The sound of the cannons continued to fire until Hux returned a few hours later, the click of his boots echoing down the hall. You sat up, hands on your knees in trepidation. The doors opened with a hiss and you jumped despite expecting it. Hux entered the quarters, hands clasped behind his back, and instead of walking to you like you expected, he walked past you and to his desk.
Your mouth dropped in shock at his dismissal of you, and you stood, turning to face him. He ignored you yet again so you moved around the couch and over to his desk. He glanced up at you then, a deep frown setting on his face. "I believe I gave you an order to remain in the spot I left you, Major." He said, his eyebrow raising daring you to respond. Which of course, you did.
"Oh cut the bullshit Hux. You wanted to talk about this so let's talk." You demanded, sudden confidence flooding you at your anger.
He placed the datapad in his hand down on his desk and stood up straighter, mouth setting in a deep line, the muscles in his jaw clenching tightly. He took a breath and stalked around the desk to walk in front of you, but you held your ground, fists clenched tightly at your side.
"Now listen here-" He started but you cut him off.
"No, you listen. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my ability to use the force. I didn't know until Kylo told me. I had no idea that the Supreme Leader was going to train me." You interrupted, closing your eyes as angry tears began to bubble up. Being left on your own after being mentally attacked by a force user was one hell of a way to make you pissed to all hell with someone.
"I assume that this is the secret you were about to tell me before you were called into the Supreme Leader's chambers." Hux said dryly and you wanted to throttle him.
"Yes, it was. But you were too busy to listen to me." You snapped, crossing your arms.
Hux's hand shot out and gripped your neck possessively, the grip on your jaw pulling you forward as he stuck his face in yours. "If I remember correctly, you had the chance to tell me, but you didn't. You pulled away from me ." He growled and you shot your hands up to grip his arm tightly.
You narrowed your eyes in anger then tried to pull yourself from his grasp but he just tightened his hold on you, his other hand still frustratingly resting behind his back. The man held so much power in his body, but you wouldn't know from just looking at him. "You make such a fuss about telling me this secret, and then when I give you the chance you don't take it. If I didn't know any better I would assume that you didn't want to tell me about your power, and instead you were going to keep this from me. Then one day I would see you swinging a saber around next to Ren and I would have to watch as you were struck down by a blaster shot." He spat out the last part angrily, his hand letting you go as he turned to face away from you, bracing himself on his desk to face out toward the window that showed the expanse of space.
You wanted to reach your hand out to touch him but thought better of it, pulling your hand back. Moving away from him you put some distance between the desk and yourself. "I'm sorry, general." You said quietly, pulling your arms close to yourself to give you some comfort. "I... I didn't want this. I wanted to be normal.I was normal." You said, voice breaking. Hux looked up at that, his brow furrowing.
"What do you mean you 'were' normal?" He asked confused. Your eyes looked to his then shot to the ground. This was something you didn't want to talk about, mostly because you didn't want him to feel guilty, and also because you didn't fully understand it yourself.
"I wasn't born a force user. It's not like I was hiding this the whole time. I've not been reading your mind and playing into your life for personal gain." You responded, waving a hand at the absurdity. But you realized when he looked away ashamed that that was exactly what he was thinking. You brushed off the hurt from the assumption and walked over to him, gently resting your hand on his back. He stiffened, and you lifted your hand for a second before letting it rest on his back again. Hux relaxed and you brushed your hand on his back comfortingly until he looked back up at you.
