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His hands gripped hers as they rested on either side of her head as his hips grinding against hers and down into the mattress. Their lips connected as their tongues battled a fiery and passionate struggle for dominance as she ground her own hips upwards to make contact with his. His hands eventually releasing hers as they slowly trailed down her body, deliberately slowing over more sensitive areas that hid just under her shirt. His hands then made their way to where the fabric ended, just at her hip bones, before finding their way under them.

She audibly gasped into his lips as his warm hands traveled upwards, finding their way again back up to her chest. His lips finally left hers, causing her to whimper as he kissed her chin and slowly trailing down, to the underside of her chin and finally down her neck. Leaving a trail of kisses as he went slowly and intimately down her the middle of her chest.

His hands gently grabbed at her breasts, an overwhelming need to keep touching her as his body kept trailing down hers. His hands reluctantly leaving her upper half, only for the promise of touching Ashlyn elsewhere. His hands finding the elastic on her shorts as he swiftly pulled them down, leaving only her underwear to cover her as he kissed her just below her belly button.

Heat and tension was pooling in her lower half, just below her belly button as she felt nothing but passion and arousal. His hands gripping her hips tightly now as he began to travel lower and lower. Just as he was about to reach her most sensitive area, covered barely by the thin fabric of her underwear, Ash felt the pull into the waking world… and not a moment too soon.

Ash immediately sat up just before the dream could get any worse, at least in her mind, worse than it already had.

'Oh, come on!' Echoed in her head, causing her to throw her pillow over her face in embarrassment. 'Couldn't have waited five more minutes?'

'You're disgusting.'

'It was your dream, darling.' She could hear the laughter in her head. 'Perhaps you should start staying in my room again.'

Ash tried to even her breathing, the red in her cheeks growing worse at his suggestion. 'Not on your life, Ren.'

'Scared of what could happen?' She ignored him then, tossing the pillow off her head and looking up at the sunlit ceiling. Her breathing returning to normal as she tried everything in her power to not let her dream replay in her head. She couldn't give him that satisfaction, and wouldn't as she got up and began to dress for the day.

Their time out lasted only so long and their game returned to play almost as immediately as it had stopped. Kylo Ren had made it perfectly clear that he was now owed a time out of his own and would use it when he saw fit. Ashlyn didn't have much of an argument there, he was owed a timeout if she could use one. However, he also made it perfectly clear that he could do whatever it is he wanted, within reason. That, made Ashlyn nervous. She'd have to try and stay clear of Kylo Ren for a while, hoping maybe he'd forget about that arrangement all together. She knew better. He didn't forget anything that would ultimately benefit him.

When her datapad buzzed on the coffee table, she was almost a little too reluctant to look at it. Knowing her luck, the Commander wanted something from her, which would somehow turn into a power struggle. She did not want to be apart of that right now.

With reluctance, she concentrated on the datapad, levitating it from the coffee table and over to her. The Force really did make it so easy to be lazy. Ashlyn appreciated that aspect of it as she looked at the blinking message. Her services were requested in the 100's to help repair a main console in the control room. She sighed in defeat, she was almost safe for the day. Theoretically, she could get in and out of the 100's without even seeing Ren, it had happened before, who's to say it wouldn't again?

As her luck would have it… it was probably going to blow up in her face.

Ash had entered the main control room without too much of a performance. In fact, she would have been relieved if she hadn't felt the dark presence looming over the 100's. He was stalking around, she knew it. "Ms. Novafall." She was greeted with the annoyed smile of General Hux. He always seemed annoyed when talking to her, yet most of the time it wasn't her doing or actual annoyance with her. Surely, Hux had a lot going on. "Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to assist."

Ash gave him a knowing smile. "It's my job, General."

"So it is." He said, his smile still sarcastic but a little less hostile. "Our control panel for the incoming and outgoing transmissions is acting up." He gestured to the panel, Ash walked over to it with Hux keeping in step. "We think something may have shorted within the circuit. I, obviously, know nothing about how to fix it."

"You called the right person. This is an easy fix." She said, reaching for her screwdriver and beginning to open the back panel. "I doubt the motherboard fried, it honestly just needs a cool down, if that."

"You're the expert."

"So they tell me." She grinned brightly, Hux unable to hide his own amusement as he began to walk away.

"Let me know once you're finished." He said. "I want to make sure you're living up to your reputation."

Ash rolled her eyes playfully before getting to work on the console. For once, she'd like a day where everything on StarKiller wasn't breaking. Granted, this wasn't the worst issue she had seen here.

Like she had predicted, the console simply overheated. She emptied out the cooling system and rebooted the entire thing. The process took just a little longer than she anticipated, mainly because her brain kept bringing up her dream. She was losing focus and ultimately losing to the Force Bond. It really wanted those two to end up together sooner rather than later, something Ash wasn't sure she was ready for. At least, not to that extreme.

She sealed the panel, securing the screws as she stood up and jumping when she realized the red haired leader was standing next to her again. "You seem distracted." He said with a smirk. "Is everything all right?"

