#rey x ben fiction

[aestivaltide]

and if i'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too

"More and more, she wonders why she waited so long to take Ben’s hand. More and more, she worried she'd waited too long." This one's for

@randombks's haunting and if i'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too.

In working on this, I spent a lot of time looking at mid-century pulp fiction covers by illustrators like Robert McGinnis: I wanted to capture the color and feeling of the nightclub Rey worked in, but also the tension that defines a lot of those covers. I hope I succeeded!

And I wanted to play with canon - Rey's white dress is both a nod to early '60s fashion (albeit a little too low cut, but she is a nightclub singer!) while also being a nod to canon. Similarly, Ben's in black and lingering in the darkness.

https://tinyurl.com/yc29de4z (just FYI, lots of angst but definitely HEA!)

[thesirenbanshee]

Here’s “Chapter 16”. 👍

TITLE: Her Dark Prince

RATING: Explicit

SUMMARY:

“Ben Solo is no more; he was destroyed years ago when his uncle tried to kill him with a lightsaber. Now his name is Kylo Ren and he serves his Dark master, Snoke, to vanquish the galaxy. Everyone around him fears him . . . except for his sweet little ward, Rey. The young girl is all he cares for, all he fights to protect. But why did he have that surreal dream that she kissed him?”

[2brightstars]

Chapter 47 of Between the Boughs is now up on AO3! Rey has a lot of explaining (and defending) to do as some members of the Resistance are reluctant to accept certain romantic developments in her relationship with the Supreme Leader. 😡😅

[terriblepersongreatseamonster]

I'm back to work on my fics. This chapter gets mildly spicy and I had so much fun writing it!

[youshotfirst]

Chapter 18: The List

I’ve created lists of things that I now know about Ben Solo, things I definitely shouldn’t know about Ben Solo, and things that I will never be able to stop thinking about Ben Solo.

OK, it’s the same list…

Or start from the beginning…

Rey has lived in Jakku, a small shore town known for its quiet beaches and even quieter winters, for her entire life. After a seemingly harmless date with a stranger goes terribly awry, Rey will learn they have a lot more in common than their undeniable attraction to one another. A month later, a twist in fate, a winter rental and a rescue dog will bring them closer together than ever.

[zydrvs]

hate for the sequels??

i personally really don’t understand all the hate the star wars sequels receive. the most i’ve been told is that it has a boring storyline and theoretically wouldn’t work in the star wars universe.

but are we forgetting that it’s star wars? it’s literally science fiction anything can happen.

also, if we want to get into the technical parts of the universe, the amount of different planets that the characters visit might imply that there are different laws and things that can happen on the planet.

i personally think that the plot of the sequels is really good, it’s got a badass villain and a badass hero, who end up having one of the most incredible interpretations of an enemies to lovers arc i personally have ever seen. so it’s not ‘lazy writing’.

and people are often saying that rey is like a remake of luke skywalker. to me it’s genuinely like people pick at every little thing that they can to diss the sequels, so what if reys in a slightly similar situation to luke? i personally think it helps for later on in tlj when they’re on the island together, they can understand each other a lot easier.

and to be honest, i’m not a massive fan of the prequels, i don’t really have reasons they’re just not my cup of tea. so i’m not trying to tell people to love the sequels, you don’t have to, im just asking that people don’t disrespect those who do like the sequels, because it’s really not hard to just not like something and shut up about it.

[missgeneralreylo]

[unexpectedreylo]

Reylo Fic Retrospective IV

A dark canon-verse AU tale from 2018.  

Rated E but really, it’s a mature rather than a smut fest.

Four chapters, 4371 words

The plot:  a witch offers Kylo Ren a gift.  Does he take her up on it?  Vaguely inspired by the Sam Raimi film “Drag Me To Hell.”

[lunaressence]

Here it is! The 11th and FINAL chapter of "The Light to My Darkness". Thank you all for this journey, this is my first completely Reylo fic, please enjoy this little bit of angst with a nice fluffy happy ending for our disaster babies.

Rey is reaching the end of her pregnancy and negotiations are still underway with the Resistance. So far, things have gotten off to a bad start. Kylo is forced to help her face some old feelings that have been haunting her while he must also find common ground with the very people that were once his "family". Will the two sides come together and find peace? He is determined to make it happen for the sake of their younglings so they can all have a happy life.

[ehstarwar]

fortunes fool

(E, 1/6)

Of all the odd jobs Ben is tasked with, library cleaning duty is his favorite; it’s where he sees her for the first time.

This girl, that sits with her overflowing backpack and stares up at the sky as it starts to rain.

Something deep and dead within Ben’s heart stirs.

-

Or; On the road to redemption, Ben meets Rey.

[chromisomi]

lifebuoy, a reylo fic | ch 2 posted!

Benjamin Solo.

The cursor blinks back at Rey as she stares at the search bar. She remembers the signage just outside of Professor Hux’s office, reading Armitage Hux, Ph.D., and just below it: Benjamin Solo, Ph.D. “Here goes nothing,” she mumbles before searching his name on Google. The search comes back random, with multiple images of older men posing for headshots or Facebook profiles of younger men looking nothing like the americano enthusiast.

“Try Ben,” Finn whispers next to her, eyeing the screen intently.

