It was a lazy Saturday evening. They were in their PJs, cuddling and making out on the couch at Ben's apartment. Pride and Prejudice wasn't over yet, but they couldn't care less, even though it was Rey's favorite. One more turn and they fell onto the carpet with Rey on top. Giggling and teasing him playfully, she ran her eager hands up his shirt, tickling the sensitive spots that she knew so well.

Determined to gain the upper hand, Ben managed to shift positions and pin her neatly to the floor, on her stomach, gripping her wrists behind her back with one hand.

"Gotcha sweetheart" He panted in her ear before diving in to kiss Rey's neck. Absolutely delighted at having his girlfriend at his mercy, Ben failed to notice that his girl was no longer laughing but whimpering, as she desperately tried to squirm out of his hold.

"Ben, let me up!"

"It wouldn't be fair hon. You lost" he taunted, blissfuly unaware of the urgency in her voice.

"Let me the fuck up, you BASTARD!"

The smile on Ben's lips instantly died at Rey's outraged cry. Only then, he noticed that she was shaking. At loss for words, he barely managed to get to his knees and back away, allowing her to sit up and get some some breathing space. After nearly a minute of watching Rey shiver with her knees pulled up to her chest, he finally gathered the courage to crawl to her, careful not to get too close for fear of scaring her.

"I'm sorry Ben..I" she rapidly blinked back tears that threatened to fall.

"Sweetheart, what's wrong?"

Rey couldn't tell him. She was utterly frustrated at the fact that it had only taken a minute of playful physical restraint with her boyfriend to send her mind back to moments of actual helplessness at the hands of her enemies. She didn't want to scare him any further but most importantly, she didn't want Ben's guilt to come back and haunt him.

A hand on her shoulder woke her up from her reverie. She hadn't noticed Ben leaving and coming back from the kitchen with a glass of wáter, which she gulped down promptly. Once her breathing was steady again and she seemed calm enough, he sat next to her. His hands clenched in his lap before he finally dared to ask, with a fear tinged voice

"Did I hurt you Rey?"

Rey couldn't take the misery in Ben's face when she glanced up at him. Her eyes finally shed the tears she had been trying to supress as she wrapped her arms around him

"Oh no, Ben. Not you. Not ever you, honey"

Ben allowed their embrace to continue for a blissful minute, before lifting Rey in his arms and carrying her to the bedroom. Gently, he tucked her in bed and spooned her from behind, his fingers trailing down her arm as she sighed softly