Dyad: The force of a new beginning.

Ben lives

Ben gets out of the pit and notices Rey, he's worried, he's afraid of what might have happened to her since she's not moving.

He's hurt and it's difficult for him to get to her, but he fights through his pain because he needs to reach her.

Rey... rey. It's all that's on his mind.

When he finally gets to her he notices that she's cold, but doesn't want to think too much about it. He pulls her into his lap and holds her delicately, expectingly and with fear that maybe it took all of her to defeat Palpatine.

Ben stars to panic a little and feels cold run through his veins when Rey doesn't answer, and her chest is not going up and down with her breathing. He knows she's dead, but if he hurries then he may still find her force, her soul and with his own make her come back to life.

So he takes a deep breath and places his palm gently but firmly over her belly. Slowly and with each breath he feels a surge of electricity, of life coming out of him and traveling from the tip of his fingers to Rey's body, sharing life with her. 

He had never done something like this before, only healing but he trusts that if he concentrates then he'll be able to make it.

Suddenly he feels a warm palm over his own and opens his eyes to find Rey waking up.

Her face is full with surprise when she realizes who's holding her and she sits upright without leaving Ben's eyes for one second. There are so much things running through both their minds that all they can do is stare at each other.

Ben sighs with relief that he was able to bring her back, there's longing and fear in his eyes, that she may run away from him once again and excitement of being this close to her. Rey, in the other hand can feel the shift in him, can feel his new feelings, the cloud of confusion has left his mind and she's now grateful and excited to have him.

"Ben" she whispers loud enough for them to hear. As she recognizes him there's light in his eyes and she leans forward to kiss him. She waited for so long, to see him, really him and now she just can't let the oportunity pass.

They're both smiling as this is something they've craved for so long. Not only the kiss, but their company, to understand each other, to hold each other.

They pull apart and lock their eyes, there's true happiness in their faces, there's only a  feeling like they've finally found peace in their company and maybe things are all good now, but then Ben falls back.

Rey tries to grab him and gently puts his head on the floor.

"What is it?... I don't get it" she whispers, her voice failing.

Her mind is rushing through ideas, trying to find what's wrong with Ben and trying to find a solution fast. She can't lose him, not now when they've just found each other.

She needs him, she realizes. He's the balance and the company she longed for such a long time and at least she owes him the favor of trying to do something to save him.

"Ben... Ben!" A tear rolls down her cheeck as she checks him to try and find any injuries. His face is so different to what it was just seconds ago. It's pale, lifeless, sad...

She notices some scratches and wounds he had from his fall to the pit, his leg is heavily injured too so she calms herself to be able to heal him.

"Please... please, please" she knows even saying those words is distracting her but she can't help but beg that her force is enough to heal him.

"Rey..." His deep voice sounds a little weak, but it's definately him.

She opens her eyes but doesn't take her hand off his leg.

"Rey don't. You need the force, stop it" he can't even lift his head from the ground to look at her.

"You didn't stop, so I'm not giving up on you either." After letting out a deep breath she feels like some warmth has come back to Ben's body so she stops and checks him.

"You didn't have to do that" he says, as his hand goes up and down her arm really slow, then he wipes away another tear that falls from her cheek.

"Just stop talking..." he pulls her to him and hugs her.

They're both tired but they stay there for a while, finding peace in their heartbeats and their breathing. After all they had to endure, all the pain, the fights, the sadness, at least now they finally have each other.

"So, now what are we gonna do?" he asks after a while as he holds her on his chest.

"I... don't know. What about we go back to everyone and figure it out step by step?" Rey proposes. Honestly there'll be a lot of things to do and a lot of people expecting something from her, and him,  but they can think about that later.

"Okay" they smile and stand together, it's true that some of Rey's force is gone and they're both tired. But they're alive.

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The next two days went by like a blur of congratulations, traveling and resting for Rey and Ben but finally today they felt a lot better.

The rebels or... just the people were resting for now on Yavin IV. There was still some uneasiness from the m, like they couldn't believe they didn't have to go running around trying to win a war anymore. Rey ashured them that there was still a lot left to do, like trying to find order and peace in all the planets and help eachother.

When people started trying to demand specifc things from her, or an immediate answer was when she was must grateful to have Ben by her side.

People were still and probably would be for a long time insecure to trust him, but he certainly was more prepared to order people and try to reason with them.

"Would you like to join me for a walk?" Ben whispered to Rey as Poe and some other pilots celebrated something.

"Yes" she smiled softly at him and took his hand when he offered it to her.

They both smiled in complicity and walked away as nobody noticed them.

There were lots of talls trees and colorful flowers around this place and now Rey trusted Ben to guide her wherever they were going to.

"Careful" he warned her and took her arm to prevent her from falling when she got caught on a tree's root.

She couldn't help but laugh.

"What?" He asked smiling a little.

"Don't you feel weird?"

"Weird how?" He stopped walking to turn around to face her.

"This... us. You're watching over me not to trip but four days ago we were fighting with lightsabers"

"It's weird, but at the same time I feel like it's natural for me. Our bond made me feel close to you since we've had it. No matter what our relationship was, I was used to feel you and be with you in some way and this... this feels like an extention of that bond" he shrugged and kept walking.

Rey could see he was getting a little shy.

"I get it. It also feels kind of normal for me too, I was just saying that it's a big change..." she didn't hesitate to take his hand again and returned the soft squeeze he gave her.

After some minutes of walking Ben stopped at the top of a pile of rocks and sat, helping Rey sit beside him.

She rested her head on his shoulder and stared front into the distance, with the sun barely touching their skin she exhaled. She never thought she could feel so much...

"Peace. This place is peaceful and I know so many people asking things from you was making you anxious so... I thought about this" He said, like he was reading her mind.

"Thank you"

Instead of answering her Ben kissed the top of her head, and they stayed there for a while. Late enough that someone had to go and look for them.