hey rinny i have to know more about order 66 au :)
SO DO I. This is another fic that is mostly just vibes. It's got a pretty good intro, but that's all. There's like no plot beyond Theron is a rebel spy and Jas is a former Padawan in hiding, currently working with the Balmorran resistance. It's one of those fics that once upon a time I thought up a lot of cool things to do.. how to put Kira, Lana, all our favs into the OT universe BUT I really should have wrote it all down. It's a fic I poke at from time to time, hoping some idea strikes me. Maybe I should just write it in snippets or prompts, rather than trying to make it an epic? Anyway, here's a part that I love. <3
He held out a dirty hand, his lips curling into half of a grin. She glanced down at the hand, but didn’t take it. “You know how to protect your mind—how?” “Just a little something they teach you in spy school.” Theron knew he shouldn’t have been flip with her. He knew he should stick to the honesty routine and try to win some measure of trust, but he didn’t trust her with that. He didn’t trust anyone with that. She didn’t seem to appreciate it. Her fingers gripped the weapon harder and breathed through her teeth. “There was only one school that taught such a thing, and you do not meet the prerequisites.” “Harsh, but true.” They stood in tense silence, staring at each other, each waiting for the other to give in first. They were both protecting great, dangerous secrets, and Theron had the suspicion that they were likely similar in what they tried to keep hidden from the rest of the galaxy. And that suspicion—Theron knew he couldn’t push it. “I don’t know who Orgus Dinn is. I was an orphan—a man named Ngani Zho took me in. He was one of them—a Jedi.” Another half-truth, but by the way her eyes lifted and widened when he’d said the name of that ancient, dead order, he thought it might be enough. Then her eyes downcast as she processed everything that he had said. “Was?” Theron swallowed. “The black machine got him. We evaded him and the hunters for years, but our luck ran out.” He pushed down the horror of that day. Even without the Force, he had felt the oppressive darkness at their heels. Theron would never forget the fear in Zho’s eyes the day the old man had pushed him onto a transport and told him to run and never look back. He wondered if she had ever come across the Jedi killer, but knew that if she had, she’d be dead. The way her shoulders dropped and she curled her arms around herself like a frightened child made him think that maybe she had. Theron didn’t ask, however.













