He had fantasized about it so often and in so many different ways - the day when she would come to him, admitting that she should have taken him up on his offer, when she would come and ask for his teachings, when she would demand it or even when she would just Fall and leave him to pluck his prize.
Reality was nothing like it. He didn't feel smug, not even triumphant. His heart raced, no, fluttered with how impossibly close she was all of a sudden both in body and in her presence through their bond. Her heat, her smell, and she was still holding on to his hand.
It wouldn't be defeating her, but then, could it ever have been? He'd once liked to think so, for he only thought in terms of victory and defeat, but now as they were so close that he could make out every darker fleck in her eyes Kylo realized that it could have never been like that with them.
"Together," he echoed solemnly. He raised his free hand, it hovered over her cheek uncertainly before his fingertips brushed over her hair, then back to her temple. So close. He ached to pull her closer. Taste her lips again. And Kylo felt through the bond that she drawn to him as he was to her, yet... If he pushed too fast, too far again, it would all shatter like a soap bubble.
He squeezed her hand. "We could do great things together, Rey." His lips curled into a smile. "You can be so much more than a scavenger and I..." His smile widened. "You can keep an eye on me."
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Reality was nothing like it. He didn't feel smug, not even triumphant. His heart raced, no, fluttered with how impossibly close she was all of a sudden both in body and in her presence through their bond. Her heat, her smell, and she was still holding on to his hand.
It wouldn't be defeating her, but then, could it ever have been? He'd once liked to think so, for he only thought in terms of victory and defeat, but now as they were so close that he could make out every darker fleck in her eyes Kylo realized that it could have never been like that with them.
"Together," he echoed solemnly. He raised his free hand, it hovered over her cheek uncertainly before his fingertips brushed over her hair, then back to her temple. So close. He ached to pull her closer. Taste her lips again. And Kylo felt through the bond that she drawn to him as he was to her, yet... If he pushed too fast, too far again, it would all shatter like a soap bubble.
He squeezed her hand. "We could do great things together, Rey." His lips curled into a smile. "You can be so much more than a scavenger and I..." His smile widened. "You can keep an eye on me."