( If Kylo notices any lasting similarities between Rey and the man she had so desperately wanted to view as some kind of father, the man that Kylo himself had cut down, he makes no mention or indication of it, but then drawing attention to the fact would be drawing attention to the fact, and they have barely come out of this last entanglement with both their bond and their fledgling, begrudging acceptance of one another intact. The last thing worth doing is exacerbating the tentativeness of their affiliation in the moments that Rey admonishes - teases? Kylo can barely be sure - him and he finishes securing the fibercord to the door on his end by opening old wounds and twisting the imitation of Rey's gesture in it. They have enough open wounds to deal with, as it is.
He had meant nothing serious in being sarcastic, anyway, but in knowing that lies a double-edged blade of comprehension. Sarcasm for only the sake of sarcasm, in an attempt to be humorous, to lighten a perpetually dour mood, is a strangely intimate realization to stumble across: a strange thing in and of itself, considering the nature of their association and the bond that pervades everything that they do, everything that they are. It's a far cry from the raised tones and strangled syllables that they had been lobbing at each other prior to undertaking this new task, but it's a brisk change of pace that Kylo finds, oddly, he prefers. That isn't to say that he doesn't find arguing with her both satisfying and relaxing in its own way, but it is much easier to deal with Rey when she doesn't want to take his head off or scream at him, whether through her tears or in spite of them. )
You have made it abundantly clear that you need no one's assistance more than once in the past. ( Kylo says, once he has caught up with her following her abrupt take off, dragging the door and Aurren's body behind her as if all of it were nothing more than a pile of scrap metal to be bartered. Her strength, as always, is startlingly impressive, though some of the novelty has worn off as his understanding of her has grown and changed. For a moment, he merely walks beside her, content to watch her haul the considerable weight behind her as he forces himself not to limp.
The similarity of their individual displays is not lost on him, and after a moment, Kylo wraps the remaining fibercord around his wrist and hand and strides along beside her, reaching down past the discomfort in order to see the task completed. It takes half the time it might were they doing it on their own for them to reach the safety of the trees. )
MINE TOO it's fine it's fine. prayer circle for me and you. i hope you're surviving!!!!!
He had meant nothing serious in being sarcastic, anyway, but in knowing that lies a double-edged blade of comprehension. Sarcasm for only the sake of sarcasm, in an attempt to be humorous, to lighten a perpetually dour mood, is a strangely intimate realization to stumble across: a strange thing in and of itself, considering the nature of their association and the bond that pervades everything that they do, everything that they are. It's a far cry from the raised tones and strangled syllables that they had been lobbing at each other prior to undertaking this new task, but it's a brisk change of pace that Kylo finds, oddly, he prefers. That isn't to say that he doesn't find arguing with her both satisfying and relaxing in its own way, but it is much easier to deal with Rey when she doesn't want to take his head off or scream at him, whether through her tears or in spite of them. )
You have made it abundantly clear that you need no one's assistance more than once in the past. ( Kylo says, once he has caught up with her following her abrupt take off, dragging the door and Aurren's body behind her as if all of it were nothing more than a pile of scrap metal to be bartered. Her strength, as always, is startlingly impressive, though some of the novelty has worn off as his understanding of her has grown and changed. For a moment, he merely walks beside her, content to watch her haul the considerable weight behind her as he forces himself not to limp.
The similarity of their individual displays is not lost on him, and after a moment, Kylo wraps the remaining fibercord around his wrist and hand and strides along beside her, reaching down past the discomfort in order to see the task completed. It takes half the time it might were they doing it on their own for them to reach the safety of the trees. )