Star Wars - AmberDread

Rey makes the mistake of trusting the weather app on her phone, with not entirely awful results.

Waiting In Line

**Author's Note:**

* For [House Crylo](https://archiveofourown.org/gifts?recipient=House+Crylo).

Moodboard made by the lovely [SaturnineFeline](https://archiveofourown.org/users/SaturnineFeline/pseuds/SaturnineFeline)

It was sunny and surprising warm, despite being November, so Rey opted for just a light jacket to wear on her walk into town.

It was Record Store Day and Finn had wheedled her into picking up a limited edition vinyl record that he insisted he needed to carry on living.

Rey had checked the forecast before she left, just in case, but it was good. Although she got to Rebel Music with an hour before the doors opened, there was already a long queue winding its way along the storefront and away down the lane.

So she resigned herself to waiting, hoping that there would still be a copy of Empire of The Clouds left when she finally got inside.

Of course the time passed slowly, as waiting in line always does, unless it’s for something like a blood test or smear then it seems time likes to take a sprint just to spite you.

The air started to get colder, a chill wind blowing in, making her zip up her jacket and hunch a little over her tightly folded arms to conserve heat. She really should have worn a proper coat... too late now, _thank you captain hindsight._

When it was half an hour before the shop opened for business, some of the staff came round with lists of what was available, fortunately when Rey named the record Finn wanted, the lady said there should be three records left. It was cutting it fine but hopefully nothing would go wrong.

She turned to grin at the man behind her, who had let out a relieved breath when he was told there were still two copies left.

He was huge and she had to crane her neck a little. He had a slightly odd face, which became beautiful as soon as he smiled back at her.

“You here for Maiden too?”

Damn that was a sexy voice. Rey nodded, “Yeah, though I’m here on behalf of a friend.”

He nodded, looking a little disappointed, so she added, “I like them, but we don’t even have a record player, my friend just wants to own this one as its special edition.”

The man nodded again, smiling slightly, “I can sort of understand that, I mean they have only made 5500 copies of this, so it’s an exciting record to own… having said that, I do own a record player, and I’m really looking forward to listening to the B side which is an exclusive 21 minute interview with Bruce Dickinson and Nicko McBrain about the R101.”

“Oh, cool. I hadn’t realised that was on there,” Rey laughed, “Not like we’ll get to hear it though. Hopefully someone will upload it online sometime,” she shivered, enviously noticing his black trench coat with a hoodie underneath and regretting her thin jacket once again.

“If you keep my space for me, I could grab us coffee if you like? You look cold,” he really did have a nice smile, dark eyes soft in his pale face.

“Coffee would be great, but I don’t know if we’re allowed to do that? I don’t want you losing your space.”

He gave a nonchalant shrug and turned to the people behind them, “You okay if this lady holds my place while I get coffee?”

The couple in question shrank back slightly and nodded their heads. Rey supposed that he looked a little intimidating, but nothing to that degree.