In Another Life
(50k, Anakin & Obi-Wan; 14 chapters with updates 2-3 times per week. part of the @swbigbang event:)
Eleven years after the rise of the Empire, a favor to a friend sends Obi-Wan traveling through the multiverse. He encounters different versions of the galaxy and of himself—including one in which Anakin never turned to the dark side.
Obi-Wan and this Light Anakin are forced to work together to stop the creation of a disastrous Empire weapon. But as they move through different versions of reality, the timelines become more and more twisted—and the harder it is to distinguish who they are from who they might have been.
And—to find their way home.
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what mlb team do obikin support?
Anakin, as the child of the American Southwest I am headcanoning him as for this fic, is a lifelong Arizona Diamondbacks fan, and exactly as embarrassed by that fact as you or I would be. However he just likes baseball! When he was at university he attended his school's home games and if he travels he likes to catch a game no matter who's playing. When his team inevitably doesn't make the playoffs, which they don't because see above re: Arizona Diamondbacks, he roots for the NL champion because he's old enough to remember the before-DH times when being a well-rounded athlete actually mattered (whoops author's bias against the DH, how did you get in here??)
Double Header Obi-Wan is slightly embarrassed to admit that he doesn't actually care about sports, baseball very much included. He likes hanging out with his friends when they invite him, and appreciates that, when going to a baseball game as opposed to a movie, you're allowed to chat with your friend and/or date and it doesn't bother anyone. He likes the pageantry of it - the ceremonial first pitch and the songs the batters pick for their at-bats and their little rituals at the plate and the games they play between innings and the groundskeepers who come out to sweep the base paths and deciding what flavor of Dippin' Dots he wants to get from the vendor when they pass by. He loves doing the wave and is perfectly happy to join in and cheer when everyone else is cheering but he doesn't quite get *why* he's doing it but also doesn't care enough to learn. He's just here to have a nice time :)
One time after they get together Anakin decides it would be fun if Obi-Wan got a little more involved so he tried showing him how to keep score - Numbers! Math! He figured Obi-Wan would like that - and Obi-Wan played along for half an inning before offering to make out with Anakin in their seats so long as Anakin promised to never use the phrase 'on-base percentage' in his presence ever again. Anakin, being the easily distractable boy he is, readily agreed.
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