"No...Rey" a voice called, I opened my eyes hastily and saw that the room was coated in darkness. I scanned the room and saw Ben tossing and turning in his bed, he was breathing shallow and quickly, it scared me to see him like that.
"No" he said quietly once again, I quickly got off of the couch and cautiously walked over to him. I stood next to his bed, debating if I should interrupt his sleep. I knew that Ben needed help when he suddenly stopped moving entirely and a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. His face was hard as stone, his fists were balled and he was obviously stressed.
"Ben" I called quietly, I cautiously moved my hand toward his shoulder. "Ben" I called once again, I placed my hand on his shoulder and his eyes shot open to look at me. The look he gave me was of pure horror, I gasped when I saw his face, it was awful. "Ben?" I asked softly, he didn't even blink as he stared at me. I put my hand on his face and stared into horrified eyes and tried to call him down, "you're safe, it's ok" I said quietly. He finally blinked a few times and ran his fingers through his hair, taking deep, heavy breaths.
"What...what's happening? He asked frantically, I rubbed his shoulders with my hand and he just whipped his head around in search for an answer.
"You were having a nightmare, but...you're ok now" I reassured him, he stared deep into my eyes and he took a deep breath.
"Did I wake you?" He asked, I just smiled and nodded my head. He looked a upset with himself after I nodded my head but I just smiled at him.
"Hey...It's alright, I'd rather have you wake me up then you go through a nightmare like that" I explained, he gently grabbed my hand and pulled me toward him. I sat on the edge of the bed and ran my fingers through his hair, although it was wet from sweat, I knew it would help him sleep.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up" he said quietly, I just laughed and drew circles on his back.
"No worries, what did you um...have a nightmare about?" I asked cautiously, he sighed and laid on his stomach so I could keep drawing on his back.
"I just I saw Snoke and he was doing awful things to my parents...and you" he confessed, I placed both my hands on his back and started to draw more shapes on his back.
"I'm so sorry" I said sincerely, he just took another deep breath and closed his eyes. I could feel his anxiety leave as I scratched his back, he obviously liked this. I smiled to myself and crawled into the bed next to him. Although I thought it was too soon before, I realized how it might be difficult for him to sleep alone.
"Rey, you don't have to sleep over here, I won't have another nightmare tonight-" he tried to argue but I was perfectly fine being in his bed if it meant he felt safe.
"It's alright" I breathed, he smirked and flipped onto his side as I pulled the blankets over my cold body. There was a respectable distance between us, just enough to know that we were both in the bed.
"Goodnight Rey" he said happily, pulling a pillow under his head and closing his eyes.
"Goodnight Ben" I said quietly, I placed my arm under my head and let out a dramatic breath. I felt my body sink into the comfortable bed and all my stress lift off of my shoulders, I wished I had bed like this back on Jakku, I would've never left my little home.
••••
The Next Morning...
I opened my eyes to see that Ben and I kept our respectable space but we'd somehow laid our hands on top of each other in the process. The touch of his hand made my heart flutter. I gently pulled my hand away and sat up in the bed. I ran my fingers through my messy hair and looked over at Ben. He was so peaceful when he slept, like nothing in the world could ever bother him. I reached over my ran my hand along with jaw, he didn't wake up but he did groan and flip over.
I guess he's not a morning person. "Ben, it's morning" I called, he didn't respond. I almost found it comical about how stubborn he was to wake up."Ben" I laughed out, I ran my fingers down his back and slowly he opened his eyes. I smiled and he returned the action, he reached up and felt my hair in between two of his fingers, gazing into my dark brown locks.
"What are you doing?" I asked sweetly, gently grabbing his wrist and intertwining my fingers into his hand.
"Making sure you weren't a dream" he confessed, I laughed and he rubbed his thumb against the back of my hand. I'd never felt this way toward someone before, I trusted Ben with my life at the moment. I was happy to be around him and I wasn't afraid to be intimate with him, it was a strange feeling. His suddenly turned very sad, he dropped my hand and sat up in the bed. I rubbed the palm of my hand at the loss of contact, "Is everything ok?" I asked. But he shook his head and stared at the ground.
"I don't know what to do now" he admitted, I could here the pain growing in his voice.
"Last night, you said you knew what you had to do but couldn't do it by yourself. What was that?" I asked him, Hope grew in my chest as I was trying to find a way to escape.
"des..." he started to say but his words floated away, like he couldn't even speak. He looked over his shoulder at me and all I wanted to do was help, help him with whatever he needed.
"Destroy the first order, if they have no one to command them...it'll end" he informed me, but with no spirit, he didn't think we could do it.
"What would we have to do?" I asked quickly, he turned around to look at me and I saw the faintest twinkle of excitement in his eyes.
"We destroy the ship" he announced, "and the planet"
