CRITICAL THINKING

by KassXF (kassxf@aol.com)



Category: PWP - NC-17 (for smut)

Pairing: Q/O

Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. George Lucas does.

Archive: M/A, SWAL, Rising Force okay. Anyone else wants, just let us know so that we can admire. :-)

Summary: Unredeemed Sweaty Fluff for a Sunday Morning :-)

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It's an axiom, of course, padawans tend to fall in love with their masters. Part of it is simply the intimacy of trust. Part of it is the closeness of the bond.

In my case, I like to think that Qui-Gon himself had something to do with it. Tall and well built, ruggedly handsome, and with the gentleness that many big men possess.

Of course, the other axiom is that masters never fall in love with their padawans, they merely gently encourage them to play with their agemates. So, when it happened to me, I exerted iron control over myself and did exactly that without ever being told.

After all, it's embarrassing to become just another statistic in the lore of all Jedi masters who have ever been.

So, time passed, I finished growing up, more or less, and got closer and closer to my trials. Qui-Gon stopped treating me like a boy, realizing that I was, indeed, more or less grown, and I think our relationship began to approach that of two men, nearly equals. Nearly.

I was actually a little reluctant to push ahead for the trials, which I knew was wrong, but leaving him was hardly a pleasant prospect.

So, there we were on Danurian, on the southwestern hemisphere, torrid and humid, thick jungle and our usual garb was impossible. We stripped down to singlets and shorts once we'd been there a day or so, working with the villagers to rebuild after a devastating hurricane. I have never feared hard work, but there were times I wondered if the Council thought we were superhuman, sending just two of us.

By the fourth day, though, we'd done a great deal, not on our own, and were able to take a day of rest.

I hate jungles. I'm not fond of insects. I'm not sure anyone ever is, but I'm prone to mildly allergic reactions, and on the fourth day of rest, I ended up sitting cross legged on the floor in front of my master while he daubed ointment on what seemed to be a thousand insect bites and stings, augmenting the ointment with a bit of Force to speed the healing.

"You have sensitive skin," he remarked and sighed. "You always did."

I snorted. "Or something." Growling it.

I heard a soft sound, like a smothered chuckle. "It's not that bad," he murmured and daubed the last itchy spot. "There. That should do."

"I thought insect repellent was supposed to repel insects, not attract them," I grumbled.

"Perhaps you just taste good," he teased and tugged my braid before rising to his feet. "Had you thought of that?"

I looked up at him. Sometimes, something familiar, something you know so very well, can still take on a new look, a new....sheen, almost a glamour.

Standing above me, smiling down at me, with the afternoon sun behind him in the doorway, he looked golden. We were both sweating, and his singlet had gone almost translucent, I could see his nipples through the fabric.

All my iron control vanished in a heartbeat and I stared up at him blankly, seeing the pulse in his throat. "Taste good," I echoed stupidly. "Perhaps I do."

His gaze went puzzled for a moment and then, astonishingly, he flushed, turned away. "Well, let me see what there is for noonmeal. You know, there's a spot just downriver, excellent for swimming, you might want to consider that, padawan, something pleasant and relaxing--"

You're babbling, I thought, and rose, trying to get my breathing under control. "Well, if you join me."

The babbling was interesting. Very interesting. I looked at the lines of his back and shoulders as he walked to the table to survey the latest offering of food from the village. Could it be, I wondered vaguely and sauntered up beside him, letting our shoulders brush slightly.

I swear, he nearly started.

Reaching casually for a piece of fruit, I looked sidelong at him, saw he was still flushed. "It's no fun swimming alone," I murmured and took a bite.

I confess, I made a production of it. Licked the juice off my lips when he turned his head to look at me.

"I should finish up my report," he told me, and I swear, there was nearly a stammer.

"You said this was a day of rest for us," I told him reasonably. "Haven't you always said that rest and recreation are just as necessary as work?"

He looked back at the table, picked up a piece of flatbread and considered it. "I really need to finish my work before I play, Padawan."

I took another bite, peeled off a section and held it up for him. "Have some?"

A sidelong look. It was one of those moments; if he put his hand up to take it, the movement would have been awkward. If he opened his mouth to take it, that would have been normal, but at this moment, I wasn't sure he would...

But he did. And flushed again.

"Well, if you must, then I'll help. I'll collate the figures, that will help things go more quickly, and then we can both swim.

He glanced at me again. Finally nodded.

I felt a little shiver catwalk up my spine. What in all the hells was I doing, I thought, but had no desire whatsoever to stop doing it.

Maybe it was the humidity and heat.

Maybe it was the lack of our ordinary garb.

Maybe it was the fact that even the most carefully watched kettle is going to come to a boil sooner or later.

I didn't care.

We finished eating and sat down with compads. The Danurians aren't much for furniture, even if we hadn't just spent the last four days trying to help them rebuild their village. But they weave the most beautiful matting out of terzza fronds, thickly layered, and stained with dye. We sat on these, my master and I, and I sat close enough that my knee brushed his, my expression innocent, simmering with desire.

I didn't think I was alone in that any longer.

Good to eat, I thought and had to repress another shiver.

Qui-Gon worked doggedly, as if forcing himself to concentrate, but finally I saw him enter the same figures twice, heard him curse softly under his breath.

I looked up, all innocence still. "What is it, master?"

