Is It Still There?

by Ruth Gifford (ereshkgl@cyberg8t.com)

(c) 1999


Rating: NC-17

Series: The Path of the Steel Rose (see author's notes)

Category: bdsm, PWP

Spoilers: none

Summary: Obi-Wan spends too much time . . . adjusting and pays the consequences.

Feedback: will encourage me to work on this series and will be appreciated solely for its very existence. Disclaimer: The characters and setting are owned by George, the dirty story by me.

Age of Obi-Wan: 19

Archive: M_A, and GiffStein (next time I bother to update), anywhere else? Ask I'll happily say yes unless it's sleazy.

Notes: There are a ton of things that went into this really short story. I watched baseball today (those guys adjust all the damn time). Mac posted those pics of Ewan with his hands down his pants and Trace and I got into a silly bit over that. Layna and I got into a silly bit over how I'd order my Obi-Wan (although we don't get him on the St. Andrew's cross . . . this time). So it all fell together with my idea for a series of stories based on an interesting concept. Many practitioners of bdsm find a great deal of spiritual strength in the rituals of discipline. Now it may sound more Sithly than Jedi, but I don't find it so. If there is a Living Force, I'm rarely closer to it than in the middle of a "scene." Therefore, I'm working on the idea that the young Obi- Wan, while researching ancient Jedi training paths for a paper ran across The Path of the Steel Rose, or a way to incorporate bdsm into training. Stories (some serious, some fluffy) will come along as time and inspiration permit and the timeline will be Obi-Wan's age. Hopefully people will like the idea and what I'm talking about will make some sense.

Anyway this is for Mac and Trace and Layna (hope it was worth staying up for) and ball players everywhere.



"Padawan," Qui-Gon Jinn said coolly, looking at his kneeling apprentice.

"Yes, Master?"

The two Jedi were going through their usual evening routine. After all the lessons and training were over; after dinner was finished and their quarters were neat and clean, Master and Apprentice would go over the days training, both giving their input into mistakes made and things done well. Most Masters went through something like this with their Padawans, but no other Master and Padawan followed the Path of the Steel Rose, so Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's daily debriefing went a little differently.

Obi-Wan knelt, nude, his knees spread and his hands resting lightly on his thighs. Qui-Gon was still in his robes, sipping a cup of tea. Both of them were semi aroused, although the evidence was far more visible on Obi-Wan.

"You dressed in a hurry before we sparred, did you not?" the Master asked.

Obi-Wan blinked, and then nodded. How does he know these things? "Yes, Master."

"Why?"

"Bant was telling this joke and I wanted to hear the punch-line." Obi-Wan hung his head to hide a faint trace of resentment. He'd been on time for their match, hadn't he? He'd fought well, hadn't he?

"What was the punch-line, Padawan?" Qui-Gon asked, smiling a little.

Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow and sighed. "'So the one legged pod racer said . . . '"

"'. . . don't worry about me baby, I ride side saddle.' That one is older than Yoda, Obi-Wan, and you hadn't heard it yet?"

"I'm just an innocent lad of 19, Master," Obi-Wan replied, tilting his head to the side so his braid slid past an already peaked nipple. He shot his Master a sideways lash covered look, only to see Qui- Gon rolling his eyes.

"You had four options, Padawan," Qui-Gon said calmly. "I'll tell you three of them. Get dressed while Bant is telling the joke; get your loingaurd in place properly regardless of locker room banter, or stop fooling with it during warm-ups and breaks."

"Ohhh," Obi-Wan said, slapping himself lightly on the thigh. "That." He ducked his head. "I'm sorry Master."

"For a while I was wondering if you were checking to see if it was still there." Qui-Gon's voice made it clear that the "it" he was referring to wasn't Obi- Wan's protective gear. "You looked absurd."

"Yes Master. One of the straps was twisted Master."

"Straps are not going to always stay perfect, Padawan. What was your fourth option?"

"Ignoring my discomfort the entire time, Master, and not just during the fighting."

