@desertlorn said: gently trails her fingers over the side of his face; awestruck. ❞
𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐄𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐕𝐄 ⟿ the MUSTY level floor tremors barbarously; or is it him? shock has made his fingertips tingle, achy skin & muscle beginning to notice the . . . c o l d. BEN knows it then, & that knowledge is fatigue . . . it weighs him down deeper into the stone. his past was littered in MURDER & death; he had met his end & shook it’s hand, & still had survived long enough to fight one final fight on the quaking dirt on EXEGOL. he was tired.
. . . but there are warm beams of SUNLIGHT! in the way REY peers at him, & really sees the sorrow & JOY. his throat catches, gasping at the t h i n air losing space between their noses. he doesn’t want to leave her here like this ━━ to leave her alone. he’s seen all four corners of her exquisite mind, the ABANDONMENT, the loss. BEN feels the fear of dying for the first time . . . in a very long time, & only the sweet, energetic way she k i s s e s him banishes away sorrowful thinking. his heart forgets to ache.
a moment between two . . . little sparks linger where REY’S fingers had marveled his jaw, the senses only feeling her . . . he was tired . . . but he knows the stretch of his own smile brought by the focus on the peaceful soul leaking from her eyes . . . her love lulls him like a sedative . . .
