#m. au | modern!ben: the senator's son
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kylo-wrecked · 3 months ago
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modern!ben: ever go to ikea just to order, like, 29 meatballs?
other ben/ren variants:
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ao3feed--reylo · 5 years ago
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Melody of the Hearts
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by lovetrigger
Rey Palpatine, heiress to the infamous Palpatine fortune, knew all about Ben Solo - the rich, spoiled, overprivileged, and egotistical son of Senator Leia Organa and famous archeologist Han Solo. She knew that he was the stereotypical “womanizing bad boy”, often pictured in gossip magazines at the most elite nightclubs with at least 2 models wrapped around his arms. And she knew that they were only betrothed to marry for his parents’ political gain and her grandfather’s own selfish reasons.
Modern AU where Rey is forced to marry Ben to please their respective families and, despite their initial opposition, they eventually can’t deny the growing connection between them.
*will update tags as I go*
Words: 1964, Chapters: 1/20, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M
Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Finn (Star Wars), Rose Tico, Paige Tico, Phasma (Star Wars), Han Solo, Leia Organa, Poe Dameron, Zorii Bliss, Luke Skywalker, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious
Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Finn/Rose Tico, Leia Organa/Han Solo
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, POV Rey (Star Wars), POV Ben Solo, Sexual Tension, Eventual Romance, Eventual Resolved Sexual Tension, Kissing, Arranged Marriage, Ben Solo is a playboy, Rey is a college student
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kylo-wrecked · 4 months ago
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RANDOMLY GENERATED HEADCANONS
use this generator to create some randomly generated headcanons for your muse(s)!
Dark!Ren 
dark!ren is not good with social cues. dark!ren is oblivious to any and all romantic interest someone may show them. dark!ren can hug you, but won't. dark!ren is very willing to eat inedible things. (not untrue)
Modern!Ben
modern!ben can't sit in a chair properly. modern!ben has chronic nightmares. modern!ben forgets to eat sometimes. modern!ben doesn't know how to say they're sorry. (he says 'sorry' a lot and yet?)
Murder!Kylo 
murder!kylo has an incredible long-term memory but an awful short-term memory. ("i'm not trying to get away with it, i'm just trying to kill them all before i get caught" energy) If murder!kylo was presented with an intergalactic portal, they would enter it without question. murder!kylo can kill you in an instant and will. murder!kylo has a knife under their bed.
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kyluxtrashcompactor · 7 years ago
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                                a rec list for the people, by the people ;)
            (this rec list was assembled from submissions by Tumblr users, and                                         appear in no particular order or theme)
Rec List Part 1 / ?
Anyone But You by Zamwessell  : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU, College Era.  Hux has always had a plan for his life. It's going well. He's following in his father's footsteps with the College Republicans and writing for the prestigious "First Order" campus conservative magazine with his new friend Dopheld Mitaka. Until he meets Mitaka's roommate, Kylo Ren -- who is everything he shouldn't want.
Out Of The Darkness, Light by GallifreyanOmnishambles, aka @creepycreepyspacewizard : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply 
Historical AU,  1976- A brilliant would-be engineering student is forced to take up coal mining after the death of his father. 1979- The privileged son of a Tory politician runs away to join the Army. Life is not kind to either of them, or to Britain as a whole, when in 1984 the National Coal Board announce 20 colliery closures and 142,000 miners go on strike. In the middle of it all "General" Brendol Hux Jr meets Ben "Kylo" Ren.
Hux Be A Lady by Polaris : Rated E, Creator Chose Not To Warn 
Sexswap, Temporarily Female Hux 
“It’ll probably go away on its own,” said Ren, helping himself to another piece of toast in the officers’ mess.
“No, it will not go away on its own, Ren,” Hux hissed, gripping his fork menacingly. “You are going to make it go away! This is your fault!”
Ground Rule by mythbusterposey : Rated M, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU --  When nineteen-year-old pitcher Ben Solo is traded from his lifelong-favorite to his lifelong-rival team, he's blindsided. It's hard for him to move past the rage and betrayal from the trade, but his roommate and veteran shortstop Elan Hux quickly takes the fragile rookie under his wing. He just hadn't taken into account how hard he would fall for his teammate.
Downbeat by @acroamatica : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply 
Modern AU --  Maestro Hux is at the helm of the Erste Orden Sinfonie for their big gala concert, a programme of the most stunning piano concertos ever written. With his continued employment and the future of the whole orchestra on the line, the last thing he needs is the incredibly arrogant (but wildly talented) piano soloist Kylo Ren.
Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad  by @vadianna : Rated E : Graphic Depictions of Violence
Pre-TFA, Canon Setting -- Jedi Ben Solo, handsome hero of the New Republic, accompanies his uncle Luke on a memorial trip to Tatooine. As Luke mourns his family, Ben meets local peacekeeper Major Armitage Hux. Hux is unimpressed by his reputation, and proceeds to give him a scathing lesson in galactic politics before taking him on a suicide mission.Ben falls hard.Later, spending the night apart, both hear a holotransmission from the floor of the New Republic Senate that reveals Ben's grandfather as the infamous Darth Vader. Ben does not take this well, and falls hard again.