"Exactly, Padawan." Qui-Gon held up a dataslate. "This third navigation problem in Advanced AstroNav; what made you choose the solution you chose?"

And the routine went on.

Obi-Wan's too frequent public adjustment of his loingaurd turned out to be his only infraction of the day and he heaved a carefully shielded sigh of relief. That sort of mistake called more for the fun kind of punishment than the not so fun kind, and he waited eagerly to see what Qui-Gon's diabolical mind would come up with.

"I think tonight's discipline calls for something from the middle set of drawers, Padawan." As Qui-Gon spoke, he rose to his feet, towering over his still kneeling lover and Obi-Wan looked up at him with shining eyes. Even the many layers of the standard Jedi robes couldn't hide his leonine grace and power, the beauty of strength held in check by control.

Obi-Wan bent his head to the floor. "You're so beautiful, Master," he said softly, knowing Qui-Gon would hear him.

"Shameless flattery, my dear Padawan, should be saved for the next mission where you need to pretend to be my boy toy." Qui-Gon couldn't help his smile from making its way into his voice. To be called beautiful by this work of art kneeling and bent over before him struck him as being absurd in the extreme. But then, I'm lucky, he thought. I've been given ownership of the most beautiful treasure in the world.

"Now, there's a small flat purple box about 12 inches long," Qui-Gon continued, "in the middle drawer. Have it on the table with the usual things and be on the wide bench on your back." He smiled slightly. "Be ready for me."

"Yes Master."




Obi-wan looked at the box curiously, knowing it hadn't been there last time he'd gotten something from the middle drawer of what had once been his dresser. These days, he had his own drawers in Qui-Gon's room, his own space in Qui-Gon's closet. Of course they still had his old room and all its space . . .

He moved a small table near the bench, and set out the box, several thick absorbent towels, a bottle of ice water, a bottle of the thick slightly spiced oil Qui- Gon preferred, and the regular restraints.

Hmmm, he thought, "how repentant am I feeling?"

He meditated briefly on the question and decided that, he'd made himself, more than anyone else, look foolish this afternoon, and so didn't deserve any punishment beyond what Qui-Gon had in mind. Then again, if he looked bad, his Master looked bad . . . He rose and moved quickly to the small pad in the corner and made sure it was ready to sleep in before folding it up again and putting the thin pillow on top of it. It never hurt to be careful.

And then he was stretching backwards over the leather padded bench, automatically telling his body to compensate for the fact that his head hung upside down. Making sure his wrists and ankles were near the bolts on the bench, he drew a deep breath and waited. His Master had told him to be ready, but all it took was arranging his body the way his Master wanted it, and he was hard and aching. He laughed briefly at the idea of his blood trying to decide where to go, to his head or his cock, but when he lifted his head, his cock was staring back at him, so his blood had made its own decisions.

Rather like everything else about me, he thought. As always, he reached for the Force, confirming yet again that this was the correct Path for him and that Qui-Gon was the correct Guide. And, as always, pure and far from the demands of his body and heart, the answer was affirmative. Accepting, he drew a deep breath and visualized the Steel Rose, with its terrible beauty and its burnished thorns coiled protectively around it.

When Qui-Gon entered his Padawan' former room he was almost struck breathless by the vision in front of him. Arched like a bow, or a Narbulian dancer, Obi- Wan lay across the bench, the arch of is erection echoing that of his body. The Jedi Master stared with eyes unnaturally wide as he forced the image into his mind, never to be forgotten.

A flick of his fingers and the restrains were back in their proper hook on the wall. Willingness. That was what made Obi-Wan and himself fit so well together. Restraints were needed for the times Qui-Gon wanted to see the young man struggle, or for when holding still would distract Obi-Wan too much from the pain Qui-Gon doled out. Tonight's pain would be light, more of a tease than anything else. Thinking of that pain, he opened the purple box and held its contents where Obi- Wan could see them.

