next photo (and lore piece) for rowvember, this time a pic taken by anteros. troy driving sometime during sr2.
honestly what can i say about these two during this time that i haven’t said already? several days after anteros wakes up, after he’s gotten somewhat situated, troy comes to him. just shows up at his door. he doesn’t know what to expect: maybe anteros will kill him as soon as he sees him, like johnny tried to a few years back. maybe he’ll tell him to leave the way he came. he expects rejection, but when anteros opens that door and looks into troy’s mournful brown eyes, he’s silent. when they look at each other, it’s like seeing a ghost. they’re not who they were.
after the endless stream of apologies, troy tells anteros he’ll do what he can to protect him and the saints. they’re his friends. anteros admits that while he’s not sure he can convince the others of that, he still feels he can trust troy. maybe he’s an idiot, he wonders aloud, but despite it all, troy still feels like an anchor to a past he’s not ready to let go of yet.
so throughout sr2, troy (in disguise) helps anteros out with things whenever he calls. taking out gang operations or strongholds, getaway driving, training to get anteros’ strength back up, whatever the case: he’ll be there. just like old times. soon enough things develop into mutual feelings, leading into them dating by the end of sr2 and being together for a few years.