Adrift by @lingua-mortua : Rated M,  Creator Chose Not To Warn
TFA Setting / Canon Divergent --  Force apprentice Kylo Ren is trapped in an escape shuttle with a man he deeply dislikes, piloting the tiny craft to anything that remotely resembles safety. He is nineteen years old and this is his first real taste of the galaxy. His companion in disaster, twenty-three year old Captain Hux, is mourning the loss of his first command, the Tarkin, which is currently a smouldering wreck in space following a desperate battle with pirates. When they finally touch down on a remote jungle planet, survival is the most important priority. They strip the ruined shuttle for everything they can use and start walking. Thrown together by fate and united against the harsh climate and punishing odds, the two youngsters grow closer and closer together. When they reach a settlement, they will call for help and be picked up, to go their separate ways in the vast galaxy. Is it so wrong that, for now, they feel compelled to cling to what little comfort they can find?
The Last Thing I Need Is You by @claricechiarasorcha : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply 
TFA Canon Setting (Featuring Awkward Virgin Kylo Ren and Bossy Bottom General Hux)
In which Hux discovers that maybe Kylo Ren really was raised by wolves -- because surely, everybody knows what a fuck buddy is.
Surely.
Noise Resolution by @gefionne  : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply 
Modern AU -  Hux's neighbor Kylo Ren is infamous for having loud sex with a new guy every couple of days. When Hux gets fed up and files a noise complaint, an enraged Kylo confronts Hux about the report. Hux tries to protest at first but soon ends up in bed with Kylo, screaming just as loud as the boys previously.
Stars In Our Wake by @griesly : Rated E, No Archive Warnings Apply
Modern AU -  As the owner of Flagship Books, Hux has his life perfectly in order until professional disappointment Kylo Ren barges into his shop and unfortunately, his life. Kylo is a terrible employee, Hux is a worse employer, and this arrangement goes about as well as you'd expect.
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likeadove · 7 years ago
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(fic) we could plant a house, we could build a tree (4/?)
Summary:  Seven-year-old Rey decides it’s her duty to annoy the crap out of Ben Solo every single day she’s alive. Modern-day AU.
Rating: M
Chapters: 1, 2 , 3
FFN  AO3
That weekend proved to be particularly stressful. 
Rey isn’t sure why keeping her action figures and Pound Puppies stored in the closet instead of on the floor by her bed is imperative to the Senator having a smooth visit, but she obeys.
Maz looks frazzled enough.
On Monday Rey waits outside the home with the other children, watching with a frown as a sleek black car pulls into the long driveway. She hasn’t forgotten what Luke said the other night, about the senator being his sister. And she wonders, if she’s Luke’s sister, if that makes her—
Rey’s suspicions are confirmed as soon as Senator Leia Organa steps out of the car. Rey recognizes Ben in the way this woman carries herself, in the way her warm brown gaze sweeps over the sight in front of her and takes note of her surroundings. In the way the corner of her mouth pulls into an almost smile. Maz walks out to greet her and the two women shake hands.
The next couple of hours are incredibly boring, considering all the hullabaloo that lead up to them. Rey isn’t overly impressed with who she suspects is Ben’s mom. All the senator does is walk around, talk, and ask questions. Rey distracts herself by staring at Organa’s bodyguard and the gun holstered to his hip. It looks kinda cool, and Rey commits herself to trying to draw him later. Ben might think it’s interesting.
She is so deep in her thoughts (markers would be fun for this project but pencils would be more precise for lines) that Senator Organa has to tap her shoulder to get her attention. She bends down so that she’s looking Rey eye-to-eye and holds out her hand, introducing herself.
Maz’s furious look from over the senator’s shoulder prompts Rey to shake it. Leia smiles. “You must be Rey. I’ve heard so much about you.” She leans in a little closer. “I hear you’re a family friend.”
Rey’s mouth drops open a little bit and suddenly she feels incredibly shy. This only makes Leia smile more fondly. “Luke showed me some of your drawings earlier today. You’re quite talented.”
Rey only remembers to say ‘thank you’ because Maz is mouthing it frantically over Leia’s shoulder.
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Rey is spreading her Pound Puppies back out across her side of the room where they belong when she stills, mind puzzling over her odd day. If the senator is Ben’s mom, then she’s sent her son away. And maybe that means Ben was left behind just like her
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Tuesdays are painting days.
Rey isn’t sure how she feels yet about painting. She prefers bending over a sketch pad with markers or charcoal or pencils—less messy. Besides, whatever she manages to paint always seem to pale in comparison to what Ben can do. He may denounce colors and their use, but with them he creates portraits of places Rey would love to adventure off to.
Today she settles herself in their usual corner. She pulls out the small set of paints that Maz had gotten her for Christmas the year before and waits for Ben to slide onto his stool next to her.
But he never comes, and soon Luke is clearing his throat at the front of the classroom, the other students quieting and giving him their attention. Rey bites her bottom lip and peers around, because Ben has never missed a class in the whole year that Rey has been coming here—
Something is wrong.
She shoves her paint set back into her backpack and softly exits the classroom, not noticing Luke’s eyes swivel in her direction when the door closes behind her.
She checks the kitchen-office first, because maybe he’s making a pot of coffee and lost track of the time, or maybe he has his headphones on and didn’t hear Luke tell him class was starting soon—
But he’s not there.
Feeling herself grow antsy, she marches room to room and thoroughly checks each of them. Ben isn’t in any of them, of course, and Rey realizes with a sinking feeling where he must be. She wanders to the bottom of the staircase that leads to the upper level. The level she’s never been in, has had no reason to go in.
She squares her shoulders and places a small hand on the railing, pulled forward by some feeling of protectiveness. She needs to find Ben Solo and draw him pictures of puppies swearing, or Beavis and Butthead, or—
Rey reaches the top of the stairs and looks around, taking in the small living room with its entertainment center and a TV that’s playing the local news. There are art projects everywhere, half finished sculptures and drying paintings representing a smorgasbord of Luke and Ben’s work. Before Rey can get too distracted, she hears music.
