hello :] coming from Bagel's blog—they just answered some questions about Jedi Tivan'n, and i wanted to ask you about their and Skaia's relationship! how do they meet? how do they get together? and anything else you want to share about them!
*omg, okay*. So, this requires some, some Minor Backstory-ing. (And tagging bagel for Because My Beloved uwu @darth-bagel )
So, when Skaia and Tivan'n met, he was still DEFINITELY Sith. See, Skaia takes the planetary missions on, and a bunch of sidequests, and the flashpoints-- the flashpoints part is REALLY important here specifically.
Y'know Boarding Party? The Foundry? Yeah, Skaia's the protagonist for those-- *finding and killing Revan there*. In normal course it's this feat, among several others, that nets him a title and his seat on the Dark Council at the head of Biotic Sciences. He's got a long-standing, DEEP terror of Jedi from this experience and many others just like it. Self proclaimed keepers of peace deciding the only solution to the Sith Menace is to Kill Them All, refusing to or choose anything other than violence when he tries to resolve things peacefully.
In this AU, with Jedi Tivan'n, Skaia's killing of Revan gets him in trouble. A republic military vessel and detachment end up catching him, detaining him, and keeping him in a cell for weeks before they foist him off on Tivan'n. The ship's hyperdrive is fucked, can't go Fast, so when they catch the Hero of Tython flying past, they go HERE, HAVE A SITH and. Skaia panics, is sedated and transferred to Tivan'n's ship, where he wakes up in their bed (no cells available, safe room to keep a prisoner, they weren't going to just keep him fuckin drugged) with them chilling by the door.
He's skittish, nervous, *shaking and terrified while he retreats as far as he can*, upon meeting them properly. His experience with Jedi led him to believe *any* jedi would just kill him outright no matter what, so they surprise him.
Their kindness and compassion, their gentle care of him, gives him enough courage not to Completely freak when they make it to Tython, where it's determined that Skaia needs to spend time there for Jedi training to counterbalance his Sith upbringing. They do also do some Shenanigans between that and the Chapter2/3 nonsense, and Skaia and Scourge get along,,,, *very well, after a fashion*.
Skaia gives Scourge basically a shovel talk, emphasizing it with 'I killed Revan and I'll fucking kill you too if anything happens to them' and at some point those two end up fucking uhhh, more than once. Bc Skaia's ridiculously high power as an Empath gives Scourge a contact emotion high, made More intense by Tivan'n's presence. So Scourge and Skaia fuck YEARS before Tivan'n breaks their sexual repression routine.
BECAUSE, despite Tivan'n and Skaia being very much Friends relatively quickly, and Skaia pining after them for Years, and being absolutely enamoured for even longer-- they don't get together until KOTFE. After Tivan'n goes into the ice and out again, until *Theron* brings back their ship and, with it, *Skaia*. The reunion involves Skaia being spun around, a Lot of kissing (their first kisses!!!! Finally!!!) and crying and hugging. Tivan'n gets confirmation that Skaia Wants Them bc they go Oh Geez I Shouldn't Have Kissed You I'm Sorry and he just Kiss Me More And I'll Forgive You so djsjdjdjd.
Tivan'n and Skaia are a Half-A-Decade-And-Then-Some slowburn, with Skaia going 'i want a piece of that' and having his heart melt and flutter Much earlier than they even Considered any sort of Anything happening. Skaia's heart is so quickly theirs and he Frog Boils their touch starvation by slowly introducing them to Casual Contact and Casual Snuggling and Hugs and Affection, and it takes them a long time to reconcile their own emotions with their training and saying *fuck it, man*.
They are very cute. They're both bottoms and Skaia does his best to coach Tivan'n through topping him, but eventually Scourge has to put on his Teaching Hat once he comes back into the picture.
