[She loves that smile. She wants to see it all the time. She wants to be the reason for it.
She lets her hand slip into his thick, black hair as she snuggles closer into his protective embrace. This feels nice. Really nice.
There's still a niggling doubt at the back of her mind, though, from the subconscious part of her that's always believed there must have been something wrong with her, to have warranted being abandoned the way she was. It's an insidious thought and she knows she should ignore it, bury it and just bask in how nice this moment feels but, in the spirit of asking for what she wants, she wants to know.]
Why haven't you done that before? After I kissed you on Exogol, I thought maybe you didn't-
[She shakes her head and takes a deep breath, before saying sternly:]
[ He'll touch upon the obligation stuff later. Rey's mind is going at hyperspeed and he isn't following along quick enough. ]
I was half convinced I had been hallucinating. [ You try getting kissed by someone who was giving you all these ~ vibes ~ for a year and you really wanted but couldn't have and then immediately dying. It was a weird experience of "Did that actually happen??" ] And Chewbacca and Lando seemed to take delight in interrupting any attempt I had to bring clarity to the situation.
[She supposes that's a fair enough explanation. She remembers that being dead can be a bit of a mindfuck, and Chewie and Lando really do seem like they've been wait until the most inopportune times to walk in. She'd thought it was just her that was finding it more and more frustrating.]
[An uncertain smile slowly creeps across Rey's face and she turns to raise herself on her elbow and look down at him, her eyes narrowed slightly.]
Could you?
[The smile gets wider and more confident as she grows more sure she understands what he means. She uses her free hand to angle his face towards hers and brushes a few strands of his silky hair away from his cheek, then she leans over him and kisses him again, trapping him between her and the bed for a looooong moment.
She murmurs against his (so fucking plush, omg) lips:]
[ He'd pressed his cheek into her fingers once she lay them there. His scalp buzzing with a pleasant tingle that he hasn't had for... Years really. So when she pulls away he's a bit dazed and distracted. He hardly hears her question because his mind is still struck by how much it feels as though the bond buzzes in pleasure with their connection.
So, he doesn't answer verbally. Instead he threads his hand into the hair at the nape of her neck and pulls her down to kiss her again. Like, you're on top of him Rey and Kinda??? Domming him. Not really, but it's enough to wake some of that chaotic feral energy he has and the deeply buried need to just have someone kick his ass around. With permission and consent of course.
The kiss is becoming decidedly less innocent now. His mouth opens and his tongue slides out to run along her lips. It's not elegant or subtle in the way he projects his need, but, you know, she needed a clearer picture and he's giving it to her. ]
[Rey's heart is hammering in her chest now, and a shiver of something very primal runs through her when he pulls her back in and she feels the brush of his tongue against her skin. It's pure instinct which tells her what to do in response. Her mouth opens and her tongue meets his and it feels so good, so right.
And if Lando or Chewie were to walk in right now she honestly wouldn't be responsible for her actions because this is what she's been craving!
Her kiss is clumsy - unpracticed - and her hand is probably moving too much, as her fingertips smooth across his cheek and slip into his hair, then trail down to his neck, then twist into the front of his shirt, but his response has given her the confidence she's been lacking for the last month and, really, she's only just getting into her stride.
Her leg was already curled around his but she moves it now, until her thigh is draped across both of his, and what with the way she's leaning her chest against his to kiss him, there's really not very much of her that's not actively on top of him anymore.
[ I mean. Lando and Chewie are gonna have to come in at some point since poe just went "lmao wtf gtfo". But we will let them be in their make out bubble.
Ben isn't any more experienced then her to be honest. Which means there's not any judgement here and he's just doing what feels good. And feeling good in this case means sliding his tongue against hers and drinking her down. A soft noise from the back of his throat that he doesn't quite manage to swallow follows her shift in position on top of him and--
He is, at least, somewhat aware of what kinda line they are toeing right now. Every impulse wrapped up in his body is telling him to raise his legs and grab at her hips and just. You know. Give her a Proper Introduction.
...But he is also very aware this is escalating quickly and. Again. Given what just happened back there? They probably shouldn't immediately get into fucking one another. Like. They need a system between themselves and Finn and Poe at least. Or like, right outside of a meeting room with them in it, because go big or go home. None of this halfway shit.