Ash exhaled. "Not getting much sleep is all."

Hux nodded. "Are you sleeping arrangements still-" He didn't get a chance to finish.

"Not the issue." She said quickly before changing the subject. "Your panel is fixed, everything should be working as normal.

Ash watched as Hux wandered to the panel, pressing a few buttons to see that they were indeed functioning again. He looked back up at Ash and nodded. "Thank you for your assistance." Ash gave him a mock salute, knowing no one else in the room was paying them any mind as she did. "Oh and Ms. Novafall?" Hux added. "Do try and keep the distractions at bay. I know it's hard when the distraction is… insufferable." He was obviously speaking of the Commander. Ash just snickered and went on her way, ready to dodge Kylo Ren on her quest back to maintenance.

The hallways were buzzing just a little bit more than usual, or rather, Ashlyn was paranoid that they were. Reason being, she was focusing on anything and everything that wasn't Kylo Ren. She was using the Force to lock onto any and every StarKiller personnel she passed, connecting with their emotions and sometimes even their thoughts as much as possible in order to keep Kylo Ren out of her head.

She couldn't not see it. Her dream this morning had her completely frazzled and whenever she had a clear moment to think, she could see it all over again. Ash also knew, she wasn't the only one who could see them either. She was also ready to place blame on him and that he was projecting them into her head on purpose. She also didn't know if that was even possible, but it made her feel just a tad better that she wasn't enjoying the thoughts. Even Ashlyn couldn't convince herself of the latter notion. She was enjoying it just a little too much.

Ash had just come from the main control room on StarKiller; her service was needed to repair and calibrate one of the tracking systems in the main console. It had malfunctioned over the night. An easy fix in her eyes, but now that left her an easy target on the 100's. Kylo Ren could be anywhere.

'You're very paranoid, you know that?'

'Yet here you are, listening in. I think it's warranted.' Ash looked around nervously, only Troopers and 100's crewmen were wandering around.

'And you're trying to keep me out with all these distractions.' He was talking about the emotions of everyone on the 100's she passed. 'If I wasn't so proud, I'd be insulted.'

'Save it, Ren. It's not going to trip me up.' He had to be close, he was almost always close when he got into her head like that. Ash turned the corner, damning herself at the nearly empty hallway. She needed to get to the elevator and back down to the safety of maintenance. He couldn't reach her there… or rather, he wasn't supposed to.

'You know, I've been thinking…'

'A dangerous past time for you' Ash quipped.

He chuckled. 'I think I want to call my timeout soon.'

She sighed. 'And if I decline your request?'

'Well, that's not very fair. This is a game afterall and both sides should-'

She interrupted him; the taste of her escape so close as she saw the elevator arriving. 'Fine! When do you want to call timeout?'

'Time out.' With that, a utility door to her right slight open. Suddenly, Ash was unable to move or fight it as her body was forcefully pulled into the doorway. The utility door slid shut behind her. Ash barely had time to register the room she was in. None of that mattered though, she couldn't focus on anything else except the Force User that was now holding her against the door.

He looked down at her, his lips quirked up in a smirk as his hands rested on either side of her head. Kylo Ren leaned down with the intention of kissing her quickly, a gesture to hopefully leave her wanting more. That all failed when she began to kiss back and soon their kiss turned into full on carnal need for one another.

For the first time in a very long time, Kylo Ren lost control of the situation. The two were now in a heated battle for dominance as his hands found her behind and lifted her up. Without hesitating, her legs wrapped around his waist. The red flags were being completely ignored as the two lost all focus and gave in to the bond completely.

Ren placed Ashlyn down on one of of the generator consoles, her legs still wrapped around his waist as the two continued kissing, neither one wanting to stop as it began to progress further and further.

Before Ash even realized it, he was unzipping her jumpsuit, his mouth now on her neck as he kissed her. She moaned; the worst thing she could have done in that moment. The sound itself drove Kylo Ren absolutely crazy as his kisses began to get hungrier and lower down her body.

He was mindlessly pulling down at her jumpsuit, she was letting him, wiggling out of her suit, it ended up on the floor behind Kylo Ren. She was exposed now, only in her tank top and shorts.

Her head began to unfog, a piece of her trying to regain control of the situation. This was moving way too fast, this was beyond them. The bond was in overkill today and it needed to be leashed quickly. Her shorts were off at that point, the amazing feeling of Kylo Ren kissing her thighs, getting closer to where she really wanted and needed him 'No!' Her mind cried out, trying to find some semblance of control, the last point of her trying to fight the urge and need to be taken right there.

He heard her and found the control they both needed. Kylo Ren immediately pulled away, slamming his fist into the nearby console panel and causing sparks from how hard he hit it. After a moment of silence, Ash spoke first. "I'm sorry…" Ash said quietly.

Kylo Ren stiffened, he wasn't angry with her. She was right in the long run, the Force Bond was making it harder for them to pull away. They could sense how each other was feeling. However, they both understood that neither one was ready to get to say it outloud. It was different than just feeling it.

