Based on a prompt from an anon on tumblr: "idk if you're still taking prompts, but if you are would it be possible for something along the lines of Kylo being on the falcon w Han, Rey, etc and having no idea he's pregnant until *someone* else figures it out?Also I really love how you write chewbacca and Kylos interactions. I hope this isn't a bother to ask, I love your writing!" (if you want to send me a prompt of your own just put it in my tumblr ask – my tumblr's 'GoddessofRoyalty')
I mostly used it as an excuse to practice my Chewie because I always feel like I'm the weakest at writing him. Also yeah there are still stuff that I have written myself that need to be edited and posted but again, I posted this, unedited, on tumblr and felt like I needed to clean it up and repost it before I did anything else.
Warnings: mpreg, doing dangerous things while unknowingly pregnant, this one's pretty tame TBH.
((also there's an additional chapter that's not posted on here because of fear of 's mature content disallowance if you want it go to my AO3 and look at the chapter 8 of this over there (same username)))
His father is arguing with his uncle. He can only hear the side of the conversation that is his father's, Chewbacca obviously keeping his voice low enough for it to not echo through the halls of the ship (despite the fact the acoustics of the ship much more likely to echo him then Han). Han's words aren't giving away what they are actually arguing about just that it is a topic he doesn't want to deal with. Which, really, when it came to Han Solo, was just about any topic.
"Don't waste your energy worrying about them," Kylo tells the scavenger girl when she cautiously eyes the part of the ship the argument is coming from. "Solo has a habit of arguing with everyone he comes across."
'Too much of a free spirit' his (biological) uncle had said to explain Han's actions away to his young son. 'Too much of a stubborn asshole' his mother had said, and really, her explanation was the more likely one. Either way it ended up in the same conclusion: Han Solo disappointing everyone who loved him.
Listening to him argue with one of them brings an aching nostalgia into Kylo's bones. His childhood was filled with the echo's of Han's arguments reaching his ears, normally with a member of the family that was not part of the argument sighing loudly at his father's behaviour. His mother, his uncle Luke, and his uncle Chewie all had their turns arguing with Han and watching Ben while someone else argued with his father. They didn't like him being around when Han was arguing with somebody but it wasn't as if he didn't know what was happening.
"No. I said I'm not dealing with it until we get back and I'm sticking to it. If you really think someone should talk to him about it right away do it yourself. For now I'm just going to get him back to Leia like a told her I would. Everything else comes after that."
Apparently that was the end of the argument (or at least was in Han's eyes) because he was soon storming through the room and back towards the cockpit. Ordering Rey and Finn to follow him on the way.
"And don't you be getting any ideas about doing something stupid while unsupervised. I'll find out about it either from Chewie or whatever ends up happening as a result and you can be assured I will tell your mother." Yes, because apparently despite everything Kylo Ren had done his father still believed that 'I'll tell your mother' was enough to keep him in life. That he leader of the Knights of Ren afraid of his mother's chastisement.
It's not and he isn't, but he still is not going to do anything. Feels too tired to do anything. There is an exhaustion that has been seeping into him over the past few weeks. It is because of everything coming to a head, the knowledge that the final confrontation with his family and chance to finally prove himself to the Supreme Leader being inevitable (and soon) had dragged on more of his energy resources then he thought it would. After what had happened in the last few hours every part of him feels exhausted and really he is grateful to be left alone if only so he could collapse against the wall of the ship without feeling like he is destroying the image he built of Kylo Ren just that bit more.
He isn't left alone though. Chewie is there mere minutes after his father and the other two leave.
Kylo knows from near forgotten childhood experience that once his uncle decides he wants a hug there is little choice but to comply. Chewbacca is strong and fast, and while he would never use his power to harm him family, he isn't against using it in order to trap them in his warm embrace for hours if he feels it necessary. Kylo hopes this one does not last that long. Hopes he will be free of the embarrassing position before any of the others come back (he will not give his father the satisfaction of believing he has accepted even one member of his family back).
He expects the chastisement he gets from his uncle. Expects it and if he is completely honest with himself probably deserves it. What he doesn't expect is the comment about him putting the 'cub' at unnecessary danger.
"What cub?" The question is growled out past a tense jaw, teeth almost painfully clamped together.
He knows his uncle can feel the rest of his body tensing and soon there is a Wookie paw gently petting his hair as if to sooth him. Chewie asks if he didn't know and if it wasn't for the fact there was no breaking his uncle's grip Ren would have torn himself away (either to face him or flee – he isn't sure which).
"Of course I don't know because there is nothing to know." There is nothing there and no reason to believe otherwise.
His uncle turns apologetic but he isn't letting up, isn't letting go. If anything he seems more determined to keep his nephew there and comfort him as Kylo processes the 'difficult news'.
"What evidence do you have?" It must be a mistake. Has to be. Must be the wishful thinking of a foolish Wookie (or maybe the fatalistic thinking – a child is not always good news).
His uncle can smell it (apparently). And it isn't just because he hasn't seen Ren for so long. There is a specific smell to pregnancy and Kylo apparently has it. It takes all of three seconds for the information to settle in the Ren to lose it.
At first his uncle tries to keep him there, tries to sooth him. Eventually it becomes clear that it is a losing fight even for a Wookie and Chewie has no choice but to let go of him lest he hurt himself in his attempts at desperately breaking free of the grip.
Once he is free of the arms he is quick to leave the room. He doesn't want to be there anymore. Wishes he had of just killed his father and been done with it. And his father must know – that was what they were arguing about – his father knows and if it goes anything like how it would when he was a child his mother will know soon enough. If he had just killed his father he wouldn't have to know about it and could just continue on his track in completing the tasks given to him by the Supreme Leader. Could of continue on his track in becoming stronger through the power and guidance of his new master.
Eventually he stops. Stops moving through the ship at a blinding pace. He stops and collapses against a wall. He feels like a child, feels like the word 'cub' should be applied to him not something growing inside him.
He feels as if his world is ending for the second time that day. Feels as if truth and reality has been shifted on its axis and what was up is now down. Feels as if everything he had once been told in life is being shown to be a lie.
