Disclaimer : These guys all belong to George Lucas and all
those lucky people. Maybe if I beg, they'll let me borrow them?
Nah...who would let them go? (g)
Warning : Q/O. G or PG, depending on how you rate a kiss.
Spoilers for the end of the original trilogy, but who really
needs a warning for that anymore?
Archive : Yes to Master_Apprentice, all others please let me
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Timeline : Immediately after the end of "Return of the Jedi".
Author's Note : This vignette has been running around inside my
head for days, but I finally had to write it after read "The
Chest". Feedback is craved, of course.
Luke sat, enjoying the celebration, but also remembering those
that had been lost on the path that led to this moment. Turning
his head, he saw Yoda, Ben Kenobi and, as he watched, his
father shining blue-white against the dark night. As Luke
turned his gaze away, another figure, so faint to his eyes that
he could hardly see it, caught his attention.
The young Jedi returned his attention to the figures,
concentrating on the faint and unfamiliar man that stood behind
Ben. He was tall, taller than Ben, his hair reached to his
shoulders, and he was dressed in the robes of a Jedi Master. As
Luke watched, Ben's form seemed to change, to grow younger.
Lines of age and worry smoothed out of his face, and a long,
thin braid hung from his otherwise short haired head.
The younger Ben Kenobi turned to the man that stood behind him
and Luke could just barely hear him speak. "Qui-Gon..."
Though Luke could not hear the man's response, he was sure he
could read his lips as he replied. "Obi-Wan..."
Luke watched as Qui-Gon bent his head and brushed his lips
lightly against Ben's. Ben smiled and reached out to draw
Qui-Gon to him for a firmer caress. Their forms faded into the
night before their lips met, and Luke suddenly understood why
Ben Kenobi had accepted his death so serenely, why he had even
seemed to welcome it.
The young Jedi turned his attention back to the celebration,
his heart light with the knowledge that he need not grieve for
Ben Kenobi.
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