"Ben, We've got to go."

It was the first time she had called him Ben that he didn't correct her.

"Ok" he responded.

"Can you walk?" She asked.

"With help." He responded, grimacing as he tried to stand. His ankle was badly sprained from his fall. Rey reached out and placed a steadying hand on his side. Ben sighed and leaned into her touch. It didn't escape his notice that his pain instantly lessened from the contact. He was even able to put more weight on his foot. Stronger together. He thought to himself. They made an awkward sort of three legged race towards Luke's old X-wing waiting outside the rubble. He didn't even think twice about trying to get to his Ty fighter. That part of his life was over.

Somehow they managed to get up and into the cockpit. Ben collapsed against the seat and headrest and Rey squeezed between his legs and began to work the controls to lift off. Ben had a fleeting thought to himself how strange that she was the one without a pulse only a few minutes ago, and now he was the one in worse shape. Transferring most of his life force to save her had taken its toll. The ship was only built for one person, they could fly like this but it certainly wasn't combat appropriate. Ben stayed awake long enough for Rey to make the jump to light speed and then lost consciousness.

Rey steered the X-wing to the outskirts of the remaining Rebellion fleet that had landed at their current base. She could see from the air that the returning crew were involved in a mixture of celebrating, attending to injuries, damaged ships, and mourning their losses. She wanted to draw as little attention as possible but figured that would be a moot point all too soon. She landed and hit the controls to raise the canopy. She glanced at Ben before starting her descent down the waiting ladder. His color was looking better but he was still weak. Halfway down the ladder she saw out of the corner of her eye Poe, Finn and Rose rushing towards them with Leia, Lando and Chewie close behind. Thank the universe they were ok, but so much for discretion. Poe and Finn threw their collective arms around her. "You're alive!" Poe jubilantly shouted.

"You all too" she responded gratefully, despite her trepidation about the man in the cockpit above her. Leia seemed to be the only one looking up and not at her. Ben slowly descended the ladder and Leia approached him. He kept his eyes down, not saying a word. He reached the ground and immediately dropped to a crouch at his mother's feet. It took Poe a second to register the figure now lowering himself before the general, before he launched himself at the former Sith. Chewie let out a strangled cry and stormed right after him. Leia's hand shot up stopping them both in their tracks. She bent down to her son, lifting his chin in her out stretched hand. "You came home" she stated simply, her voice just a bit unsteady. A single tear rolled down Ben's face as he looked up at this mother and he immediately dropped his eyes. "Ben, I forgive you and so does your father." Ben's body began to tremble subtly at her words and touch.

Chewie roared again and Poe protested loudly "How can you forgive this piece of filth?!"

"Ben is my son. He will need to atone for what has happened, but no one is to touch him. That's an order. Any action against him will be considered a direct action against me." Poe opened his mouth to protest. Leia cut him off. "Is that clear?" Leia emphasized more of a commandment than a question. She pulled Ben up to stand in front of her.

"Leia" Lando spoke. "Do you know what you are doing? This bastard killed Han, killed his own father."

"This bastard as you put it, is my son, and yes I do." And with that Leia stretched out her hand and using the force, pulled a full set of force binding restraints from a waiting table that immediately locked onto Ben. A thin metal collar connected to wrist cuffs and attached shackles settled around him and into place. The restraints allowed basic movement but would prevent him engaging in combat and severely dulled his use of the force. Ben's knee jerk reaction to defend himself dissipated almost instantaneously by the combined calming presence of Rey and his mother. His initial look of shock and betrayal was replaced just as quickly by the realization that he should count himself lucky that this was all his mother did, and he dropped his eyes again to the ground.

Leia turned to Rey and placed a gentle hand on her arm. She spoke softly but clearly to the young woman. "I can't possibly thank you enough for returning my son to me. You did what even his father and I couldn't."

Rey simply nodded.

"Will you stay with him?" Leia asked.

"Of course" Rey responded. "He saved me you know. Actually he has saved me more than once. I'd be dead right now if it wasn't for Ben. She addressed her surrounding friends and comrades. I want you all to know that. You may all hate him, but we wouldn't have succeeded without Ben."

