stopped making :D faces the entire time I was reading it! It’s delightfully told from Garen’s pov, talking to Obi-Wan’s Padawan (never named, but) about what he was like as a youngling and it’s pure joy from start to finish, where Obi-Wan is the worsttroublemaker just about ever, but in really sharp, clever ways that are different from how a typical troublemaker would be. It’s so perfectly spot on for what Obi-Wan would have been like as a youngling, the hilarity of all of the shenanigans he got into and how they were tailored beautifully to his character, how he was so goddamned Extra As Fuck, but in a very, very Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way, and it was just such a great fic to read and perfectly spot on, I totally agree that this is exactly how Obi-Wan would have been and it’s hilarious what a little shit he was. ✦ Sleepover by SkippingSteppingStones, obi-wan & anakin, 2.1k Shortly after having been accepted into the Jedi Temple, Anakin’s…idiosyncrasies have bought him a place in Obi-Wan’s quarters. Obi-Wan thought that it would make him happier, but all it seems to have really done is get him closer to a boy he can’t begin to understand. I will read so many fics just like this one–in the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, when they’re still stumbling with trying to begin to understand each other, when their worlds are so different, but they’re trying, and it’s not a smooth road at all, but there’s such care and effort there, that it finds a way to work out in the end. And this fic was solid and lovely for that, with Anakin being cold and that’s not really what’s wrong and Obi-Wan eventually figures it out, just right the mix of bittersweet and actual sweet. I felt all warm and fuzzy reading this, just the way I was supposed to! ✦ Don’t Look Back by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 26.7k ObiWan Kenobi doesn’t believe in luck. It’s one choices and training, not luck, that determines one fate. When he and his padawan are stranded in the mountains, he faces a life or death decision and Anakin Skywalker faces a lesson he never wished to learn For a fic that’s over 26k, this one really just flew by and I feel like I’d barely gotten started before it was over! Partly this is because it’s a fic that’s focused on one event–Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a planet and have to try to climb to safety, but Obi-Wan has to cut their cable to save Anakin and then the struggle to find their way back to each other, when Anakin fears his Master is dead and Obi-Wan very nearly is dead from his injuries. And, granted, it probably helps if you’re super into “Anakin thinks Obi-Wan is dead and proceeds to flip his shit about it” like I am (BOY, AM I INTO THAT) so I ate this up like it was delicious, delicious candy, but I do think it’s a really solid, good read. It’s set early in their relationship, they’ve only been together a fairly short time, but already Anakin is intensely attached and deeply panicked at the thought that Obi-Wan might have died, as well as Obi-Wan is intensely protective of Anakin and basically gets up in the morning for him and fights his way back for Anakin. It’s very much a fic about how deeply connected they are already, how they’re still feeling each other out, but there’s such importance there, and that’s deeply satisfying to me, so I whipped through this like you wouldn’t believe and was so glad to have read it. ✦ Behind a Waterfall, Before the Pyre by Persephone_Kore, obi-wan & anakin & yoda, 1.4k The thunder of a waterfall and Yoda’s silence give Obi-Wan shelter to feel until he’s ready to think. His Knighting and a promise give shelter to Anakin. This is a lovely look towards the end of TPM, just after the loss of Qui-Gon, but before the funeral pyre, the heavy weight of Obi-Wan’s character and the loss and the future responsibility he has, the really well done sense of quiet where nothing can really be fixed in the moment, nothing can really make it better, but grief can be shared and, when Yoda sits down next to him, there’s a quiet sharing of that grief. And when Anakin huddles up next to him afterwards, it’s the beginning of something, it’s an awkward first step, but a bittersweet one, you can feel the importance of what’s starting here and how they’ll come to mean so much to each other. It’s a short read, but it was a really good read for me. ✦ Life Beyond the Code by Bek-K, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 141.7k wip After the Naboo incident, Obi-Wan defies the Council to train Anakin. Leaving the only life he knows behind and with Anakin’s help, he discovers life beyond the code. I do have a couple of caveats about this fic: The first half of it is the stronger half, but I also recognize that I’m most interested in the fic when it’s focused on Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship. The fic works better if you assume Obi-Wan is about ten years younger than he actually is, because he doesn’t feel like someone who’s almost thirty years old, but instead in his early 20s. And while the fic does have a plot, the best moments are more in the slice of life family building that Obi-Wan and Anakin have with each other, when they kind of leave the Jedi Order and decide to build their lives into something else. And that’s where this fic got me, it had such heart and charm in those moments, but I’m always here for that kind of heart-warming slice of life stuff, so it was right up my alley. It’s one of those fics about how things are fluffier here, even when they have trouble, you know things will work out for them, and so it was like a warm blanket in the right scenes for me, and sometimes I just really need that in my life. Plus, with the length of it, it was nice to have something longer to sink my teeth into and just read read read for a few hours at a time! ✦ Coalesced Matter by Mirror and Image, obi-wan & anakin & dooku, 48.4k Jedi Master Dooku is in a long-term undercover assignment with slow but steady progress. But he gets a distress call from this Knight Kenobi with a Padawan Skywalker and things just start to go crazy. Cranky grandpa Dooku is apparently a thing that I desperately needed in my life and I’m so glad I read this fic. I had a day to do not much else and so I was puttering around to find a new fic to read and thought, eh, I’ll give it a try. I promptly got sucked into the whole thing because it was exactly what I wanted, where Obi-Wan and Anakin are picked up by Dooku who is still a Jedi but is teetering on the edge of becoming a Sith and the three of them are forced into playing family, which provides the nudges that all of them need to get back onto a healthier track. Dooku finds connections, Obi-Wan is able to get past his grief sooner, and Anakin finds the structure that one person alone cannot provide, the balance between healing from Qui-Gon’s death (that affects them all) and building on it is lovely, and there’s plot shenanigans! The beginning is a little rough, a little more tell-than-show, but once I got underway, the fic was a solid read that utterly captured my imagination and I would have read at least another 50k of this one, it was just so pleasing to what I want. Which is apparently cranky grandpa Dooku who finds himself having feelings for these grand-Padawans of his. And that they still really need guidance while you can feel how incredible they’re both going to be in the future, like, that is the perfect blend to strike for a fic like this! So, so satisfying. ✦ The Promise by Ripki, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k Unwilling to leave, Obi-Wan waits beside his young padawan’s sickbed. This is pretty much how I see the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, yes. That Obi-Wan cared about, grew attached to, and probably loved that little munchkin from the time he was just a year or two older than when we first saw him. I love that this fic did a lovely job of being about feelings, that Obi-Wan knows Anakin will get better when he’s sick, but he just can’t make himself leave, even though Jedi detachment tells him that he’s not actually doing any good here. It’s not denial about his feelings, Obi-Wan knows exactly what he feels, but Anakin is always different for him, there’s such deep and understated affection and care here that it gave me all the right feelings. It was a fantastic read. ✦ Learning Curve by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin, 5.2k It is a poor student who does not thereby also teach his master. Two adorable scenes from early on in Anakin’s Padawan days, both of which appeal for different reasons! The first is a fic where Obi-Wan has returned after a long delay on a mission and Anakin is upset about how long he’s been gone, scared because he was so worried and it’s set in an AU where Qui-Gon is still alive and able to help smooth things over a bit, but it’s still wholly about Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship and, ahhh, so adorable and heart-tugging! The second is a delight because you absolutely see the