Warnings: Do we need warnings for an implied m/m relationship
on this list? =) No smut in this one.
Spoilers: post-TPM, don't read if you don't want to know what
happens
Summary: Obi-Wan finds it difficult to meditate - until his
Master intervenes.
** indicates Qui-Gon's thoughts
* indicates Obi-Wan's thoughts
Feedback: Yes, please.
**Calm your mind, Obi-Wan.**
Kneeling in meditation, or rather, attempted meditation,
Obi-Wan Kenobi couldn't help but smile slightly, sadly, at the
remembered voice in his mind.
*Ah, if only it were that simple, Master. Without you here to
guide me, it is more difficult.*
**I am always with you, my friend. Surely you know that.**
The young Knight's eyes flew open in surprise, and he glanced
quickly around the room. Remembering Qui-Gon's voice was one
thing. Hearing it answer a specific statement was another
entirely.
He caught the impression of quiet laughter, definite amusement.
**Why are you surprised, Obi-Wan? Remember, there is no death,
there is the Force.**
"But I..." Obi-Wan suddenly felt silly speaking out loud.
*But...*
**But? I am here, in your mind, in your heart, as I have been
and as I always will be. Close your eyes. Do you not feel me?**
Doing as he was told, Obi-Wan settled back into his meditative
stance and closed his eyes. Opening his mind, he found himself
enfolded and embraced by the presence of the man he had thought
gone from him forever.
*Master Qui-Gon.*
**It is I, dear one, though no longer your Master. You have
passed the tests, you are a Knight now. With a Padawan learner
of your own. I thank you for that.**
Obi-Wan's initial flash of pride was quickly damped, though he
sensed Qui-Gon's amusement anyway.
*You taught me well, Mas- Qui-Gon. And I promised you that I
would train the boy. I...* He hesitated on his wording, but
decided that his first choice was correct.
*I am afraid that I will not be able to train him properly,
that he will move more quickly than I can, that I won't be able
to stay ahead of his training.*
**As I feared with my first Padawan, and all Masters fear with
theirs. You are ready, dear one. You have the knowledge, and
the patience. You simply must remember that you do. And that I
will be here with you.**
Qui-Gon's words immediately calmed Obi-Wan's anxiety, and he
found himself finally able to pull his thoughts together, to
order his mind once again. Through their link, he felt his old
Master's quiet approval.
One thing remained to be said, one thing that he could not put
to rest.
*I miss you.*
**And I miss you, love.**
Obi-Wan felt the fleeting touch of a hand on his shoulder, of
lips brushing his, of a fingertip touching his chest, above his
heart.
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