It was happening again, the pull on the back of her mind signalling the bridge between her and Kylo Ren was connecting them once more. She tightened her mouth into a thin line, bracing herself. She had thought that these experiences would end with Snoke's death, with her shutting the door on him, both physically and metaphorically.
But apparently not.
They had continued to spontaneously bridge a few times since the disastrous events at the abandoned rebel base on Crait. She learned that the connection wouldn't always happen at convenient times. In fact, it wouldn't always happen when they were both active participants. Once, she had seen him brooding in the corner of her vision as she sat in on an urgent meeting with the last of the Resistance. Twice, he had appeared to her sleeping. It scared her.
It scared her to see the new Supreme Leader, Kylo Ren, her greatest enemy, in front of her asleep. The contrast between his conflicted, fiery, commanding presence and the peaceful slumbering face she saw before her was too jarring, too disturbing. She was also scared that she, beyond her knowledge and control, had also appeared to him in such moments of vulnerability and unawareness.
And as the pull strengthened and all other noises faded into the background, Kylo Ren, Ben Solo appeared before her again, sleeping deeply.
Rey glowered at him, quietly reaching for what she had kept beside her at all times since the second time he had appeared to her like this. It was time to start paying him back for the torment he had inflicted on her and the rest of the Resistance. On general Organa. On Poe and Finn...
She approached him with care, not wanting to disturb or wake him. If she did, none of this would work. She pulled her object out from her pocket, and un-capped it.
And with trained, steady fingers, marked Kylo Ren's face with a thick swirly black mustache above his upper lip. Admiring her work with satisfaction, she put the permanent marker back in her pocket, a more relaxed look now on her face.
"Take that, you smelly nerf-herder. Let's see how seriously the First Order takes their Supreme Leader now. Your control over them will crumble, and you will fall."
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This is stupid and I'm so sorry. I love Kylo Ren, but they definitely needed to take more advantage of their Force connection and start a prank war across the galaxy, just saying.