ending coming and yet it’s no less great because absolutely Obi-Wan can be a bit of a dick on purpose when he wants to get something done. Two scenes from Anakin’s early days as Obi-Wan’s Padawan and it was a joy to read them both. ✦ Take My Waking Slow by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin, 2.7k The elusiveness of sleep, and the practice of patience. Three very early mornings in the Kenobi-Skywalker quarters, once the droids have been dismantled and the pyres burnt down. Three scenes of waking up early or being unable to sleep, during the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship and they’re each just… bittersweet and yet something good, something hopeful, something meaningful. They’re little bits of filler scenes, nothing that has to be epic, instead more slife of life and they’re perfect for that, they contribute to my feelings on what was such an important relationship and how difficult it was for both of them and what it meant to both of them and just…. I could read a hundred more of fics exactly like this, which were understated in the right ways and not trying too hard and just had a very solid, smooth style that left me with the sense that… even though they were short scenes, they were entirely satisfying, they didn’t need to be longer to make me feel like I truly read something. ✦ Nightmare by saxgirl42, obi-wan & anakin, 1.6k A young Anakin looks for comfort on a cold, dark night. This is everything I wanted from the early days of Anakin’s time as a Padawan, where he has a dream about losing Obi-Wan, the person who is the only constant in his life right now, and can’t help but sneak into Obi-Wan’s room to make sure he’s still there, which leads to Obi-Wan pulling him into the bed for them both to sleep and comforting Anakin. It’s just exactly what I’ve been looking for, where there are cuddles when they’re needed, where Anakin has just completely grown on Obi-Wan, where it’s cute and a little bit bittersweet, both in just the right amounts. ✦ Finding the Words by freedomfry, obi-wan & anakin, 2.2k Anakin frowned as he looked through the words beginning with S. “I’m not here,” he said. This was super cute! And then it wasn’t. The concept might seem a little silly, the theme of s-words across the span of such serious events, but the actual details and moments, the charm of the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, the cute kid and the surly but still lovable teenager, all the way to Darth Vader and how heartwrenchingly painful all of that was, it’s really well done and made my heart ache all over again. Any fic that can produce an actual ache in me (I admit that I’m prone to it, but still) is one I’m glad I read, it’s a bittersweet and well-written look at the characters, even if I kind of want to cry afterwards and stuff my face into some fluff to make myself feel better. ✦ Death and the Living Force by YamiSnuffles , obi-wan & anakin, 4.6k Not much time has passed since Qui-Gon’s death and both Obi-Wan and Anakin are trying to find their own way. Little did they know, the one they mourn will also help them move forward. I both love and hate this fic with such a passion–I love it because it’s so exquisitely spot on to how I think Obi-Wan and Anakin’s dynamic was in those early days, but I also hate it for the same reason. I want things to be off to less of a rocky start, I want Obi-Wan to be more emotionally open, I want Anakin to be less of a burgeoning rage monster, and yet it’s not who they are, it’s not Obi-Wan to hug the moppet like I want him to, not when he’s grieving like this, it’s not Anakin to settle down and be more secure and mature. They still find a way to move forward, it’s obvious they care greatly about each other and this is an epic relationship in the making, it’s ultimately a bittersweet but good fic, but man. It broke my heart in a way that feels very much like canon. ✦ Hello Again verse part 1 / part 2 by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 2.3k wip When Anakin Skywalker is born, Obi-Wan Kenobi is flooded with dreams-memories-visions of a life already lived. These are two scenes from a much larger AU, which hasn’t been written yet but oh boy did these two pieces capture my attention something fierce and are already giving me the good stuff, so even if nothing more comes of this one, I’m already happy. It’s an AU where they both are flooded with memories much earlier on and Anakin knows that his Very Important Person is a Jedi and is somewhere in the Temple and, oh my god, I didn’t know how much I needed an AU where todder!Anakin is looking for someone, the Jedi don’t know who, they think it’s someone else, and then eventually, WHAM, he and Obi-Wan are finally reunited in the most hilarious and adorable way pretty much ever. I had so many feelings during their reunion (and almost-reunion!) and the writing is so sharp and perfect and engaging, I practically grinned until my face hurt the entire way through both pieces, I loved them so much. ✦ untitled by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & satine, ~1k She takes a moment to look at the blue projection of a waiting Jedi padawan before entering her private comm room. This is a follow-up to the Hello Again verse (here and here), which should probably be read first, but either way, this was a short but lovely look at Satine’s pov when Obi-Wan calls her with some important news. It’s about the fun dynamic between them, how they have these sharp edges along this such deep affection and care, how they banter and how they have these soft moments, all of which fit them very nicely here! But it’s also about something so incredibly important that Obi-Wan wants to share with her and, oh, my fannish heart. ✦ The Mathematics of Repair by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 4.6k For raw teachers and rough-edged students building in the rubble: tiny steps are enough, provided they carry you in the right direction. Immediately post TPM, in short snippets. Another fic that’s about Anakin’s moppet years, told in snippets and scenes/moments, to create a collection of slice of life stories. I love how it’s not always easy, they’re still feeling each other out, still adjusting to the losses they’ve both faced and trying to figure out who this other person is, but they get there with small steps and moment by moment. I loved how each of the moments is something I could easily see, as they face new situations and new things to learn or adapt to, new people to meet, and there’s a really great sense of little details, of time passing, of them doing things, but that it’s still at the center about the characters and their relationships. I loved the slow progress towards being able to banter with each other, the sense of hope that’s there when they’re finally on the same wavelength, that there’s finally an established connection between them. It’s such a lovely fic and it was so satisfying to read, both because I crave moppet Anakin stories, but also because it was just a genuinely good character piece! ✦ My Very Young Apprentice by squelchything, obi-wan & anakin, 1k Anakin and ObiWan take a while to get to know each other on a rainy Couruscant night. A short but lovely piece set not long after TPM, where Obi-Wan is still grieving Qui-Gon and Anakin just curls up in his lap and it’s a quiet bonding moment. I will read a thousand of these fics, just watch me, because it hits my id so directly on and it soothes my heart and they’re just entirely enjoyable, especially when the fic really gets exactly what I wanted and is lovely to read. ✦ Works in Progress by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin, 3.2k wip (sort of) Padawan Anakin Skywalker is a work in progress. But then, so is his master. Various unconnected snippets set during the apprenticeship of Anakin Skywalker, updated whenever inspiration strikes. This is a collection of shorter fics (two of them at the time of this rec), moments in the lives of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, so each of them can be read on their own, if you like. And I absolutely adored both of them–the first one is total joy because it does such a great job with Obi-Wan’s character, who is resoundingly responsible and noble, but also would absolutely make bets on Padawans’ sparring and the way he answers Anakin’s questions, direct and yet not direct is great. I would have read it just for moppet Anakin years, but the Obi-Wan characterization was even better. The second is more serious, as Obi-Wan deals with Anakin trying to do too much too quickly, always so talented with technical skills and not yet emotionally mature enough for all of it, in a way that was really, really good to read. The way Obi-Wan gets Anakin to stop and think, to look at things in a bit of a different light, the way it’s a struggle and works well enough, but not perfectly, the way they’re both really trying here and you can see them making progress, but it’s so frustrating, even as there’s so much good and hope here? It’s absolutely perfect, I could read a hundred of fics just