Summary: She can't escape his orbit, and he can't escape hers.
Or,
Allana Djo and Darth Festus spend ten years trying to kill each other and/or falling in love, maybe.
Author's Note: This is a collection of vignettes, ficlets, and drabbles written for the 2021 Fanfiction Summer Olympics challenge on the Jedi Council Forums, focusing on the very unlikely pairing of Allana Djo Solo (daughter of Jacen and Tenel Ka) and Darth Festus (an original character who first appeared in Enter the Foreign).
In the years after EtF and the defeat of the Sith Empire, Allana Djo has become a full Jedi Knight, and Darth Festus has become a particularly murderous bounty hunter. And for those who aren't familiar with That Scene from EtF... yeah, Festus totally tried to kill Allana once upon a time. But she kinda saved his life a couple of times after that, which stirred some weird and very unwelcome feelings in the young Sith Lord. So now, here we are.
I've tried to write this collection in such a way that it will be interesting enough on its own, without having read anything else. A lot of these vignettes will be missing moments or alternate POVs of scenes from other fics I've written, so I will of course list any relevant fics in the notes for each entry, just in case.
This will be a decathlon with ten "events". Enjoy!
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Our Weakness Is the Same
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Index of Events
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I. "We Ratify the Silence" | 54 ABY | 400 Word Cross Country
Allana sees Festus for the first time in three years and bests him in combat. (The events of "Where the Waves Shatter" told from Allana's POV.)
II. "Stupid Girl" | 54 ABY | 110 Word Hurdle
He can't get her out of his head.
III. "Nothing Would Have Made Us Ready" | 43 & 55 ABY | 4x100 Relay
A couple of drabbles from when Allana & Festus were children, and a couple of drabbles that take place during and after "Forces of Gravity".
IV. "Come to Me in the Night Hours" | Fantastical Fencing
Festus and Allana have a strangely familiar encounter, though it plays out a bit differently than the first time...
V. "Closer Than a Friend, I Can Be Your Enemy" | 56 ABY | Prime Time Coverage
Allana and Festus face off against each other once more, but there's something different about this lightsaber duel.
VI. "Taris" | 58 ABY | 100 Word Sprint
Allana has another brief, unexpected, and unnerving encounter with Festus.
VII. "If a Dream's All That I've Got" | 59 ABY | 200 Freestyle
Festus is about to ruin Allana's night, but first he watches her dance. (A moment from "In Dreams We Dwell" told from Festus's POV.)
VIII. "Falling Down a Wave" | 59 ABY | Water Polo Poetry
A haiku in the aftermath of "In Dreams We Dwell".
IX. "Where You're Still in Love with Me" | 51 ABY | AU Archery
A glimpse of an alternate universe where Festus was never captured by the Sith.
X. "I Loved and I Loved and I Lost You" | 59-61 ABY | 1500 Word Dash
Allana and Festus each try to move on.
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*The title for this collection comes from the song "Ten" by Jimmy Eat World.*