Best Rexsoka Slow Burn Fanfics
The best slow burn Rexsoka (CT-7567 | Rex/Ahsoka Tano) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.
Top Rexsoka Slow Burn Fic Recs
2 slow burn Rexsoka fics matched, followed by other top-rated Rexsoka stories.
Second Chances
Slow Burnby Lorixjake
Ben Kenobi dies on board the Death Star. Instead of becoming one with the Force, he meets his old Master and is given the opportunity to go back in time to try and prevent Anakin's fall. Can he save his best friend or is he doomed to watch it all happen a second time?
The Fives Effect
Slow Burnby ExecutiveCucumber
Days after the death of Duchess Satine, Anakin Skywalker leaves the Jedi Order after a long conversation with his master. Months later, Ahsoka Tano returns from her life in the Undercity to find a world where the Clone Wars has ended, Sheev Palpatine is dead, and there is peace again. Even with the
tell the world (i'm coming home)
by revanchxst (BadWolfGirl01)
“Ahsoka,” Vader says. “Anakin,” his wonderful, brilliant, amazing padawan whispers, pushing herself to her feet with all the grace he’d taught her (and she’d always had within her), and then: “Come home.” [or: in the Sith Temple on Malachor, Vader makes a choice]
Across the Stars Part 1: Guilty, Part 2: Absolved, & Part 3: Restitution
by ExecutiveCucumber
"Guilty."The word echoed from the holofeed. The room around Rex exploded into sound. He sat in the middle of the storm of protests and cursing from his men."She's innocent!""She'd never do it!""What the kriff are they on?"Rex stood up. A few of the men closest to him stopped their shouting to stare
Dal Segno, Al Fine (Make it Brighter) | Year 1
by PrettyMissKitty
The Clone Wars were an aberration. They were never supposed to happen and the evil being behind what forces manipulated the Clone Wars into existing was never meant to survive long enough to do much of anything significant.At the End of Ahsoka's days, she is offered a choice by the Mother: to take t
Lost in Time
by Forever_A_Thief
Fives touches something he shouldn’t have. It’s not his fault it was a Sith artifact! Cody, Rex, and Fives wake up thirty years in the future and run right into Din Djarin. Dad instincts kick in and he vows to help them get back home.
Without a Goodbye
by MollyBear3
Ahsoka left the Order, and the people she left behind aren't too happy. She left without a goodbye to her men, her friends, her mentors, not even to her captain. Soon enough, those who love her the most start coming together to bring her home, or to at least see her off properly. Ahsoka is about to
War Bonds (Year 3)
by ArcticMatter_77
The Clone Wars continue still. Things only get worse. It is said that in darkness, there is always a little light. But is that really true?Relationships are further tested and are changed, the political gears grind ever harder, the war presses upon every being in the galaxy, and the injured and the
Mind Space
by whamgram
In the immediate aftermath of Order 66, Captain Rex and Ahsoka Tano find themselves broken and defeated, with nothing anchoring them to the world except their friendship and devotion to one another. As they try to make their way in a galaxy now run by the Empire, they struggle to remain safe and hid
The Jedi Stuck in Time
by WinterMoonlight
“Anakin finds himself gazing at Qui-Gon Jinn’s funeral pyre for the tenth time. At this point, he is absolutely positive the Force is messing with him.”Anakin Skywalker wishes for a chance to fix the mistakes he made but, instead, gets stuck in time and is granted the strange new ability to jump ac
When You Pry it From My Cold, Dead Chest
by Anath_Tsurugi
Every race in the galaxy that is soulbound has its own way of identifying soulmates. Humans have fated words imprinted on their skin. Twi'leks and Togruta hear the voices of their partners in their dreams. Wookiees and Lasat see the world in black and white until the moment they meet their partner.
i wish that the good outweighed the bad
by orphan_account
If it were any other Jedi, General Skywalker or Kenobi or even Commander Tano, it wouldn't be like this. But like Krell had said, General Kenobi has his hands full with his own battle, and General Skywalker is serving the Chancellor. There’s no one here to be the voice of reason but Rex, and Krell w
Captain Tano
by TabbyWolf
Fives changes Rex’s last name to Tano to tease his brother about his feelings for their Commander. Rex denies everything to everyone, including himself. No one listens. Eventually he and Ahsoka realize their only option is fake dating until everyone is tired of their way too sappy relationship. Of c
War Bonds (Year 4)
by ArcticMatter_77
The Clone Wars draws toward its conclusion. The darkest hour yet.Fierce battles are fought. Conspiracies are uncovered. Plans go awry. The balance of power swings dangerously from side to side. The entire future of the galaxy hangs in the balance.This is part 4, detailing the events of 19BBY and dra
Dal Segno, Al Fine (Make it Brighter) | Year 2
by PrettyMissKitty
The Clone Wars were an aberration. They were never supposed to happen.Rex and Ahsoka, joined in the past by Fives & Echo, work to use their chance to circumvent the dark plans of Sidious, juggling their efforts to save the future with the needs of maintaining their security in the past. The Clones w
War Bonds (Year 2)
by ArcticMatter_77
The Clone Wars continue. Every day clones, Jedi, and citizens are suffering and dying. Yet even in darkness, there is always a little light.Relationships are tested, trust becomes hard to come by, planetary sieges are conducted, and the war wears on both those who wage it and those who are subjected
we've come a long way from where we began
by MageOfCole
News of the return of a Jedi High General, the Negotiator herself, begins to spread like wildfire, and survivors of Order 66 flock to the Alliance; Rebellions are built on hope, after all.
Old Friends, Reunited and Lost Again
by orphan_account
Ahsoka never thought she'd see her Master or her Captain again but circumstances dragged her back into their world. This triggers a shift in Anakin and Obi-Wan's floundering bond and comes with a new romance that she hadn't even contemplated before. Starts during CW S7E9 and just before RotS. Canon
and for every king that died
by MageOfCole
For the second time in an hour, Ahsoka Tano throws herself forward and crushes someone against her in a hug; despite being a grown woman, she feels like a child again as she curls into her grandmaster’s embrace.
The Chosen Ones
by Adley90
Important: This story is no longer being updated. After a great deal of planning, several existential crises, and one spectacular encounter with writer’s block, I made the decision to completely rewrite this story from the beginning. The rewrite is now in the works as Tethered.
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Why Slow Burn Rexsoka Fanfiction Works So Well
CT-7567 | Rex/Ahsoka Tano — The clone captain and his commander fought the entire Clone War side by side, survived Order 66 together, and dug a grave for every brother Rex lost. Fic usually ages Ahsoka up past the war, following two veterans who only have each other left.
Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.
They are each other's last living witness to an erased war, a bond fic renders as love that outlasts the Republic. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn Rexsoka fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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