We will see how long that morale keeps up.
He will tilt his chin up, and using one of his hands, catch her jaw gently with this thumb and forefinger to angle her up. Which may seem like a raw deal until he presses his mouth in wet kisses down the column of her neck. ]
[She is so close to batting his hand away and attacking his lips again, because she has decided she really likes kissing him, but then she feels his mouth on her neck and... oh, that feels nice too. Very nice.
So nice, in fact, that it feels as though she can feel the tingling sensation of his kisses way down in between her legs. Luckily, she's perfectly situated to grind herself against his hip to find some blessed friction, and that's very nice too.
Honestly, if you're waiting for her to say, "No, let's stop, this is too reckless", you'll be waiting a long time. Not being reckless isn't one of Rey's fortes. Besides, everyone already thinks they're doing it, right?
Still, the thought is there, that this probably isn't the best timing.
It also occurs to her that their time alone is running down with every second that passes.
She frowns a little, although she doesn't try to make him stop what he's doing, as she asks:]
Why are we waiting for them to come and babysit us? Why don't we just leave?
[ Ben Solo is doing his very best to not absolutely just break through both of their virginities right this instant and no one is around to praise him. So I will. Good job, bud.
But earnestly, HONESTLY, SINCERELY, that gentle roll of her hips against his has just kind of rattled something within him that he has to quickly pack away because Oh hey Rey is talking to you????????? And lord if she actually pushed away far enough to get a look at his face she'd realize he's become flushed in such a pretty rosy shade. Right up to the tips of his big old ears of his.
His first thought is she means physically leave the Falcon and he wants to quip that doing this outside wouldn't really help matters much. And then he starts to get what she's saying and he's like "Wow taking another ship and leaving sounds like a lot of work though?" AND THEN. FINALLY. Now that his blood has successfully been re-directed, he gets what she's saying. ]
Hearing him actually say the words "steal the Falcon" out loud kind of brings it home to Rey what she's suggesting and-
Yup. She's good with it.]
Borrow. We'll bring it back as soon as you're pardoned.
[Yes, it's illegal, but she figures he's not really in a moral position to protest.
She pushes herself up on her elbow to look down at him (and, omg, that pretty pink colour of his cheeks is just delectable. She almost gives up on her plan and resumes trying to devour him), a spark of excitement in her eyes.
She really wants to be alone with him, okay?]
Chewie knows I'll take care of it.
And it's not like either of them actually want to be stuck with us.
Poe told us to go, so let's go. Now. Before they get back.
[ There are about a billion sensible arguments against that ridiculous slew of justifications. Technically this is Lando's ship and really this is illegal. Lando and Chewbacca are both, most probably, happy to be around Ben Solo despite all the chaotic feelings around him because at least some part of their friends were still here and he's trying to do better, They STILL need a ship to get around in, Almost certainly LANDO HAS A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS SHIP THAT HE NEEDS, also Poe is going to roll his eyes so hard once he figures out what they've done and--
This is what Ben is gonna say: ]
Who's going to take care of the Porgs?
[ They are in one of the holds. Chewbacca has named them. And we all know Ben is gonna take care of them because he has been shown how to in painstaking detail from Chewie. ]
[Rey feels a wide smile spreading across her face. If that's only thing he chooses to question, out of the many, many reasons not to do this, she figures they're doing it.]
We'll take care of the Porgs.
[And they'll take care of each other, because they'll be alone and they'll have time, and that's the one thing they've never really had much of before.
She leans in and gives him one last peck on the lips before excitedly vaulting over him to stand.]
[ He is looking every bit of a snACC as he lays sprawled out on the bunk. Left a little wanting. Like, he coached himself back, only to have the 20 year old start to grind on his hip, and he was getting into it and now they gotta steal and entire fucking SHIP to do any more fooling around?????????????????????????
Being young is exhausting. He would like to think of himself as retired at this point.
What ever.
It's fine. He'll manage.
With great effort he'll push up to his elbows to watch as the ideas zoom around behind her eyes. ]
I never doubted our ability to do this.
[ Just how the hell are they gonna handle the fall out but....
