darththalia (darththalia) wrote in tpm_flashback, @ 2004-12-06 09:48:00 |
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Original poster: hominysnark
Title: Blind Man’s Bluff
Author: Graendal
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Q/O
Summary: A blindfolded kissing game turns into something serious.
Warnings: Obi-Wan is sixteen.
Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id: I can’t find a scrap of information on this author--if anyone knows anything, please comment.
Link to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/arc
Reasons for recommending: I’m a sucker for first-time stories, and I especially like the ones where the motivation is not just UST--I like characters who know what they want, why they want it, and make conscious decisions based on those wants. Yes, getting swept away by passion is great, but if you make the choice to dip your foot in the torrent, so much the better.
In this one, Obi-Wan is suffering from the I-loff-my-Master blues, but thankfully doesn’t dwell on them for longer than a sentence or two. Instead, he decides to play a game the locals enjoy, a simple kissing game that quickly turns into something more serious, and perhaps more than he’s ready for. Torn between the option of continuing the game, or returning to his beloved Master’s side, Obi-Wan decides to love the one he’s with. Meanwhile, Qui-Gon has made his own decision ….
Quote from story: "Obi-Wan almost wished that he had chosen to stay at his Master's elbow rather than following the youngsters to their play, rather than finding himself here with a man's hands resting on his body, but the decision was made, and he found that he wasn't really regretting it. He swallowed shyly, feeling the reassuring warmth of the waiting hands on him. His own hand ventured outward, and found a bare, rippled abdomen. Obi-Wan swallowed, intensely aware of his partner's stillness. He nearly reached out through the training bond for Qui-Gon, an instinctive reaction in moments of stress, but suddenly stopped himself; this was no longer a children's game, and Obi-Wan... Obi-Wan was no longer a child.
"Or at least, he decided suddenly, he would no longer be one when he returned to his Master tonight."