by Fionnabair (fionnabair@bigfoot.com) and Aeshna
(aeshna@kelmaith.demon.co.uk)
Rating: R
Category: AU
Summary: After the events of The Gift, some of the tribe
struggle to deal with the ramifications.
Warnings: This has to have a MEGA warning attached. There's
been some seriously squicky stuff posted to this list, and we
know you all have strong stomachs, but please, take this
warning seriously. The contents of this story could leave you
very upset. They could warp your mind. Mere exposure to this
material could make you change your life. We are portraying two
adults here having consensual HETEROSEXUAL sex. If the idea of
this squicks you, DELETE this now. If you go ahead and read it,
despite the warnings, don't come crying (or flaming) to us. You
were warned.
Disclaimer: They're not ours. And George certainly never made
them do anything like this, nor did Todd Haynes.
Warning Number Two: This was conceived in a fit of madness
while decorating Fi's flat. However, since Aeshna is going to
move in, we feel you ought to be warned that more of the same
may happen in the future.
Adi was upset. It would have been obvious to a blind man, and
even though Qui-Gon Jinn was not in the best of health, it was
apparent to him. The strained way she asked Obi-Wan for some
privacy, the nervous fidgeting as the baffled boy smiled and
left the tent, the sigh of relief when they were finally alone,
all were indicators that Adi Gallia was most definitely not her
usual composed self.
"How did you stand it?" she burst out. "How on earth did you
cope?"
Qui-Gon looked baffled for a moment until enlightenment dawned.
"Ah, Riban."
"Yes, Riban," she snapped. "I'm being dogged by a... s..."
"A sex toy?" asked Qui-Gon in his blandest tone.
Adi squeaked and flushed. Qui-Gon grinned. It was interesting
to see the tribe's calm smith so disconcerted.
"He is NOT a sex toy," said Adi.
"That's not what he thinks," grinned Qui-Gon. "Payback's a
bitch, isn't it?"
"*I* never teased you about Obi-Wan," Adi protested. "That was
Mace!"
"True, but Riban's not following Mace around like a love- sick
puppy, is he? He's got better taste than that."
It really was interesting the shades of purple Adi's dark skin
could go, he thought idly.
"I'm sorry," continued Qui-Gon more soberly. "I couldn't
resist. But I can't see what you can do about it. Riban trusts
you, and from what Obi-Wan says, he's been abused by every man
he's been with. He needs you right now, Adi."
"Like Obi-Wan?" she asked hesitantly. Qui-Gon nodded.
"Don't do anything you don't want to," suggested Qui-Gon as she
rose to leave. "I know you won't let him do anything he doesn't
want to."
"So that's it?" she asked. "Go with the flow."
Qui-Gon nodded. "There is one alternative."
"What?" She turned at the entrance to the tent, hope lighting
her face.
"You could always take a vow of celibacy."
"Hello Adi."
"Go away Mace."
"Mom?"
"Yes, Ani?"
"Why's Adi so annoyed?"
"Is she?"
"She's been grumbling about Qui-Gon all day. Says he's stirring
it. And Mace came over to say hello and she nearly bit his head
off. Everyone in the camp is avoiding her."
"Everyone?"
"Except Riban. He just follows her around and stares at her
like this."
"Ah. Like that? Are you sure?"
"Absolutely, Mom."
"Hmmm. Well, he's either sick or..."
"Mom?"
"I'll explain when you're older. Now it's bedtime, Ani."
"MOM! Awwww!"
"Adi?"
"Next time I won't warn you, Mace."
"Qui-Gon?"
"Yes love?"
"Is everything okay with Adi?"
"Let's just say she's considering her options."
"Oh."
"Adi?"
The smith stalked off in a fury, followed by a worried looking
Riban, who glanced back to see Mace picking himself up off the
ground with a baffled expression on his face.
Depa hurried up.
"What happened?"
"I don't know. All I wanted to do was ask her to fix the
buckles on my saddle pack and she floored me. That woman's got
a hefty punch, I can tell you."