He vaguely supposes Lando and Chewbacca will understand.
Probably???
What ever. they aren't known for thinking ahead. ]
Have either one of them mentioned the modifications they made to the ship since you last flew it yet?
[ Because this ship is Frankenstein's monster and which monster it is depends on who is currently Frankenstein. ]
[Ben doesn't seem quite as enthusiastic about this idea as Rey is but it's fine, she can be enthusiastic enough for both of them. Besides, she has excess tension to work off right now.]
Yes! Chewie's been working on the tachyon venting system and he said, a couple of weeks ago, that the pressure stabilizer's been playing up, but I'm ninety nine percent sure they fixed that before we went to the Bormea sector.
[She starts out of the cabin, heading for the cockpit, glancing over her shoulder to make sure Ben's following.]
[ He was more enthusiastic about making out to be sure. Cool. It's fine. Not like he got excited about getting some nice action after getting cockblocked by everything in existence. Like. Would chewbacca and lando care THAT MUCH that they were fucking on the falcon??? Probably not. His father and mother were probably much less discreet SO.
LOOK HE'S JUST GOTTA THINK ABOUT FLYING THIS STUPID FUCKING SHIP WHICH HE DOESNT WANT TO FLY RIGHT NOW.
But he's gotta if he wants to do The Thing. So. He's following her lead. Letting her get behind the pilot's controls as he is re-familiarizing himself with the set up of this damnable ship.
And. Oh hey
Look Out the window. ]
I think I see Chewbacca.
[ SHIT SHIT SHI, GOTTA SCRAMBLE INTO HIS SEAT NOW. ]
[He does see Chewbacca. Rey knows because she can see him too, and her heart hurts at the fact that she can't say goodbye to him after everything he's done for them, but there's no way she wants to risk Poe catching them mid-escape attempt, so she jumps into the pilot's seat and fires up the engines, just praying that Chewie will forgive her for seeing through this idiot idea.
To be fair, though, he's well versed in Rey's idiot ideas so at least he shouldn't be too shocked.
The Falcon lifts away from the ground just as Lando comes into view behind Chewie, and Rey grits her teeth as she quickly guides it up and over the tops of the trees on its repulsor before engaging the thrust and heading for the outer atmosphere.]
We should get into hyperspace as quickly as we can.
[ Ben's over in the co-pilots seat just trying to check all the meters and make sure no part of this ship is ready to blow. He's got proper reason to be paranoid and he is like a romantic escape is grand until
You know
You're remains are blasted across hyperspace.
Actually that also sounds weirdly romantic for them.
WHATEVER. BACK ON POINT. ]
Any place I think of probably won't be a good idea. [ Meaning, he was a fascist dictator for a year and a fucking terrorist for a few looooong years before that. It's not as if he was flashing his face all over the galaxy, but these aren't chances he's really comfortable with atm. ]
Maybe Chandrila? [ -- Wait. No. ] No, that's a bad idea. Forget I said it.
[If she'd known they were going to be making their great escape, she'd have spent all those long, boring meetings researching nice, secluded get-away locations, rather than jokingly comming him, "Send nudes."]
I've never been anywhere without at least one of the others.
[She'd never been anywhere at all until one short standard year ago. Jakku didn't count.]
There's Ahch-To. They know how to find it, but maybe they'd think it wasn't worth the effort to check. [It's a long way to go on a hunch, after all.]
But Luke was there for a long time so if it would make you uncomfortable-
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She lets her hand slip into his thick, black hair as she snuggles closer into his protective embrace. This feels nice. Really nice.
There's still a niggling doubt at the back of her mind, though, from the subconscious part of her that's always believed there must have been something wrong with her, to have warranted being abandoned the way she was. It's an insidious thought and she knows she should ignore it, bury it and just bask in how nice this moment feels but, in the spirit of asking for what she wants, she wants to know.]
Why haven't you done that before? After I kissed you on Exogol, I thought maybe you didn't-
[She shakes her head and takes a deep breath, before saying sternly:]
You're not obligated to me.
This connection-
We don't have to-
I mean, I want to, but if you would rather not-
[SHUT THE FUCK UP, REY!]
