Snippet: What Comes After (Chpater 1)
So excited to finally share my submission for the @clonebang 2024! My work will be 10 chapters long posted every few days until the new year. Really privileged to have worked alongside @hello-there-cyarika and salomeme who have made some amazing art for this fic (links coming soon) and @alwritey87 who has been the most tireless, patient beta i've ever had :)
- Fandom:ย Star Wars
- Pairing:ย Commander Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi (eventually)
- Rating: T
- Tags: Cody-centric, Cody needs a hug, post-order 66, post-ROTS, angst, self-loathing, excessive amounts of introspection
- Chapter 1 now avaliableย here
When heโd successfully emptied the drawer, its contents packed away pristinely, Cody went to nudge it closed again with his foot but froze when he glanced back down.ย
There was a photograph left behind in the bottom of the drawer.ย
Codyโs heart clenched but he bent to pick it up regardless, twisting it around to view the faces he already knew were there.ย
The photograph was of himself and Obi-Wan. The Jedi had taken it the day the 212th had some downtime on Kashyyyk. He and Obi-Wan had taken two of the speeders out far into the surrounding forests, racing each other to the large river that split the land in two. Of course, Obi-Wan had won, but Cody suspected that heโd used the force to cheat a little (and to stop Cody smashing head-first into a tree). The day had been scorching enough that the river at the end of it had been a blessed relief. Theyโd even treated themselves to a picnic while they were there, sitting on an overhanging branch with their feet dangling into the cool water.ย
That had been the day Cody had realised he loved Obi-Wan โ truly and unfailingly. It was the day heโd figured out that he was loved just as hard in return, too.ย