Like So Much Dust, by The Emu

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reccer's note: Due to serious Real Life problems last Friday, I missed my rec. I should be able to make it up this week.

reccer's note2: This week's rec is in honor of bant's birthday. What more could one want than a good death rec? But seriously, happy, happy birthday, fish girl!

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Hello campers, TGIF! Your "Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me" recommendation follows directly. Remember that you have to clean up all that confetti you're throwing!

Title: Like So Much Dust
Author: The Emu
Rating: R for sex
Pairing: Q/Other and Q/O
Summary: After the death of his lover, Qui-Gon tries to imagine how he could ever live alone.
Warnings: Character death.

Author's e-mail: emu@virginqueen.com
Website: The Emu does not like to have her site linked to, however I obtained permission to link to the story: http://www.zip.com.au/~emu/tpm/somdust.html
LJ id: the_emu

Reasons for recommending: Although I prefer the OTP, I often indulge in O/Other fic. I like to read stories about Obi's first lovers, etc. I've always had less of an interest in Qui's early years. This story is a wonderful exception. I read it when it was posted towards the end of the "flashback" period and then waited a year before commenting. I was curious about the ending. I asked Emu a question about Qui-Gon's thoughts, and she said she wasn't sure what he was thinking. I love that. You'll see what I'm talking about. This story, to me has that OTP feeling, but not in the way I expected. Others may disagree.

There's no way this piece is only 16K - it reads longer.



All missions would be taken on his own, now. Every lone mission would bring him back to this silent room.

"I'm near fifty years old, Reniius, and I have never been alone. I built myself on him. I don't know how to begin."