Ruler of Men |Kylo Ren|

One

I jumped as pots and pans crashed from behind me and spun around with a knife in my hand. A man with black curls looked at me with wide eyes, a single pot in his hand.

"I'm sorry," he said and placed the pot down and straightened. "I could only catch one."

I sighed in exasperation and placed the knife down. "Well, help me clean this up!" I said and threw my hands in the air. He raised an eyebrow but bent down to pick up the pots and pans while I put them in their correct spot.

"Stormtrooper?" I asked once we were done.

"Um, yeah," he said, almost like he wasn't sure.

"Are you new?"

"Yeah, my name is Ben," he said and stuck his hand out.

"You have a name?" I asked in surprise as I shook his hand and then went back to cutting vegetables.

"Um, I guess they didn't get everything during reconditioning," he explained with a shrug.

I gave him a look. He just stared back. "Root?" I asked and held up a little bit of the bright green root. He scrunched his eyebrows together but took the food and popped it into his mouth.

"This is really good," he said and I nodded as I went back to cutting. "Um, I'm still hungry," he said and reached for another one. I smacked his hand with the flat of the knife and sent him a look.

"I'll make you food if you're hungry, but this is for the stormtrooper's lunch tomorrow," I said. "What would you like to eat?"

"I don't-" he started before I slapped a book into his hands.

"Pick from the first few pages, those are the quickest to make," I said and continued to cut. I could hear him slide onto the counter behind me and flip through the book.

Damn, this was one hot stormtrooper. But he remembered his name, which I had never seen happen, and I knew quite a few stormtroopers who came to get food regularly. I would even consider them friends. Maybe he was lying about being a stormtrooper.

"I'd like this sandwich please," he said and held the book in front of me. I could feel his body so close to my back and I had to repress a shiver.

"Yeah, sure," I said and set about making his food. I could hear him slide back up on the counter as I puttered around.

"You know my name, what should I call you?" he asked as I handed him a plate and a cup of juice.

"My name is Andromeda," I said and put the vegetables into a bag to be frozen until tomorrow. He ate quietly while I cleaned, even putting his own plate in the dishwasher like a gentleman.

"I hope to see you again Andromeda," he said and shook my hand again.

"Me too," I said. "See ya later!" I called as he walked out the door. He sent me a wave and a smile, and I couldn't help but smile too.

God, what am I getting myself into?

*****

Hey guys! Just a short intro chapter for you.

This is a new Kylo Ren story, obviously, or else why would you be here? One of my new years resolutions is to write more, so I'm going to try to keep a regular upload schedule. I'm thinking maybe this story on Tuesdays and my Eugene Lee Yang story on Fridays.

I do have one question for you guys though. How many chapters should I write before Ben is revealed to be Kylo Ren? I'm thinking maybe more , because there won't be much action during those chapters, just them getting to know each other. Let me know what you guys think.

I'm going to try to stay close to the movies, so hopefully you've seen the new one! I'll put some sort of note once spoilers for the new one will happen, just in case you haven't seen it.

Anyway, I hope you guys like this story!