Hi guys, this is my first time writing a fanfic in a long time. I'm sorry if I'm a bit rusty. I want to write a Reylo fanfic but I want to make sure the story is good too. The first chapter is a bit dragged out but I promise future chapters are going to progress quicky. Reviews and criticism encouraged. Thank you :)

Kylo rolled over in his sleep, shrugging the blankets off as he did. His room aboard the First Order ship was too hot, he never had a good night sleep. Once again, he found himself looking up at the ceiling, thinking about recent events. Why couldn't she just accept my offer? We both know there is a connection between us. With or without Snoke's help they would have eventually come together.

Sighing he rolled over again, he stretched his long limbs out before him, willing sleep to come. What he wasn't expecting was to feel a warm body lying next to him sprawled out beneath the covers. Moving his arm out more he felt an arm closest to him, he tightened his grip on the arm, gauging whether this was real or in his mind. I couldn't be that sleep deprived, could I? Using the force, he willed the lights in his quarters to come on. Bracing himself, he pulled back the covers from the bed and found.. nothing?

Rey's eyes snapped open, her heart hammering in her chest. Trying to slow down her breathing she tried to remember what it was that caused her to wake up. She couldn't remember, but a small niggling part in the back of her mind was telling her she wasn't alone. Calmly, she got up off her bed and turned on the light, her room was empty. Stop being so childish Rey! she scolded herself. Bad dreams are for children.

Ever since the events on Crait, her mind has been elsewhere. She's been distancing herself from Finn and his new best friend Poe. She didn't mean to, but she just had so much going on in her mind and they didn't get it. They were 1000% committed to the Resistance and planning strategies whereas all she was worrying about was how Snoke got into her head. How did she not notice that he was manipulating her. How could she be so braindead?! She felt like a pariah within the resistance. She felt like everywhere she went people were judging her, questioning her. She knew they didn't mean it, but they couldn't help it after what had happened. It was her worst mistake telling them about the bond with Ben and what happened to Snoke.

She wanted Leia to know what her son had done. She just didn't expect to be questioned about her connection to Ben. They all fought with her when she said he was conflicted. She understood where they were coming from, they just didn't know him. Why else would he kill Snoke? He could have just as easily turned on me after that too, but he fought with me. It was killing her not being able to talk to him, she had so many questions and the more days that pass the more isolated she feels.

When she left Crait and seen Ben looking up at her, that was the last time she had any form of communication with him. The bond between them was tightly shut. She suspects that was because she rejected his offer, he is now of course the Supreme Leader of the First Order. He was more than likely planning another attack on her and her friends, but she couldn't shake the feeling that they needed to speak, at least one more time. Too much happened that day, and they need to speak about it.

Kylo tossed away his ninth training dummy of the evening, leaving them on the floor of the hall, someone else would pick it up. As he walked down the long corridor to the main part of the ship, he noticed people moving out of his way, further down he seen people turning into other halls. He knew they were moving out of his path hoping he wouldn't notice them. That incident with the lightsaber in his room spread like wildfire onboard and people generally were uneasy around him. He was sick of everyone on this wretched ship.

He strode into the main deck and looked around. At the sound of his approach everyone jumped to attention and started trying to look busy at their stations. Hux was standing at the large window to the front of the ship, hands folded behind his back trying to look superior.

''Hux!'' Kylo said, putting power into his voice. Hux's body visibly cringed as he turned to face Kylo.

''Ah, Supreme Leader, I uh was just making sure everything was going smoothly for you while you, ah, trained.'' He said the last word with disdain. He didn't see the point in physical training and believed all physical work in battles should be done from ships or by the stormtroopers.

''Your consideration for my schedule is almost touching. I was indeed training, as a Supreme Leader I plan to do more for the First Order than Snoke did, sitting on his throne away from everything. I plan to do something with my time as Supreme Leader. You're dismissed.''

Hux's face turned red as he muttered a reply under his breath. Kylo stepped to the side and let Hux walk around him, enjoying the frustration steaming off the smaller man. Kylo took a deep breath and went into what he liked to call Supreme Leader mode. Time to get things done.

Rey had spent the day exploring the planet they have inhabitated as the base of the Resistance. They had found a large series of hollowed out caves that they established as their headquarters. It was a beautiful planet, full of trees and rivers and mountains that Rey loved to explore. Noone except her has gone exploring the planet since they landed. She thought maybe everyone was terrified of the First Order finding them. Everyone was especially on edge ever since the massacre she missed when the Resistance was trying to flee their main ship.

Rey had taken some of the food provisions with her today because she planned on spending the evening outside. She had found a nice little lake under a waterfall, and behind the waterfall was a cave. This was her new favourite place. She was completely at piece here. There was noone tip-toeing around her, noone looking at her strangely. She missed the days on Lukes island. She was content with her training and she had begun to feel comfortable with the day to day jobs that came with living on the island. She missed the peace there, she had spoken to Ben a lot too when she was there. Not to mention the time in the hut when they had touched hands. There was a lot connecting them, more than the bond that Snoke created.

Her mind wandered to Ben, as if often does. She wondered what he was doing now. She lay in that cave for a few hours, not wanting to go back to the base just yet. The sun was long down when an idea popped into her head. She had never tried to initiate contact through the force, it was always random. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and reached through the force. She had no idea how to do this, when Luke passed, and they made their get-a-way on Crait, she hasn't tried using the force much.

She thought of Ben, she thought of the connection they had through the Force and when they touched hands and then settled on the memory of them fighting as one after Snoke's death. She felt a tug deep within her as she harnessed the Force to reopen her connection to Ben. A knot formed in her stomach, she thought about letting go and giving up, but a wave of determination came over her and she relented. A sudden sense of peace engulfed her and she knew she had done it, however weakly, she could not see him just, she could only sense his presence.

''Ben?'' she whispered.