"I'm not sure I believe that" gruffed Poe. "But if he did anything to help return you to us, than that's something."

"You all have personal needs to attend to. We need to celebrate our victory and mourn the loss of so many unfortunately once more, but Poe, Finn, Rose, I need to ask the three of you to accompany Rey and Ben and get them settled. They both need rest. Take them to the far bathhouse. Rey, you are not to leave Ben's side. Get cleaned up. Rose, ensure that they both get clean clothes. Poe, Finn, then take them to the bunkhouse at the outskirt of camp and let them get some rest."

"I'll take the first guard watch" stated Poe.

"That won't be necessary" advised Leia.

"You're leaving the mastermind of the former Empire loose in our camp with a flimsy set of handcuffs and no guard?" questioned Poe.

"First Poe, you have come a long way and are owed a debt of gratitude for your actions, but do not forget your place in this order. Second, those aren't flimsy cuffs. Lastly, I trust Rey and so should you."

"Yes Ma'am, err, General" Poe back stepped sheepishly.

"Poe, you need your rest and to relax just as much as the rest. Please do as I ask."

"Let's go" Poe gestured in the direction for everyone to start walking.

The party fell into line walking towards the outskirts of camp. Ben went first, trailed closely by Rey, then Finn and Rose, with Poe bringing up the rear. Rey managed to catch Finn's eye. "You've been really quiet" she commented.

"I may not have full force powers" he answered, "But being force sensitive, I can sense the peace and trust that's radiating between you" he shifted his chin towards Ben's back. "So I find it a strange shift, but I get it."

Rey shifted her gaze to Rose behind her. She whispered to Finn, trying to be discreet. "How about you two?" Finn meekly smiled. "I'm happy for you" Rey smiled back at him.

When they reached the bathhouse, Ben went up the steps, Rey moved to follow when Rose grabbed her arm. "Are you sure about this?" She whispered with concern to the fellow woman.

"Seeing him here. It's freaking me out."

"It's ok Rose. He's not going to hurt me. He's changed, or at least is changing. He's coming back to the light."

"Ok..I'll go around the other side and lay out fresh clothes. There should be towels inside."

Rey moved up the stairs and stepped inside the bathhouse to join Ben. He was standing waiting for her. She fished a small blade out of her boot.

"After all this, you're going to kill me now?" Ben smirked at her.

"I figured there wasn't enough left of our tattered clothes to be worth saving" she smirked back at him. They were both filthy and their collective clothes were so torn in places they were no better than rags. Rey began to cut what remained off of Ben's body. As she revealed more and more skin it began to dawn on her that she was about to shower with a naked man for the first time in her life. And not just any man, but a man that she had previously been so distracted by seeing without his shirt on that she had a hard time concentrating, and that was when she thought she hated him. She got to his undergarment, her hand hesitating, the blade resting in her hand by his hip.

"Are we really doing this?" she asked, pausing to look up at him.

"My mother did instruct you to not leave my side." He responded cheekily. She playfully smacked his hip with the back of the blade handle.

"Oww" he responded.

"All in?" She asked.

"All in" he responded. "Do it."

Rey sliced the blade through the last bit of Ben's clothing. Ben Solo stood in front of her. Bruised and battered, wearing nothing but a metal collar, cuffs and shackles. Rey took in an embarrassed top to bottom look, pulled her own shirt over her head, her pants down, her undergarments off, turned the hot water on and pulled Ben into the shower after herself.

The hot water was heaven on their skin. Rey covered her embarrassment by putting herself to work, washing both herself and Ben. She was hesitant to touch him in his more intimate areas, allowing the soapy water to run over them both. She did take her time when she got to his chest, massaging the soapy water over his firm pecs, relishing in finally being able to touch the part of his anatomy that had invaded her dreams as of late, more than she cared to admit. Ben hummed at her touch.

Despite his circumstances, he was trying to contain his excitement. Here he was, showering with a very naked and very beautiful, Rey. Trying to contain his excitement was getting more difficult with every touch.

"Umm" said Rey hesitantly. "That's interesting" She stated, glancing towards his twitching and expanding penis.

