When Ben opened his eyes he was graced with darkness. He groaned and tried to sit up up his body ached from head to toe.

"Careful" a calm voice reached out to him and his head turned to the side, a figure coming into view. His mother. He noticed her tired look, along with the bags that were under her eyes. He reached his hand out to take his mother's hand, tears burning his eyes.

"Mother" he breathed, "Mother I am so sorry"

"Shh" she whispered, "It's alright, everything is going to be alright. You're home, safe" Leia squeezed his hand tight, "You're okay"

He opened his eyes and stared at her, "Rey-"

"Is fine. She's had quite a day. She should be back soon. I sent her to get something to eat." she comforted her son. "Can you sit up?"

Ben shuffled slightly before trying to sit up. After a few failed attempts he managed to sit upright, leaning against the wall. "Mother, what- what happened?" he asked and Leia got herself comfortable as she explained the situation in its entirety to her shocked son. She explained how Rey was never dead, but in fact, on Jakku this whole time, without her memory.

He was angry, Leia could tell, could see his fists clenching. She was worried he was going to do something but right at that moment, the door opened and Rey was standing there. "You're awake" she breathed, shocked.

Leia sat up, "I'll let you two talk" she said before leaving the room, closing the door behind her.

Rey's attention immediately turned to Ben who was staring at her from the bed. "I keep thinking your about to vanish" he muttered and she sat down the tray, moving over the bed and into his personal space. When she sat up on the bed, he noticed her leg. "What happened?"

"Snoke and I, we battled it out and well, as you can see, I won" she said, gesturing to herself. "We ended up on some planet and I couldn't just let him get away, knowing he was out there in the galaxy, and could strike again at any given moment, it made me sick. Ultimately he was the one who killed himself in the end" she explained, repeating the story of her fight to Ben, who listened carefully. Somewhere thought the story she had laced their fingers together. When she was done, she approached his first statement.

"I'm real. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere" she whispered. She unlaced their fingers and placed her hands on his face, "Does this feel real?" she asked quietly and he nodded. "What about this" she murmured as she kissed his cheek and he swallowed.

"Yes, feels real" he murmured, his eyes closed.

"Open your eyes" she said with a grin and she bit her lip when he did, meeting his eyes with a light smile before she pulled him to her, kissing his mouth softly, unlike they one they shared on Starkiller Base. "What about that?" she asked quietly. He responded by kissing her more firmly.

"Yes, all real" he whispered.

Rey grinned into his mouth. "I love you" she watched him carefully and his eyes sparkled.

"I know"

They spent a total of three week in the medical centre, the droids refused to let them leave until they were absolutely certain they were both healthy. The blaster that hit Ben on the rush to leave Starkiller Base had made his body weak, and he had to recover. Rey had to allow the droids to disinfect the cut on her leg and bandage it up.

They refused to leave each other's side throughout the whole process. They had spend two years without each other. Ben thought Rey was dead and Rey had no idea who Ben even was for those two years. They were catching up on lost time.

When Ben was finally released from the hospital wing of the base he was taken back to his room. He stopped outside of it, not ready to face the destruction he had caused. Rey was right beside him and she rolled her eyes, "Do you seriously think I'd bring you back here to a mess?" she asked and opened the door.

His jaw dropped because his room wasn't the way he left it. It was rebuilt and refurnished. It looked just like his old room had been with one small change. The bed was no longer the small bed, but now a large bed fit for two. He turned to face Rey, eyes wide.

"Finn and Poe helped me out with it, we worked really hard on it." she said, "Do you like it?" she asked.

"There's a bigger bed" he commented and she laughed out loud.

"Of course there is, did you really think both of us would fit into that small bed you had? It could barely fit you" she rolled her eyes and pulled him in. "You never answered my question."

"I love it" he answered then turned his attention back to the bed, "Both of us?"

Rey cocked her head to the side, "Well you expect us to sleep in separate beds do you?" she asked, hands on her hip, "Do you?"

"No! No I was just...surprised" he added, "That we're allowed to share that is"

"It's not the old times Ben" she remarked, "And we're getting married anyway so I don't think they care much about our sleeping arrangements"

Ben's eyes widened, "You still want to marry me?"

Rey looked at him as though he had grown two heads, "Do I...of course I still want to marry you, you moron. I love you. I lived two years not having any idea who you were! And you spent that time thinking I was dead" she watched his face fall and she grabbed it in her hands, forcing him to look at her, "Hey, don't, I'm okay" she reassured him. "I'm just trying to make a point, which is I don't want to waste anymore time"

"I love you" he whispered and she grinned, holding off saying what he knew she wanted to say.

"I love you too Ben Solo, now come on" she tugged his arm. "I'm starving and we still have to help clean up."

"Yes milday" he commented and she smacked his arm, "Hey"

"Call me that again and you'll regret it" she added and he held up his hands in surrender.

