Summary:Six years ago, Rey Adams thought she had finally life figured out. Having finally broken away from her past, her life is irrevocably altered when she meets, a man who is the first person to treat her with kindness and respect. Six years later they’re engaged to be married. That is until a week before their nuptials a tragic accident once more changes Rey’s life in ways she never expected. How does one pick up the pieces when the one person you thought you’d spend forever with is gone and not coming back? How does one deal with the pain especially in light of uncovered secrets that reveal you didn’t really know that loved one at all? Amidst the wreckage her grief over the death of her fiancé and the secrets he left behind Rey begins to find herself and begins falling for the one person she never expected – her lost love’s childhood best friend – Ben Solo.
I commissioned @nad-vaa for this piece depicting the long-awaited Reylo reunion in this angsty fic. Needless to say, she didn’t disappoint!!!! Please do NOT repost the art or remove the caption. Reblogs of course are always welcome!
Whoops totally forgot I need to upload this one here.
After watching the first episode of SPY x FAMILY, I’m thinking how abt an AU set in the Great Jedi Purge, Ben & Rey met during an incident and at the same time they saved this memory loss creature named Grogu?
They are all Jedi but they can’t let each other know the truth.
Chucking all the things i like into one manga, so shush.
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I guess if they grew up together maybe shit wont happen… or maybe they give up to be a Jedi when they grow older. or maybe they will just run away together and start a new life somewhere when they grow older.
At least they wont be lonely when they were young.
Kylo had felt, felt, the life force of his father leaving Han’s body. Could practically see the light dimming from his eyes. Han had trusted him. Had earnestly believed, after everything, that when Kylo said he needed help, that it wasn’t a trick. And it wasn’t supposed to be. When the son offered the father his weapon, it had been in earnest. Until it wasn’t.
All it took was the press of a button. And then Han’s Light was extinguished.
When Kylo said thank you, he meant it.
And indeed, his spirit was in two. Of Kylo Ren and Ben Solo.
He was dreaming. He had to be.
“This is from the Force,” Kylo assured himself. He himself replied-
Or rather, Ben did-
“So what if it is?”
“Then it isn’t real.”
“Or maybe then it’s even more real that way.”
There were two of him. Kylo Ren in his garb of the First Order. And Ben. Ben Solo, wearing the outfit of a smuggler. His father’s jacket. In their peripheral was nothing.
“This is some kind of sick joke,” Kylo spat, staring at the version of himself that never crystalized.
“If you want to call yourself a sick joke, then yeah, definitely”
Kylo extended his red saber then, finding in no time at all that Ben’s reflexes matched his own. Blue raised right back at him.
Kylo encircled his other self. “I killed Ben Solo,” Ren affirmed. “He’s dead.”
“Dead like his father?”
“Shut up.”
“Why’d you do it?” Ben stared into his soul. “You didn’t want to.”
“Of course I did,” Kylo raged, “He was weak and foolish. He made me weak and foolish. I had to kill it.”
“Yeah, and how did that work out for you?”
“I’ve - I’ve never been stronger.”
“Mhm. Sure seems like it.”
And so Kylo lashed out against the sarcasm, striking heavily with his crossed saber. Ben defended, though was definitely stepping backwards from the onslaught. After one bashing after the other, Kylo spat,
“See?! Even you can’t hold me back. I’ll destroy you. I’ll destroy you again and again until you’re truly gone, until you never rise back up in my-”
Then Ben tripped him.
Literally just tripped him.
With Ren lurching forward, seeing red, all Ben had to do was sidestep and hold out his leg for Kylo motherfucking Ren to fucking faceplant.
Ben held his blue to the back of Kylo’s neck.
“Wow yeah, I’m super impressed. Can you teach me?”
Kylo roared. A push of the Force sent Ben flying back. Ren then readjusted his attack. He’d been too aggressive; he needed more strategy. Couldn’t let the anger get to his head. He needed to fuel his strength through the Dark Side, but at the same time not lose his grip.
Ben deftly turned from the inertia of the blast, landing gracefully on his feet, even chuckling a bit. He thought this was funny?
“For all your accusations,” Kylo wormed, “for you to make me feel like shit - sure seems like you don’t feel so bad in all this.”
“Well, why should I feel guilty? I didn’t do it. That’s your weight to bear.”
“Wow, what a Light Side thing to say,” Kylo’s acid dripped from his chin.
And then Ben’s blue steadily lowered to the ground. His bright eyes lost their luster. And suddenly he wasn’t a thirty-year-old in thief clothes anymore. Suddenly he was some 15 year old kid with ears too big for his head in an ill-fitting Jedi robe.