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I was half convinced I had been hallucinating. [ You try getting kissed by someone who was giving you all these ~ vibes ~ for a year and you really wanted but couldn't have and then immediately dying. It was a weird experience of "Did that actually happen??" ] And Chewbacca and Lando seemed to take delight in interrupting any attempt I had to bring clarity to the situation.
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Do you have clarity now?
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I could use more.
[ my god Rey he is an entire buffet and you can have all of it. ]
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Could you?
[The smile gets wider and more confident as she grows more sure she understands what he means. She uses her free hand to angle his face towards hers and brushes a few strands of his silky hair away from his cheek, then she leans over him and kisses him again, trapping him between her and the bed for a looooong moment.
She murmurs against his (so fucking plush, omg) lips:]
Better?
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So, he doesn't answer verbally. Instead he threads his hand into the hair at the nape of her neck and pulls her down to kiss her again. Like, you're on top of him Rey and Kinda??? Domming him. Not really, but it's enough to wake some of that chaotic feral energy he has and the deeply buried need to just have someone kick his ass around. With permission and consent of course.
The kiss is becoming decidedly less innocent now. His mouth opens and his tongue slides out to run along her lips. It's not elegant or subtle in the way he projects his need, but, you know, she needed a clearer picture and he's giving it to her. ]
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And if Lando or Chewie were to walk in right now she honestly wouldn't be responsible for her actions because this is what she's been craving!
Her kiss is clumsy - unpracticed - and her hand is probably moving too much, as her fingertips smooth across his cheek and slip into his hair, then trail down to his neck, then twist into the front of his shirt, but his response has given her the confidence she's been lacking for the last month and, really, she's only just getting into her stride.
Her leg was already curled around his but she moves it now, until her thigh is draped across both of his, and what with the way she's leaning her chest against his to kiss him, there's really not very much of her that's not actively on top of him anymore.
She kind of likes it, not gonna lie.]
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Ben isn't any more experienced then her to be honest. Which means there's not any judgement here and he's just doing what feels good. And feeling good in this case means sliding his tongue against hers and drinking her down. A soft noise from the back of his throat that he doesn't quite manage to swallow follows her shift in position on top of him and--
He is, at least, somewhat aware of what kinda line they are toeing right now. Every impulse wrapped up in his body is telling him to raise his legs and grab at her hips and just. You know. Give her a Proper Introduction.
...But he is also very aware this is escalating quickly and. Again. Given what just happened back there? They probably shouldn't immediately get into fucking one another. Like. They need a system between themselves and Finn and Poe at least.
Or like, right outside of a meeting room with them in it, because go big or go home. None of this halfway shit.We will see how long that morale keeps up.
He will tilt his chin up, and using one of his hands, catch her jaw gently with this thumb and forefinger to angle her up. Which may seem like a raw deal until he presses his mouth in wet kisses down the column of her neck. ]
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So nice, in fact, that it feels as though she can feel the tingling sensation of his kisses way down in between her legs. Luckily, she's perfectly situated to grind herself against his hip to find some blessed friction, and that's very nice too.
Honestly, if you're waiting for her to say, "No, let's stop, this is too reckless", you'll be waiting a long time. Not being reckless isn't one of Rey's fortes. Besides, everyone already thinks they're doing it, right?
Still, the thought is there, that this probably isn't the best timing.
It also occurs to her that their time alone is running down with every second that passes.
She frowns a little, although she doesn't try to make him stop what he's doing, as she asks:]
Why are we waiting for them to come and babysit us? Why don't we just leave?
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But earnestly, HONESTLY, SINCERELY, that gentle roll of her hips against his has just kind of rattled something within him that he has to quickly pack away because Oh hey Rey is talking to you????????? And lord if she actually pushed away far enough to get a look at his face she'd realize he's become flushed in such a pretty rosy shade. Right up to the tips of his big old ears of his.
His first thought is she means physically leave the Falcon and he wants to quip that doing this outside wouldn't really help matters much. And then he starts to get what she's saying and he's like "Wow taking another ship and leaving sounds like a lot of work though?" AND THEN. FINALLY. Now that his blood has successfully been re-directed, he gets what she's saying. ]
Are you suggesting we steal the Falcon?