like this one and still come back more just like it. ✦ From One Generation by Phosphorescent, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k “What do you know about it, anyway?” Anakin muttered resentfully, scuffing a booted foot against the floor. “You were a perfect padawan, probably just like Ferus karking Olin.” His Master’s eyebrows shot up nearly to his hairline. Yesss, I love moppet!Anakin stories and this was a lovely one, where Anakin has gotten in trouble and grumbles about how Obi-Wan wouldn’t understand, so Obi-Wan tells him a bit about what he was actually like as a Padawan Learner. It’s super adorable and easy to see as part of canon, both of them are absolutely spot on and the conversation has a great flow to it, especially for Anakin’s mercurial temper. An absolutely delightful read! ✦ They Who Stay Behind by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 20.4k A newly knighted returns home with a new padawan. It’s time to start a new life, trying not to mourn one lost and forever gone. Oh, I really enjoyed this fic, it’s set in the days just after The Phantom Menace, and there are times when it goes a little hard on the angst (Qui-Gon’s treatment of him is a little harsher than I see it in canon, but it’s used for the purpose of Obi-Wan’s story, so I understand why it’s here), but at its heart it’s about Obi-Wan coming to terms with everything that’s happened, with the story of how he struggles through those difficult times, when he’s had so much crumble under him and yet has to stay strong for Anakin, how that relationship with Anakin gets off to a rocky start, but they do have affection for each other and they do figure out how to reach each other. There are moments of absolute adorableness and moments of bittersweetness and moments of upset and hurt, all of them winding around together in a satisfying fic about the beginning of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, all in a way that was a really good read. ✦ Our Honored Dead by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 9.1k One year after tragedy and triumph, Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan Anakin Skywalker return to Naboo for its first Memorial Day. It is an anniversary of endings and of beginnings. This fic is exactly what’s on the tin, it’s set a year into Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, so things are going more smoothly now, both between them and in their adjusting to the circumstances in their lives after all that changed for them on Naboo. It’s another fic that’s solid for seeing these two interacting with each other, for showing that not everything is perfect, but they care about each other, that they’re both wonderful characters to read about, that it’s about really starting to heal. There are some flashbacks that are ouchy in just the way they’re meant to be, but also they have crying moppet Anakin flinging himself into Obi-Wan’s arms to get a hug and the comfort that only Obi-Wan can give him just punched me right in the feelings place. A really lovely, super solid fic that was very satisfying to read. ✦ i am young, but i have aged. by shoiryu, anakin & cast, 1.5k Let us say you are nine years old, and you are a slave. This was half-meta, half-fic, and it’s a lovely look at Anakin’s character and the deep-rooted issues he has from childhood and on into adulthood, from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader. There’s something intimate about the second person pov that really worked well for me here, it’s not something I always like, but it allowed for a better sense of being in Anakin’s shoes and made me feel for this beloved trash child all over again. Plus, oh, this one moment especially: His attention cannot be allowed to waver from you for an instant, for if it does, you will be alone. If he is not watching you or scolding you, he does not care, he does not love you. Oh, Anakin. ✦ Into the Breach by Melody_Jade, obi-wan & anakin & the council, 4.9k Qui-Gon survived the duel with Maul but is gravely wounded and in a coma. Obi-Wan is left to champion for Anakin’s fate before the council himself. This is one of those fics that definitely takes a harder view of the Council’s attitude towards Anakin and you just have to roll with that, but it’s one that doesn’t get my hackles up because it’s from the point of view of a character who would interpret them that way and they’re not cold-heart and the fic’s point really isn’t about them, but about Obi-Wan bonding with little moppet Anakin sooner (because Qui-Gon lived but was in a coma, so it forced them together and gave them the chance for a little breathing room in their grief) and so he defies the Council in a more obvious way right from the beginning. The real point of the fic is the super cute and delightful bonding between Obi-Wan and bb!Anakin, which was absolutely a highlight to read, I will never get tired of reading about them at that point when it’s as warm-hearted and easy to read as this one was. ✦ Sleeping with the Enemy by Imadra Blue, obi-wan & anakin, 1.9k While Qui-Gon is in a Council meeting, Obi-Wan is left with the care of young Anakin. Anakin’s irritating, but much like a tumor, he grows on Obi-Wan. SUPER CUTE. Obi-Wan and kidlet Anakin forced to spend time together, where the fic balances that tension between them, because they don’t know each other yet and Obi-Wan has no reason to care about him yet, with that there is an instant connection there, an instant fascination that Anakin has with him, a very quick affection that Obi-Wan develops for the little moppet. It’s super cute and fluffy without being too sugary and I may have done a bit of hand clasping after having finished it. ✦ Promise by Aridette, obi-wan & anakin, 1.2k Obi-Wan goes on a dangerous mission, leaving his young Padawan behind. When he returns injured, Anakin insists he come along the next time. I am so very weak to tiny little moppet Anakin who desperately wants to stay by his Master’s side, who is adorable with all those feelings and this fic knew exactly how to get straight at my heart, because I am intensely interested in this era of their relationship, as well as of course there is eventually a tiny little missile launching itself at Obi-Wan because he wants to hug him. Give me that forever, especially when it’s as precious as this one is. ✦ First Rain by Allie_el, obi-wan & anakin, 3k Obi-Wan runs back to the Temple in a frenzy when he believes something is wrong with Anakin. The fic starts off a little rough, but by the midway point of the first chapter, I was totally onboard with the super cute and absolutely adorable fluff here, when little Anakin is scared by a thunderstorm, which he’s never experienced before. The fic just happily embraces that it’s all about Obi-Wan being protective of the little moppet and that it’s about Anakin needing a hug and to curl up against Obi-Wan, and that even when he’s older, it still helps because he’s still just as emotionally needy. It’s pure soul-soothing fluff that I ate up like it was delicious candy because it was. ✦ Reemerging Daylight by Pandora151, obi-wan & anakin & bant, 7k Obi-Wan, still struggling with the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, collapses under the pressure of being a new Knight as well as a Master to an unusual Padawan. Anakin watches him fall and begins to understand his new master so much more. Set two weeks after the events of The Phantom Menace. I admit, the fic went a little hard on the angst and whump for me, but it also brought the reveling in how it brings Obi-Wan and Anakin closer together, how it helps connect them and shows how much they’re already beginning to care about each other, how they start opening up to each other. It was a lovely read, one of those set in the early days of Anakin’s training as a Padawan and was all about getting them to a point where they could hug each other even. The ending was super cute and this was absolutely a satisfying read! ✦ Young Old Man by LuvEwan, obi-wan & anakin & oc pov, 4.1k Anakin tries to learn more about the character of his new Master, soon after the tragedy of Naboo. I was a little thrown by the “young old man” aspect of the fic, but! OC POV on the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship! As Obi-Wan takes Anakin to a place that he helps out at, sharing something that means a lot to him, as Anakin soaks up all the new information he’s gaining about his new Master. It’s a really good use of an OC to have an older woman free to give Obi-Wan shit because she remembers him from when he was younger, as well as taking Anakin aside and talking warmly to him, while still making it about the canon characters. It was one of those nice little gap fillers that was a really solid read! ✦ Scared of You by LuvEwan, obi-wan & anakin, 2.3k Obi-Wan struggles with his apprentice during two very different, but traumatic moments. Two scenes during Anakin’s Padawanship, where he’s utterly devastated by a loss, one time a pet he was clinging to as something comforting, the other after the loss of his mother, both