Following the music will mean finding Ben. Hitching her backpack up her shoulder, she walks through the living room and into a hallway on the right. There are three doors. She guesses one leads to Luke’s bedroom, one leads to the bathroom he must share with Ben, and the other…the other is slightly cracked with soft light shining from underneath.
She gently pushes it open and is reminded starkly of pushing open another door a year ago. Except she doesn’t find Ben flinging paint at a bedsheet, but stretched across his own bed, lying face down.
His room smells like teenage boy. She’s been around enough of them by now to recognize that particular musk. In one corner a red lava lamp sits on the floor, casting an eerie glow about the rest of the room. There’s a massive Doom poster stretching across one wall and a Stephen King novel sitting on his bedside table. A stereo sits on a bookshelf, much nicer then the paint splattered one he keeps downstairs. Melancholy music pours out of it.
She glances back to Ben. There’s a fist sized hole in the wall right next to his bedpost. And on the bedside table, next to the Stephen King novel, is a small framed photo of what must have once been a happy family. A much younger Ben smiles out at her, teeth missing, with a handsome couple standing behind him. Rey has never seen the man in the photo, but she instantly recognizes the fond smile and warm brown gaze of Senator Organa.
So he was left behind, just like her.
Rey looks back at his face and jumps, realizing that his eyes are open, watching her. He raises his head enough to mutter, “Fuck off, kid.” But there’s no real malice in his voice.
She stands still for a long moment before dropping her backpack and sitting cross-legged on the floor. She pulls out a sketchpad and a black marker, tilting the paper toward the lava lamp in order to take advantage of its light. She’s not sure how long she sits there, drawing and listening to the music.
She draws a tree. A black hulking tree with two figures sitting in its shade.
When she is done she looks back up at Ben and notices that he’s fallen asleep, his head cradled on his arm and facing her. As if he’d been watching her.
When she’s finished she silently puts her things away and stands, determined not to wake him. She also likes to just go to sleep when she’s sad, sometimes.
She places the drawing in front of the framed picture of a broken family and creeps from his room, footsteps silent.
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A life is time, they teach you growing up The seconds ticking killed us all A million years before the fall You ride the waves and don’t ask where they go
“Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” by Primitive Radio Gods
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A/N: Once again, thanks everyone for reading and commenting! Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this chapter, I know it was more angst then fluff this time. Poor Ben and Rey :( This is it for ‘98. See y'all again in '99! We’ll be meeting some more of our beloved characters next time as well!
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ao3feed--kylux · 8 years ago
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A Fragile Line. - A Star Wars Story
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by cosmicbattles
one would expect that the coming of age would be difficult in a world divided into a tyrannical new regime and a crumbling old republic. the daughter of the infamous general and senator, leia organa solo, finds it hard to sit still and look pretty when a force tells her war is coming and that her brother, a mentally unstable pawn of a mysterious enemy, is being groomed to fight for the other side with his strange abilities. the daughter of a legendary mystic recluse finds power growing within herself and finds herself in the center of a resistance aided by a defected member of the enemy government and the right-hand man to solo herself. additionally, the maniacal son of the commander of the new order works alongside the son of the senator and finds their relationship to be more than a rivalry and the trusted family friend of the solos finds himself involved with the girl he was sworn to protect. all is fair in love and war.
[this is a dystopian au of the latest star wars trilogy (episode vii onward) with a main original character and a different chain of events based on the canon story and characters]
Words: 2505, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi
Characters: Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Armitage Hux, Original Skywalker Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Poe Dameron, Finn (Star Wars), Rey (Star Wars), Snoke (Star Wars), Phasma (Star Wars), Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa, Brendol Hux, Other Star Wars Character(s)
Relationships: Armitage Hux/Kylo Ren, Armitage Hux/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Poe Dameron/Original Character(s), Finn & Rey (Star Wars), Wedge Antilles & Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa/Han Solo
Additional Tags: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spoilers, Star Wars References, Force Bond (Star Wars), Misuse of the Force, War Era, Pre-Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Pining Poe Dameron, Force-Sensitive Rey, Pining, Mutual Pining, Kylo Ren and Rey Are Related, Kylo Ren Has Issues, Seduction to the Dark Side, Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Rey Skywalker, Age Difference, Coming of Age, Coming Out, Political Alliances, First Love, First Kiss, Sexy Times, Meddling Kids, Revolutionaries In Love, Hux is Not Nice, Armitage Hux Smokes, Protective Kylo Ren, Protective Poe Dameron, Minor Finn/Rey, Gay Luke, Everyone Is Gay, Female Solo, Minor Leia Organa/Han Solo, Parents Han and Leia, Dystopia, Family Issues, Fluff and Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Emotional Baggage, Sexual Tension, Sad and Happy, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment
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ao3feed--reylo · 6 years ago
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More Than the Sum of Your Deeds
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by Vezalay
Rey is a reporter trying to prove herself on her first big story when she meets Kylo Ren, the disgraced son of a well known senator. Slow burn Reylo, Modern AU
Words: 1042, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Ben Solo, Poe Dameron, Finn (Star Wars), Snoke (Star Wars), Armitage Hux
Relationships: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting
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kylo-wrecked · 5 months ago
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𝑇𝑌𝑃𝐸𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝑃𝐸𝑂𝑃𝐿𝐸 : 𝐷𝑈𝑁𝐺𝐸𝑂𝑁𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐷𝑅𝐴𝐺𝑂𝑁𝑆 𝐶𝐿𝐴𝑆𝑆𝐸𝑆   .
