Padawan Learner by Tue Original poster: elayna88
Title: Padawan Learner
Author: Tue
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan
( Warnings: )
Author's website: http://www.squidge.org/~pumpkin/TUE/tuetales.html
Link to story: http://www.squidge.org/~pumpkin/TUE/padawan.htm
Reasons for recommending: Padawan Learner is an unusual story for me to recommend, as normally I wouldn't have made it past the first few pages. There be darkness at the Jedi Temple, a darkness that has battered Obi-Wan both emotionally and physically. But I soldiered on because the fic had been rec'ced, and I'm glad I did. Obi-Wan is wounded, but he still has a resolute determination and inner strength that feels very true to the canon character. Qui-Gon has been wounded too, by Xanatos' defection to the dark side, and is deeply conflicted by the relationship in which he finds himself with Obi-Wan. The trust and love that grows slowly between the two as they learn about each other and develop their Master-Padawan relationship simply makes me melt, and seems particularly true and moving, having triumphed over such a troubled beginning.
( their first meeting… guh )