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niki_chidon) wrote2009-04-10 11:31 pm
niki_chidon) wrote2009-04-10 11:31 pm
Fic: Nights of the Old Republic (17/?) (KotOR, Carth/femRevan)
Title: Nights of the Old Republic (17/?): Korriban, Relationships
Author: Niki
Fandom: SW:KotOR
Disclaimer: Still not mine.
Notes: I'm moving further away from the actual game dialogue but I still use it as the base.
Previous parts: Prologue, Chapter 1, Interlude, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Chapter 14 and Chapter 15
Chapter 16: Korriban, Relationships
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Dustil left to fulfil his duties. Carth was still lying on the bed, thinking by the look of it, and not pleasant things either.
Shin ordered HK to stand guard a bit further away, now. Carth seemed to need some privacy, maybe to come to terms with the young man that had taken the place of the little boy he remembered.
Now she just needed to find out if he needed privacy from her as well. She lay down on the bed next to him, not quite touching.
“Thank you,” he whispered, turning his head to look at her. “I... I wouldn't have gotten through to him without you.”
“He looks like you when he smiles,” she said, and could see the traces of pride in his eyes.
He raised his hand to run his fingers down the side of her face. “Thank you for giving me back my son.”
The tenderness in his eyes was too much for Shin who had so recently realised the depth (nature?) of her feelings for him. This time it was she who initiated the kiss, and he returned it with no hesitation.
It turned from tender to passionate quite quickly. The need to get closer took priority, and he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her on top of him. Shin moaned in his mouth, enjoying the feeling if his hard muscles against her body after so long.
A very tiny part of her still remembered where they were and why they really shouldn't be doing this but she paid no heed. It was too good, she had missed it for so long, and she loved him. And HK was standing guard. If she could offer Carth this one moment of solace...
“Hey, I thought about... Whoa!”
They broke apart guiltily.
“I'll... come back later,” Dustil muttered, averting his gaze.
“No, I...” Shin got up, straightened her clothes, then looked at Carth who was doing the same.
Was that regret on his face? Because of what they had almost done? Or because they were interrupted? Please, don't let him think it's a mistake, she pleaded from the Universe silently. Then she moved to rest her palm against his cheek and met his gaze briefly.
“You talk. I'll go... you know, do my thing.” Her words were to the point but with her eyes she tried to convey to Carth the fact that she did not regret it, and wouldn't be adverse to it happening again.
She was rewarded with his hand briefly covering hers, and a warm smile that reached his eyes.
“Take HK,” was the only thing he said but with a tone that made it non-negotiable.
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“So... a love slave?” Dustil grinned. He toned it down when seeing his dad's expression. “It's okay. Mom's been gone for years. I'm glad you've... found someone.”
“It's not quite as simple at that.”
“No, I get it. A Jedi...”
“Even more complicated than that. She... she wasn't a Jedi when I met her.”
“Huh?”
“Long story. The thing is, she has this huge destiny in front of her – and I'm just a guy, you know.”
“You love her,” his son diagnosed.
Carth just looked at him, this stranger that was his son, with a pair of brown eyes now friendly and intelligent instead of angry. He thought about what he felt when he looked at him, what he felt when he thought about his wife... and what he felt when he thought about Shin.
“Dammit... I think I do,” he whispered, letting his head drop in his hands once again.
.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.
Carth had time to compose himself before Shin returned. They had talked about things with Dustil, making plans...
“Hi!”
“Hey,” he said, unable (and unwilling) to stop the smile that wanted to appear every time he saw her.
“How did it go?” they asked simultaneously, then laughed, and Shin threw herself down on the bed he was sitting on and let out a deep sigh.
“I hate this place. I'm so happy Juhani isn't here. She might find it tough...”
“Don't you?” It was a bold question but so many of the Jedi had already fallen – hey, the Republic war heroes themselves had fallen – that he couldn't help but worry.
“I've got you,” she said simply. “Your belief in what is right is so uncomplicated, so strong, it helps to ground me.”
Carth felt like his mouth was hanging open but (checking) realised it was only an illusion. “I... I'm glad I can be some help...”
“You are, more than you ever realise. So, if you ever doubt your place in our little expedition...”
They got lost in each other's eyes for a bit, again, before Shin looked away and was all business.
“Yuthura is planning on taking down the Master with my help.”
“She what?”
“Left me no choice but to follow her plan. She's helping me to reach my goal to be accepted to the final test so that we can then take him down. And, as it happens, I'm afraid participating in the final test is the only way to get to the one tomb that seems to have the Star Map.
“So... we need to go hunt for prestige, then.”