:// modern!ben / senator's son edition
𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐼𝐴𝑁   ⚔    toothy grins,  stories around the campfire,  clothes covered in pet hair,  hot temper,  old jeans,  heartbeat in head,  potatoes and steak,  beaded jewellery,  bruises like galaxies,  mementos, backpack stuffed full,  craigslist furniture, spontaneous road trips,  air ripped from lungs.
𝐵𝐴𝑅𝐷     ⚔     homemade bread, white lies, easily excited,  trying on hats,  band geek,  pep talks,  no impulse control,  sunsets,  vintage fashion, long showers, selfies, following dreams,  rosy cheeks,  song mash-ups,  pink lemonade with tequila, loves easily,  animated storyteller, full of comebacks.
𝐶𝐿𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐶    ⚔    list of wishes,  biting their tongue,  band-aids and neosporin, shoulder to cry on,  morning sun,  necklaces, trial and error, homemade quilts, formal clothing, astrology fan,  messages in bottles,  pleated braids,  speaking up for friends, feathers, motivational quotes,  vivid dreams.
𝐷𝑅𝑈𝐼𝐷      ⚔       bird watching, shy kid,  wind chimes, trying to whistle,  summer camp, apple orchards,  lost in their head, glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, hoodies,  thrift shopping (for mementos),  saving worms off the sidewalk,  pig latin,  bare feet, thunderstorms, numb fingers, braided hair,  naming potted plants.
𝐹𝐼𝐺𝐻𝑇𝐸𝑅      ⚔     goosebumps,  leather jackets,  adventure,  chewing nails, cares deeply but can’t show it, bronze locks,  no sleep, taste of iron,  netflix binges,  never forgets, combat boots,  stories behind scars, table for one,  official soundtracks, sore calves,  trusts themselves the most.
𝑀𝑂𝑁𝐾    ⚔       always trying to be better,  wanderlust,  meditation,  sweat pants, old photographs,  yoga,  sleeping in hammocks, nostalgia,  minimalist design, a breath of fresh air,  baby animals,  volunteering,  perfectionist, doesn’t care about fashion,  healthy snacks,  noticing the little things.
𝑃𝐴𝐿𝐴𝐷𝐼𝑁     ⚔      school uniforms, thick jackets,  sleeping with the windows open, logical advice, scrapbooking,  compasses,  fighting for friends, sculpture gardens,  cold morning air,  big soul,  likes routine,  secret romantic, last to get jokes, sunflowers, practical presents ("so i got you this weird bad thing i know you'll love"),  misty weather.
𝑅𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐸𝑅    ⚔      herbal tea,  smell of rain,  blinking away tears,  camping trips, collecting bones,  swiss army knives, first impressions, anxious thoughts,  bobby pins,  burnt marshmallows,  too competitive, clotheslines,  messenger bags,  holding grudges, gets along better with animals than people.
𝑅𝑂𝐺𝑈𝐸     ⚔      flirtatious sarcasm, candid photos,  lost phone chargers,  adrenaline rush,  picking dirt out from beneath their nails,  social chameleon,  clashing clothes, self-deprecating jokes,  claw machines,  sits in chairs wrong,  smudged eyeliner, has to wear sunglasses, eats nothing or everything.
𝑆𝑂𝑅𝐶𝐸𝑅𝐸𝑅      ⚔     infectious laugh,  family trees,  shivers down their spine, lipstick and roses, mood swings,  clumsy,  believing in destiny,  high expectations,  sleeping in darkness,  collection of nail polish, passionate,  good grades but never studies, poetry books, blowing kisses,  not knowing their own strength.
𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐿𝑂𝐶𝐾      ⚔     knowing  everyone’s  secrets, backpack  covered  in  pins,  envy, being  in  walmart  late  at  night,  earl  grey,  selective  memory,  conspiracy  theories  and  cryptids,  key smashing, need  to  know  basis,  can’t  cook,  bags  under  eyes, experimental  art, flickering  bulbs,  black  clothing  all  year  long
𝑊𝐼𝑍𝐴𝑅𝐷   ⚔     piles of textbooks, cat in lap, keeping a diary,  indecision,  scented candles,  studying alone in a café,  lingering touches,  museum dates,  unanswered questions,  taking on too much responsibility,  collections,  chalk dust,  comfy robes, unnecessary apologies,  coming home after a long day.
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sushigirlali · 6 years ago
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sushigirlali’s Reylo Fanfiction
A/N: I’ve had a few people ask me to compile a list of all my Reylo fics in one post, so here we go! FYI you can also find them by using the “my fanfiction” tag on my blog, or by simply clicking the “Fanfiction” link in the side bar when viewing my blog homepage in Tumblr desktop. I’ll update and reblog this post periodically. Thanks for reading!! 
Other sites: AO3 | ff.net 
Multi-chapters:
Admiration (3/3)
Part I / Part II / Part III
Rating: E
Continuity: Jedi Academy AU
Summary: Padawan Ben Solo struggles to repel Snoke’s odious influence while coming to terms with his feelings for fellow student Rey of Jakku. 
Bad Idea Right? (3/3) NEW!
Part I / Part II / Part III (Complete!)
Rating: E
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Rey Niima realizes she may not be over Ben Solo when Hux’s social media posts show her ex-boyfriend is moving on at Poe’s Halloween party. Donning a matching costume purchased before their breakup, Rey decides to stop running and confront him. Horny Halloween hijinks ensue!