of the times that Obi-Wan was there for him and comforted him, helped him. It’s a couple of bittersweet scenes, because you can feel the affection and care here, they do struggle their way towards a strong connection with each other, they do find the right things to say, but you know it’s not going to be enough. There’s such heartbreak here, but such hope as well, which sometimes makes it worse, just the way Star Wars fic always should be. ✦ The Trouble With Gungans by saxgirl42, obi-wan & anakin & jar jar, 1.9k Jar Jar causes trouble for Anakin in a Coruscant pub. And I loved this fic as well! Because it’s a cute story about Anakin tripping into trouble that Jar Jar has caused entirely by just being Jar Jar and Obi-Wan has to deal with this shit and I love that, even when his patience is low, he practically spoils Anakin in that way that you almost don’t notice, because Obi-Wan is clearly utterly fond of him, even when he probably should at least get a little bit of a lecture. But when Anakin gets knocked around, nope, Obi-Wan is much more about being protective than anything and it was so good for my soul because it was an utterly charming fic! ✦ Keeping the High Ground by Pyxelle, obi-wan & anakin + luke, 2.5k While training with Luke aboard the Millenium Falcon, ObiWan remembers a lesson with Anakin that reminds him of what he is still fighting for Oh, no, this gave me too many feelings, it was too charming and sweet which only made the feelings worse, because we all know what happened in the end. But it really is a great look at Obi-Wan training Luke and remembering when he trained Anakin, when he was teaching him so much, when he taught him to keep the high ground, to not take chances when he was vulernable, when he was trying to help him overcome the very thing that would later undo Anakin. It could have been overwrought or too much, but the fic really knew how to keep it sparkling, so that it wasn’t too foreshadowing or too overdone, it was just… almost a slice of life memory while Obi-Wan was on the Millennium Falcon and it worked really, really well for me for that. ✦ Enquiring Minds Want to Know by Gabri Jade, obi-wan & cast, 3.3k Obi-Wan struggles with an unusual assignment. This was really cute! Often times, when you get a fic like, “Obi-Wan is tasked with writing an advice column for a magazine, because the Jedi want to seem more approachable.” you get utter crack or no attempt at making it seem feasible within the actual world. But this felt a lot like something that maybe could have happened, it was reasonable and understandable and yet lost none of its gentle humor for that! I loved not-long-after-TPM Obi-Wan struggling with how to answer things, coming up with reasonable answers and thinking seriously about the questions but also super annoyed by them, and it was just… it put a smile on my face because it was such a charming fic to read. ✦ A Code to Love By by gizzi1213, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k When Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a distant planet, the strength of three little words reveal themselves. A short but satisfying look at Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, after Obi-Wan is wounded and Anakin proceeds to lose his shit in really dangerous and telling ways while Obi-Wan is out, until Obi-Wan finally starts getting better and he can calm down a little. I make no bones about how I love Anakin being a total mess, especially when it’s over the person who sets so many of his boundaries, and so it’s probably a little OTT in places, but my id was super, super delighted to read this, because Anakin just loves him so much and Obi-Wan loves him as well. And the more fucked up Anakin is about it, the more I love it. :9 ✦ The Stray by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin & ocs, 10.4k Even in a galaxy far, far away, every boy needs a dog. Anakin brings home a pathetic life form, and Obi Wan is far from amused. But which of them is the worst rascal? I cannot even begin to tell you how much I loved little bb!Anakin in this story, when he takes in a stray and of course everything winds up blowing up in his face and I felt every bit of the struggle he has with trying to adjust and you can see the foundation being laid for everything that’s to come, but it’s also a cute little story about a mishap when he’s young and it ends with Obi-Wan being a stealth asshole to people that annoy him in the absolute best way and kind in his own way, too. It’s a semi-quick read and just so utterly solid in the writing of it! ✦ A Good Cause by 221B.B, obi-wan & anakin, 3.3k Not surprisingly, an argument with one’s padawan doesn’t do one good. No, but, seriously, if you give me a fic where Anakin practically curls up on Obi-Wan because he still needs comfort from his Master even once he’s an adult and a Jedi Knight himself? I’m pretty much guaranteed to be yours. And this fic is lovely because it’s just a touch of Obi-Wan being amused at Anakin having difficulties with his Padawan, just as Obi-Wan had with Anakin, but then when it actually happens, no, Obi-Wan loves him far too much to be amused, it’s still far too soon from their own relationship for him to be anything but sympathetic and wanting to help Anakin. He doesn’t fix everything for Anakin, he just cuts through Anakin’s emotional spinning and then lets Anakin curl up on him a bit and it really, really worked for me and gave me all the bittersweet warm fuzzy feelings, just like I wanted. ✦ A Trip to Forget by amber75, obi-wan & anakin, 14.8k ObiWan and Anakin’s latest mission starts off on the wrong foot and gets worse from there! I usually prefer a little later in their relationship, but I got pulled into this fic and couldn’t put it down until I’d finished it, because it was a lovely, solid story about Obi-Wan and Anakin on a mission, how things aren’t perfect, they’re not a seamless team yet, but you can see the beginnings of it, you can see the rough edges between them, the lack of understanding, but also see how they bridge those gaps, all while trudging through a jungle. It’s self-contained and perfectly paced, I enjoyed every inch of their mutual discomfort as various bits of jungle decided to make their day terrible, but most of all the building of the relationship between them was perfect. ✦ Passing Dreams by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 2k The first time that Anakin has a nightmare about his mother, he and Obi-wan are coming home from an assignment. Oh, my heart. The way Obi-Wan and Anakin just don’t quite understand each other emotionally, especially as Anakin is worried about his mother and just cannot cope in the way Obi-Wan does, all of that blended with how they try and find a way to at least connect, to come together and Obi-Wan may not be perfect, but he’s there and he makes it clear that he cares. You can still see Anakin’s road coming, but you also see why his relationship with Obi-Wan is so intense. A wonderful fic. ✦ Brass Knuckles by skygawker, somewhat obi-wan/anakin (can be read as gen) & ocs, 15.1k Anakin gets rejected, flirted with, involved in a less-than-legal race, and punched in the face—but not necessarily in that order. Written for the AcesInSpades ficathon, features demisexual!Anakin. Written for the prompt “brass knuckles.” I admit, I read this fic as the sexual attraction between Obi-Wan and Anakin being genuine and there, just not the right time for either of them, but it’s totally possible to read it as gen as well, if you want. And it’s only sort of about that attraction, the point of the fic is on Anakin’s character and how he deals with being an emotional mess and tries to work through things and just isn’t really a very good fit with the typical Jedi ways. It’s a lovely look at his character, how he copes with things, how he’s trying so hard and sometimes it’s hard to read about him like this because he really is a good person at heart, but so much gets fucked up in his life, and while this time works out, while it’s not an entirely miserable fic to read (and could even be a Divergent Timeline, if you wanted to read it that way), you can see more than one trouble spot with him. The characterization is lovely, I really enjoyed teenager Anakin being both rebellious and resentful and desperate for even more of Obi-Wan’s affection, who clearly loves him very much, but isn’t always sure how to handle such a mercurial teenager. I really loved the kind and caring scene where Obi-Wan turns Anakin down, it was so spot on for them both, it wasn’t over the top or or too dramatic, it was just the right amount of understated, and I loved the ending that made my heart feel better. A lovely fic all the way around, especially because I could not agree more strongly that Anakin is absolutely demisexual, that is a hill I will die on. ✦ Sloth by keep_me_alone, obi-wan & anakin, 1.3k Anakin’s a lazy fuck and Obi-Wan is so tired This is a short piece but I’m such a sucker for this era and for Anakin being such a little troublemaker even when he doesn’t really mean to be and Obi-Wan’s