"Well, that happens." Ben chuckled. "Been happening a lot for awhile whenever I see or think about you."

"Really?" Rey asked.

"Of course" Ben answered. "Step closer. Let me hold you in the water."

Rey stepped closer. Ben held her close as best as he could with the restraints still in place under the warm stream. Rey trembled slightly with his growing erection pressed between them. The feeling of his hardness made her apprehensive, but she couldn't help the warm feeling spreading out from her own core. Ben leaned forward and gently pressed his lips to hers. It was the first time he kissed her. It took Rey a half second and she returned the kiss. Ben was gentle, sweet really, at least a first, but as they collectively deepened the kiss, his lip pressure became stronger, hungrier. Rey leaned into him, returning his advances until her caution kicked in and she pulled back, panting slightly. "We need to get out. They're waiting for us" She encouraged.

"I'm here, Rey" Ben reassured. "We can take this slow. I'm not going anywhere."

"Ok" She responded simply.

Rey turned off the water and they both begrudgingly stepped out of the shower. Rey wrapped a large fluffy towel around herself. Ben was disappointed to see her cover herself. She began to dry Ben off with a second towel. "Oomph, careful" He cautioned, as she dabbed a little too robustly at his aching member. "Sensitive" he groaned out softly.

"Sorry" She quipped. Rey finished drying herself off and pulled on the simple ivory pants and shirt that Rose had laid out on the nearby bench. There was a similar set in gray for Ben. "Hmm.." she thought out loud, wondering how she was going to get the clothes on Ben around his restraints.

As if reading her thoughts, Ben stated "If I know my mother, who is always several steps ahead, she already thought of that. Try to remove one at a time."

"Promise you'll behave?"

"For now" He replied with a smirk. Rey looked at him exasperatedly. "Rey" he paused. "Restraints or no restraints, I'm not going anywhere."

Rey bent down, pants in one hand and reached out with the force towards one of Ben's ankles, the shackle released. He lifted his foot and she pulled the first pant leg on, used to force to replace the shackle and repeated the action on his other leg. As she pulled the pants up his legs, she paused and briefly rubbed a curious hand over his still firm erection. Ben let up a strained hiss. "Tease" he scolded.

Rey tried to ignore him. She picked up the shirt, pulling it over his head and released, and then replaced, a cuff at a time, allowing him to pull his arms into his shirt. She pulled the shirt down to settle it over his chest and took another liberty to reach behind him and palm his butt, a cheek in each hand. "Woman" Ben scolded again. "You're a lot braver when you've got clothes on."

"Just checking you out. You know, for injuries." Rey lied blatantly.

"Sure" Ben said knowingly, flashing her a wide smile.

"You know you are beautiful when you smile" Rey commented gazing up at him.

"So I'm ugly when I don't?" he quipped.

"No, I've admittedly always been attracted to you. But I think the first time I've ever seen you smile was right after we kissed on Exegol, and oh my Wow!"

Ben's smiled widened. "You sure it wasn't basically dying?" he teased.

Rey smacked his arm. She thought it was probably too soon to try to explain that his appearance had been affected by the darkness. As he came back into the light, his attractiveness was also brightened.

Now both cleaned and clothed, they didn't have much choice but to head out to the waiting group outside. Rey felt a little guilty as they emerged and she glanced at her battle hardened friends. Poe was off to the side, leaning against a tree. Finn and Rose were seated together on the downward steps, close together. They stood swiftly when they saw Rey and Ben emerge from the building. "Alright, let's get going" directed Poe. They walked further down the path to the small bunk house over looking the small gorge and lake at the outskirts of the camp. It was previously used as one of the camp look outs, but Rey realized would now allow she and Ben some needed privacy.

Ben could feel his exhaustion retuning. Bantering with Rey in the shower had sapped the little strength he had regained since their ordeal. He pushed pass Poe, who had opened the cabin door, and fell face first onto the waiting bed. Rey went to follow him inside only to be stopped by Poe's arm in front of her chest and across to the opposite door frame. "I am not ok with this" he stated to her flatly.