Finding You (9/9)
Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V / Part VI / Part VII / Part VIII / Part IX
Rating: M
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Unseen forces move against Kylo Ren from within the First Order as he struggles to unravel Snoke’s deceptions / Rey must balance her relationship with Ben Solo and her dedication to the cause that opposes him / Leia Organa makes a desperate plea to an old friend in a last ditch effort to restore the Resistance
If You Don’t Love Me, Lie To My Face (4/4)
Part I / Part II / Part III / Epilogue
Rating: E
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Grifter!Rey helps U.S. Senator Leia Organa’s son, Ben Solo, out of a jam when a couple of muggers invade her turf. Afterward, she debates robbing the rich American herself, but can she protect her heart while stealing his?
Mad Love (3/3)
Part I / Part II / Part III 
Rating: E
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Rey is determined to seduce Ben Solo back to the light, can Kylo Ren resist her?
No Body, No Crime (5/6) NEW!
Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV / Part V | Part VI (Coming Soon!)
Rating: E
Continuity: Canonverse AU
Summary: Assassin!Rey Palpatine is on her first mission for the evil Darth Sidious. The goal is simple: kill Prince!Ben Solo by any means necessary.
Office Politics (3/3)
Part I / Part II / Part III | Bonus Scene! 
Rating: E
Continuity: Office AU
Summary: Recent college graduate Rey Niima has worked with Senator Leia Organa for over three years, but the most difficult part of her job has never been navigating Washington's hectic political scene; it's chief legal counsel Ben Solo.
Inspiration: Reylove Week 2018 - Day 7 - Holiday
The Politics of Dancing (4/4)
Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV 
Rating: E
Continuity: Regency AU
Summary: Ben has known Rey most of her life, but when things change between them one tumultuous night, can he convince her that they have a future? Or will secret legacies, scheming parents, and fetching suitors get in the way?
One-shots:
After Midnight
Rating: E
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Ben comes home earlier than expected to find Rey in a comprising position, not that she minds in the least…
Inspiration: mrsviolet - prompts 87 & 90 
Body Politic
Rating: E
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Ben introduces Rey to a new position in and out of the bedroom. 
Inspiration: kayurka 
Dreamland 
Rating: E
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Night after night, it was always the same dream: a dimly lit room, a featherbed draped in silk, and the man in black making passionate love to her untried body. 
Inspiration: Tunes
Famous In Love
Rating: M
Continuity: Actor AU
Summary: Rey scores her first big break in Hollywood co-staring in an Oscar worthy film with acclaimed theater actor Kylo Ren. In order to pull off an intimate love scene, the pair retreat to Kylo’s apartment to practice in private.
First Aid
Rating: M
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Rey gets injured in battle and Ben volunteers to tend her wound. Poe will never be able to look at the med bay countertop the same way again.
Inspiration: reyl-hoe
I Spy
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Ben has done everything he can to protect Rey from the First Order, but getting caught was never part of the plan.
Inspiration: Tunes and reyl-hoe
Lollipop 
Rating: E
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: After a rough night of partying, Rey and Ben have some fun on the way to breakfast.
Inspiration: saturnine-stardust 
Luminous Beings Are We 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Rey’s race to find a replacement kyber crystal is interrupted by the last person she wants to see. At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself.
Inspiration: grlie-girl - prompt #94
Paths
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Kylo Ren has to decide what path he wants to take, and it may just be through Rey’s friends.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2018 - Day 7 - Destiny - Paths
Possession
Rating: M
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Kylo Ren will do anything to possess Rey, capturing her in a sensual torrent that may finally weaken her resolve.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2018 - Day 2 - Dark - Possession
Searching for the Light 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Rey has a Force-vision of Ben's death, but is there anything she can do to save him?
Inspiration: grlie-girl
Some Like It Hot
Rating: T+
Continuity: Coffee Shop AU
Summary: Barista!Ben has been in love with College Student!Rey for as long as he can remember but doesn't want to rock the boat since she already has a boyfriend / Rey is done waiting for Ben to make a move, so she takes matters into her own hands
Inspiration: Reylove Week 2018 - Day 5 - Alternate Universe - Coffee Shop
Drabbles:
After Hours 
Rating: T+
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Rey gets a call for help from the most unlikely person. Ben is up to his ears in trouble of the puppy persuasion. 
Inspiration: lovethemfiercely - prompt #113
Clothing Optional 
Rating: T+
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Rey introduces Ben to yoga. Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Inspiration: Anonymous - prompt #109
Days Gone 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post-Apocalyptic AU
Summary: First Order marauders have taken Ben hostage and Rey will do anything to get him back.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 6 - Post-Apocalyptic
Dinner Plans
Rating: T
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Ben is nervous about meeting Rey’s brother for the first time, while Rey just wants to finish reading her book before dinner.
Inspiration: grlie-girl
Everything
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Early morning pillow talk leads to a better understanding between husband and wife.
Inspiration: thepoetdraws
Good Morning
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: The Resistance has been taking up a lot Ben’s time lately, and Rey is feeling a little neglected.
Inspiration: jjsnrk
Grief 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Sometimes consoling the enemy is the only way to move forward.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 3 - Grief
Happily Ever After 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TRoS
Summary: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a Prince and a Scavenger lived happily ever after.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 7 - Perfect Ending
Happy Accidents 
Rating: T
Continuity: Hogwarts AU
Summary: Ben becomes concerned about his frenemy's wellbeing when Rey starts falling asleep in class.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 4 - Time Travel
The Heart of the Woods
Rating: T
Continuity: Nymph AU
Summary: The heart of the woods whispered to Kylo of something forgotten, of something lost, drawing him into their depths. Would he finally find what he was looking for?
