Will You Love Me? (A Medieval Reylo AU)

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Ɓen was awakened by the sunlight pouring into his tent. He opened his eyes to find Rey looking at him through her beautiful hazel eyes. He blushed, and smiled faintly, it was obvious that she had been watching him. She was looking at him with such affection that he was surprised; even though he knew that she loved him. "Were you watching me sleep?"

She blushed fiercely. "The dawn woke me, but I didn't want to get up incase I accidentally woke you. You looked so peaceful."

He smiled. "That's because I was dreaming about you." He was still laying very close to her, so close that their noses were only inches apart. He smiled and moved closer to her, brushing his nose against hers.

She giggled softly before wrapping her arms around him and kissing his lips affectionately. Then she pulled away and moved closer to him, snuggling into his arms. "And I wanted to lay here with you for a little while longer," she confessed.

He smiled and kissed her forehead. Then he sighed and his expression grew serious.

"Rey, please don't tell my parents about what Snoke did to me, especially my mother. She already feels guilty for sending me to Snoke, I can't imagine what it might do to her if she knew the truth," he whispered.

"I won't tell them, Ben. I promise."

They held each other in silence for several moments, before Rey spoke quietly. "Can we sleep together from now on?"

Ben looked down at her, smiling a little shyly. "Of course we can, if that's what you want."

"It is." She smiled at him before reaching up to place a soft kiss on his lips. "I love you."

"I love you too," he whispered as she snuggled into his arms again.

"But what about your friends...?" he began. "They might not be very happy about me sleeping with you."

"Rose already knows and I imagine that she's told Finn," Rey answered. "She's happy that we're finally a couple."

"But Poe doesn't like me," Ben pointed out.

"I don't care what he thinks," Rey answered. "It's none of his business what I do with my husband."

"I just don't want to come between you and your friends," Ben answered running his fingers through her hair.

"If Poe is truly my friend, he will be nice to you for my sake. I care about my friends, but I can't let anyone come between us. You're my husband and our relationship is more important than my friends accepting me. If he doesn't accept my husband, then he doesn't accept me. We are one."

She touched the scar on his chest. "I feel awful about the way I treated you before. If I had known what you had been through I never would have ..."

"Shhh shhhh." He rubbed her back. "Don't beat yourself up about it."

"But, your life was filled with pain and instead of helping I just made it worse."

He moved her hair out of her face. "No you didn't. You did help me, you have given me a will to live, something I didn't have for a long time. And now you have given me your heart, what more could I ask for?"

She slipped into his arms.

After they held each other in silence for several moments, Rey sighed deeply and sat up. "I should see if they need any help with breakfast." She took his hand and placed a soft warm kiss in his palm, then she stood up and turned to leave.

She went over to Finn and Rose who were preparing breakfast by the fire.

"So, did you talk to him?" Rose asked softly, after a few moments.