Myra awoke the next morning to find, much to her dismay, that she did not receive the position she had applied for the previous night. She could not believe the speed the First Order used in the process of rejecting her application, and started her morning feeling sour. Myra had expected it would take at least a couple of days before they had made a decision. Myra understood that the First Order was one of the most efficient organizations to ever exist, and an organization that only wants the best; but she still felt she was being cheated by not being given more of a chance at the position.

Myra spitefully got ready for her shift. She had a very short routine of showering, brushing her teeth, and tying her hair back into the standard tight bun. As soon as Myra was finished she headed straight for archives, being too upset to even stomach the idea of eating.

Myra arrived so early that the only person there was her supervisor, Akio, he looked frantic; like a meerkat scrounging for food.

"What has you in such a hurry this early?" Myra questioned, reveling in the surprised jump Akio gave at hearing another voice in the room.

"I wasn't hungry, and there's not a lot to do for entertainment around here, so I came in early."

"You should eat breakfast, it'll be a long time before you'll be able to get your next meal," Akio stated, not from a place of concern for Myra's wellbeing, but as a fact and not wanting to listen to any complaints about being hungry in a few hours.

"I'll be fine, I doubt I'll be any more up to it later than I am now anyway."

"Did something happen?" Now Akio seemed intrigued.

"The first position that opened that I qualify for after months of being here, and I got denied in less than twenty four hours after applying. I feel like I'm going to be stuck down here forever." Myra's discouragement was evident in her tone.

"You won't. You're a good worker, you'll promote up eventually; and even if you don't being down here isn't so bad. It's not glamorous or exciting, but it is one of the safest jobs on this ship. You don't have to fight on the front lines and you're not at high risk of being terminated. It's a secure job." If Myra did not know better she would have thought Akio was offended that she wanted to leave, but Myra did know better. He just wouldn't want the hassle of going through the hiring process again.

"I don't want to be safe if it means never setting foot on another planet again. Or having to work in awkward silence with Luca."

"What happened between you two? You used to be attached at the hip."

"Mutual ghosting after I decided I wanted to stop having an affair with him." Myra did not know why she decided to tell him the truth so bluntly rather than lie; as soon as the words left her mouth she knew she would regret them eventually.

Akio looked surprised for the first time since Myra started working on the Finalizer. "Yeah, I can see why you want to leave then. And you will, the First Order doesn't recruit just anybody to work on the Finalizer. You're here because someone above me saw potential in you, you've just got to wait for the right spot to open up. Believe me when I say, if you didn't get this one it definitely isn't it."

"Thanks Akio." Myra had only been so honest with her supervisor because she was in such a bad mood, but she was glad she had spoken with him. It felt like the impending doom of her stagnant situation, which had been looming over her head since she woke up, was finally starting to dissipate.

"Well, if you're done wallowing in despair I do have a job to get back to. I have more files to bring to the Supreme Leader. He's been asking for them a lot lately."

"The Supreme Leader?"

"Yes, it's not out of the ordinary. Occasionally he will ask for files to conduct research for his missions. Usually they have something to do with ancient Jedi locations. I suspect that was to aid him in the First Order's search for Luke Skywalker. But now the information he's requesting seems so random I can't piece together what it would be for."

"I would never have known he requested it often, I've only seen him down here once." Myra remembered the conversation they had when they walked in the hallway, the sheer awkwardness between the two of them was something she wished she would forget.

"That's the only time he has ever come here in person. Every other time he's just send a message stating what he wants, and they only come through to me; so there wouldn't be a way for you to know when he was looking for something."

"I can bring it to him again. It looks like you've got a million other things to do here, and I don't actually start for another thirty minutes anyway." Myra did not hesitate to offer her assistance. She tried to play it off as an attempt to be a helpful subordinate, but as soon as she heard Akio say 'Supreme Leader' Myra felt a burning need to see him again.

"I would never have you do such a thing after what happened last time." Akio stated with a very final tone, but Myra was not going to take no for an answer.

"It wasn't a big deal, I was just overreacting because I was scared of him. And I need to get my face and name recognized by some of the higher ranking officers to increase my chances of getting a higher position. Taking this to the top floors and being seen speaking with the Supreme Leader seems like a good place to start."

"Fine, you can take it again; but if you come back in the same state as you did last time you're not going up there with my consent ever again."

"That's fair." Myra said taking the data chip from him.

"Thank you, this really does take a lot off my plate."

"Anytime." Myra said practically running out the door, trying and failing to contain her excitement. She was a little optimistic in believing that Akio had actually believed her story about wanting to put her face out there. But he did not let on that he knew she was up to something.

Myra remembered how to get to the Supreme Leader's room so well she was embarrassed. Once she was standing outside of his door she knocked eagerly and she heard the loud swooshing sound as it opened almost immediately.

Kylo Ren had anticipated her presence a while before she had arrived. He could feel a dull excitement radiating from her for several minutes, and brooded over what could be so exciting to her. As the feeling began growing stronger he realized she was heading in his direction, and he began to feel a similar excitement to her own.

Myra took a step into his room and immediately turned around in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry sir, should I come back later?"

"No it's fine." Kylo Ren said feeling slightly smug. He had just showered before she had started heading up to his floor and had yet to put his shirt on. He had pondered putting it on before she got there for a solid minute, and decided he wanted to see what her reaction to him would be instead. After all, it is not like she would know he did it on purpose.

He walked around to the front of her, "What brings you here?" The Supreme Leader asked, genuinely interested in her response. He could not think of a viable reason she would have come to his room, while he enjoyed her company they were not friends.