Depa watched the disappearing pair, Riban scuttling to keep up
with Adi's long stride.
"I think she's got other things on her mind at the moment. Wait
a few days before asking her again."
Mace followed Depa's gaze. "I wish I knew what's got into her."
He missed the suppressed squeak from a furiously blushing Depa.
Going with the flow wasn't too bad, thought Adi as she was
pushed back against the cushions in her tent. Gentle hands
carefully removed her boots, then her outer tunic and helped
her to turn over. She sighed in bliss as Riban began to massage
her neck and shoulders. He carefully kneaded the tense muscles
until she was fully relaxed. A few moments later she finally
felt alive enough to look up.
Riban was biting his lip in concentration as he worked on Adi's
back. His straight dark hair fell about his face, framing the
angles of his cheekbones and half concealing the scar across
one of them, a physical reminder of Maul's brutality. Despite
the plain leggings and tunic that he wore, the same as everyone
else, Riban always looked different. Whereas Obi-Wan seemed to
have shaken off his past with a change of clothes, it was
always clear that Riban was an outsider. There was something
exotic and unapproachable about him, yet his very walk was a
blatant invitation. Yet Adi had never considered him in this
light, seeing instead the bruised and bloody boy she had
comforted on that terrible night when they thought Qui- Gon
would die. But now Qui-Gon was rapidly recovering, the tribe
had begun to move south again, albeit slowly, and Riban seemed
to have decided that he belonged to Adi.
Or with, she thought as he caught her looking at him and
smiled. Slowly he dipped his head as she raised hers and their
lips met. The kiss was soft and tender and all the sweeter for
it. She smiled shyly as they broke and Riban dipped his head
again, asking for another.
He lay down beside her and pulled her into his arms for yet
another, deeper kiss. For a while he seemed content to merely
kiss then he tentatively began exploring with his hands. Adi
reacted in kind, letting Riban set the pace and make his own
decisions. It was becoming harder to control herself though, as
his practised hands grew bolder and more confident.
When he parted her shirt and bent his head to one dark nipple,
Adi moaned and clutched at him. Riban pushed her onto her back
among the cushions and smiled as she reached up for him.
Slowly, teasingly, he edged her shirt free until it was fully
open and she was bare to the waist. He laughed as Adi lunged
for him, pulling his tunic over his head in one rapid movement,
and lay down on top of her to continue his seduction.
She gasped as she felt the hardness of his cock against her
thigh, and bucked up against him. He broke his kiss to smile
ferally at her before pinning one of her wrists to the cushion
with his hand.
"Let me," he said softly. Adi nodded. She threaded her fingers
through Riban's hair as he moved his mouth down her body,
sucking and licking and caressing her into a frenzy. His tongue
skimmed the waistband of her thin leggings and she pushed up
against his body.
Riban chuckled softly as he began to pull down the waist band,
inch by tantalising inch, marking his path with his tongue and
his hands. Adi gasped as he dipped into her navel, then
continued on his inexorable path downwards. Dimly she was aware
that she was pleading with him, begging him to continue. He sat
up for a moment to remove her leggings fully, helping her to
raise her hips off the ground. He smiled at her and leant
forward to kiss her again, one hand caressing her inner thighs.
"May I?" he asked quietly.
Adi nodded, raising herself on her elbows. Riban kissed her
again, then pushed her back against the cushions. He ran a
finger down her torso, skirting her breast and marking the
indentation of her waist before returning to his previous
occupation. Adi whimpered in anticipation, but Riban did
nothing. She lay there for a moment, then propped herself up as
it became clear that nothing was happening.
Riban was lying between her parted legs, a puzzled expression
on his face.
"Riban?" she asked. "It's okay. You don't have to do anything
you don't want to."
He looked up at her in confusion. "But I do want to, Adi."
"Then what's wrong?"
"It's just..." To Adi's astonishment, the boy flushed with
embarrassment. "I'm sorry, this has never happened before."
"It's... Adi, what exactly are you supposed to do with women?"
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