Tags/Warnings: side Anakin/Padme, more characters although none get such a large role as our main three, post Order 66, AU, canon divergence, multiple POVs, mostly Obi-Wan-centric, fix-it, but not really, only fixing things between Obi-Wan and Cody, angst, panic attacks, emotions, kissing, physical intimacy, romance, dream fulfillment, lotus eater concept, unreliable narrator, getting together, happy ending, honestly this is mostly soft and tender with a little bit of thriller, and all the normal things that should be tagged in the canon Clone Wars series, StarWars prequels, and the trauma of post ROTS
Three years after everything changed, Vader finds an artifact that allows him to create his perfect dream world with the Force. However, he finds that maintaining this world is impossible without someone living inside it at all times. He throws in everyone he can from his past life, including CC-2224. Life after the war is peaceful for former-Marshall Commander Cody, although the life isn’t like he imagined. He didn’t think he would settle on Naboo and do a whole lot of nothing besides relaxing and organizing the people there, but this is his life now. Besides, there’s not much more he would ask for. He has his peace, his siblings, the jedi, and, of course, he has Obi-Wan by his side. After the rise of the Empire, Obi-Wan leads a quiet life in the deserts of Tatooine. He’s settled into his life and his mission, but there are some days where the loneliness is overwhelming. Perhaps that’s why when an odd disturbance in the Force manages to reach him, despite the danger, he investigates. It pulls him in and there he finds an idyllic dream world: the war is over, everyone is alive, and he and Cody are lovers…
Cody just leans in, still smiling with his eyes closed, like this is normal for them. Then his smile turns a bit sly and Cody’s eyes are half-mooned and mischievous. He deliberately looks into Ben’s eyes and turns his head the slightest amount so that he can brush his lips against Ben’s palm in a kiss. *Oh.* Ben hasn’t had much physical contact with many people since- since before, let alone with his Commander like this. He can’t stop the shiver that runs up his spine. (He’s thought about it before, of course. As a stray fantasy when he thought of ‘after the war’. But fantasy can’t compete with reality and- this isn’t real. He can’t let himself forget that. This is fake, a dream world.) “Cody.” What Ben should be doing is pulling away, but he can’t. His hand feels magnetized to Cody’s face. Words fail him and he should be telling the man to let go, but all he can manage is the man’s name. “Obi-Wan,” Cody immediately replies with such fondness that Ben’s will to protest shrivels up. (Has he ever heard such a fond tone from his Commander?) The man continues, “the war’s over, darling. We’re home now.”
Cody was head over heels for his Jedi General, so when Order 66 was executed, he was in emotional turmoil. And then he died. Or so he thought. He said he would give anything to fix this…would it be worth it if fixing it meant leaving everything he knew behind? Thrown into the past, Cody is given that chance. To make things right.
Pairing(s):CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Background Siri-Tachi/Original Clone Character
Major Warnings & Tags: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempt
Summary:
The man was still warm; not warm enough but he obviously hadn’t been dead long. Cody thinned his mouth, looking at the man. He had a fall of copper hair and a beard, scars here and there on his body. He looked like he’d been a fighter, all muscle, trim and–
“Sith’s spit,” he added, cutting over the chatter in his bucket, as his assessment reached the man’s hand, curled, even in death, around a familiar metallic cylinder. “General Tachi, I think he was a Jedi.”
OR, the one where Marshal Commander Cody finds a mystery figure three years into the Clone Wars, and it changes the course of history.
The man was still warm; not warm enough but he obviously hadn’t been dead long. Cody thinned his mouth, looking at the man. He had a fall of copper hair and a beard, scars here and there on his body. He looked like he’d been a fighter, all muscle, trim and–
“Sith’s spit,” he added, cutting over the chatter in his bucket, as his assessment reached the man’s hand, curled, even in death, around a familiar metallic cylinder. “General Tachi, I think he was a Jedi.”
OR, the one where Marshal Commander Cody finds a mystery figure three years into the Clone Wars, and it changes the course of history.
The man was still warm; not warm enough but he obviously hadn’t been dead long. Cody thinned his mouth, looking at the man. He had a fall of copper hair and a beard, scars here and there on his body. He looked like he’d been a fighter, all muscle, trim and–
“Sith’s spit,” he added, cutting over the chatter in his bucket, as his assessment reached the man’s hand, curled, even in death, around a familiar metallic cylinder. “General Tachi, I think he was a Jedi.”
OR, the one where Marshal Commander Cody finds a mystery figure three years into the Clone Wars, and it changes the course of history.
