[He kisses her back instinctively, happily caught up int he moment. When she says that she loves him it pulls him out of it again and instantly his throat feels tight, his chest heavy with emotion.]
Rey. I love you too.
[He says her name as if he were gasping for air and she was the only one giving him oxygen. If it was anyone else, hearing his birth name would have struck him with irritation, with anger and resentment, but with her he only feels drawn in by her.
He swallows, trying his best to control the emotion that her profession of love has brought on in him. In his own way, this was what he'd been trying to say to her before in Snoke's throne room. She came from nothing and yet, while she was just a speck of life in the rest of the universe, she was everything to him. He'd wanted her to be with him so badly, even then, going so far as to beg her. Please.
Her very being burned brightly like a supernova and he loved her for it. Yet, he knew that for him to love anyone or anything was dangerous. His parents had loved him and Luke had loved him but it had only ended in heartache. He didn't want to believe this would end the same way.]
I love you... so much.
[His arms wrap around her, holding her against him while he buries his face into her shoulder. He hadn't realized how both painful and freeing it was to hear her say it to him until she finally did.]
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Rey. I love you too.
[He says her name as if he were gasping for air and she was the only one giving him oxygen. If it was anyone else, hearing his birth name would have struck him with irritation, with anger and resentment, but with her he only feels drawn in by her.
He swallows, trying his best to control the emotion that her profession of love has brought on in him. In his own way, this was what he'd been trying to say to her before in Snoke's throne room. She came from nothing and yet, while she was just a speck of life in the rest of the universe, she was everything to him. He'd wanted her to be with him so badly, even then, going so far as to beg her. Please.
Her very being burned brightly like a supernova and he loved her for it. Yet, he knew that for him to love anyone or anything was dangerous. His parents had loved him and Luke had loved him but it had only ended in heartache. He didn't want to believe this would end the same way.]
I love you... so much.
[His arms wrap around her, holding her against him while he buries his face into her shoulder. He hadn't realized how both painful and freeing it was to hear her say it to him until she finally did.]