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I haven't lost you
I just misplaced you
(Wild Nothing)
Ben, 07:24 AM
He's not happy that he can still reach out to her.
Honestly, he doesn't give a damn.
He has tried this stunt again just as a mere experiment, almost for scientific purposes, to check how deep was the grip that Snoke had on the both of them – and now it turns out he himself is as good as Snoke at creating this bond.
Good to know that, end of the story.
He walks to the commanding room he's required in – a meeting is supposed to start in five minutes, and given the peculiar situation the battle of Crait has driven them in, arriving there late doesn't seem a suitable option.
The metal deck he's walking on is suspended into a nothingness that smells of engine oil and smoke – now that he's always mask-less, this kind of perceptions seem to strike him so much more than before.
Alas, you're no Vader. You're just a child in a mask.
Ben breathes deeply – Snoke's gone, but his frustrating words in his head still not, it seems.
Then he sees Hux – he's coming from a perpendicular smaller deck, the massive white bandage on his broken nose stands out in the semi-dimness of the area and in the dark colours of his uniform, but suits good on his pale face.
The red of his hair is not burning, but the blue of his eyes yes.
Hux wants to turn round and walk back to avoid him, that's pretty plain – and it's pretty plain that he doesn't let himself do it because it's too late and it would seem childish, too.
That makes Ben smirk.
The relationship between the two of them has never been an exquisite one – now that he has broken his nose, Ben guesses things can't but get worse.
"Bet it will look great, once the robots find a way to adjust it," he welcomes Hux with a grin and hints at his nose - he even waits for him to reach his side, knowing this will unnerve him even more, "if you're lucky, it might turn out even better that it was before."
Hux doesn't look at him for more than an intense instant – yet Ben can feel his rage coiling in his clenched fist.
"Shut the hell up, Ren," that's what he concedes himself to say – a void menace, just to vent up the frustration, maybe.
Not that he can do much more than this – now that Ben's definitely the Supreme Leader, now that Snoke's dead.
Fundamentally speaking, it's not a great entertainment, putting his hand on Hux, by the way – there's no competition, he's too much stronger than the General.
He doesn't regret having beaten him, despite that.
And that's when it happens.
He moves the next pace, and he's not alone on the deck anymore – not alone with Hux, that is.
Ben comes to a sudden halt, his lips part, the nerves running under the skin of his neck tense.
Rey?
He can't talk aloud – not unless he wants Hux to take him for a raving madman.
Punching that pathetic excuse for a man – one of the few good deeds you've ever done. You know what, you're both monsters.
Ben tries to deepen the contact, tries to expand his mind in the deserted corridor filled with dim lights in which she's pacing swiftly, as if she's in a hurry-
But this time, she shuts him out.
Brutally, without further words – leaving him somewhat stoned.
So she can do this too.
Hux has come to a halt, now, and he's looking back at him, probably wondering why the hell he's stopped walking.
Ben tries to focus back in the present, even if the trail of her presence drags him back into that strange parallel dimension – he looks back at Hux, his black eyes into his.
Pathetic excuse for a man.
A law laugh escapes Ben's lips.
"Now what?" Hux asks, his red brows furrowed, a grimace on his lips.
"Nothing," Ben replies as he resumes walking.
Author's Note
Okay, so. As a writer who normally struggles hard to get feed back, I was so astonished with the response that this useless piece got, that I've decided to plan a certain number of short chapters like these and take this to an end. That is, if I can get my lazy ass to actually write it all... may the Force be with me, I guess XD give me motivation, people!
BTW, just read an article on the web which defined the ones who shipped Reylo right after TFA 'a bunch of weirdos' LOL, that made me laugh so hard! XD Because that's exactly how I felt, none of my friends really understood my point, everyone kept saying Rey was gonna end up with Finn. The article said that now after TLJ they kind of get our point... ahaha. So little poll, how many of you started shipping Reylo after TFA, how many TLJ new shipper?
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