A scowl. "This heat addles my wits." He sighed, canceled his latest entry and began again.

I leaned close, eyed the small screen. "Perhaps a swim would benefit you," I offered.

"Obi-Wan, attend to your work." Sternly.

The hells. I put a hand on his knee. "Master, I'm forced to point out to you that your temper is suffering as well. You always say to me--"

He threw the compad aside. "Never mind what I always say to you." Irascibly. "Go and swim if you want to swim, I have work to do."

He rose then, and I rose with him. "Master," mildly, "Have I done something wrong?"

That got an apologetic look, a grimace. "No, no. My apologies, my padawan, you're right, my temper is suffering. Perhaps that swim would do me some good."

I followed him as he moved. "Well, I have another idea," I said huskily and moved closer.

He backed away as if I had suggested I would bite him. "What is that?" Distractedly.

"Something more pleasant," I murmured and he suddenly was against the wall.

I took that last step close, put a hand out and touched the pulse in his throat, more rapid now.

"Padawan," sternly, or at least trying to be stern.

I leaned up slightly--he is much taller than me, after all--and brushed my mouth over his.

He nearly jumped out of his skin. "Padawan." Shakily now. "You know very well that this is not unusual--"

"Spare me the usual discussion," I told him and this time I kissed him hard, hot and hard, my body pressed up against his, and believe me, I wasn't the only one feeling desire.

Whatever his words, his body responded. His mouth flowered under mine, his tongue slid against mine and I'm not sure which of us was making the helpless sounds of wanton need. Maybe both of us were.

All I knew is that I was suddenly against the wall, lifted and held and he was against me, both of us feeding on kisses as if that was the only food we required.

His hand was at my nape, his hips pressed forward against mine and I wrapped my legs around him, pushing back hard. I tightened my arms around his neck, I swear, we both were starving for this, for this touch, for each other's mouths, but he broke away, put his mouth against my throat. "This. Is. Not. Wise."

For a moment, I considered strangling him. "Why?" I demanded and whimpered when his tongue flicked my skin.

"I'm your teacher, your master." His voice was a whimper, too. "I shouldn't be doing this, you're my student, my padawan."

A wave of exasperation interrupted the sensation of his lips against my throat. "For the love of the Force, you can't still think I'm a virginal boy, can you?"

He drew back, stared into my eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I'm twenty-four!" I tightened my legs, pushed my aching flesh against his. "I haven't been a virgin since I was sixteen!"

He stared at me blankly for a moment and then I saw something primal flare in his eyes just before his mouth came down on mine.

No complaints from me, I arched and surged up against him, gasped when both his arms went around me and he lifted, turned us toward his bed. We tumbled down together, and by that time, my ability to think had completely vanished, I was a mindless, squirming mass of nerve endings, fumbling unsuccessfully with his singlet and shorts.

Big hands simply ripped mine away, his fingers closed around me and his teeth worried gently at a nipple.

I whimpered in complaint and he leaned back for a moment, his face tight with that primitive need, pulled off the singlet and shucked off the shorts.

I got a quick glimpse of impressively aroused manhood and he was on me, his weight driving me totally mad with desire. Kisses and bites and we were almost grappling with one another until he managed to work his way down and take me into his mouth.

It's difficult to struggle impressively at that point, and besides, I wasn't struggling to avoid his touch, I was trying to get more. His mouth was hot and silky and I whined in my throat when he abandoned my shaft, his tongue moving lower, more intimately. A sharp nip to the inside of my thigh and I was held open, something thick and hot pressing against me, into me, and that, I'm afraid, made me cry out in a combination of approval and triumph.

It hurt for a moment, but that burn soon melted into pleasure, it was apparent that he knew very well what he was doing, knew well how to do it, I wrapped my legs around him and nearly howled with delight.

Thrust and thrust, and I thought I was going to die from it, pleasure and this deeply buried joy that I at last had my heart's desire. His mouth claimed mine again, he leaned over me, his expression taut with pleasure, murmuring words that I was simply too far gone to hear.

So beautiful above me, torso shiny with sweat, eyes heavy-lidded and his mouth swollen from our kisses--I whined again, pulled him down and bit his lips gently, sucked on his tongue and his hands slid beneath me, his shaft filled me even more deeply. I cried out, arched upward, felt ecstasy seize me and nearly screamed. Instead, mindful of our reputations, I bit his shoulder, arched up and came and came and came, for what seemed forever.

He growled, put his face in my throat and drove into me, muffling his own cry there.

Aftershocks of pleasure kept me moving, even as I came down from the peak, I was whimpering steadily, slowly releasing his shoulder and rubbing my mouth on it in tacit apology.

Harsh breathing in my ear. "You may not be a virgin," he growled, "But there will be no others from now on, my padawan." His head lifted, he looked down at me. "No one except me."

I nearly gaped. Stared upward and felt myself melting again. "There won't be." Huskily.

And then, all I saw was joy in sapphire eyes. "Stubborn padawan," he murmured and kissed me gently, lovingly. "Stubborn and decidedly not the usual."

I tilted my head back to give him access to my throat, sighed and put my arms around his neck again. "Oh, good." Sighing in pleasure. "But then, my master is also stubborn, and decidedly not the usual."

"Hush," he told me and kissed my throat.

So I hushed.

Sometimes, it's an art to know when padawan obedience is required and when critical thinking is required.

My master taught me well.




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