life is just really goddamned hard. I think it’s Obi-Wan being tired in his very soul, but in an affectionate way, we’re reasonably sure, that just delighted me with this. ✦ Lightsabers by Jillie chan, obi-wan & anakin, ~1k Obiwan has stumbled on a secret of Ani’s… This was a cute, silly, humorous little fic of Obi-Wan stumbling over Anakin’s lightsaber stash (setting aside that lightsabers aren’t that easy to make, if anyone could sneak enough kyber crystals for them, I’d buy it of Anakin) and I am always here for Anakin getting caught and Obi-Wan actually being better than all of us when dealing with that brat. ✦ Autopilot by FernWithy, obi-wan & anakin, 2.4k Obi-Wan devises a test to teach Anakin trust A short but interesting look at how Anakin copes with Jedi teachings, just one of the little ways that things go wrong not because of the lack of care but just because sometimes that’s how things work out and also terrible communication. It’s more of a sad piece than anything, but definitely still worth the read. ✦ The Dynamic Duo by Kian-Rai Delcam, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k What happened in Anakin’s padawan days, and how in the Force did Obi-Wan manage to not kill the boy? A series of one shots surrounding the pair, some humorous, some dark. This was short but totally adorable! I love the image of Obi-Wan getting frustrated with Anakin, who is just always getting into something, but gentles it into teasing him, as well as a scene of Obi-Wan letting a young Anakin sleep in the bed with him after a nasty dream. I will read a thousand of these kinds of fics and never get tired of them and this fic fits right into that collection of how it made me happy to read it. ✦ Reassurance by j_k_rowlingjr, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash?), ~1k Anakin is only little and the flames worried him. He missed his mom. And he missed Qui-Gon. But he had his new mentor, Obi Wan. Despite that this is marked as a pairing, I found that it read just as well as entirely gen, so I’m gonna put it into that section, all the more so because it’s in line with a bunch of fics that I’ve been reading–short, bittersweet, comforting fics when Anakin is still a little kid and needs Obi-Wan to comfort him. Including Anakin crawling into Obi-Wan’s bed and asking to stay there for the night and my heart just being entirely soothed for it. And this fic is another lovely addition to the collection, ahhh, bless it, too. ✦ Worthy by whereiismymindd, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k 12-year-old Anakin is upset because other Jedi think he isn’t good enough. Obi Wan tries to help him, while dealing with some demons of his own. I am always, always here for fic like this, where I feel really badly for poor kidlet Anakin, but Obi-Wan is entirely there to help him back up, to say what he needs to hear, to care for him and protect him, even if it’s just emotionally. I loved the moments of Obi-Wan talking about what he was like as a Padawan as well, but mostly it’s just about Obi-Wan’s utter dedication to how much he cares about Anakin and will protect him. My heart, okay. ✦ The Consequences of a Crash by SkywalkerShenanigans (HedgehogJawn), obi-wan & anakin (this can be read as entirely gen) & cast, some injury content warning, 31.9k Anakin doesn’t remember how they lost control of the ship. A newly made knight and his former master crash on an unknown world and must hang on until help arrives. Obi-Wan is injured and anxious. Anakin is injured and, well, being Anakin. Rec #1: There are only three chapters at the time of this rec, but I’m enjoying it a lot! Anakin is such a hot mess when shit goes down, when Obi-Wan is injured and Anakin’s faced with that he might die and the only thing holding him together is that Obi-Wan is still awake enough to help him, which is exactly how it would go. The writing is solid and I enjoy h/c when it’s clear that the characters are doing what they can to mend each other, when they draw comfort from just being near each other, when they’re two idiots who seem to always get into this kind of trouble and yet it’s still somehow terrible each and every time. It’s a really fun fic and I’m looking forward to more! Rec #2: This is a fic that you want to turn to if you’re in the mood for some whump and h/c and Anakin absolutely losing his shit at the thought of Obi-Wan not being in his life anymore. That’s the heart of the story, the possible gentle nudge towards making them say something to each other (and it’s up to the reader to decide whether or not that’s enough to change things), to go along with injuries on a remote world when they crash + Anakin’s emotional instability being on full display, no matter how hard he tries to pull it together, no matter how much he whiteknuckles his way through a lot of it. What the fic does really well is this building sense of danger, as the days and scenes pass, that things aren’t getting better, even when they’re trying to keep up their spirits, even when it’s not like there’s any one single moment where you can pinpoint that it all goes wrong. It’s a fic that’s about the stress of feeling helpless when something is wrong, that it’s a fic about Obi-Wan trying to let go of Anakin because he feels that’s what’s best for him, while Anakin is not dealing well with it because he’s just not made to let go of the people he loves. It’s a fic that’s about digging into that aspect of their relationship and making my fannish heart hurt with the feelings I have about these two, that the slow but inexorable drag on Obi-Wan’s health makes me feel Anakin’s panic and terror that he’s going to lose him. It’s one of those fics that got me a bit misty-eyed in the right places because, oh, I do have such intense feelings for these characters and I’m super invested and when you write something as solidly done as this, I’m just going to be a bit of a mess, too. ✦ When the world gets too heavy put it on my back by nematoda, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + references to to obi-wan/anakin, 25k wip Studies of platonic love in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, exploring the master/padawan relationship with Qui-Gon and eventually with Anakin. This was an interesting look at Obi-Wan’s character, where he comes across as younger/less insightful than in canon, but I absolutely get where the author is coming from with the fic, that he just doesn’t get the sexual drive other people have, that he wants physical contact but doesn’t see how it comes across to others. Each of the chapters is basically its own story, each set at a different point in his life, but all doing a really great job of showing what it could be like for an ace character trying to navigate relationships when he doesn’t want sex. And I can still put this together with canon, because aro and ace are not the same thing (while the fic doesn’t touch on this, I can put it together in my head) and the fic does a great job at not trying to shoehorn in our modern language or try to push it into ways the characters wouldn’t talk about it, but instead actually showsit and doesn’t make it define the characters. I picked the fic up for platonic interactions in Obi-Wan’s life, because I’m a sucker for that, and I especially loved the Obi-Wan & Anakin scenes, because they really felt solidly spot on to the characters, from when Anakin was a cuddly little kid to when he’s a sullen and moody teenager that Obi-Wan struggles with to when he’s an older teenager with hormones who has a complicated relationship with his master. Each of these is something I wanted, because I love bb!Anakin! And I love that teenage Anakin swings back and forth from being sullen to desperate for Obi-Wan not to leave him, just a complete and total emotional mess that was so satisfying to read about! And I love teenage Anakin who really kind of desperately wants his Master to fuck him, but Obi-Wan’s just not interested in sex, and it’s complicated because Anakin can’t help feeling that if Obi-Wan loved him he would fuck him, even when they manage to get around that, it hit so many of the things I wanted from their interaction. What started as just wanting some gen fluffy interactions turned into, oh, no, now I’m having feelings about Obi-Wan and his complicated relationships with people, especially with Anakin and the fic’s writing is absolutely lovely and knows exactly how to hit some of those emotional beats that we all come to fic for. ✦ Masters and Padawans: Three Generations by GirlwithCurls98, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + anakin & ahsoka, 24.6k Three generations of incredible bonds. Oh, I never wanted this fic to end because it was such a perfect thing for what I was looking for and was so many great moments and was paced so well! Each chapter has three scenes, set around a common theme, with each generation of Master and Padawan pairings, showing all the comparisons and contrasts between all of them, showing all the care between these characters. It had such charm and sparkle and was so very, very easy to