The first sign that alerted Ben that he was somewhere else was the rain pattering on stone, which didn't happen when you aboard a First Order command ship in space.
The second sign was the presence of a smaller, colder body pressed into his side.
"Rey." He said to the cold air of the hut. Rey buried her face in his sleep shirt and sighed contentedly.
"Rey..." He said again, more tenderly. He brushed her hair away from her forehead, smoothing the rough skin there.
"Ben..." Rey replied, muffled by his armpit. Then she was sitting bolt upright in bed.
"Damn!" She swore. Then she got up to stoke the fire.
Another month had gone by, give or take. Rey had done a spectacular job of keeping him out of her mind. But she was paying the price, she looked haggard and angry.
"Come here." Ben said, gesturing to his chest. Rey huffed, and moved to stand on the opposite side of the fire.
"Rey..." He intoned.
"I will not." She spat in reply.
Ben lay back, noticing Rey's eyes noticing him. He was dressed for sleep in loose, soft clothes that settled into the hard lines of his body. Impulsively, he adjusted himself, Rey's eyes following his hand as it moved over his lap.
"I've been thinking about you." Ben breathed. Rey didn't move. He palmed the bulge in his trousers again, feeling it swell under her gaze. He kept his eyes locked on her face. Rey nervously licked her lips, something like curiosity warring in her eyes.
"Come here." Ben said softly. To his surprise, Rey came around the fire and approached him.
"You've been curious about me, wondering what else I can do to your body." Ben said. Rey faltered, her body acknowledging the truth of his words.
"You haven't touched yourself in months, afraid of bringing me back to you, afraid of what I can make you feel."
"You're wrong." Rey spat.
Ben surged up and captured her mouth in his, the taste of her lips blooming across his awareness and warming the air around him.
"Come to me, Rey. Come for me again." He whispered against her lips.
Suddenly they were aboard The Finalizer. Rey gasped in surprise, but he swallowed her protest down with his kisses.
"Shh. Don't think." He whispered to her. Rey melted against him, and he pulled her to the bunk, laying her down beneath him. Her hands were scrabbling over him, pulling his shirt up and off so she could rake her nails over his pectorals and shoulders. He wiggled his fingers into her tunic and found that her breasts were already unbound. Her nipples peaked stiff, even in the warm air of his quarters. Rey moaned as he latched onto her pebbled nipple, laving her breast with his warm tongue.
"More." Rey gasped as he repeated his ministrations on the other breast. Ben shoved a hand down her leggings and found her soaking wet and ready for him.
"Kriff, maker, fuck!" Rey squealed as he began rubbing her clit harshly. She squirmed, but he kept her pinned beneath him. Ben rutted against her hip, enjoying the smooth fabric of his sleep pants against his throbbing member.
She pushed at him, and shoved her leggings down over her hips. Ben spat on his hand and pulled his cock out of his sleep pants, moistening the head. He started to prod her entrance, and Rey gasped.
"Relax." He barked at her, and began to push in. She stretched for him reluctantly, her body clenching against the intrusion. He gave a couple experimental thrusts, and her wetness coated him.
"That's not relaxing, Rey." He growled. If she didn't loosen up, he was going to combust. And that wasn't a good look for him.
"Please..." He trailed a hand down her body, ghosting over her sensitive spots. He gently played with her clit, spreading around the moisture leaking from her. Gradually, she relaxed around him and he began to thrust.
"Stop being gentle. It doesn't suit you." Rey said in his ear. Ben pulled back, his dark eyes searching Rey's face. Her eyes were closed, focusing on his thrusts. Something inside his chest cracked a little, and he shook his head. He began to pound Rey for all he was worth, clenching his teeth against the moans spilling out of her beneath him.
Their orgasms crept up on them both, and they locked eyes as he began to cum. For a breathless second, he saw Rey without her layers of emotion protecting her, and then she fell over the precipice of her own orgasm.
And then he was alone, riding out the throes of his orgasm hunched over his blanket.
"Your focus is abysmal." Luke said in distain, throwing his staff to the side. Rey blinked at him, and relaxed her stance.
It was one of the first sunny days Rey had experienced on Ach-to, and the island had transformed. The sunlight sparkling on the water made her want to do nothing but go swimming. The sunshine seemed to have the opposite effect on Luke, though. He was grumpier than ever.
"It's too warm. Go get some food and go for a swim, see if that improves your mindset." Luke said.
Rey shrugged and set her staff aside. She turned in the opposite direction of Luke and began picking her way over the rocks to the path down to the underground pools. She didn't have enough confidence yet to swim in the open ocean alone, but Luke had told her about the enclosed pools underground that were fed by the tide. She used them on the rare occasion it was warm enough to bathe, and they'd be perfect for today.
"You look better." Ben's voice echoed around the cavern. Rey ducked under the water again with a shriek of surprise.
"Where are you?" She gasped, looking around frantically. She finally spotted his outline in the corner, the water's reflection playing light through his outline.
"Don't stop on my account." He said.
"Don't look at me." Rey said petulantly. Ben raised an eyebrow. Rey flushed.
"Why are you here?" She asked.
"I don't know why," he replied, "I never do. But I can't stop thinking about you."
Rey slowly uncovered her chest from where she'd been covering up with her hands, but she stayed below the water. Ben sighed, his eyes dark with lust.
"I want you, Rey. I want you as badly as the first time. I can't stop thinking about your body, the way you make me feel." He growled. He stalked to the edge of the pool, looking down on her body hungrily.
"What if I say no?" Rey said defiantly.
Ben let out a slow breath, willing his temper into submission.
"Do you want me to say I'll force you? That I'll bend you to my will?"
"That's the kind of man you are, isn't it?" Rey replied. Ben's jaw knotted.
"You don't know what kind of man I really am, Rey. You don't know anything about me."
Rey's eyes dropped, and she flushed.
"Take me then, have your way." She leaned back on the edge of the pool and looked away from him. He snorted, even though his blood sang out for the opportunity to take her, make her submit under him.
"I may be a monster, Rey, but I won't do that." He said quietly. "It's only fun if I see you lose control, if you beg for me to take you."
Rey shivered as his outline disappeared, leaving her alone in the pool.
Slowly, her hand drifted down between her legs, pressing into her skin where he'd previously touched her.
"Ben..." She sighed as she came, the cool water of the cavern pool lapping at her nipples.
Lightyears away, Ben smirked, hearing Rey's moans as she called out his name in ecstasy.
