Prompt : Relationships
Warnings : No specific warnings, maybe self-doubt ? Also, SWTOR spoilers (Kotet, Kotfe, the Umbara/traitor storyline)
Characters : Theron Shan, Lord Astaroth - SW (OC, only mentionned)
Word count : 632
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If there was something that Theron didn't have a great understanding of, it was relationships. Interacting with people, understanding them, making friends... since he was a kid, Theron had always been isolated. On his own. It never really bothered him, but the fact was, in the end, he wasn't just good at people in general.
He had made only a few friends, over the years. Being a SIS spy wasn't the best position for finding them. Inside the Service, it was colleagues, some he appreciated, but he wasn't really considering them his friends. Maybe Jonas was the one who was the closest to the definition.
No, the friends he made, it was outside the SIS. Outside the Republic, even. Like Teff'ith. Her, she was his friend, he was sure of it. The only problem was, maybe she wasn't considering him a friend at all. Not that he knew for sure. He hadn't seen her for a long time.
And now, in the Alliance... well, he was interacting with a lot of people. On a regular basis. The same people, every day. It was hard, at first. But then, there was Astaroth, his Commander and, also, his lover.
Theron sat on a rock facing Odessen's wilderness. The place was calm. He liked to think here. It was the middle of the night, but he couldn't sleep. Astaroth had felt Theron waking up from the bed, and the spy had to came up with some lame excuse he was sure his boyfriend didn't believe. But he needed his time alone, and the Commander respected this. He didn't need a reason.
It was his first “real” love relationship. The first to last that long. He didn't know how long exactly, because he didn't know from when he was supposed to count. Was it Rishi, during their first kiss ? Or Yavin 4 ? Or was it way later, when they found themselves again on Odessen ? He couldn't say. All he knew was he couldn't help himself but having doubts.
It was not about his feelings, however. He loved him, he knew that for sure. But he was scared still. Scared it would stop, one day. That Astaroth would fall out of love with him. Theron didn't want that. He was so happy this way, and he didn't want it to change. But he was convinced he was so bad at that, at relationships, that he would surely make some mistake one day, and that his lover would leave. Like in his nightmares.
“But he welcomed me back,” he wondered. “do I even worth it?”
Those nightmares started when he “betrayed” the Alliance to infiltrate the Order of Zildrog. At the time, he was terrified their relationship would just stop. That he would be thrown out of the Alliance to be left alone, again. But he didn't want to be alone. Not this time. Being surrounded with people he loved wasn't so bad, after all. It was even really great.
“Why do you love me?” he wanted to ask Astaroth. Instead, he whispered it there, with only the wind to ear.
“Am I even good enough? No one ever explained to me how to handle... people. How to do relations with others.” he kept thinking. “I don't even know how to keep friends, so the man I love? What if he finds better than me?
Deep in his heart, he knew it wasn't true. That his awkwardness in love, in relationships in general, was precisely one of the thing that made Astaroth fall in love with him. But Theron just couldn't convince himself.
He sighed and decided to go back to bed. He won't find the answer he was looking. Likewise, he will sleep on it, and maybe, things will look better in the morning.
when i first began worshiping Duke Astaroth , I was constantly fretting over how I should address Them , I went to Google , reread the Goetas, etc . but I got no answer . So , on the drive to the exam hall , I decided to meditate with Them . I can't put Their appearance into words but They were androgynous and I could not figure out their appearance .
I did ask Them how I should address Them , and I was told to address Them how I wanted to . To this day I do not know how to address Them .