Rey gestured to the prone and already snoring slightly figure on the bed. "Does that look like it's capable of hurting me?" she asked.

"Appearances can be deceiving" Poe chided but in all seriousness.

"I'll be fine" Rey reassured her friend and apparent adopted big brother. "Besides, you all need rest too." She sniffed a sharp inhale followed by an exhale. "And showers, definitely showers."

Poe snorted. "Fine. Just don't let your guard down and don't let your emotions take over your brain. I'll bring some food by in a while."

"My emotions and my brain are in the same place at the moment. Kylo Ren may have been a threat. Ben Solo isn't."

"I'm not sure who that is in there, but be careful." Poe cautioned again.

"I'll be fine. Go. Make it several hours on the food. I think we need sleep more. Go find that hot little bounty hunter of yours." She teased. "Just word of advice, shower first."

Poe snickered but finally shut the door.

Rey turned back to the sleeping man in the only bed in the room. She was alive. The Empire was defeated. The Emperor was dead this time. The Siths were destroyed. She had just showered with Ben Solo. A very naked Ben Solo. Suddenly Ben wasn't the only one in the room who was exhausted. The enormity of it all had caught up with Rey. She crossed the room, flopped down next to Ben, tucked a pillow under her head, tossed the covers over them, stretched her hand into his, and was asleep within moments.

Poe emerged from the camp's main bath house, freshly showered and clothed and looking to join up with the rest of his comrades. He was barely two steps out the door when strong but petite hands grabbed his arms and held them behind his back. "Hey Zorii" he paused. I thought you weren't interested in spice runners?" he enquired with a smirk.

"You're not a spice runner anymore" came the raspy reply through his capturer's voice modulator. He heard a visor being lifted and felt a warm breath near his ear. "Do you have somewhere where we can go?" asked the woman sensuously. Poe's smile widened.

Rey was the first to awaken. By the sun ray's streaming through the open windows she figured they had been asleep for more than her original plan of a few hours. It took her a few moments to get her bearings. She glanced over to Ben, his dark hair tousled over his still lidded eyes. He didn't look like he had moved much since early last evening. Rey slowly sat up. She was a little stiff but otherwise felt fine, until her stomach let out an embarrassingly loud rumble. Ben chuckled next to her. "So you're awake?" she accused.

"Kind of hard not to be with that Wookie in here" he joked. Rey promptly chucked her pillow at him. He grabbed it, not even opening his eyes. "You know you're not getting this back."

"I thought you couldn't use the force with the restraints on" she questioned.

"They definitely dampen it, but I can still catch a pillow" he answered smugly, snuggling back down into the blankets.

"You can't blame me for being hungry. I can't remember the last time I ate anything. Can you?" she asked.

"Nope, not without thinking harder than I care too at the moment" he responded.

"Wait a minute" Rey sat up suddenly, pulling the covers half off of Ben as she hurried towards the front door. "I smell something."

Rey opened the front door and smiled brightly at the tray of covered food sitting on the front porch. She lifted one of the metal covers and her nose was immediately greeted with the delectable smells of a still hot breakfast. She quickly replaced the lid. As she turned to carry the tray back inside, a folded piece of paper caught her eye at the corner of the tray. She steadied the tray on the railing to open it. Hope your first night with Mr. Evil Incarnate was ok. Enjoy! Love, Rose. Rey folded the paper and shoved it in her pocket and carried the tray back through the door. "Ben, get up. Breakfast! And it's still hot!"

"You really are a Wookie" he teased as he swung his legs out of bed.

"First, living on Jakku you learn how to find food when you can. Second, I still have all of my force capabilities. Come on, it's beautiful out and there is a table and two chairs on the back deck."

Rey proceeded to the back deck, put the tray down on the table and began to set the food out for them to eat. She glanced up as Ben's tall frame came through the door. He certainly cut a different image in the loose grey pants and shirt and obvious metal restraints, his hands positioned limply in front of his stomach, than the typical dark Sith that Rey was used to looking at. But she couldn't help a sudden hitch in her breath and sudden shift in blood flow to her nether regions when she looked at him.

He slid into the seat next to her.