They’re sitting on the living room couch, the first day of the semester done and over with. It’s evening now, with the sun setting outside the window overlooking other student apartments.

She does as he says, typing out Ben Solo and pressing enter.

“Yes!” Finn cheers.

His headshot comes to view first, lined up with photos of other men. Further down are links to profiles, but only one belongs to him – a LinkedIn page. Rey pounces on it, making sure her browser’s still in incognito mode. The same headshot from the first page comes to view, along with his name and occupation.

Ben Solo, Ph.D.

Lecturer at Coruscant University

Postdoctoral Fellow with CU Department of Communications

“So, you’re telling me,” Finn turns to her, eyes wide and lips barely suppressing a grin, “you’ve been shitting on a professor this whole time?”

“Lecturer,” Rey corrects him.

“Not just a professor,” he continues, sitting up to face her fully, “but the one rooming with yours, who no doubt is hitting on you by the way.”

“Once again, just a lecturer.”

“Not to mention that he’s also working in the communications department,” Finn’s grin grows into a shit-eating one as he shakes with contained laughter, “and you’ll no doubt have him later in your program.”

“You’re not making this any better.”

He explodes, laughing against his knees to the point of tears. “Rey…” he struggles to get a breath in, “it’s only the first day of class, how is your semester this fucked already?”

“I think you’re being a little dramatic.” She crosses her arms, “It’s not like I threw a drink at him or anything. Just laughed at the name.”

“And treated him horribly.”

“He was mean!”

Poe walks in from the kitchen with a plate of leftover pizza, “She’s right, peanut. It’s not that bad.”

“Thank you, Poe.” Rey sighs.

“I mean about the Solo guy,” he adds. “You’re pretty much doomed with Intro to Public Relations. Is this Hugs guy hot at least? Think you can… you know, for a good grade?”

“Poe.”

Finn points a finger at Rey, “If anything else happens, you better tell me first.”

Rey stands from the couch and grabs her laptop, “I will not tell you anything, because nothing will happen, got it?”

The two lovebirds smirk at each other.

She groans before stomping off to her room and shutting the door. Plugging in her earphones and blasting music, she gets ready for her evening of study. She pulls out her planner and exits out of the browsers still up on her laptop before opening her course page.

Off to the side, her phone lights up from a notification. With a quick glance, she sees it’s from Instagram.

I’ll check it later, she tells herself. Her mornings are taken up by work and her afternoons are taken up by classes. She’ll be damned if her evenings are taken up by distractions.

Rey reaches for her phone anyways.

She gained a new follower on her photography page.

User1826740.

“Okay,” Rey mutters, tossing the phone on her bed, not thinking anything of it.

Read the rest of the chapter on ao3!

[thesirenbanshee]

Hello, my Reylo beauties! Here is “Chapter 1” of my new fic, written for the Twilight Zone Reylo Collection II. It’s inspired by both the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Disney and the Elevator Game you might’ve seen on the Internet. 🖤🤍

TITLE: Elevator to Another Dimension

RATING: Explicit

SUMMARY:

“Long ago, on a stormy night much like this, movie star Ben Solo disappeared after lightning struck the elevator shaft of the Twilight Tower Hotel. Ever since then, the allegedly haunted hotel has sat closed, unwanted, and abandoned. But now, decades later, the hotel is to be renovated. Rey, a lover of classic Ben Solo films, has been tasked with bringing the broken-down elevator back to life.

What secrets does the old elevator hold? And what really happened to Ben Solo all those years ago? When she steps inside the elevator, Rey just might discover that elevators can take you to more than different floors in a building. In fact, elevators may actually have the ability to transport you to . . . another dimension.”

[reylogirlie]

Here’s my other promised fic 🥰

[2brightstars]

Chapter 41 of Between the Boughs There is a Place is up now on AO3! In which our heroes have a very honest heart-to-heart, meet a familiar face, learn of a legend, and Rey has a very disturbing dream.

[autumnreylo]

One for the money, two for the show... (Reylo AU)

Summary:

Rey needs money. As soon as possible. With all of her college debt piling up, working two minimum wage jobs after being fired from her actual nicely paid dream job and now having to deal with paying rent all by herself after her best friend and roommate moved in with her boyfriend... Well, let's just say she's not doing so good right now. And she needs money. Have I mentioned she is in serious financial trouble?

One day, her crazy best friend comes up with the craziest idea ever: signing up for a reality show about dating and finding the love of your life where the winning prize is a big check of a hundred thousand dollars that could solve all of her money problems and maybe send her on a nice vacation to a nice place... the problem is: how can someone fall in love in a few weeks, convince their fellow contestants as well as the public of how head over heels they are and make it to the finale?

Easy. You fake it.

And when a familiar face shows up… you gotta seize the opportunity, right?

[youshotfirst]

Chapter 17: The Party (Part Three)

I shift my weight from one foot to the other, trying to get my blood warming through my bare feet and legs, as if the cold is the reason I suddenly feel all tingly. “I think we have more in common than we’d like. Stubbornness maybe most of all. And for some reason, the opportunity to get under each other’s skin is just…”

“Irresistible,” he finishes for me, proving his innate new ability to read my very thoughts. It’s as if he’s in my mind, trailing along the winding path of my words beside me.

“Precisely.” My mouth turns up in a bit of a smile before I can stop it.

Start from the beginning …