AU: Not Milliways continuity -Obi-Wan Kenobi -aiming for angst free for once, damn it!?

[last_kallig]

Ibani has a mounting headache. Stupid Sith scholars of the past and their need to be damnably clever.

Oh, the LITERAL translation is clear enough, the word is blood, but given the time and cultural context, that has AT LEAST 12 different possible meanings.

"If you weren't already several centuries dead, I'd smack you for being insufferably vague," she mutters at the book as she closes it.

"I need a drink."

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[acertainpov]

He pulls back from the kiss to look her in the eye and in answer just reaches out a hand to the lake, carries them both over without having to do any of the messiness of separating their arms.

But also, he needs to be clear on something.

Jedi can have no attachments. He will always be a Jedi.

He searches her face for an answer, this is only what it is, and he needs too check that she knows that.

[last_kallig]

Ibani nods in understanding. "You are forbidden attachments, I know," she says quietly.

"I am your friend, and I would not ask that you break a rule you hold in such esteem."

This being just what it is is fine so long as he will still be her friend.

[acertainpov]

"Always."

This cannot break friendships, he knows. It's also not about what's forbidden - Qui-Gon Jinn's Padawan has a healthy disrespect for the rules. But Obi-Wan is already experienced in what happens when you let yourself get too involved. He already knows the pull of the Dark Side that comes from putting one person above all others, even in the face of what is right for everyone.

But let her think it's about rules, rather than tell her why it is there's that little bit less of him to give.

[last_kallig]

"Well then," her eyes sparkle and she leans in to kiss him again.

Ibani knows about the Dark side, oh yes. She's fiercely protective of 'Her' people, and Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of those. There will be no hesitation and no mercy for anything or anyone that threatens him.

She chuckles in his mind. 'Time for you to teach me, perhaps. I've never been here before.'

[acertainpov]

Here, literally?

Obi-Wan's thoughts don't actually make words, because that's just not how his mind operates. It's more a questioning, understanding of his meaning that settles lightly in her mind. One of the reasons he's so good with non-verbal animals.

They reach the spot they were aiming for and settle down, first on their feet and then he bends his knees so they're sitting instead.

Or more metaphorically?

If so, he's surprised, but willing to be the teacher, in everything. He keeps that one hand on the nape of her neck, and rests his other on the back of her shoulders, and just reminds her that there's no need for anything except this, but at the same time, opens himself up, asking what she wants right at his moment.

[last_kallig]

'Metaphorically,' she answers, moving a hand up to his shoulders. 'No one else has ever felt right, for this.'

Trust has always been the main issue, or lack of interest among those she did trust, not that she shares that.

This is good for right now, but she's curious too.