Bend The Rules (a TLJ reylo fic)

Chapter One: The Throne Room

Snoke is dead. The supreme leader - is dead. And his apprentice did it.

It was an act of protection; if he had done nothing he would have had to watch Snoke torture the only person that has cared about him in years, and all the same the only person he had truly cared about in years. Rey makes Kylo feel wanted. Loved, even. But he doubts that’s how she feels. Maybe this was all a trick to make him stand once again with the resistance, thus ending this war.

His mind swirling with thoughts and emotions, Kylo stepped carefully forward to the corpse of his former Master and abuser. Abuser…yes. He doesn't regret his actions. From now on he was free.

Kylo tried not to look at Snoke’s face. After all, no matter what anyone says, he doesn’t enjoy killing. Never has, never will. Perhaps that’s his family’s fault. Ben Solo is weak, and needs to be destroyed, is what he reminds himself in times of ‘weakness’.

 The Legacy saber lay deactivated close to Snoke’s body. One half of him, anyway. Kylo picked it up and admired it, then focused back on Snoke. Had he made the right choice at the right time?

“Ben! The fleet! There’s still time to save the fleet!” Rey cried from across the throne room, pointing out of the large view ports. Outside, the resistance was running on its last legs; they had only four ships left, and under General Hux’s commands The First Order was firing at them endlessly. Explosions of green and red added colour to the black of space.

Rey had noticed that Kylo hadn’t moved- he was still standing over Snoke's body, holding Rey’s saber in his left hand. His face was expressionless.

“Ben?” Rey began to walk over to him. She carefully stepped over shards of glass, rubble, weapons belonging to the now late guards, red smashed armour, and the Praetorian guards themselves. When she reached him, she tilted her head up to face his eyes. This moment was like the lift only half an hour before. But this time Kylo was avoiding her eyes.

“Are you going to stay with me? Rule with me?” Kylo’s voice was so weak his words were almost a whisper. Right then he wasn’t the cocky man eager for power that she knew. (If you had asked Rey at that moment to describe him, she wouldn’t know exactly what words to use- but monster was not one of them. Not anymore, not after what they just did together). His words confused her nevertheless. Rule with him? Turn to the Darkside ? She could never. Rey thought that by killing Snoke, Kylo was proving that he could be Ben. He saved her life. Rey had thought that he cared… that maybe he wanted to help her as well as her friends.

"What?! Ben, you know that that can’t happen. I will not go that way.” At that moment, Kylo turned to her in one swift movement. Her answer frustrated him immensely.

“I saw it. When we touched hands. I saw you sitting beside me on the throne. Isn’t that what you want? I can sense your desire, Rey. I sense the darkness. You will turn, and you will be mine.” He wore a mask of confidence, but inside he was breaking; desperate for her to be with him and never leave his side.

He was right. She did desire him. More than anything else in the galaxy. Other than her family, of course. But perhaps if he made the right moves Ben could become her new family...

Rey had left her defenses down, and as a result, she had Kylo know what she was thinking.

“Rey, why do you still hold on to them? Don’t you know they aren’t coming back for you? Your parents left you for a reason. They don’t want you! They were filthy junk traders who threw you away for drinking money.”

“You’re lying. You don’t know anything about my family.” Rey choked on her words, and tears slowly began to stream down her face.

“Yes, I do. They were nobodies. You came from nothing. You are nothing." Kylo paused for a brief moment, knowing that what he was saying isn't going the way he wants. He's trying to let her know that he cares, that he needs her by his side, not make her leave thinking he's a dick who tricked her into helping him kill his master so that he could obtain ultimate power and control the galaxy, and therefore just her enemy.

He takes a short but deep breath and tries again.

"But not to me.” There was the real meaning behind his words; she was his everything. He’s just terrible at conveying how he feels- so this is the only way he could do it. Keeping up the persona of Kylo, but attempting to be some sort of sweet at the same time.

“Take my hand. Please. There is no other way. Together, we can rule the galaxy; just you and me.” Kylo worked to take off the glove of his right hand. He extended his arm to brush his hand against hers, but she pushed it violently, evidently using the force to aid her actions. They both stumbled slightly backward.

Anger rumbled up inside him and rose into his voice causing a growl to escape his lips and his teeth to be bared. How dare she refuse him, and in that manner!

"No, Rey, you’re still...you’re still holding on!” His voice erupted in the room, a roar of pure fury.

“Let go!” Kylo pushed his hand out to her yet again, more forceful this time. His ‘please’ was becoming more of a demand. He can’t afford to lose something so precious to him- and he’ll do what it takes to keep her. Now that Snoke was out of the way he was free to do as he pleases. Making her his empress was the first thing on his list of things to conquer.

Rey shook her head lightly as her tears became more like sobs. This was not the way things were meant to go. She had to leave, had to go and save the resistance. She was wasting vital time.

But he had her saber. Rey couldn’t leave without it. Yes, she could handle herself but this weapon was important. A legacy she had to protect. Plus, it’s the only thing right then that could protect her in a place like this. That and the force, of course. As it has always been on her side- even on Jakku when she still thought this whole ordeal was a myth.

“Give me the saber.” She said sternly. Kylo once more retracted his hand and held the saber with both hands. If he let Rey have it… she would leave. Wouldn’t even think twice about leaving him in darkness once again. Rey would possibly even attack him at the first chance she got.

So, he made the quick decision to destroy it.

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A/N

Hi :) I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my new reylo fanfiction!

Honestly, I have no idea where this is going or if it will even turn into a full ass fic- but for now... I'm going to write a chapter every so often (I'm bad at updating, so, sorry in advance) and just see what happens.

I hope you enjoy this chaotic ride as our two favourite space idiots work out some stuff.

See you!