see these moments, some big and huge, some small and like little slices of daily life, some happy and some sad, all of them filling in even more of the detail of these characters’ lives in the way I crave. It was so solid and satisfying a read, I just couldn’t put the fic down, I had to keep turning the page, all the more so because I wanted to see the reflections between one generation and the next, because the fic was so good at keeping just the right length for the scenes! They’re short scenes, but I never felt like they were too clipped or brief, the fic was great about choosing moments that only needed to be little snippets, about making them complete on their own but feeling much bigger because they were part of a set of three scenes, in a fic that had 30 chapters of this. That’s 90 different moments in the various points of the timeline and yet none of it felt repetive of pointless, all of it was about the connections between Master and Padawan, so it was just one of the most emotionally satisfying things I’ve read lately! ✦ What the Heart Hides by Valairy Scot, obi-wan/siri & anakin & cast, nsfw for descriptions of violence/torture, 269k Jabiim and ObiWan’s death there and how it affects Siri Tachi. I have a few caveats about this fic before I get going: The fic is definitely overly long, it could have easily been edited down to half. The fic is definitely a navel-gazing fic, where the author really wanted to revel in what they were writing, and so it went on at length, there was a lot of talking about reactions, rather than showing things (the tell-rather-than-show) thing. And Obi-Wan absolutely went into Gary Stu (for lack of a better term) territory here, that I suspect you really have to be a fan of the character to enjoy. I mention these caveats because I want to encourage people to keep reading because underneath those things is a really solid story that I’m glad I got to sink into for several days, because I could just read and read and read with it! The entire first half of the fic is about Obi-Wan being captured by Ventress and part of the reason it’s so long (other than the author wanting to really revel in it) is that it’s showing the slow grinding down of Obi-Wan’s defenses, that it’s not about breaking him physically, but spiritually and to do that with someone who is as morally strong as Obi-Wan Kenobi, you really have to go for it. It was longer than I was expecting, but the second half is all about Obi-Wan’s recovery and, I admit, that was definitely what I was here for, so getting ~130k of Obi-Wan trying to let go of the hate and darkness that seeped in, while dealing with Siri and Anakin’s attempts to help him, that’s my jam. And, yeah, okay, I was definitely also here for the way the author writes Anakin, who is sometimes incredibly unfair to Obi-Wan, how Anakin so often makes situations all about himself even when he’s trying to help someone he loves, and the author really nails how much anger is in him, how it’s protective and based in insecurity and just consumes him sometimes. I love that this fic is gen for their relationship, but the author is friendly towards Obi-Wan/Anakin fic, it’s really easy to read the potential into their relationship, and more than once there’s a pretty clear undercurrent of parallel being drawn between Siri and Anakin, both as characters and in their relationships with Obi-Wan. This is a fic where I think you have to go in wanting to get out of it what the heart of the story is focused on, that if you’re here for just one of the things (an Obi-Wan fic, an Obi-Wan/Siri fic, an Obi-Wan & Anakin fic), you’ll probably end up feeling like you’re wading through a lot you’re not here for, but if you like the combination of those things, it’s nice to have a fic that’s basically two novels worth, it’s nice to have a fic that just absolutely embraces how much it loves Obi-Wan and how great he is, how even when he’s being tortured he’s still solid in his emotional stability, that even when he questions himself, it’s in ways that anyone else would have cracked over. It’s nice to have all these moments of the author nailing how Anakin is, how it takes awhile for Siri’s personality to come through (she’s fairly flat until the second half) but it’s fun to watch that happen and you can tell the fic really enjoys the building up of that relationship. It absolutely is a fic that decided to write almost 270k of Obi-Wan whump and everyone loving him the most and Obi-Wan loving them the most and spending all that time talking about the characters in practically a meta way (the fic is at its strongest when there’s direct action or conversation, I admit) and if you’re good with that, it’s a solid read that you can get lost in for a few days! I’m absolutely glad I read it, if only for the line about how Obi-Wan has Anakin half-convinced that there really is a Jedi rulebook he’s quoting from, because that was goddamned hilarious and perfect. ✦ And The Truth Shall Set Us Free by Nicole1, obi-wan & anakin, 23k ObiWan and Anakin are sent on a mission to a planet that holds painful memories for both of them. I’ll admit ahead of time that this fic needs a good scrub with the grammar brush, but the heart of the fic is absolutely solid and provided me with a) satisfying Obi-Wan whump and b) Anakin freaking out about potentially losing Obi-Wan and c) SURPRISE SOUL BOND. It’s a gen piece, but it’ll be satisfying to both gen fans and pairing fans, because the relationship between the two characters is so strong and it’s literally soul-deep by the end, as well as there’s plot happenings and action scenes! I was especially fond of just how badly Anakin reacts to the idea that Obi-Wan might be dying from being poisoned, you can see how emotionally needy he is and why he teeters on the edge of the Dark Side so easily sometimes, because he’s so desperate about his affection for others, while Obi-Wan is so much calmer and solid with himself, even as he loves Anakin just as dearly. I do wish there’d been a sequel, I’d have greatly enjoyed seeing how this affected ROTS, but it stands well on its own and was a really solid, satisfying read! ✦ What You Are (the Certain Point of View Remix) by Beatrice_Otter, obi-wan & anakin & padme, 1.3k Three people look up at the stars at night. Oh, this was lovely and bittersweet, the three times these three different characters look up at the stars and think about all these bittersweet or painful things. Obi-Wan thinking about Luke and Anakin, Padme thinking about Anakin, Anakin thinking about his future, it’s all so lovely and wonderfully written and just quietly sad, in that way Star Wars fic has. Each is a good insight into the characters but also makes a lovely collection together, so pretty and painful. ✦ When the world gets too heavy put it on my back by nematoda, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + references to to obi-wan/anakin, 25k wip Studies of platonic love in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, exploring the master/padawan relationship with Qui-Gon and eventually with Anakin. This was an interesting look at Obi-Wan’s character, where he comes across as younger/less insightful than in canon, but I absolutely get where the author is coming from with the fic, that he just doesn’t get the sexual drive other people have, that he wants physical contact but doesn’t see how it comes across to others. Each of the chapters is basically its own story, each set at a different point in his life, but all doing a really great job of showing what it could be like for an ace character trying to navigate relationships when he doesn’t want sex. And I can still put this together with canon, because aro and ace are not the same thing (while the fic doesn’t touch on this, I can put it together in my head) and the fic does a great job at not trying to shoehorn in our modern language or try to push it into ways the characters wouldn’t talk about it, but instead actually showsit and doesn’t make it define the characters. I picked the fic up for platonic interactions in Obi-Wan’s life, because I’m a sucker for that, and I especially loved the Obi-Wan & Anakin scenes, because they really felt solidly spot on to the characters, from when Anakin was a cuddly little kid to when he’s a sullen and moody teenager that Obi-Wan struggles with to when he’s an older teenager with hormones who has a complicated relationship with his master. Each of these is something I wanted, because I love bb!Anakin! And I love that teenage Anakin swings back and forth from being sullen to desperate for Obi-Wan not to leave him, just a complete and total emotional mess that was so satisfying to read about! And I love teenage Anakin who really kind of desperately wants his Master to fuck him, but Obi-Wan’s just not interested in sex, and it’s complicated because Anakin can’t help feeling that if Obi-Wan loved him he would fuck him, even when they manage to get around that, it hit so many of the things I wanted from their interaction. What started as just wanting some gen fluffy interactions turned into, oh, no, now