"How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Not bad" he answered. "Sleep helped. Food should help more." He bit hungrily into an awaiting sweet roll.

They ate in relative silence, enjoying the morning, the sunshine, scenery, warm food and each other's company. When they were done, Ben pushed his plate back and sat back in his chair. "So now what?" he pondered.

Rey didn't answer him, but pushed her own chair back, stood, crossed the two steps to Ben and positioned herself over him straddling his lap. She wasn't entirely sure what possessed her, she simply felt in that moment that she needed to be touching him.

"Hey" he said greeting her and bringing his hands up as best he could to touch her arms. Rey didn't speak, but gently held his face in her hands, gazing at him. She then brushed the back of her hand over the scar running from his right temple across his eye and the bridge of his nose. The scar she had given him. Part of her started to wish she could take the scar away, until she realized that every action, including her strike that had caused that scar, had led them to this moment. She gently kissed his lips and Ben licked hers. He started to deepen the kiss but she broke away, wanting to explore more of him. He gently held her arms as she kissed and tasted either side of his neck, nuzzling between his collar bone and ear, and then pulled back enough to reach her hands up under his shirt. Her movements didn't take long to stimulate Ben and they both felt his growing hardness underneath her. "Rey" Ben moaned breathily.

Rey stood to slide her pants off her legs and pulled her shirt over her head. She immediately sat back down on Ben's waiting lap, naked and still outside. She reached between them and pulled Ben's pants down and aside, revealing his erect and throbbing penis. Rey had no idea where her boldness had materialized from. She simply knew that she needed this man like she had never needed a man before. Ben could feel her moist center. "Can you guide yourself onto me?" he asked.

"Yeah, I think so" she replied breathily.

"Just go slow. I've got you" he encouraged.

Halfway across camp Leia suddenly brought her cup of tea down from her lips and looked up with a start a Maz who was sitting across from her with her own cup.

"It's Ben" started Leia. "He's in pain…wait, no pleasure. Oh!"

"That didn't take long" Maz commented as she continued to calmly sip her tea.

"I shut down the connection" stated Leia.

"Naturally" agreed Maz.

"What if he gets her pregnant?" Leia asked with worry.

"He's a Solo and a Skywalker" continued Maz. "He's going to get her pregnant."

"It would have been nice if they'd at least married first" Leia spoke wistfully.

"The force has already married them" Maz scoffed. "There isn't a deeper bound than that."

"How long?" Leia asked referring to the apparently impending baby making.

"Not until the force has fully connected them" Maz answered in her usual knowing manner.

"That's why you had me bind him isn't it?" Leia asked, already knowing the answer.

"With their combined inexperience there's no telling what might have happened if they had been allowed to proceed unchecked. Ben is both physically stronger and more trained. It made sense to temper his force abilities for their initial interactions to allow the dyad to form more slowly and with less power. Once their physical and emotional connection is more established, they will have a better chance of mentally managing the strength of the dyad" Maz justified. "The best that we can hope for is that it's a girl."

"Half the rebellion are calling for his execution and the other half think we're going to use him for some kind of political bargaining" Leia stated flatly.

"As a dyad, they are never going to be everything that everyone wants them to be, and that includes you Leia. That boy will always choose her over everything else in the end. It might just take him awhile to get there. You don't even need to trust him, you only need to trust Rey" Maz instructed.

Ben quivered with the sensation of Rey sliding herself onto his shaft. He watched her face grimace with some pain as her entrance opened for the first time to accommodate him. He had an inkling that he wasn't small and figured it was the first time for both of them. "You ok?" he panted at her. Rey meekly shook her head yes. Ben was having all he could do to stay still. He wanted to begin to move, to thrust, but he also didn't want to hurt her anymore than he apparently had. Rey took several deep breaths and then hesitantly began to rock her body over him. Ben let out the breath he didn't know he was holding and began to move gently with her. Rey moaned softly above him. They found a steady rhythm together. The more they moved together the more Rey's face relaxed and the more Ben felt that he could begin to thrust up into her moist folds. Rey shifted her mouth down to his lips they kissed deeply like they were each other's air. Rey began to feel the tightness of her impending orgasm and broke the kiss to bury her face in Ben's neck and hairline. She came with a shout, clutching tightly onto his back and shoulders. Ben followed a moment later with a few more thrusts into her tightness, pulling his head back to lean against the wall of the bunkhouse behind him. They stayed connected for a few moments, the only sounds their collective pants as their breathing slowed.