Inspiration: kiddohah
Hunter’s Moon 
Rating: T
Continuity: Werewolf AU
Summary: Kylo and Rey go out for a little walk in the moonlight.
Inspiration: Reylo Monster Week 2018 - Day 2 - Werewolves
Hush
Rating: M
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Ben and Rey are alone for the first time since Ben’s defection to the Resistance, and keeping quiet was proving to be a real problem.
Inspiration: vanta-gold-by-night
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (New!)
Rating: E
Continuity: Modern AU
Prompt: Rey and Ben finally exit the friend zone.
Inspiration: “Reylo AU where the world is supposedly ending in 15 minutes, so long time friends Rey and Ben hastily agree to have sex for the 1st and last time. After 15 minutes, the world didn't end.”
Knight Me
Rating: T
Continuity: Medieval AU
Summary: Prince Ben must choose between duty and the woman he loves.
Inspiration: karpqueen
Legacy 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TRoS
Summary: Not all conflicts can be resolved in battle.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 5 - Legacy
Lessons In Love 
Rating: T
Continuity: Modern School AU
Summary: Ben confesses his love through calligraphy.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 2 - Role Reversal
Modesty
Rating: T+
Continuity: Demon AU
Summary: Rey would prefer Kylo's cloak on the ground, and her demon lover doesn’t mind in the least.
Inspiration: lilithsaur
Nice Things (New!)
Rating: E
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Sometimes life threw in-law sized curveballs at you, but on the plus side, making furious love to her husband in the middle of the day on his mother’s favorite sofa was a pretty good alternative to a Hawaiian vacation. 
Inspiration: “this sofa costs fifteen thousand dollars, dont you dare ruin it” ‘guess ill just have to cum in you then’ 
Physical Therapy
Rating: T
Continuity: Smuggler!Ben and Dark!Rey (aka Kira)
Summary: After Ben nurses Kira back to health, she must decide whether to stay with the smuggler or return to the First Order.
Inspiration: lilithsaur
Racing Hearts 
Rating: M
Continuity: Naga!Rey AU
Summary: After years of intense loneliness, a young man stumbles into Rey’s den. Can she convince him to stay?
Inspiration: Reylo Monster Week 2018 - Day 6 - Naga
The Risk of Falling
Rating: T+
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Ben has never fit in with his Rey’s friends, but turning down the Tico’s invitation to their annual Halloween party was out of the question as far as his wife was concerned.
Inspiration: mrsmancuspia
A Rose By Any Other Name (New!)
Rating: M
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Ben looks for a way to pay Hux back for fixing him up with Rey when Rose Tico walks into their favorite college bar.
Inspiration: Sequel to Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
School Days
Rating: T
Continuity: Anime School Girl AU
Summary: Ben has a crush on the new girl, but it’ll take more than a few sweet words to win Rey over.
Inspiration: gwendy85
Skipping Stones
Rating: T
Continuity: Tenta!Kylo AU
Summary: King Kylo is a cruel, ruthless leader, but one ripple could change everything.
Inspiration: persimonne
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down 
Rating: M
Continuity: Modern AU
Summary: Hux gives Ben some surprisingly good dating advice and Rey finally makes her move.
Inspiration: “she may be all lollipops and candy bars, but I bet behind closed doors she’s hand cuffs and gags.”
Train Me
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Rey and Ben open up about their insecurities during a training session.
Inspiration: emilyredekerart
Waiting Game
Rating: T+
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Kylo confronts Rey about her betrayal on the Supremacy. 
Inspiration: reyl-hoe
Wildest Dreams 
Rating: M
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: After two years of marriage, Rey and Ben finally have some time alone on the Falcon. Whatever will they do to pass the time?
Inspiration: kayurka
Drabble Series:
Art by eclinu:
Lakeside
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: As the Resistance retreats to Naboo, Rey reflects on her last interaction with Kylo Ren. 
Inspiration: eclinudoods
Shut Up
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Life is anything but ordinary on Naboo as Ben asks Rey for advice on how to win over his biggest skeptics.
Inspiration: eclinudoods
Love Bites​ (February 2019 Drabble Challenge):
Sensible Heart 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: The heart wants what the heart wants, even when the head knows better.
Inspiration: Reylo Fanfiction Anthology - Love Bites​: February 2019 Drabble Challenge - Prompt: Heart
You’ve Got Red On You
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: A surprise rescue changes the game.
Inspiration: Reylo Fanfiction Anthology - Love Bites​: February 2019 Drabble Challenge - Prompt: Red
Love Hurts 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary: Love means forgiveness, even if you can’t forgive yourself.
Inspiration: Reylo Fanfiction Anthology - Love Bites​: February 2019 Drabble Challenge - Prompt: Love
Everything In Balance 
Rating: T
Continuity: Post TLJ
Summary:  Sometimes one person can change the course of your entire life, and if you’re lucky, for the better.
Inspiration: Reylo Fanfiction Anthology - Love Bites​: February 2019 Drabble Challenge - Prompt: Balance
Poems:
Growth 
Rating: PG
Continuity: Flower AU
Summary: A simple weed lights the way.
