The aftermath of "I love you", also Reader & Hux's trip comes to an end.

Also trying a new thing: alternating between Reader POV/Hux POV - let me know what you think...


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[Reader POV]

You'd never experienced the sensations coursing through your body in that moment. You felt numb from the inside out and yet, fully alive at the same time. Your body was on fire. Your heart felt like it was exploding in your chest. Your skin tingled all the way from your head to your fingertips, to your toes. Tears escaped and began rolling down your cheeks.

There you lay in your childhood home, in your old bedroom, in your old bed. The General was on top of you, making love to you, shallowly thrusting inside you, your body igniting as he professed his love for you. Love! On your home planet, in your parents' home. On the last day of vacation before you had to go back to work. On the first anniversary of the day you'd lost the baby you'd made together. Love! He'd finally said it!

Your eyes were locked on each other, his hands at your head, holding you, stroking you, fucking you slowly. You were sure it wasn't real. You were almost entirely certain that you were having a dream. That you would wake up any moment, to see the General lying sleeping soundly next to you. That your heart would pinch and you would roll over, another day of an unfulfilled dream, where you would be in love with a man who wouldn't say it back. Or couldn't. Or didn't know how to.

You squeezed your eyes tightly shut and held the moment. You were sure that when you opened them again, it'd be night or early morning. The house would be quiet and everyone would still be asleep. And it would be just another dream. Since you could only dream about General Armitage Hux telling you he was in love with you.


You held your breath, your heart quickening as you readied yourself, and then you bit the bullet... you opened your eyes.

Your heart exploded in your chest all over again when you met the gaze of his blue eyes. Another stream of tears trailed down your face. He stared into your eyes and gently rubbed the tears away with his thumbs.

"Are you okay?" he asked quietly.

"You... love me?" you somehow found your voice.

His face had held a worried expression. Maybe you'd waited too long to answer. Perhaps you'd given him the impression that it was the wrong moment. Suddenly, his features softened.

"Of course I do." he brought his face to yours, slowly pressing his lips into you. "I love you. I love you with all my heart."

You began to sob softly.

"You're crying." he noted, continuing to wipe your tears which fell onto the bed, staining the sheets, the colour of which darkened at the moisture.

You sniffled and tried to wipe the rest of your sobbing face. "I... I'm sorry, it's just... it's... it's so..."

"Unexpected?" he cut in.

You smiled. "Yeah... unexpected. I love you so fucking much, Armi. I have done for a long, long time. And I just..." you choked up again as you trailed off. More sobs gathered in your throat.

"Never thought I'd say it back?"

You stared at him with a look of utter relief. Everything fell into place. "Yeah." you smiled as you continued to cry.

He carried on stroking your face. "Pet, I've loved you for so long... the thing is, I didn't realise it. I didn't know it. I wasn't entirely sure what love was. The way I feel about you... it's... it's indescribable. I've never felt a feeling like it. So I wasn't sure what it was."

You leant up to kiss him.

"I told you... father never taught me to love. Looking back, I'm not sure I ever did love Cora. Yes, she was important and I cared for her. But... this feels so different. I've never felt a feeling like this before. Maybe what I had with her wasn't love."

"But you did care about her. And your father took her away. I understand why this was hard for you."

"But it wasn't fair to you, pet."

"Don't worry about any of that now."

All movements had ceased apart from some gentle kissing. He was still hard inside of you, however. Before long, your kissing became deeper and more intense, the passion quickly heating up between you again. He slowly began fucking you, gently thrusting into you. You moaned at how good it felt. You were still wet around his cock.

Hux held you close, putting an arm around you to pull you closer to his body. He kissed the top of your head while you mouthed at his chest, his body rutting against you, pushing against your clit, drawing you closer to your orgasm. He moved a hand to cup your breast and thumb at your nipple, licking his thumb and forefinger in between doing so. He brought your nipple to full hardness and the shockwave of pleasure ran through your body, straight to your cunt.

You pushed your hips up and fucked up against him.

"Ah you feel so fucking good, angel." he moaned as he pressed himself into you.

"Mmm, so good. Fuck me babe..." you begged quietly.

He moaned and breathed heavily into your hair, fucking himself hard up into you. His hands moved down to grab at your legs and push them up. He got onto his knees so he could hold your thighs up, pulling you forward so he could fuck you deeper.

He knew you were close, "Come for me, princess."

