ObiAniDala Pacific Rim Au

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I rewatched Pacific Rim and it reawakened my need for this AU for all my OTPs and OT3s

Anyway, so it starts like this: All Jedi are Jaegar pilots. Obi Wan had been training for this since the first Kaiju attacked Stewjon and left such terrible destruction in his home city. Unfortunately he hasn’t been able to have a successful drift with anyone and they’re about to send him to disaster relief corp instead. Then the luck of the draw is he helps Qui Gon under dire consequences and it turns out they’re drift compatible. They become a great team and their Jaegar, Whiskey Maverick, becomes well known and revered.

From that moment on Obi Wan dedicates himself to the program and learning to control his emotions so that he’s worthy of being Qui Gon’s partner. Qui Gon knows and they talk about Obi wan’s doubts, but there’s always a whisper of unworthy in the back of Obi Wan’s mind.

Fastforward a few years: Qui Gon is going to be retiring as a pilot and become a Marshall. They have one last mission together when a kaiju attacks Naboo. They win and save the popular activist, Padme Naberrie alias Amidala(aged up to her 20s), though they end up a little worse for wear in Tatooine. That’s where they meet Anakin Skywalker (aged up) who helps them recover and back on their way to the Coruscant Shatterdome. 

Qui Gon recognizes potential in the teen and invites him to train with LOCCENT. Anakin of course accepts, anything to leave his backwater town. Him and Padme become friends on their journey back and bond over their admiration for Obi Wan, who has become somewhat of a celebrity as one of the youngest and successful Jaegar pilots. “Not to mention handsome,” Padme laughs and Anakin can’t help blushing in agreement. 

Fastforward a couple years: Obi Wan continues training but hasn’t found another partner once Qui Gon retired. It’s frustrating and he does everything he can from helping repair damaged Jaegars to assisting with research in the labs. Anakin has attached himself to him as well, always weedling him for help training and eating lunch together. Padme has become a UN aide and stays at the Shatterdome half the time as an ambassador between the two organizations. She becomes a good friend to Obi Wan, a patient ear to listen to his worries. 

Then Anakin has graduated and a list is made of his potential drift compatible partners. Obi Wan is suggested by Marshall Jinn himself. When they spar Padme describes it as a violently beautiful dance and no one can deny the chemistry between the two. Yoda immediately deems them partners and Anakin is all nervous smiles while Obi Wan feels both relief and apprehension. 

The first time they drift they get stuck in Anakin’s memory of Tatooine and his not so wonderful childhood. Almost blasts a hole through the control room. Obi Wan is furious, but also blames himself for not being able to get Anakin out of it. He finds himself at Padme’s quarters to vent, but Anakin already beat him there. He’s lying with his head in Padme’s lap, pale and shaken. Upon seeing him so off Obi Wan feels all his anger deflate.

Ever the voice of reason, Padme tells them they have to talk it out, and the truth is revealed. Anakin was terrified of letting Obi Wan know his true feelings so he focused on anything but that. Obi Wan is floored by the confession and Padme’s equal admission. “Let’s just all be honest.” It’s a lot to find out that your two closest friends had been hiding their feelings from you, one of which resulted in near disaster. It’s a long night of reluctantly talking about feelings, which Padme greatly helps along, before they all fall asleep in Padme’s room, tucked up next to each other. 

The next time they try to drift there’s a second where they get stuck in a memory of teen Anakin watching Obi Wan on the television screen, his green eyes flashing proudly after his first victory, then it’s let go into the drift and the two are sharing everything and nothing is stopping them.

They become even more famous than Qui Gon and Obi Wan as the kaiju attacks increase. They lead the Jaegar pairs in victories and they always seemingly make a hopeless mission into a success. The media make them out to be golden boys, the most eligible bachelors and most unattainable due to their dedication to the cause. Only Padme knows they aren’t eligible at all, that the three of them only belong to each other. Every time they come back to her she feels relief and in her spare time she has dedicated to assisting with research because while her boys are both fearless and strong, she’ll be damned if she won’t help to finally put a stop to these kaiju attacks. 

One of these days, Anakin and/or Obi-Wan are going to find a way to sneak her into a comm-pod so she can Drift with them.

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