Author's note:

Thanks for your support, guys.

This has been a very challenging relationship to build. Romances between two unlikely characters – good ones – are tricky. It has to be more than 'oh, they're in a room, sudden lustful feeling emerge from fucking nowhere,' and they're ready to make out.

I was hoping to get to some of the….joyful parts that we all crave to see, trust me. However, as soon as I started developing more time to this piece, I saw that it could become more. Like, trilogy more.

I don't think I'll change the rating, but I've already started on the sequel – The Call to the Light. Rey and Ben have a lot to do while the others rejoin the Resistance. There will be new characters, the return of the Falcon, old memories of Rey with Luke (and Kylo Ren)…and more exciting things that start with kissing. Close quarters aboard a ship, and all that.

Until then, thanks again for reading my new work. I'll try not to take too long

Slayer (as in "The")