Inspiration: Reylo Week 2019 - Day 1 - Growth
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ao3feed-jedistorm · 8 years ago
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Run Away With Me
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by jessicajonesjpg
Hacker!Rey AU. Finn is the son of a controversial CEO who is disliked among the corporate world for reasons unknown. After his father gets blackmailed by a mysterious person into releasing private information surrounding his company's illegal gun trafficking, Finn realizes that he's in the middle of the biggest scandal since the arrest of Senator Sheev Palpatine. Meanwhile, Rey is a hacker who works at a cybersecurity firm. When Finn's father goes missing, he decides to file for corporate bankruptcy and he wants to find out who was responsible for all of this hell. He tries to track down the unknown hacker and as a result, meets Rey. They go down on a journey to find his missing father and among their souls, comes an intimate bond that soon becomes love.
Words: 1686, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: F/M
Characters: Finn (Star Wars), Rey (Star Wars), Poe Dameron, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Luke Skywalker, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Jessika Pava, Temmin "Snap" Wexley
Relationships: Finn/Rey (Star Wars), Finn & Rey (Star Wars)
Additional Tags: Hacker Rey, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Badass Rey, Finn-centric, Blackmail, Corporate Espionage, Evil Corporations, Hacking, Murder Mystery, Kind of inspired by The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, A little bit of Mr. Robot too, Sharing a Bed, Sharing a Room, Fugitives, Original Character Death(s), Finn is the son of a CEO who's MIA, Missing in Action, Falling In Love, Friends to Lovers
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ao3feed4reylo · 5 years ago
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by lovetrigger
Rey Palpatine, heiress to the infamous Palpatine fortune, knew all about Ben Solo - the rich, spoiled, overprivileged, and egotistical son of Senator Leia Organa and famous archeologist Han Solo. She knew that he was the stereotypical “womanizing bad boy”, often pictured in gossip magazines at the most elite nightclubs with at least 2 models wrapped around his arms. And she knew that they were only betrothed to marry for his parents’ political gain and her grandfather’s own selfish reasons.
Modern AU where Rey is forced to marry Ben to please their respective families and, despite their initial opposition, they eventually can’t deny the growing connection between them.
*will update tags as I go*
Words: 1964, Chapters: 1/20, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/M
Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Finn (Star Wars), Rose Tico, Paige Tico, Phasma (Star Wars), Han Solo, Leia Organa, Poe Dameron, Zorii Bliss, Luke Skywalker, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious
Relationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Finn/Rose Tico, Leia Organa/Han Solo
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, POV Rey (Star Wars), POV Ben Solo, Sexual Tension, Eventual Romance, Eventual Resolved Sexual Tension, Kissing, Arranged Marriage, Ben Solo is a playboy, Rey is a college student
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ao3feed-kyloren · 6 years ago
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More Than the Sum of Your Deeds
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by Vezalay
Rey is a reporter trying to prove herself on her first big story when she meets Kylo Ren, the disgraced son of a well known senator. Slow burn Reylo, Modern AU
Words: 1042, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Kylo Ren, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Ben Solo, Poe Dameron, Finn (Star Wars), Snoke (Star Wars), Armitage Hux
Relationships: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting
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kylo-wrecked · 9 months ago
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Ben raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly, signaling that he had just confirmed some terrible, secret thing within himself. It quickly became a ghost, too. 
"You don't trust me," he muttered. "I mean, you worry that now? What are you—what are you saying?"
Shook his head.
"You were indoctrinated. You served. You almost died for it, but you served, and the person who went down knew it was you or them. Accident—isn't the word. I was negligent. You lied. Those are the words. That's the truth." 
With his palms pushing off the table, he stood from his chair and hovered over the tall bamboo chest in the corner by the sliding doors to a terrace under the wailing sky. Brunnhilde had dropped the contents of their pockets in a ceramic bowl there. He fished out a pack of cigarettes, the small paper carton and its printed-on, pulled-back eyelid like something from A Clockwork Orange: SMOKING CAUSES BLINDNESS.
Ben paused and put a cigarette to his lips. 
"I wouldn't trust me either." 
He was about to step out when he caught a glimpse of Brunnhilde in the window glass and froze. The filter dampened on his tongue as he watched the tears roll down her reflection in bokeh and droplets made into rubies by a traffic light outside. 
How could he not have realized that she was crying? 
Each corner of the room darkened, and the objects on his periphery blurred into shadows. Ben watched the rain on Brunnhilde's face, stunned. Once he'd gotten over himself, he let go the sliding door handle and trudged back to the middle of the room. Then Ben went to her. Tucking the cigarette behind his ear with a dark lock, he lowered himself onto one knee, then the other. 
Out of that darkness was Brunnhilde, flickering like a candle, cheekbones sticky, eyes rimmed with red, her lips struggling against making sound, any sound. 
"I'm sorry," Ben rasped, looking up at her. His voice was smaller than the room. Tears clung to his eye ducts, refusing to fall. "I'm so sorry."
He didn't know if he had done this to Brunn, or if she'd always been so tender, and he'd ripped the band-aid off. He didn't know if his touch was welcome now. If she were to bat his hand from her thigh, so be it. He deserved it. 
"Please..."
He didn't know what he was asking for. 
@valkxrie
@kylo-wrecked
The barometric pressure increased above the table. The rain wanted to water the marble; to drown the whiskey, to turn paperwork to pulp.
Everything she wanted fit in a small room.
Something that tasted like guilt gnawed at the fist sized space beneath Brunnhilde's sternum. He watched her, and she watched him back. Watched his head in his hands, his hair around his ears, his shifting and haunting.
Everything fit in a small room.
