'Another Saturday night, another work night' Rey thought to herself as she put on her waitstaff uniform. Normally a college student on the weekends would be partying, instead she worked the parties. Being part of a professional wait staff for rich people actually paid quite well and she was treated with much more respect than her normal waitress job back home. Rey stared at herself in the mirror, she looked so plain and boring. Sometimes she wished she could be one of the people at those parties. A politician's wife with all the jewelry she could ever want. Or maybe a investors secret mistress covered in fine fabrics. Instead she was just Rey, a simple girl from a backwater town in Ohio with a dream of pursuing music. That's how she ended up in New York on a partial scholarship to NYU for music education. And the tuition is how she ended up wait staff.
In reality she did not mind the job. She was a fly on the wall, the conversations she has overheard were interesting. She has seen magnificent homes and art, listen to fine musicians playing at these events, eaten fresh food and even been in the same room as her favorite celebrities. The job definitely had its perks. Its not that she desired that kind of lifestyle, but she yearned to live comfortably. Her whole life Rey wondered if she would have a place to stay, food to eat or even a family.
Abruptly her alarm sounded, breaking her train of thought. It was time to leave for the event. Ray pulled on her jacket and started briskly walking the few blocks to the building. She was headed to a skyscraper that overlooked central park, the 20th floor. She could only guess how much the place cost. Meanwhile she lived in an apartment meant for 2 people but shared it with 4 others. "Another Saturday night, another work night" she said to herself with a sigh as she pushed the open the heavy lobby doors.
Kylo Ren was laying on his bed staring up at his Italian mural ceiling, pondering tonight. This was an important event for him, he had to secure that investment for his family business. Its not something he freely told people, but he worked in the family trade of weapon craftmanship. That meant engineering the newest technology for whatever war the angry men wanted to rage next. He had a brilliant mind; he could code and build whatever someone wanted. Kylo's blueprints were worth billions of dollars and nothing made more money than war. Something his grandfather would say is that war is business. He was right.
He wondered if his mother would come tonight to support him. She rarely did, as she did not support the family business. His mother, Leia, was born into it. Her father, Kylo's grandfather, created the business back before world war 2. Leia despised him for doing what he did, so she left home and married young. Unfortunately, her husband, Kylo's father, Han decide to join the family business but only in a small part to keep their family going. This drove Leia to divorce him. Despite his mother opinions, ren joined too. People told him he was gifted with a mind like that. Now he was the sole owner of Starkiller Weapons Enterprise.
The clatter outside his room stirred him from his thoughts. The party would be starting soon, and he had to get ready. That was easy for him, just a suit. Finally rising from the bed he got dressed and combed his mop of hair. He liked it long, made his image all that more intimidating. His cuff links were gold and his watch was more than the average persons car. The final touch to his look, the American flag pin on his lapel. He sighed before leaving his bedroom and headed down to the hall to the stairs where his assistant was waiting.
"Is she coming?" Kylo asked.
His assistant gave him one of the sad smiles, she knew exactly who he was asking about, "I'm afraid not, she just called to let you know but I didn't want to disturb you."
He clenched his fists at his side for a moment, his mother would not be coming. Admittedly their relationship was hard because their differing views and choices, but the least she could do is show up for him not for the business.
"The staff is waiting in the front room for you Ren." His assistant said as she started walking to the stairs. He nodded and followed.
Rey stood in the front room with all her coworkers patiently waiting for the host to give them instructions. Usually they all said something along the lines of, be quiet, don't stand still for to long and do not give drinks to certain people.
Her friend and bartender, Finn, nudged her, "I heard this guy is young and very attractive."
She rolled her eyes, "You always say that and then they turn out to be old and gross."
"I'm positive this time Rey, just look at this place, everything is dark with accents and no old pieces of junk on the walls."
She had thought this place was interesting, who paints their walls black?
Someone had cleared their throat and she looked up. Standing at the balcony on top of the stairs was in fact a rather young handsome looking man.
Finn elbowed her side again and whispered to her, "I told you so!"
The man stood there awkwardly for a minute taking in the crowd of staff before speaking. "Good evening everyone, thank you for being here, my name is Kylo Ren. Tonight, is about a party however there will be some business talk so everyone needs to sign an NDA before guests arrive. Please keep your opinions to yourself if anyone asks for it."
Rey glanced at Finn and then back at the man. She had never signed an NDA before, never even heard of doing that for an event. She wondered who would be here tonight. Kylo ran his hand through his hair and motioned for his assistant to take over before going back down the hall he came from. She began passing out the NDA and spouting off more rules, but Rey wasn't really listening. She felt like she remembered that guy from somewhere. His face was prominent and striking, she couldn't help but agree with the rest of the staff that he was attractive. After signing the NDA she quickly went back into the kitchen where she had to wait. When guests would arrive, she could go out with her tray of drinks. She peaked through the door as the music started, this meant guests were coming in. her eyes widened as she saw who began flooding the floor. Men in generals' uniforms, all kinds of medals and badges. It took her a minute to put two and two together. Kylo Ren was on the news last month for a new investment proposal and these were military. The NDA, the uniforms... she was wait staffing a weapons deal.
AN: okay so I tried to make Rey and Kylo have star wars elements in this AU. While this is extremely inaccurate of US weapons deals, lets just go with it! also this story will contain lots of smutt, and fluff later. And Finn is bi in this however this is strictly reylo!