"Come with me," you panted.

He slammed into you, the sound of wet slapping noises filling the room. You squeezed yourself around his cock, finding his gaze and holding it as you kissed him with your eyes open, tongue lewdly licking into his mouth, stroking his tongue with yours. That seemed to push him over the edge.

He thrust in quick succession over and over into you, gasping out "I love you, I love you so much (Y/N), aah..." before he stilled. You knew he was about to come. It pushed you over the edge.

"I love you too Armi... come inside me..."


After your morning sex session, you fell back to sleep for an hour or so, before getting up and readying yourselves for the day. You showered and packed your suitcases, ready to get back to the Finalizer.

You didn't want to say goodbye.

You held and kissed your little sister before she had to go off to school, "I'll miss you so much, pumpkin."

"Gonna miss you too, sis. Please come home soon!"

"I will sweetheart. You be a good girl, okay? Do as mama tells you." a tear slid down your face. The small child wiped it with her forefinger.

"Don't cry."

"Do your homework and go to bed on time."

"I will."

You pulled the child into another warm hug, squeezing her tightly.

You stood up straight. Amelia and Leon were at the front door, waiting to leave. He would be taking her to school before he went to the Academy. You straightened up your back before your gaze fell to your brother.

"You gonna be okay, kid?" you asked. You tried desperately to figure our what he was thinking or feeling. You'd wanted to say so much more to him, to make things okay before you left. But the words wouldn't come.

"Uh-huh." He was reserved.

You were unsure but moved forward for a hug. He reciprocated. "Everything's gonna be okay, you know?" you said in a low voice. "I'm still your big sister. I always will be. No matter what."

He pulled back to look at you, his face solemn.

"But I have to live my life, Leon."

He nodded. "I know."

He turned his attentions to the General and extended his hand, "Sir," General Hux shook his hand, "It was a pleasure and an honour. And I hope the next time you see me, I can show you I can be someone you would be proud to have working for you."

It was Leon's way of saying he was going to grow up, knuckle down and learn his place in the hierarchy of life.

The General continued to shake his hand whilst nodding. "I don't doubt it, young man." Hux's alpha male persona had clearly had an effect on your brother.

"Look after her." Leon's head gestured towards you.

"I will... and you look after things here. One day you'll be the man of this family."

"Yes, Sir."

With one last hug, the kids left, making their way to school.

It had been a morning of heartfelt goodbyes, hugs, kisses and well wishes. You had the usual spiel from your mother to be careful and to contact home as often as you could. "Yes, Ma, of course." you soothed.

"And look after that cat!" your mother nagged.

"Yes Ma!" you felt her worrying overbearing, but you knew it was just what mothers did.

You enjoyed the image of watching your father and the General interact one last time. You thought their arms would fall off from how much hand-shaking they were doing. "Such an honour to have you in our home, General. And thank you, again for your service and all you do to protect us."

"The honour was all mine, Sir. Thank you for having me in your home."


After packing up Millicent, you dragged your suitcases and the cat's carry box to the meeting point where Hux had arranged for Officer Jaren to come and meet you with a ship.

The pilot was surprised to see the cat being brought on board, but daren't have mentioned it. He knew better than to question the General. To while away the time on the journey back, you carried on reading one of your holobooks. You did your best not to interact too much with the General to avoid suspicion. You wondered just what the General had told the young officer about what your trip had been about. An important mission, you were sure. But, with just the two of you? Still, you knew the young man wouldn't question the General.

After some time, you eventually arrived in the hangar back on the Finalizer.

"General Hux, we have arrived, Sir." reported the pilot.

"Yes, officer. Thank you. You're dismissed."

Officer Jaren departed the ship, making his way back to work.

The General towered above you where you sat. "We're home, my love."

"Are you gonna go first, or...?"

"Yes, good idea. You wait it out here for a while. I'll go first. I suppose it won't look good us arriving together."

"If anyone asked, you could just say we were on a training mission or something."

"Yes, but we have Millicent. I shall distract the crew and message you on this when it's safe to leave the ship." he handed you his commlink. You looked down and took the device from him. You then looked up to him as you watched him straightening out his uniform and hat. He bent down to kiss you.

The General turned and disembarked, leaving you and Millicent behind. You held her carry case close to you, pushing your finger through the bars on the little door. She mewled quietly. "We're home, girl. Just need to figure out how to sneak you in now." She sniffed at your finger before giving it a small lick. She then gazed up at you before turning her attentions to her coat, beginning to wash it down.


