WARNING: This chapter includes smut/a sex scene (nothing too graphic though).

From that day on, there was a significant shift in your relationship with Kylo. There was no more silence and ignoring each other. You tried to be as nice to him as possible, tried to bring some weird normality into his life. He spent the days being the Commander of the First Order, harsh and unwavering, but the evenings he spent with you, cuddling, eating and chatting about nonsense.

You tried to always keep the conversation light. You told him a lot about your past, your family (though not about their connections with the Resistance) and your life on the small planet you called home. You wanted to create an intimacy with him, make him trust you. And you wanted him to believe that you trusted him. But you didn't want to remind him of the emotional turmoil within him, which was why you steered away from anything that could have brought all that back to him.

When he was with you, as you whispered sweet nothings to his ear or cuddled up to him, he seemed changed. He seemed relieved of the weight that he usually carried on his shoulder. The battle of light and dark that was going on in his mind. He tried to only focus on you and the way you made him feel.

And you made him feel good, almost blissful. The first time you had kissed him, he had felt the light surge through him and he had become addicted to that feeling. Sometimes you could feel his desperation when he kissed you. His need to feel the light, the spark that was alight between you whenever things got heated enough.

You had convinced yourself that you could never really fall in love with a monster like Kylo. You could see a different side to him when he was with you, one that was capable of being gentle and caring, but you knew what he had done and those were things it was very difficult to forgive or forget. Still, you didn't feel what you were doing was selfish. Yes, you wanted to end the war and suffering and help the Resistance, but you were also helping him. You were quieting the turmoil in his mind, the torment in his soul caused by the darkness that was trying to consume him.

You weren't sure how much your actions had been able to influence him so far. To you he seemed more relaxed and he even smiled occasionally, something you had thought you would never see. You were waiting for the right moment to talk to him about abandoning the war. You didn't really have a plan at all, but you thought maybe if you planted the thought into his mind he would slowly come around to it.

One evening after Kylo had had a shower and spent a long time drying his hair, he appeared in front of you looking a little anxious, which surprised you. You had been reading a book on the Force, which had seemed actually pretty interesting for a change, because as someone who was force sensitive, you thought it was useful to learn more about how it worked. You looked up at him and found him frowning. You two had become fairly comfortable around each other, which was why you found it odd that he suddenly seemed so tense.

"I was wondering…" Kylo started, but it took him a moment before he continued. He looked nervously around him, as if waiting for someone to jump from around a corner any moment.

"Yes?" you asked, encouraging him to finish his sentence.

"I was wondering if you would… if you would like to sleep in my bedroom tonight," he suggested, his cheeks getting a rosy tint on them.

You smiled at him. "Yes, of course," you said.

After reading a few more pages of the book in silence as Kylo was eating a snack, you put the book down and got up. You made your way to Kylo's bedroom, feeling a little like you were invading his privacy. You had never been in it; it seemed intrusive to walk into the room in which Kylo Ren slept.

Everything in the room was black, just how you had expected. You found the amount of black in the room almost ridiculous, as if he was trying to keep away the light. The room was also quite empty and lacked personality. There was a large bed with black sheets on it, a large wardrobe, which you imagined was filled with the same black tunic over and over, and a desk. When you looked up you noticed that the ceiling had tiny lights all over it, making it look like the night sky.

You sat down on the edge of the bed. You were feeling a little nervous. You knew what was going to happen, you weren't naive. Of course, if you didn't want it, you wouldn't have let him have it. But you were curious. You were curious to know what it would be like. You had felt the spark that was there when you kissed; you were curious to find out how it would feel when you really set it alight.

Kylo walked into the room looking a little flushed. He turned his back to you to take off his tunic. Then he turned back round to look at you. He looked nervous. He walked over to you, but stopped a feet away. You let your eyes trace his bare upper body. You could feel your body get excited at the sight of his lean, muscular chest heaving with his breathing.

You looked Kylo in the eye. His gaze was intense. His lips were slightly parted. You could see the lust in his dark eyes, but he seemed to hesitate as if he was uncertain of how to approach you. His uncertainty made you think he hadn't been with many women before.

You stood up to face him, although he was very tall, so you weren't exactly face to face with him.

"Do I have to do everything here myself?" you asked playfully, a cheeky smile on your face.

That was the push Kylo had needed to take matters in his own hands. He grabbed the front of your shirt and pulled you towards himself, locking your lips in a hungry, fiery kiss. He pushed you down on the bed, yours mouths still locked in a passionate kiss. You could feel it again, the surge of energy between you two. You wanted him despite everything he was and had done. You wanted him to take you.

You felt his left hand trace your body, until it reached the hem of your skirt. It crept up underneath the skirt, his finger tracing your thigh. He moved his mouth from yours to nibble on your neck, his breath hot and heavy on your skin. You felt your heart racing as his finger brushed your panties ever so slightly and you felt his teeth on your skin. As he kept teasing you like that for a moment longer, you felt like you were going to burst if you couldn't have him that moment.

