The Czar's Apprentice

Chapter Twenty•Three- Teddy Bear

They didn't have sex that night , they stayed up for hours just talking about their days spent apart .

"Oh please Rey !" He laughed "you're the one that hangs on to me while we're sleeping like a teddy bear"

"Am not !" Rey snapped .

They both began to laugh , he brushed back some of her loose hairs and she wiped an eyelash off his cheek.

"Oh dear ... this place is freezing..." Ben said . "The spring palace is much warmer ... it's near the sea ... but to the north ... "

"How long will be there ?" She asked.

"From March to May ... then we're off to the Summer palace by the ocean to the south ... from June to July then the fall palace from August to September... and back at the winter from October to January"

"We sure will be moving a lot " she noticed .

"Yes ... but each palace is special... and we'll get to celebrate your birthday in the spring palace ... maybe a outdoor party sweetheart"

"Maybe ... that could be fun... " she kissed him . "I want to ask you something and you need to answer me truthfully"

"Okay" he said .

"Beside me being a Kenobi slash Palaptine ... is there any other reason why you killed Snoke ?"

Ben sighed "you're different ... a good different , all the other woman where 'yes kylo' and 'whatever you say kylo' ... you're feisty and have quite the mouth on you ... you curse like a sailor yet are as elegant as a queen"

"Is that is ?" She wondered .

"No... you're ... you're ... you're special ... no one is like you ... people flock to you , you have this lightness in you that I never want to dim ... you have been to absolute hell yet you remained optimistic "

"Ben ... have you ever wanted children ?"

"Wanted ? Maybe ... needed ... well I've never been in love before so I don't know ... but I think maybe in a year or so ... after we get into somewhat of a routine "

"You've never been in love before ?" She asked. " neither have I "

"Well... now that I have I realized it's quite nice"

"It is ?"

"Very much Rey" he yawned "oh dear ... it 15 past 12... we should get to bed since we have a parade to get to" he kissed her softly then turned the light off .

*

Ben woke up around 3 to see his state. Usually she and he were wrapped around each other but he realized this wasn't the case .

He was holding onto her so tight and he could tell she wanted do he let go but didn't fight him. She allowed him to hold onto her like a child holds onto their favorite teddy bear.

He looked down and saw her peaceful face as it was mouthing words in her sleep. Her hands were holding onto his warmly and her chest was rising and falling normally .

He smiled at her , she was so beautiful it killed him , she was so smart it killed it , she was so passionate it killed him, she was so curious it killed him , she was so kind it killed him , she was so wonderful it killed it, she was so perfectly imperfect it killed it .... she was so his and it killed him.

He knew that no one would ever stand in the way of he and his ReyC he felt like a possessive child who didn't want to share his teddy bear.

And he didn't , he didn't want other men dancing with her or talking with her , he could barely stand his own father and she having conversations at the dinner table .

He knew it was bad to be jealous and possessive... but he never wanted to share her , if they had children he would share her with them but no one else .

She may be Russia's empress but she was his Rey ...

His heart began to beat really fast and his head began to spin , it was intoxicatingly wonderful .

Ben looked down at her and kissed her cheek. He got out of bed and walked to the bathroom .

Ben gripped the sink and splashed cold water in his face , "wake up damn it !"

He cared far to much about Rey ... even seeing that small prick on her finger from her sewing made him wish he was there to protect her .

Ben looked in the mirror and actually realized ... he loves her .

-A.N.-
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