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Title: Loving You From a Distance
Fandom: Star Wars
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Rex, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, past Obi-Wan Kenobi/Satine Kryze, past Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos
Warnings: Alternate Universe – Modern Setting, quarantine, Luke & Leia are trouble twins, Obi is the long-suffering uncle, bisexual!Obi-Wan, Anakin is determined to set Obi-Wan up
Summary: Obi-Wan has always loved Luke and Leia, but he honestly never expected for them to be the reason he started dating again, especially during a worldwide pandemic.

A/N: This is inspired by our upstairs neighbours' daughter, with a brief nod, near the end, to a friend's daughter.

Fair warning that author has very limited experience with small children and yet somehow continues to write fic with them so give me a bit of leeway with Leia and Luke. Also, I'm not completely certain about Rex's characterisation in this, but, eh. It's a modern AU, there's wiggle room. Ish.

I had vague thoughts of making this a yule card ficlet, but I suspect we'll all be sick of quarantine by then and given how well I did writing ficlets for it last year, I really shouldn't be making promises, esp since I'm back at the hell-job that sucked all my creative energy, so this is posting now. (It ended up way too long, anyway, whoops? XD)

Oh, uh, before anyone gets confused, floor numbering is using the European model, where the ground floor counts as its own floor, then the first floor, then the second, and so on.

I'm...kinda of two minds about the ending, tbh. On one hand, I wasn't certain where else to take it, and I'd tackled everything I wanted to. On the other, it feels a little unfinished. *shrugs* Idk, maybe I'll write a follow-up at some point.

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

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