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Constructive Criticism and Characterization Exercise
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The eagle and the dove
[Continued from here.]
He made a soft sound in his throat, something like willing surrender. She guided him back into another kiss, and for the first time he felt confident in her permission to explore, his lips touching hers and his hands daring to slide just beneath the hem of her shirt. His fingertips brushed against her skin.
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A little peace
Qui-Gon brewed the tea, giving the water a minute or two to boil before pouring it over the tea bags. Admittedly, he could not quite decide whether he preferred the green tea or the black tea, which had started running low in any case with the change in the weather. He prepared her cup in the way she usually liked, and then set it in front of her ( Read more... ) -
Giving Thanks [for Claire]
Another sunset in the garden, the heat of the day fading into a more comfortable warmth. Qui-Gon stood with his back against one of the palms at the edge of the garden, head tipped back, eyes closed. After yesterday's Council meeting, he wanted the tranquility of nature more than ever before in this place. Just now he felt an ache that had ( Read more... ) -
Human Touch
He had considered leaving her a note, but that seemed cowardly rather than considerate, and paper seemed to be in limited supply. Instead, he would face her in a very literal fashion, and she could decide whether or not she wished to speak to him. He did not truly doubt that she would, after all. What they had left unresolved between them was ( Read more... ) -
Confessional
He had thought to stop by only for a moment or two--the sight of her comforted him now, in ways he would rather not explain. But the look of her made him pause, lingering in the doorway to watch her making notes on one case or another, her hair loose over her shoulders and down her back and her lower lip caught between her teeth in concentration ( Read more... ) -
Here In the Dark
For the first few days, Qui-Gon had held to a certain tenuous strand of hope. Obi-Wan did have a history of making himself scarce, especially when emotions tended to overrule the logic of a situation, and if he had thought Luke permanently missing, he might have retreated to come to terms with the matter in solitude. Given how diligently he and ( Read more... ) -
Endurance
The night kept itself warily silent, even the humming of insects rare and restrained. Something might be close, or the storm might have done greater damage to the environment than they could easily judge. Beside him, near but not touching, Luke was stretched out in the grass, possibly sleeping, possibly not. They had agreed on taking turns, but ( Read more... ) -
Trouble Me [for Claire]
Considering his recent lapses in propriety, Qui-Gon would consider himself quite a fool to willfully seek out Claire again so relatively soon. Of course, he had been willfully a fool before, and this would hardly prove him any wiser. He rather thought it might prove many of Yoda's--and Mace Windu's--complaints against him, in fact, and he should ( Read more... )