“I miss Dad,” Solo’s voice croaked from pubescence.
Kylo wretched. He felt like he was going to puke. He was both so angry and so disgusted, and he was going to hurl.
“I’ve missed him every day since they sent me away.” The teenager looked like he was on the fucking verge of tears. Kylo couldn’t have that.
“Fuck you and your dirty tricks,” Kylo screeched. “I don’t miss him. I don’t need him. I don’t need anyone.”
“You don’t need me?”
That cadence. That sound. Kylo spun around. What the hell. It was her. Why was. Why was she here in his head?
“I’ve always been here,” Rey answered, as if she could hear his private contemplations. She looked fresh from Starkiller Base. Rey even had Luke’s lightsaber with her. “Ready to go, Ben?” she said.
“Yeah, sure thing.”
Kylo whipped back around. The sorry excuse for a Padawan was no where to be found. In his place was an adult again, but different this time. Ben was back, though now in the fine clothes of a Senator.
“Ready, my love? My queen.”
In turning attention back to Rey, she appeared in royal makeup and a dress unlike any he had ever seen. The classic red stripe down her lip caught his attention.
Ben walked right passed him, towards her. They aimed to leave.
“WAIT!” Kylo screamed.
When they looked back at him, their appearance morphed yet again. Now they were in Jedi robes only meant for masters. Only meant for those that led in the grand council.
“Rey,” Kylo’s voice screeched. “You don’t… He’s not for you. He can’t help you. Not like I can.”
He blinked again. And now a girl in dark robes took her place. Her eyes seemed blacker. And now she held a saber of her own that crackled in red fury.
“This,” Kylo gasped, “Don’t you know this is what could be?”
Before them was an army. A people. A nation. Beside him she sat on her own throne. Kylo dressed like a king of the night, and she was his empress.
“We could have this,” he kissed her hand. “My doings pushed you out of Jakku. It brought you to me. And I could give you even more.” His eyes razed her.
But yet again there was another change. No more was he speaking to his Dark Side apprentice, lover, ruler. He was speaking to a girl in everyday clothing. The switch to the casual nature surprised him. Rey answered,
“But that isn’t what I want.”
A small child scurried by Kylo’s legs. And then another. A boy and a girl chasing each other, their singsong laughter filling his ears.
“Heyyy!” Ben laughed with him. He wore dirty clothes like that of a farmer. He had blue stains from all the milking he’d just finished. He scooped up the little girl in his arms - “Is someone not doing their chores like they were so politely told?”
“But Daaaad, I don’t want to!”
“Nobody wants to, Leia.”
“Leia?” Kylo gasped. Had that been what they named their daughter?
“You too, Anakin,” Rey scolded. The little boy rolled his eyes.
Kylo broke.
“I… I can’t.”
Rey the ship mechanic replied to him: “Yes you can.”
“I can’t.”
“Yes you can,” replied Ben the calligrapher.
“I can’t,” Kylo yet again replied. Tears began welling at his lids.
“Yes, you can,” replied Leia the daughter.
“No…,” the tears fell. He dropped his saber. It clanked to the ground.
“Yes… you… can,” replied Anakin the son.
And Kylo wept.
He completely crumbled to the floor. The First Order outwear fell away to a simple black sweater and pants.
“I’ve done too much,” Kylo cried between sobs. “Especially after Han. I can’t. I can’t. I can’t.”
And Ben came to him. And Rey came to him. And Leia, his mother. And Akakin, his grandfather.
And Han, his father.
“We just want our son back,” his mother said. “Please. Come home.”
And Kylo woke up.
If he had lost it in the Force dream before, then he was utterly gone in reality.
And a panic struck in him. He knew that he knew. That Snoke knew. Snoke had seen it all. There was no convincing his master after his. His spirit had been split to the bone.
And now it rejoined.
Ben Solo rose from the loneliness of his bed. He rose as one of the last Skywalkers. He rose as a being of the Light. Of the sun. A Jedi. No Sith to be found.
And he was ready.
When he summoned his lightsaber from his bedside, he didn’t even take a double glance at its new color.
He didn’t even have to think about what to do next. When the moment came, he didn’t hesitate.
Whether it was Stormtroopers, the Knights of Ren, Hux, or even Snoke himself. Nothing stood in his way. Even as he lost his right arm and gained more scars than he’d ever dreamed of having, he didn’t stop. He kept pushing. And pushing. And pushing.
Until he was on a TIE fighter with only fire left behind him.
