tpm_flashback | Love Is Blindness by Glass Houses

Title: Love is Blindness
Authors: Glass Houses
Rating: R
Pairing: Q/O
Summary: After Obi-Wan's Knighting, he approaches Qui-Gon regarding an old fantasy.

Warnings: None.

Author's e-mail/livejournal: ghouses@yahoo.com, http://www.livejournal.com/~glasshouseslive

Link to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/l/love_is_blindness.html

Reasons for recommending:

I have kind of a love/hate thing for this fic. I usually identify much more with Obi-Wan, but this one just makes me feel for Qui-Gon so much. In fact, the first time I read this I walked around in a funk for days. (Too many angst fics in a row.) This one draws you in then hits you with the ouch.

There's also a remix of this story by Fishgoat which offers an explanation of why things went down the way they did, but still no happy ending. :(

Quote from story:

"There is nothing you cannot ask me after a dozen years as my Padawan."

Obi-Wan just looked in his eyes and grinned that slight grin which spoke of challenge.

"All right. You know I had a crush on you when I was seventeen..."

Qui-Gon raised his eyebrows but simply said, "I thought you got over that more quickly than you developed it."

"I did, but -- " Qui-Gon make to speak but a quick motion from Obi-Wan stopped him. "Please, just hear me out." After getting a nod of acquiescence from Qui-Gon, he began again.

"Well, I had a fantasy about you that I could never forget. As long as I was your Padawan, it was never my place to ask, nor was it a request you could grant. But now that I stand here a Knight, it is possible -- and I'd like to fulfill that fantasy tonight."