please, be golden [kylux, rated T]
PROMPT: worked themselves to exhaustion (@badthingshappenbingo, 12/25) & @kyluxzineproject
SUMMARY: After Snoke’s death, Supreme Leader Ren and General Hux try to keep the First Order from falling apart—each in their own way.
FANDOM: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
TAGS: Bad Things Happen Bingo, First Order Politics (Star Wars), Diplomacy, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, Established Relationship, Courting, Idiots in Love, Overworked Armitage Hux, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Stimulants
NOTES: Here is my Kylux Standard Zine work to pair with @mi-caw-ber‘s amazing art! Find the art here on Tumblr and weep with me.
Below is only a 1.4k of snippet of the fic; because posting 11k on Tumblr in one go is just… no.
Rather, Ren bangs his massive paw on the door and waits just long enough to make it technically not barging in before the access panel beeps. He storms past the office space without a stray glance in. The refresher door slams closed a moment later.
Well. That answers how it went.
Hux sighs, slumping in his chair. Figures that Ren would choose now to leave his lair. He couldn’t have shown himself when Hux could use his intimidating presence yesterday, of course not. Couldn’t have defended the Order he’s supposed to be leading against that boar Kratkitki at the holo-conference earlier. No, Hux had to face all that, alone—like he always does.