brave face, (hide) the truth: updates (6/14)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
(Established) Relationships: CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, CC-2224 | Cody & CT-7567 | Rex, CT-7567 | Rex & Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano, (past) Obi-Wan Kenobi/Satine Kryze, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives & Anakin Skywalker, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives & CC-1010 | Fox
Tags: Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks. Fix-It, Order 66 Didn't Happen (Star Wars), Platonic Soulmates, Familial Soulmates, Romantic Soulmates, Qui-Gon Jinn Bashing, Mentioned Hevy, Past Fives/Hevy, Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Disaster, Anakin Skywalker Doesn't Turn to the Dark Side, Jedi Can Form Attachments (Star Wars)
Summary: A very convoluted soulmate AU.
CHAPTER 1: i've promised that before, so what's one more?
Obi-Wan POV
Obi-Wan carefully keeps his own face controlled, and doesn't allow his hand to twitch at the pain he himself feels. He bites down on his tongue, almost hard enough to draw blood.
Not again, he thinks. Not this again.
CHAPTER 2: so where do we begin?
Anakin POV
Jedi have this big talk about attachments. He has been terrified of them since the moment he first, unintentionally, created one. Anakin has felt broken for so long that he doesn’t know how to feel whole.
CHAPTER 3: what the hell would i be, without you?
Cody POV
No Clone units have souls.
So why does he?
CHAPTER 4: i was doomed before i began
Rex POV
...there is something about the idea of being able to love someone so completely that your soul could match theirs in some unique way that is too vast and unfathomable to comprehend.
CHAPTER 5: sick of losing soulmates
Fives POV
“You can hate me,” Fives whispers. “For making things more complicated.”
“Nu draar,” Fox whispers back. “Never.”
CHAPTER 6: no use getting angry at the way that you're wired
Anakin POV
“Kaysh shu’shuk,” Rex mutters under his breath. Anakin has picked up just enough Mando’a now to know he has just been called a disaster. He’d object but it’s true.
endless love to my beta reader, @flowerparrish, for all of zir help with these