“Yep. A little expedition into the tombs of the Sith Lords.”
“As Bastila would say: 'Oh Joy'.”
-------Continues in Chapter 17------
Author: Niki
Fandom: SW:KotOR
Disclaimer: Still not mine.
Notes: I'm moving further away from the actual game dialogue but I still use it as the base.
Previous parts: Prologue, Chapter 1, Interlude, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Chapter 14 and Chapter 15
Chapter 16: Korriban, Relationships
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Dustil left to fulfil his duties. Carth was still lying on the bed, thinking by the look of it, and not pleasant things either.
Shin ordered HK to stand guard a bit further away, now. Carth seemed to need some privacy, maybe to come to terms with the young man that had taken the place of the little boy he remembered.
Now she just needed to find out if he needed privacy from her as well. She lay down on the bed next to him, not quite touching.
“Thank you,” he whispered, turning his head to look at her. “I... I wouldn't have gotten through to him without you.”
“He looks like you when he smiles,” she said, and could see the traces of pride in his eyes.
He raised his hand to run his fingers down the side of her face. “Thank you for giving me back my son.”
The tenderness in his eyes was too much for Shin who had so recently realised the depth (nature?) of her feelings for him. This time it was she who initiated the kiss, and he returned it with no hesitation.
It turned from tender to passionate quite quickly. The need to get closer took priority, and he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her on top of him. Shin moaned in his mouth, enjoying the feeling if his hard muscles against her body after so long.
A very tiny part of her still remembered where they were and why they really shouldn't be doing this but she paid no heed. It was too good, she had missed it for so long, and she loved him. And HK was standing guard. If she could offer Carth this one moment of solace...
“Hey, I thought about... Whoa!”
They broke apart guiltily.
“I'll... come back later,” Dustil muttered, averting his gaze.
“No, I...” Shin got up, straightened her clothes, then looked at Carth who was doing the same.
Was that regret on his face? Because of what they had almost done? Or because they were interrupted? Please, don't let him think it's a mistake, she pleaded from the Universe silently. Then she moved to rest her palm against his cheek and met his gaze briefly.
“You talk. I'll go... you know, do my thing.” Her words were to the point but with her eyes she tried to convey to Carth the fact that she did not regret it, and wouldn't be adverse to it happening again.
She was rewarded with his hand briefly covering hers, and a warm smile that reached his eyes.
“Take HK,” was the only thing he said but with a tone that made it non-negotiable.
.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
“So... a love slave?” Dustil grinned. He toned it down when seeing his dad's expression. “It's okay. Mom's been gone for years. I'm glad you've... found someone.”
“It's not quite as simple at that.”
“No, I get it. A Jedi...”
“Even more complicated than that. She... she wasn't a Jedi when I met her.”
“Huh?”
“Long story. The thing is, she has this huge destiny in front of her – and I'm just a guy, you know.”
“You love her,” his son diagnosed.
Carth just looked at him, this stranger that was his son, with a pair of brown eyes now friendly and intelligent instead of angry. He thought about what he felt when he looked at him, what he felt when he thought about his wife... and what he felt when he thought about Shin.
“Dammit... I think I do,” he whispered, letting his head drop in his hands once again.
.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.
Carth had time to compose himself before Shin returned. They had talked about things with Dustil, making plans...
“Hi!”
“Hey,” he said, unable (and unwilling) to stop the smile that wanted to appear every time he saw her.
“How did it go?” they asked simultaneously, then laughed, and Shin threw herself down on the bed he was sitting on and let out a deep sigh.
“I hate this place. I'm so happy Juhani isn't here. She might find it tough...”
“Don't you?” It was a bold question but so many of the Jedi had already fallen – hey, the Republic war heroes themselves had fallen – that he couldn't help but worry.
“I've got you,” she said simply. “Your belief in what is right is so uncomplicated, so strong, it helps to ground me.”
Carth felt like his mouth was hanging open but (checking) realised it was only an illusion. “I... I'm glad I can be some help...”
“You are, more than you ever realise. So, if you ever doubt your place in our little expedition...”
They got lost in each other's eyes for a bit, again, before Shin looked away and was all business.
“Yuthura is planning on taking down the Master with my help.”
“She what?”
“Left me no choice but to follow her plan. She's helping me to reach my goal to be accepted to the final test so that we can then take him down. And, as it happens, I'm afraid participating in the final test is the only way to get to the one tomb that seems to have the Star Map.
“So... we need to go hunt for prestige, then.”
“Yep. A little expedition into the tombs of the Sith Lords.”
“As Bastila would say: 'Oh Joy'.”
-------Continues in Chapter 17------