Rey slowly lifted herself free. She pulled on her discarded shirt and grabbed her pants from the deck. "I think I saw some fabric cloths inside" she stated. "I'll go grab them and some of the water to clean up."

Ben shook his head in agreement but didn't speak. After a moment of Rey's absence, he opened his eyes. The sun was moving higher in the sky and sparkled through the grove of trees near the bunk house. His pants were still bunched down the back of his thighs. He glanced down to see some of their combined fluids on his lap including a small amount of Rey's blood on his thigh. It wasn't the first time they had bled together but it was the first time that it wasn't in battle.

Rey returned having cleaned herself up and redressed. Together they used a damp cloth to clean the rest of the evidence from Ben. He stood, pulling his pants back up and held Rey as best he could, the restraints still firmly locked on. "Let's go back inside" he encouraged, kissing the top of her head.

A loud pounding on the outer door of the bunk house awoke Rey will a start. She had been fallen asleep with her head on Ben's bare chest listening to his breathing. He was still asleep beneath her on his back, his large frame spread out and taking up most of the bed as she had been curled into his side. "Ben, wake up" she stated. "Something's wrong."

Rey pulled her robe more snuggly around her undergarments and headed towards the door. Ben followed close behind her, straightening his grey pants as he stopped and stretched the kinks out from spending more than twenty four hours in full restraints. Rey opened the door to a red faced and panting Poe. He took one look at Rey. "I need you" he said sharply. He glanced upwards at Ben who rested a hand against the door frame behind her and scowled. "So help me you better not have had anything to do with this!"

"What's going on?" Rey asked earnestly.

"Ask your boyfriend" Poe retorted.

"He doesn't know. He's been here with me" Rey replied impatiently. "Right Ben?"

"No idea what he's talking about" Ben gruffed back.

"It seems your new found lover still has some assholes who don't know when to quit. A party of his knights somehow found us and are coming this way" he sneered at Ben. "They already killed two people who were out on watch and third is lucky to be alive and is the only reason we have any warning. Here's your saber" he said as he thrust the Jedi weapon towards Rey's hands. "Let's go. They'll be here any minute." Ben started to move through the doorway. "Oh no way! I don't trust you. For all we know they're here on some kind of rescue mission."

Ben opened his mouth to protest but was interrupted by a fiery explosion and the sudden appearance of around six Sith knights, hooded, their evil saber weapons glowing and at the ready. Behind them Rey could see a contingency of Empire storm troopers moving to attack the camp and the remaining Rebels rushing to defend themselves. Rey ignited her sable and rushed towards the closet Sith. Poe raised his blaster and charged after her.

Ben stood on the porch and watched the scene in slow motion. Rey sliced down the first two knights after some parrying of blades. When she reached the third, he knocked her to the ground with the back of his double edged sickle saber. "RELEASE ME!" he screamed at Rey over the fray. Rey's eyes met his and he could read the plea for help as clearly as if she had spoken. She reached her hand out towards him and the restraints fell to the ground. Ben's gaze locked on the knight above Rey who was about to rain down a killing blow. His force power fully restored to him, Ben easily deflected the strike. Rey watched as Ben bare chested and empty handed crossed the grass in large strides, as he passed her she could have sworn she saw a red glow to black eyes. The knight turned to strike his weapon at Ben, who seized it like he was taking a toy from a child and promptly sliced the knight in half. What followed could only be described as uncontrolled pure rage as Ben took down the three remaining knights with no more than two to three blows a piece.

Behind them, the combination of the Rebels rallying and the Stormtroopers witnessing the outright destruction at the hands of their former leader, had them either running or bowing in surrender.

