#&& warped reflection; darth erodus

[kyberled]

PAIN BROTHER HH

@ectochoir​ asked:

“i’m supposed to be the one who protects you from monsters. i’m not supposed to be one.” from ObiDad, because pain. 👀 

He doesn’t look up. He doesn’t want to. 

He’s not sure he can. 

This man is not his master. His master was good, and kind, and gentle. His master was everything a Jedi should be. His master had been a father to him and then some. 

His master had died. 

This man is not his master. But he is. He is, he is, he is, and that just may be the worst part. This is a Sith. This is a murderer. There is blood on this man's hands and it runs thick and crimson and icy through the Force. The same hands that bandaged his scrapes when he was little. Those eyes that had watched him so carefully were yellow, now. The presence that had been warm and comforting felt like ice. But there were cracks in the ice. Moments where Erodus slipped away and Obi-Wan shone through. 

He knew Jedi were supposed to be forgiving. They were supposed to help people who needed them, regardless of who that person was. And he wanted to. He really, really wanted to. 

He wanted his father back. 

But there was so much more at risk than himself. So many more people could be hurt. So much more could be lost. His own misery came second to that. He closes his eyes for just a moment, breathes a slow breath, and steps back from the rayshield. He may not be the one in the cell, but he certainly feels trapped. 

“Well,” he finally says, “that’s up to you to decide, isn’t it?”