A teaser from @otterlymagic‘s fic, Uncrossing the Stars:
He chuckles, dry as it is, and gestures to something near him that she can’t see. “Have you heard? Word has spread around that Kylo Ren has become a vigilante. A…benefactor. The New Republic enforcers are on my trail, of course, and they don’t believe it, but not everyone can afford to be cautious. For every place that trusts me, I make sure to repay it tenfold. Maybe one day that’ll be enough.”
Rey can’t help but smile. “One day,” she says, her voice thick.
What he says is not a promise. He’s too honest to make promises he can’t keep, and the future is cloudy and uncertain even if the Force is strong with you, but there’s hope in his words. They’re young. The galaxy has time to change. They have time to change it and write the story the way they want it written.
She thinks about saying aloud the feeling that swells in her heart. It’s on his lips, too – she can see it in the way they tense in preparation. But in the end, she merely holds out a hand. Their fingers touch and tangle together and it is all she feels.
They are all that exist in the universe for a few breaths, a few heartbeats, and then the Force breaks it off. Rey looks up at the sky and holds her hand to her heart, still warm with the touch of his fingers.
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