Afterglow

By: chrysalisjade

Rey was meditating on the Force, in her quarters, sitting on her bed. She forced a sense of peace into her mind and her body, to still her turmoiled mind. Her heart cried out in pain, it was something she couldn't bear. She was fighting to keep it together, even in private.

Suddenly, she felt a presence in her chambers. She hadn't heard the door open, so she knew the only person it could be.

"What is it, Ben?" Rey demanded, opening her eyes. "What is it that you could possibly want after all of this?"

"After all of this?" Ben demanded, incredulous.

"Yes! You defeat Snoke and the guards only expect me to let the Resistance die? You come towards the light halfway and expect me to let innocent people die?"

"That's exactly it, Rey. I wanted to meet you halfway. I was making a compromise, don't you see? I killed my Supreme Leader for you. I couldn't stand the way he was torturing you. I defeated his guards with you, for you, and you couldn't meet me halfway?"

"What?" Rey gasped. "I wasn't going to let innocent people die just so you could feel like you got your way! People's lives were at stake here, I couldn't just stand by and let them perish!"

"Why not? We had just killed dozens of guards and Snoke. Why couldn't there be losses on your side as well?"

"Snoke and the guards weren't all that was left! This isn't about getting even!"

"Isn't it? I offered you the galaxy, Rey. I offered you to rule it with me, together, as equals!"

"I know that, but not at the price of so many lives! You knew I couldn't accept that offer, so why? Why did you even bother killing Snoke and those guards if you knew there was any chance that I wouldn't agree with you?"

"He was hurting you, Rey! I couldn't bear it!" Ben shouted.

"Why the hell not?" Rey screamed.

"Because I burn for you, Rey!" he breathed. "I always have, since the moment we first met, and I always will!"

Rey froze. Her heart beat faster than she had ever felt it before. Her blood roared in her ears, singing. "No, you don't mean that!"

He stalked towards her rapidly, advancing quickly. "Don't I?" he demanded, closing the distance between them swiftly. "Think about it Rey. Since the forest, have I treated you like an enemy?"

She opened her mouth to respond, but she was too late. He was upon her, his hands grabbing her hair on the back of her head, his mouth smashing into hers. He was furious, yet he wanted to remind her; to prove to her that he loved her. He delved his tongue into her mouth, pressing it against her own tongue, darting it in and out slowly like a graceful wave. He nipped at her tongue playfully and ran his hands gently through her hair. Her lips quivered under his touch, as he coaxed to life the slow-burning flame she had brewing inside her for him for as long as she could remember. Her embers of rapture blazed to life, from flickering smolders to a roaring wildfire. He always made her feel alive, reviving her from the cold slumber of celibacy she had always known. It had been familiar, and she had found comfort in it. This was unpredictable, unknown, and intense. She didn't know where it was going, and at this point she didn't care. She tossed her inhibitions into the wind and kissed him back savagely, sucking on his tongue and tugging at his hair to keep his face glued to hers.

Ben smiled against her mouth at her strong response to him. He loved that he drove her as wild as she drove him. She smiled back against his lips, pulling back a little to gaze directly into his eyes. "I love you," she whispered from the bottom of her heart. "I can't deny it anymore. I love you, Ben Solo. I've been searching for this my entire life."

Tears welled in Ben's eyes at her words. He leaned into her ear to whisper to her, "I love you too, Rey. In you I've found the true family that I've never had." Their gaze never broke, their voice never wavered.

Moved and touched, Rey embraced him with a pure, genuine kiss. They clung to each other with desperation, refusing to be even just inches apart. They needed to be closer, to feel every inch of each other.

Rey grabbed the hem of Ben's shirt and stood, raising it up. He raised his arms and allowed her to pull it off him, and she dropped it on the ground. He tugged his gloves off and then pulled at her neckline, dragging her shirt down past her shoulders and arms to rest at her waist before falling on the floor at her feet. She pulled her own arm warmers and wrappings off, then took hold of his pants.

She knelt to the ground, and looked up into her love's eyes. His gaze was on her, intense and solid. He watched with awe as she yanked his pants down, then removing his undergarments. She kissed up his leg, taking her time loving every part of him. Her lips brushed across his lower abs, and his belly contracted in response. She could tell he was sensitive in that area. She stood before him, and took his hand. She laid him on her bed before jerking her own undergarments off. She climbed onto her bed to Ben, her loose hair falling on her shoulders.

