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she did it. but what did it cost? he ran, his mind, his heart, on the only thing he had left. rey. sliding to a stop, he pulled at her, her heavy body shifting into his arms. he knew. from the moment he pulled himself up out of that hole, he had known. the act had killed her. it had killed the emperor, yes, but it had also killed her. and he didn’t know how to act; how to... what to do. staring at her lifeless face... all he could think was the word no. this could not have all been for nothing.
the act. the same one that she had done upon the remains of the death star. he did that same act. even if it would kill him; he had to try. because that’s how they would win. not by destroying the enemy. but by saving what they loved. rey deserved to live more than he did. she was now the hope of the galaxy, as luke skywalker once was. she was the spark; and she could do more, be more, than he ever could. the universe needed her. and if the skywalker family had to die for her to live, then so be it.
that hope, everything he felt, it all poured out into a smile; a laugh, almost - tears - when it worked. when she was awake in his arms, when he saw that gaze in her eyes and her body spring to life. and without even thinking, he embraced her, a hand moving to the back of her head, intertwining in her hair. grateful. she was alive. it had taken a lot out of him, and he was unsure if he was even able to stay conscious after that. but she was alive. that was all he wanted.