Fallen for you: What Obi-Wan is doing isn’t good for anyone, that’s gonna come back and bite him in the ass isn’t it?
Locking
the door behind him, Obi-Wan moved into the fresher and turned around
to face the door, avoiding the mirror as he pressed his back to the
wall, sinking down slowly until his rear hit the tiles.
Anakin
had finally fallen asleep after a while, Obi-Wan reassuring him and
holding his hand until the other was asleep. Only then did Obi-Wan
slip away when he was sure the other was asleep.
Because
you could only compartmentalize for so long and it was not healthy to
put it off forever.
And
this would be the only time he was alone come the morning.
His
thighs still hurt, he was pretty sure they were bruising up from
Anakin’s weight and the sharpness of his pointy
knees.
Anakin,
heavy on top of him, eyes glowing, his hands bruising and hurting
Obi-Wan’s arms.
Breathing
hitched at that, Obi-Wan pressing his hands to his face as he let out
a small whimper. He knew that Anakin wouldn’t hurt him but in that
moment, all he could imagine, all he could see wasn’t Anakin, the
boy he had taught for so long.
He
saw the man who had been hurting him, the man who had cut his clothes
apart, the man who had broken Obi-Wan’s hips and
then gone at him again.
Who
had violated him while laughing and grunting while Obi-Wan fought
against his own screams until he couldn’t hold them in.
Sobbing
silently into his hands, Obi-Wan wondered if he would ever get
comfortable and normal again in his own skin. Wondered if he would
ever heal enough to handle being held down without revisiting that
memory.
He
was a Jedi, things happened and they were at war
right now.
‘Anakin
would never hurt me and yet at that moment…’ Obi-Wan shuddered
and brought his knees more tightly to his body as he continued to
cry, tears trailing down his bared cheeks to drip on his night tunic.
‘Master, I wish you were here. You would have some kind of advice
or comforting word for me.’ Obi-Wan shuddered, hugging himself
tightly as he let his thoughts trail onto Qui-Gon and his master’s
large, warm hands, the way the man would rub uneven circles on
Obi-Wan’s back while whispering comfort, telling him that it was
alright for Jedi to cry, that you had to cope with your emotions and
feel
them, to not let them control him.
But
Qui-Gon was gone, Anakin was Fallen and Obi-Wan would never be fine
again in his life.
How
could
he be fine?
Pressing
his head back against the wall, Obi-Wan continued his silent sobbing
while pressing his hands to his mouth, desperately wishing that
Qui-Gon was there, feeling small and broken, like nothing more than
that failed Initiate that was sent to Bandomeer.
Breathing
speeding up, Obi-Wan forced his legs to push out along the floor
instead, trying to get more air down his chest as his body quivered
heavily, uncovering his nose while breathing harshly out through his
mouth, tears still rolling down his face as Obi-Wan broke down in
the fresher, unbeknownst to anyone else in the temple as the
Negotiator himself was nothing more than a broken shell having a
panic attack as he sobbed violently but silently.
He
wasn’t sure how long he sat there on the tiles of the fresher but
when Obi-Wan finally managed to settle back in his own head, he was
out of breath, his face was sticky and gritty from tears and his eyes
swollen and sore from all the crying.
Shakily,
Obi-Wan reached out for the sink and used it to pull himself up,
swallowing harshly as he looked at his tear stained and reddened
face.
His
sleep tunic was covered in wet dark sploshes and after a moment,
Obi-Wan let out a shaking breath. “…Some Jedi master I am, huh.
If only you could see me now Qui-Gon, you’d be so ashamed of me.”
Obi-Wan rasped
out the words before he laughed
emptily before turning the faucet on cold water, carefully washing
his face and cooling down his eyes.
Over
him, in the mirror, blue color flickered as a ghostly hand reached
out, hovering over Obi-Wan’s back without settling to touch. ‘I
could never be ashamed of you Obi-Wan, you
were the best part of my life and I was just too oblivious to see it
or tell you…
Oh my poor, always
so brave but foolish
padawan… I’m so sorry I can’t help you, you
need to seek help from those around you.’
The
hand sunk down on the tunic covered back.
It
garnered no attention and the ghostly man closed his eyes as a
grimace of pain crossed his face. ‘You need help from the living my
dearest padawan, for this ghost is nothing but that, incorporeal and
invisible…’ The old Jedi master mourned as Obi-Wan coughed
harshly, his body still quivering from his breakdown.






