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To me, the Skywalker story has always felt like something bigger.

It began with Anakin, a child whose birth was surrounded by mystery and the Force itself.

Over three generations, the Skywalkers became intertwined with the fate of the galaxy. They shaped wars, inspired hope, fell into darkness, and fought their way back to the light. Their choices changed lives.

Ben Solo was the last Skywalker by blood. His ending has never felt complete to me.

Rey carrying the Skywalker name is meaningful, but her deepest connection was not to Luke or Leia, the generation before her. It was to Ben Solo through the Dyad. With him gone, Rey was left alone once again.

And that is where I felt something was missing. Hope.

The very thing that has always stood at the heart of Star Wars, just as the Skywalkers have. A story that taught us that no matter how far someone has fallen, they can still choose the light.

Darth Vader made that choice in the end.

Ben Solo did too.

But while Vader's story reached its conclusion, Ben's felt as if it were just beginning. And then it stopped.

I'm not saying I need a simple happy ending. I'm saying that a family that has been at the heart of this saga for decades deserves a conclusion worthy of everything that came before.

Reylo AU Bingo - L1 - Soulmates

I had a hard time with what this might look like, but since the dyad is supposedly even stronger than that, I went ahead and put a quiet post-canon-au moment, involving tattooed red string of fate. I have a million Pinterest saves from my wedding/engagement photography days, and so I was inspired for this quiet moment. 

@spookystardustreveries requested Reylo for Kissing Prompts #13: Butterfly kisses against the other’s cheeks.

“You’re not alone.” “Neither are you.”

tlj gave me the heady, reckless adolescents forced by circumstances to talk to each other!! to discover gentleness and compassion in the midst of their snark and tension-filled gazes! it gave me violence tangled up with love and desire!! hope for belonging and family side-by-side with poor communication, fear, the pain of not really knowing who you are or what you want!! it gave me the dark on his knees, regret on his face, while the light shut the door with sadness and bitterness in her heart!! 

and tros gave me tired adults caught in the trap of their past, slowly being worn down by the rhythm and cycle of their violence, circling each other in the same old patterns, the raging sea tossing them around each other again and again until finally violence carried the light over the edge past the (seeming) point of no return and showed the emptiness of this weary cycle. then suddenly it gave me softness. healing. clarity. peace. communication. the light telling the dark you are enough exactly as you are. it gave me: i did want to take your hand. it gave me: i love you. i know. i save you. i save you right back. death cannot stop true love it can only delay it for a while. 

Like I lived my whole life Before the first light

Merry Xmas to those who celebrate and may their love be around you.