Closing the Loop
Although that had all started well before max's lifetime, at not-quite-20, the young man had born witness to the established relationship between the two earths and was growing up in a world where things were finally improving rather than spiraling downward
The Guilded Cage, Prologue 5
Erithil was a goldleaf; coin was something he had in abundance, and business transactions were so much easier-- so much more impersonal than trying to establish relationships with races who would abandon him as easily as they offered their worthless
The Sleepwalker’s Lantern: Let Me Walk With You
“Even in the darkest dreams, I will walk beside you — not to lead, but to stand with you in the silence.” Soren awoke from the Dreamworld, the echoes of others’ pain still clinging to him. His light was still young, but the weight of what it meant...
Frostpaw - Chapter 6: Understanding
The only place he could have made some friends in was the camp of hawthorn woods, where he have spent a few years with luca's family... although, by then, he already had problems trying to establish relationships with people, due to the problems of his childhood
Ghost of a Rose ~ Chapter 12
Rhea already has an established relationship and another path available to her – this should be the end of the ‘i’m doing this because i have to’ nonsense. and she’ll be happy.
Cataclysm
He wasn't even sure what this inclined, or how it changed the dynamics of their previously established relationship. but as long as she was content he knew he was preforming his job adequately.
Recreation part 2
Even now, after a week in their established relationship, six was still having a hard time adjusting to living in the same space as another person, a female no less.
Forgotten Promise: Chapter 1, Isis
They had an established relationship because she both rented a room from him and was a frequent customer in the taproom, very frequent. "anything interesting happen since i passed out?" "nah, ye haven't missed much isis me darlin'."
Hurricane Kim Chapter 6
She is adamant that the best way for us to find resolution for our present misfortunes is to establish relationships amongst ourselves as well as with those we seek to protect."