Character Summary: Prompt from catnipgreenieonfire: One where your abandoned by the resistance after your kidnapped by the first order and Hux interrogates you but Kylo Ren stops it and takes you under his wing because he knows what its like to be abandoned by Leia and Han, maybe a little cute and fluffy?

They left you.

The words keep bouncing around your head as you laid on the bed, bouncing and echoing around in the confines of your skull until it became a deafening litany, drowning out all other thoughts. You refused to cry, you were a Resistance fighter, so you just sat there, staring off into space and waiting for General Hux to come back and torture you for information.

They left you.

There had to be a logical reason for it. Maybe the communications had gone down or they couldn't come back and pull you out. Maybe too many would have died to save you. It was entirely possible and most likely what had happened; the mission had been extremely high risk.

It didn't make you feel any better. It didn't make the images of watching the X-wings fly away from you lose their sting or dispel the hurt and anger deep in you. No one had kept you informed of how long you had been here, but you knew it had been several days, maybe weeks. They weren't going to come for you.

"…won't bend. I don't know how they're doing it and we need that information now-"

"General, leave them to me." The voices outside drew you from your emotional turmoil and you watched as a large black figure and General Hux entered the torture chamber. The hairs on the back of your neck stood up as something poured into the room, something powerful and undiscernible. It reminded you of General Organa's presence when she entered a room.

The thought of her stung like an arrow to the heart and you quickly shoved the thought away. You would need all of your focus to resist Kylo Ren and you couldn't afford to be sloppy with your thoughts.

Ren was staring at you, or so you imagined. You couldn't see anything behind the black mask but you got the sense he was staring and felt something caress your mind. You froze, horror growing in your stomach. Ren was saying something to Hux, something about letting him take a turn with your interrogation, but your attention was focused on blocking him out the way you had been taught by the Resistance.

Don't think about the Resistance, don't think about what they did, they ABANDONED you-It wasn't working, trying to derail your thoughts away from the hurt sitting in your chest. It felt like the invisible presence in the room was pulling it out of your chest, forcing you to feel it and experience every iota of pain. Stop it, stop it, leave me alone-!

"The Resistance abandoned you." There was no mocking in Ren's tone, just a statement of fact and perhaps something like pity. You open your eyes to find him leaning over you, Hux gone. "They will not return for you, not when you are so deep in First Order territory."

"You're wrong." The denial comes out immediately, but you knew as well as he did that Ren was correct. He had finally voiced the truth you hadn't wanted to hear, the words that threatened to destroy your composure.

"I am not." Another statement, this one sure. "I know General Organa very well; she will not return for you at such a high cost."

"Just get on with it already." You weren't pleading, you told yourself firmly. You wanted the physical pain, the pain you could get away from and hide behind in your mind. There was no way to hide from this, from his voice. It felt like it was coming from inside of your mind as well as outside of it.

"No, I will not. General Hux disagrees with me, but I believe you can help us in other ways." There was a sharp hiss of depressurized air escaping and then he was pulling his helmet off. No one had seen Kylo Ren without his mask, and you vaguely realized you would most likely die now so you could never tell anyone.

He was surprisingly normal looking. You were expecting a deformed or scarred being hiding behind the mask, but the dark hair and dark eyes were all human. He looked very young, far younger than you had thought. You tried not to stare, but that invisible presence was pulling your attention towards him and you were helpless to fight it. "I sense your pain, sense your rage and your hurt. You were abandoned, left behind on a mission you were willing to give your life for and given to the enemy."

"Stop." Now you are pleading, but you can't bring yourself to care. You just want him to stop talking, stop putting your emotions perfectly into words. It terrifies you how easily he's unraveling you. "Please, stop."

"I understand." He told you softly. "I know what it is like to be abandoned, especially by General Organa. It is a painful thing, a pain that never truly goes away."

You stare at him. Something in you tells him he's being honest, but you don't know if that's the invisible presence compelling you to believe his words or not. "How…?"

"It's personal." The words come across sharper than before and you can't hide a flinch at the sudden change. Those dark eyes bore into you. "But I am here to offer you a chance. You are young and capable, destined for great things, and the Resistance will not return for you. Turn this hurt and anger and pain into something you can use, a chance to strike back at General Organa for what she did to you. You can help me and I can help you."

"You're asking me to-" Defect. Rebel. Leave. Leave the cause you believed in, the cause you had dedicated your life to. (The cause that abandoned you, a dark voice reminds you in your mind).

"I am asking you if you would like to join a cause that will protect you, a cause that will make the most use of your abilities and your powers. It will give you a chance to do something great, something worth doing. You will never be abandoned by us." He pauses, that invisible presence caressing your mind again. You can't control the shudder that runs through you. "This, I swear."

Do it, that voice urges you again. It doesn't sound like your voice, but the thought disappears as soon as it comes, pushed away by the presence. You can get back at General Organa, you can make her hurt the way you have. You can trust Kylo Ren, he will keep you safe.

A thrill shoots through you, one that you've never felt before. It's dark and powerful and exhilarating, leaving you breathless and full of energy all at the same time. Do it, join them. "Yes." You gasp out. "I'll do it."

The first multiple-arc story! This prompt was really popular on Tumblr, probably because it's Kylo Ren, and it spawned another part that will show up later in the fic. This was a really fun one to write and definitely a challenge to try and include that much within a reasonable amount of pages and I felt like it turned out pretty good!

The second part of this story will be marked 'Kylo Ren/Reader pt.2' for your reading convenience.