Hi everyone!

As I have announced in my last fanfiction, I will now be writing the companion piece to my 'He knew he was in love with her when.' I will use my usual characters and follow my usual format – one chapter per character about 600 words each.

I won't do disclaimers and warnings at the beginning of each chapter, so what I write here goes for every chapter.

First: I don't own SWTOR or its characters.

Second: The background of my characters as well as their personalities might be different from what you imagined for yours. I welcome thoughts regarding my writing style and OOCness for the love interests but I don't want to hear things like 'She is not acting like a Sith.' So they are all light-side and have feline-like pets. Thank you for your understanding.

Third: Like in the other series, I won't write about Doc but I will do Scourge and Zenith.

Four: In the game, I customized some of the love interests; I will therefore use these customizations in my writing. It may not be the physical appearance you like but no flams please. Also, I have changed the age of the LI to make it closer to that of my characters. I have nothing against couples with large age difference and I am not judging anyone or anything. I just wanted to let you guys know. So if you read 'young man' when Malavai is supposed to be 37, you don't be surprised. I have done it for Malavai, Andronikos, Aric, Felix, and Zenith.

Five: English is not my first language and I played the game in French. I look on YouTube for the English version but I might not follow it completely. All my chapters are beta-read so it should be understandable English for everyone.

Now, please enjoy this first chapter!

She knew she was in love with him when… Andronikos

She knew she was in love with him when he refused to leave her side during one of her crises.

Lucrezia watched powerless as lightning escaped from her fingertips, illuminating the dark bathroom she had locked herself in. An attack, again. The third this week, the eighth since Dromund Kaas. The ghosts were getting stronger every passing moment and there was no escaping or controlling their attacks. The accumulated power was becoming too much for her body and they knew it. They would not stop until she was dead. 'I won't let them kill me. I have to keep it in.' she thought, gritting her teeth. 'We'll arrive to Belsavis in two days. I can deal with this until then.' She shouted in pain as the lightning escaped her control and went crashing into the mirror. The Twi'lek inwardly groaned when she heard her Vorn Tiger scratch the door to enter. Her annoyance intensified when she felt her former master and her new apprentice rush to the door, alerted by the noise.

"Apprentice?" asked Zash's distorted voice. "How are you holding on?"

"Should I get Lieutenant Talos?" asked Ashara.

"I'll be fine." she answered. "Just stay away."

She let out a sigh of relief as she sensed both of them returning to the meeting room, most likely to continue looking for ways to heal her, but knew that Heka had stayed behind the door. That cat was too protective of her for his own good.

The young woman winced as a particularly violent spasm shook her body. She sat on the floor and rolled into a ball, hoping it would either stop the pain or protect the bathroom from further damage. She took deep breaths and focused to regain control over her powers, but quickly realized it was useless when she felt the lightning spread through her body all the way to her red lekku. She braced herself for a new attack when she heard pounding on the door:

"Sith! You alright?!" shouted the pirate. "Heka, move!"

"Go away!" she screamed as lightning intensified around her and finally shattered the remnants of the bathroom into pieces. She fell on the floor exhausted and barely moved when Andronikos shot the bathroom lock to enter.

"Shit! Lucrezia!" she heard him swear running toward her. He quickly took her in his arms and checked her for injuries. From the corner of her eyes, she saw her Tiger poke his head in the room glaring, apparently unhappy that the man was inside when he was not allowed in.

"Go away, both of you" groaned the Twi'lek. "It's not over."

"Not happening, Sith."

"Leave!"

"No!"

"Seriously, leave this room!"

She frowned as she felt another attack coming and watched her pirate wince when her lightning surrounded them. The fool was being electrocuted since he was still holding her.

"Let me go!" she demanded as she tried to wrestle out of his grip, but her weakened body was no match for his physical strength. They stayed on the floor for some time, Andronikos's hold getting tighter at each new shock. After several minutes, Lucrezia let out a relieved sigh. It was over, at least for now. Slowly turning her head, she took a look at the gunslinger. He seemed in pain but at least he was still in one piece.

"Looks like you're gonna have to use the crew's bathroom." he commented, looking around. "'It's not as luxurious as yours, but I'll make sure you can still enjoy your showers."

"You're an idiot." she whispered, her eyes closing as fatigue slowly took over.

"Yeah, but that's why you love me."

She could almost see the infuriating smirk on his face. Maybe he was right. He was an idiot, but he was her idiot. Her idiot on which she could count and would not leave her alone when she was in trouble.

"Yes, indeed." she muttered as she let herself fall asleep in his arms.