Star Wars - jitterygummy

Rey and Kylo Ren enjoy a movie night with friends. Fluff ensues.A companion piece to my work Calm.

**Author's Note:**

> This is a companion piece to my fic Calm. I do not think it is necessary to read that first, although I would highly recommend it for context and getting to know the original characters (andIwouldloveyouforeverifyoudidgoreadthat). This takes places between the last two chapters of that fic. > > For Tripping55, who has been incredibly supportive.

Rey stuffed a handful of bang-corn in her mouth and picked up her glass of fizzypop as she chewed. The green Twi’lek on the holoprojector held a blaster at the ready as she peered around a stack of crates. Rey jumped as a blaster bolt flew around the crate, and she scooped up another handful of kernels.

“Oy, Rey, stop hogging the bang-corn,” Poe whisper-shouted from the adjacent couch. She rolled her eyes and reached over Kylo to hand the bowl to Poe.

Poe sighed and picked up a small handful. “It’s almost gone. Should’ve known better not to let you have it all.” He crammed the corn into his mouth and spoke around it. “You’re a food vacuum.”

Finn extracted himself from the blanket covering himself and Poe. “I’ll go pop more.”

Rey settled back into her spot and glanced at Kylo. He had slowly slid down the couch since the beginning of the holofilm, and his head now rested against the cushioned back. His eyes were closed, his long eyelashes contrasting with the pale skin of his face.

She knew he was not asleep just yet, so she tapped his shoulder. “Hey. You're missing the vid.”

Kylo grumbled something unintelligible, his eyes flickering half-open and then closed immediately. “-m tired.”

Rey curled her legs underneath her and rested her head against the couch so that it was level with Kylo’s. “You’ll be up all night if you fall asleep, you know.” He gave a soft groan of acknowledgement before she added, “Believe me, it’s not fun. I was up all last night with poor Arian’s ears.”

One dark eye cracked open. “His ears are infected again?”

“Yes. And he likes you better, so he might actually stop crying if you go see him when he’s up tonight.”

A piece of bang-corn hit her face, and Rey jumped. Jessika smiled innocently from across the room. “Oops.”

Sonzy smacked Jessika’s arm, his eyes glued to the holoprojection. “Shush, Jess. I'm trying to watch.”

“So am I!” Jessika lightly tossed a few kernels at the Togruta, which got stuck falling down his lekku. The Togruta grabbed the kernels and threw them back.

A firefight exploded onscreen between the smuggler protagonist and his Twi’lek companion against some nefariously dressed city guards. The Twi’lek swung a long blaster rifle into one of the assailants.

Rey smiled and spread the blanket over her legs so it half-covered Kylo. “Don’t you want to know what happens?”

“I’ve seen it,” Kylo murmured. He dragged his eyes open and smiled tiredly before readjusting himself so that his head rested against her shoulder. “ _Galactic Bandits_ was one of my father’s favorites.”

Rey rolled her eyes and shifted to wrap her arm around his shoulders. She ran her hand gently through his hair. A few strands were silver, contrasting sharply with the dark ones. “You’ve seen everything, I swear. When did you have time to train?”

“Shush,” Sonzy shot them a glare that was more fondness than annoyance. “Holofilm habit conversation later.”

“Like you can’t hear the vid, Sonzy,” Teela said in her usual calm, level voice. Kaydel sat cross-legged on the floor in front of her as the Mirialan threaded her nimble fingers through her hair in a complicated braid. “Let the Masters talk. Ren did just get back from Ryloth.”

Finn returned to the room and set two bowls of bang-corn on the table. He grabbed a handful and popped one into his mouth before rejoining Poe. “What happened?”