Myra held out the data chip for him. "Akio said you needed these files. He was working on several other projects, so I offered to bring them to you in his place."

Kylo reached out to grab the chip from her. He remembered instructing Akio to bring it himself, but he could not be upset about this outcome; and after having asked for Myra by name before he could not blame Akio for knowing he would be more pleased with this.

"Thank you," He said as he reached out for the data chip. Much to Myra's disappointment, he took the chip and walked over to the corner of his room with the monitor and turned it on without saying any more. Myra took that as her que to leave.

She took one last glance at him and started to walk back out toward the hallway.

"Not yet." She barely heard the Supreme Leader say from inside his room. Myra walked back toward his room cautiously, not sure if he was talking to her or if he was speaking rhetorically at the information on his monitor.

"I'm sorry sir, were you talking to me?"

"Of course, who else would I be talking to?" He spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"I don't know, whatever you were looking at last time I was in here." Myra regretted her statement the second it left her lips. She froze and stared at the Supreme Leader wide eyed, realizing her mistake.

He turned his head to look at her so fast she was surprised it did not roll off of his shoulders.

"I'm sorry sir; that was out of line." Myra looked at the ground, no longer excited to be in his presence.

"You and I were the only people in this room."

"Then why did you look at me the way you did? I've heard weird things can happen with force sensitive people, and you can see things that aren't there. Is that what happened?"

"Yes, it had something to do with the force; but that's nothing you need to worry about. It's not happening now." He looked at her calmly. He would never tell her that he had seen Rey, or that it was a regular occurrence; but he was glad he had the opportunity to give her some sort of vague explanation after the way she left so afraid.

She nodded as she looked back at him, noticing his hair looked damp. Myra presumed he had showered very recently, which also explained his lack of clothing. Myra could see his muscles well through the tank top he had worn the last time she was in his room with him, but now she could see with insane detail how attractive his body truly was. She could really admire how his abs were still visible as he stood hunched over a desk, and how muscular and strong his arms looked; perfect for picking her up and pinning her against a wall.

Myra shook her head slightly at that thought, as if the physical action could put a stop to her indecent thoughts; which it did not. What put a stop to her thoughts was the realization that she was staring, and the Supreme Leader noticed it.

Myra could feel her cheeks redden slightly, as she turned away and stared out the massive window to her left instead. It did not take long before she could feel his presence right behind her back, only a few inches away. He set his hand on her shoulder lightly before saying, "You can leave now if you want, I've checked the data you brought and I have everything I need."

Myra nodded and turned around slowly. She noticed, rather annoyed that the top of her head barely came up to her chest. She was, however, the perfect height to see the scar on his left side from a blaster wound; and touched it without thinking. Kylo's skin was burning hot, and the scar was rough and unpleasant to the touch; just as Myra expected a scar would be. Myra looked up at him, hand still on his side, and noticed he had a scar that looked very similar on his shoulder; and the scar that split his face went all the way down to his other shoulder.

Myra finally looked up as far as his face; grateful for the look of patience on it, rather than one of hostility.

"Do they hurt?" She wondered out loud.

"Not anymore." His voice was soft, but rough at the same time; like he was restraining himself from something, but Myra could not decipher what it would have been.

He lifted a hand to touch her cheek, but stopped midair and let his hand hang in a light fist back at his side.

"If you don't go soon, someone will come looking for you." As much as Myra did not want to believe he was right, she knew he was. And with her luck Akio would send Luca.

"Yeah, I'll go. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have stayed so long." Myra began to walk away from him, mortified by how intimately she had touched him when it was clearly unreciprocated.

Kylo Ren watched her back as she left, unsure of whether or not is was better to let her walk away before things went any further. In a moment of weakness, deciding it was not, he spoke as she reached his door, "You can come back when your shift is done."

Myra looked behind her, the shock on her face evident.

"Yes sir," she responded as she continued to walk out his door and into the hallway.

By the time Myra had reached archives she was a few minutes past the start of her normal shift.

"That took a lot longer than I expected, did everything go okay this time?" Akio questioned her.

"Yeah, it was fine. He was just very thorough about making sure he had everything he needed before sending me back." Myra stated as she walked over to her monitor to start her usual work.

"Who was very thorough?" Luca began interrogating. Myra was surprised he had any interest in anything she did, considering that it was the first time they had spoken in months.

"The Supreme Leader." Myra stated, not interested in having this conversation with him.

"Ah, your knight in shining armor?" Luca questioned with a bitter tone, referencing the time the Supreme Leader had found her both when she was lost and when she had been confronted by the dreadful Adam.

Myra noticed then that Akio had found an excuse to leave the room, and decided not to hold back.

"Fuck off Luca, I need someone to talk to now that you sulk about not getting a good fuck all the time."

"I just think it's kind of shitty to lead someone on when you know they're into you and then blue ball them. Nice guys should be treated better."

"Have you ever stopped to consider that you not being treated better is because you're not actually a nice guy?" Myra retorted angrily.

"That's bullshit, I did nice things for you all the time."

"Yeah because you wanted to get in my pants, and the second you realized that wasn't gonna happen again you stopped being nice; which makes you a not nice guy."

The rest of the shift was worked in angry silence, and Myra could not wait for the end. She knew it would drag on, because she was livid with Luca, but also because there was the possibility of seeing the Supreme Leader at the end of the day. While Myra did not know how that encounter was going to go, she was desperate for some sort of attention that was not either angry or awkward silence. She was desperate for Kylo Ren's attention.