He turned back to her, his face softening as he pulled her to his chest and kissed the top of her head. "It's not you." He said quickly. "Don't ever think it's you."

"It's not that I don't want to." Ash explained, trying to find the right words. Not that she needed to, he understood. "It just feels like I'm already ten steps ahead emotionally and the rest of me isn't. It just kind-of…"

"Happened?"

"Yeah…" She agreed. That's exactly how it felt, and while it was comforting to have someone else who was experiencing it, it still was a headache to deal with. What did she feel for Kylo Ren, aside from the physical attraction that was really hard to ignore some days? It felt like her brain was still trying to process that, it was like someone spoiled the end of a book for her. The Force Bond was highlighting how they felt for one another before they really knew they were feeling it. That was a lot to deal with in itself.

Mindlessly, he kissed the top of her head again. Agreeing with every thought that had processed in her mind just then. It's not that he wanted to listen in, it was hard not to when she broadcasted like that. "We'll figure it out." Kylo said somewhat hopefully. "Perhaps, we should rule out the timeout option… for our own sanity."

Ash nodded, looking up at the tall man next to her. She wanted to escape this situation, get far, far away from what had happened and go back to normal with him. They were way passed that. They were on their way to something more. "Can we go train or something? I feel so out of control."

Kylo grinned. "We'll go to the cavern, the crystals should help bring us back to normal, but you should put your pants back on first."

Ash groaned, hitting his arm playfully. "This is why we can't have nice things!" He continued to laugh as Ash got off the console she had been sitting on and grabbed her pants. She quickly put them on, noting how Kylo Ren looked away when she had. What a gentleman she thought as she got into her jumper, and zipping it up all the way.

Ash watched Kylo Ren mindlessly and effortlessly twirl his lightsaber from a far enough distance in the cavern. She was sitting on a nearby rock, her attention turning from Ren, to the crystals and back to Ren. She loved being here, it really helped keep the Force at bay, especially when Kylo Ren was around.

She was processing everything in the past month from their kiss to this afternoon's mishap. Their relationship was complicated and they both knew that. At the same time, they were both trying to keep some resistance for different reasons. It didn't matter in the long run, Ash was realizing more and more that she had not only grown tolerant of Kylo Ren, but she was actually starting to like him more than she had intended.

"Starting implies the beginning. You've liked me for a while now." Ren taunted from afar. Of course, he had been listening. Then again, Ash wasn't doing much to stop him.

"'Like' is a very loose term." Ash gave it right back. "You've been awful since the beginning that my tolerating you has you confused with liking."

He grinned. "If earlier is any indication of how we actually feel for one another." He began, retracting his lightsaber and attaching it to his belt. "You definitely think more of me than that."

Ash frowned. "It's not exactly fair. You can hear all my thoughts so you can tell what I'm feeling. You're like a brick wall, I have nothing from you."

"It's better off that way." He said impassively as he walked over to where Ash was sitting.

"I'd like to know what you're thinking, just get a glimpse of what you're feeling at times." She really did. It would have been nice to know even just a tiny bit of information about how the man felt about her.

His face was expressionless, Ash was unable to read him until he finally spoke. "I can show you what I think about."

Ash's jaw nearly dropped at the invitation. "Really?" She asked. "Right now?"

Kylo rolled his eyes at her excitement. "Not if you don't calm down. Close your eyes." He instructed. Ash hesitated for a moment before finally obeying. Her eyes were closed and she felt somewhat stupid, not being able to see or hear anything.

Then, it started. Her body began to tingle as a warm sensation overtook her. She started to see shapes begin to form in her mind, they were blurry at first, more like shadows, then the whole picture appeared.

His thoughts began with the first time he saw Ashlyn smile, that moment in his apartment when they read the encyclopedia on the galaxy. The way she nervously would place her red hair behind her eyes. The vision then faded into the first time she felt the Force and the excitement she felt. The visions kept changing, yet the one constant was her. In every thought she was able to see, it in some way, shape or form had her. She realized he was thinking about her, he always had been.

When the visions stopped, Ashlyn took a moment before opening her eyes, unaware that she had been silently crying. She looked up into his dark brown eyes, noticing the hints of honey and gold mixed in them. "Thank you…" Her voice quiet as she finally was beginning to understand that her feelings for Kylo Ren, whatever they were, were definitely reciprocated.

He leaned forward, pressing his lips to her forehead and kissing her softly. "You're welcome." He said, pulling back just enough to look at her again.

Ash smiled, taking his hands in hers and the only thing that made the moment acceptable for both of them. "I won't count that as you losing." She said, referring to him kissing her forehead.

He chuckled, pulling her to his chest for a hug. "You're too kind." Ashlyn was falling for Kylo Ren, whether she had intended to or not. But now she had the assurance that he was falling just as hard and just as fast as she was.

Final Thought: D'awww they like each other or something! Remember to review! See you next time!