Chapter Text
TEN MONTHS LATER
Rey woke up slowly these days. There was never any rush, which had taken some getting used to.
The first few weeks after she left New York, she would still sit up in bed after 6 hours of sleep, thinking she missed her alarm. Ben would push his face into her stomach and press sleepy little kisses on her skin until she was squirming.
"I like this little routine," he said in the predawn light one early morning, grabbing her knee to spread her legs under him. "You should wake up early every morning to fuck me."
She had laughed for the briefest moment before he was buried inside of her and the only sounds she could make were breathy declarations of love.
After a few weeks, the panic of a missed alarm wore off and she was able to wake up later, without any rush.
She woke up in Greece, a painters pallets of blue and white. Ben took her diving in the clear water of the Mediterranean, they climbed endless tiny staircases to get to the highest points of the city. They laid on the beach and held hands.
She woke up in Rio, surrounded by more green that she had ever seen in her life. They hiked and drank wine and made love in seaside hotel rooms on brightly colored sheets.
She woke up in Kenya, hotter than she had ever been in her life and wandered out of their encampment to see a family giraffes eating leaves from a tree.
When she opened her eyes to darkness one morning, it took her a moment to remember where exactly she was. There was an open window and the late autumn wind was coming in cold. Switzerland, she was in Switzerland. She pressed her body in closer to Ben for warmth, and his arms came to cage her close to him.
"You okay," he whispered.
"I'm perfect. I keep waiting to wake up
from this dream, I still can't believe you're real."
"It's so early for existential quandaries, am I real? Is life real? I can't think about it before coffee."
Rey could feel his words rumbling around her from where she was pressed against his chest, she tilted her head up to kiss at his neck, sucking at the hot skin where she could feel his pulse. His arms moved from their gentle embrace so his hands could touch her better, one holding her ass and one in her hair, both pulling her closer. He moved to settle himself on top of her.
"I love you," he said, hand on his cock so he could guide it into her."
Rey felt her eyes burn as he pushed into her quickly, she surged up so she could kiss the skin by his ear.
"I love you so much," her words were pressed close to his skin. He moved and she watched him fuck her. His face getting red and sweaty, small shudders wracking his shoulders every so often. She reached her face toward his and he met her in an embrace that was less kissing and more breathing into each other's open mouths.
"Can't believe how good you feel," she whispered.
"I think you were made for my dick," he said, fucking her faster, "this is the closest I've ever been to god."
His voice was like another thing inside of her, buzzing from her ears to her pussy.
His hands came up to pin hers back, and then he was fucking her so fast she was grunting every time he slamed in hard enough to bruise her cervix.
"Ben," she kept saying his name, like he was fucking the word out of her. "Ben I'm so close."
"That's it, come for me."
She did, her body jerking up, his so strong, so heavy, he had her pinned as she rode her orgasm out, gasping breath and watering eyes.
"Fuck you're so pretty when you cum, oh my god," he was moving erratically, mumbling against her skin.
"I love you so much Rey, I love you forever, never gonna be without you I promise, I promise-" His words stuttered and he let out a strange whimper, hands on her hard enough to bruise when he came.
She watched his face until his breath was back and then took his mouth in hers. Gently, he slid out of her. He was so beautiful like this, all the time really, but she loved the private way he looked just for her.
"I love you forever, too," she said.
Ben taught her how to snowboard. She was not terrible at it, she was always a fast learner. She like racing down the slopes, the wind in her face, body numb but flying. She loved Switzerland, the mountains jutting up from the ground like stone walls around the city, dotted with lights. Ben had a small apartment he kept full time so he could come snowboarding whenever he wanted. They spent three weeks in the mountains before venturing down into France. Rey didn't want to go London, one day, but not yet.
France was beautiful, late November saw the start of christmas lights, and she felt like she was in a storybook.
"I made us dinner reservations," Ben said, stepping out of the shower. Rey was brushing her teeth in the sink, waiting for her turn. "Wear that new dress," he winked.