"You didn't mean it." Her words sat on the table, addressing manilla folders and Singapore and the ghosts in his eyes. She didn't tell him it wasn't his fault, or that it was an accident. Because - it was his fault, even if it was an accident.
"I meant it." A confession from her patellas, pressing at his bones. Her eyes stayed on his for a second, then slid away. "I think that's why I couldn't tell you. I didn't... uh. Fuck."
A breath expands her chest, fingers in her hair. The balls of her hands press to her eyes and when she takes them away she's half surprised to see him still there. Rain pooled on the balcony.
There was silence, and there was the rain, and there was the way their knees touched. And there was a memory of warping his floors. Of wearing his sweater. Of smelling of his soap and standing in his kitchen.
Him. A small room. Everything on the table.
"I was always my entire self with you - which is more than I can say about anyone else. Maybe ever. I worry that... you wouldn't be here, needing me - someone like me - if I had just told you." Her voice had held from a lifetime of being trained to hold it. To bite her tongue until it bled. But, it crumbled from him, along with her gaze and her left lung.
It was raining on the table.
"I'm not making excuses for you, but I know you didn't mean it. But when I did this..." her hand touched her folder, held there like a palm to a hot plate. "I didn't want this, I didn't choose it - but I meant it. It wasn't an accident. And, you need to know that before you say anything else or decide if you want me to stay or go."
Her gaze went to his features, and maybe it wasn't raining on the table - just on her face. And maybe the room wasn't so small, because there was a sky overhead, and the barometric pressure could change, and ghosts could fit inside an iris.
And maybe the room wasn't so small because she needed it to be big enough for the both of them.
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When he steps into the wolf's shadow, he takes a piece of it with him. The wolf stays at his back, phosphorescent in the heat. Four hundred-storey steel glow fangs rearing at Brunnhilde's French windows, warping the echo of Ben's silhouette on her soft aghan.
A piece of the wolf's shadow sits on its haunches and leers at her from his eyes. He locks the door behind him as if this were his den, his broad shoulders, arms, and hands more than tenants to this space.
She's his, too, this part man form, part wolf shadow, led by the scent of her plea. Her smell of barley and peat, the hint of tobacco from the cigarette they shared in the cloud that clung to them like their clothes and the hairs to their brows.
His silence is acceptance and absolution. His acceptance is a kiss with a bite of the wolf inside it, claiming her. Forgiveness is his hand around the dampened nape of her neck, locking like a jaw.
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Ben seemed like a dark bird folding its wings; his scapulas flattened under their damp linens. His features sharpened with interest, eyes empty of reservation, reserving but curiosity. He laughed, just once, as she batted his hand away.
“I don’t speak that,” he said, shaking his head. “I don’t know crow language.”
Leaf was a whirlwind of language, expression, and motion. Chaos incarnate. If Loki were a sculptor, perhaps she’d be his finest work. A smile cracked Ben’s face; she’d no reason to feel guilty, but maybe he liked how she wore it.
“I want you to stop hitting me.”
The sun was beatific, too; the bus nowhere in sight. With a surge of energy only Leaf could have loaned him, Ben took her hand again. As he did, the leaves on the twisted branches of the Rain Trees shifted out of focus, and Dairy Farm’s enclosure seemed to melt away.
They touched, and the world jumped. Cracks of light between branches spun into arcade bulbs. Mynas became digitized. Airspace was limited, and fun—expensive. Ben blinked at the glowing price tag for one round of Jurrasic Park Arcade.
“Two SGD?” His body followed, weighted by the sight. And weighted by Leaf, pulling his arm. “Come on.”
They touched, and the arcade bowled around them, breaking into open sky, forming the hull and deck of the Sands Skypark.
“No,” Ben interjected, interrupting the pooling image, eyes seeking Leaf’s so that she’d instantly understand how much he loathed the combination of observation decks, silent discos, and rooftop bars. He would rather have a whiskey at the Republic, and that was pushing it.
Pressing the edge of his face into the round of hers, he repeated, "No."
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It's a Thursday. The leaves are spooling on the curbs in ten shades of Burberry beige. It's about sixty-one-degrees-Fahrenheit, far too warm for scarves, and it's October. He picks up a menu in his hands; warm and worried hands.
Ben blinks, considers a "Booberry Chai," changes his mind. Contextual nausea bubbles in his stomach. Chai, Chá. He tries not to think of places where the word chá means tea, and Thai means free man. He still sees a man burning.
'Champagne to Busan' and 'Pét-nat Sematary' (two horror genres he has seen and enjoyed) are thoughts that come and go; Chris doesn't serve Krug MV, and Ben doesn't drink anymore. He's listening—he met Chris's greeting with their signature handshake and a half-hug. He asks about plans with a half-smile.
Popcorn: good.
Pizza: good.
Mario Kart: good.
Grass: okay, indoors. Okay, with Chris.
Yes, he jumps when Chris addresses him again; his broad, black shoulders jerk up to his ears. Yes, he squints, and yes, his eyebrows knit while he's squinting.
"Chris. 'Babe.'"
Ben reaches over and takes his hand. Cool and soft; baker's hands. He holds the one like they're sitting shiva. Holding Chris's hand, he finally admits- "I haven't seen the first one. Talismans in the woods...?"
He thinks, avoiding any reflective surfaces and grinning bats. Avoiding the how have you not seen that movie expression blooming on Chris's face.
"Bad. No."
Releases Chris's hand to shrug and grin, feline-like and sheepish.
"But, ah, hey. Japanese popcorn. The non-sequitur Blaire Witch sequel. Why not? I've heard nothing but good things."
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