A/N: fuck everything. why am i like this?

exists in the same universe as The Opportunist, though those events are just canon and you don't really need to read it prior to reading this one.

like it or dont

-oxy

The air had left the room.

At least, that was what it felt like. The telltale sounds of the bridge of the Millennium Falcon pinged and beeped their way into his ears and he grimaced, spinning to see Rey sitting in what he assumed to be the pilot's chair.

"And here I thought you'd shut me out," he accused, testing the water a little.

Rey did not answer, but her jaw clenched and her shoulders stiffened significantly. Evidently, she thought she'd done so as well. But she did not respond out loud.

"Oh, I must have forgotten you weren't alone," Kylo remarked, having not forgotten at all. Of course she wasn't alone; the entire remainder of the Resistance had fit onto the Falcon upon escaping Crait.

She tensed even more, if that was possible. Her hands gripped a datapad so tight he could see her knuckles go white.

"If you're worried that I know anything about where you are or who is around you, be aware that I have no idea. I still only see you," Kylo said.

When Rey finally spoke, it was under her breath. "Snoke is dead," said Rey, and her words lead and followed themselves until they were sucked from the air.

"I know. I was the one who killed him, after all," Kylo replied. "And good riddance."

She threw a quick side glance at him, eyes hard and skeptical.

Kylo made an educated guess. "How are we still connected even though he's gone? I'm unsure. I've never come across anything like this in my studies. Though I'm imagining until we can work out a way to undo it, it will continue to happen at random."

Rey let out a barely noticeable sigh of frustration. She obviously thought she'd shut the door on the connection once and for all, and with nobody powerful enough to reopen it again, she'd considered herself safe.

"Rey?" Her head whipped to the side, presumably to locate the speaker.

"One of your friends, I assume?" Kylo muttered.

"Stay out of my head," Rey whispered harshly at him, and turned completely away.

All of a sudden, Kylo was alone, and the officers on the bridge of the Finalizer stared at him and then put their heads back down to continue working when he narrowed his eyes at them.

He sharply departed the command center and made his way to his quarters, scoffing lightly to himself.

Stay out of her head? He would if he could.