Ben was half-sitting, propping himself up on his fists behind him. Rey laid next to him, her body pressed against his. She held herself up halfway and kissed along his collarbone. She could feel the gooseflesh raise on his skin under her mouth as she made her way across his chest. Ben let himself fall onto the bed, wrapping his arms around her. He threw one of his hands into her hair, and the other around her back. He held her to him, and she rolled him onto his back. She kissed down his belly, nipping at his hip bones. Ben bit his lip and groaned, tightening his grip on her hair as her mouth wandered even lower.

Rey licked his shaft playfully, already erect at full mast. He groaned, leaning his head back against the pillows. She put him in her mouth and softly, slowly let him in and out. His veins bulged under her moist chasm, straining under her exquisite torture. She lowered her lips down to the base, then lifted her mouth back up to the tip. She took him repeatedly, reveling at him writhing beneath her in blissful agony.

Paradise was never so near. "Enough," Ben begged, clenching his teeth. Rey chuckled against him, the vibrations in her throat further intensifying his sweet torment. She gradually lifted her mouth from him, then crawled over his body til her face was hovering over his. Her hair dangled from her head and brushed against Ben's visage, and his gaze revealed his pure need for her. He bucked his hips, trying to join with her, but she wouldn't let him. She floated over him like a goddess, and took hold of his bottom lip with her teeth, tugging at it playfully. He growled, running his hands through her hair, trying to distract himself from his pulsing bulge. She took his hands in hers, and pinned his above his shoulders. "Please," he practically whimpered, kissing at her arms.

She leaned into him, her mouth against the delicate shell of his ear. "Who do you belong to?" she breathed.

He inhaled sharply. "You," he muttered, circling his hips below her, pleading for release.

"Are you mine, now and always?" Rey whispered, nibbling on his lobe.

"Yes," Ben mumbled, struggling against the weight of her against his hands, but it was futile. She was strong, stronger than his helpless form at the moment.

Rey lowered her hips just slightly, and moved her mouth to hover against his lips. "I didn't quite hear you," she teased.

"Yes, Rey!" he gasped, gripping her hands tight and nipping at her forearms. "I am yours!" he shouted. He surrendered himself to her, his body relaxing and his mind letting her light rush onto him.

She grinned as she sank onto him, letting him in inch by agonizing inch. He abandoned himself to her, to this moment, as he buried himself inside of her. She shuddered in ecstasy, rising on her haunches, only for him to meet her hips upwards once again. She giggled at his enthusiasm, and plunged herself onto him. She moaned loudly, posting up and down like she was on a stallion's back, riding him like the dark horse he was. She shouted his name as her walls stretched to accommodate him every time he entered her. She was engorged, hot and dripping wet. He slid in and out of her so easily, they were both overly aroused. She bit her lip as she worked him, and he was panting below her.

Unable to keep herself upright, Rey released Ben's hands so she could prop herself up on his shoulders. He quickly grabbed ahold of her back and dug his nails into her skin, and slid his fingernails down to her tailbone, scratching her delicate skin. She moaned at the pleasurable stings of pain they gave her, and the sudden pleasure of him cupping her buttocks. He curled his thumbs around her hip bones and slammed her down onto him, his urgency demanding relief.

Rey leaned forward, her swollen little bud rubbing against his pelvic bone. Her system was going into overdrive with all of the stimulation building up inside of her. She was swift with her movements, and he was frantic with his. She was rushing towards the edge. "Ben!" she shouted.

"Rey!" he answered. He sat up and held her in his arms as she cradled his hips, his hot breath against her lips. "I love you."

Rey squeezed her eyes shut, overwhelmed with her body's response. "I love you!" she answered. Ben gasped and stiffened, groaning as her arched his hips into her. She gasped herself as he finally filled all of her to the very brim. His own climax pushed her over the edge, sending her into a fury of euphoria, peaking over and over in pleasurable spikes of bliss.

Ben collapsed onto the bed, Rey still in his arms atop him. They breathed heavily, gasping for the air they desperately needed. They held onto each other, almost in fear the other would disappear.

Rey placed her head in the nook of Ben's neck, and sighed happily. She closed her eyes and concentrated on his heartbeat and his breathing. Here he was, beneath her, in the flesh. Finally, after all these years, she found her family. She found what she had always wanted; love, bonding, something eternal.

Ben closed his eyes beneath her, a smile upon his lips. She would be the only one he'd ever allow to have power over him. She was his queen, and by her side he knew he belonged for life. He noticed her breathing deepened, and kissed her forehead lovingly. "Sleep well, my love," he whispered against her hair, before succumbing to sleep as well, their sexes still joined throughout the night.