Avoidance, by RavenD

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i found the list! i believe after this rec i owe four more. right, thal?

Title: Avoidance
Author: RavenD
Rating: G
Pairing: Q/O
Warnings: none.
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Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id: e-mail: oldblackbird @ livejournal . com ; website: http://www.ravenswing.com/ravendreams/ ; LJ id: oldblackbird
Link to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/a/avoidance.html
Reasons for recommending: The world is full of unrequited-love stories from the perspective of the person in love. There is not a corresponding abundance of stories of unrequited love told from the point of view of the person doing the unrequiting. This Qui-Gon is not cold, heartless, cruel, or any of that; he is simply not in love with Obi-Wan as Obi-Wan is with him. Raven does a lovely job showing the difficulty of that position.

I assure you that this has been on my list of things to recommend since the beginning of August. The fact that it mirrors a situation in my own life is nothing more than a painful irony.

Quote from story: Finally, Qui-Gon simply stopped his racing thoughts. "How can I tell one of my very best friends that I simply do not share his feelings?" he thought, sadness and regret welling up within him. "What I would not give to be in love with him, if for no other reason than to spare him this."