Note: I finally got around to playing KOTOR 2 and it did not disappoint. My one complaint: Atton and the Exile deserved better! Seriously, no romance options despite such developed characters? I felt robbed. Naturally, I decided to write this story for myself, my boyfriend, and all the other Atton/Exile fans out there who wanted more. It was originally just going to be a one-shot with several quick scenes, but I realized I wanted it to be more fleshed out than that. This is meant to be canon compliant (with perhaps a few minor exceptions), so this can be fully integrated into the KOTOR 2 narrative. It probably goes without saying, but spoilers for KOTOR 2 and eventually, early SWTOR. They're great games and I can't recommend them enough. Hope you enjoy!
Atton Rand has had no shortage of crazy adventures in the last thirty-some odd years of his life, but crossing a fuel line with a hot Jedi in an attempt to escape a mining facility while a creepy Jedi battles something that looks like it's been decaying for years may shape up to be the craziest yet. The idea of the existence of a hot Jedi and a creepy Jedi seems to be an anomaly, but he's certainly not complaining about the former.
When the hot one first showed up by his cell, he really thought he was dreaming; she certainly looked like a dream, after all, especially standing there in only her underwear. The more he talked to her, the more he thought she simply was a dream, even after he realized she was a Jedi. She didn't talk or act like any of the Jedi he'd ever known. That or he just hasn't talked to a woman for some time.
He desperately needs to up his flirting game, though. Her running around half-naked would be distracting…for the droids? Really? He may as well have just admitted to her that he hasn't had sex in over two standard years!
If he wants to change that, he's going to have to get off Peragus alive, though. It may prove to be even more challenging than it was supposed to be five minutes ago, now that the hot Jedi is claiming that it feels like her very intact hand has been cut off and insists that the creepy Jedi has been seriously injured despite being very far from her eyesight.
"I have a bad feeling about this," he says under his breath.
Note: This chapter is meant to establish the beginning of KOTOR 2 and some of Atton's initial impressions since what happens on the Peragus Mining Facility is in real time without any breaks for missing dialogue. It doesn't really follow the more lengthy and dialogue-heavy narrative you'll see in future chapters. I recommend you read the next chapter before deciding if this fiction is for you.