@magicandsciencemusesâ - kylo sent a meme for leia || TLJ AU.
âlet me take care of you, for once.âÂ
  It had not been the shouts or the sounds of alarms blaring, the short lived cacophony of blaster fire and the humming zing of the lightsaber deflecting the blasts that had roused her; her slumber had been deeper than any that could have been induced by the medical droids, and nothing that they had done had yet to pull her from it. It was a Jedi trance, a reflexive attempt to save her life when sheâd found herself blasted into the icy and breathless depths of space. She had not known how long she had slept, only that her mind was not at rest, her thoughts and her hearts tossed on the eddy of the visions, fragmented, broken, the possible futures that scattered across her life, and her sonâs, as many as the stars in the sky. So few that held hope, but hope - hope was the only thing she had left to cling to. Hope. For her family. For her friends. For their freedom, for their lives - for the future of the galaxy itself. Â
  Without hope -- it would all truly be lost.
  The sensation was familiar, as much as her own heartbeat, as much as the ache that Hanâs absence had always caused, whether it had been short lived, or permanent. A breath, a sense of life - of fear and pain and sorrow and guilt and somewhere, buried deep beneath all the anger and darkness, the spark of life - of hope, that piece of him that none had been able to quench. Ben.
  It was the name on her lips as consciousness stirred, a hand raising to press back against the Rebel soldiers that were already charging in after him, prepared to protect her, to stop him.  âEnough!â As raspy as the command was, there was no denying the force of authority behind it, the rush of energy from her palm creating an invisible divide, even lasting only for a moment, that would force them back.  âLeave us -- â  Her gaze turned, her form barely capable of remaining in a seated position, but she would not falter until they had obeyed.  âHe will not harm me. Go. Now.â Â
   Only after they had stepped back, and the door rushed closed behind them, did she falter, a ragged breath escaping as she slumped back, somehow unsurprised to find his arms supporting her, keeping her from falling back against the medical bed.   âOh, Ben --â Her hand dropped to the edge of his shoulder, her grip still strong, if not as much as it once was.  âI knew youâd come home.â