Lingchi

There's a Storm You're Starting

The next time Hope awoke, the sheets were pulled off her naked form and a voice cut sharply through the peaceful darkness, making her startle away and nearly scream when she saw Hux strolling around the room as if she wasn't naked at all, her head turned to the side where Kylo was supposed to be, but he was gone.

Hope quickly grabbed a hold of one of the pillows and placed it on her front, her cheeks burning red as she tried to yell at him, but only managed to stutter out half words. This was so embarrassing, not like she wasn't confident in her body, she was.

It was just another man was in here and purposely pulled the sheets off of her, "Oh please." Hux said with a role of his eyes, directing his glance to her very angry and flushed face. And she swore she saw a smirk cross over his features as he hung up something on the wall, "It isn't like I haven't seen it before." He messed around with whatever he had hung up before Hope spoke up, a smirk of her own crossing her face, "Really? I would've thought you weren't into 'this'."

He turned his head and shot her a nasty glare, "I am not 'into' anything."

Where the hell was she going with this? She had no idea, all she knew was she was just taunting the man in bedroom, "And if you were, what would be your pick?" She questioned, having to bite her lip to keep from laughing at the look he had on his face, this was quite entertaining, and he had it coming. It was just her own revenge.

"My sex life is not relevant to this." He snapped as he started to gather up the bits of clothing last night, "Technically it is; you brought it up." She said, allowing a grin to split across her face as he sent her another angered look, she didn't know that anyone could scowl even harder than he could, which is why it was amusing to her, despite being on the dark side with him.

Well, Hux did not answer her, he only explained what he wanted her to do with the thing he had hung up, "That is your dress, you have one hour and thirty minutes to get ready." Then he walked over to the door to leave her alone and get ready, thank God he was smart enough to do that.

"And if it makes any difference, I'd do you." A grin flashed on his face as he shut the door and left her alone, blushing a bit more because of what he had said. She should probably get dressed before anyone else came in, but... Hope would enjoy a shower to get all the sweat and dirt off of her.

The girl stood up quickly and half ran to the other room, which she opened the door and stepped into a very old looking bathroom, old looking... it wasn't dirty, it was just old.

And there was a steady trickle of water coming down from atop, where there was no roof, only a mountain ledge, right under a river that turned into a 'waterfall', she knew how to make this work, heat rocks and the force. Thankfully, there were some near by, okay... maybe this is a volcano. Well, whatever it was, she took the heat rocks and forced them into the pool of water, waiting for a minute or so, then she stepped under the trickle and then started to force the water a bit faster and a bit stronger.

Despite not having any soap, the hot water did her justice by easing her sore muscles from what had happened last night... or... a few hours ago.

Just thinking about it made a smile slide across her face, remembering the way he kissed her, the way he caressed her body...

Hope's lips parted, then she shuddered slightly as she had to grab her own shoulder to prevent from going weak. It was a vivid memory that would last forever.

Who knows how many times it would flash before her eyes, a slightly tired look crossed her features as she opened her eyes and stood under the water, her eyes narrowing ever slightly as she remembered the dream... was it a dream?