What you need to know going in… Canonverse, post-TLJ. ANOTHER OG FORCE BOND, POST-TLJ FIC. I’m getting emotional just thinking about how… just, sublime this fic is. It’s altogether immediate and tender and beautiful. It’s stunning. Go read it right now. Binge it over the holidays. Trust me. (Complete,Rated M.)
What you need to know going in… A Sleepy Hollow AU with Ben as Ichabod Crane, and Rey as Katrina. If you’re not familiar with the film or original story, no need to be — just prepare yourself for lyrical, lush language and spookiness to the Tim Burton degree. Only BETTER. Yeah I said it, sorry Tim. (Complete, Rated E.)
What you need to know going in… I read this awesome fic way back when I was first submerging myself into the Reylo fandom and saw it on multiple rec lists. It is for a goddamn good reason! Modern AU in which Ben/Kylo is a professional figure skater and Rey is a hockey player Leia recruits to be his skating partner. I love figure skating and I love this story — the angst, the drama, the triple axels — it’s all great. (Complete, Rated M.)
What you need to know going in… Iron Chef AU! But more. Yes, Rey and Ben battle it out on Iron Chef — Ben as renowned chef Kylo Ren and Rey as Poe’s sous chef and secret weapon — but from there, they begin to form a tentative friendship. One thing I really love about this fic apart from the top-notch writing is how important Rey’s background and the class disparity between her Ben is to the narrative and their individual characterizations. It’s poignant, relatable, and it’s akin to what I yell at the Chopped judges every time I watch that show. (WIP, Rated M.)
What you need to know going in… IT IS A STARDUST AU! I mean. But really, this AU and this story deserves more attention! If you’re not familiar with the book/film Stardust, no need to be. Just know you’re in for a swashbuckling tale of romance, adventure, and magic across the skies — with Ben as Tristan and Rey as Yvaine. AND POE AS CAPTAIN SHAKESPEARE. If you love softboi Ben Solo, read this. And now I’m gonna get real saccharine and say that just like Yvaine/Rey, this story SHINES. (WIP, Rated M.)
What you need to know going in… Canonverse, post-TLJ. It’s been three years since the Battle of Crait, and Rey is a teacher to Force-sensitive students when she willingly and intentionally gives herself over to Supreme Leader Kylo Ren. The absolutely most EXQUISITE smangst ensues, along with Renperor amazingness and deep, canonverse worldbuilding. If you somehow haven’t read this yet, DO. And then read and subscribe to the just-released sequel, Tactical Alliance. You are welcome. (Complete,Rated E.)
What you need to know going in… Modern AU, Professor/Student, but wow, what a story. Ben is Rey’s mysterious poetry professor, and I can’t… Like, it’s hard to even talk about this fic in so few words. It’s breathtakingly beautiful in its simplicity and depth of feeling. Slow, slow, slow burn, but man, does this beautiful story SIMMER. One of my all-time favorites, by far. (Complete, Rated T & Up.)
What you need to know going in… Demon Kylo shadows (had to, sorry) a young Rey throughout her life — out of love, and loyalty, and secrets you’ll savor as you sink into this beautiful, angsty but achingly sweet story. The descriptive language of Kylo’s demon form is particularly stunning. (Complete, Rated E.)
What you need to know going in… Yes, this fic is almost done but IDGAF, I’m including it anyway because literally two chapters in, you are WRECKED. In the best way. Berry is great at tearing you apart and putting you back together again and trust me, you’ll thank her for it. (Bonus! There’s a companion fic from Ben’s perspective, too. ) (Basically Complete, Rated E.)
What you need to know going in… I haven’t had a chance to read much this week apart from struggling to keep up with a big influx of updates, BUT DAMN, I read this on a whim after chatting with the lovely author, @lonelyspacebabies, and I WAS NOT READY. It’s a post-TLJ one-shot in which Rey goes to Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, and not only are the Renperor vibes strong with this one, it’s all sensuously surreal and dream-like in its beauty. Plus, smut. You’ll spend such a short amount of time reading a lush little fic; trust me, it’s so well worth it. (One-shot, Rated E.)
Guardian Angel AU where Rey is the clumsy spirit assigned to look after & maybe try to change Mr. Solo - a very weird, lonely and busy man, who in general isn’t very nice to people. What they both don’t know though is that Ben soon will have a serious accident…
For the upcoming season the Organa Opera Ballet plans on performing Swan Lake. Only problem is that Organa’s son won’t be satisfied with any of the company’s female dancers. On his quest to find the perfect Swan Queen he meets Rey - a British undergraduate, that lacks the technique and most definitely does not want to listen, but somehow manages to completely bewitch young Solo. He recognizes both passion and temper, perfect for portraying Odile - but will she be able to transform into a delicate and subtle Odette as well?