[ BRUH THATS ILLEGAL. ]
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Hearing him actually say the words "steal the Falcon" out loud kind of brings it home to Rey what she's suggesting and-
Yup. She's good with it.]
Borrow. We'll bring it back as soon as you're pardoned.
[Yes, it's illegal, but she figures he's not really in a moral position to protest.
She pushes herself up on her elbow to look down at him (and, omg, that pretty pink colour of his cheeks is just delectable. She almost gives up on her plan and resumes trying to devour him), a spark of excitement in her eyes.
She really wants to be alone with him, okay?]
Chewie knows I'll take care of it.
And it's not like either of them actually want to be stuck with us.
Poe told us to go, so let's go. Now. Before they get back.
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This is what Ben is gonna say: ]
Who's going to take care of the Porgs?
[ They are in one of the holds. Chewbacca has named them. And we all know Ben is gonna take care of them because he has been shown how to in painstaking detail from Chewie. ]
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We'll take care of the Porgs.
[And they'll take care of each other, because they'll be alone and they'll have time, and that's the one thing they've never really had much of before.
She leans in and gives him one last peck on the lips before excitedly vaulting over him to stand.]
Ben. We can do this.
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Being young is exhausting. He would like to think of himself as retired at this point.
What ever.
It's fine. He'll manage.
With great effort he'll push up to his elbows to watch as the ideas zoom around behind her eyes. ]
I never doubted our ability to do this.
[ Just how the hell are they gonna handle the fall out but....
He vaguely supposes Lando and Chewbacca will understand.
Probably???
What ever. they aren't known for thinking ahead. ]
Have either one of them mentioned the modifications they made to the ship since you last flew it yet?
[ Because this ship is Frankenstein's monster and which monster it is depends on who is currently Frankenstein. ]
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Yes! Chewie's been working on the tachyon venting system and he said, a couple of weeks ago, that the pressure stabilizer's been playing up, but I'm ninety nine percent sure they fixed that before we went to the Bormea sector.
[She starts out of the cabin, heading for the cockpit, glancing over her shoulder to make sure Ben's following.]
Anyway, it's fine. We'll figure it out.
[What's the worst that could happen, right?]
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LOOK HE'S JUST GOTTA THINK ABOUT FLYING THIS STUPID FUCKING SHIP WHICH HE DOESNT WANT TO FLY RIGHT NOW.
But he's gotta if he wants to do The Thing. So. He's following her lead. Letting her get behind the pilot's controls as he is re-familiarizing himself with the set up of this damnable ship.
And. Oh hey
Look
Out the window. ]
I think I see Chewbacca.
[ SHIT SHIT SHI, GOTTA SCRAMBLE INTO HIS SEAT NOW. ]
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To be fair, though, he's well versed in Rey's idiot ideas so at least he shouldn't be too shocked.
The Falcon lifts away from the ground just as Lando comes into view behind Chewie, and Rey grits her teeth as she quickly guides it up and over the tops of the trees on its repulsor before engaging the thrust and heading for the outer atmosphere.]
We should get into hyperspace as quickly as we can.
[She glances uncertainly at Ben.]
Er... where are we going?
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You know
You're remains are blasted across hyperspace.
Actually that also sounds weirdly romantic for them.
WHATEVER. BACK ON POINT. ]
Any place I think of probably won't be a good idea. [ Meaning, he was a fascist dictator for a year and a fucking terrorist for a few looooong years before that. It's not as if he was flashing his face all over the galaxy, but these aren't chances he's really comfortable with atm. ]
Maybe Chandrila? [ -- Wait. No. ] No, that's a bad idea. Forget I said it.
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It's probably as good as any of my suggestions.
[If she'd known they were going to be making their great escape, she'd have spent all those long, boring meetings researching nice, secluded get-away locations, rather than jokingly comming him, "Send nudes."]
I've never been anywhere without at least one of the others.
[She'd never been anywhere at all until one short standard year ago. Jakku didn't count.]
There's Ahch-To. They know how to find it, but maybe they'd think it wasn't worth the effort to check. [It's a long way to go on a hunch, after all.]
But Luke was there for a long time so if it would make you uncomfortable-
[This could seriously take all day.]
I've heard that Generis is nice...?