I don't exactly know what prompted me to write this, I just had a little bit of this little speech I wrote out for Rey tumbling through my head. I like the idea of them coming to the revelation that they are balanced the way they are and that it's a good thing, it's how it should be. Either way, I hope you like it!
The sound of the wind rustling the grass and leaves was cut sharply by a deafening silence that she had come to recognize as part of their meeting through their force bond. It was like a signal to her, giving her a moment's notice that she'd be seeing him.
Closing her eyes, she took a breath, feeling the churning of emotion in her stomach as she waited, allowing him to come to her. She felt his presence wash over her, and she knew that when she opened her eyes and turned around she would find him.
"Rey." His deep voice met her ears and she could feel the hurt still lingering from her rejection that day aboard Snoke's ship. She hadn't wanted to reject his offer, she had even found herself wanting to accept it. They wanted the same thing under it all, but they were taking different paths, ones that did not yet cross. He was on a path she could not follow, and it pained her to think she couldn't be by his side right now.
"Ben." She breathed, wishing she could sooth the pain in him, but also knowing she was the cause. Slowly she turned, opening her eyes as she did so, finally allowing herself to look up on him. "Ben." Her voice came out almost choked as she addressed him again.
Now she knew more. It had taken her a few months to come to a revelation. She had meditated on that day, on her own feelings and the turmoil she felt, and even on Luke's teachings.
"You are not alone." She found herself speaking, refraining from reaching out to him yet. "We don't have to be enemies, Ben." Stepping closer she continued to speak, her eyes not straying from him "We are two halves of the same coin, we are as the yin and yang are supposed to be." Rey projects the image of the black and white image from the floor of the temple, so he can see it. "You are not all dark, and I am not all light. There is light in you the same as there is dark in me."
Her hand began to shake slightly as she reached it out now, lifted up palm towards him, still slowly moving closer. "I felt it that day, when I came to you on Snoke's ship. When you touched my hand everything came into focus, whatever was coming I knew I'd gladly face it with you by my side. I'd never felt such a connection to anything, to anyone." She is an arm's length away from him now, "When we fought together it was if we were one, we breathed together, we moved together, we were in sync." Briefly her eyes left his as she contemplates what she was saying once more with the slightest shake of her head, "We were…" Her hazel eyes met his brown ones as she breathes the last word, "balanced."
He had listened to her speak quietly, eyes boring into her very soul as he had refrained from speaking. His expression was soft and there was an understanding in his eyes that made her heart pound. He moved closer, bridging the gap between them as he lifted his own hand, their palms were almost touching as their breath mixed.
"I feel it too." Came his reply. He leaned his head down closer before he continued to raise his palm, past her lifted hand and her heart jumped into her throat as his fingers ghosted her cheek. She froze, holding her breath as his hand fully cupped her cheek. Leaning into his touch her hand automatically moved towards his face, hesitating when her hand was centimeters from him, before settling softly on his cheek. "I feel it too." He repeated, and it seemed they both didn't know what to say next. Instead of words she opened herself, giving him the opportunity to probe her mind, her memories, her own force signature. Rey was pleasantly surprised when he did the same, allowing her into his innermost thoughts and emotions.
And so they stood there, hand on each other's cheek, as they took in the feeling of each other through the force, until their connection slowly faded.
