Pandora's (sand)Box

I'm so excited to finally be posting my first Obi-Wan fic of the year! Took a while, but we're here now ;)

This is a Kenobi series AU with some more whump and an Ahsoka and Obi-Wan reunion, because I'm me and can't help having my faves hang out.

Here's a snippet:

Slowly, Obi-Wan lifts up his uninjured hand towards his face, until his fingers meet the cool, hard surface of a breathing mask. “You inhaled quite a lot of smoke.” Smoke? Obi-Wan shakes his head. “Where…” “We’re going to get her back, Obi-Wan. You just need to rest, alright? It’s going to be alright.” He doesn’t understand. It doesn’t make sense. None of this makes sense. “Where…” He tries again, forcing the words out. “Where…Anakin?” Silence. Then, a cold hand presses itself onto his forehead. Obi-Wan sinks back a bit into the cot, eyes fluttering. He wants to protest, to ask again about Anakin. Surely Anakin must be nearby if he’s hurt like this. Usually he is. Obi-Wan is certain he can sense him, anyways, but it’s so murky in the Force that he can’t pinpoint it. “I’m not sure,” the woman admits.

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I grew up playing a few different sports and struggled, especially at the beginning. I eventually landed on tennis, which is obviously different from football (or soccer, whatever) but there's always this element of being inferior to men, even with my own relationship with tennis in middle and high school.

I was literally comparing myself to my older brother and felt like I was failing because I couldn't even come close to reaching the highs that he reached in high school. when he tried out for the boys tennis team, he was immediately placed at the highest ranking #1 spot on the varsity team, which meant that he was pretty much The Best tennis player at the school. when it came time for me to try out for the girls team three years later, I couldn't even make it to the varsity team. there was this pressure from my parents and coaches and a lot of people I knew in my town to do what he did, and I fell short.

the years after that were difficult but over time, it slowly got better, leading up to me winning the county tournament with my doubles partner for our specific position (second doubles) and contributing to the girls varsity team winning the county tournament for the very first time during my senior year.