Rey started to pick herself up from the ground only to be pulled roughly upwards my Ben's strong hands. He had dropped the Sith's weapon by the body of the last fallen knight. He tossed her over his right shoulder like she were a rag doll and holding firmly to the back of her legs began to stride back to the bunkhouse. "Ben, what are you doing?" Rey shrieked. He didn't answer her. She began to struggle in his grip but he just kept going.

Ben carried her up the few steps, kicked the door open and then closed behind them and all but threw her onto the bed. Rey opened her mouth to protest again and closed it immediately when her gaze caught his eyes. She hadn't imagined it. His eyes were black and glowing red. He pushed her down, ripped her undergarment away at the seams, pulled himself free and sank into her harshly. "No Ben, not like this!" she cried as the sudden pressure hit her still sensitive folds. Again he ignored her and held her fast as he began to thrust into her, his killing rage now replaced with a different hunger. "Ben!" Rey cried as her tears began to fall.

Rey was about to give into the pain when something in her shifted. If she and Ben were supposed to be force bonded maybe she could use that to get him back. She managed to take a deep breath and let it out, centering herself and tried to picture herself as an open vessel, balancing Ben's darkness with her light. Strangely as she relaxed, her pain shifted to pleasure and she was able to absorb the strength of his thrusts. She stopped fighting him, and instead welcomed him into her body. "Ben, I've got you" Rey encouraged. "Come back to me."

Ben's thrusts began to slow, the madness dissipating. Rey watched as his eyes cleared, returning to their normal soulful brown. Sudden realization hit him at nearly the same time. "Oh Force! Fuck! Rey! Did I hurt you?" He started to pull out of her as reached to embrace her.

"Please don't pull out Ben!" Rey pleaded, stopping him. "If you're going to fix this, than fix it. Make love to me."

"Are you sure?" Ben stilled, looking down at her. "Aren't you hurt?"

"I'm sure. Now please be gentle but please finish for both of us."

Ben lowered himself down, supporting his weight and lovingly kissed Rey as he resumed his movements. He did so carefully, drawing her to orgasm. Rey's moans deepened and she began to push back against Ben chasing her pleasure. They began to move as one, the bond deepening, each feeling the sensations of the other as they were one being. Time stopped and the universe ceased as they joined body, heart and soul.

Leia lay a steadying hand on Poe's arm. Finn and Rose had also found him at the end of the battle. Apart from some bleeding scrapes they were collectively in one piece. "We got to get in there!" Poe cried. "He's going to kill her!"

Maz had arrived as well. "Rey's fine" she snapped. However, if you go anywhere near her at the moment he's going to kill you."

Chewie and Lando came into view marching a few surrendered storm troopers in front of them. "What's going on?" roared Lando and Chewie seconded the question.

"Now everyone just calm down" repeated Maz with exasperation. "The force doesn't like to be messed with. Let it be for once and all will be well."

Approximately 9 months later:

"Arrrrgghhh" cried out a panting, perspiring, painful and frustrated Rey. "Why won't this kid get out of me already."

Leia dabbed at the beads of sweat on her forehead with a damp cloth and then turned and did the same to the man who was in a similar state sitting in the chair next to her at the head of the bed.

"The child will be here when it's good and ready" stated Maz. "Now I want you to push hard with the next contraction. We're making progress."

"Arrrrrrggghhhh!" Rey cried out again as she pushed along with the next wave of pain that hit her.

"OOOOOhhhhh!" groaned Ben Solo a breath after her cry.

"Ben!" Maz snapped. "You're supposed to be redirecting and controlling her pain, not giving in to it."

"Sorry Maz" Ben panted. "That was a bad one."

"Tell me about" panted Rey.

"I honestly think I'd rather be run through with Rey's light saber again" Ben stated sourly.

"That can be arranged" Rey glared daggers at him. "This is your fault you know."

"Takes two" Maz corrected. "Now stop squabbling and help each other. If you do that the pain will lessen and we can get this kid out before my teatime is over."

Ben took a cleansing breath, centered himself, and allowed the force to flow between himself and Rey dissipating the pain of her subsequent contractions. A few minutes later, the next cry was of their newborn.

"Oh Force!" swore Maz. "It's a boy."