Before
Kylo Ren was standing there, in front of the man he once called father, lightsaber in hand ready to kill him, ready to release the cry of pure hatred stocked into his chest since his childhood, but when it was finally time to do it he hesitated.
It happened in just a fraction of second, it hit him like a thunder. That barely strong ray of light, he knew where it came from, or rather from who it came.
Rey
The girl
The scavenger
He flicked his eyes to his right, he couldn't see her but he knew where she was. His heart leaped again at the thought of her and the pain in his chest disappeared instantly.
"Ben?" Han Solo asked cautiously.
"Leave"
"What? But you...
"I said leave... I'm not ready" He turned his back to his father and walked away.
...
Now
Ben Solo woke up with the annoying sound of his alarm and the sunlight entering through the windows but feeling well rested he took a moment to appreciate being there, in his bed with his beautiful fiancé, Rey.
They slept in their usual position, him on his back in the middle of their bed with Rey snuggled up to him with her head on the crook of his neck, one leg between his and her hand on his chest over his heart.
He felt grateful, three years after the end of the war and only two months until their wedding his life couldn't be more perfect.
When everything ended the new Republic moved back to Coruscant with his mother and Poe to put back the galaxy in order. He now worked as an advisor having rejected a place in the senate after been forgiven for his past as Kylo Ren.
He didn't want a life as a politician but having all the information on the First Order's actions there was work to do and he feels obligated to do it. He worked for a few months with Finn and Rose to establish the officially called Across the Stars Program (ATSP), it's main goal was to reunite families separated by the war and the newly created division specialized in retrieved the former stormtroopers to their families.
Rey chose a similar path to him as an advisor but instead of spending her time on the ATSP, she worked at the Aviation Academy with the Head of the Mechanical department in training the new mechanics and having the time of her life testing the new ships.
They also went occasionally on travels with his dad and Chewie, Ben rapidly found that one of the things he enjoyed the most was to see the look on Rey's eyes whenever they went to a planet she didn't know. Together they went to Chandrilla, back to Takodana to see Maz and when they reached Naboo the way her eyes lightened up was enough to him to stay for a few more days than planned. They went to see his grandmother's grave, talked to the Queen about her legacy and they had an enormous surprise discovering that the villa where Padme spent most of her time away from the senate with her husband, was now his property. Her will stipulated that the Villa would pass into the hands of her first grandson as soon as he or she turned 21.
He accepted it graciously and they met the housekeeper, who they learned was the granddaughter of the housekeeper that knew Padme and Anakin in person. For some reason both of them felt attracted to the balcony on the back of the house, it had a beautiful view of the lake and later it became the place where Ben knelt and asked her to marry him.
Now the ring he had been carrying for months in his pocket was shining on her delicate finger and he couldn't be happier.
After he woke her up with a kiss they both got ready for the day, they took breakfast on the balcony as usual and headed to the elevator to start their day at the Senate building where they were supposed to meet with Leia to talk about the wedding.
But when the automatic doors opened they found the smiling face of Luke Skywalker.
"I have a mission for you," he said after hugging them and getting himself comfortable on their sofa.
"What?" Ben asked a little suspicious of his uncle's words.
They'd usually visited him on the new Jedi Temple and last time they've met he didn't mention a thing about a mission.
"I've found some ancient scrolls," He said after they were all seated "All of them talk about a stolen Jedi relic before the Clone Wars from the temple but that information was hidden and...
"Uncle stop" interjected Ben raising his hand and trying already to not being involved in another Force-thing "we're supposed to meet mom this morning but we can talk later about...
"Don't worry about that Ben, my dear sister already knows, in fact, everyone should be here soon" Luke answered dismissing him with a wave.
"Everyone?" Was Rey's first word, she shared a look of confusion with Ben when they heard the elevator door open.
"It's time to reunite the team again" Said Luke clapping his hands and heading to the elevator.