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hi Ann! holo h2h my baby! the fic that catapulted me into fandom!!! for this fic, I knew that Anakin had to be the common thread. honestly, as much as I love the relationship between Obi-Wan and Ahsoka, Anakin is almost always the common thread in my writing. so I knew I needed a moment where Obi-Wan is pleading with Ahsoka to reach out to him and Ahsoka just...can’t. even though it hurts.

“I’m sorry,” she murmured, staring at her feet. She was still wearing her Jedi-issued boots. That needed to change.

Obi-Wan shook his head. “I...I’ve talked to him, Ahsoka. But you know how he is. He doesn’t listen. He thinks he’s invincible.”

“Well, he’s not,” she groaned in frustration, thinking about how much trouble his impulsiveness could get him in.

“Perhaps if you talked--”

“No.”

“Ahsoka,” he pleaded. “I know your stance on this. But I really, really think-””

“I can’t, Obi-Wan,” she shut her eyes tightly, pushing back against the powerful feeling to say yes, yes, yes. “Please don’t ask me to do that.”

Because, in the end, she knew.

It had taken every bit of strength to tell him no that day at the Temple. If he asked again...if her Master ever asked her to return to the Order, to him, she’d have no defense. She’d say yes.

“I just think he could use a friend,” Obi-Wan trailed off, with a tired sigh.