If Obi-Wan hadn't gone so deep into his meditation, he would have laughed outright at the item in his master's hands. It was a very small flogger, made up of some sort of very thin stringy looking strands. They moved fluidly, probably some sort of very flexible polymer or something he noted absently, and looked about as frightening as a dancer's tassel. Then Qui-Gon was dragging the little whip across his mouth and he kissed it, the ritual reminding him not to laugh at something his Master was going to use on him.

The whip traveled down his body, feeling cool as Qui- Gon brushed it across each hot, hard nipple. It almost tickled as it moved lower, teasing his stomach and forcing him to hold his breath for a moment. Then it was sliding around and over his cock and balls, the tease suddenly maddening. It wasn't enough to feel like . . . anything. One of Bant's absurd expressions came to mind: "It was a great story until the end, when, suddenly, nothing happened."

The whip moved lower, teasing the crevices of his thighs and the cleft of his ass. By now he was squirming slightly, enough to let Qui-Gon know he was frustrated, but not enough to get into trouble for telling his Master what to do. A chuckle met his movements.

"So you weren't sure this," and the whip teased his cock, "or these," it slid down to his balls again, "were there? At least that seems to be what I hard Bant saying."

Oh Sith hells!

"Indeed Padawan," Qui-Gon replied aloud as he continued to tease with the whip. "I think your real punishment will be at breakfast tomorrow. You'll be eating in the dining hall with your friends, of course."

"Yes Master." No naked breakfast with Qui-Gon, and Bant teasing him. Joy.

Before Obi-Wan could mourn his fate further, the whip suddenly slashed across the shaft of his cock. He yelped in complete surprise. It stung. Quite a bit. It wasn't at all like being slapped, which hurt more, but it had a surprisingly long staying power.

"Is it there now, Padawan?"

"Yes Master!"

Qui-Gon proceeded to methodically beat Obi-Wan's cock and balls until the young man was writhing, bringing himself up to meet the blows at the same time he shrunk away from them. His hips undulated in rhythm with Qui-Gon's movements until the Jedi Master could begin to feel the first tendrils of the Force building up between them.

Fueled by his need, Obi-Wan offered that need to his Master through their Bond, as he'd offered himself up so many times before. Frustration was akin to, even, sometimes, one with pain and as Obi-Wan took the pain and absorbed it and let it go, Qui-Gon gave it out and received it back until the air between them fairly crackled with white/blue and green emanations of the Force.

Finally, they both crested into the Moment, a climax removed, yet brought on by their physical and mental efforts. Motionless, faces mirrored with silent ecstasy, they remained frozen, feeling their Bond grow once more, feeling their love course through them yet again.

And then, they were flung back into the hard world of flesh and Obi-Wan cried out in need. "Please Master . . . oh pleasepleaseplease . . ."

"Do you know they're there, Padawan?"

"Oh, yes Master!"

"Then, in the future, keep your hands away from them in public."

"Yes Master!"

Obi-Wan half screamed as Qui-Gon bent over the bridge of his Padawan's body and slid his mouth down over Obi-Wan's red and tortured cock, his hands busy toying with the young man's balls. No more tease or pain or irritation, just the smooth gliding suction of his Master's hot mouth and the motion of his strong agile tongue. In seconds, Obi-Wan was begging.

"Master . . . please . . ." Silently: I'll leave them alone in public, Master. Really I will.

Then come for me, Padawan.

And, howling his pleasure at the top of his lungs, Obi-Wan did just that.




Epilogue:

"Slumming this morning, Kenobi?" Bant asked as she made room for Obi-Wan at breakfast.

"You don't want to know some of the things that man considers breakfast." Obi-Wan put his tray down and then sat down rather carefully. "And Bant?"

"Yeah?" she replied, hiding a smile as she watched the way he moved.

"Trust me, I know it's there."



The End



BTW The whip described is about 10 inches long (including handle) and is made out of rubber strands just like the strands that make up koosh balls. These whips come in various weights and lengths and the small ones are great for those hard to get at or sensitive areas. I got my little one at Good Vibrations and it's canonically part of my regalia as President of TrekSmut University.