I’m having feelings about Obi-Wan and his complicated relationships with people, especially with Anakin and the fic’s writing is absolutely lovely and knows exactly how to hit some of those emotional beats that we all come to fic for. ✦ Epiphany by Elenothar, obi-wan & anakin, 3.8k After the tiring mission to Ansion, Obi-Wan&Anakin are both stressed-when dreams about his mother dying plague Anakin more and more, his emotions start getting the better of him as his Master struggles to understand his apprentice before it’s too late… One of the reasons I keep coming back to this pairing is the way they hurt each other because they love each other so much, that the words they fling at each other sometimes hit a mark deeper than they mean to, so it’s all this delicious emotional h/c for me, when they figure out a way to come back to each other. Anything that can give me that ache in my chest, when Anakin is upset about the dreams of his mother’s death and lashes out, when he hurts Obi-Wan precisely because Obi-Wan loves him, and then he’s desperately sorry about it afterwards, oh, just give me a spoon because I’m going to eat that up like delicious candy. ✦ Tears by ForgottenMoonbeam92, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k The night after Qui-Gon is killed, Anakin wakes to find Obi-Wan by his bedside. Surprised that the reserved Jedi is seeking company, he hardly knows what to do. But sometimes, nothing needs to be done. I’m serious, I will hunt down every single fic like this I can, where it’s not long after TPM and they share their grief, where Obi-Wan is still mourning but reaching out to this little kid who has no idea what to do next and is so sad as well, hugging him and pulling him close, so that they can share this moment together. This is entirely one of those fics meant to be sweet and soothing, even as it’s in a bittersweet, painful point of their lives and it’s exactly the kind of fic I’m gonna read as many of as I can find, bless. ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 11.2k Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers. I believe I’ve recommended these fics before, but on the author’s tumblr, rather than AO3, so here, have a fresh rec now that they’re up here as well, because, oh my god, these were so great. The first one is a time travel AU that I loved, the second one is a divergent timeline that I also loved, both totally worth reading! But, oh. Chapter 3 is Basilisk!Obi-Wan, where he is a giant snake instead of a Human and it’s amazing. It’s told in snippets across the span of his life, from how he first came to the Jedi Temple to his time as an Initiate to his time as a Padawan and to his time as Anakin’s Master and during the Clone Wars. There are so many incredible little moments, so many hilarious moments, so many geneuinely touching moments, so many moments of struggle and overcoming them, so many moments of just Obi-Wan being awesome, all of it is something I never knew I needed as badly as I did. I honestly just have the biggest grin on my face every time I reread even little snippets of this one, it’s so delightful. ✦ untitled by letslipthehounds, obi-wan & anakin & dooku, 1.1k Anonymous asked: Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus runs into Obi-Wan and Anakin several years prior to AOTC, and decides that they are Qui-Gon’s legacy and he is going to make sure they do well. This was another short piece, but one I enjoyed because I really love fic where Dooku’s path in the story is interrupted because of his connection to Qui-Gon’s legacy, whether for better or worse, because it makes the character so much more interesting. His intentions there, the potential in such an interesting situation, really got me and I enjoyed this just for the brief look at what might have been or what could be the start of something bigger, it works both ways. ✦ The Teacher Learns Twice by Magical_Destiny, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 4.5k Early in his apprenticeship, Obi-Wan learns an important lesson. The words of Qui-Gon Jinn become a legacy in the most surprising of ways and the most unorthodox of settings — Dex’s Diner. This was a solid, interesting piece of two scenes rhyming with each other, set in Dex’s Diner. I especially enjoyed the Obi-Wan & Anakin scene, it was really interesting to see how Obi-Wan had changed and grown up, that he was the person we saw with Anakin. But mostly I loved that, even when things are tense or bittersweet at best, there’s still such hope and joy here, there’s still looking to the good in life. And I loved that it didn’t try to browbeat the reader over the head with issues on attachment, instead it felt much more like how Obi-Wan wouldbehave, especially with Anakin, who struggles with these things so much and how Obi-Wan is so much better suited to helping him than another would have been, all told through little moments of Obi-Wan letting things slide or skipping a lecture, in ways that felt so very organic and natural. ✦ Homesick by SkippingSteppingStones, obi-wan & anakin, 2.8k After his surgery to remove the slave detonator from his body, Anakin Skywalker has grown lonely in hospital, and reflects on life. Where this fic got me was in the second half of it, when Obi-Wan shows up in the medwing and it’s the start of something here, where it doesn’t have to be perfect, there’s still a lot of distance between them, but you can absolutely feel the beginnings of what they’re going to become, that it’s just this really quietly heart-warming fic about these two people coming together, that they’re taking the first steps in their friendship. It’s just… really cute! In a way that worked for me with these characters, especially after the angsty first half with Anakin being so lonely, just one of those really solid and great reads I stumbled over today. ✦ Moving Forward by Oswald-Girl, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k Obi-Wan and Anakin find comfort in an unlikely place after Qui-Gon’s death: each other. Another short, but bittersweet & sweet fic about the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, as they’re just learning to understand each other and find comfort with each other and build their relationship. And I will read so many fics about Anakin thinking Obi-Wan doesn’t want him, where Obi-Wan reassures, yes, he is wanted, that circumstances may be complicated, but he’s very much wanted, like, that is what I am here in fandom for. ✦ Waters Edge by Sealgirl, obi-wan & anakin, 8.9k Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent to investigate a mysterious ocean world were people and things keep vanishing! This was an interesting little mission piece, where it’s exactly what it says on the tin, they’re sent to a mysterious ocean world and try to figure out why people keep disappearing. What I really liked about it is that it balanced the Obi-Wan&Anakin relationship with the plot of the story, that there was something just kind of unsettling about the feel of that place, like there was something lurking just out of sight, but without having to spell that out. Instead, it was in the way Obi-Wan seemed distracted and Anakin just wasn’t feeling anything too terribly off, it added nicely to the mood of the piece, rather than just telling the readers so. And then there was action and rescues and trying to figure out how an alien world worked and Anakin being kind of a real brat but also good-hearted and it was just a really good, solid read. ✦ Encounter by Sealgirl, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k On a lonely planet, Obi-Wan and Anakin almost get caught in a landslide. This is a short piece, just an almost sort of slice-of-life in the day of the Jedi who seem to attract trouble even out in the middle of nowhere with no one else around. It’s half about another mishap and half about the relationship between the characters, that there’s this undercurrent of something there, even if it’s not quite pre-slash. The potential, maybe. And sometimes that’s just perfect for what I want, especially in a fic that’s just about these moments along the way in their lives, just one more thing that adds up to a greater whole when you look at the scope of all of it. It’s well-written and nicely done! ✦ Gifts of the Heart by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin & shmi, 2.7k On a day with two meanings: celebration and anniversary, one happy and one sad, ObiWan Kenobi gives his padawan a gift of the heart and receives it back. Oh, this fic was so good for me. Obi-Wan takes Anakin to Tatooine when he’s young, just for a visit, to give Anakin a gift of the heart (to visit his mother) and then Anakin gives a gift in return and it’s just. OH MY HEART. It’s so sweet, just the right amount of bittersweet as Obi-Wan still misses his own Master and is trying to step back to give Anakin some space, mixed with how open and eager this Anakin is, how much he already loves Obi-Wan, who loves him back in that understated but deep way already, and it’s perfect. It’s not too sticky sweet or too fluffy or overly