The Machine Chapter Fifteen: Courage

Summary:

“Courage. Forget faith for a moment and remember your courage – you’ve come this far. Your courage is your strength.”

Snippet:

Rey continued to look at Ben as he refused to look at her… or anyone else. Her mind flashed with images the way an old grainy holovid would – scenes from her own misspent youth, and his. The things that bound them in parallel. They had both been ripped away from a past that was not of their own choosing and thrust into a fate that was beyond their own design. Through their bond she could feel it, she knew it – they both, at times, felt less as if they were autonomous living beings, and more as if they were merely instruments of a greater, more powerful Cosmic Force. Puppets. Tools to be used and then maybe discarded. She would never say that out loud to anyone, and the Force she knew was purely benevolent, but…

She too, many times, felt a vacuum in her core… an absence of where her free will should live. She wondered, as he did, if such a thing even existed in the first place.

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Rating:

Fandom: Star Wars (Post TLJ)
Chapter Rating: Teen & Up, like a Star Wars film would be
Relationships Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) / Rey

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The Machine Chapter Fourteen: What Comes After

Summary:

“Well, it looks like he’s going to live, but I’m not sure… what comes after.”

Snippet:

Kylo Ren couldn’t remember the last time he felt so good. And while there was this shrill little voice in the back of his mind that begged for him to remember that not everything was as it should be… he couldn’t summon the energy to care. He didn’t want to bring an end to this… this motionless suspension of the senses. This soft, pillowy, lavender-grey blanket of comfort and peace. Through his drowsy, dreamlike state he’d become aware of dim lights and hushed voices somewhere nearby. He knew he had no idea where he was or who he was with – his situational awareness had also been completely smothered by this sleepy lull of tranquility, along with that nagging little voice that cried in vain for his attention. Each time he felt he might rise above the fog, the ceiling climbed a little higher and he remained blissfully submerged in soft, lazy ambivalence.

READ IT!!! Because… reasons!!!

CLICK HERE to read on AO3 – kudos, comments, and reblogs are much appreciated, but FIC RECS are what makes the world go ‘round!

Rating:

Fandom: Star Wars (Post TLJ)
Chapter Rating: Teen & Up, like a Star Wars film would be
Relationships Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) / Rey

Spreadin’ the good word

vespaer77:

The Machine Chapter Fourteen: What Comes After

Summary:

“Well, it looks like he’s going to live, but I’m not sure… what comes after.”

Snippet:

Kylo Ren couldn’t remember the last time he felt so good. And while there was this shrill little voice in the back of his mind that begged for him to remember that not everything was as it should be… he couldn’t summon the energy to care. He didn’t want to bring an end to this… this motionless suspension of the senses. This soft, pillowy, lavender-grey blanket of comfort and peace. Through his drowsy, dreamlike state he’d become aware of dim lights and hushed voices somewhere nearby. He knew he had no idea where he was or who he was with – his situational awareness had also been completely smothered by this sleepy lull of tranquility, along with that nagging little voice that cried in vain for his attention. Each time he felt he might rise above the fog, the ceiling climbed a little higher and he remained blissfully submerged in soft, lazy ambivalence.

READ IT!!! Because… reasons!!!

CLICK HERE to read on AO3 – kudos, comments, and reblogs are much appreciated, but FIC RECS are what makes the world go ‘round!

Rating:

Fandom: Star Wars (Post TLJ)
Chapter Rating: Teen & Up, like a Star Wars film would be
Relationships Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) / Rey

Sending this around for weekend reading!

The Machine Chapter Fourteen: What Comes After

Summary:

“Well, it looks like he’s going to live, but I’m not sure… what comes after.”

Snippet:

Kylo Ren couldn’t remember the last time he felt so good. And while there was this shrill little voice in the back of his mind that begged for him to remember that not everything was as it should be… he couldn’t summon the energy to care. He didn’t want to bring an end to this… this motionless suspension of the senses. This soft, pillowy, lavender-grey blanket of comfort and peace. Through his drowsy, dreamlike state he’d become aware of dim lights and hushed voices somewhere nearby. He knew he had no idea where he was or who he was with – his situational awareness had also been completely smothered by this sleepy lull of tranquility, along with that nagging little voice that cried in vain for his attention. Each time he felt he might rise above the fog, the ceiling climbed a little higher and he remained blissfully submerged in soft, lazy ambivalence.

READ IT!!! Because… reasons!!!

CLICK HERE to read on AO3 – kudos, comments, and reblogs are much appreciated, but FIC RECS are what makes the world go ‘round!

Rating:

Fandom: Star Wars (Post TLJ)
Chapter Rating: Teen & Up, like a Star Wars film would be
Relationships Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) / Rey