In Another Life
Have you ever let someone go and immediately regret that decision?
Do you ever think over what would've happened if you didn't let go? If you had asked him to stay, and if he had said /yes/. And if the Jedi and the Duchess had become simply a man and a woman in love. No titles, no responsibilities. Just the two of you, together forever, till death do you part.
Satine could see it in her head, what could've happened in another life. What if they had grown up as peasants, living in the same village? They could've been neighbors. And he would steal glances as she gathered wheat in the fields, and she would pretend she didn't see him looking. And when she went into town she'd always go when she knew he'd be there, just to argue with him of course. They'd get in such heated debates over things they had no say in. But they'd keep meeting up, going out of their way to see each other.
Or she could've grown up on the streets, her smart mouth getting her into trouble as she said things other people didn't agree with. And Obi-Wan could've just moved into town, arrogantly looking down his nose at the ruffians around him. And she would pick a fight with him, stubborn as she was, wanting to prove her intellect. And behind their anger, there'd be attraction.
Or she could've remained Duchess, and Obi-Wan could've been her most loyal guard. The one she trusted her life and heart with. The one who'd debate with her, stay up with her into the night to help her get her work done, be annoyingly overprotective. He'd be the only guard with the audacity to sass her and the only one with the ability to get away with it too.
Despite the truth, that Mandalore was too important for her to give up, that the Jedi Order was Obi-Wan's life, that the two of them were never /truly/ capable of being together...How fun it was to imagine what could've been, in another life.
