[ Uncertain of what to think or feel Rey lay there and stared up at the ceiling, chasing the frenetic loops of her thoughts as they rollercoastered through her mind. She wanted to blame the drinks, but she hadn't had a drop on Felucia when they had collided the first time. It had been then what it was now – the almost fiendish machinations of fate and gravity, bolstered by the Force.
Her eyes closed as the air seemed to still and dip inwards on itself like it needed to take a breath before the universe could go on. Without moving Rey let her eyes down, looking along the line of her bed to where his shape interrupts the empty space. Inside her chest her heart twisted in a way that would have seemed unnatural had she not already become very aware of how completely right he could feel.
Propping herself up on one elbow Rey held the blanket against herself, her eyes flashing when his voice broke the silence but she said nothing in response. He would turn around, she knew, and he would see that unabashedly gentle smile on her face and the way her eyes narrowed, welcoming and glad and challenging, shoving away the conflict that had the ability to rip them both to pieces in favor of self-indulgence, and a yearning for the closeness they'd had no business discovering between them in the first place. ]
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Date: 2020-12-02 02:32 am (UTC)Her eyes closed as the air seemed to still and dip inwards on itself like it needed to take a breath before the universe could go on. Without moving Rey let her eyes down, looking along the line of her bed to where his shape interrupts the empty space. Inside her chest her heart twisted in a way that would have seemed unnatural had she not already become very aware of how completely right he could feel.
Propping herself up on one elbow Rey held the blanket against herself, her eyes flashing when his voice broke the silence but she said nothing in response. He would turn around, she knew, and he would see that unabashedly gentle smile on her face and the way her eyes narrowed, welcoming and glad and challenging, shoving away the conflict that had the ability to rip them both to pieces in favor of self-indulgence, and a yearning for the closeness they'd had no business discovering between them in the first place. ]