Your hand found its way to his hair and you tugged it, moving his head up a little, so that you could kiss him again. You enjoyed his teeth on your neck, but you felt the need to feel his warm lips against yours. Your tongues battled for dominance in a heated kiss as you found his waistband and pulled his trousers down. It was clear that you were desperate to have him. But as your hand brushed against his crotch, you could feel that he was very excited to have you as well.

When he finally entered you, you felt electricity between you two. He pushed into you slowly and gently, as you pushed your fingers into the flesh on his back. He started thrusting faster, the heat of the moment building up. You moaned from pleasure and your nails were digging deeper into his skin. He kissed you again, his thrusting getting more and more feverish. You bit his lip and could taste blood, as you accidentally bit a bit too hard, because you felt your climax building up.

He came shortly after you, groaning in pleasure. For a fleeting moment you felt complete, his hot sweaty body collapsed on top of you. You wouldn't have wanted the moment to ever end, because you didn't want to go back to the world where he was Kylo Ren, the Commander of the First Order. Because when he was lying there, evening his breath, his sticky body against yours, you could forget completely about who he really was. To you in that moment he was Ben Solo, a man who had fulfilled you, a man you had shared a very passionate moment with.

But alas it had to end. Kylo moved from top of you and went to the shower, leaving you alone in the bed. You felt euphoric and your brain was still trying to comprehend what had just happened.

When Kylo returned, there was a big grin on his face that made it clear he was also feeling pretty euphoric. You smiled at him, biting your lip as you still felt a little shy at the sudden intimacy between you two. None of it felt real; Kylo was like a different person to you from the man who had kidnapped you.

"That was… magical," you said, trying to come up for a better word to describe what you had just experienced, but failing. Kylo got back into the bed and you cuddled up to him, drawing circles on his naked chest gently.

"I don't think I have the words to describe what I felt. I felt so blissful. Like the light was piercing through me, making me one with you for a fleeting second…" Kylo said, his eyes sparkling as he thought back to making love to you.

You smiled. It made you happy that you had been able to evoke such feelings in him. And you had felt it too, the energy that was between you and which had built up to a heavenly climax.

"I wish… I wish there was no war and we could really be together," you said quietly, a little afraid of how Kylo would react to your words, even though you hadn't directly asked him to end the war.

"No one wants the war," Kylo said.

"Why do you have to go on fighting the Resistance? Why can't you just leave this all behind?" you asked softly.

"It's not that simple. When you choose the dark side, the darkness will dominate your destiny. It will consume your soul," Kylo said, his eyes dark and his voice suddenly emotionless, almost as mechanical as when he spoke through his mask.

"But I thought… I thought I was helping you fight that. That maybe little by little my light could fix your soul and prevent it from being completely consumed. Didn't you feel a relief from the darkness just now? I'm sure you did, I could feel it in you," you spoke sounding almost desperate. You hadn't even realised yourself how badly you wanted to save him. It dawned on you at that moment as you looked into Kylo's eyes and saw the pain within them that this had started to be more about saving him than helping the Resistance.

"Like I said, it's not that simple. I won't be able to turn my back on the darkness that easily. It is a part of me now. I have accepted the darkness into my soul and I have chosen this path… It is my destiny," Kylo said, convinced there was no other way, even though you could see in his eyes that he knew himself that the path he had chosen was slowly destroying him.

"Ben Solo is still alive. I can see it in your eyes, he is still somewhere here…" you insisted and laid your hand on his chest, feeling his rapid heartbeat.

"Ben Solo is dead," Kylo said quietly.

"No he's not. You just have to give him a chance," you almost whispered. You leaned in to kiss Kylo softly on the lips. "I know he's still in there, I know you still are him," you whispered against his lips.

Meanwhile, General Hux was meeting up with Captain Phasma to hear the latest report on the Stormtroopers' attempts to find you in the base.

"There has been no sign of her," Captain Phasma simply stated, much to Hux's disappointment.

His mouth tightened into a straight line. "I am certain she is here…" he said quietly, trying to think where you could possibly be hiding.

"My men looked everywhere. Trust me, they have been searching for the last week," Phasma assured.

"How about Kylo Ren's quarters? Does anyone have access there?" Hux asked then, a frown on his face.

"No," Phasma said.

"She must be in there. It makes sense. Of course Ren would hide the girl in the only place no one else has access to," Hux stated. It all made sense now. A wicked grin appeared on his face as he realised that he was now closer than ever to bringing Kylo Ren down in front of Snoke.

"It does make sense," Phasma admitted.

"But how do we get to her without involving Kylo Ren? He won't want us to find her, that's for sure…" Hux wondered out loud.

"We need to get her out of the quarters," Phasma stated.

"Yes, we have to come up with a way to lure her out… There must be a way…"

General Hux turned to look outside the window of the meeting room he was in with Captain Phasma. He knew there had to be a way to get the girl out of the quarters and to walk right into his trap. He just had to come up with it.