I’m still vibrating with excitement waiting to post my other art for this fic, but in the meantime here’s the components I worked on from the promo (ao3,tumblr) for Once Upon a Dream. (You can check this and the other bits and bobs I collabed with @punkascas on on ao3)
Artist(s): Graphics and video by @punkascasand@mock-arts with lovely audio and podfic by kess.
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 31,000
Pairing: Codywan, background Siri Tachi/Original Clone Character
Major Warning(s)/Tags: Canon-typical violence, Canon AU (Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies), Suicidal Ideation, Angst with a Happy Ending
Posting Date: Thursday, 3 March 2022
Summary: Several years into the Galactic Civil War, while serving under the command of High General Siri Tachi, Marshal Commander Cody discovers what appears to be a dead Jedi on an otherwise abandoned planet.
As it turns out, the man isn’t quite so dead as everyone assumed.
Really loved collabbing with @punkascas on the promo for their fic — she made the incredibly dope propaganda poster I used in the background and did all the treatment on the final version we went with. I’m so hype to share the rest of my art for this fic, but in the meantime here’s an unused variant of the promo and the untreated version. You can see this and other bits and bobs punk and I collabed on on ao3.
Rating: Explicit Word Count: 95,000 Pairing(s): Codywan (brief Cody/Other, past Obi-Wan/Satine)
Major Warning(s)/Tags: Graphic Depictions of Violence; Canon Divergence; Cody & the Clones; Slow Burn; Politics; Ethics; Angst with a Happy Ending; A Wondrous Journey Through Bureaucracy
Posting Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022
Summary:
Then, one day, just like that, the war sputters to a halt.
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic and Count Dooku of the Confederation of Independent Systems are found mysteriously dead. But the galaxy remains in turmoil, battle-scarred and divided. Both the Republic and the Separatists struggle for stability and the path to an uneasy peace. The Jedi Order, decimated and despised for their role in the war, seek to turn inward to find healing. And the clones, military property, recalled and stranded high above Coruscant in cramped decommissioned Star Destroyers, await orders and a life-or-death decision from the Senate.
Just what exactly is their purpose now without a war to fight?
Or: The one where Cody figures out mutiny, politics, road trips, change management, bias, society, online learning, humanity, family, childhood, recovery, the galaxy, himself, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Roughly in that order.
Pairing: Codywan, background Siri Tachi/Original Clone Character
Major Warning(s)/Tags: Canon-typical violence, Canon AU (Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies), Suicidal Ideation, Angst with a Happy Ending
Posting Date: Thursday, 3 March 2022
Summary: Several years into the Galactic Civil War, while serving under the command of High General Siri Tachi, Marshal Commander Cody discovers what appears to be a dead Jedi on an otherwise abandoned planet.
As it turns out, the man isn’t quite so dead as everyone assumed.
Snippet:
Cody stepped forward while the orders were still falling off his lips, because…because there was a man in the room, left behind by whatever was making the hair stand up on Cody’s neck. He rested on what appeared to be the remains of a stone slab, limp and unconscious. And completely naked.
Cody checked the room - quickly - but whoever else had been here must have run off at his approach. He crossed to crouch beside the man, assessing his condition. He didn’t look injured, pale skin unbroken and unbruised.
But he wasn’t breathing. “Kriff,” Cody hissed under his breath, pulling off a glove and pressing his fingers against the man’s throat. No pulse. He knocked his comm on again, “I’ve found a body.”
The man was still warm; not warm enough but he obviously hadn’t been dead long. Cody thinned his mouth, looking at the man. He had a fall of copper hair and a beard, scars here and there on his body. He looked like he’d been a fighter, all muscle, trim and–
“Sith’s spit,” he added, cutting over the chatter in his bucket, as his assessment reached the man’s hand, curled, even in death, around a familiar metallic cylinder. “General Tachi, I think he was a Jedi.”
Check out the art, video, and follow the collection - where we’ll include the fic, all art, the podfic, and who knows, maybe more - over on ao3!
Lol this has been a WIP for *ages* but I decided to finish it up quickly. My idea for this was an AU where Cody joins Obi-Wan on taking little Luke to Tatooine post Order 66. Perhaps on the flight there, Cody let Obi-Wan rest some because lol the day order 66 went down was not an easy day for him. So here he is resting with baby Luke. However, as they approach the planet it’s time for Cody to wake him up, although he does so reluctantly. Poor Obi must have been so exhausted.
Haha, I do have a story for this though. I was thinking maybe maybe Obi-Wan went down one morning to visit the clones in the hanger w/ his mug of tea? And Cody pulls him aside in private and does this… so it’s kind of in public, and so that’s why Obi is all flustered? Not sure if it is during or Post-War yet though, but perhaps that can be up to your interpretation!
