Author's Notes: Set during The Clone Wars 5x05, so spoilers.
Anakin's fingers briefly brush Obi-Wan's, as if accidentally. But that connection is entirely intentional and necessary for them both.
As Ahsoka bows before her fallen friend, Anakin and Obi-Wan mourn with her, and for her. This particular loss of innocence is always difficult. It is – far more than braiding ceremonies or performing their first kata together – the true rite of passage in the Master-Padawan relationship. This is what life as a Jedi is about, and watching Ahsoka learn that hurts him as much as it did with Anakin.
Obi-Wan can no longer deny that, in everything but name, she's theirs.
