[ The distance between them doesn't amount to much. It's a sliver of space, knee barely brushing her own, but Rey looks between him and that small, empty gap on the log with careful deliberation. She's waited for him to initiate contact between them on his own terms, but she's starting to become chilled to the bone, and Ben has shown no signs of discomfort in fastening himself to her like another limb. Gnawing on her lip, she makes a decisive but calculated move, and slides over with a slow, measured push toward him.
It presses their sides together, Ben's body heat seeping through the thin fabric of her top. And still she shivers, excusing her reaction as a side effect of the chilled air. ]
I knew you would be safe here. No one can find us.
[ Yet. The dark bags beneath his eyes, brought on by exhaustion, discourage any mention of the Resistance and his mother. That's a conversation for another time, and only then will she be able to gauge his reaction to the idea of his defection. ]
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[ The distance between them doesn't amount to much. It's a sliver of space, knee barely brushing her own, but Rey looks between him and that small, empty gap on the log with careful deliberation. She's waited for him to initiate contact between them on his own terms, but she's starting to become chilled to the bone, and Ben has shown no signs of discomfort in fastening himself to her like another limb. Gnawing on her lip, she makes a decisive but calculated move, and slides over with a slow, measured push toward him.
It presses their sides together, Ben's body heat seeping through the thin fabric of her top. And still she shivers, excusing her reaction as a side effect of the chilled air. ]
I knew you would be safe here. No one can find us.
[ Yet. The dark bags beneath his eyes, brought on by exhaustion, discourage any mention of the Resistance and his mother. That's a conversation for another time, and only then will she be able to gauge his reaction to the idea of his defection. ]