angsty, it was just the right amounts of everything for me and what I was in the mood for. ✦ The Drinker by Little Sister’s Keepress, obi-wan & anakin, 1k He was a master at these drinking games. I am 100% onboard the “Anakin is an absolute shit drinker”, that he’s a total lightweight, so fic where he tries to keep hold of his liquor and pretty much fails utterly at it, partly because of youth and partly because he’s just shit at it, I AM HERE FOR THAT. It doesn’t have to be a long fic, it’s just a couple of scenes in a fairly routine mission for them, where Anakin feels awful afterwards and Obi-Wan is much more serene and in control of himself and it’s just totally adorable and fun and spot on. ✦ untitled by stonefreeak, obi-wan & anakin, ~1k Anakin wakes from nightmares tinted red. The darkness of his bedroom seems oppressive, and no matter how many times he blinks red seems to seep into the edges of his vision. This is a short ficlet, but oh it’s lovely and adorable and bittersweet and heart-warming and perfect. When Anakin is 13, he feels he should be too old to sneak into Obi-Wan’s bed for cuddles and sleep, but a nightmare gets him up and sneaking out anyway and, oh, I love how easy it is in this moment, how it’s simple and quiet and Obi-Wan just lifts up one arm in invitation and I can see it so clearly and it’s perfect and my heart feels so much better after this lovely piece. ✦ To Argue is to Love by Zinga763, obi-wan & anakin, 1k Anakin is sick, Obi-Wan is confused. I read this while I was super sick with the flu and it was some really lovely timing for that, as well as one of my favorite things–the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, when their dynamic was still just getting set up. And it’s super adorable, the first time they really start to banter with each other, that uncertainty of how to approach the other that they both have, the way Obi-Wan finally manages to tease Anakin out of it, the sheer amount of care on both sides that neither really knew how to convey, all of it was just exactly what I wanted and was adorable. ✦ In Want by updiddlyupup, obi-wan & anakin, 7k Desperate to avoid all the ways he isn’t settling in, Anakin goes on a quest. This was a combination of adorable little moppet Anakin and the awkward first days of his apprenticeship with Obi-Wan, how they don’t really understand each other yet, how they haven’t really connected, and how Anakin is having trouble adapting to life at the Jedi Temple. It’s just the right amount of angst, while still being generally light-hearted and really pretty cute, just the right amount of hilarity and the right amount of feeling for both of these characters. It was actually a fairly quick read, because it was just the right length and it kept a good focus, and it was just… a really, really solid little fic that I delighted in reading. ✦ Temple History by sanerontheinside, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k There was no way his Master wouldn’t see that bruise, and so now Anakin was hiding. Oh, this was a lovely look at Anakin’s younger years, trying to fit in and struggling with it, especially because it’s not preachy or unbalanced, but instead this really warm-hearted, kind look at a tough situation and how these characters dealt with it. Moppet Anakin is adorable and I felt so much for him, loved him so much, but, ahhh, the moments between him and Obi-Wan, the way a Master looks after a Padawan, just had me utterly melting at how perfect and good this was. ✦ No Galaxy for Good Jedi by Annie_Walker, obi-wan & anakin & padme & qui-gon & dooku & yoda & cast, some obi-wan/satine, sith!qui-gon, 124.8k wip Obi-Wan Kenobi was only a young padawan when he ran away with three-year old Anakin. He had no choice after his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, fell to the Dark Side by Master Dooku’s manipulations. I have a handful of caveats about this story to start out with–the writing really needs a good scrub with the beta brush, as there are constant typos and misused words, up to half a dozen of them on almost every page of the story. I mention this to encourage readers past it because the writing underneath that is very solid and very easy to just read, read, read, but I had to be in the right headspace for it, I admit. Second, there’s a lot of fairly minor details of canon that don’t really work with the story, including that Qui-Gon as a Sith isn’t really how Sith are in canon, it’s more the Soft Sith thing that fandom loves–which, by the way, I am totally fine with! Third, this is an Obi-Wan who isn’t quite like the majority of canon, he’s much younger and more all over the place, but that works for his age, where he’d be about as old as he is in TPM. And, finally, I admit that the Obi-Wan/Satine stuff felt like it came up a little too fast and kind of derailed the fic until it got back in track. I mention these things not to give a back-handed compliment, honest! I wouldn’t have read well over 100k of fic and kept coming back for more if I thought this was a bad story, but I genuinely want to encourage people to pick it up because it’s very much worth it, even if I might have skipped past it myself because of these things. Those things all said, holy crap, I definitely ate up this fic like you wouldn’t believe! The thing about the story is that it’s very solidly done, it’s almost one hundred and thirty thousand words and I felt like I could read that much more all over again if the author happened to drop it in my lap right this second. It caught my attention because the heart of the story, for all that it occasionally drifts off into other things, is set on Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, that they love each other dearly, that they are the most important person in each other’s lives, and that was so incredibly satisfying to read. The fic winds its way through several twists and turns, there’s a lot happening and it’s not in any rush to get to the end, there’s plenty of breathing room here, in the sense that each section of the plot (whether they’re on the run, whether one of them has been captured by the Sith or the Jedi, whether they’re staying on Naboo or Mandalore for awhile, etc.) has plenty of time to have things actually unfold there, it spends time on each of these thigns. Yet I never felt like it was padding things out just to up the word count, it felt like each scene was there because that’s what the story wanted to be focused on in the moment. That may sound like a weird thing to focus on, but when I read longfic, one of the major things I’m wary of is a story that’s just endlessly dragging things out, so many scenes that don’t advance the plot or the characters. With this one I felt like these scenes were the point, that action happens just as often as it needs to (there are several fight scenes in the fic!), that it’s a story that’s not about rushing to the end, but about the long haul of this journey it’s on. Though, ultimately, what endeared this story to me is that Obi-Wan and Anakin’s older brother&younger brother (edging into something like father&son territory) was the heart of so much of the story, that pages and pages were dedicated to either their high octane antics and how desperately they didn’t want to be separated, how much they worried and missed the other when they were, how Anakin is devastated when away from Obi-Wan, how adorable moppet Anakin is and he’ll curl up against Obi-Wan when falling asleep, how there are moments of quiet domesticity that were a joy to read and soothed my soul. I enjoyed the plot of this fic a great deal, it hit me right in the genfic id places, but this relationship is what got me to pick up the fic and is absolutely the highlight of it, it’s what really got to me about the story and why I’m so glad to have read this one and look forward to every update! ✦ The Stars Died So That You Could Be Here Today by WinterSky101, obi-wan & anakin & padme, 4.6k Anakin and Padmé guide Obi-Wan through his mourning for Qui-Gon. Oh, this was so lovely for all three characters. It’s set from Padme’s point of view and she shines so much in this fic, but it’s really lovely for Obi-Wan and Anakin as well, it’s very much how these characters would react, it was so easy to see this in my head, there’s such warmth and care, framed in how thesecharacters would express it that it had my heart from the beginning. I really can’t express enough affection for that warmth this fic had, that I came away caring very much for each of them, that Padme has such compassion to her, that Anakin is bright and shining, that Obi-Wan is loved and will find his way even when he’s struggling right now and that makes you care more for him. I want to flail over little things, the way Padme is firm without being preachy, that she gives others their space, but also won’t back down from kindness, she’s warm, she’s the kind of person I want to be around, she’s the person I recognize from the movies. And it was just really, really meaningful to me today to read this.

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