[General Hux's POV]

The General made his way onto the bridge. Sirens sounded all around the ship. Chaos was in full swing as officers and stormtroopers ran amok.

"What the hell is going on here?!" General Hux demanded, shouting at anyone who would listen. He seized the collar of an officer running past, "You! What is this? I demand to know what's going on!"

"It's Lord Ren, Sir." a man of about thirty years with black hair looked panic-stricken as Hux tightened his grip on the collar of his First Order uniform.

Hux winced. What has that oaf done this time?! "WHERE IS HE?!"

"I... I'm not sure, Sir. All I heard was him telling Captain Phasma to get the troops ready. And then he disappeared."

The General let go of the officer with a shove, who dawdled as he stared back at Hux.

"Get a move on, officer! Go about your business."

Hux marched through the ship's bridge, spotting Captain Phasma in the control room. He made his way to her. "Captain, what has occurred?" he demanded the moment he stepped into the room. Pandemonium and disorder had manifested itself on the ship, with officers running back and forth. Hux was frustrated and determined to get to the bottom of things.

"Welcome back, Sir. Just as well you have returned."

"Can that giant baby not be trusted to run things while I'm gone?"

"Sir," the chrome figure turned around, "Supreme Leader has gotten word of Skywalker's whereabouts."

"Skywalker?"

"Yes... orders have been given to follow up."

"And that's the reason for why my ship is in chaos, Captain? Why didn't anyone send for me sooner?"

"We didn't want to worry you."

"Worry me?! It's MY ship!" he replied angrily. "Just tell me what's going on, Captain."

"Lor San Tekka has been tracked to Jakku, Sir."

"Ugh. Jakku."

"We believe he has vital information on the location of Skywalker."

"That's ridiculous, Skywalker has been missing for twenty years. What makes you think we have found him now?"

"Lord Ren has had reports from First Order spies working within The Resistance."

"And?"

"They believe one of General Organa's pilots will be meeting with Lor San Tekka this night on Jakku. We have to make a move!"

"Please go and oversee, Captain. If the lead is true, we can't afford to leave things in the hands of Ren. He could blow the whole operation."

"Supreme Leader has instructed Lord Ren to intervene. My troops and I shall attend as backup."

"Very good, Captain. Now... go. While I try and get this place back in order."


[Reader POV]

You waited patiently on your return ship, unsure why it was taking so long to hear from the General.

You paced the ship back and forth, biting your lip, chewing the skin from around your nails, a horrible habit you'd been trying to quit your whole life. Millicent was quickly becoming distressed, locked in her carry case. You desperately wanted to let her out, but you couldn't risk the fact she might run off. She meowed at you pathetically. You tried to comfort her. You, yourself were beginning to feel the need to relieve your bladder.

Millicent paced around her box, looking up at you pleadingly.

"You and me both, girl," you told her, "come onnnnn, what's taking so long?" you whispered out into the direction of the hangar as you looked out the window. A moment later, the commlink beeped.

"(Y/N)."

"Yes, Sir. I'm here."

"The ship is in disarray... Ren has fucked things up again."

"Oh no!"

"Try to sit tight. He and Phasma are taking a fleet to Jakku. You will see a few assault landers readying to leave the hangar, closely followed by Commander Ren. Once they depart, it will be safe to leave. I have occupied the rest of the crew."

"Yes, Sir."


It felt like a lifetime when you needed to pee so badly. You stayed quiet until eventually, you watched from the window of your ship as fleets of stormtroopers were piled into the transport ships. One by one, they left the hangar. You then saw Kylo Ren pacing up and down, clenching and unclenching his fists. Before long, he boarded his command shuttle before exiting the hangar. You hesitated as you waited a few moments until all the ships and crew were out of sight.

Once you were absolutely certain, you messaged General Hux on his commlink. "General?"

A small silence occurred before Hux responded to you. "It is safe..."

With that, you grabbed Millicent and began making your way. You had taken a towel from your luggage and draped it over her carry case. On top of that, you draped your uniform blazer. You quickly made your way through the hangar and the rest of the ship, scurrying to your part of the ship before you reached your quarters, safely and securely locking yourself inside.

Once inside, you dropped Millie's case and opened the door for her, before you let out a large sigh.