The restaurant was beautiful, small and delicately lit with candles suspended above them and on the tables. Rey was in a black dress that Ben had bought her, low cut in the front and backless. He was in a dark suit with a red tie and his hair was slicked back. He looked better than anything on the menu.
After dinner, which was melt in your mouth delicious, Ben said "I have a present for you."
He slid a small box toward Rey and she noticed immediately that it was not ring shaped, with a small tug in her stomach.
"What is it?" She asked with a smile.
"Open it," he said.
Rey took the small flat box and pulled the ribbon from around it. Inside was just a small piece of paper with the word Solo written on it in delicate calligraphy.
"I don't get it, it's your last name..." Rey said.
"Yours too," Ben said softly, "If you want it."
He looked nervous, sheepish almost, and Rey was speechless.
"Are you... oh my god Ben."
Ben had gotten out of his chair, he was down on one knee.
Then there really was a ring, delicate and vintage and sparkling.
"Rey, I have loved you for years, I loved you before I knew you and finding you has made me a better person. I want to wake up with you in Paris, and in Rome and New York and Los Angeles, every day for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?"
Rey was crying, she was sure she looked a mess but she didn't care.
"Yes!" She said, hands coming up to cover her mouth, and then were pushed away as Ben's lips found hers. Yes, yes, yes.
~~~
They made it back to their hotel, but the instant the door had closed behind them Rey pounced on Ben. He was a little taken aback, she looked absolutely feral. He could not believe this creature was going to be his wife. He started clawing at her dress but she pushed him back up against the door and sunk to her knees. She looked wicked and wonderful. Her small hands came up to tug at his belt.
"You look fucking amazing in that suit."
She pulled his belt out of the loops with a swift sound that made his dick twitch.
"Just wait til you see the one I'm gonna marry you in- ah." Her hands dipped into his pants, grazing his erection before tugging them down along with his briefs. His cock sprung out, bouncing near her mouth.
She leaned forward to pepper little butterfly kisses along his shaft and his hips jerked forward, her hands came up to pin his hips back against the wall. She wasn't strong enough to really hold him in place but he got the message and behaved.
She licked a stripe up the underside of his cock and then sunk down onto him, he slid about halfway into her mouth as she began to suck him off, relaxing her throat as he sank into her, so hot and so wet, and she sucked hard as she came back up to lick the head.
"Fuck, that's so good," he could hear his voice, too low and rough. He tangled his hand in her hair as she worked him. She couldn't get all off him in her mouth but she used her hands to work the base of his shaft. She looked incredible, he watched the place where his dick disappeared into her, the way her cheeks hollowed out as she sucked, eyes watering. He loved her so much.
He could feel the tight heat building in his stomach, his hips twitched again and now she let him fuck into her mouth, pushing deeper. He let out a whimper, fisting her hair as he came down her throat.
"Oh my god you're an angel," he whispered.
She stood up and leaned against him, pressing kisses into his neck and his jaw and his lips. He couldn't believe she was really going to marry him. He didn't know how he got so lucky.
They went back to New York in the spring to plan a wedding. Both of Ben's parents were immediately smitten with Rey. Leia took her dress shopping. Han took her drinking. Ben was smitten watching them fawn over her.
"You did good, kid" his father said to him one afternoon, watching Rey and Leia laughing into classes of sparking wine.
"For once," he added, but there was no venom, only a playful lilt to his words.
"Thanks dad," Ben said.
They were married in October, in a small ceremony upstate with all the leaves changing colors. Poe gave Rey away. There was a sense of peace that Ben had never felt before, a calm that seemed to seep out from inside of him. He watched as Rey as she walked down the aisle and all he could think was, there is the rest of your life right in front of you.
Their honeymoon wasn't very different from their normal life, they went to Bali and to Bangkok and Fiji, warm places they could hide out for the winter and Ben woke up every day amazed and in awe of his wife.
raven_ sent a photo set
dude look at these fan illustrations for half blood prince
kylo-ren
lol
raven_
what?
kylo-ren
nothing just laughing bc i can't believe you married me
raven_
lmao you're so weird. bring home coffee pls
kylo-ren
you got it babe. ily
raven_
ily2 weirdo
Life was good.