"Okay! Okay! I won't call you that again" he laughed and she smiled at him.

She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the door again. Just before they exited the corridor he stopped her and pulled her to him. "I love you" he whispered and kissed her softly.

Rey responded to the kiss and ran her hands through his hair, when she pulled away she grinned and couldn't resist. He nodded, giving her permission and she kissed his nose,

"I know"

After Ben's main concern was addressed and Rey had to repeat herself all over again that, "Yes Ben, I do want to marry you, for the eighteenth time" they finally got back into a rhythm that they thought they had lost. It was as though they had never even been separated in the first place.

"You know, now that I think about it, when I was on Jakku those two years, I used to dream about you" She admitted one day after dinner. They were sitting on the floor of the corridor, at first in silence, until Rey voiced her thoughts.

Ben turned to face her, "I heard your voice" he replied. "The day you came to Starkiller base. It caught me by surprise, as I hadn't heard your voice in so long, I thought I was hearing things"

"I can't imagine how you must have felt. If I had been in your position Ben I-" she sighed. "It probably would have killed me, not knowing what happened, assuming you were dead when in reality you were some place else, without any knowledge to who you were" she rested her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes.

"Do you think we should wait?" he asked after a few moments, "To get married I mean. Do you think we should wait to get married?"

"If I'm completely honest Ben...no I don't. I thought I lost you once and I don't think I have it in me to wait in case it happens again" she said as she turned to him, "Do you want to wait?"

Ben breathed out and shook his head, "No, no I don't. I was thinking of you."

Rey rolled her eyes, "Then no, we shouldn't wait any longer than we have to. We will let your mother plan the wedding though, you know she wants to"

Ben nodded in agreement, he couldn't deprive his mother of this. He leaned in and gave Rey a soft kiss, just because he could, before sitting up. "Want to practice with me?" he asked and she nodded.

"Of course"

They were married on a beautiful summer's day, similar to way Rey was born. His mother had planned the ceremony to complete perfection and both Ben and Rey couldn't have been more grateful for the lack of stress Leia put on them. The only things that they both had to decide on was the cake and what they were wearing.

Rey wouldn't say the wedding was a huge affair, but it had all of the most important people there. Poe, Finn, Chewie, BB-8, R2, C3PO and most of the resistance. Rey had spent months gathering the courage to ask Han to walk her down the aisle, since her own father wasn't present to do so, and there was no hesitation present when he agreed.

The wedding was calm and pleasant, with both Ben and Rey deciding to recite the common vows instead of writing their own. The reception however was a completely different affair. Poe had gotten extremely drunk and had to be carried back to his quarters by Finn, a few drinks were spilled, one being over Rey's dress, R2 knocked into the wedding cake and most of it went all over the floor and everyone had to help salvage the remainders of it and put it in a safe place.

No matter how crazy the after party turned out to be however, Rey loved every second of it. She was married to Ben, surrounded by all her friends and it felt natural to have a few disasters, after all, nothing is perfect.

Around a year after they were married, Rey started to become emotional, and began acting strange. He thought it was all down to his imagination until he saw her stretching out her pants. He had asked her what she was doing, a simple question, and she had started crying, yelling that he was calling her fat. He had drew the line at that and called for one of the medical droids.

"Well Mr Solo, I'm afraid the answer to your wife's change of attitude and emotions is simple" the droid said after he checked Rey over. Rey blinked at the droid, sitting up.

"What is it? Am I okay?" she sounded worried, and if Rey sounded worried then Ben was worried.

"Is she okay?" he repeated, anxiously.

The droid only beeped in reassurance. "Mrs Solo is fine. She is expecting" he explained.

Both Ben and Rey fell silence. Expecting? Did that mean?

"I'm pregnant?" Rey asked, her worried expression turning to relief. The droid beeped in agreement.

"Yes, congratulations. I shall come by in a few weeks for a proper check up" he said before he left the couple alone.

"I'm pregnant" Rey whispered again, looking up to see Ben's reaction, "It makes sense"

"We're having a baby" Ben breathed out, "We're having a baby"

"Yes, we're having a baby" Rey said with a smile. "We're going to be parents"

"I love you, so much" he whispered, giving her a kiss. "So much"

"I love you too" she hummed. "So much"

And nine months later Rey gave birth to a healthy baby girl who they named Olivia.

It was the closest to a happy ending they could ever have asked for.

The end.

A/N: Thank you so much for reading this. It was my first ever Star Wars fic and I hope I at least did it somewhat well. I am planning on continuing this verse with a few one shots of Ben and Rey growing up, maybe one with with Ben's POV during Rey's time in Jakku, the wedding and a few baby!solo one shots. If there is anything in particular you would like me to write please drop an ask on my tumblr, linked below, or send me a message! I'd be happy to take prompts!

Thank you again for sticking with this story, you guys are the best! :-D